Independent Power Supply Investigation Configuring Supercapacitor Applications and Other Loading Technologies Power Sources

摘要

SEI conducted a trade-off and engineering analysis for the employment of supercapacitors and other energy sources for an independent power supply for flight recorders (data acquisition systems), and other avionics systems requiring standby power for short periods of time, from 200 milliseconds to 20 minutes. For this research program, SEI targeted avionics systems requiring 10 to 20 watts for a period of 20 minutes. The objective of the Phase I research was to develop a design, conduct a trade-off and engineering analysis and to prove the design concept through an extensive review of the capabilities of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) capacitors for use in SEI's development. In addition, the Phase I study was also intended as a means to demonstrate the feasibility of SEI's proposed supercapacitor design through laboratory tests.