A Virtual Testing Facility for Elevator and Escalator Systems

This paper presents a complete experience in the field of virtual testing. A real-time power hardware in the loop platform for elevators and escalators testing is presented. The topology adopted as well as the control algorithms used in the implementation are discussed. A set of experimental results completes the presentation.

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