Hardware in the loop testing of a steam turbine bypass regulator using a TI C2000 micro-controller

For a fast and safe start up and shut down of steam power plant, there is a growing interest in the optimization of turbine bypass controllers and actuators that are mainly used during transients. This work is focused on the development of a simple and fast code for real time simulation of a steam plant for the Hardware In the Loop (HIL) simulation of turbine bypass controllers and actuators. The idea is to build a Simulink library of simplified plant components such as valves, turbines, heaters and so on that could be easily assembled in order to simulate with a very simplified approach different plants and operating scenarios. The code, which is implemented for a fixed, discrete step solver should be easily compiled for a real time target such as a Texas Instrument C2000 controller (TMS320F28335 series), in order to be executed in Real Time (RT) on a low cost industrial hardware. In particular the developed code should is used for the development of a virtual environment that should be used for HIL testing of controllers and actuators.