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Dynamic Modelling and Co-simulation Between MATLAB–Simulink and DIgSILENT PowerFactory of Electric Railway Traction Systems

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The inclusion of electric transportation systems generates more complex interactions among multiple grid components. The action of these elements actively affects the state of power distribution grids and their complexity for operation analyses, which requires proper studies in order to avoid potentially bad situations. A feasible answer to this constraint can be the usage of digital co-simulation that is a well-developed technique for the performance assessment of power systems. Therefore, this chapter presents a co-simulation tool for assessing the impact of electric railway traction systems into the grid. The co-simulation tool is applied to mass electric mobility interacting with an electric power system by means of OLE for process control (OPC), which allows controlling and supervising the communication between DIgSILENT PowerFactory and MATLAB–Simulink. DIgSILENT PowerFactory is used for railway and utility power systems simulation; meanwhile, MATLAB–Simulink simulates electrical drives as well as control and operation of asynchronous machines (i.e. the power electronic converters). The combination of both computer programs through OPC Simulation Server sets a powerful platform up to test complex control systems applied in traction systems of electric trains.

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  1. CELEC EP Coca Codo Sinclair, Quito, Ecuador

    Luis Chiza & Santiago Chamba

  2. Operador Nacional de Electricidad CENACE, Av. Atacazo and Panamericana Sur km 0, Quito, Ecuador

    Jaime Cepeda

  3. Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), Budapest, Hungary

    Jonathan Riofrio

  4. Escuela Politécnica Nacional EPN, Ladrón de Guevara E11-253, Quito, Ecuador

    Marcelo Pozo

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Chiza, L., Cepeda, J., Riofrio, J., Chamba, S., Pozo, M. (2021). Dynamic Modelling and Co-simulation Between MATLAB–Simulink and DIgSILENT PowerFactory of Electric Railway Traction Systems. In: Gonzalez-Longatt, F.M., Rueda Torres, J.L. (eds) Modelling and Simulation of Power Electronic Converter Dominated Power Systems in PowerFactory. Power Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54124-8_4

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