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A Reliability Comparison of a Matrix Converter and an 18-Pulse Rectifier for Aerospace Applications
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| Author(s) |
Patrick W. Wheeler, Jon C. Clare, Liliana de Lillo, Keith Bradley, Martin Aten, Chris Whitley, Graham Towers |
| Abstract |
This paper compares the calculated reliability of
a Matrix Converter with an 18-pulse rectifier/inverter
topology for a typical aerospace motor drive application.
The military handbook MIL-HDBK-217F guidelines have
been used to predict reliability. Although the Matrix
Converter has a higher number of semi-conductor switches,
these switches are subjected to a lower voltage stress, which
can shown to increase the device reliability. When this
factor is taken into account it can be shown that the
predicted reliability of the matrix converter is comparable
to the more commonly used 18-pulse rectifier based system |
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| Filename: | T9-301.pdf |
| Filesize: | 203.3 KB |
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| Date |
Last modified 2007-03-08 by System |
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