Current-Fed Isolated DC/DC Converter for Future Aerospace Microgrids

Tarisciotti, Luca; Costabeber, Alessandro; Chen, Linglin; Walker, Adam; Galea, Michael

Abstract

High-performance power conversion equipment is currently gaining an increasing interest for aircraft applications. In particular, isolated bidirectional dc/dc converters are often proposed for modern aircraft distribution systems. A current-fed isolated dc/dc converter, named active-clamp active-bridge topology, is identified as the most promising for the proposed application, interfacing a 270-V dc network with a 28-V dc network. A comparison between the selected topology and the well-known dual-active-bridge topology has been carried out and an experimental prototype has been manufactured for the selected conversion architecture. Simulation and experimental results are provided in order to validate the tradeoff and the design of the proposed converter.

Citation

Tarisciotti, L., Costabeber, A., Chen, L., Walker, A., & Galea, M. (2019). Current-Fed Isolated DC/DC Converter for Future Aerospace Microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 55(3), 2823-2832. https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2018.2889845

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 20, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Dec 27, 2018
• Publication Date: 2019-05
• Deposit Date: Aug 14, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 14, 2019
• Journal: IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
• Print ISSN: 0093-9994
• Electronic ISSN: 1939-9367
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 2823-2832
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2018.2889845
• Keywords: Control and Systems Engineering; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1872362
• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8590688
• Contract Date: Aug 14, 2019