| dc.contributor.advisor | David J. Perreault. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | O'Meara, Suzanne B. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-22T17:13:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-03-22T17:13:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/130195 | |
| dc.description | Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, May, 2020 | en_US |
| dc.description | Date of graduation confirmed by MIT Registrar Office. Cataloged from student-submitted PDF of thesis. "May 2020." | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-88). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | A prototype HV DC-AC power converter was designed and tested for use on the dielectric barrier discharge(DBD) section of a decoupled thruster on an electro-aerodynamic(EAD) thrust plane application. The converter was a switched-capacitor multi-level inverter(SCMLI) capable of generating a variety of AC waveform shapes. The power draw of the DBD and the DC corona discharge current were measured for each waveform at a DBD voltage of 6kVpp and 10kHz, and used to estimate the thrust to DBD power characteristics of each waveform. The estimated thrust to DBD power for a sine wave and sawtooth wave were >76% higher than for a pulse wave, and >19% higher than for a square wave, indicating that a sine or sawtooth wave generating circuit such as a SCMLI may be a good choice for EAD flight applications. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Suzanne B. O'Meara. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 167 pages | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. | en_US |
| dc.title | On the use of switched-capacitor multi-level inverters for electro-aerodynamic thrust applications | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | M. Eng. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | en_US |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 1241184282 | en_US |
| dc.description.collection | M.Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | en_US |
| dspace.imported | 2021-03-22T17:13:03Z | en_US |
| mit.thesis.degree | Master | en_US |
| mit.thesis.department | EECS | en_US |
