Integrated Power Unit-Advanced Development
981281
04/21/1998
- Event
- Content
- This paper summarizes progress for the “Integrated Power Unit - Advanced Development” program under contract with the U.S. Air Force at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio. This is a 58 month program beginning in February 1996, and ending in December 2000. Figure 1 is a program schedule that identifies major tasks and timing of the phases. The scope of this effort is to design, build, and ground test a highly integrated, air-breathing, electrical power unit which demonstrates the critical design and integration features required for a simple, durable, and reliable Integrated Power Unit (IPU). The IPU must be electrically linked for self starting, main engine electrical starting and as a major source of redundant electric power for the aircraft's main electric power system. Figure 2 shows a mockup of a prototypic IPU design.
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- 8
- Citation
- Smith, G., Halsey, D., and Hoffman, E., "Integrated Power Unit-Advanced Development," SAE Technical Paper 981281, 1998, https://doi.org/10.4271/981281.