Planet-RT | October 2010

Real World Applications of Real Time Simulation and HIL Technologies

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October 2010

Applications & Innovations

CS Canada Partners with Opal-RT Technologies to Deliver a Portable Simulator for Aerospace Engine ECU Development

Today’s aircraft are typically designed and built using mission critical systems that are both comprised of multiple components and developed by a wide variety of manufacturers.

This...

Model of the Month

Real-Time Simulation of a Simulink/SimPowerSystems model of a Bipolar HVDC System using ARTEMiS and RT-LAB
	A model of a detailed bipolar HVDC system, developed using Simulink/SimPowerSystems and executed in Real-Time using RT-LAB and ARTEMiS.

Upcoming Events

2010 CIGRÉ Canada Conference on Power Systems

17 Oct, 2010 to 19 Oct, 2010, Vancouver, British Columbia
9th International Workshop on Large-Scale Integration of Wind Power into Power Systems as well as on Transmission Networks for Offshore Wind Power Plants

18 Oct, 2010 to 19 Oct, 2010, LOEWS Hotel Le Concord Québec, Québec City, QC Canada
Automotive Testing Expo North America 2010

26 Oct, 2010 to 28 Oct, 2010, The Rock Financial Showplace, Novi, MI, USA
Virtual Powertrain Conference

27 Oct, 2010 to 28 Oct, 2010, Beijing, China

Opal-RT News

Papers & Presentations

Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of Hybrid Vehicle Motor Drives at Ford Motor Company
	This paper describes the usage of Hardware-In-the-Loop technologies at Ford Motor Company for the development of hybrid vehicle cars. At the heart of these HIL tests are models of electric motor...

Real-Time Simulation and Control of Reluctance Motor Drives for High Speed Operation with Reduced Torque Ripple
	This paper presents real-time simulation results of a switched reluctance motor (SRM) drive with a novel Torque Distribution Function (TDF) for high-speed applications, in order to reduce torque...

The What, Where and Why of Real-Time Simulation
	Simulation tools have been widely used for the design and improvement of electrical systems since the midtwentieth century. The evolution of simulation tools has progressed in step with the evolution...

Videos

PHIL Simulation of an Island Grid: A Comparative Study with Classical Grid Simulation Software
	Real-time simulator performance follows the evolution in computer technologies and can provide designers with an efficient approach to system prototyping and testing using “Power-Hardware-In...

Real–Time Monitoring of Inter-area Security in the Mexican Power System
	The Mexican Power System is comprised of eight local areas and one national center. In this presentation, propose an inter-area heuristic control algorithm is proposed, based on an Optimal Power...

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