A Modular Real-Time Simulation Platform Based on the Virtual Test Bed

Author

Figueroa, Hernan P. ; Bastos, Jimena L. ; Monti, Antonello ; Dougal, Roger

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

9-13 July 2006

Firstpage

1537

Lastpage

1541

Abstract

This paper describes a novel real-time simulation platform, namely VTB-RT, especially suited for power electronics systems. Using a combination of open-source packages, FPGA-based modules, and the virtual test bed software, VTB-RT constitutes a simulation platform characterized by its low-cost, modularity, and versatility. In this paper, we briefly describe each VTB-RT component, and then we concentrate on a new interrupt module developed for real-time geographically distributed simulations. A distributed simulation of a DC motor drive is presented as an application example

Keywords

power electronics; power engineering computing; test facilities; virtual instrumentation; DC motor drive; interrupt module; modular real-time simulation platform; open-source packages; power electronics systems; real-time geographically distributed simulations; virtual test bed; Computational modeling; Electronic equipment testing; Hardware; Open source software; Power electronics; Power system modeling; Power system simulation; Real time systems; Software testing; System testing; field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based hardware modules; hardware-in-the-loop (HIL); power-hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL); real-time distributed simulation; real-time geographically distributed simulation; real-time simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 2006 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0496-7

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0497-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.2006.295700

Filename

4078315