Prototyping and Testing Power Electronics Systems Using Controller Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) and Power Hardware-In-the-Loop (PHIL) Simulations

Lemaire, Michel; Sicard, Pierre; Bélanger, Jean

doi:10.1109/vppc.2015.7353000

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“…The platform for this study is built with the TMS320F28379D microcontroller from Texas Instruments [54] and the PLECS RT Box1 (Plexim) HIL boards with several analogues and digital input/outputs [55] (see Figure 11). The file with the C-code was created and uploaded into both targets [46], and the voltages and currents measurements are recorded in the host PC in order to monitor them as described in Figure 11.…”

Section: Controller Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation For the Grid-sidementioning

confidence: 99%

Improved Control of Grid-connected DFIG-based Wind Turbine using Proportional-Resonant Regulators during Unbalanced Grid

Karkri

Rey-Boué

Moussaoui³

et al. 2019

Energies

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The quality of power and current control are the greatest challenges of grid-connected wind farms during abnormal conditions. The negative-and positive-sequence components of the grid currents may be injected into a wind generation system during grid faults, which can affect the power stability and damage the wind system. The proposed work assures a low-voltage ride through capability of doubly-fed induction generator-based wind turbines under the grid voltage sag. A new technique to protect the wind system and to recompense the reactive power during failures of the utility grid according to the Spanish grid code is proposed. The control design is implemented to the power converters, and the grid current regulation is developed by using proportional-resonant regulators in a stationary two-phase (αβ) reference frame. The control performance is significantly validated by applying the real-time simulation for the rotor-side converter and the hardware in the loop simulation technique for the experiment of the generator's grid-side converter control.

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Section: Controller Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation For the Grid-sidementioning

confidence: 99%

Improved Control of Grid-connected DFIG-based Wind Turbine using Proportional-Resonant Regulators during Unbalanced Grid

Karkri

Rey-Boué

Moussaoui³

et al. 2019

Energies

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“…In HIL simulation, instead of a real plant a mathematical model representing the plant loaded in the real-time simulator to act like an actual plant. Through HIL simulations, the response of a controller in real time operation can be validated [19]. The following are the advantages with the HIL simulation: (a) prototype controller software can be developed with minor assumptions about the plant parameters; (b) once the control parameters are calculated with the HIL simulation, it is easy to tune the parameters of the actual system; (c) it saves design cost and time (d) system protections in real time can be analyzed by simulating faults.…”

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Power Balancing Control for Grid Energy Storage System in Photovoltaic Applications—Real Time Digital Simulation Implementation

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A grid energy storage system for photo voltaic (PV) applications contains three different power sources i.e., PV array, battery storage system and the grid. It is advisable to isolate these three different sources to ensure the equipment safety. The configuration proposed in this paper provides complete isolation between the three sources. A Power Balancing Control (PBC) method for this configuration is proposed to operate the system in three different modes of operation. Control of a dual active bridge (DAB)-based battery charger which provides a galvanic isolation between batteries and other sources is explained briefly. Various modes of operation of a grid energy storage system are also presented in this paper. Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) simulation is carried out to check the performance of the system and the PBC algorithm. A power circuit (comprised of the inverter, dual active bridge based battery charger, grid, PV cell, batteries, contactors, and switches) is simulated and the controller hardware and user interface panel are connected as HIL with the simulated power circuit through Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS). HIL simulation results are presented to explain the control operation, steady-state performance in different modes of operation and the dynamic response of the system.

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“…One example of product prototyping using HIL is the electric vehicle (EV) simulation presented in [46]. The elements of HIL simulation are: a fast real-time simulator connected with an Electronic Control Unit (prototype) via low-power logic and analog signals.…”

Section: Hardware In-the-loopmentioning

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Overview of Real-Time Simulation as a Supporting Effort to Smart-Grid Attainment

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Abstract:The smart-grid approach undergoes many difficulties regarding the strategy that will enable its actual implementation. In this paper, an overview of real-time simulation technologies and their applicability to the smart-grid approach are presented as enabling steps toward the smart-grid's actual implementation. The objective of this work is to contribute with an introductory text for interested readers of real-time systems in the context of modern electric needs and trends. In addition, a comprehensive review of current applications of real-time simulation in electric systems is provided, together with the basis to understand real-time simulation and the topologies and hardware used to implement it. Furthermore, an overview of the evolution of real-time simulators in the industrial and academic background and its current challenges are introduced.

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Prototyping and Testing Power Electronics Systems Using Controller Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) and Power Hardware-In-the-Loop (PHIL) Simulations

Cited by 22 publications

References 12 publications

Improved Control of Grid-connected DFIG-based Wind Turbine using Proportional-Resonant Regulators during Unbalanced Grid

Improved Control of Grid-connected DFIG-based Wind Turbine using Proportional-Resonant Regulators during Unbalanced Grid

Power Balancing Control for Grid Energy Storage System in Photovoltaic Applications—Real Time Digital Simulation Implementation

Overview of Real-Time Simulation as a Supporting Effort to Smart-Grid Attainment

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