A Comprehensive Multi-stage Validation Approach for Development of Power Electronic Systems

Power electronic systems are essential in modern electrical engineering, playing a critical role in various applications. Designing and developing hardware prototypes for these systems presents significant challenges for engineers. This paper proposes a universal framework to streamline the design and development of power electronics hardware. It also establishes a relationship between converter frequency and system clock frequency in real-time processes. The framework is validated through real-time simulation and controller hardware-in-the-loop testing using DSP and Opal RT systems. This allows the designer to examine the system behavior and controller performance prior to the physical prototype development by performing mathematically intensive computations on high-speed real-time processors.