Real-Time HIL Simulation of Grid-Tied Switched-Mode Power Systems
Thursday 24 January 2013
2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT / 18:00 GMT (Duration: 1 hour)
Great progress has been made in recent years to develop appropriate mathematical constructs, solvers and frameworks that address the unique challenges of high fidelity, high speed real-time simulation of grid-tied switched-mode power converters and power grids using hybrid-FPGA devices.
Join us to learn about the frontiers of real-time power simulation, including:
- Motivation for developing FPGA-based simulation technology
- Demonstration of FPGA-based simulation and control
- Demonstration of a 30-km, three conductor transmission line simulation
- Development of a new megawatt size digital dynamometer inverters
- Demonstration of a battery Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation systems
PRESENTERS:
Dr. Mahmoud Matar is with the System Performance and Models Department, the Independent Electricity System Operator, Ontario, Canada and an adjunct research fellow at the Center for Applied Power Electronics, the University of Toronto, Canada. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada. With more than 10 years of experience, he is specialized in modeling and FPGA-based real-time simulation of power systems and power electronics systems. He is a senior IEEE member and the Vice Chair of the IEEE Industry Applications Chapter, Toronto section.
Dr. Reza Iravani is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Iravani is a Fellow of the IEEE, Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, a professional engineer in the Province of Ontario, Canada, and coordinator for the Center for Applied Power Electronics (CAPE) at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Milan Graovac is a Senior Research Associate in the Centre for Applied Power Electronics (CAPE) at the University of Toronto. He has more than 30 years of experience in the analysis of power systems, power distribution networks, power devices, integrated protection and advanced controls.
Dr. Mario Paolone received his EE M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 1998 and 2002 respectively. In 2005, he was appointed researcher in Power Systems at the University of Bologna. In 2010, he received Associate Professor eligibility from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Currently, he is Associate Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, where he is chairing the Distributed Electrical Systems Laboratory.
Joe Cordaro is an Advisory Engineer in the Research and Development Engineering Section of Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL). He is the SRNL Project Lead for the 15Mega Watt Drive Train Test Facility and the 15MW Electrical Grid Simulation Laboratory.
Jonathan Murray is the Business Unit Manager for Bloomy Energy Systems, a business unit of Bloomy Controls, Inc. Jonathan brings 9 years of experience developing turnkey automated test systems.
MODERATOR:
Dexter Johnson
Analyst at Cientifica, a business intelligence company for emerging technologies
Author and Editor of several market reports on nanotechnology
Contributing editor for IEEE Spectrum’s Tech Talk
Program Director for numerous international conferences on nanotechnology, fiber optic
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