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Typhoon HIL Software Manual
Schematic Editor Component Libraries
Detailed functionality and use of the pre-built Component Libraries in Schematic Editor
Component library
This section describes the general properties of the component library in Schematic Editor, and provides a list of main types of componets availabe in it.
Signal processing components
This section describes the general properties of all signal processing components in Typhoon HIL's Schematic Editor, such as sources, sinks, math operations, functions and tables, power measurements, etc.
Power Measurements
Summary of the Power Measurements components available through the Signal Processing toolbox in Schematic Editor.

Typhoon HIL Software Manual
- Introduction
  Overview of the categories covered in the Typhoon HIL Software Manual
- System Requirements
  Guidelines for the hardware and/or software environment necessary to run Typhoon HIL Control Center, for both PC and Test Server/Virtual Machine-based setups.
- Typhoon HIL Quick Start Guide
- Typhoon HIL Toolboxes
  List of the Toolbox Packages available in the Typhoon HIL software suite
- Connecting to your HIL device
  Guidelines on how to connect to a HIL device using either USB or Ethernet ports.
- Device Manager
  Device Manager is used to create, manipulate, and activate HIL device setups.
- Typhoon HIL Control Center
  This section provides a general description of Typhoon HIL Control Center and lists the main software components accessible from it, as well as additional software tools which can be invoked from its interface.
- Example Explorer
  General Description of the Typhoon HIL Control Center Example Explorer.
- Schematic Editor
  Introduction to the Schematic Editor tool in Typhoon HIL Control Center
- Schematic Editor Component Libraries
  Detailed functionality and use of the pre-built Component Libraries in Schematic Editor
  - Modeling principles
    This section describes modeling principles used in Typhoon HIL's software.
  - Model partitioning
    This section describes the general motivation and gives some practical guidelines for model partitioning.
  - Component library
    This section describes the general properties of the component library in Schematic Editor, and provides a list of main types of componets availabe in it.
    - Passive components
      This section describes passive components, including linear passive components, nonlinear passive components and variable passive components.
    - Sources
      This section describes source components in Schematic Editor, including independent sources, controlled sources, externally controlled sources, signal controlled sources, batteries, photovoltaic panels, constant power loads/sources, and engine-generator sources.
    - Measurements
      This section describes measurement components in Schematic Editor, including voltage and current measurements and RMS measurements.
    - Test Suite
      This section describes the Test Suite components of Typhoon HIL's built in Schematic Editor Library, which currently includes the grid simulator, DC measurements, anti-islanding container, and grid fault components.
    - Converters
      This section provided a general description of converters in Schematic Editor, including converter control options, thermal model, variable delay, and the Measurements tab.
    - Converters - extras
      This section describes additional components related to converter modeling.
    - Machines
      This section describes the concepts used in the modeling and implementation of electrical machine components in Typhoon HIL Schematic Editor. There are currently 26 different machine components.
    - Transformers
      This section describes the general properties of all transformer components in Typhoon HIL's Schematic Editor, such as an ideal transformer, a single-phase three winding transformer, a three-phase four winding transformer, etc. There are currently 9 different transformer components in Schematic Editor.
    - Transmission lines
      This section describes the general properties of all transmission line components in Typhoon HIL's Schematic Editor. There are currently 3 different transmission line components in Schematic Editor.
    - Contactors
      This section describes the general properties of all contactor components in Typhoon HIL's Schematic Editor. There are currently 2 different contactor components in Schematic Editor.
    - Circuit breakers
      This section describes the general properties of all circuit breaker components in Typhoon HIL's Schematic Editor. There are currently 2 different circuit breaker components in Schematic Editor.
    - Circuit partitioning components
      This section describes the general properties of circuit properties components in Typhoon HIL's Schematic Editor, such as core couplings, device couplings, core markers, device markers, etc.
    - Signal processing components
      This section describes the general properties of all signal processing components in Typhoon HIL's Schematic Editor, such as sources, sinks, math operations, functions and tables, power measurements, etc.
      - Signal Processing Sources
        Summary of the Source components available through the Signal Processing toolbox in Schematic Editor.
      - Sinks
        Summary of the Sinks components available through the Signal Processing toolbox in Schematic Editor.
      - Math operations
        Summary of the Math Operations components available through the Signal Processing toolbox in Schematic Editor.
      - Discrete
        This toolbox contians ten discrete components: Accumulator, Integrator, Unit Delay, Delay, Transport Delay, Rate Limiter, Differentiator, FIR Filter, Discrete Transfer Function, Discrete State Space, and the Hysteresis Function.
      - Functions and Tables
        Summary of the Functions and Tables components available through the Signal Processing toolbox in Schematic Editor.
      - Logical
        Summary of the Logical components available through the Signal Processing toolbox in Schematic Editor.
      - System
        Summary of the System components available through the Signal Processing toolbox in Schematic Editor.
      - Power Measurements
        Summary of the Power Measurements components available through the Signal Processing toolbox in Schematic Editor.
        Phase Difference
        Description of the Phase Difference component in Schematic Editor, which outputs the difference between the phases of the input signal in comparison with the reference signal.
        Single Phase Power Meter
        Description of the Single Phase Power Meter component in Schematic Editor, which computes active and reactive power of a single-phase circuit.
        Power Meter
        Description of the Power Meter component in Schematic Editor, which computes active and reactive power (both instantaneous and average), apparent power, and power factor for three phase systems.
        Positive Negative Zero Power
        Description of the Positive Negative Zero Power component in Schematic Editor, which calculates the power of symmetrical component sequences.
        Single phase phasor
        Description of the Single Phase Phasor component in Schematic Editor, which returns the amplitude and phase of an input signal.
        Three Phase Phasor
        Description of the Three Phase Phasor component in Schematic Editor, which returns the amplitudes and phases of a three-phase input signal.
        Symmetrical Components
        Description of the Symmetrical Components component in Schematic Editor, which transforms three-phase systems to sets of symmetrical phasors.
        Harmonic Analyzer
        Description of the Harmonic Analyzer component in Schematic Editor, which calculates amplitude, phase and frequency for the specified harmonics.
        THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) Measurement
        Description of the THD Measurement component in Schematic Editor, which calculates the total harmonic distortion of the input signal.
      - Power Systems
        Summary of the Power Systems components available through the Signal Processing toolbox in Schematic Editor.
      - Extras
        Summary of the Extra components in the Signal Processing Toolbox in Schematic Editor
      - Communication
        Summary of the Communication components available through the Signal Processing toolbox in Schematic Editor.
    - Interface components
      This section describes the general properties of all interface components in Typhoon HIL's Schematic Editor, such as voltage and current measurements, signal-controlled sources, contactors, etc. There are currently 4 different interface components in Schematic Editor.
    - Microgrid
      This section describes the microgrid components library in Typhoon HIL's Schematic Editor.
    - PHIL Interfaces
      This section describes the general properties of Power Hardware-In-the-Loop (PHIL) interface components.
    - Component additional information
      This section describes the general properties of several components in Typhoon HIL's Schematic Editor whose feature set and capabilities require separate sections.
  - References
    This section describes references
- Third-party integrations
  This section provides an overview of the key third party integrations within Typhoon HIL's toolchain.
- HIL SCADA
  Description of the HIL SCADA tool in Typhoon HIL Control Center
- Script Editor
  This section describes Script Editor
- Wave generator tool
  This section describes wave generator tool
- HIL Firmware Manager
  This section describes HIL Firmware Manager
- Test and Calibration Tool
  Description of the Test and Calibration tool in Typhoon HIL Control Center
- TyphoonTest IDE
  This section describes TyphoonTest IDE
- Signal Analyzer
  This section describes the Signal Analyzer tool.
- Lookup table extraction tool
  Description of the Typhoon HIL Control Center tool for extracting characteristics (lookup tables) from datasheet graphs and charts into a format that can be imported by non-linear models.
- Usage Logging
  This section briefly describes Typhoon HIL software logging feature.

Power Measurements

Summary of the Power Measurements components available through the Signal Processing toolbox in Schematic Editor.

The toolbox provides four Power measurement components. Their descriptions and supported features are given in Table 1.

Table 1. Power measurement components in HIL Signal Processing Toolbox
Component	Description	Features			Help file
Component	Description	supported input types	supported output types	vector support	Help file
Phase Difference	Calculates phase difference between the input signals.	real	real	no	Phase Difference
Single Phase Power Meter	Computes active and reactive power for single phase systems. Inputs are the instant voltage and current.	real	real	no	Single Phase Power Meter
Power Meter	Computes active and reactive power (both instantaneous and average), apparent power and power factor for three phase systems.	real	real	no	Power Meter
Positive, Negative and Zero Power Meter	Calculates the positive, negative and zero power sequence for input signals. For successful operation of the block it is necessary that 1/(frequency*execution rate) is integer greater than 4.	real	real	no	Positive Negative Zero Power
Single Phase Phasor	Calculates phasor (magnitude and angle) of the input signal.	real	real	no	Single phase phasor
Three Phase Phasor	Calculates phasors (magnitude and angle) of the input signals.	real	real	no	Three Phase Phasor
Symmetrical Components	Gives phasors of symmetrical components of input signals. For successful operation of the block it is necessary that 1/(frequency*execution rate) is integer greater than 4.	real	real	no	Symmetrical Components
Harmonic Analyzer	Calculates amplitude, phase and frequency of chosen harmonics. Outputs are scalars if Hamonic order value is scalar, if Hamonic order value is python list, outputs will be vectors. Component consists of two parts, where one part works on faster execution rate and the other one on slower. Slower part is used to calculate FFT.	real	real	no	Harmonic Analyzer
THD Measurement	Calculates total harmonic distortion of observed signal, it is based on THD+N approach. Component basically consists of two components, first one is buffer which has to work on faster execution rate, and the second one has to work on much slower execution rate. Component with slower execution rate is used for FFT calculation and other needed arithmetic.	real	real	no	THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) Measurement