Power Electronics Applications in Aerospace Technologies
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F: Electrical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2021) | Viewed by 4620
Special Issue Editors
Interests: power electronics; avionics; aerospace engineering
Interests: aeronutic power converter design; EMI modelling and EMI filter design; power converters control; power converters modulation techniques
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The development of More Electric Aircraft is related to the replacement of hydraulic and pneumatic systems by electric systems. As a consequence of the increase in electrical power demand, higher voltages in the electric distribution system have been proposed (HVDC, HVAC).
Energy management and bidirectional power transfer are two closely related concepts, which are expected to have an impact at the architecture level, since they increase systems’ availability, and thus, architecture redundancy is increased as well. As an example, a bidirectional power converter that feeds avionics loads and charges batteries might be used to feed the HVDC bus when required.
Power electronics design in aeronautic applications must evolve according to current needs, so investigation into state-of-the-art technology implementation in power converters must be carried out. High efficiency, high power density, and aeronautical standards compliance must be targeted. Power module parallelization can be used to increase power or voltage rating and shows several potential advantages compared to monolithic converters.
As a reference, we list some topics of interest for this Special Issue:
- SiC and GaN switches implementation in a relevant environment;
- Advances in power magnetics design and characterization;
- Modular converter modeling and control;
- Energy management and bidirectional power converters;
- Optimal converter design;
- Thermal management design;
- RTCA DO-160 and MIL-STD-704 standards design approach:
- EMI standards;
- Power quality standards.
- Trends in aircraft electrical architectures
Prof. Maria Angeles Martin Prats
Dr. Pablo Gonzalez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- SiC
- GaN
- modularity
- power magnetics
- EMI
- energy management
- thermal management
- optimal design
- power quality
- RTCA DO-160
- MIL-STD-704
- electrical architectures
- bidirectional
- DC/DC
- AC/DC
- DC/AC
- AC/AC
- avionics
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