Insulating materials for realising carbon neutrality: Opportunities, remaining issues and challenges

C Li, Y Yang, G Xu, Y Zhou, M Jia, S Zhong… - High …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The 2050 carbon‐neutral vision spawns a novel energy structure revolution, and the
construction of the future energy structure is based on equipment innovation. Insulating …

Reliability of wide band gap power electronic semiconductor and packaging: A review

Y Wang, Y Ding, Y Yin - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wide band gap (WBG) power electronic devices, such as silicon carbide metal–oxide–
semiconductor field-effect transistors (SiC MOSFETs) and gallium–nitride high-electron …

Insulation and switching performance optimization for partial-discharge-free laminated busbar in more-electric aircraft applications

Z Yuan, Y Wang, Z Wang, AI Emon… - … on Power Electronics, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes an insulation design strategy of laminated busbar to avoid partial
discharge (PD) in more-electric aircraft (MEA) applications. During high-altitude operation …

Medium-voltage SiC-based converter laminated bus insulation design and assessment

Y Xu, X Feng, J Wang, C Gao, R Burgos… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Laminated bus has been widely used in power converters for decades. Thicker insulation
increases parasitic inductance, weight, and size of the bus and decreases cooling …

[HTML][HTML] In-depth exploration of partial discharge modelling methods within insulations

HN Afrouzi, A Hassan, DTY Chee… - Cleaner Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Partial discharge (PD) activities are the essential contributor of insulation failure, which
constitute more than 60% for damaging high voltage equipment. This article presents a …

A solid-state circuit breaker without current limiting inductor

D Zhang, Y Xu, J Brandt, Z Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a high-density, high-efficiency megawatt (MW) medium-voltage (MV)
solid-state circuit breaker (SSCB) for aviation hybrid electric propulsion applications. The …

Design and Characterization of Bus Bars for 1MVA Three-level ANPC Inverters in Aerospace Applications

D Wang, L Zhou, S Hemming, J An… - … on Power Electronics, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Bus bars play a crucial role in connecting components and are widely utilized in high-power
inverters. Efforts have been made in the past to reduce the stray inductance of bus bars. In …

Partial discharge online monitoring and localization for critical air gaps among SiC-based medium-voltage converter prototype

C Gao, Y Xu, J Wang, R Burgos… - … on Power Electronics, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As a consequence of higher blocking voltage and power density by using SiC devices,
detailed analysis and careful design of insulation are important for future medium-voltage …

Design and validation of a high-density 10 kV silicon carbide MOSFET power module with reduced electric field strength and integrated common-mode screen

CM DiMarino - 2019 - vtechworks.lib.vt.edu
Electricity is the fastest-growing type of end-use energy consumption in the world, and its
generation and usage trends are changing. Hence, the power electronics that control the …

Mitigating Partial Discharge in PWM Voltage Systems Using Electrets

F Haque, O Faruqe, C Park - 2023 IEEE Electric Ship …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Advancing power semiconductor technology offers high efficiency and enables both high
gravimetric and volumetric power densities. However, the locally enhanced electric field in …