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

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

doi:10.1109/TIA.2018.2889845

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

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

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	8590688
Pages (from-to)	2823-2832
Number of pages	10
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
Volume	55
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2018.2889845
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Active-clamp active-bridge (ACAB)
dc/dc power conversion
dual active bridge (DAB)
more electric aircraft (MEA)
power electronics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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