Dynamic evaluation of a scaled-down heat pipe-cooled system during start-up/shut-down processes using a hardware-in-the-loop test approach

Micro-mobile heat pipe-cooled nuclear power plants are promising candidates for distributed energy resource power genera-tors and can be flexibly deployed in remote places to meet increasing electric power demands.However,previous steady-state simulations and experiments have deviated significantly from actual micronuclear system operations.Hence,a transient analysis is required for performance optimization and safety assessment.In this study,a hardware-in-the-loop(HIL)approach was used to investigate the dynamic behavior of scaled-down heat pipe-cooled systems.The real-time features of the HIL architecture were interpreted and validated,and an optimal time step of 500 ms was selected for the thermal transient.The power transient was modeled using point kinetic equations,and a scaled-down thermal prototype was set up to avoid mod-eling unpredictable heat transfer behaviors and feeding temperature samples into the main program running on a desktop PC.A series of dynamic test results showed significant power and temperature oscillations during the transient process,owing to the inconsistency of the rapid nuclear reaction rate and large thermal inertia.The proposed HIL approach is stable and effective for further studying of the dynamic characteristics and control optimization of solid-state small nuclear-powered systems at an early prototyping stage.

Modeling and Hardware-in-the-Loop System Realization of Electric Machine Drives-A Review

This paper presents a state-of-the-art review in modeling approach of hardware in the loop simulation(HILS)realization of electric machine drives using commercial real time machines.HILS implementation using digital signal processors(DSPs)and field programmable gate array(FPGA)for electric machine drives has been investigated but those methods have drawbacks such as complexity in development and verification.Among various HILS implementation approaches,more efficient development and verification for electric machine drives can be achieved through use of commercial real time machines.As well as implementation of the HILS,accurate modeling of a control target system plays an important role.Therefore,modeling trend in electric machine drives for HILS implementation is needed to be reviewed.This paper provides a background of HILS and commercially available real time machines and characteristics of each real time machine are introduced.Also,recent trends and progress of permanent magnet synchronous machines(PMSMs)modeling are presented for providing more accurate HILS implementation approaches in this paper.

Real-time controller hardware-in-the-loop co-simulation testbed for cooperative control strategy for cyber-physical power system

Various distributed cooperative control schemes have been widely utilized for cyber-physical power system(CPPS),which only require local communications among geographic neighbors to fulfill certain goals.However,the process of evaluating the performance of an algorithm for a CPPS can be affected by the physical target characteristics and real communication conditions.To address this potential problem,a testbed with controller hardware-in-the-loop(CHIL)is proposed in this paper.On the basis of a power grid simulation conducted using the real-time simulator RT-LAB developed by the company OPAL-RT,along with a communication network simulation developed with OPNET,multiple distributed controllers were developed with hardware devices to directly collect the real-time operating data of the power system model in RT-LAB and provide local control.Furthermore,the communication between neighboring controllers was realized using the cyber system modelin OPNET with an Ethernet interface.The hardware controllers produced a real-world control behavior instead of a digital simulation,and precisely simulated the dynamic features of a CPPS with high speed.A classic cooperative control case for active power output was studied to explain the integrated simulation process and validate the effectiveness of the co-simulation testbed.

Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation System for Space Manipulator Docking: Model,Stability and Experimental Evaluation

A manipulator-type docking hardware-in-the-loop(HIL)simulation system is proposed in this paper,with further development of the space docking technology and corresponding requirements of the engineering project.First,the structure of the manipulator-type HIL simulation system is explained.The mass and the flexibility of the manipulator has an important influence on the stability of the HIL system,which is the premise of accurately simulating actual space docking.Thus,the docking HIL simulation models of rigid,flexible and flexible-light space manipulators are established.The characteristics of the three HIL systems are studied from three important aspects:the system parameter configuration relation,the system stability condition and the dynamics frequency simulation ability.The key conclusions obtained were that the system satisfies stability or reproduction accuracy.Meanwhile,the influence of different manipulators on the system stability is further analyzed.The accuracy of the calculated results is verified experimentally.

New Solution on Distributed Hardware-in-the-Loop Radar System Simulation on HLA

In the large-scale distributed hardware-in-the-loop radar simulation system based on HLA, a new solution ofprocessing after acquisition is proposed, which separates the software subsystem from the hardware jammer subsystem bya response database, so as to settle the problem,that the software subsystem can not meet the real-time need of thehardware,with very little increment of code. And the data completeness and feasibility of this solution are discussed.

Research on the Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation of Guidance System

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Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation of Vibration Control of Stay Cables with Damper Based on dSPACE System

A simple and economical method based on dSPACE system is developed to measure the effect of cable vibration control.The experiments,numerical simulation and hardware-in-the-loop(HIL)simulation are carried out for the vibration control of stay cables with dampers.Firstly,the test results of solid cable vibration under harmonic excitation are compared with the numerical simulation results of cable vibration to ensure the correctness of the simulation of cable module.Then,the vibration test results of solid cable with damper under harmonic excitation are compared with the numerical simulation results of solid cable with damper to ensure the correctness of the relevant modules.Finally,the external load and the cable are imported into the real-time simulation system to simulate the control effect of the damper under the current excitation in real time.The results show that the simulation is correct and the HIL simulation is feasible in the bridge engineering.

Modeling and Analysis of Pumping Motor Drives in Hardware-in-the-Loop Environment

In the proposed paper, the new experimental results are described obtained from the laboratory stand and the model developed by the authors. A method of acquiring characteristics of a pump motor drive using a hardware-in-the-loop simulation approach is explained. To explore the centrifugal pumps manufactured by ABB, their own control system is used whereas an industrial pump is replaced with the specially designed simulator. To clarify the model topology and parameters, a double-machine assembly was designed and used as universal pump prototype. A library of reference and disturbance signals used in pumping was applied as a modeling tool. In this way, the advantages of mathematical and physical simulations have been combined with optimal interaction of both approaches.

Design and Hardware-in-the-loop Validation:A Fractional Full Feed-forward Method for Grid Voltage in LCL Grid-connected Inverter Systems

The harmonic disturbance in the background grid is a problem that must be considered in the design of a gridconnected inverter.However,the full feed-forward method cannot completely suppress the harmonic disturbance in theory and is sensitive to noise.To tackle these problems,a fractional full feed-forward method of grid voltage is proposed in this paper.First,the mathematical model of the full feed-forward method is deduced,and the differences with the theoretical solution,which can suppress all harmonics,are analyzed.Then,the parameter equation,the harmonic suppression performance,stability analysis and the implementation process of this method are given.Compared with the full feed-forward method,the proposed method not only further improves the harmonic suppression performance,but also reduces the order of the mathematical model of the differential term in the feed-forward loop.In addition,the proposed method can be used to flexibly design feed-forward coefficients by selecting the order of suppressed harmonics.Finally,the proposed method is validated by a hardware-in-the-loop experiment on a MT real-time control platform NI PXIE-1071.

FPGA-based hardware-in-the-loop for multi-domain simulation

In this paper,we present a new approach for complex system design,which allows rapid,efficient and low-cost prototyping.This approach can simplify designing tasks and go faster from system modeling to effective hardware implementation.Designing multi-domain systems requires different engineering competences and several tools,our approach gives a unique design environment,based on the use of VHDL-AMS modeling language and FPGA device within the same design tool.This approach is intended to enhance hardware-in-the-loop(HIL)practices with a more realistic simulation which improve the verification process in the system design flow.This paper describes the implementation of a software/hardware platform as a practical support for our approach,the feasibility and the benefits of this approach are demonstrated through a practical case study for power converter control.The obtained results show that the developed method achieves significant speed-up compared with conventional simulation,with a minimum used resources and minimum latency.

Research on the novel discretized ratio control strategies and hardware-in-the-loop test for continuous variable transmission system

Based on traditional continuous control strategy for Continuously Variable Transmission(CVT)ratio,according to the principles of shift control strategy for stepped automatic transmission,the influences of throttle opening and external resistance or vehicle speed on CVT ratio control are analyzed on bumpy road.Under the same variation of external resistance condition,the differences between optimal economic control strategy and optimal dynamic control strategy are discussed.Then,the traditional continuous optimal dynamic and economic control lines are divided into multi-step upshift points.Meanwhile,the corresponding downshift points are set to avoid the interference near shift points.After that,the novel discretized ratio control methods for CVT system are proposed.By respectively discretizing throttle opening and vehicle speed,the discretized ratio control strategy for throttle opening,and the integrated discretized ratio control strategy for throttle opening and vehicle speed are further proposed and simulated.Furthermore,the hardware-in-the-loop(HIL)test system is built to further verify the feasibility and accuracy of discretized ratio control strategies.Both simulation and HIL test results show that the sensitivity of throttle opening and vehicle speed to ratio control is reduced dramatically,the fluctuation of ratio is decreased considerably,the transmission efficiency is increased significantly,and the jerk is declined moderately.

Hardware-in-the-loop simulation system for space information networks

Thanks to the recent advances in SIS(Space Information Science)and increasingly mature technologies,network simulations have attracted much attention,which play vital roles in research on validation of the correctness of SIN’s(Space Information Network)solutions.In this paper,we constitute an architecture of a hardware-in-the-loop simulation system,where we use a server to act as a real satellite of SINs.Moreover,we model the channel of the satellite network relying on real cables and servers by referring to the Corazza model.Furthermore,based on the data of real weather events,we propose a coordinate mode for reducing LEO’s(Low Earth Orbit)communication delay and validate the efficiency of our proposed method on simulation platform by simplifying the problem to a shortest path problem.

激光制导武器半实物仿真系统的设计与实现

首先,以某激光制导弹药为背景,提出了室内半实物仿真系统的总体设计方案,介绍了一种激光半主动导引头的工作原理。其次,在室内局限环境下,建立了弹目几何关系的数学模型,研究了导引头入瞳光学特性,并根据制导与控制系统的工作原理,设计了末制导段弹道的半实物仿真模型。最后,设置两种末端制导的初始条件,引入导引头和角速率陀螺等弹上部件进行多次弹道仿真试验。试验结果表明,基于该导引头和角速率陀螺的制导与控制系统设计合理,可以实现精确打击。

Co-Estimation of State of Charge and Capacity for Lithium-Ion Batteries with Multi-Stage Model Fusion Method

Lithium-ion batteries(LIBs)have emerged as the preferred energy storage systems for various types of electric transports,including electric vehicles,electric boats,electric trains,and electric airplanes.The energy management of LIBs in electric transports for all-climate and long-life operation requires the accurate estimation of state of charge(SOC)and capacity in real-time.This study proposes a multistage model fusion algorithm to co-estimate SOC and capacity.Firstly,based on the assumption of a normal distribution,the mean and variance of the residual error from the model at different ageing levels are used to calculate the weight for the establishment of a fusion model with stable parameters.Secondly,a differential error gain with forward-looking ability is introduced into a proportional–integral observer(PIO)to accelerate convergence speed.Thirdly,a fusion algorithm is developed by combining a multistage model and proportional–integral–differential observer(PIDO)to co-estimate SOC and capacity under a complex application environment.Fourthly,the convergence and anti-noise performance of the fusion algorithm are discussed.Finally,the hardware-in-the-loop platform is set up to verify the performance of the fusion algorithm.The validation results of different aged LIBs over a wide range of temperature show that the presented fusion algorithm can realize a high-accuracy estimation of SOC and capacity with the relative errors within 2%and 3.3%,respectively.

Development of AMT Fault Diagnosis Technique Based on KWP2000

In order to make automatic mechanical transmission (AMT) capable of performing fault self-diagnoses and adaptive to standard communication interface,through technical analysis and intensive study concerning on-board diagnostic protocols now widely applied in Europe and America,KWP2000 on CAN is accepted as a technological path.An AMT fault communication system using hardware-in-the-loop simulation by dSPACE is developed,and communications compatible with ISO 15031-6 is realized on this module.Moreover,a hand-held fault diagnosis instrument with built-in software is designed to facilitate communications with AMT fault communication module with accuracy,rapidity and stableness.Bench and real vehicle experimental results show that the developed instrument and module can perform the anticipated functions,so as to maintain steady communications under the KWP2000-on-CAN protocol.

Distributed Intelligent Microgrid Control Using Multi-Agent Systems

In the future, the individual entities of microgrids such as distributed generators and smart loads may need to determine their power generation or consumption in more economic ways. Intelligent agents can help the decision-making procedure of the entities by intelligent algorithms and state-of-the-art communication with central controller and other local agents. This paper presents the development of atable-top microgrid control system using multi-agent systems and also the demonstration of demand response programs during power shortage. In our table-top system, agents are implemented using microcontrollers and Zigbee wireless communication technology is applied for efficient data communication in the multi-agent system. The power system models of distributed generators and loads are implemented in the real-time simulator using Opal-RT system. The whole test system that includes real-time system simulation and agent hardware is implemented in the hardware-in-the-loop simulation framework. The performance of the developed system is tested for emergency demand response cases.

Hardware in Loop Simulation for Emergency Communication Mobile Ad Hoc Network

For the research of mobile Ad hoc network (MANET), hardware in the loop simulation (HILS) is introduced to improve simulation fidelity. The architectures and frameworks of HILS system are discussed. Based on HILS and QualNet network simulator, two kinds of simulation frameworks for MANET multicast emergency communication network are proposed. By running simulation under this configuration and doing experiments with on-demand multicast routing protocol (ODMRP), unicast and multicast functions of this protocol are tested. Research results indicate that HILS method can effectively reduce the difficulty of system modeling and improve precision of simulation, and can further accelerate transition from design to system deployment.

Design of an Integrated SITL and HITL Simulation System for the Control of a Loitering Aerial Vehicle

An investigation into the aircraft flight simulation and control system is presented in this paper. The study was firstly focused on the establishment of an integrated hardware-in-the-loop(HITL) platform for aircraft flight simulation based on MATLAB/Simulink+dSPACE. The platform combines the abundant software and hardware resources of dSPACE simulation platform to simulate the flight attitude of an aircraft in six-DOF (degree of freedom) motion. Based on the platform,the study was then focused on the flight numerical simulation by taking a loitering aerial vehicle as an example. An aircraft mathematical model was created for a modular design and off-line numerical simulation based on MATLAB/Simulink. Finally,the study was focused on the control system design of the loitering aerial vehicle and conduct of an HITL simulation experiment for the vehicle pitch control. The experiment verifies the system design and control effectiveness. Research results show that the dSPACE simulation system provides a real time good experimental platform to improve the efficiency of study and development of a flight control system.

Aeroengine thrust estimation and embedded verification based on improved temporal convolutional network

Thrust estimation is a significant part of aeroengine thrust control systems.The traditional estimation methods are either low in accuracy or large in computation.To further improve the estimation effect,a thrust estimator based on Multi-layer Residual Temporal Convolutional Network(M-RTCN)is proposed.To solve the problem of dead Rectified Linear Unit(ReLU),the proposed method uses the Gaussian Error Linear Unit(GELU)activation function instead of ReLU in residual block.Then the overall architecture of the multi-layer convolutional network is adjusted by using residual connections,so that the network thrust estimation effect and memory consumption are further improved.Moreover,the comparison with seven other methods shows that the proposed method has the advantages of higher estimation accuracy and faster convergence speed.Furthermore,six neural network models are deployed in the embedded controller of the micro-turbojet engine.The Hardware-in-the-Loop(HIL)testing results demonstrate the superiority of M-RTCN in terms of estimation accuracy,memory occupation and running time.Finally,an ignition verification is conducted to confirm the expected thrust estimation and real-time performance.

Control strategy for seamless transition from islanded to interconnected operation mode of microgrids

Microgrids can operate either interconnected to the utility grid or disconnected forming an island. The transition between these modes can cause transient overcurrents or power oscillations jeopardizing the equipment safety or the system stability. This paper proposes a local multi agent control method for a seamless transfer between the islanded and interconnected modes of operation with agents implemented into the microgrid central switch(MCS) and into the microsources inverters. The MCS agent supervises the grid status and controls the switch for the transition of the microgrid through the different operation modes, while it communicates locally with the inverter agents of the microsources. The inverter agents undertake the synchronization process in case of reconnecting and change the inverter control mode depending on the grid status. Simulation and experimental results are presented to show the performance and feasibility of the proposed strategy.