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Christophe Brayet Product ManagerJanuary, 2016

OP1200OPAL-RT Lab-scale MMC Test Bench

OPAL-RT TECHNOLOGIESREAL-TIME POWER SYSTEMS SIMULATOR

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OP1200OPAL-RT Lab-Scale MMC Test Bench

OP1200 - Innovative Rapid control prototyping for novel Power Electronics Converters and network control

for a rapid transition between software simulation and hardware demonstration.

The OP1200, Lab-Scale Modular Multilevel Converters Test Bench, is dedicated to the hardware verification of new control algorithms for existing and novel power electronic converter topologies and to achieve experimental work on converter interactions and network control.

This flexible hardware MMC Test Bench allows for the continuing of research into innovative HVDC converter topologies and networks, evaluating a variety of network, helping to enable future HVDC networks and interconnection of renewable energy resources.

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Complete innovative solution. Ready to use.No need to design your own

Save time and maximize your budgetConcentrate your effort to innovate in power electronics control and algorithms!

Integrated with the OP4510 real-time simulator for Rapid Control Prototyping system, the OP1200 is ideal for teaching and control development of Modular Multilevel Converter systems using the complete software simulation environment RT-LAB MATLAB/Simulink® and XILINX System Generator.

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The OPAL-RT 3-Phases Modular Multilevel Converter Test Bench can be configured as scale-down models of

• High voltage DC (HVDC) MMC system, 6 kW, 11 levels, 60 cells• AC-DC AC back-to-back MMC system, 3 kW, 6 levels, 30 cells per converter• Flexible AC transmission system (FACTS)• Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM)• Solid State Transformer• Power Amplifier (*)• Multilevel Matrix Converter

Several OP1200 Test Benches can be used • to emulated AC-DC-AC converters • as well as HVDC MMC grids.

(*)The OP1200 can also be used as a four(4) quadrant amplifiers for PHIL application such as motor emulator and power grid emulator to implement a full micro-grid analog test bench

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Modular, flexible, configurable for your need!

Specify the type of converter, the topology, the number of level (11, 21, 31…), the DC Voltage (400V, 700V…), the frequency (50Hz, 60Hz) and the output power (6kW, 10kW, 20kW…) and we will configure the Test Bench

Specifications for a 3-Phases MMC Test Bench with 6kW 400V 11-Levelfor a total of 60 H-bridge cells in one cabinet

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OP4510 Real-Time SimulatorIntel Xeon Processor

and Xilinx FPGA

Optical fibres (6 pairs RxTx)

Example for a 3-Phases MMC Test Bench with 10 cells per arm, for a total of 60 H-bridge cells


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The OP1200, OPAL-RT Lab-Scale MMC Test Bench, includes:

OP4510

OP1211

OP1212

OP4510 - Real-time Simulator, Intel Xeon Processor and Xilinx FPGA with basic MMC

controller Simulink and FPGA IP

OP1212 - IGBT H-bridge Capacitor Switch Sub-Module

OP1200 – Fully integrated MMC Test Bench

OP1210 - 10 H-bridge cells MMC Converter 2U module with OP1211 control board and 10

OP1212 cell modules

OP1211 – Valve Based Electronic control board

RT-LAB MATLAB/Simulink® and XILINX System Generator

FPGA IP and SIMULINK demo controller for AC-DC 3-phase MMC, 11 level

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OP4510 SimulatorReal Time Power Electronics Simulator

OP4510 Simulator for Real Time Power Electronics and Power System Simulation:

• High-Performance and Real-time High-Speed Connectivity

• Kintex-7 XILINX FPGA, 325T with 326,000 logic cells and 840 DSP multipliers

• 4-core CPU, Xeon E3 processors, 3.2 GHz, 128 GB SSD• 4 Optical Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP)

Transceivers, up to 4Gbps• Copper and optical synchronization• UP to 128 configurable I/O with standard configuration

includes 32 Dout, 32 Din, 16 Ain, 16 Aout.• 6 optical link Expansion Board (6xTX + 6xRX) 50 Mbps

for MMC Test Bench Communication• Compatible with RT-LAB, MATLAB, Simulink, RTW, Xilinx

System Generator

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RT-LAB MATLAB/Simulink® and RT-XSG XILINX System GeneratorMMC FPGA-Based Controller ExampleIntegrated with the OP4510 real-time simulator, the OP1210 Test Bench offers a complete software simulation environment with:

RT-LAB, fully integrated with MATLAB/Simulink, is the open real-time simulation software environment that has revolutionized the way model-based design is performed. RT-LAB's flexibility and scalability allow it to be used in virtually any simulation or control system application, and to add computing-power to simulations, where and when it is needed.

RT-XSG (XILINX System Generator) is a Simulink™ toolbox that enables engineers to generate custom, application specific models that can be implemented onto an FPGA device.

FPGA MMC Control Model Complete Example included

Additional OPAL-RT software solutions:OPAL-RT provides a comprehensive range of MMC RCP and HIL solutions, raising model computation and I/O management challenges. FPGA IP enabling the simulation of more than 6000 cells in one FPGA within 500 nanos is available.

For power system model simulation, ARTEMiS is a suite of fixed-step solvers and algorithms that optimize Simulink models of electromechanical systems, created using the SimPowerSystems, for real-time execution on CPU.

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OP1210 - 10 H-bridge cells MMC ConverterSpecifications

Opal-RT provides a lab Modular Multilevel Converter (OP1210) 2U moduleScalable up to 10 H-bridge cells. The OP1210 is designed for 2KW (Rail or Shelves)

OP1210

10 OP1212 H-Bridge Cells

1 OP1211 Control Board

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OP1210 - 10 H-bridge cells MMC Converter ModuleBloc Diagram

OP4510 - Real-time SimulatorIntel Xeon Processor (4 cores)

Xilinx FPGA (Kintex7 325T)

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OP1211 Control board for 10 cells OP1212 H-Bridge Cell

OP1210 - 10 H-bridge cells MMC Converter ModuleDetailed Bloc Diagram

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OP1211Valve Based Electronic control board

• I/O remote control from OP4510• Fiber Optics communication with OP4510 up to 50Mbps (Rx/Tx)

• Local control of maximum 10 sub-module OP1210-2 boards• Lattice MachXO2 CPLD with 7000 LUT, PLLs and onboard 200 MHz oscillator• Hardware cooling management • Requires 48V/0.5 A supply• Programmable through isolated µUSB FTDI interface (with Lattice Diamond)

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OP1212IGBT H-Bridge capacitor switch Sub-Module

• Sub-Module based on a H bridge• Designed for 40 V, 15 Arms• Maximum switching frequency ≤ 50Khz• Rising/falling times ≤ 65ns.• On/off propagation delay ≤ 100ns

• Cell current measurement Detection Signaling with 12-Bit, 500ksps Serial Sampling ADC

• Fixed hardware instantaneous overcurrent detection• Cell capacitor voltage measurement, 12-Bit with

500ksps Serial Sampling ADC• Cell bypass electronic switch• Galvanic isolation to control signals for 566 V peak

working voltage • Requires a 12V/0.3A power supply. • Output connections: Spring Cage terminal bloc • Input control signal : Header 26pos 0.100"

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