Recent Advances of Power Electronics Applications in More Electric Aircrafts

Jiangbiao He, Di Zhang, David Torrey

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Abstract

Recent advances in power electronics have significantly promoted the development of more electric aircraft (MEA). This paper presents a review of the power electronic applications in MEA that were presented in the literature in the past decade, ranging from the component level such as power semiconductor devices and solid-state circuit breakers, to various power converter topologies, high-voltage AC (HVAC) and high-voltage DC (HVDC) power system architectures for MEA. Opportunities and challenges of using emerging power semiconductor devices, power converter topologies and various system architectures are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium, EATS 2018
ISBN (Electronic)9781624105722
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 29 2018
Event2018 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium, EATS 2018 - Cincinnati, United States
Duration: Jul 12 2018Jul 14 2018

Publication series

Name2018 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium, EATS 2018

Conference

Conference2018 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium, EATS 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCincinnati
Period7/12/187/14/18

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 AIAA.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

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