Validation of real-time simulation model of a three-phase Active-Front-End (AFE) rectifier

Abstract

Active rectifiers are commonly used converters in interfacing AC and DC grids due to their bidirectional power flow capabilities. Nowadays the development workflow of power converters includes real-time simulation steps to validate control concepts with hardware implementation in a safe environment. The paper presents the development process of a real-time HIL simulation framework for rapid-prototyping of advanced control algorithms of an Active-Front-End (AFE) rectifier. The control concepts and the main circuit models are realized in Matlab/Simulink and fitted for code-generation.