Design and Demonstration of High Power Density Inverter for Aircraft Applications

This paper presents a design methodology for a high power density converter, which emphasizes weight minimization. The design methodology considers various inverter topologies and semiconductor devices with application of cold plate cooling and LCL filter. Design for a high-power inverter is evaluated with demonstration of a 50 kVA 2-level 3-phase SiC inverter operating at 60 kHz switching frequency. The prototype achieves high gravimetric power density of 6.49 kW/kg.

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