Conception systématique des simulateurs temps réel Hardware-in-the-Loop Application aux systèmes de conversion éolienne

. This paper deals with systematically applying a modern principle of designing real-time simulators, namely the HILS (hardware-in-the-loop simulation) concept, consisting in closed-loop connecting physical and software parts, in order to replicate in laboratory conditions the dynamic behaviour of an industrial process. The software part results from modelling the real system to be simulated, whereas the physical part is taken as it is from this system. Principles of HILS systems are first presented, then a systematic design procedure is proposed and illustrated by building a simulator dedicated to variable-speed wind energy conversion systems. The architecture and possibilities of this simulator are suggested by amply discussing the most relevant experimental results. Some concluding remarks finish this paper.