Peter Malkin

Peter Malkin was chief technologist for electrical systems and engineering fellow for Rolls-Royce plc until 2012 when he was appointed professor of electrical propulsion systems at Cranfield University. He is now a strategic research advisor at Newcastle University. During his career, he has worked on novel electrical systems design with a strong interest in superconducting applications.

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Presentation

Design of electrical propulsion systems for safety and certification

The safety of electrical propulsion systems for aircraft is achieved by a totally different route from conventional aircraft. It is essential that safe design is designed-in from the beginning as adapting the design afterward simply will not work. The paper describes the design principles used on the GKN-led H2GEAR program and how these are being demonstrated to certification authorities. This consists of a radical design approach using advanced protection systems that can be shown to give a system that is as least as robust as that used in conventional large aircraft. The presentation will detail this design and the results obtained.