Icem98 Optimized Design of Variable-speed Drives and Electrical Networks Based on Numerical Simulation

During the last few years the performances and therefore the complexity of the variable-speed drives as well as those of the modern power plants have considerably increased. Consequently, an optimized design of these equipments requires suitable numerical simulation tools in order to guarantee the feasibility and the performances of such equipments in steady-state or transient operation. More precisely, it is no more sufficient to simulate separately the behaviour of the different elements, even based on sophisticated models, it is necessary to simulate globally all the system in order to take into account all the possible interactions which are often primordial for the system performances.