Power electronics
Power electronics
02 / 22 / 2024
Power conversion & HIL simulators: how GE Vernova keeps German trains running on time
GE Vernova
Discover how GE Vernova leveraged OPAL-RT’s real-time HIL simulation to streamline the testing of power conversion systems for rail and industrial applications. By replicating complex fault scenarios and automating regression testing, GE Vernova reduced issue resolution time from months to days—ensuring reliability, compliance, and on-time delivery for critical infrastructure.
Power electronics
02 / 25 / 2022
External Primary Control in Power Electronics Applications
University of Alcalá
The GEISER research group at the University of Alcalá, sponsored by Velox-PS, partners with OPAL-RT to achieve a paradigm shift in power equipment management—externalizing primary control of power converters onto an OPAL-RT real-time simulator. Using high-speed SFP optical fiber communication and the OP5707XG platform, this approach centralizes control of multiple devices on a single server, enabling rapid prototyping of novel control algorithms without reprogramming power equipment
Power electronics
05 / 15 / 2018
An Innovative HIL Test Bench to Validate Embedded SOCOMEC Inverter Software
SOCOMEC
SOCOMEC collaborated with OPAL-RT, National Instruments (NI), and MESULOG to build a turnkey, high-performance Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) test bench for embedded inverter software. By implementing OPAL-RT’s eHS64 solver on an NI FlexRIO FPGA board managed via NI VeriStand and TestStand, SOCOMEC achieved real-time simulation of power converters operating at chopping frequencies over 10 kHz with sub-minute model update times, significantly improving product quality and reducing time-to-market.
Power electronics
09 / 27 / 2016
ABB uses an OPAL-RT real-time simulator to validate controls of medium voltage power converters
ABB
Discover how ABB partnered with OPAL-RT to validate its medium-voltage drive systems using real-time hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation. The solution enabled faster testing, improved accuracy, and accelerated development of control strategies for high-power industrial applications.
Academia, Power electronics
09 / 27 / 2016
APERT Uses OPAL-RT for FPGA Simulation of Matrix Power Converters
APERT (Applied Electronics Research Team)
APERT uses OPAL-RT’s eFPGAsim platform to perform real-time simulation of complex power converter systems and accelerate the development of advanced control algorithms for renewable energy applications.