Evaluation of isolated DC/DC converter topologies for future HVDC aerospace microgrids

Tarisciotti, Luca; Costabeber, Alessando; Linglin, Chen; Walker, Adam; Galea, Mikiel

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 HVDC aircraft distribution systems. For such reason an evaluation of several isolated DC/DC converter topology is carried out considering the proposed application, interfacing a 270V DC network with a 28V DC network. A trade off evaluation has been carried out for three different topologies and an experimental prototype has been manufactured for the selected conversion architecture. Simulation and experimental results are provided in order to validate the trade off and the design of the proposed converter.

Citation

Tarisciotti, L., Costabeber, A., Linglin, C., Walker, A., & Galea, M. (2017). Evaluation of isolated DC/DC converter topologies for future HVDC aerospace microgrids. In ECCE 2017: IEEE Conversion Congress & Expo (2238-2245). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2017.8096437

• Conference Name: 2017 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)
• Conference Location: Cincinnati, OH, USA
• Start Date: Oct 1, 2017
• End Date: Oct 5, 2017
• Acceptance Date: May 1, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Oct 7, 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Deposit Date: Jul 17, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 7, 2017
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 2238-2245
• Book Title: ECCE 2017: IEEE Conversion Congress & Expo
• ISBN: 978-1-5090-2999-0
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2017.8096437
• Keywords: DC/DC power conversion, Power Electronics, Dual Active Bridge, Active Clamp Active Bridge, More Electric Aircraft
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• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8096437/
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