Engineering, Simulation and Rapid prototyping challenges in Power Systems
With Opal-RT solutions we offer professional services to address all levels of engineering, simulation and rapid prototyping challenges in power systems, aerospace, automotive design, robotics, advanced control, process control and electromechanical systems.
Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation is the standard process for developing and testing the most complex control, protection and monitoring systems. When performing HIL simulation, the physical plant is replaced by a precisely equivalent computer model running in real-time on a simulator appropriately equipped with inputs and outputs (I/Os).
With RCP, mathematical models are automatically imported (typically from MATLAB/Simulink™) into a real-time simulator configured with I/O interfaces, before being connected to real-world systems.
PHIL simulation represents a natural extension of HIL, in which the real-time simulation environment is capable of exchanging not just low-voltage, low-current signals, but the power required by the Devices under Test (DUT).
With SIL simulation, engineers can use a PC to test and modify their source code, by directly connecting software to a digital plant model substituting for costlier systems, prototypes or test benches.
Despite significant improvements in processor technology, performing simulations remains a laborious exercise requiring hours of waiting for a scant few seconds of simulation. OPAL-RT delivers multi-processor simulation architecture and state-of-the-art solvers for the fastest performance for today’s demanding simulation tasks, including electromagnetic transient (EMT) simulation.
Real-Time simulation systems have wide range of application in industries, including:
Protection system testing, control system testing, large scale simulation, research, training and power grid maintenance, Power System & Microgrids, Power Electronics, HVDC & FACTS, Motor Drives & Mechatronics, WAMPAC & PMU, Cybersecurity, Hybrid & Electric Powertrains, Renewable Energy Systems.
Electronic Control Unit (ECU) fast prototyping development, ECU Function testing and system testing, electric motor ECU testing, ECU communication testing, research, training and production test validation.
Avionics systems development, space and defense system development, large-scale electrical energy generation, distribution and active load control development, and integration testing.
We ensure that teachers and researchers benefit from the most innovative technology on the market with easily scalable equipment that can be reused for multiple projects.
The complete microgrid is simulated in real-time, including renewable energy systems, inverters, energy storage & grid on OPAL-RT Simulator, and it could be simulated in all model-in-the-loop, or in hardware-in-the-loop by connecting the Simulator to external controller (module controller, or system controller).
