The Real-Time Power Systems Simulator (RTPSS) enables rapid and cost-effective assessment of power systems. The RTPSS utilises advanced model based techniques to simulate complex systems in the field of power, driven load dynamics, and transient phenomena attenuation that are closer to real world scenarios.
This facility provides high-end real-time digital simulators, scaling from compact portable devices to large integrated
Hardware in the Loop (HIL) test benches.
This system is capable of simulating complex power systems that includes:
- ‘Future-proofing’ electrical and control system design
- Power generation and storage (batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, etc.)
- Power electronics (motor drives, inverters, etc.)
This inclusion enables simulation of the design of digital twins and simulation of green port power modelling (i.e., cold ironing). Further, the system also helps to identify issues and non-compliance before the real system is built in a smarter, safer and environment.
Benefits of Real-Time Power Systems Simulator (RTPSS) include:
Reducing cost
- No need for a real system or prototype
- Detecting design flaws and identifying the faults at design, implementation and integration stages
- Minimising malfunction after installation
Reducing delay
- Developing independently the hardware and the software of a controller
- Infinite test capabilities in the lab
- Reducing rework activities with a progressive verification
Reducing risk
- Study of a complex system in detail
- Better test coverage
- Testing the system in faulty conditions in safer way
Decarbonising the maritime and port sectors
- Speeding up decarbonisation by simulating how
to optimise power generation and distribution
Preliminary studies for proof of concept by modelling functional description, and accelerating simulation.
Reducing control prototyping
- Test algorithms of a controller
- Refine the algorithm parameters
- Connect the simulated control to a real plant
Hardware in the Loop
- Test the final controller in a safer conditions
- Prepare the final physical tests
- Simulate the plant
Power Hardware in the Loop
- Test integration between systems handling power
- Emulate power devices and their environment
Scaling from compact portable devices to large integrated HIL test benches. The system is powerful, flexible and scalable.