Home / Company / Customers Customers Search Clear Results for: ABB – Pieder Joerg – Quote #1 “We really appreciate how easy it is to work with Typhoon HIL equipment as well as the quality of technical support from Typhoon HIL. Probably the easiest way to integrate our solution into the overall system real-time simulation.” Pieder Jörg Senior Drives Expert Business Development ABB Switzerland Advanced High Voltage – Boris Sasic – Quote #1 “Integrating HIL into engineering processes makes it possible to develop high end radiographic generators of tomorrow.” Boris Sasic Founder Advanced High Voltage Austrian Institute of Technology – Georg F. Lauss – Quote #1 “AIT gets great value from HIL equipment, manufactured by Typhoon HIL that empowers us to master the inquiries of our world-wide customers more expeditiously.” Georg F. Lauss Energy Department, EES Electric Energy Systems Austrian Institute of Technology Austrian Institute of Technology – Zoran Miletic – Quote #1 “There are many emerging requirements on the grid side in terms of grid requirements in different countries, grid code, etc., and it’s quite challenging to keep up with all of these and to be able to test under these conditions. For smart grid converter control we use Typhoon HIL solutions.” Zoran Miletic Senior Research Engineer, Power Electronics Design Austrian Institute of Technology AVL List – Dr. Roland Greul – Quote #1 “Large number of issues, especially in control hardware configuration, can be solved prior to system integration phase.” Dr. Roland Greul BU Electrification and Racing Test Systems AVL List GmbH Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education – Pietro Tricoli – Quote #1 “By collaborating with Typhoon HIL, our work can have stronger impact for the industry.” Prof. Pietro Tricoli Head of the Power Electronics Group Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education – Pietro Tricoli – Quote #2 “By reducing development time, we can focus on the novel bits of our research and provide greater added value for the research community.” Prof. Pietro Tricoli Head of the Power Electronics Group Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education Danfoss Drives – Michael Laursen – Quote #1 “With Typhoon HIL, our customers response time goes from one to two weeks to a few hours.” Michael Laursen Director of Digital Products Danfoss Drives Danfoss Drives – Soren Baekhoj Klaer – Quote #1 “We wanted a system which could be used by everyone. A Typhoon HIL system is a test infrastructure which works right out of the box.” Søren Bækhøj Kjær Applications Engineer Danfoss Drives Danfoss Drives – Soren Bondensen – Quote #1 “With Typhoon HIL, we can achieve fast turnaround times. Danfoss customers can get the software that can run any application very quickly.” Søren Bondesen Senior Director of Software & Control Engineering Danfoss Drives Enerdrive – Dr. Andreas Dittrich – Quote #1 “Parameters, configurations and components can all be modified and changed in very little time and with little effort. That’s why HIL environment very effectively demonstrates one of its main advantages when it comes to time consuming simulations.” Dr. Andreas Dittrich Founder and CEO Enerdrive GmbH Enerdrive – Dr. Andreas Dittrich – Quote #2 “Typhoon HIL is must have for every Power Electronics Engineer!” Dr. Andreas Dittrich Founder and CEO Enerdrive GmbH Faculty of Technical Sciences – Dr. Ivan Todorovic – Quote #1 “Working in a simulated real-time environment allows for observing control behavior in diverse scenarios with the safety of students and equipment guaranteed since power flows are represented digitally instead of physically.” Dr. Ivan Todorovic Assistant Professor Faculty of Technical Sciences FREEDM Systems Center – Dr. Subhashish Bhattacharya – Quote #1 “Once you validate your controller on the Typhoon system, then there is no need to do any more changes to the controller before you can actually put it on to your real converter.” Dr. Subhashish Bhattacharya Founding Faculty Member FREEDM Systems Center Fuji Electric – Mr. Motohiro Tsukuta – Quote #1 “The deciding factor for choosing Typhoon HIL were: ultra-high fidelity and ease of use.” Mr. Motohiro Tsukuta Engineer Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. Fuji Electric – Mr. Tajima – Quote #1 “By simulating in the HIL testbed the operating points that cannot be tested in high-power operating conditions, we were able to improve test coverage significantly and reduce testing time over up to 60%.” Mr. Tajima Engineer Fuji Electric Railway R&D Center Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute – Mr. Jun Hashimoto – Quote #1 “Now, all the research institutes in the SIRFN network use HIL and are promoting HIL technology as well as international standardization.” Mr. Jun Hashimoto Engineer Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute H55 – Andre Borschberg – Quote #1 “Using hardware-in-the-loop testing can ensure that H55 electric propulsion technology has the best design and passes certification standards.” Andre Borschberg CEO and Co-Founder H55 Hanoi University of Science and Technology – Nguyen Van Tiep – Quote #1 “I have the greatest respect for your enthusiasm for the customer. It has been a pleasure working with all of you. Typhoon HIL is too useful.” Nguyen Van Tiep, PhD Doctor of Education Hanoi University of Science and Technology HES-SO Valais-Wallis – Prof. Philippe Barrade – Quote #1 “Embedded smart digital controls have become indispensable in electronics. The difficulty is that we need to program them, and if we make a mistake, we risk damaging the electronics. So we use HIL device to emulate the behavior of our power electronics application and test if the programmed control works correctly.” Prof. Philippe Barrade Head of the Industrial Electronics and Drives Research Group HES-SO Valais-Wallis HES-SO Valais-Wallis – Prof. Philippe Barrade – Quote #2 “After HIL testing the 10kW voltage source inverter control board we had all the confidence to go directly to the full power system test.” Prof. Philippe Barrade Head of the Industrial Electronics and Drives Research Group HES-SO Valais-Wallis HES-SO Valais-Wallis – Prof. Philippe Barrade – Quote #3 “HES-SO was hired to develop a supercapacitor charger in a reduced amount of time. We used HIL to identify, test, and evaluate new and optimized control schemes and they are today in use by our industrial partner.” Prof. Philippe Barrade Head of the Industrial Electronics and Drives Research Group HES-SO Valais-Wallis Hitachi Energy – Luca Cicognani – Quote #1 “Using Typhoon HIL, we are developing a solution that is addressing microgrids, energy storage, and automation and control of distributed energy resources.” Luca Cicognani Strategic Partnerships Manager Hitachi Energy Hitachi Energy – Michele Fusero – Quote #1 “We can use the Typhoon HIL simulator to provide models for customers especially during their factory acceptance tests.” Michele Fusero Senior R&D Engineer Hitachi Energy Hitachi Energy – Tilo Buehler – Quote #1 “We can get good test coverage and confidence that the control solution will work in the real plant scenario.” Tilo Buehler Global Product Manager Hitachi Energy Honda – Ryota Kitamoto – Quote #1 “User-friendly and intuitive software combined with well-integrated hardware enables engineers to easily make changes to a model and compile changes with a single click in no time.” Ryota Kitamoto Engineer Honda R&D Indrivetec – Martin Vinzens – Quote #1 “Testing the validity of your design and product starting from the earliest steps of the life cycle prevents you from failing to notice potentially problematic product behaviors that otherwise wouldn’t be discovered until physical integration.” Martin Vinzens Electrical Engineer Indrivetec AG Liebherr – Christian Engst – Quote #1 “Typhoon HIL devices are very easy to use, has a great technical support, and in all relevant parameters completely satisfies all our needs for HIL testing and automatic verification of control systems for our largest dump truck’s diesel-electric drive system.” Christian Engst Control and Software Design Engineer Liebherr LS Electric – Anonymous – Quote #1 “In the future, we plan to utilize the Typhoon HIL devices even more, especially for improving our development process, as well as for improving our competitive advantage.” Michigan Technological University – Dr. Wayne Weaver – Quote #1 “By putting the HIL in the workflow of the research you can do a lot of real time testing and parametrization, understand the system, it’s feedback, dynamics and limit cycles, before you even start designing the hardware.” Dr. Wayne Weaver Associate Professor Michigan Technological University Michigan Technological University – Dr. Wayne Weaver – Quote #2 “Typhoon HIL gave us an easy-to-use testing solution for all our usage scenarios. We were really surprised how easy it was to integrate Typhoon HIL into our research workflow. These units have greatly improved our testing and development times and have been a great asset in our lab.” Dr. Wayne Weaver Associate Professor Michigan Technological University North Carolina State University – Prof. Subhashish Bhattacharya – Quote #1 “Typhoon HIL enabled us to rapidly develop, test, and verify novel utility scale converter system and its control.” Prof. Subhashish Bhattacharya ABB Professor of Electric and Computer Engineering North Carolina State University Powersim/Altair – Albert Dunford – Quote #1 “Being able to move confidently from an offline simulation, to generate code and to drive to your own hardware setup without being concerned about safety requirements is a huge consideration. Those are some main aspects allowing you to focus on what you are good at doing, while abstracting away a lot of complexities.” Albert Dunford Power Electronics Application Engineer Altair Powerstar – Solon Mardapittas – Quote #1 “We automate testing through the HIL and the emulator for our voltage optimization range. We create test scripts using Typhoon HIL for various voltage changes on the network which increases the ability for us to test units in terms of speed.” Solon Mardapittas Chief Technical Officer Powerstar Raytheon – David Altman – Quote #1 “The migration into C-HIL was motivated by the convenience associated with the ability to simulate large-scale systems instead of using real power hardware.” David H. Altman Principal Investigator for the Otis Microgrid at Cape Cod, MA Raytheon Remontowa – Emilia Goscicka – Quote #1 “This allows us to test real devices integrated with the digital system in real-time. Thanks to that we have been able to choose the best components for the system of the vessel. That’s how we can save time and money.” Emilia Goscicka, PhD Head of Innovation and Implementation Department Remontowa San Diego State University – Dr. Reza Sabzehgar – Quote #1 “The people from Typhoon have been working with me to make sure that they are providing what I need as a customer from day one. They are working with you to help you reach your goal.” Dr. Reza Sabzehgar Assistant Professor San Diego State University Sandia National Laboratories – Jay Johnson – Quote #1 “By running test sequences in the first stage of the design process, as opposed to the very end, we can catch mistakes that exist in the controller prior to going through the whole development. That way, we are essentially shortening that design loop.” Jay Johnson Principal Technical Staff Sandia National Laboratories Schneider Electric – John Batch – Quote #1 “For me, HIL tested means we can test our product in hundreds, if not thousands, more cases than we would have been able to do without it.” John Batch Firmware Engineer Schneider Electric Schneider Electric – Nanda Marwali – Quote #1 “HIL has brought tremendous boost in increasing our engineering efficiency. We can cover 1000 test cases, and we can accomplish all of those only within 12 to 18 hours. Basically, we can run those as automated tests overnight.” Nanda Marwali Engineering Manager Schneider Electric Schneider Electric – Nicolas LaRue – Quote #1 “For me, HIL means peace of mind.” Nicolas LaRue Global Offer Manager Schneider Electric Schneider Electric – Sanjay Kandula – Quote #1 “Hardware-in-the-loop: where innovation meets ignition in the realm of power electronics product development, sparking a game-changing revolution.” Sanjay Kandula Power Electronic Senior Hardware Designer Schneider Electric Schneider Electric – Shivaprasad Ellendula – Quote #1 “Firmware first, hardware later: powering up your real-time model from day one!” Shivaprasad Ellendula Embedded Power Conversion Control Firmware Expert Schneider Electric Schneider Electric – Sivamani Kukunuri – Quote #1 “Typhoon HIL is pioneering a future-proof and ultra safe power conversion development ecosystem.” Sivamani Kukunuri Power Electronics Team Lead Schneider Electric Schneider Electric – Steven VanWerkhoven – Quote #1 “Testing and pre-certification is where implementing Typhoon HIL’s C-HIL test solutions helped us the most: we dramatically decreased our development and testing time through test automation and the wide array of tested scenarios enabled us to always step into certification with full confidence.” Steven VanWerkhoven Director of Software Development Schneider Electric SGRC at JBNU – Prof. Yongsug Suh – Quote #1 “The most valuable academic benefit for SGRC is that HIL makes research work faster and easier.” Prof. Yongsug Suh Full Professor Smart Grid Research Center at Jeonbuk National University SUPPLIER – Luiz Henrique Meneghetti – Quote #1 “The SUPPLIER and Typhoon HIL integration is available as an upgrade for SUPPLIER’s existing power source, allowing several new testing possibilities.” Luiz Henrique Meneghetti Electrical Engineer SUPPLIER Tokyo Metropolitan University “HIL is very advantageous in terms of man-hours and time savings. Since it responds in real-time, the verification process takes much less time to complete.” Prof. Dr. Keiji Wada Full Professor Tokyo Metropolitan University Toshiba – Peter Liu – Quote #1 “From testing all imaginable operating conditions, through control system verification, to automated test processes, this Hardware-in-the-Loop platform provides us with all the features necessary to get our work done.” Peter Liu Chief Technology Executive Toshiba Trane Technologies – Vish Chandrasekaran – Quote #1 “We engineer advanced electrical systems that enable variable speed compressors on our chillers and other HVAC systems. Virtual real-time testing has delivered tremendous value in accelerating product engineering, increasing test coverage and reducing our dependence on physical test facilities.” Vish Chandrasekaran Sr. Engineering Manager Power Electronics and MotorsElectric Systems and Components Trane Technologies Trane Technologies – Vish Chandrasekaran – Quote #2 “HIL Compatible ready-to-use models and hardware components enabled our team to meet integration goals. This is helping us and motor drive OEMs reduce risk and deploy proven systems with confidence. Typhoon HIL enables our suppliers to stay competitive while supporting us in delivering reliable solutions faster to our customers.” Vish Chandrasekaran Sr. Engineering Manager Power Electronics and MotorsElectric Systems and Components Trane Technologies UNITEN – Dr. Nadia Mei Lin Tan – Quote #1 “One of the advantages of HIL is that it is capable of real-time simulation. This will give us confidence in our model or our algorithm before the actual implementation of the nanogrid.” Dr. Nadia Mei Lin Tan Associate Professor Universiti Tanaga Nasional Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya – Dr. Alvaro Luna – Quote #1 “We unplugged the control board from the HIL, put it in a real setup and let it run. It is working exactly the same without changing a single comma in the control code.” Dr. Alvaro Luna Assistant professor at UPC and CEO of NRG.lab Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten – Anja Konzept – Quote #1 “With the help of the large component library within the Typhoon HIL Schematic Editor, it is easy to create detailed vehicle drivetrain models.” Anja Konzept MSc Student University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Houston – Prof. Kaushik Rajashekara – Quote #2 “By having a real-time simulation environment with a rich component library, creating a model of the power and control stage becomes easier and faster, which leaves more time within the semester dedicated to control testing and gaining industry-relevant skills.” Prof. Kaushik Rajashekara Full Professor University of Houston University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign – Olaolu Ajala – Quote #1 “With orders of magnitude improvements in resilience and scalability, the distributed control approach will satisfy the performance metrics that are necessary for effective provision of frequency regulation services.” Olaolu Ajala Research Engineer University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign University of Lille – Alain Bouscayrol – Quote #1 “What is very rewarding and motivating is to be part of something bigger than the project itself. We can say that at our level, we are contributing to the energy transition and to the reduction of gas emissions and greenhouse effect by accelerating the manufacturing process of electric vehicles.” Alain Bouscayrol Head of control team of L2EP University of Lille University of Lille – Ronan German – Quote #1 “Typhoon HIL testbeds were used to emulate the full vehicle model in real-time and confirm that the battery system performed within the required specifications. Replicating the tests with a real vehicle yielded the same results.” Dr. Ronan German Associate Professor University of Lille University of Ljubljana – Dr. Leopold Herman – Quote #1 “Typhoon HIL enables us to educate power engineers for the future smart grid, while also empowering us to do top-notch research and work with the industry.” Dr. Leopold Herman Researcher at the Laboratory of Electricity Networks and Devices University of Ljubljana University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard – Fei Gao – Quote #1 “If I should describe HIL in just one word, I would say essential.” Prof. Fei Gao Full Professor University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard University of Texas at Arlington – Dr. Ali Davoudi – Quote #1 “Thanks to Typhoon HIL, we have reached new heights in control of power electronics systems. High-fidelity simulation environment with a wide range of simulation models give us the confidence needed to achieve our research goals efficiently and in a safe learning environment.” Dr. Ali Davoudi Director of Complex Power Electronics Networks University of Texas at Arlington University of Trieste – Andrea Alessia Tavagnutti – Quote #1 “Our example built in Typhoon HIL demonstrates how solar panels and battery storage systems can be integrated into an existing marina microgrid, to provide additional energy resilience, and independence from the main grid, as well as achieve higher energy sustainability and efficiency.” Andrea Alessia Tavagnutti PhD student at D-ETEF University of Trieste University of Trieste – Simone Castellan – Quote #1 “Enabling the students to not only follow the world trends but to truly experience and work with today’s most advanced equipment.” Simone Castellan Assistant Professor of Power Electronics University of Trieste Viessmann – Anonymous – Quote #1 “By using the Typhoon HIL system, Viessmann could significantly increase the quality of the controller assembly by obtaining testing capabilities during the development and validation phases, while making significant savings in manual testing capacity and expensive equipment.”
ABB – Pieder Joerg – Quote #1 “We really appreciate how easy it is to work with Typhoon HIL equipment as well as the quality of technical support from Typhoon HIL. Probably the easiest way to integrate our solution into the overall system real-time simulation.” Pieder Jörg Senior Drives Expert Business Development ABB Switzerland
Advanced High Voltage – Boris Sasic – Quote #1 “Integrating HIL into engineering processes makes it possible to develop high end radiographic generators of tomorrow.” Boris Sasic Founder Advanced High Voltage
Austrian Institute of Technology – Georg F. Lauss – Quote #1 “AIT gets great value from HIL equipment, manufactured by Typhoon HIL that empowers us to master the inquiries of our world-wide customers more expeditiously.” Georg F. Lauss Energy Department, EES Electric Energy Systems Austrian Institute of Technology
Austrian Institute of Technology – Zoran Miletic – Quote #1 “There are many emerging requirements on the grid side in terms of grid requirements in different countries, grid code, etc., and it’s quite challenging to keep up with all of these and to be able to test under these conditions. For smart grid converter control we use Typhoon HIL solutions.” Zoran Miletic Senior Research Engineer, Power Electronics Design Austrian Institute of Technology
AVL List – Dr. Roland Greul – Quote #1 “Large number of issues, especially in control hardware configuration, can be solved prior to system integration phase.” Dr. Roland Greul BU Electrification and Racing Test Systems AVL List GmbH
Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education – Pietro Tricoli – Quote #1 “By collaborating with Typhoon HIL, our work can have stronger impact for the industry.” Prof. Pietro Tricoli Head of the Power Electronics Group Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education
Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education – Pietro Tricoli – Quote #2 “By reducing development time, we can focus on the novel bits of our research and provide greater added value for the research community.” Prof. Pietro Tricoli Head of the Power Electronics Group Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education
Danfoss Drives – Michael Laursen – Quote #1 “With Typhoon HIL, our customers response time goes from one to two weeks to a few hours.” Michael Laursen Director of Digital Products Danfoss Drives
Danfoss Drives – Soren Baekhoj Klaer – Quote #1 “We wanted a system which could be used by everyone. A Typhoon HIL system is a test infrastructure which works right out of the box.” Søren Bækhøj Kjær Applications Engineer Danfoss Drives
Danfoss Drives – Soren Bondensen – Quote #1 “With Typhoon HIL, we can achieve fast turnaround times. Danfoss customers can get the software that can run any application very quickly.” Søren Bondesen Senior Director of Software & Control Engineering Danfoss Drives
Enerdrive – Dr. Andreas Dittrich – Quote #1 “Parameters, configurations and components can all be modified and changed in very little time and with little effort. That’s why HIL environment very effectively demonstrates one of its main advantages when it comes to time consuming simulations.” Dr. Andreas Dittrich Founder and CEO Enerdrive GmbH
Enerdrive – Dr. Andreas Dittrich – Quote #2 “Typhoon HIL is must have for every Power Electronics Engineer!” Dr. Andreas Dittrich Founder and CEO Enerdrive GmbH
Faculty of Technical Sciences – Dr. Ivan Todorovic – Quote #1 “Working in a simulated real-time environment allows for observing control behavior in diverse scenarios with the safety of students and equipment guaranteed since power flows are represented digitally instead of physically.” Dr. Ivan Todorovic Assistant Professor Faculty of Technical Sciences
FREEDM Systems Center – Dr. Subhashish Bhattacharya – Quote #1 “Once you validate your controller on the Typhoon system, then there is no need to do any more changes to the controller before you can actually put it on to your real converter.” Dr. Subhashish Bhattacharya Founding Faculty Member FREEDM Systems Center
Fuji Electric – Mr. Motohiro Tsukuta – Quote #1 “The deciding factor for choosing Typhoon HIL were: ultra-high fidelity and ease of use.” Mr. Motohiro Tsukuta Engineer Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
Fuji Electric – Mr. Tajima – Quote #1 “By simulating in the HIL testbed the operating points that cannot be tested in high-power operating conditions, we were able to improve test coverage significantly and reduce testing time over up to 60%.” Mr. Tajima Engineer Fuji Electric Railway R&D Center
Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute – Mr. Jun Hashimoto – Quote #1 “Now, all the research institutes in the SIRFN network use HIL and are promoting HIL technology as well as international standardization.” Mr. Jun Hashimoto Engineer Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute
H55 – Andre Borschberg – Quote #1 “Using hardware-in-the-loop testing can ensure that H55 electric propulsion technology has the best design and passes certification standards.” Andre Borschberg CEO and Co-Founder H55
Hanoi University of Science and Technology – Nguyen Van Tiep – Quote #1 “I have the greatest respect for your enthusiasm for the customer. It has been a pleasure working with all of you. Typhoon HIL is too useful.” Nguyen Van Tiep, PhD Doctor of Education Hanoi University of Science and Technology
HES-SO Valais-Wallis – Prof. Philippe Barrade – Quote #1 “Embedded smart digital controls have become indispensable in electronics. The difficulty is that we need to program them, and if we make a mistake, we risk damaging the electronics. So we use HIL device to emulate the behavior of our power electronics application and test if the programmed control works correctly.” Prof. Philippe Barrade Head of the Industrial Electronics and Drives Research Group HES-SO Valais-Wallis
HES-SO Valais-Wallis – Prof. Philippe Barrade – Quote #2 “After HIL testing the 10kW voltage source inverter control board we had all the confidence to go directly to the full power system test.” Prof. Philippe Barrade Head of the Industrial Electronics and Drives Research Group HES-SO Valais-Wallis
HES-SO Valais-Wallis – Prof. Philippe Barrade – Quote #3 “HES-SO was hired to develop a supercapacitor charger in a reduced amount of time. We used HIL to identify, test, and evaluate new and optimized control schemes and they are today in use by our industrial partner.” Prof. Philippe Barrade Head of the Industrial Electronics and Drives Research Group HES-SO Valais-Wallis
Hitachi Energy – Luca Cicognani – Quote #1 “Using Typhoon HIL, we are developing a solution that is addressing microgrids, energy storage, and automation and control of distributed energy resources.” Luca Cicognani Strategic Partnerships Manager Hitachi Energy
Hitachi Energy – Michele Fusero – Quote #1 “We can use the Typhoon HIL simulator to provide models for customers especially during their factory acceptance tests.” Michele Fusero Senior R&D Engineer Hitachi Energy
Hitachi Energy – Tilo Buehler – Quote #1 “We can get good test coverage and confidence that the control solution will work in the real plant scenario.” Tilo Buehler Global Product Manager Hitachi Energy
Honda – Ryota Kitamoto – Quote #1 “User-friendly and intuitive software combined with well-integrated hardware enables engineers to easily make changes to a model and compile changes with a single click in no time.” Ryota Kitamoto Engineer Honda R&D
Indrivetec – Martin Vinzens – Quote #1 “Testing the validity of your design and product starting from the earliest steps of the life cycle prevents you from failing to notice potentially problematic product behaviors that otherwise wouldn’t be discovered until physical integration.” Martin Vinzens Electrical Engineer Indrivetec AG
Liebherr – Christian Engst – Quote #1 “Typhoon HIL devices are very easy to use, has a great technical support, and in all relevant parameters completely satisfies all our needs for HIL testing and automatic verification of control systems for our largest dump truck’s diesel-electric drive system.” Christian Engst Control and Software Design Engineer Liebherr
LS Electric – Anonymous – Quote #1 “In the future, we plan to utilize the Typhoon HIL devices even more, especially for improving our development process, as well as for improving our competitive advantage.”
Michigan Technological University – Dr. Wayne Weaver – Quote #1 “By putting the HIL in the workflow of the research you can do a lot of real time testing and parametrization, understand the system, it’s feedback, dynamics and limit cycles, before you even start designing the hardware.” Dr. Wayne Weaver Associate Professor Michigan Technological University
Michigan Technological University – Dr. Wayne Weaver – Quote #2 “Typhoon HIL gave us an easy-to-use testing solution for all our usage scenarios. We were really surprised how easy it was to integrate Typhoon HIL into our research workflow. These units have greatly improved our testing and development times and have been a great asset in our lab.” Dr. Wayne Weaver Associate Professor Michigan Technological University
North Carolina State University – Prof. Subhashish Bhattacharya – Quote #1 “Typhoon HIL enabled us to rapidly develop, test, and verify novel utility scale converter system and its control.” Prof. Subhashish Bhattacharya ABB Professor of Electric and Computer Engineering North Carolina State University
Powersim/Altair – Albert Dunford – Quote #1 “Being able to move confidently from an offline simulation, to generate code and to drive to your own hardware setup without being concerned about safety requirements is a huge consideration. Those are some main aspects allowing you to focus on what you are good at doing, while abstracting away a lot of complexities.” Albert Dunford Power Electronics Application Engineer Altair
Powerstar – Solon Mardapittas – Quote #1 “We automate testing through the HIL and the emulator for our voltage optimization range. We create test scripts using Typhoon HIL for various voltage changes on the network which increases the ability for us to test units in terms of speed.” Solon Mardapittas Chief Technical Officer Powerstar
Raytheon – David Altman – Quote #1 “The migration into C-HIL was motivated by the convenience associated with the ability to simulate large-scale systems instead of using real power hardware.” David H. Altman Principal Investigator for the Otis Microgrid at Cape Cod, MA Raytheon
Remontowa – Emilia Goscicka – Quote #1 “This allows us to test real devices integrated with the digital system in real-time. Thanks to that we have been able to choose the best components for the system of the vessel. That’s how we can save time and money.” Emilia Goscicka, PhD Head of Innovation and Implementation Department Remontowa
San Diego State University – Dr. Reza Sabzehgar – Quote #1 “The people from Typhoon have been working with me to make sure that they are providing what I need as a customer from day one. They are working with you to help you reach your goal.” Dr. Reza Sabzehgar Assistant Professor San Diego State University
Sandia National Laboratories – Jay Johnson – Quote #1 “By running test sequences in the first stage of the design process, as opposed to the very end, we can catch mistakes that exist in the controller prior to going through the whole development. That way, we are essentially shortening that design loop.” Jay Johnson Principal Technical Staff Sandia National Laboratories
Schneider Electric – John Batch – Quote #1 “For me, HIL tested means we can test our product in hundreds, if not thousands, more cases than we would have been able to do without it.” John Batch Firmware Engineer Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric – Nanda Marwali – Quote #1 “HIL has brought tremendous boost in increasing our engineering efficiency. We can cover 1000 test cases, and we can accomplish all of those only within 12 to 18 hours. Basically, we can run those as automated tests overnight.” Nanda Marwali Engineering Manager Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric – Nicolas LaRue – Quote #1 “For me, HIL means peace of mind.” Nicolas LaRue Global Offer Manager Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric – Sanjay Kandula – Quote #1 “Hardware-in-the-loop: where innovation meets ignition in the realm of power electronics product development, sparking a game-changing revolution.” Sanjay Kandula Power Electronic Senior Hardware Designer Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric – Shivaprasad Ellendula – Quote #1 “Firmware first, hardware later: powering up your real-time model from day one!” Shivaprasad Ellendula Embedded Power Conversion Control Firmware Expert Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric – Sivamani Kukunuri – Quote #1 “Typhoon HIL is pioneering a future-proof and ultra safe power conversion development ecosystem.” Sivamani Kukunuri Power Electronics Team Lead Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric – Steven VanWerkhoven – Quote #1 “Testing and pre-certification is where implementing Typhoon HIL’s C-HIL test solutions helped us the most: we dramatically decreased our development and testing time through test automation and the wide array of tested scenarios enabled us to always step into certification with full confidence.” Steven VanWerkhoven Director of Software Development Schneider Electric
SGRC at JBNU – Prof. Yongsug Suh – Quote #1 “The most valuable academic benefit for SGRC is that HIL makes research work faster and easier.” Prof. Yongsug Suh Full Professor Smart Grid Research Center at Jeonbuk National University
SUPPLIER – Luiz Henrique Meneghetti – Quote #1 “The SUPPLIER and Typhoon HIL integration is available as an upgrade for SUPPLIER’s existing power source, allowing several new testing possibilities.” Luiz Henrique Meneghetti Electrical Engineer SUPPLIER
Tokyo Metropolitan University “HIL is very advantageous in terms of man-hours and time savings. Since it responds in real-time, the verification process takes much less time to complete.” Prof. Dr. Keiji Wada Full Professor Tokyo Metropolitan University
Toshiba – Peter Liu – Quote #1 “From testing all imaginable operating conditions, through control system verification, to automated test processes, this Hardware-in-the-Loop platform provides us with all the features necessary to get our work done.” Peter Liu Chief Technology Executive Toshiba
Trane Technologies – Vish Chandrasekaran – Quote #1 “We engineer advanced electrical systems that enable variable speed compressors on our chillers and other HVAC systems. Virtual real-time testing has delivered tremendous value in accelerating product engineering, increasing test coverage and reducing our dependence on physical test facilities.” Vish Chandrasekaran Sr. Engineering Manager Power Electronics and MotorsElectric Systems and Components Trane Technologies
Trane Technologies – Vish Chandrasekaran – Quote #2 “HIL Compatible ready-to-use models and hardware components enabled our team to meet integration goals. This is helping us and motor drive OEMs reduce risk and deploy proven systems with confidence. Typhoon HIL enables our suppliers to stay competitive while supporting us in delivering reliable solutions faster to our customers.” Vish Chandrasekaran Sr. Engineering Manager Power Electronics and MotorsElectric Systems and Components Trane Technologies
UNITEN – Dr. Nadia Mei Lin Tan – Quote #1 “One of the advantages of HIL is that it is capable of real-time simulation. This will give us confidence in our model or our algorithm before the actual implementation of the nanogrid.” Dr. Nadia Mei Lin Tan Associate Professor Universiti Tanaga Nasional
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya – Dr. Alvaro Luna – Quote #1 “We unplugged the control board from the HIL, put it in a real setup and let it run. It is working exactly the same without changing a single comma in the control code.” Dr. Alvaro Luna Assistant professor at UPC and CEO of NRG.lab Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten – Anja Konzept – Quote #1 “With the help of the large component library within the Typhoon HIL Schematic Editor, it is easy to create detailed vehicle drivetrain models.” Anja Konzept MSc Student University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten
University of Houston – Prof. Kaushik Rajashekara – Quote #2 “By having a real-time simulation environment with a rich component library, creating a model of the power and control stage becomes easier and faster, which leaves more time within the semester dedicated to control testing and gaining industry-relevant skills.” Prof. Kaushik Rajashekara Full Professor University of Houston
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign – Olaolu Ajala – Quote #1 “With orders of magnitude improvements in resilience and scalability, the distributed control approach will satisfy the performance metrics that are necessary for effective provision of frequency regulation services.” Olaolu Ajala Research Engineer University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
University of Lille – Alain Bouscayrol – Quote #1 “What is very rewarding and motivating is to be part of something bigger than the project itself. We can say that at our level, we are contributing to the energy transition and to the reduction of gas emissions and greenhouse effect by accelerating the manufacturing process of electric vehicles.” Alain Bouscayrol Head of control team of L2EP University of Lille
University of Lille – Ronan German – Quote #1 “Typhoon HIL testbeds were used to emulate the full vehicle model in real-time and confirm that the battery system performed within the required specifications. Replicating the tests with a real vehicle yielded the same results.” Dr. Ronan German Associate Professor University of Lille
University of Ljubljana – Dr. Leopold Herman – Quote #1 “Typhoon HIL enables us to educate power engineers for the future smart grid, while also empowering us to do top-notch research and work with the industry.” Dr. Leopold Herman Researcher at the Laboratory of Electricity Networks and Devices University of Ljubljana
University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard – Fei Gao – Quote #1 “If I should describe HIL in just one word, I would say essential.” Prof. Fei Gao Full Professor University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard
University of Texas at Arlington – Dr. Ali Davoudi – Quote #1 “Thanks to Typhoon HIL, we have reached new heights in control of power electronics systems. High-fidelity simulation environment with a wide range of simulation models give us the confidence needed to achieve our research goals efficiently and in a safe learning environment.” Dr. Ali Davoudi Director of Complex Power Electronics Networks University of Texas at Arlington
University of Trieste – Andrea Alessia Tavagnutti – Quote #1 “Our example built in Typhoon HIL demonstrates how solar panels and battery storage systems can be integrated into an existing marina microgrid, to provide additional energy resilience, and independence from the main grid, as well as achieve higher energy sustainability and efficiency.” Andrea Alessia Tavagnutti PhD student at D-ETEF University of Trieste
University of Trieste – Simone Castellan – Quote #1 “Enabling the students to not only follow the world trends but to truly experience and work with today’s most advanced equipment.” Simone Castellan Assistant Professor of Power Electronics University of Trieste
Viessmann – Anonymous – Quote #1 “By using the Typhoon HIL system, Viessmann could significantly increase the quality of the controller assembly by obtaining testing capabilities during the development and validation phases, while making significant savings in manual testing capacity and expensive equipment.”