Overview of Electric Motor Technologies Used for More Electric Aircraft (MEA)

• Published in: IEEE transactions on industrial electronics (1982) Vol. 59; no. 9; pp. 3523 - 3531
• Main Authors: Wenping Cao, Mecrow, B. C., Atkinson, G. J., Bennett, J. W., Atkinson, D. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.09.2012; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Actuators; Aerospace; aerospace industry; Aircraft; Aircraft components; Brushless motors; brushless PM motors; Complexity; Density; Fault tolerance; Induction motors; more electric aircraft; Motors; multiphase machines; Permanent magnet motors; Redundancy; reliability; Reluctance motors; safety-critical drives; Studies; Torque; variable speed drives

This paper presents an overview of motor drive technologies used for safety-critical aerospace applications, with a particular focus placed on the choice of candidate machines and their drive topologies. Aircraft applications demand high reliability, high availability, and high power density while a...