{"title":"A review and implementation of Matrix-Converter for aerospace application","authors":"K. Kobravi, R. Iravani, H. Kojori","doi":"10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342752","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the main requirements and challenges regarding the application of a Matrix Converter (MC) for aerospace power conversion. The challenges are reviewed in terms of (i) the input-filter (and output-filter) design, (ii) the selection of semiconductor switches and commutation-strategy, and (iv) the PWM strategy. The aerospace application of the MC requires operation at an input-frequency of 360Hz to 800Hz. The required output-frequency is either 400Hz to operate as a power supply or variable frequency of a few Hz up to 1200 Hz for drive applications such as fans and air compressors. Operation at 800Hz input-frequency imposes restrictions on the selection of the input-filter component values. These restrictions require the MC to operate at a high switching-frequency. Consequently, the switches, commutation strategy, and PWM strategy should be selected properly to enable MC operation at the higher switching-frequency. This paper uses MOSFET switches and demonstrates suitable commutation and modulation-strategies that enable a MOSFET-based MC to properly operate at around a switching-frequency of 40kHz, single-sided or 20kHz, double-sided.","PeriodicalId":6401,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2012-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"18","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342752","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper describes the main requirements and challenges regarding the application of a Matrix Converter (MC) for aerospace power conversion. The challenges are reviewed in terms of (i) the input-filter (and output-filter) design, (ii) the selection of semiconductor switches and commutation-strategy, and (iv) the PWM strategy. The aerospace application of the MC requires operation at an input-frequency of 360Hz to 800Hz. The required output-frequency is either 400Hz to operate as a power supply or variable frequency of a few Hz up to 1200 Hz for drive applications such as fans and air compressors. Operation at 800Hz input-frequency imposes restrictions on the selection of the input-filter component values. These restrictions require the MC to operate at a high switching-frequency. Consequently, the switches, commutation strategy, and PWM strategy should be selected properly to enable MC operation at the higher switching-frequency. This paper uses MOSFET switches and demonstrates suitable commutation and modulation-strategies that enable a MOSFET-based MC to properly operate at around a switching-frequency of 40kHz, single-sided or 20kHz, double-sided.