Protection devices for aircraft electrical power distribution systems: State of the art

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1538-1550

  Izquierdo, D ^a,b   Barrado, A ^a   Raga, C ^a   Sanz, M ^a   Lazaro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALL-ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT; ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FUTURE TRENDS; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; PROTECTION DEVICE; SOLID-STATE POWER CONTROLLERS; STATE OF THE ART; VIRTUAL TESTS;

AIRCRAFT; ELECTRIC LOAD DISTRIBUTION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

SOLID STATE DEVICES;

EID: 79960143721     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2011.5937248     Document Type: Article

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