Technical Documents

Sep 2008 Closed-Loop Control of Virtual FPGA-Coded Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drives
Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida, Authors : Vincent Lapointe
Abstract : Presented in this paper are the results of closed-loop control experiments using a virtual permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive implemented on a fieldprogrammable gate array (FPGA) card connected to an...
Jun 2008 Real-Time Simulation of VSC-based HVDC Systems using Rectification Capable Switching Function-Based 3-Level Inverter Models
Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Vincent Lapointe
Abstract : This paper presents a simulation model of a 3-level Neutral-Point Clamped IGBT inverter bridge suitable for real-time simulation testing. The model is switching-function based but also works in rectifying mode. Because...
Dec 2007 eMEGAsim: An Open High-Performance Distributed Real-Time Power Grid Simulator
Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Loic Schoen, Authors : Vincent Lapointe
Abstract : This paper describes the architecture and specifications of advanced real-time simulators capable of accurately simulating electrical power grids and power electronic systems of any size. The OPAL-RT eMEGAsim simulator...
Oct 2007 Real-Time and Off-Line Simulation of a Detailed Wind Farm Model Connected to a Multi-Bus Network
Authors : Guillaume Dumur, Authors : Jean-Nicolas Paquin, Authors : Julien Moyen, Authors : Vincent Lapointe
Abstract : This paper describes the detailed modeling and simulation of a wind farm composed of eight doubly-fed induction generators (DFIG) connected to a 24-bus electrical network. Once built, the model was brought to real-time...
Jun 2007 FPGA-Based Real-Time Simulation of Finite-Element Analysis Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine Drives
Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida, Authors : Vincent Lapointe
Abstract : This paper presents a real-time simulator of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive based on a finite-element analysis (FEA) method and implemented on an FPGA card for HIL testing of motor drive controllers....
Jun 2007 PC-Cluster-Based Real-Time Simulation of an 8-synchronous machine network with HVDC link using RT-LAB and TestDrive
Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Jean-Nicolas Paquin, Authors : Loic Schoen, Authors : Vincent Lapointe
Abstract : In this paper, we detail the real-time simulation results of a medium-sized network composed of 8 synchronous machines and an HVDC link. The model is composed of two Kundur-like 4 machines networks connected together...
May 2007 Tests on a 23-bus network model and multi-machine model: Comparison with EMTP-RV
Authors : Guillaume Dumur, Authors : Julien Moyen, Authors : Mathieu Giroux, Authors : Vincent Lapointe
Abstract : In this document, several power systems will be built and analyzed both with Artemis and EMTP. Load-Flow computations and transient responses will particularly be studied. Load-Flow computation will be made on a 23 bus...
May 2006 A Distributed Real-Time Framework for Dynamic Management of Heterogeneous Co-simulations
Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Jean-Francois Cécile, Authors : Loic Schoen, Authors : Vincent Lapointe
Abstract : Simulation of complex systems usually requires that heterogeneous models be integrated into a single simulation environment. Because these models are often developed by different teams, or depend on various commercial...