PLECS-piece-wise linear electrical circuit simulation for Simulink

Author

Alimeling, J.H. ; Hammer, Wolfgang P.

Author_Institution

Power Electron. & Electrometrol. Lab., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

355

Abstract

In this paper a new toolbox, PLECS, for the fast simulation of power electronic circuits under Simulink is presented. This toolbox provides the means for modeling large power electronic systems containing both electrical circuits and controllers. The program is based on a state-space formulation for circuits that consist of linear elements (RLC), transformers, sources, meters and ideal switches. Diodes, thyristors, IGBTs and other nonlinear elements such as saturable inductors can be assembled by combining linear elements and switches. Thus, a piece-wise linear model is attained which leads to a stable and fast simulation. An attached benchmark simulation demonstrates the capability of PLECS

Keywords

circuit simulation; piecewise linear techniques; power electronics; software packages; state-space methods; IGBTs; PLECS; Simulink; benchmark simulation; computer simulation; diodes; piece-wise linear electrical circuit simulation; power electronic circuits; saturable inductors; state-space formulation; thyristors; Circuit simulation; Diodes; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Power electronics; Power system modeling; RLC circuits; Switches; Switching circuits; Thyristors; Transformers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Drive Systems, 1999. PEDS '99. Proceedings of the IEEE 1999 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5769-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDS.1999.794588

Filename

794588