Power electronics and controls for air core compulsator

Rapid Prototyping of Digital Controls for Power Electronics

The process for designing digital controls for power electronics is typically quite convoluted and affords many opportunities for errors to occur. We present here a new and complete method for rapid prototyping of digital controls that allows rapid realization of new designs. The approach uses a collection of tools that include both software (the virtual test bed (VTB) and Matlab/Simulink) and ...

A Multilanguage Environment for Interactive Simulation and Development of Controls for Power Electronics

Virtual prototyping of complex systems presents interesting challenges, especially with regard to systems in which different languages are used to represent different parts. We describe here one approach to solving such a problem. In particular, we describe how to integrate the Virtual Test Bed (VTB) solver engine with the Simulink solver. This produces a rich environment for virtual prototypin...

Power Electronics and Wind Power

Renewable energy facilities will constitute a major contribution to electrical power in the future. The wind turbine will, together with biomass, form the major renewables parts up to year 2030 including erection of offshore wind farms. The wind is a non-storable energy source, whose electric energy needs priming into interchangeable energy to be competitive for large-scale power generation. An...

Thermoelectrics for Cooling Power Electronics

To increase the efficiency and reduce emissions, the hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), fuel cell vehicle (FCV), and electric vehicle (EV) types were developed. All these vehicle types rely on power electronics (PEs) to function. Yet, the reliability and performance of PEs are directly related to the operating temperature. Therefore, cooling is considered an option to reduce the operating temperatu...

Electronics for Power and Energy Management