TY - JOUR
T1 - Research and Realization of High-Power Medium-Voltage Active Rectifier Concepts for Future Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Generation
AU - Trentin, Andrew
AU - Sala, Giacomo
AU - Tarisciotti, Luca
AU - Galassini, Alessandro
AU - Degano, Michele
AU - Connor, Peter H.
AU - Golovanov, Dmitry
AU - Gerada, David
AU - Xu, Zeyuan
AU - La Rocca, Antonino
AU - Eastwick, Carol N.
AU - Pickering, Stephen J.
AU - Wheeler, Patrick
AU - Clare, Jon C.
AU - Gerada, Chris
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1982-2012 IEEE.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - In this article, we describe the research and development of a 3 kV active rectifier for a 4 MW aerospace generator drive system demonstrator. The converter is fed by a multiphase high-speed/high-frequency permanent magnet generator. The main aim of the work is to demonstrate for the first time the feasibility of an MW-class generator system meeting future hybrid-electric propulsion requirements. A concept with multiple and isolated three-phase systems feeding different power buses is proposed to meet the availability requirements. Multiple converters (one for each three-phase system) are connected in series and/or in parallel to achieve the rated power and dc-link voltage. This article describes the key design concepts and the development and testing of the converter to meet the challenging application requirements. Reduced power tests are carried out on a full-scale 4 MW converter prototype, validating the proposed design. The work represents a step forward in terms of voltage, power, and output frequency with respect to the state-of-the-art.
AB - In this article, we describe the research and development of a 3 kV active rectifier for a 4 MW aerospace generator drive system demonstrator. The converter is fed by a multiphase high-speed/high-frequency permanent magnet generator. The main aim of the work is to demonstrate for the first time the feasibility of an MW-class generator system meeting future hybrid-electric propulsion requirements. A concept with multiple and isolated three-phase systems feeding different power buses is proposed to meet the availability requirements. Multiple converters (one for each three-phase system) are connected in series and/or in parallel to achieve the rated power and dc-link voltage. This article describes the key design concepts and the development and testing of the converter to meet the challenging application requirements. Reduced power tests are carried out on a full-scale 4 MW converter prototype, validating the proposed design. The work represents a step forward in terms of voltage, power, and output frequency with respect to the state-of-the-art.
KW - Aerospace generation drives
KW - high-power generation systems
KW - high-power high-voltage converter design
KW - hybrid-electric aircraft
KW - multiphase drives
KW - variable speed drives
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097959393&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TIE.2020.3040692
DO - 10.1109/TIE.2020.3040692
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097959393
SN - 0278-0046
VL - 68
SP - 11684
EP - 11695
JO - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
JF - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
IS - 12
M1 - 9280429
ER -
