Modeling of Sources and Power Electronic Converters Installed in a Medium Voltage AC/DC Testbed

Increases in computing power and advanced computer modeling software have expanded the opportunity for research to be conducted on power system architectures without the need for actual hardware. This provides flexibility by allowing the user to design models of individual components that can then be integrated together or effortlessly interchanged depending on the function or testbed design that is being studied. However, before these simulated components can be used for testing purposes, they must first be verified and validated (V&V) to show that they can perform their intended task or function. The UTA Intelligent Distributed Energy Analysis Laboratory (IDEAL) testbed consists of multiple components that are representative of hardware found in many power system applications. This effort shows the process of V&V of a motor-generator set and a DC/DC power supply by preparing computer models representative of this hardware in Simulink
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and then showing that the results from these models accurately predicts the hardware's behavior for specific cases with predefined output variable requirements.