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PCIM Podcast episode 3, April 2022

"Using HIL and P-HIL for cost effective and reproducible testing of power electronics" with Dr. Ravinder Venugopal, OPAL-RT Germany GmbH

1 Apr 2022

Real-time simulation helps accelerate development and derisk early implementations in the race to transform to e-mobility and renewables. (Power) hardware-in-the-loop plays an important role. Among notable current needs is to simulate the new scenarios presented by grids with converter-driven energy sources, not least in testing for resonances, or black start conditions. For real-time simulation – particularly integrating power hardware – this presents new challenges to balance stability, accuracy, speed, and scale.

Prof. Marco Jung talks to Ravinder Venugopal, Managing Director at OPAL-RT Germany, about the issues and approaches (from parallel processing to solvers and FPGAs) in episode 3 of the PCIM Podcast.

They also discuss the future, with digital twins harnessing live data to improve real-time simulations, with the support of AI.

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Dr. Ravi Venugopal, Managing Director, OPAL-RT Germany GmbH

Dr. Ravi Venugopal is the managing director of OPAL-RT Germany GmbH, the German subsidiary of OPAL-RT Technologies, a global market-leader in real-time simulation of power systems and power electronics.

He earned his doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, (USA) specializing in control systems. Furthermore he holds a master’s degrees in electrical engineering and aerospace engineering. He has over 25 years of experience in the field of real-time simulation across the energy, aerospace and automotive sectors. In the last ten years, he has worked closely with technical leaders on hardware-in-the-loop testing for power electronic systems with a focus on renewable energy integration and e-mobility. He is keenly interested in technology transition from academic and research institutions to industrial practice.