A Hierarchical Control Allocation Strategy for Distributed Electric Propulsion Aircraft

Haoyv Wang; Shengzhao Pang; Heng Liu; Peng Li; Yingxue Chen; Yigeng Huangfu

doi:10.1109/IAS62731.2025.11061393

A Hierarchical Control Allocation Strategy for Distributed Electric Propulsion Aircraft

Haoyv Wang
, Shengzhao Pang
, Heng Liu
, Peng Li
, Yingxue Chen
, Yigeng Huangfu

School of Automation

Northwestern Polytechnical University Xian

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Abstract

This paper proposes a hierarchical control allocation strategy for Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) aircraft. The strategy consists of three cascaded layers: a top-level flight attitude controller based on Sliding Mode Control (SMC), a mid-level optimal power allocation scheme, and a low-level motor control system. Compared with the conventional aircraft, DEP aircraft allows additional control authority over the yaw moment made by active differential thrust. Strategies that take full advantage of this benefit result in better control performance, lower power consumption, and greater fault tolerance. The dynamic performance of the proposed method has been validated using a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) platform for DEP aircraft.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2025 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, IAS 2025
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665457767
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IAS62731.2025.11061393
State	Published - 2025
Event	2025 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, IAS 2025 - Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China Duration: 15 Jun 2025 → 20 Jun 2025

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Name	Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)
ISSN (Print)	0197-2618

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Conference	2025 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, IAS 2025
Country/Territory	Taiwan, Province of China
City	Taipei
Period	15/06/25 → 20/06/25

Keywords

Control allocation
Distributed electric propulsion
Hardware-in-the-Loop

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Wang, H., Pang, S., Liu, H., Li, P., Chen, Y., & Huangfu, Y. (2025). A Hierarchical Control Allocation Strategy for Distributed Electric Propulsion Aircraft. In 2025 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, IAS 2025 (Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/IAS62731.2025.11061393

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