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Ship’s electric power systems use many power converters to generate the ac or dc supplies needed by a wide variety of loads. The switching frequencies used in these converters continue to increase, reducing unwanted harmonics and the size and weight of transformers and other components. Higher switching speeds pose problems for simulations of these systems particularly where real-time execution is necessary. The development of low-cost, high-speed simulatiosn of power electronic systems has been a goal of research at California State University, Chico for over 20 years. This research was the result of a collaboration that began in the UK over 50 years ago.
This chapter is dedicated to the memory of former colleagues John Hay of the University of Salford and Richard (Dick) Bednar of CSU, Chico.
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Crosbie, R. (2019). High-Speed, Low-Cost Simulation of Power Electronic Systems—A 50+ Year Collaboration. In: Sokolowski, J., Durak, U., Mustafee, N., Tolk, A. (eds) Summer of Simulation. Simulation Foundations, Methods and Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17164-3_3
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