A Test of HIL COTS Technology for Fuel Cell Systems Emulation

Author

Pinto, F.R.P. ; Vega-Leal, A.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

Volume

57

Issue

4

fYear

2010

fDate

4/1/2010 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1237

Lastpage

1244

Abstract

The objective of this paper is twofold: a simple formal test to verify that an emulator hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) technology is well suited for specific purposes (the HIL test) and the implementation of an HIL system using very common commercial-off-the-shelf technology (Peripheral component interconnect eXtensions for instrumentation modular instrumentation, LabVIEW Real Time, and Simulink Software Platforms). The HIL approach is used to develop electronic controllers for fuel cell systems (FCSs) by emulation of the FCS. As a conclusion, the HIL test in that specific application is assessed.

Keywords

computerised instrumentation; electrical engineering computing; fuel cells; testing; HIL COTS technology; HIL test; LabVIEW Real Time; Simulink Software Platforms; commercial-off-the-shelf technology; electronic controllers; emulator hardware-in-the-loop technology; formal test; fuel cell system emulation; instrumentation modular instrumentation; peripheral component interconnect eXtensions; Electronic controller; LabVIEW real time; Peripheral component interconnect eXtensions for Instrumentation (PXI); fuel cell; hardware in the loop (HIL); modular instrumentation; rapid prototyping; time–bandwidth theorem;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIE.2009.2037102

Filename

5342519