Power Electronics Technologies for Aerospace Applications
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F3: Power Electronics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 12 July 2025 | Viewed by 2076
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Interests: power electronics converters; electric mobility; renewable energy sources; digital control techniques; smart grids
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays, humanity faces some pertinent opportunities and challenges concerning the relevance of aerospace applications. Over the last few decades, aerospace applications have experienced great growth, which requires an equal measure in terms of the development of power electronics technologies. However, as is well-known, the development of power electronics solutions for aerospace applications is quite different than for other applications. In fact, aerospace applications can be recognized as a new boundary for the research and development of power electronics technologies. Considering aviation and space applications, among others, power electronics technologies are fundamental for promoting more electric aircrafts and for lunar and deep space missions, always ensuring high power density, high efficiency, and high reliability under conditions of space radiation, extreme temperatures, and high altitude. This Special Issue aims to introduce a guideline of Power Electronics Technologies for Aerospace Applications, involving innovative contributions from academics, scientists, and researchers. The topics of interest are related, but not limited to:
- Light-weight and high-efficiency power converters;
- Power converters to deal with high dv/dt and di/dt operation;
- Digital and analogue control platforms for power converters.
- Monitoring, control, and protection of power converters;
- High-performance materials for coupling filters, cables, connectors, and cooling units of power converters;
- Power electronics for interfacing power generation systems and for power management;
- Innovative motor drivers for electric propulsion systems;
- Solid-state systems, circuits, and protections (to replace conventional electromechanical devices);
- Silicon carbide (SiC), gallium nitride (GaN), and high-electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) devices for aerospace applications;
- Space effects on wide-bandgap (WBG) power devices;
- Power Electronics systems for flight control;
- Energy storage technologies for aerospace applications (e.g., solid-state batteries);
- Power electronics for high reliability communication technologies.
Dr. Vítor Monteiro
Dr. Joao L. Afonso
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- power electronics
- power converters
- control
- monitoring
- power management
- wide-bandgap (WBG) devices
- energy storage technologies
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