PECS: a power electronic circuits-oriented simulator

Author

Egiziano, L. ; Femia, N. ; Spagnuolo, G.

Author_Institution

Istituto di Ingegneria dell´´Inf. ed Ingegneria Elettrica, Salerno Univ., Italy

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

9-14 Nov 1997

Firstpage

749

Abstract

The computer program PEGS (power electronic circuits simulator) presented in this paper is oriented to the transient time-domain analysis of the power stage of switching converters. PECS performs the analysis of switched RLC networks of any complexity, ensuring reliability, rapidity and flexibility. PECS is circuit-independent and does not require prior knowledge about the mode of operation of the circuit. PECS adopts innovative methods to solve the major problems connected to the time-domain simulation of switching converters: the formulation of circuit equations; the calculation of switching instants; and the determination of switches´ configuration after forced commutations. PECS is best suited for quick preliminary circuit analysis during converters design. A survey of PECS characteristics is followed in the paper by several examples of switching converters simulation

Keywords

circuit analysis computing; commutation; power convertors; power engineering computing; software packages; switching circuits; time-domain analysis; PECS software; circuit equations formulation; circuit-oriented simulation; forced commutation; power electronic circuits simulator; preliminary circuit analysis; switch configuration; switched RLC networks; switching instants calculation; switching power converters; time-domain simulation; transient time-domain analysis; Analytical models; Circuit analysis computing; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Power electronics; RLC circuits; Switching circuits; Switching converters; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation, 1997. IECON 97. 23rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3932-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.1997.671919

Filename

671919