Title :
FPGA-based Real-Time Hardware-In-the-Loop validation of a 3-phase PWM rectifier controller
Author :
Dagbagi, M. ; Hemdani, A. ; Idkhajine, Lahoucine ; Naouar, M.W. ; Monmasson, E. ; Slama-Belkhodja, Ilhem
Author_Institution :
ENIT, Univ. de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
Abstract :
The proposed paper deals with Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) validation of a 3-phase PWM boost rectifier controller. This validation has been made using Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) target. The development of the Real-Time Emulator (RTE) of the power system is firstly discussed. All voltage sources from the grid, filters, power switches and the load real-time models are implemented in hardware using a Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA device. As for the controller, a PI-based strategy has been chosen to control the DC-link voltage and a Hysteresis-based one for the control of 3-phase line currents. This controller has been implemented in software using the embedded Cortex-M3 processor of SmartFusion FPGA from MicroSemi. Real-time HIL simulation results, as well as offline simulation results are presented and compared.
Keywords :
PWM rectifiers; field programmable gate arrays; microprocessor chips; real-time systems; voltage control; 3-phase PWM boost rectifier controller; 3-phase line currents; Cortex-M3 processor; DC-link voltage; MicroSemi; SmartFusion; Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA device; field programmable gate array; hardware-in-the-loop validation; power switches; real-time HIL simulation; real-time emulator; real-time hardware-in-the-loop; voltage control; voltage sources; Control systems; Field programmable gate arrays; Power systems; Pulse width modulation; Real-time systems; Rectifiers; Voltage control; Associate Discrete Circuit; Field Programmable Gate Array; PWM boost rectifier; Processor-based controller; Real time Hardware-In-the-Loop; Real-Time Emulator;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2013 - 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vienna
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2013.6700010
