A review of concepts, benefits, and challenges for future electrical propulsion-based aircraft

S Sahoo, X Zhao, K Kyprianidis - Aerospace, 2020 - mdpi.com
Electrification of the propulsion system has opened the door to a new paradigm of
propulsion system configurations and novel aircraft designs, which was never envisioned …

Large electric machines for aircraft electric propulsion

X Zhang, CL Bowman, TC O'Connell… - IET Electric Power …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
To achieve benefits similar to those seen in hybrid‐/all‐electric ground‐based and marine
vehicles, electric propulsion has been proposed for large commercial aircraft. Among the …

Design of a GaN-based interleaved nine-level flying capacitor multilevel inverter for electric aircraft applications

T Modeer, N Pallo, T Foulkes, CB Barth… - … on Power Electronics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multilevel inverters such as the flying capacitor multilevel inverter (FCML) hold large
potential benefit in applications where the size and weight of the inverter is constrained. This …

Design and control of a GaN-based, 13-level, flying capacitor multilevel inverter

CB Barth, P Assem, T Foulkes… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multilevel topologies are an appealing method to achieve higher power density converters
for both mobile and stationary systems. This article discusses the design and high …

High specific power electrical machines: A system perspective

A El-Refaie, M Osama - CES Transactions on Electrical …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There has been a growing need for high specific power electrical machines for a wide range
of applications. These include hybrid/electric traction applications, and aerospace …

Design of a GaN-based, 9-level flying capacitor multilevel inverter with low inductance layout

T Modeer, CB Barth, N Pallo, WH Chung… - 2017 IEEE Applied …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multilevel inverters such as the flying capacitor multilevel inverter (FCML) hold large
potential benefit in applications where the size and weight of the inverter is constrained. This …

Slotless lightweight motor for aerial applications

MS Islam, R Mikail, I Husain - IEEE Transactions on Industry …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A slotless, lightweight permanent-magnet (PM) motor with high pole count is designed and
analyzed for a drone system that requires four motors of 0.5 kW each for a 2-kW propulsion …

Power-dense multilevel inverter module using interleaved GaN-based phases for electric aircraft propulsion

N Pallo, T Foulkes, T Modeer, S Coday… - 2018 IEEE Applied …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Realizing the electrification of aircraft necessitates the development of inverters and
rectifiers with ultra-high efficiency and specific power simultaneously. Unconventional …

A review of thermal designs for improving power density in electrical machines

C Dong, Y Qian, Y Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
More electric aircraft is a promising solution to the problems of fuel consumption, emissions,
and noise faced by the aviation industry. Electrical machines with high power density are …

Role of advanced materials in electrical machines

A El-Refaie - CES Transactions on Electrical Machines and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There has been a revived and growing role for electrical machines and drives across a wide
range of applications. Such applications include, hybrid/electrical traction applications …