Real-Time Multi-FPGA Simulation of Energy Conversion Systems

In this paper we present a solution for real-time multi-FPGA simulation of energy conversion systems based on the Latency-Based Linear Multistep Compound (LB-LMC) simulation approach. The approach relies on a nodal decomposition approach derived from multiport network analysis, and fast parallel communication between Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) devices. The results presented in this paper -using a microgrid example- demonstrate how the developed real-time platform overcame the resource scalability limit of single FPGA solvers while achieving a time step size of 100 nanoseconds.