PLECS Workshop

​Advanced Modeling and Simulation of Power Electronic Systems

08:30

Registration

09:00

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

10:00

Coffee 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 & Magnetic Modeling & Simulation

  • Switching & conduction loss descriptions

  • Combined electrical-thermal simulation

  • Permeance Capacitance Analogy Model

Exercise: Thermal modelling of a buck converter

14:30

Coffee 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 May 27 addresses to anyone who has not used the simulation software PLECS before.

Please note that a workshop will be held the day after in the same location. 

City: 
Aachen
Country: 
Germany
Date: 
Monday, May 27th, 2013 - 8:30 am
Speaker: 

Dr. Jost Allmeling
Min Luo

Registration: 

Ann-Luise Verbarg
info@plexim.com, +41 (0)44 533 51 00

Venue: 

RWTH Aachen
Library 1st Floor
Jägerstrasse 17/19
52056 Aachen

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— Bartlomiej Ufnalski, Warsaw University of Technology