This paper is to promote investigation into the nuclear rocket engine (NRE) propulsion option that is considered as a key technology for manned Mars exploration. Russian NRE developed since the 1950s in the former Soviet Union to a full-scale prototype by the 1990s is viewed as advantageous and the ...

The busbars in high power neutral point clamped three-level inverters are modeled using the Maxwell Q3D Extractor software, which is based on the partial element equivalent circuits method. The equivalent circuits of the busbars and devices model are simulated in the electric simulator PSIM to analy...

The unbalanced impedance of the asymmetric 3-phase wind power permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) compensated by external circuits in series with the 3-phase windings is investigated in this paper. The asymmetric impedance includes the unbalanced resistances, unbalanced self-inductances, a...

This paper has proposed a fault detecting method for DC supplied permanent magnet synchronize motor (PMSM) drive systems by monitoring the drive DC input current. This method is based on the fault signal propagation from the torque disturbance on the motor shaft to the inverter input currents. The a...

Multi-level converters have been used extensively in modern industry which calls for energy conversion with high-power and high-or medium-voltage. Because of its modularity and scalability, the multi-level converter with modular structure can be extended to different voltage levels and has a variety...