The main purpose of this article is to provide an instructive review of the technological
challenges hindering the road toward more electric powertrains in aircraft. Hybrid, all …

More electric aircraft (MEA) architectures consist of several subsystems, which must all
comply with the settled safety requirements of aerospace applications. Thus, achieving …

Matrix converters have been extensively investigated in academia over the last 3 decades.
Several review works targeting matrix converter topologies, commutation strategies …

Safety-critical power conversion systems play a major role in the paradigm shift towards
more electric aircraft (MEA) architectures. This paper reviews the electrical machines and …

This paper presents the current scenario related to the application of power electronics
converters in aviation industries, major challenges and their reliability aspects. Recent …

This paper discusses some aspects of control schemes for voltage source converters under
abnormal conditions. The control schemes are developed specifically for the situations when …

Due to the application of a large number of power electronic equipments on the aircraft, the
aircraft power supply network tends to be complicated, and thus there is an urgent need to …

In this dissertation, a smart three-phase power converter for more electric powertrains is
presented. In the context of a more electric powertrain, the smartness of a power converter is …

In order to reduce the high cost of sampling circuits, simplify commutation procedure and
improve the conversion efficiency of the indirect matrix converter (IMC), a zero current …

With the concept of “green airport”, airports have begun to widely promote green auxiliary
power units to replace fuel generators to help reduce carbon emissions at airports. Airport …