Magna-Power被选中为UTSI高超音速风洞提供电源
Magna-Power Electronics has been selected to deliver a 3 MW DC power system for a new large-scale high-enthalpy hypersonic wind tunnel at the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) in Tullahoma, Tennessee.
Funded by a $17.8 million grant from the U.S. Air Force through the Air Force Research Laboratory, the facility will test thermal protection system (TPS) materials for vehicles traveling at speeds up to Mach 25, which is 25 times the speed of sound, and enduring surface temperatures exceeding 2,600 degrees Fahrenheit.
The UTSI wind tunnel is led by Damiano Baccarella, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and an expert in hypersonic aerothermodynamics. The project team includes researchers from UT and the University of Dayton Research Institute, with expertise spanning hypersonic flow modeling, advanced materials development, and laser-based flow diagnostics.
“I'm excited to partner with Magna Power on this project,” Baccarella said. “They are leading experts in high-performance power supplies, and their input will be invaluable for integrating the electric power system of the new multi-megawatt arc-jet facility at UTSI.”
Part of Magna-Power’s recently released ML series, the water-cooled architecture achieves nearly four times the power density of comparable air-cooled systems, providing a critical advantage for a facility designed to bridge the gap between laboratory-scale experiments and full-scale flight evaluations.
投入运营后，UTSI设施将跻身全球少数能够模拟真实高焓高超音速飞行条件的风洞之列，有助于缓解长期以来热防护系统（TPS）鉴定测试的全球瓶颈。
"这个项目正是ML系列专为此类应用而设计的典范，"Magna-Power Electronics首席执行官Adam Pitel表示。"当我们推出1 MW ML系列时，我们就知道它能够让我们以更小的占地面积交付专业的多兆瓦级配置方案。看到三台这样的设备组合在一起，为国家顶级航空航天研究机构的高超音速研究提供支持，这是我们整个团队引以为豪的时刻。"
新建高超音速风洞的加入进一步巩固了UTSI作为顶级研究机构的地位，为满足国家航空航天和国防需求提供解决方案、技术和系统。
"这一合作对于我们发展综合研究能力体系的计划至关重要，这将使田纳西大学能够为我们的产业界和政府合作伙伴提供一站式服务，获取开发革命性新型高速飞行系统所必需的前沿研究和人才资源，"UTSI执行总监John Schmisseur表示。
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