Functional modelling of symmetrical multi-pulse auto- transformer rectifier units for aerospace applications

This paper aims to develop a functional model of symmetrical multi-pulse Auto-Transformer Rectifier Units (ATRUs) for More-Electric Aircraft (MEA) applications. The ATRU is seen as the most reliable way readily to be applied in the MEA. Interestingly, there is no model of ATRUs suitable for unbalanc...

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Main Authors: Yang, Tao, Bozhko, Serhiy, Asher, Greg
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Published: IEEE 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32164/
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author Yang, Tao
Bozhko, Serhiy
Asher, Greg
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Asher, Greg
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description This paper aims to develop a functional model of symmetrical multi-pulse Auto-Transformer Rectifier Units (ATRUs) for More-Electric Aircraft (MEA) applications. The ATRU is seen as the most reliable way readily to be applied in the MEA. Interestingly, there is no model of ATRUs suitable for unbalanced or faulty conditions at the moment. This paper is aimed to fill this gap and develop functional models suitable for both balanced and unbalanced conditions. Using the fact that the DC voltage and current are strongly related to the voltage and current vectors at the AC terminals of ATRUs, a functional model has been developed for the asymmetric ATRUs. The developed functional models are validated through simulation and experiment. The efficiency of the developed model is also demonstrated by comparing with corresponding detailed switching models. The developed functional model shows significant improvement of simulation efficiency, especially under balanced conditions.
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spelling nottingham-321642020-05-04T20:07:42Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32164/ Functional modelling of symmetrical multi-pulse auto- transformer rectifier units for aerospace applications Yang, Tao Bozhko, Serhiy Asher, Greg This paper aims to develop a functional model of symmetrical multi-pulse Auto-Transformer Rectifier Units (ATRUs) for More-Electric Aircraft (MEA) applications. The ATRU is seen as the most reliable way readily to be applied in the MEA. Interestingly, there is no model of ATRUs suitable for unbalanced or faulty conditions at the moment. This paper is aimed to fill this gap and develop functional models suitable for both balanced and unbalanced conditions. Using the fact that the DC voltage and current are strongly related to the voltage and current vectors at the AC terminals of ATRUs, a functional model has been developed for the asymmetric ATRUs. The developed functional models are validated through simulation and experiment. The efficiency of the developed model is also demonstrated by comparing with corresponding detailed switching models. The developed functional model shows significant improvement of simulation efficiency, especially under balanced conditions. IEEE 2015-09 Article PeerReviewed Yang, Tao, Bozhko, Serhiy and Asher, Greg (2015) Functional modelling of symmetrical multi-pulse auto- transformer rectifier units for aerospace applications. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 30 (9). pp. 4704-4713. ISSN 0885-8993 Functional modelling Fault conditions Multi-pulse rectifier More-electric aircraft Transformer rectifier unit http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6935099 doi:10.1109/TPEL.2014.2364682 doi:10.1109/TPEL.2014.2364682
spellingShingle Functional modelling
Fault conditions
Multi-pulse rectifier
More-electric aircraft
Transformer rectifier unit
Yang, Tao
Bozhko, Serhiy
Asher, Greg
Functional modelling of symmetrical multi-pulse auto- transformer rectifier units for aerospace applications
title Functional modelling of symmetrical multi-pulse auto- transformer rectifier units for aerospace applications
title_full Functional modelling of symmetrical multi-pulse auto- transformer rectifier units for aerospace applications
title_fullStr Functional modelling of symmetrical multi-pulse auto- transformer rectifier units for aerospace applications
title_full_unstemmed Functional modelling of symmetrical multi-pulse auto- transformer rectifier units for aerospace applications
title_short Functional modelling of symmetrical multi-pulse auto- transformer rectifier units for aerospace applications
title_sort functional modelling of symmetrical multi-pulse auto- transformer rectifier units for aerospace applications
topic Functional modelling
Fault conditions
Multi-pulse rectifier
More-electric aircraft
Transformer rectifier unit
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