PLECS Workshop

​Advanced Modeling and Simulation of Power Electronic Systems 

09:00

Registration

09:15

Introduction to PLECS

  • General use of PLECS Blockset and PLECS Standalone

  • Instantaneous switching

  • Variable and fixed step operation

Exercise: Modeling a switched-mode power supply

10:15

Break

10:30

Solver Settings

  • Definition of stiff and non-stiff systems

  • Explicit and non-explicit solvers

  • Stability domain

  • Accuracy considerations, step size control

  • Proper handling of discontinuities, zero-crossing detection

Exercise: Solver accuracy and settings

12:00

Lunch

13:00

Introduction to Thermal, Mechanical & Magnetic Modeling & Simulation

  • Switching & conduction loss descriptions

  • Combined electrical-thermal simulation

  • Permeance Capacitance Analogy Model

Exercise: Thermal modelling of a buck converter

14:30

Break

15:00

Overview of PLECS Tools

  • AC Sweep and Impulse Response Analysis Tools

  • Steady State Analysis Tool

  • Implementing custom components

Exercise: Creating a custom PV string component

16:00

End of Day

 

This workshop on November 11 addresses to anyone who has not been using PLECS before.
There will be another workshop on November 12 in the same location for more advanced users.

 

Ort: 
Manchester
Land: 
Vereinigtes Königreich
Datum: 
Mittwoch, 11. November 2015, 8:30 Uhr
Referent: 

Niklaus Felderer

Anmeldung: 

Pulse Power & Measurement Ltd., Linda Davis
linda.davis@ppm.co.uk, +44 (0) 1793 786934

Tagungsort: 

The University of Manchester
Sackville Street Building
Room D45a
Granby Row
M1 3BU, Manchester
United Kingdom

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