Title :
Comparative study of AC/DC converters for More Electric Aircraft
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech., Kowloon, Hong Kong
Abstract :
The More Electric Aircraft concept has been seen as the direction of the next generation for aircraft. This paper describes the major concern of the AC/DC converters in the power conditioning system of the aerospace industry. There are many types of AC/DC converter circuits used in aircraft systems. Some of them use transformer rectifier units, passive or active rectifiers with or without a step-up or step-down converter. Their performances versus the power density is an important factor for selection and this paper analyses various circuits for the AC/DC converters used in More Electric Aircraft
Keywords :
aircraft; AC/DC converters; More Electric Aircraft; active power factor correction converter; active rectifiers; passive rectifiers; power conditioning system; power density; step-down converter; step-up converter; transformer rectifier unit;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Variable Speed Drives, 1998. Seventh International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 456)
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-704-7
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19980541
