Title :
Simulation in power electronics
Author_Institution :
Dept. for Power Electron. & Electr. Drives, Univ. of Technol., Aachen, Germany
Abstract :
The use of simulation has always been a powerful tool for technology in all its various fields of application. Especially from an economical point of view, it appears to be profitable. Basic mistakes in a system design can be recognized fast and by this fail investments are avoided. The euphory which accompanies such a description must be handled with care. A broad range of simulation program packages is offered to the engineer. Behind each of these programs hide different simulation techniques and topologies. The aim of this paper is to show in which field of application, which kind or simulation methods can be used and how it can be used for simulating power electronic circuits. The following programs were tested on a PC-based network: PSpice 6.2, ICAP/4, KREAN 4.1, CASPOC, SIMPLORER 3.2, SIMSEN, Micro-Cap/V, ELECTRONIC WORKBENCH, and MATLAB-SIMULINK
Keywords :
SPICE; circuit analysis computing; digital simulation; power electronics; program testing; software packages; CASPOC; ELECTRONIC WORKBENCH; ICAP/4; KREAN 4.1; MATLAB-SIMULINK; Micro-Cap/V; PC-based network; PSpice 6.2,; SIMPLORER 3.2; SIMSEN; power electronics circuits simulation; simulation program packages; simulation techniques; simulation topologies; Circuit simulation; Circuit topology; Electronic equipment testing; Electronics packaging; Investments; Network topology; Power electronics; Power engineering and energy; Power generation economics; Power system economics;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics, 1996. ISIE '96., Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Warsaw
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3334-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISIE.1996.551009
