Typhoon HIL402

Industry’s first notebook size Hardware-in-the-Loop system.

Completely new hardware

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HIL test, and HIL certify your power electronics controllers with the industry leading hardware-in-the-loop system: HIL402.

This compact, extremely powerful, 4-core HIL will give you all the tools you need to test your power electronics controllers in a wide range of applications: solar and wind power generation, battery storage, power quality and motor drives.

Run your controllers in a closed loop with the high-fidelity power stage in real time, with a 1MHz update rate and an ultra-high PWM resolution of 6ns.

Tried and tested software

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Engage the powerful HIL402 via industry leading software toolchain which is the hallmark of Typhoon HIL user friendly design.

1. Draw a converter power stage model in the Typhoon HIL schematic editor, press compile and run the model with a single click.

2. Verify the performance of your controller performance through a built-in deep memory mixed signal oscilloscope.

3. Execute test scenarios directly from the control center.

4. Automate the verification process with Python scripts.

Test away from lab

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Renewable energy systems comprise power electronics converters that interface with the electrical grid. Exhaustively testing power electronics control system’s performance in the laboratory is impractical.

The HIL402 system will provide You with a safe, high-fidelity environment for automatic test and verification of converters control systems.

Marine microgrid

HIL model example

Model highlights |

  • 2 x three-phase converters
  • 1 x three-phase rectifier
  • 1 x induction machine with squirrel cage
  • Detailed primary control in signal processing
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Main processor load

95%

time-step: 1 µs

Co-processor load

70%

time-step: 50 µs

35%

time-step: 100 µs

Compilation time

~40s

Terrestrial microgrid

HIL Model Example

Model highlights |

  • 2 x three-phase (switching) inverters
  • 1 x three-phase two winding transformer
  • 1 x induction machine with wound rotor
  • 1 x generator average model
  • Highly detailed PV, battery and diesel genset control algorithm with governor and exciter in signal processing
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Main processor load

70%

time-step: 2 µs

Co-processor load

90%

time-step: 100 µs

43%

time-step: 200 µs

Compilation time

~50s

Battery inverter Switching model [μGrid Lib]

HIL Model Example

Model highlights |

  • 1 x three-phase (switching) inverter
  • 1 x passive load
  • Highly detailed Battery Inverter control algorithm in signal processing with current and voltage control loops and synchronization to grid capabilities
  • The Battery Inverter is capable of operating in grid forming (islanded) or grid following (grid tied)
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Main processor load

24%

time-step: 1 μs

Co-processor load

79%

time-step: 5μs

7.9%

time-step: 0.5 ms

Compilation time:

~25s

PV Plant Switching model [μGrid Lib]

HIL Model Example

Model highlights |

  • 1 x three-phase inverter
  • 1 x three-phase two winding transformer
  • Highly detailed PV Plant control algorithm in signal processing
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Main processor load

21%

time-step: 1 μs

Co-processor load

45%

time-step: 20 μs

8.2%

time-step: 0.2 ms

Compilation time

~20s

Test what you never could

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Typhoon HIL402 environment allows you unprecedented control of active and reactive power flow, current harmonics and grid voltage sources with arbitrary magnitude, frequency and phase in just a few mouse clicks.

Furthermore, you can easily emulate utility grid disturbances such as voltage sags, spikes, phase angle jumps, magnitude ramps, frequency changes, harmonic distortion, etc. Any test scenario you can imagine HIL402 will execute for you.

Flipped classroom

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Imagine the power engineering instruction in which the technology enables students to develop their engineering intuition by playing with power systems like they play with computer games.

Then, motivated by the deep intuitive understanding of the system operation, they come to class to learn why systems behave the way they behave.

Imagine no more. Make it real. The HIL402 makes large scale unsupervised hands on instruction in the field of power engineering and Smart Grid possible.

HIL402 technical details

For more details take a look at HIL402 brochure

 

HIL402
Processor 4 cores
Channels 16 x Analog inputs (AI)
16 x Analog outputs (AO)
32 x Digital inputs (DI)
32 x Digital outputs (DO)
Resolution 16 bit
Analog IO voltage range ± 10 V
Built-in scope Yes
Machine models support Basic
Advanced
Connectivity USB
Ethernet
Compatibility HIL DSP Interface
HIL Breakout board
HIL dSpace Interface
HIL uGrid DSP Interface
Software HIL Control Center