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Electric flight for individual transport: concepts and proposed solutions


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This episode discusses special features, advantages and requirements of the new multilevel inverter technology compared to classical DC/AC converters. Nina Sorokina and Wolfgang Bliemetsrieder shed light on safety issues in the development of multilevel systems on the software side and the component selection for the hardware. In addition, they talk about the current state of the industry and the market for electronic airplanes.

More information can be found here: https://www.unibw.de/elapsed

Links to research results:

  • Inverter and Battery Drive Cycle Efficiency Comparisons of CHB and MMSP Traction Inverters for Electric Vehicles https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8915147

  • Real-Time Verification of A Battery Slave Controller Developed Using a DO-178C/DO-331 Based Process-Oriented Build Tool https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2023-3992

  • Performance Analysis of Reconfigurable Inverter Battery Systems for Aircraft Applications https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10559556

  • Investigation of Reconfigurable Battery Efficiency for an Application in an Electrical Sailplane https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10264472

  • Controlling Algorithm of Reconfigurable Battery for State of Charge Balancing Using Amortized Q-Learning https://www.mdpi.com/2313-0105/10/4/131

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