Simulation of PMSM VSI Drive for Determination of the Size Limits of the DC-Link Capacitor of Aircraft Control Surface Actuator Drives

Author

Khatre, M. ; Jack, Alan G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr., Electron. & Comput. Eng., Newcastle upon Tyne Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

12-15 Dec. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper aims to contribute to the determination of the minimum acceptable value of the capacitor in the DC-link of drives suitable for aerospace actuation applications. As part of the analysis a complete simulation of a three-phase 3.6 kW permanent-magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) with a PWM rectifier-inverter drive for a full electric flap drive for a mid sized aircraft like an Airbus A-320 is presented. The effect of the size of the capacitor is examined and ground rules to establish minimum acceptable size are derived with the knowledge of exact switching states in the rectifier and inverter.

Keywords

PWM invertors; PWM rectifiers; aerospace simulation; aircraft control; electric actuators; permanent magnet motors; power capacitors; synchronous motor drives; 3.6 kW; Airbus A-320; DC-link drives; PMSM; PWM rectifier-inverter drive; VSI drive; aerospace actuation application; aircraft control surface actuator drives; capacitor; electric flap drive; permanent-magnet synchronous machine; switching states; three-phase machine; voltage source inverter; Actuators; Aerospace control; Aircraft; Capacitors; Control systems; Educational institutions; Lifting equipment; Pulse width modulation inverters; Rectifiers; Safety; DC-Link Capacitor; PMSM; PWM;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems, 2006. PEDES '06. International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Delhi

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9772-X

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9772-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDES.2006.344430

Filename

4147925