Benchmarking Real-Time Control Platforms Using a Matlab/Simulink Coder with Applications in the Control of DC/AC Switched Power Converters

Jesus D. Vasquez-Plaza; Andres F. Lopez-Chavarro; Enrique A. Sanabria-Torres; Juan F. Patarroyo-Montenegro; Fabio Andrade

doi:10.3390/en15196940

Benchmarking Real-Time Control Platforms Using a Matlab/Simulink Coder with Applications in the Control of DC/AC Switched Power Converters

Jesus D. Vasquez-Plaza, Andres F. Lopez-Chavarro, Enrique A. Sanabria-Torres, Juan F. Patarroyo-Montenegro, Fabio Andrade

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Abstract

In the control of DC/AC switched power converters (SPC), one of the most important aspects to be considered is the selection of the real-time control platform. The real-time control platform must be able to meet the high performance efficiency and regulation requirements of the DC/AC SPC, as these typically operate at switching frequencies in the order of kHz to MHz. For this reason, the hardware characteristics of the ADC and PWM, and the processing capacity of the real-time control platform are of vital importance when implementing advanced digital controllers that maintain voltage and current levels within regulatory standards. In this context, we aimed to perform a comparative study of the computation times of different real-time control platforms when implementing different control strategies for DC/AC switched power converters. We also analyzed the impact of the real-time control platforms on the THD of the voltages generated by the DC/AC switched power converters. With the help of this paper, researchers and developers will have criteria to select which real-time control platform to use in real-time control for DC/AC SPC applications.

Original language	English
Article number	6940
Journal	Energies
Volume	15
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/en15196940
State	Published - Oct 2022
Externally published	Yes

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This paper is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, EPSCoR Program; Office of Electricity, Microgrid R&D Program; and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Solar Energy Technology Office under EPSCoR grant number DE-SC0020281.

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DC/AC converters
computation time
real-time control platforms
total harmonic distortion
voltage and current controllers

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