Typhoon EPIC 2018

Using Hardware In the Loop (HIL) Technology for Microgrid Lifecycle Engineering

EPIC 2018 Matt Baker Ivan Celanovic Paul Roege and Christoph Schaub

Introductions

Empowering Excellence

Agenda • Introductions and company background • Why • What • How • Model Based Systems Engineering • Examples • Culture Lesson

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Why Model and Simulation Based System Engineering (MSBE)…

• We’re in the Digital Age • Power electronic control and integration is hard • Customers / Operators are starting to demand it

What … Hardware In the Loop Digital Virtual HIL (VHIL) Inv

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Cost:

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Fidelity:

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Project Sav:

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Too late

Focus:

Operation Repair Overhaul

Use:

Power Electronics Modeling

Use:

System and Controller Validation

* Actual controller or code only (SIL)

Focus: * Component Validation

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How ‌ Typhoon HIL services

Expert consulting by application engineers On-site and off-site training HIL software, firmware and hardware customization

software

Vertically integrated system Graphical modeling of power circuits Custom test interfaces Test automation with open source Python

hardware

Technical support from product developers

HIL 604

HIL-Controller interfaces

Large scale simulators 6

How … Typhoon HIL HIL604 real-time unit

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Fidelity: o 20 ns sampling rate o 500 ns step time

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Computation power: o 8 processing cores o 2 ARM cores o 64 Analog outputs o 64 Digital Inputs

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Connectivity: o 2xEthernet o 2xCAN o 1xSerial, o 1XGb/sec serial link

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Scalability o Up to 16 HIL604 connected by Gb/sec serial link

HILConnect controller interface EasYgen HILConnect  Interfaces one EasYgen3000 controller

SEL Relay HILConnect  Interfaces up to 4 Relays

Model Based Systems Engineering Physical

Digital Product concept

(& regional architecture)

Feasibility study/ concept exploration

Integration / Build

Feedback

APPROVAL / DOCUMENT

APPROVAL / DOCUMENT

Concept of operation(s) APPROVAL / DOCUMENT

System requirements APPROVAL / DOCUMENT

High-level design APPROVAL / DOCUMENT

VHIL

Detailed design APPROVAL / DOCUMENT

System validation APPROVAL / DOCUMENT

CHIL

System verification APPROVAL / DOCUMENT

Subsystem verification APPROVAL / DOCUMENT

Component testing APPROVAL / DOCUMENT

Software and hardware development

TIME

Commissioning

PHIL

Model Based Systems Engineering Physical

Digital Operation and Maintenance

Change / Upgrade / Overhaul

Commissioning

Digital Twin

ears ears

TIME

Operation and Maintenance

Change / Upgrade / Overhaul

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Example: Major Electric Storage Project • Tehachapi Energy Storage Project, CA • 8 MVA Grid battery integration

Typhoon HIL simulation

MASTER

CAN bus

Inverter module controller

Inverter module controller

MASTER

CAN bus

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Example: Major Variable Speed Drive • ABB-Statoil Ormen – Lange gas field pipeline project

• Typhoon HIL plays key role in 48MW compressor drive integration project

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Example: Major Variable Speed Drive

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Example: Major Variable Speed Drive 48 MW Compressor drive controller

 HIL enabled power electronics engineers to test full drive controller  System protection tuning in completely realistic environment  Large reduction of commissioning time and cost

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Example: Commercial Marine Project • •

AC and DC distribution systems Multi-rate execution • •

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20ns pwm resolution

0.5µs - 50 µs simulation time step

Modular design Connectivity •

High speed analog and digital I/O

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Industry standard protocols

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Week long test runs

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Integrated enviroment

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Industry leading interactivity

Long term stability Ease of use

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Example: Commercial Marine Project

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Microgrid Testbed

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Questions

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