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	Jan 2010	Real-Time Platform for the Control Prototyping and Simulation of Power Electronics and Motor Drives Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida Related Event: 2009 International Conference on Electric Power and Energy Conversion Systems (EPECS’09) Abstract : The paper presents state-of-the-art technologies and platform for real-time simulation and control of motor drives, power converters and power systems. Through its support for Model-Based Design method with Simulink... 2009_icmsao_RTsim_v2.pdf
	Jan 2009	REAL-TIME PLATFORM FOR THE CONTROL PROTOTYPING AND SIMULATION OF POWER ELECTRONICS AND MOTOR DRIVES Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : The paper presents state-of-the-art technologies and platform for real-time simulation and control of motor drives, power converters and power systems. Through its support for Model-Based Design method with Simulink®,... Paper-ICMSAO-2009_Opal-RT.pdf
	Sep 2008	Closed-Loop Control of Virtual FPGA-Coded Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drives Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida, Authors : Vincent Lapointe Abstract : Presented in this paper are the results of closed-loop control experiments using a virtual permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive implemented on a fieldprogrammable gate array (FPGA) card connected to an...
	Feb 2008	Hardware-In-The-Loop Testing of Aeronautic Systems with State-of-the-Art Real-Time Technologies Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : Avionics, navigation systems, flight controls and power units are becoming increasingly sophisticated within aerospace and defense systems (airplanes, UAVs, missiles…). Hardware-in-the-loop simulation is a cost-... 2008_ICAS-AbouridaS-HIL for Aeronautic systems.pdf
	Oct 2007	Modern Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulation Technology for Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Vehicles Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida, Authors : Tetsuhiro Ishikawa Abstract : This paper presents technologies designed for Hardware-In-the-Loop testing of modern motor drive systems commonly found in electric vehicles. Deliverable with the RT-LAB simulator comes various motor drive models with... vppc_paper_f.pdf
	Jun 2007	FPGA-Based Real-Time Simulation of Finite-Element Analysis Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine Drives Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida, Authors : Vincent Lapointe Abstract : This paper presents a real-time simulator of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive based on a finite-element analysis (FEA) method and implemented on an FPGA card for HIL testing of motor drive controllers.... 2007_pesc_fpga_jmag_dufour.pdf
	May 2006	InfiniBand-Based Real-Time Simulation of HVDC, STATCOM and SVC Devices with Custom-Of-The-Shelf PCs and FPGAs Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This paper presents a real-time simulator for large power network based on Custom-Of-The-Shelf technologies, all embedded in the RT-LAB real-time simulation platform. This platform uses Pentium, Xeon, Opteron-based PCs (... hvdc_scv_isie06_final_paper.pdf
	May 2006	Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulation of Finite-Element Based Motor Drives with RT-LAB and JMAG Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida, Authors : Takashi Yamada, Authors : Tomoyuki Arasawa Abstract : This paper presents a new development in the field of design process and testing of motor drives, for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) applications. It consists of implementing the Finite Element (FE) Method applied to... hil_rtlab_jmag_paper_2006.pdf
	Feb 2006	Real-Time Simulation of Permanent Magnet Motor Drive on FPGA Chip for High-Bandwidth Controller Tests and Validation Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This paper presents a real-time simulator of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive implemented on an FPGA card. Real-time simulation of PMSM drives enables rapid deployment and thorough testing of efficient... 2006_isie_dufour_pmsm_fpga_abstract1.pdf
	Dec 2005	Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulation of Power Drives with RT-LAB Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This paper presents the RT-LAB Electrical Drive Simulator technology along with practical applications. The RT-LAB simulation software enables the parallel simulation of power drives and electric circuits on clusters of... peds2005_paper.pdf
	Dec 2005	RT-LAB Real Time Simulation of Electric Drives and Systems Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Girish Nanjundaiah, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This paper presents the RT-LAB Electrical Drive Simulator technology along with practical applications. The RT-LAB simulation software enables the parallel simulation of an electrical circuit on clusters of PC running... npec2005_opalrt_paper.pdf
	Nov 2005	Real-Time Digital Simulation and Control Laboratory for Distributed Power Electronic Generation and Distribution Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : Complex power generation and distribution systems are needed on board spacecrafts, all electric warships, hybrid electric vehicles, distributed energy systems and other applications requiring compact, flexible autonomous... hsc2005.pdf
	Aug 2005	Real-time Simulation of Onboard Generation and Distribution Power Systems Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This paper presents the RT-LAB Electrical Drive Simulator technology along with practical applications. The RT-LAB simulation software enables the parallel simulation of an electrical circuit on clusters of PC running... 2005_electrimacs.pdf
	Apr 2005	Real-Time and Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation of Electric Drives and Power Electronics: Process, Problems and Solutions Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This paper discusses Real-Time and Hardware-In-The Loop simulation used for the design and testing of electric drives and power electronic systems. A thorough overview of the design process involving the approach of real... 2005_ipec_hil_elec.pdf
	Feb 2005	Real-Time Simulation of a Complete PMSM Drive a 10 µs Time-Step Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Hisanori Yamasaki, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Masaya Harakawa, Authors : Simon Abourida, Authors : Tetsuaki Nagano Abstract : This paper presents a description and results of the fastest-ever-reported, PC-based real-time (RT) simulator of an AC drive. The RT simulator is used to simulate a complete PMSM drive circuit in a Hardware-In-The-Loop (... 2005_IPEC_MelcoPMSMDriveSim_10us.pdf
	Sep 2003	Real-Time Simulation of Switched Reluctance Motor Drives Authors : Mark Ehsani, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This presentation includes an introduction on why real-time simulation of motor drive should be used. It then shows, the configuration of the SRM inverter, the basic equations of the drive, the inductance based model of... toptec_switched_reluctance.pdf
	Sep 2003	Real-time Simulation of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Traction Drives Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This paper presents a real-time electric vehicle traction drive simulator along with two applications. The first application is a double IGBT bridge inverter connected to an induction motor through an inter phase... Opal-RT_Toyota.pdf
	Dec 2002	Real-time Simulation of Electrical Vehicle Motor Drives on a PC Cluster Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This paper presents a real-time motor drive simulator capable to accurately simulate a double IGBT bridge inverter connected to an induction motor through an inter phase transformer. The simulator also includes a DC link... epe2003_paper.pdf
	Dec 2002	Real-Time Simulation of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Traction Drives Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This paper presents a real-time electric vehicle traction drive simulator along with two publications. The first application is a double IGBT bridge inverter connected to an induction motor through an inter phase... 2003_epe.pdf
	Dec 2002	Real-time Simulation of Induction Motor IGBT Drive on a PC-Cluster Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This paper presents a real-time motor drive simulator capable to accurately simulate a double IGBT bridge inverter connected to an induction motor through an inter phase transformer. The simulator also includes a DC link... ipst03_rtdrive4e.pdf
	Jul 2002	RT-LAB Based Real-Time Simulation of a Direct Field-Oriented Controller for an Induction Motor Authors : Mohand Ouhrouche, Authors : Nicolas Léchevin, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : In this paper, the authors present a real-time PC-based simulation of a direct field-oriented controller (DFOC) for an induction motor using RT-LAB software package. The use of a real-time simulator to achieve Hardware-... 315m_ouhrouche.pdf
	Jun 2002	Accurate Simulation of a 6-Pulse Inverter with Real-Time Event Compensation in ARTEMIS Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This paper presents new simulation software that allows the efficient and accurate fixed-time-step simulation of complex event-based electrical systems. The software, named ARTEMIS (Advanced Real-Time Electro-Mechanical... 331c_dufour.pdf
	Mar 2002	Real-Time PC-Based Simulator of Electric Systems and Drives Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This application note covers the following benchmarks: AC-DC 6-Pulse Thyristor Converter, a 6-pulse PWM Inverter and a 6-pulse IGBT STATCOM.
	Feb 2002	Real-Time PC-Based Simulator of Electric Systems and Drives Authors : Biao Yu, Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Guillaume Murere, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Nicolas Léchevin, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This paper presents a novel computer-based tool for real-time simulation and rapid control prototyping of power electronic systems and drives. The tool consists of innovative algorithmic software (ARTEMIS) for the fixed-... apec2002_pc_simulator.pdf
	Sep 2001	Accurate Real-Time Simulation of AC Inverter with Switching Event Compensation in ARTEMIS Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This paper presents simulation software that allows the efficient and accurate fixed-time-step simulation of complex switched electrical systems. The software, named ARTEMIS (Advanced Real-Time Electro-Mechanical... app_dc_ac_pwm_converter.pdf
	Sep 2001	Accurate Real-Time Simulation of Static-Var Compensator with Switching Events Compensation using ARTEMIS Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This paper presents simulation software that allows the efficient and accurate fixed-time-step simulation of complex event-based electrical systems. The software, named ARTEMIS (Advanced Real-Time Electro-Mechanical... app_svc.pdf
	Sep 2001	Real-Time Closed-Loop Control of a 6-Pulse Rectifier with Switching-Event Compensation in Artemis Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This short paper presents the results of testing ARTEMIS™ Advanced Real-Time Electro-Mechanical Transient Simulator on the simulation of a 6-pulse thyristor converter. The tests highlight the ARTEMIS Discrete-Time... app_ac_dc_converter.pdf
	Sep 2001	Accurate Simulation of Thyristor Controlled Reactor with Switching Event Compensation in ARTEMIS Authors : Christian Dufour, Authors : Jean Bélanger, Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This paper presents new simulation software that allows the efficient and accurate fixed-time-step simulation of complex switched electrical systems. The software, named ARTEMIS accurately simulates time-segment linear... app_tcr.pdf
	May 2001	ARTEMIS Practical Advantages Authors : Simon Abourida Abstract : This application note explains the practical advantages of ARTEMIS (Advanced Real-Time Electro-Mechanical Transient Simulator) and how it improves the accuracy of the power system block set. practical_advantages.pdf

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