Modified Active Bridge Converter for Voltage Control of Electronic Load in More Electric Aircraft

International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

© 2023 by SSRG - IJEEE Journal

Volume 10 Issue 1

Year of Publication : 2023

Authors : Aditi Karvekar, Prasad Joshi

10.14445/23488379/IJEEE-V10I1P107

How to Cite?

Aditi Karvekar, Prasad Joshi, "Modified Active Bridge Converter for Voltage Control of Electronic Load in More Electric Aircraft," SSRG International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, vol. 10,  no. 1, pp. 74-82, 2023. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488379/IJEEE-V10I1P107

Abstract:

This paper proposes and implements a modified bridge converter to feed various AC and DC electronic loads in an aircraft. The emerging More Electric Aircraft and All Electric Aircraft trend have given rise to the need for novel power electronic circuits which should be capable of handling multiple avionic system loads- both AC as well as DC and also should be versatile and flexible enough to provide output voltage control to facilitate the desired operation of the connected loads. In this paper, a simplified active bridge converter circuit is proposed, simulated and implemented, which can be used to feed the electric power to the electronic systems inside an aircraft at variable voltage. The circuit uses a PWM inverter in conjunction with a rectifier and is capable of feeding power to AC and DC loads at various stages of the circuit. The prototype of the proposed circuit is also implemented. It is tested by connecting one AC and one DC load, and the output voltages are varied by changing the modulation index of the PWM inverter control circuit. The implementation is Hardware In Loop type, where the control circuit is implemented in MATLAB/Simulink, and PICCOLO Launchpad provides the interface between MATLAB and the hardware of the power circuit. The simulation and hardware results are compared for various values of modulation indices, and the future scope to modify this circuit into a bidirectional converter to improve the system efficiency is discussed.

Keywords:

More Electric Aircraft, Dual active bridge converter, PWM inverter, Rectifier.

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