Recent advances in on-line PDs'detection in power conversion chains used in aeronautics

At the dawn of this new millennium, transportations facing a much greener approach, the main aircrafts manufacturers have to change their paradigms: to replace the combination of hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical and mechanical power by a « More » (and “All” in the future) Electrical Aircraft approach consisting in drastically increasing the power density of electrical power systems without compromising on reliability. The increasing demand for more on board electrical power has led to increase the voltage and/or to change its shape. Such an increase may lead, depending on many parameters related to the electrical characteristics of the power chain (power converter, voltage waveform (dV/dt, frequency, …), the cables length, the type of machine driven) or to the environment (pressure, temperature, relative humidity) to the Partial Discharges Ignition in systems which were not supposed (and have not been designed) to endure them.

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