Application of Power Electronics in Aerospace (HYBRID)

While the field of power electronics is trending towards designs with higher power densities, aerospace applications have had difficulties achieving terrestrial metrics due to limitations on reliability and radiation hardened components. In the most recent New Frontiers, Dragonfly (DF), a rotocraft system which is being designed to fly on Titan, one of Saturn’s moons, the electric power subsystem requires both a high reliability and a high-power-density design. This talk provides an overview on the design challenges, considerations, and preliminary results for the electrical and thermal management systems of the rotor drive inverter which transitions power from the battery to the motors. Additional design considerations for high-reliability space applications will also be discussed. Agenda: Social: 6:30 PM Presentation: 7 pm (eastern time zone). The meeting link will be emailed to on-line attendees on October 11. Formerly Westinghouse Energy Center, 4350 Northern Pike, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, United States, 15146, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/374563