Real-time Simulation Framework for Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of Multi-port Autonomous Reconfigurable Solar Power Plant (MARS)

Zerui Dong; Suman Debnath; Wei Li; Qianxue Xia; Phani R.V. Marthi; Sudipta Chakraborty

doi:10.1109/ECCE47101.2021.9595731

Real-time Simulation Framework for Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of Multi-port Autonomous Reconfigurable Solar Power Plant (MARS)

Zerui Dong, Suman Debnath, Wei Li, Qianxue Xia, Phani R.V. Marthi, Sudipta Chakraborty

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Abstract

Multiport autonomous reconfigurable solar power plant (MARS) has been proposed for integrated development of photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage system (ESS) that can connect to high-voltage direct current (HVdc) and alternating current (ac) transmission grid. To de-risk the development of this complex integrated system that consists of hundreds to thousands of power electronics modules, a controller hardware-in-the-loop (cHIL) test setup will be extremely beneficial. The cHIL testing can be used for evaluation of modules as well as the hierarchical control system in MARS. With the unique configuration of power electronics modules in MARS, it becomes necessary to develop custom-designed real-time simulation models in the cHIL setup in absence of off-the-shelf models. In this paper, high-fidelity dynamic model of MARS, control algorithms at the lower level, and required communication algorithms are developed and optimized for real-time performance in the cHIL setup. Real-time experimental results from the cHIL are provided.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2021 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	3160-3167
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728151359
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE47101.2021.9595731
State	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes
Event	13th IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2021 - Virtual, Online, Canada Duration: Oct 10 2021 → Oct 14 2021

Publication series

Name	2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2021 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference	13th IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2021
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Virtual, Online
Period	10/10/21 → 10/14/21

Funding

The authors would like to acknowledge the support from Dr. John Seuss and Dr. Jian Fu, Technology Managers at U.S. Department of Energy, for overseeing the project developments and providing guidance.

Keywords

ESS
FPGA
HVdc
Multiport autonomous reconfigurable solar power plant (MARS)
PV
cHIL
real-time simulation

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Dong, Z., Debnath, S., Li, W., Xia, Q., Marthi, P. R. V., & Chakraborty, S. (2021). Real-time Simulation Framework for Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of Multi-port Autonomous Reconfigurable Solar Power Plant (MARS). In 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2021 - Proceedings (pp. 3160-3167). (2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2021 - Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE47101.2021.9595731

Dong, Zerui ; Debnath, Suman ; Li, Wei et al. / Real-time Simulation Framework for Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of Multi-port Autonomous Reconfigurable Solar Power Plant (MARS). 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2021 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. pp. 3160-3167 (2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2021 - Proceedings).

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Real-time Simulation Framework for Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of Multi-port Autonomous Reconfigurable Solar Power Plant (MARS)

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