A New Ground Power Unit (GPU) Supply for Aircraft Applications

Rivera, M.; Faundez, D.; Kolar, J.; Wheeler, P.; Besoain, F.; Riveros, J. A.

Abstract

Nowadays, electrical energy is the alternative to supply aircraft systems. In this paper a new converter for ground power units supply in aircraft applications is proposed. The topology consists of a rectifier with an active current injection circuit linked to a three level neutral point clamped converter. The design procedure is detailed in this paper showing the principal requirements for the safe operation of the converter. Simulation results validate the satisfying performance of the proposed system.

Citation

Rivera, M., Faundez, D., Kolar, J., Wheeler, P., Besoain, F., & Riveros, J. A. (2019). A New Ground Power Unit (GPU) Supply for Aircraft Applications. In 2018 IEEE Biennial Congress of Argentina (ARGENCON). https://doi.org/10.1109/ARGENCON.2018.8646311

• Conference Name: IEEE Biennial Congress of Argentina (ARGENCON 2018)
• Conference Location: San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
• Start Date: Jun 6, 2018
• End Date: Jun 8, 2018
• Acceptance Date: May 4, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Feb 21, 2019
• Publication Date: Feb 20, 2019
• Deposit Date: Apr 24, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: May 15, 2019
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Book Title: 2018 IEEE Biennial Congress of Argentina (ARGENCON)
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ARGENCON.2018.8646311
• Keywords: Aircraft; Inductors; Inverters; Modulation; Voltage control; Topology; Bridge circuits
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1838129
• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8646311
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