Combined Hardware-in-the-Loop and Power (CHP) Testbench
Power-Hardware-In-the-Loop (PHIL) Challenges
Connecting a real-time simulator with an amplifier to create a PHIL setup involves addressing various technical challenges to ensure system stability, signal accuracy, interface compatibility, safety, and reliability. Overcoming these challenges requires careful planning, precise calibration, and robust system design.
Impedyme's All-In-One Solutions
Impedyme's Combined HIL and PHIL solutions are engineered to address these complexities, providing a reliable and efficient platform for advanced testing and validation of power systems. Impedyme integrated approach not only ensures technical excellence but also delivers significant cost advantages, making it an ideal choice for educational institutions and R&D labs.
Modular and Scalable Power
Integrated with MATLAB Simulink®, the test system offers flexible test editing functions to perform independent channel tests and conforms to various requirements for testing.
Impedyme’s Stand-Alone Liquid-Cooled Technology:
Space-Saving Advanced Thermal Management for High-Power PHIL Systems
Impedyme's stand-alone liquid-cooled technology redefines thermal management for high-power, high-frequency Power Hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL) test systems by offering a compact, efficient, and scalable cooling solution. Designed to handle the extreme thermal demands of power electronics and real-time testing, this cutting-edge cooling system ensures optimal performance, reliability, and longevity of PHIL setups while significantly reducing space requirements
Space-Saving, High-Performance Cooling for PHIL Applications
Traditional air-cooled systems often require large enclosures, extensive ventilation, and additional space for proper heat dissipation. In contrast, Impedyme’s liquid-cooled technology offers a compact footprint while delivering superior thermal efficiency.
Key Advantages:
- Optimized Space Utilization: The stand-alone liquid-cooling system eliminates the need for bulky air-cooled infrastructure, allowing for a smaller and more streamlined PHIL testbench.
- High Thermal Efficiency: Advanced liquid cooling loops efficiently dissipate heat from high-power components, preventing thermal overload.
- Scalable Design: Supports a wide range of power levels, making it ideal for multi-MW PHIL applications in research and industrial settings.
Advanced Thermal Management for High-Power, High-Frequency PHIL Systems
As PHIL test systems operate at high frequencies and elevated power levels, they generate significant heat that can impact stability and accuracy. Impedyme’s liquid-cooled system ensures precise temperature regulation, enhancing system performance and reliability.
Performance-Enhancing Features:
- Targeted Heat Extraction: Efficient direct cooling of power modules, inverters, and switching components ensures stable operation even at ultra-high frequencies.
- Enhanced Reliability: Minimizes thermal stress, extending the lifespan of power devices under continuous PHIL operation.
- Reduced Acoustic Noise: Unlike air-cooled alternatives, liquid cooling eliminates the need for high-speed fans, resulting in quieter test environments.
Flexible & Stand-Alone Cooling Solution
Designed as a stand-alone system, Impedyme’s liquid-cooled technology can be integrated into new or existing PHIL test platforms with minimal modifications. This plug-and-play capability enables:
- Independent Operation: Self-contained cooling units eliminate reliance on external HVAC systems.
- Modular Deployment: Allows for incremental scaling, adapting to evolving PHIL testing requirements.
- Compatibility with Custom Systems: Easily integrates with bespoke FPGA-based PHIL platforms, ensuring future-proof scalability.
Impedyme’s High-Performance Real-Time Distributed Simulators:
Scalable, Ultra-Fast Simulation for PHIL and HIL Applications
Impedyme’s High-Performance Real-Time Distributed Simulators deliver unmatched computational power and precision, enabling scalable, high-fidelity simulations for Power Hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) applications. Designed to meet the demanding real-time simulation requirements of power electronics, smart grids, and complex electromechanical systems, these simulators provide exceptional speed, accuracy, and scalability.
High-Performance Computing for Real-Time Simulation
Real-time PHIL and HIL testing require ultra-fast processing, low-latency execution, and seamless integration with physical hardware components. Impedyme’s distributed simulators leverage advanced multi-core processing, FPGA acceleration, and parallel computing to ensure precise real-time responses with minimal computational delays
Key Advantages:
- Ultra-Low Latency: Optimized simulation architecture minimizes communication delays, enabling sub-microsecond execution times for high-frequency applications.
- Scalable Performance: Modular design allows for distributed computing across multiple nodes, ensuring high-speed simulation of complex power systems.
- Real-Time Execution: Seamless synchronization with high-speed data acquisition and control loops guarantees accurate real-world emulation.
Distributed Simulation Architecture for Large-Scale Systems
Impedyme’s real-time simulators utilize distributed computing techniques, enabling the simulation of large and intricate power networks, renewable energy systems, and traction inverters with high resolution.
Distributed Computing Capabilities:
- Parallel Processing: Distributes computation across multiple processing units, ensuring efficient execution of multi-domain system models.
- FPGA-Based Acceleration: Offloads computationally intensive tasks to FPGA cores, reducing simulation step times and increasing fidelity.
- Networked Synchronization: Uses high-speed communication protocols to maintain precise timing across distributed simulation nodes.
Seamless PHIL & HIL Integration
The real-time distributed simulators are designed for direct integration with Impedyme’s PHIL and HIL platforms, enabling:
- Closed-Loop Testing: Connects physical power converters, inverters, and controllers with real-time simulated environments.
- High-Fidelity Model Execution: Supports detailed electrical, thermal, and electromechanical models for precise hardware interaction.
- Multi-Domain Simulation: Simultaneously simulates power electronics, motor drives, grid systems, and communication networks in real time.
Flexible and Scalable Deployment
Impedyme’s distributed simulators offer configurable architectures to adapt to a variety of real-time simulation needs, from small-scale test benches to large-scale industrial applications.
Adaptability & Customization:
- Modular Expansion: Users can add processing units as system complexity increases, ensuring long-term scalability.
- Customizable Interfaces: Supports integration with custom FPGA-based developments, MATLAB/Simulink, and third-party modeling tools.
- Cloud & Edge Computing Compatibility: Future-ready design allows deployment on cloud-based simulation platforms for enhanced accessibility.
Impedyme Solutions:
Seamless Transition from Rapid Control Prototyping to Rapid Product Prototyping with Combined HIL and Power Testbench
Impedyme’s Combined HIL and Power (CHP) Testbench provides a unified, high-performance development environment that enables customers to transition seamlessly from rapid control prototyping (RCP) to rapid product prototyping (RPP). By integrating real-time Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation with Power Hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL) testing, Impedyme’s solution accelerates the design, validation, and deployment of power electronics systems, reducing time-to-market while ensuring reliability and scalability.
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