Simulation of auxiliary resonant commutated pole (ARCP) converter

Author

Walters, Eric A. ; Wasynczuk, Oleg ; Hegner, Henry J.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

27 Jul-1 Aug 1997

Firstpage

302

Abstract

The auxiliary resonant commutated pole (ARCP) power converter was recently developed to essentially eliminate switching losses in high-power high-switching-rate power converters. Various converter topologies utilizing the ARCP technology are presently being developed for military shipboard and aircraft applications. The given technology also has significant potential in commercial applications. In this paper, a detailed computer simulation of an ARCP-based electromechanical actuation system is described. The simulation includes the high-frequency switching transients of the ARCP bridge as well as the slower electromechanical transients of the electromechanical actuation system. Sample studies are provided which illustrate the steady-state and dynamic performance characteristics of the selected system configuration

Keywords

bridge circuits; circuit analysis computing; electric actuators; power supplies to apparatus; resonant power convertors; switching; transients; aircraft; applications; auxiliary resonant commutated pole power converter; bridge circuit; computer simulation; converter topologies; dynamic performance characteristics; electromechanical actuators; electromechanical transients; high-frequency switching transients; power sources; ship; steady-state performance characteristics; Application software; Bridges; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Military aircraft; Military computing; Resonance; Switching converters; Switching loss; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1997. IECEC-97., Proceedings of the 32nd Intersociety

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4515-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.1997.659203

Filename

659203