Advancing Marine Power Systems Using Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing

With the trend of shipboard electrification, there come new requirements for power storage, power quality with fast load switching, and control systems.  From proof of concept to detailed implementation, model-based design and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing for the system and controls is essential.  More sophisticated shipboard power systems require high-performance, and also scalable HIL testing solutions. These can accelerate the development and de-risk hardware failure. Speedgoat and MathWorks^® provide solutions for this by using expandable multi-core and multi-target technology. 

Topics that we will cover include:

• Key challenges for modern shipboard power systems
• Speedgoat / MathWorks^® solution to scalable HIL for real-time testing and simulation of shipboard power electronics and energy power systems
• Learn how to create a multi-domain, real-time capable, digital twin of a 12kV medium voltage direct current (MVDC) shipboard power system using Simscape Electrical
• Learn how to optimize digital twin performance and address scalability needs through multi-rate, multi-core, and multi-target simulation techniques
• Demo of a multi-target HIL simulation using Speedgoat test systems with shared-memory technology 

Relevant Resources

• American Society of Naval Engineers
• Generate a Deep Learning SI Engine Model
• Developing and Testing Control Systems with MATLAB^® and Simulink^®
• Automated and Continuous Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing
• Marine HIL and RCP Solutions
• Shipboard Power System in Simscape™
• Electric Ship Modeling and Simulation Video
• Marine Power System Deployment to HIL
• Utilities
• Speeding up Electrical System Simulations on Desktops and HIL with Simscape™
• Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing for Microgrids

Success Stories

• Electric Drive Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL): Skip the Beta Phase!
• Leonardo DRS Performs FPGA-Based Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of Shipboard Power Electronics Systems
• Energy Speaker Series - Module 2: Digital Twins for Digital Transformation Video
• Development of a digital twin for real-time simulation of a combustion engine-based power plant with battery storage and grid coupling

Product Focus

Speedgoat products

• Real-Time Target Machines
• Custom Rack Systems
• I/O Connectivity
• Multi-Industry Communication Protocols
• Shared/Reflective Memory Protocols Support
• Battery Management Systems (BMS)
• Virtual Commissioning

MathWorks^® products

• Simscape™
• Simulink^® Test™
• Simulink^® Real-Time™
• Simscape™ Electrical™
• HDL Coder™
• Motor Control Blockset™