A preliminary modeling and simulation platform to investigate new shipboard power system prototyping techniques

A proposed method for the development of shipboard power systems will include interconnecting hardware subsystems located at various sites into a remote hardware prototype. This approach introduces an underlying communication system to virtually interconnect actual power software and hardware systems. To investigate the feasibility and validity of such a method, this work addresses a model for remote/distributed hardware experiments. Initial simulation models of remote hardware tests of a two bus power system have been developed using Simulink™ and compared to an actual hardware setup. Theses simulation models can be used to identify regions of acceptable operating conditions for software representations of remote hardware power systems.