A New Topology of AC-AC Ground Power Unit for Aeronautical Applications

Rivera, M.; Faundez, D.; Kolar, J.; Wheeler, P.

doi:10.1109/ICA-ACCA.2018.8609736

New modulation scheme for bidirectional qZS modular multi-level converters (2019)
Journal Article
Khera, F. A., Klumpner, C., & Wheeler, P. W. (2019). New modulation scheme for bidirectional qZS modular multi-level converters. Journal of Engineering, 2019(17), 3836-3841. https://doi.org/10.1049/joe.2018.8020

This study proposes a dedicated modulation scheme for a bidirectional quasi-Z-source (qZS) modular multi-level converter. The operation principle and a suitable pulse-width modulation method are proposed. The relation between the modulation index and... Read More about New modulation scheme for bidirectional qZS modular multi-level converters.

Predictive Control Applied to a Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Converter (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hosseinzadeh, M. A., Sarbanzadeh, M., Sarbanzadeh, E., Rivera, M., & Wheeler, P. (2019). Predictive Control Applied to a Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Converter. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC). https://doi.org/10.1109/ESARS-ITEC.2018.8607723

© 2018 IEEE. Power converters are the main part of power electronic applications. A predictive strategy is a new control strategy to control cascaded H-Bridge (CHB) converter due to the control of multivariables, simultaneously. This report presents... Read More about Predictive Control Applied to a Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Converter.

Two methods for controlling three-time fundamental frequency neutral-point voltage oscillation in a hybrid VIENNA rectifier (2019)
Journal Article
Song, W.-Z., Dai, Z.-H., Xie, N., Wang, Y.-Y., & Pat, W. (2019). Two methods for controlling three-time fundamental frequency neutral-point voltage oscillation in a hybrid VIENNA rectifier. IET Power Electronics, 12(4), 932-943. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-pel.2018.5017

This study presents two methods of controlling neutral-point voltage oscillation in a hybrid VIENNA rectifier, which is composed of the parallel association of a three-phase single-switch Boost rectifier with a VIENNA-type rectifier. The neutral-poin... Read More about Two methods for controlling three-time fundamental frequency neutral-point voltage oscillation in a hybrid VIENNA rectifier.

An Integral Design of Ground Power Unit Supply for Aircraft Applications (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, M., Faundez, D., Kolar, J., Wheeler, P., Riveros, J. A., & Toledo, S. (2018). An Integral Design of Ground Power Unit Supply for Aircraft Applications. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC)

A new ground power unit configuration is introduced in this paper. The architecture comprises a six-pulse rectifier with active current injection in the input stage to achieve high-performance conversion with low polluted ac spectrum, whereas the out... Read More about An Integral Design of Ground Power Unit Supply for Aircraft Applications.

Standard clamp for regenerative braking in matrix converter drive: more electric aircraft (2018)
Journal Article
Munuswamy, I., & Wheeler, P. W. (2018). Standard clamp for regenerative braking in matrix converter drive: more electric aircraft. Journal of Electrical Engineering, 18(2), 394

This paper describes a novel method for braking regeneration in the Matrix Converter (MC) drive is proposed, called Standard Clamp Circuit (SCC) method for More Electric Aircraft (MEA). In earlier publications, Bi-Directional Switch (BDS) method and... Read More about Standard clamp for regenerative braking in matrix converter drive: more electric aircraft.

Phase-shift-modulation for a current-fed isolated DC-DC converter in more electric aircraft (2018)
Journal Article
Chen, L., Tarisciotti, L., Costabeber, A., Guan, Q., Wheeler, P., & Zanchetta, P. (2019). Phase-shift-modulation for a current-fed isolated DC-DC converter in more electric aircraft. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 34(9), 8528-8543. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2018.2889861

A Phase-Shift-Modulation (PSM) technique is proposed for an Active-Bridge-Active-Clamp (ABAC) topology. This topology is aimed for high power more-electric-aircraft applications. The proposed PSM has a complete switching harmonics cancellation on the... Read More about Phase-shift-modulation for a current-fed isolated DC-DC converter in more electric aircraft.

Artificial Intelligence Aided Automated Design for Reliability of Power Electronic Systems (2018)
Journal Article
Dragicevic, T., Wheeler, P., & Blaabjerg, F. (2019). Artificial Intelligence Aided Automated Design for Reliability of Power Electronic Systems. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 34(8), 7161-7171. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2018.2883947

© 1986-2012 IEEE. This paper proposes a new methodology for automated design of power electronic systems realized through the use of artificial intelligence. Existing approaches do not consider the system's reliability as a performance metric or are... Read More about Artificial Intelligence Aided Automated Design for Reliability of Power Electronic Systems.

On-board microgrids for the More Electric Aircraft: technology review (2018)
Journal Article
Giampaolo, B., Serhiy, B., Marco, L., Patrick, W., & Kamal, A.-H. (2018). On-board microgrids for the More Electric Aircraft: technology review. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 66(7), 5588-5599. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2018.2881951

This paper presents an overview of technology related to on-board microgrids for the More Electric Aircraft. All aircraft use an isolated system, where security of supply and power density represent the main requirements. Different distribution syste... Read More about On-board microgrids for the More Electric Aircraft: technology review.

Model-Predictive-Control for Dual-Active-Bridge Converters with Triple Phase Shift in Naval Shipboard DC Micro-grids Supplying Pulsed Power Loads (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, L., Wang, Z., Shao, S., Tarisciotti, L., Dragicevic, T., & Wheeler, P. (in press). Model-Predictive-Control for Dual-Active-Bridge Converters with Triple Phase Shift in Naval Shipboard DC Micro-grids Supplying Pulsed Power Loads

Dedicated Energy Storage System (ESS) has been an integral part of the shipboard micro-grids in naval vessels. Dual-Active-Bridge (DAB) converters are often chosen to be the interface between the ESS and the medium voltage DC bus due to isolation cap... Read More about Model-Predictive-Control for Dual-Active-Bridge Converters with Triple Phase Shift in Naval Shipboard DC Micro-grids Supplying Pulsed Power Loads.

Model Predictive Control for Isolated DC/DC Power Converters with Transformer Peak Current Shaving (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, L., Tarisciotti, L., Costabeber, A., Wheeler, P., & Zanchetta, P. (2018). Model Predictive Control for Isolated DC/DC Power Converters with Transformer Peak Current Shaving. In 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (5954-5960). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2018.8558301

In this paper a Model Predictive Control, suitable for isolated DC/DC power converters and featuring optimization on converter operations, is proposed. The control is designed based on a specific a current-fed DC/DC converter topology, named Active-B... Read More about Model Predictive Control for Isolated DC/DC Power Converters with Transformer Peak Current Shaving.

Analysis and Modeling of SiC JFET Bi-Directional Switches Parasitic Oscillation (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, L., Yang, J., Ma, H., Wang, Z., Olanrewaju, K. O., & Wheeler, P. (2019). Analysis and Modeling of SiC JFET Bi-Directional Switches Parasitic Oscillation. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 34(9), 8613-8625. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2018.2885145

Silicon carbide (SiC) junction field-effect transistor (JFET) based bi-directional switches (BDSs) have great potential in the construction of several power electronic circuits, including matrix converters, multi-level converters, solid state breaker... Read More about Analysis and Modeling of SiC JFET Bi-Directional Switches Parasitic Oscillation.

Thermal Analysis of High Power High Voltage DC Solid State Power Controller (SSPC) for Next Generation Civil Tilt Rotor-craft (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Adhikari, J., Yang, T., Zhang, J., Rashed, M., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2018). Thermal Analysis of High Power High Voltage DC Solid State Power Controller (SSPC) for Next Generation Civil Tilt Rotor-craft. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC) (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/ESARS-ITEC.2018.8607314

This paper explores different possible topologies of a high-power high-voltage bidirectional DC solid state power controller (SSPC) for aerospace applications. The most suitable topology is then selected for design and implementation of the SSPC. A d... Read More about Thermal Analysis of High Power High Voltage DC Solid State Power Controller (SSPC) for Next Generation Civil Tilt Rotor-craft.

An Enhanced Power Generation Centre for More Electric Aircraft Applications (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lang, X., Yang, T., Enalou, H. B., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2018). An Enhanced Power Generation Centre for More Electric Aircraft Applications. In Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC) (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/esars-itec.2018.8607688

© 2018 IEEE. The more-electric aircraft (MEA) concept has become a major trend due to its multiple advantages. Many functions which are conventionally driven by pneumatic, hydraulic and mechanical power systems are replaced by electrical ones onboard... Read More about An Enhanced Power Generation Centre for More Electric Aircraft Applications.

Reliability Analysis of SiC MOSFET Power Module for More Electric Aircraft Motor Drive Applications (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Donnell, S., Wheeler, P., & Castellazzi, A. (2018). Reliability Analysis of SiC MOSFET Power Module for More Electric Aircraft Motor Drive Applications. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC) (1-4). https://doi.org/10.1109/esars-itec.2018.8607615

This paper presents a reliability study on a Microsemi 5 kVA Integrated Power Solutions (IPS) module designed to drive an electrical motor in a More Electric Aircraft actuation system. The measures taken in the design of the product and the reliabili... Read More about Reliability Analysis of SiC MOSFET Power Module for More Electric Aircraft Motor Drive Applications.

Selective harmonic elimination in cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter using genetic algorithm approach (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hosseinzadeh, M. A., Sarbanzadeh, M., Salgueiro, Y., Rivera, M., & Wheeler, P. (in press). Selective harmonic elimination in cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter using genetic algorithm approach.

—Multilevel inverters are worked on medium-voltage and high-power applications due to their ability to supply high power quality output voltage. Hence, a low switching frequency strategy is applied in high power applications since it generates lower... Read More about Selective harmonic elimination in cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter using genetic algorithm approach.

3L-NPC AC-DC power converter using virtual space vector PWM with optimal switching sequence based on G-h coordinate (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Guo, F., Yang, T., Bozhko, S., & Wheeler, P. (2018). 3L-NPC AC-DC power converter using virtual space vector PWM with optimal switching sequence based on G-h coordinate. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC)

New Asymmetric Cascaded Multi-level Converter with Reduced Components (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hosseinzadeh, M. A., Sarbanzadeh, M., Sarbanzadeh, E., Rivera, M., & Wheeler, P. (2018). New Asymmetric Cascaded Multi-level Converter with Reduced Components. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ESARS-ITEC.2018.8607383

Multi-level converters have been used in several industrial applications. The following work seeks to present a novel power inverter structure featuring a low amount of devices for a multi-level converter with an asymmetric cascaded connection. The s... Read More about New Asymmetric Cascaded Multi-level Converter with Reduced Components.

Predictive Control for MPPT in a Single-Stage Photovoltaic System (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Munoz, C., Rivera, M., Villalon, A., Riveros, J., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2018). Predictive Control for MPPT in a Single-Stage Photovoltaic System. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC). https://doi.org/10.1109/ESARS-ITEC.2018.8607529

Predictive control has risen as a plausible option in the control of power converters for photovoltaic utilisation. In this work, a predictive control scheme is proposed to obtain the maximum power point in a photovoltaic array coupled directly to a... Read More about Predictive Control for MPPT in a Single-Stage Photovoltaic System.

Design, Assembly and Startup of a Single-Phase Multi-Modular Matrix Converter for Grid Interconnection (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, M., Castro, G., & Wheeler, P. (2018). Design, Assembly and Startup of a Single-Phase Multi-Modular Matrix Converter for Grid Interconnection. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Automation/XXIII Congress of the Chilean Association of Automatic Control (ICA-ACCA) - Proceedings (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICA-ACCA.2018.8609839

Power converters play a fundamental role in grid interconnection systems. In this article we present the design, assembly and start-up of a multimodular converter. The different stages and design components of the system are detailed. The main idea o... Read More about Design, Assembly and Startup of a Single-Phase Multi-Modular Matrix Converter for Grid Interconnection.

A New Topology of AC-AC Ground Power Unit for Aeronautical Applications (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rivera, M., Faundez, D., Kolar, J., & Wheeler, P. (2018). A New Topology of AC-AC Ground Power Unit for Aeronautical Applications. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICA-ACCA.2018.8609736

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 in a rectifier with an active current injection circuit... Read More about A New Topology of AC-AC Ground Power Unit for Aeronautical Applications.

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