Distributed Real-Time Model of the M3C for HIL Systems Using Small-Scale Simulators
Hardware-in-the-loop systems are an essential tool to verify controllers and deployed control algorithms in a risk-free environment. The inaccessibility of the converters used in applications such as pumped hydro storage power plants due to their high ratings, require the development of a hardware-i...
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| description | Hardware-in-the-loop systems are an essential tool to verify controllers and deployed control algorithms in a risk-free environment. The inaccessibility of the converters used in applications such as pumped hydro storage power plants due to their high ratings, require the development of a hardware-in-the-loop platform to perform the validation of the deployed control structures and algorithms. This paper presents the modeling and splitting of the model of the matrix modular multilevel converter to allow the usage of small-scale simulators, such as the RT Boxes, to deal with the complex system exceeding capabilities of a single unit. To achieve an acceptable simulation step-size, this paper demonstrates the splitting of the model into multiple independent instances using the concept of virtual capacitance implementation. The verification of the proposed concept is done on a hardware-in-the-loop system compromising ten RT Boxes, where the physical model of the matrix modular multilevel converter is deployed, and control algorithms are implemented on the ABB PEC800 industrial controllers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4e1ae7281f3d4cada4a83445cddcab802022-12-21T23:11:12ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics2644-13142021-01-01260361310.1109/OJPEL.2021.31309969627631Distributed Real-Time Model of the M3C for HIL Systems Using Small-Scale SimulatorsPhilippe Bontemps0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9648-0886Stefan Milovanovic1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2122-6610Drazen Dujic2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3174-3566Power Electronics Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, SwitzerlandPower Electronics Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, SwitzerlandPower Electronics Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, SwitzerlandHardware-in-the-loop systems are an essential tool to verify controllers and deployed control algorithms in a risk-free environment. The inaccessibility of the converters used in applications such as pumped hydro storage power plants due to their high ratings, require the development of a hardware-in-the-loop platform to perform the validation of the deployed control structures and algorithms. This paper presents the modeling and splitting of the model of the matrix modular multilevel converter to allow the usage of small-scale simulators, such as the RT Boxes, to deal with the complex system exceeding capabilities of a single unit. To achieve an acceptable simulation step-size, this paper demonstrates the splitting of the model into multiple independent instances using the concept of virtual capacitance implementation. The verification of the proposed concept is done on a hardware-in-the-loop system compromising ten RT Boxes, where the physical model of the matrix modular multilevel converter is deployed, and control algorithms are implemented on the ABB PEC800 industrial controllers.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9627631/Hardware-in-the-loopmatrix modular multilevel converterpumped hydro storage power plantsreal-time simulationsvariable speed drive |
| spellingShingle | Philippe Bontemps Stefan Milovanovic Drazen Dujic Distributed Real-Time Model of the M3C for HIL Systems Using Small-Scale Simulators IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics Hardware-in-the-loop matrix modular multilevel converter pumped hydro storage power plants real-time simulations variable speed drive |
| title | Distributed Real-Time Model of the M3C for HIL Systems Using Small-Scale Simulators |
| title_full | Distributed Real-Time Model of the M3C for HIL Systems Using Small-Scale Simulators |
| title_fullStr | Distributed Real-Time Model of the M3C for HIL Systems Using Small-Scale Simulators |
| title_full_unstemmed | Distributed Real-Time Model of the M3C for HIL Systems Using Small-Scale Simulators |
| title_short | Distributed Real-Time Model of the M3C for HIL Systems Using Small-Scale Simulators |
| title_sort | distributed real time model of the m3c for hil systems using small scale simulators |
| topic | Hardware-in-the-loop matrix modular multilevel converter pumped hydro storage power plants real-time simulations variable speed drive |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9627631/ |
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