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Aircraft Modular Power Converter Solutions

Project

AMPS - Aircraft Modular Power Converter Solutions


Funding origin:
European
European Union
STRIA Roadmaps:
Transport electrification (ELT)
Transport electrification
Vehicle design and manufacturing (VDM)
Vehicle design and manufacturing
Transport mode:
Airborne
Airbone
Transport sectors:
Passenger transport
Passenger transport
Freight transport
Freight transport
Project website:
Duration:
Start date: 01/03/2018,
End date: 01/02/2020

Status: Finished
Funding details:
Total cost:
€712 524
EU Contribution:
€498 767

Overview

Objectives:

The aim of this project is to demonstrate the use of integrated hybrid power modules in the design of aircraft power converters. The project aims to show that using a standardised power module for various converter topologies will give numerous benefits, including higher power density, lower cost and higher reliability.

Methodology:

This first part of the project entails the design and manufacture of a Power Module which will form the building block for two different power converter types which can be used in commercial aircraft power distribution applications.

The second part of the project entails the demonstration of the use of the power module, which will be developed in the first part of the project, in power converter applications by designing and building two different converter demonstrators - one an Active converter and the other a Matrix converter.

The project will also look at the trade-offs of different design choices for the power module, in this particular application.

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