Christopher Hill
University of Nottingham, Aerospace Technology Centre, Innovation Park, Nottingham, UK
Paolo Giangrande
University of Nottingham, Aerospace Technology Centre, Innovation Park, Nottingham, UK
Chris Gerada
University of Nottingham, Aerospace Technology Centre, Innovation Park, Nottingham, UK
Serhiy Bozhko
University of Nottingham, Aerospace Technology Centre, Innovation Park, Nottingham, UK
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp14096523Published in: Proceedings of the 10th International Modelica Conference; March 10-12; 2014; Lund; Sweden
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 96:55, p. 523-532
Published: 2014-03-10
ISBN: 978-91-7519-380-9
ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
This paper presents a newly developed Power Electronic Inverter library in Modelica. The library utilises a multi-level approach with increasing model complexity at progressively higher levels. All levels are fully interchangeable so as to provide a flexible library able to be utilised for investigation at single or multiple levels of complexity. Within this interchangeable multi-level approach; there are two key attributes which are implemented into this new library. The first is the ability to include losses between the input and output of the Power Electronic Inverter. This is implemented so that the losses are included irrespective of the direction of power flow. Secondly; this library also provides the ability to trigger single or multiple open and short circuit faults within the Inverter. The library therefore provides an extremely useful tool able to compare system response under a variety of operational scenarios.
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