Real-time power-hardware-in-the-loop facility for shunt and serial power electronics benchmarking

Power systems today are undergoing a full mutation, primarily due to the opening of power markets, evolution of technology, exhaustion of natural resources, and dramatic changes in climate. In order to respond to these challenges, countermeasures that leverage power electronic converter technology must be taken at all the levels of the power system: generation, transport and distribution. Due to their innovative character, these solutions require powerful analysis tools, well adapted to the multitude of involved dynamics. The current paper proposes and analyzes the use of a real-time power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) simulator for a wind park generation power system, in order to face these complex requirements.