1)Simulators and Real-Time Systems

• Importance of Using Simulators and Real-Time Systems
• History of Real-Time Simulators

• • Transient Network Analyzer (TNA)
  • Analog and Hybrid Simulator
  • Fully Digital Offline Simulator
  • Real-Time Simulators
• Model-Based Design (MBD)
• Real-Time Controller implementation
• An Introduction to Real-Time Operating Systems
• Suitable Step-time in simulation
• Usage of Real-Time Programs
• Difference of Real-time OSs and General Operating Systems
• Well-Known Simulators  
  • RTDS Simulators
  • Typhoon Simulator
  • Opal-RT Simulator
  • SolvSim Power Station (SSPS)
  • National Instrument Simulator
  •   §   LabVIEW Real-Time Modules
      §   Structure of NI Real-Time Systems
      §   Host Computer in NI Real-Time Systems
      §   LabVIEW Real-Time Module components
      §   Real-Time Engine
  •   § Real-Time Computer or RT Target  

• 2) Hardware & Software Configuration of NI PXIs
• PXI Express technology
• NI PXIe-8133 Processor (explanation & Configuration)
• NI MAX
• NI PXIe-1062Q chassis and PXI communication & DAQ cards
• NI PXI 7833R
• Using LabVIEW to program PXI systems

• 3) “Simulation Interface Toolkit” for communication between MATLAB and LabVIEW
• Establish a connection between LabVIEW and Simulink
• Building a NI loadable file from Simulink
• Making a MATLAB’s Simulink model
• Simulation’s parameter setting in MATLAB
• Linking MATLAB’s model to LabVIEW’s user interface (DLL)
• Load the DLL in LabVIEW
• Mutual communication with the DLL in LabVIEW

• 4)  Example of Typical Project: Power system with the excitation system as HIL
• Implementation of a typical power system (Synchronous machine, Turbine-Governer, Transmission
• Line, Transformer, Load, Power System Stabilizer, Excitation System, External Grid ) in Matlab
• Implementing the system in LabVIEW
• Hardware in the Loop (HIL) implementation and PXI Settings
• Define user interface in LabVIEW (HMI)
• Compile and deploy the Synchronous machine, Static Exciter and power network in PXI
• Example of Practical Projects

Practical Project (Published in IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics, Elsevier InternationalJournal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, and IEEE Conferences)