Multilevel inverters for electric aircraft applications: current status and future trends

D Wang, S Hemming, Y Yang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aviation electrification has been in the spotlight over the last decade, expected to lead to a
more sustainable future. As the power demand and the voltage level of onboard electric …

Reliability Statistics of Traction Electric Drive Components: Overview and Analysis

J Kammermann, I Bolvashenkov… - … on Information and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper deals with the overview of reliability statistical data of the main components of
modern traction electric drives. The general focus is set on data acquisition, their statistical …

Comparison and analysis of multi-state reliability of fault-tolerant inverter topologies for the electric aircraft propulsion system

Y Cao, L Fauth, A Mertens… - 2021 24th International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fault-tolerant systems play an important role in aircraft safety design. In this article, several
three-level fault-tolerant inverter topologies are quantitative analysed in terms of their …

Improvement of reliability and fault tolerance of traction drives by means of multiphase actuators

J Kammermann, I Bolvashenkov… - Drive Systems 2017; …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ongoing electrification of road and air traffic leads to an increase of component
requirements within the electric vehicle's drive train. Especially the requirements on …

Multilevel inverter for EV charging via hybrid storage unit (Fuel Cell, Battery, Ultracapacitor)

D Fodorean, IC Gros - … , Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper deals with the design and numerical simulation of a multilevel inverter used for
EV charging. A mobile charging station (MCS) is our application. The MCS is to be analyzed …

Reliability assessment of a fault tolerant propulsion system for an electrical helicopter

I Bolvashenkov, J Kammermann… - … on Ecological Vehicles …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper describes an approach and a methodology of quantitative reliability assessment
of fault tolerant propulsion systems for an electrical helicopter. As a comprehensive …

Comparison of the battery energy storage and fuel cell energy source for the safety-critical drives considering reliability and fault tolerance

I Bolvashenkov, J Kammermann… - … on Information and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the fault tolerance comparative analysis of a battery electric energy
storage consisting of multiple battery submodules and fuel cell electric energy source for the …

Simulation and analysis of control and modulation schemes for a multilevel cascaded H-bridge inverter for use in a battery energy storage system

T Lahlou, SN Malik, HG Herzog - 2017 18th International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Progress in efficiency improvement has been main a matter in grid tie inverters. The
employment of multilevel inverters in energy conversion promises a better power quality and …

Concept analysis and design of a 9-phase permanent magnet synchronous machine

L Tippe, J Kammermann… - 2018 AEIT …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a design approach for a multiphase electrical machine with surface
mounted permanent magnets. The number of phases is chosen to be nine, which ensures to …

The choice of an optimal structure and parameters of energy storage for an electrical helicopter traction drive

I Bolvashenkov, J Kammermann… - 2017 Twelfth …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the reliability indices analysis of a battery electric energy storage
consisting of multiple battery submodules for an electrical search and rescue helicopter. The …