CPU/FPGA-Based Real-Time Co-Simulation Framework for Large-Scale Solar Power Plants
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Abstract
This article proposes a co-simulation technique to enable coupling between the CPU and FPGA, aimed at overcoming the limitations of the fourth-generation (Gen 4) electric hardware solver (eHS) when using the built-in solar cell model from the Simscape/Power Systems (SPS) library in MATLAB/Simulink. In this paper, a large-scale solar power plant (LSSPP) is developed, consisting of two arrays along with associated control systems such as the current controller, power controller, and maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller, for real-time simulation using co-simulation between CPU and FPGA. Specifically, all controllers and solar array models are implemented in the CPU environment, while the high-frequency power electronic converters and the external grid are modeled in the FPGA (or eHS) environment. For real-time simulation, the OP4510 real-time simulator from OPAL-RT Technologies and RT-LAB software are utilized, achieving a simulation time step as small as 295 ns. Three scenarios are examined: step changes in reference setpoints of controllers, switching for different frequencies (5 kHz to 100 kHz), and short-circuit faults. Finally, for a comprehensive assessment, these scenarios are validated using the SPS library in MATLAB/Simulink.
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.001 |
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