Simscape Power Systems Power Generation

Power Generation

Simscape Power Systems™ provides models of standard and industry-specific components for power generation systems. These models help you size components and investigate performance and stability of electrical networks.

Generators

Simscape Power Systems provides synchronous and asynchronous machines that you can use to model generators in your system. You can enable nonlinear effects such as saturation. Standard and simplified models let you select the level of fidelity appropriate for your task. The models offer multiple parameterization methods that let you enter the values you have available, and the blocks calculate per-unit base values for you.

GasTOPS Models Propulsion System with Simscape Power Systems (User Story)
GasTOPS cut model development time by 65%, verified controller behavior during system faults, and reused the model for desktop simulation, HIL tests, and a training simulator.

Simscape Power Systems model (left) of an asynchronous motor and diesel-generator uninterruptible power supply (UPS). The Simulink scope (right) shows stator currents and speed of the asynchronous machine.

Renewable Energy

Simscape Power Systems provides models of components in renewable energy systems, such as wind turbines and photovoltaic arrays. Example models show how to use these components to predict system response to faults in the system, assess the impact of compensators on electrical grid stability, and measure system output as environmental conditions vary. You can explore behavior in microgrids that also include electric vehicles.

VONSCH Models Solar Inverters with Simscape Power Systems (User Story)
Teams reduced development time by one year, eliminated expensive iterations on hardware prototypes, and accelerated new product development by factor of three through reuse. 

Simscape Power Systems model segment (top) including a portion of a grid and a wind turbine. The turbine power characteristics plot (bottom) is produced based on block parameters.

Voltage and Frequency Control

Voltage regulators and frequency controllers are included in Simscape Power Systems.Excitation system models follow the IEEE® 421.5 standard and help you apply recommended practices in power system stability studies. Additional components provide abstract models of the prime movers that you connect to your generators so you can easily add realistic behavior of the dynamics of those components.

Reference: SimPowerSystems