Power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) is a state-ofthe-art simulation technique that combines real-time digital simulation and hardware experiments into a closed-loop testing environment. The transportation delay or communication latency impacts the stability and accuracy of PHIL simulations. In this paper, for the purpose of synchronizing the PHIL output signal and promoting both the stability and accuracy of PHIL simulation, a hybrid compensation scheme is proposed to compensate for the time delay in the PHIL configuration. A model-based compensator is implemented to shift the time delay out of the PHIL closed-loop to enhance PHIL stability. A time delay compensation model and its equivalent inverse model are employed in the PHIL closed-loop to compensate for the time delay. A phase lead compensator and digital linear-phase frequency sampling filter (FSF) are candidate compensation models to compensate for the time delay and reshape the phase curve on a harmonic-by-harmonic basis. Simulations are made to validate the effectiveness of the compensation scheme.Index Terms-Power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL), time delay compensation, model-based compensator, stability and accuracy.
Power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) simulation leverages the real-time emulation of a large-scale complex power system, while also enabling the in-depth investigation of novel actual power components and their interactions with the emulated power grid. The dynamics and non-ideal characteristics (e.g., time delay, non-unity gain, and limited bandwidth) of the power interface result in stability and accuracy issues within the PHIL closed-loop simulations. In this paper, a compensation method is proposed to compensate for the non-ideal power interface by maximizing its bandwidth, maintaining its unitygain characteristic, and compensating for its phase-shift over the frequencies of interest. The accuracy of power signals synchronization and the transparency of power transfer within the PHIL configuration are assessed by employing the error metrics. In conjunction with the frequency-domain stability analysis and the time-domain simulations, a case study is made to validate the proposed compensation method.
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