A fault tolerant drive for high speed permanent magnet machines

Conference paper (2011)

Authors

J.J. Wolmarans Electrical Power Processing
H. Polinder Electrical Power Processing
Jan Abraham Ferreira Electrical Power Processing
D Zeilstra External organisation
Research Group
Electrical Power Processing
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Published Date

2011

Language

English

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Research Group

Electrical Power Processing

Abstract

High speed electrical machines are replacing existing subsystems in aircraft. Electrical drives need to have high availability and good power density to be considered a viable replacement. To achieve high availability fault tolerance is added to the system design. Power density is increased by spatial integration of subparts. Fault tolerance extends to both machine and power electronics design. By use of low frequency modulation in a high speed, multiphase, fault tolerant drive, losses are reduced. High efficiency and power density result. The air cooled converter will be subjected to varying atmospheric conditions during flight. Low air pressure reduces cooling capacity at high altitude and requires increased air velocity to keep temperatures stable.