Due to its advantages of small size and light weight, multi-pulse rectifier has a broad
application prospect in the field of aviation. The 18-pulse rectifier is more popular in practical …

Abstract Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) is an essential component utilized in modern civil
aircraft. In order to meet APU availability requirements, failure prediction should be …

The High voltage static converter systems are deployed at different military and DoD assets
in which power electronics is used for the isolated and stabilized AC or DC …

Battery-integrated-converter systems were first proposed as a solution for charge balancing
in series connected battery systems. Modularizing the battery cells/blocks with individual …

Operating and non-operating temperatures as well as power and duty cycles affect
electronic component reliability. The ability to predict the reliability of a printed circuit board …

In large-scale PV plants, inverters have consistently been the leading cause of corrective
maintenance and downtime. Improving inverter reliability is critical to increasing solar …

The concept of modularizing battery storage systems by distributing DC-DC or DC-AC
converters among battery module in the battery string brings several benefits. This paper …

This thesis examines topological variations of non-isolated DC-DC converters and their
implications on design parameters and configurations of battery-integrated-converter …