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High Frequency Harmonic Current Generator for More Electric Aircraft Based on GaN HFETs

Wang, Meiqi; Fan, Boran; Xu, Lie; Kuiwang, Kuiwang; Zheng, Zedong; Li, Yongdong; Gerada, Chris; Zhang, He; Li, Jing

Authors

Meiqi Wang

Boran Fan

Lie Xu

Kuiwang Kuiwang

Zedong Zheng

Yongdong Li

He Zhang

Jing Li



Abstract

© 2018 IEEE. With the development of more electric aircraft (MEA), the number of power electronic equipment and variable frequency electrical loads are increasing rapidly, which leads to challenges in terms of power quality of aircraft power system. In this paper, a harmonic current generator (HCG) for MEA power system is designed, which can realize high frequency harmonic current injection (up to 40 times of fundamental frequency, 32kHz for 800Hz power system). For the equivalent switching frequency is close to 1MHz, a GaN HFETs based cascaded Hbridge topology is selected and a frequency adaptive multiharmonic proportional resonance controller is introduced to achieve accurate injection of harmonic currents. To verify the analysis and injection performance of the proposed HCG, the simulation model based on PLECS is developed and tested under various operating conditions. To verify the performance of the proposed HCG, a 10kW experimental prototype is built and tested in the laboratory.

Citation

Wang, M., Fan, B., Xu, L., Kuiwang, K., Zheng, Z., Li, Y., …Li, J. (2018). High Frequency Harmonic Current Generator for More Electric Aircraft Based on GaN HFETs. In Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC) (1-7). https://doi.org/10.1109/ESARS-ITEC.2018.8607717

Conference Name 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC)
Conference Location Nottingham
Start Date Nov 7, 2018
End Date Nov 9, 2018
Acceptance Date Jul 26, 2018
Online Publication Date Jan 14, 2019
Publication Date 2018-11
Deposit Date Oct 26, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Pages 1-7
Book Title Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC)
ISBN 978-1-5386-4193-4
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/ESARS-ITEC.2018.8607717
Keywords MEA; harmonic current generator (HCG); Gallium Nitride (GaN) HFET; cascaded H-bridge converter
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1195418
Publisher URL https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8607717
Related Public URLs http://www.esars.eu/wp2018/

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