An efficient multi-rate simulation technique for power-electronic-based systems

Summary form only given. A novel multi-rate method of simulating power-electronic-based systems containing a wide range of time scales is presented. In this method, any suitable integration algorithm, with fixed or variable time-step, can be applied to the fast and/or slow subsystems. The subsystems exchange coupling variables at a communication interval that can be fixed or varied dynamically depending upon the state of the system variables. The proposed multi-rate method is applied to two example power systems that include power-electronic subsystems. Increases in simulation speed of 183-281% over established single-rate integration algorithms are demonstrated.