Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Digital Twin for Power from Shore

Power from Shore (PfS) projects present different engineering obstacles from concept to commissioning to life cycle operation. As PfS functionality are primarily grid-related topics, the possibilities of site-specific testing are limited before all equipment are assembled on site and integrated in full-scale into the system. There are possibilities prior to perform "string tests" to bring together transformers, converters, filters and temporary use a of a load bank, where it has its advantages and disadvantages.This paper will focus on a recent case example of Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Simulator and testing campaign for the electrification and expansion of a Norwegian offshore platform with two medium-voltage static frequency converter systems and two booster compressor variable speed drives as the core part of the HIL.