OPAL RT Advanced Power Emulators - Enabling Real Time pHIL
OPAL RT Advanced Power Emulators - Enabling Real Time pHIL
OPAL RT Advanced Power Emulators - Enabling Real Time pHIL
June 2018
Advanced Power Emulators – Enabling Real‐Time pHIL
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pHIL Changing the Product Development Landscape
Decreased
Product Improved Decreased
Development Products Time to Market
Cost
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p‐HIL Changing the Product Development Landscape
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There are two components of Advanced Power Emulation
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DC Emulator – Grid Tied 2 Quadrant Source/Load
Model # 105050
Rating 0 to 500V / +/‐500A / 100kW
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DC Emulator – Grid Tied 2 Quadrant Source/Load
+500A to ‐500A
in 50uS
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DC Emulator – Grid Tied 2 Quadrant Source/Load
Low Z Mode
220V/mS
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DCE as a Battery and/or DC Bus Emulator
Wideband Controlled Impedance ‐ Real, Reactive & Nonlinear for Accurate Battery Emulation
• Battery packs can be modelled and emulated at the highest fidelity
Creates DC Bus for safe lab level testing – no battery pack or vehicle required
System Transients and other HV Bus emissions can now be studied
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DCE as a Swept Voltage Source
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DCE as Current Source ‐ Fast Charge Algorithm
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DCE as a Load Emulator
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DCE as a Swept Frequency Load to Identify Resonances
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DCE to Create DC Bus Transients – Aircraft Contactor Closing
Constant
resistance load
– no overshoot
with 0‐270V
transient
ZOOM
Constant
current load
– limited
overshoot
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Case Study: Real‐Time Simulation of Inverter/Motor
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Case Study: Real‐Time Simulation of Inverter/Motor
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Case Study: Real‐Time Simulation of Inverter/Motor
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Case Study: Real‐Time Simulation of Inverter/Motor
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Using DCE in Combination – Full System Simulation/Emulation
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Electric Motor Emulator
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Electric Motor Emulator
Rating Up to 960VDC
Parallel up to 4
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Electric Motor Emulator – Drive Cycle and DAC Outputs
DAC Outputs
GR: Ph A Current
MG: DC Current
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p‐HIL Changing the Product Development Landscape
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