Portable Programmable Load Bank

TCS will design a Genset Test Set that will test, monitor, and fault diagnose existing and future flight line generators, and that will assist the U.S. Air Force in developing new advanced power gensets. The test set will be designed with openarchitecture, and with the versatility to test a wide variety of power sources. This will assist the Air Force in reducing the logistical footprint of its flight line support equipment.TCS will generate and deliver a Technical Requirements Document (TRD) specifying the customer requirements for the functionality, operability, electrical interface, portability, size, and weight of the test set; a technical data package (TDP), documentingthe test set design; and Budgetary Cost Information (BCI), including a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), detailing the level of effort and cost associated with the development of a prototype unit.The test set will consist of a commercial programmable load bank and an Electrical Signature Analysis (ESA) system, provided by our subcontractor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), packaged as a portable trailer. This approach of integrating existingtechnology will greatly reduce the program technical risk, and will allow resources to be allocated toward a more thorough design package. A variety of diesel-powered gensets to power aircraft, and to provide auxiliary flight line power currently are being used by both the military and airlines. In the interest of reducing emissions, fuel consumption, and flight line logistical footprints,both are conducting Research and Development (R&D) on advanced power solutions that could replace their existing flight line generators. Further, the U.S. Air Force has been expanding its flight line generators due to new aircraft requirements. TheGenset Test Set design being proposed by TCS would provide the Air Force with a single component that will test, maintain, and fault diagnose their existing and future flight-line generators, and that will assist in the development of new advanced powergensets. Using open architecture, the test set will be designed so that it can be easily modified to support new equipment as it is developed by the Air Force, or to support a variety of genset fleets. By providing one piece of equipment to support awide variety of gensets, and by designing the equipment to be easily upgradeable, the Genset Test Set being proposed by TCS will be marketable to both the military and the civilian industry.