Aircraft Electric Brake Control System Reduces Fuel Consumption, Aircraft Weight, and Emissions

(MENAFN- Coherent Market Insights) An aircraft electric brake control system consists of aircraft frame, wheels, landing gears, runway, electric brake controller, motor drive controller, electromechanical actuator (EMA), and sensors. This system includes electronic control units and electrical wiring that replace hydraulic lines and equipment, and electromechanical actuators that replace hydraulic pistons. The system allows independent brake activation of wheel groups through a plurality of brake system controls and electric brake actuator controllers. The major functions of the system include anti-skid brake, brake during the take-off, and brake after landing.

Aircraft electric brake control system plays a major role during aircraft take-off and landing. The system also offers several advantages over traditional hydraulic brake systems. Traditional hydraulic brake systems require a complex system of pipelines between an aircraft engine driven pump (EDP) and brake actuators. Such approach increases the weight of the aircraft and may even cause serious vibration and leakage problems.

The aircraft electric brake control system reduces fuel consumption, aircraft weight, and emissions. The electric braking system includes remote data consolidators to collect and transmit wheel data to brake system controls through a digital data communication bus. The system reduces aircraft weight, prevents inadvertent braking, and prevents error propagation between subsystems.

There are many benefits to having an aircraft electric brake system on an aircraft. The main benefit is to reduce energy consumption and noise, while increasing the airplane's overall agility. Most of the benefits however come from the aircraft brake pads itself. The aircraft electric brake system reduces the friction between the wheels and slows the aircraft down as well as reducing heat build-up.

Decrease in air traffic is expected to limit growth of the aviation sector in the U.S. and all over the world, which may adversely affect the demand for aircraft electric brake control systems. This reduction in travelers is estimated to be more than US$ 94 billion by the end of 2021, according to Airports Council International.

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