Condition monitoring of DC-link capacitors using Goertzel algorithm for failure precursor parameter and temperature estimation

P Sundararajan, MHM Sathik… - … on Power Electronics, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aluminum electrolytic capacitors are some of the weakest components in a power converter
system. Therefore, condition monitoring of capacitors can prevent unexpected system …

Failure modes and reliability oriented system design for aerospace power electronic converters

J Harikumaran, G Buticchi, G Migliazza… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aircraft electrification has been a major trend in aviation industry for past 20 years. Given the
increasing electrical power requirement for future more electric aircraft and hybrid electric …

Implementation of fuel cells in aviation from a maintenance, repair and overhaul perspective

T Hoff, F Becker, A Dadashi, K Wicke, G Wende - Aerospace, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hydrogen is one of the most promising power sources for meeting the aviation sector's long-
term decarbonization goals. Although on-board hydrogen systems, namely, fuel cells, are …

Online condition monitoring methodology for power electronics package reliability assessment

HA Martin, ECP Smits, RH Poelma… - … on Power Electronics, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article introduces an online condition monitoring strategy that utilizes a transient heat
pulse to detect package thermal performance degradation. The metric employed is the …

Asymmetric multilevel inverter topology and its fault management strategy for high-reliability applications

M Fahad, M Tariq, A Sarwar, M Modabbir, MA Zaid… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
As the applications of power electronic converters increase across multiple domains, so do
the associated challenges. With multilevel inverters (MLIs) being one of the key technologies …

Comparative analysis of IGBT parameters variation under different accelerated aging tests

MHM Sathik, P Sundararajan… - … on Electron Devices, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Power semiconductor devices are vulnerable to thermomechanical fatigue due to
temperature cycling caused by system load profile and external climatic conditions. As the …

Assessing the Feasibility of Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft: A Comparative Economic and Environmental Analysis

J Ramm, A Rahn, D Silberhorn, K Wicke, G Wende… - Journal of Aircraft, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
The aviation sector needs to become climate neutral with net zero emissions by 2050 in
order to meet the Fly the Green Deal targets. Hydrogen has been identified as a potential …

Short circuit detection and fault current limiting method for IGBTs

MHM Sathik, P Sundararajan… - … on Device and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Power devices may become damaged or even fail completely due to over-current caused by
external factors such as ac line transients, mechanical overload, misfiring, inverter shoot …

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 …

A detailed and comparative economic analysis of hybrid-electric aircraft concepts considering environmental assessment factors

J Wehrspohn, A Rahn, V Papantoni… - AIAA Aviation 2022 …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-3882. vid To meet the FlightPath
2050 goals, the aviation sector must reduce CO2 emissions by 75% per passenger …