Analysis and Implementation of Multilevel Inverter for Full Electric Aircraft Drives

Vidhi Patel, Concettina Buccella and Carlo Cecati
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Vidhi Patel: Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of L’Aquila, and DigiPower srl, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
Concettina Buccella: Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of L’Aquila, and DigiPower srl, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
Carlo Cecati: Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of L’Aquila, and DigiPower srl, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 22, 1-14

Abstract: In modern aircrafts, hydraulic or pneumatic actuators have been already replaced with electric counterparts, but the advancement of the inverter and motor technology has made possible that the propulsion system can be powered by electrical sources. These high power requirements can not be efficiently fulfilled by using a typical two level converter; the multi-level converter represents a suitable solution for this application. This paper presents a cascaded H-bridge, a 9-level permanent magnet synchronous motor drive for full electric aircrafts. Harmonic analysis is presented considering different levels of a multi-level inverter. Simulation results and experimental validation with a test-rig confirms the accuracy of the proposed system.

Keywords: full electric aircraft (FEA); cascaded H-bridge (CHB); multi-level inverter; permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM); total harmonic distortion (THD) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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