by Evgenije Adzic, Vlado Porobic and Nikola Celanovic, Typho on HIL, Novi Sad, Serbia, How2Power Today, Jan 18 2013
Focus:
Typhoon HIL provides a uniform environment for evaluation of requirements relevant to
the performance, operation, and testing of the grid-connected converter’s control
system. The key component in such an environment is a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL)
emulator, which executes in real-time a mathematical model representing the real power
electronics converter and the grid system, while the real-time control code is
executed on real controller hardware that interfaces directly with the HIL emulator.
This article demonstrates some of the ways in which the Typhoon’s HIL emulation
hardware (with 1-microsecond time step) and related software tool-chain offer advanced
development and testing capabilities to manufacturers of grid-connected converter
systems. Along with enabling faster product development, this emulation platform
eliminates the need for expensive hardware test equipment traditionally used for grid
simulation. As their design example, the authors show how the HIL platform was used to
evaluate the power electronics circuit and corresponding control strategy for a PV
three-phase grid-inverter application. This example makes use of TI’s TMS320F2808
controller board.
What you’ll learn:
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