ATP: a suitable tool for the simulation of power converters and drives

Author

Martinez-Velasco, J.A. ; Capolino, C.A. ; Henao, H.

Author_Institution

Dept. d´´Enginyeria Electrica, Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

fYear

1992

fDate

1992

Firstpage

87

Lastpage

100

Abstract

The EMTP (Electromagnetic Transients Program) is a general purpose program originally developed for simulating transient phenomena in power systems. Although the EMTP has important limitations and drawbacks, it is a suitable tool for the simulation of power converters and electric drives. A new version, the so-called SALFORD ATP (Alternative Transients Program), has been recently released; this new program incorporates some capabilities very attractive for the simulation of power electronics. The authors present a short summary of these options and illustrate their advantages and limitations for the simulation of power converters and drives.

Keywords

circuit analysis computing; digital simulation; electric drives; electric machine analysis computing; power convertors; software packages; SALFORD ATP; circuit analysis computing; digital simulation; electric drives; power converters; power electronics; software packages; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; EMTP; Electric variables control; Electromagnetic transients; Power electronics; Power system modeling; Power system simulation; Power system transients; Transient analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Power Electronics, 1992., IEEE Workshop on

Conference_Location

Berkeley, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0920-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIPE.1992.247289

Filename

247289