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Applications of The GPTR

Technical applications of the GPTR ( 3 Phase Grid Programmable Generator and Load Simulator) for testing control parts of equipment to be connected to a Grid

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Applications of The GPTR

Technical applications of the GPTR ( 3 Phase Grid Programmable Generator and Load Simulator) for testing control parts of equipment to be connected to a Grid

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ApplicationsoftheGPTR

Contents
TheGPTRinanAutomaticTestEquipmentorSimulationenvironment..................................2
HowtheGPTRchangesvaluesforvoltagesandcurrents?.......................................................4
WhytheGPTRincludesaGridAnalyzer?..................................................................................4
UseofGPTRforcheckingGridAnalyzers..................................................................................5
HowtocontroltheGPTR?.........................................................................................................6

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TheGPTRinanAutomaticTestEquipmentorSimulation
environment
TheGPTRisalaboratoryprogramable3phasegridgeneratorwhereyoucancontrolthe
frequency(common),theamplitudeofeachphaseandthephaseangleofeachphase(2nd
and3rdrespecttothefirst).Atthesametimeitprovides3currentgenerators,synchronous
withthevoltagegeneratorsforeachphase,intherangeof0to5amps,whereyoucan
controltheamplitudeofeachcurrentgeneratorandthephaseanglerespecttothefirst
voltagegenerator.Thepurposeofthese3currentgeneratorscanbebetterunderstood
consideringtheapplicationsoftheGPTR.
OriginallytheGPTRwasdevelopedforthecreationofareal3phasegridwhoseparameters
couldeasilybechangedthroughprogramming.Considerasimplifiedconnectionofagenerator
ormotororconvertertothegrid,asinnextfigure.
GRID

Electromechanicaloperational
devices
(Contactors,switches,protection
relays,etc)

Generator
Or
Motor

ElectronicControlDevices
(PLCs,embeddedcomputers,etc)

Thatdiagram,typically,canbesplittedasinnextfigure.

Fig2Realenvironment

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WhereanElectronicControlpartreceivesthestatusoftheelementsinthepowerwires
(contactors,IGBTs,etc),andgeneratesignalstocontrolthem,whilemonitoringtheoverall
installationthroughmeasuringthevoltagesineachphaseofthegridaswellasthecurrent
flowingthroughthepowerwires.
Thatschematicappliestoanymoderninstallationgoverningamotororageneratorora
powerconverter.Havingthisinmind,nextfigureshowswheretheGPTRfitsin.

Voltages
Currents

Status
lines

Control
lines

ElectronicControl
(PLCs,embeddedcomputers,etc)

Fig3Test,debuggingandvalidationenvironment
TypicallytheElectronicControl,whetherimplementedusingaPLC,anembeddedcomputer,
wiredlogic,etc,performssophisticateddecisionsbasedofalgorithmsembeddedonit.Actual
testsofthesealgorithmscanbequitecumbersomeattimes,aswellaselectricaltestingofthe
signalsgoingoutofthisControl.Ontopofthat,theseinstallationsaretypicallyhighpowerand
highvoltage,sotheactualtestsinarealsituationisfurthercomplicatedduetohuman
securityissues,flexibilityinthesettingofspecifictestsituations,etc.
ThesignalsenteringtheElectronicControlcorrespondingtothegridvoltageshavelow
consumption(justformeasuring),sometimesusingstepdowntransformers(inmedium

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voltageinstallations).Thecurrentsflowingthrougheachphasearenormallystepdownto1A
or5Arangeusingcurrenttransformers.
Soasolutionforthetestingofalgorithmsanditsparameters,aswellasforfunctionaltestof
theElectronicControlintheseinstallationscanbeimplementedwithatestjigsimilartothe
describedintheformerfigure,wheretheactualgridisreplacedbytheGPTR.Thissolutionhas
anumberofadvantages:
1. Itisverysavedenvironment,asallthelineswithhighvoltageareprotectedbytripping
circuitsforhighcurrents.
2. Itisveryeasytoproduceconditionsandsequencesofconditionsdifficulttogenerate
otherwise.
Intherealcase,thecurrentsinthepowerlinesaresuppliedbythegridandcorrespondto
theresponseoftheconnectedpowerdevice(generator,motor,etc):i.e.,foragivenvoltage
thecurrentinthatlinewilldependsonthecharacteristicsofthegenerator,motor,etc.
Instead,withtheGPTRthecurrentsactuallysuppliedtotheElectronicControlarecontrolled
independentlyofthevoltagesandareseparatedofthem,whatmeansthattheGPTRcan
presenttotheElectronicControlanarbitraryloadorgeneration(fourquadrants).

HowtheGPTRchangesvaluesforvoltagesandcurrents?
Therearetwokeyconceptstoremember:
a) Allchangesareproducedwhenthecorrespondinglinecross0V.Thisistominimize
thetransienteffectsofswitchinginthetransformerassociatedtoeachgeneratorin
theGPTR.
b) Thereisaslopeofchangeparameterspecificforeachgenerator,bothrisingand
falling.
Similarlywhenthesetvalueislowerthantheactual,thesamealgorithmisused,butusingthe
valuesoftheslopeofdownchangeparameter.

WhytheGPTRincludesaGridAnalyzer?
Tobeabletocalibratethevaluesofthegeneratorsatanymoment,aftersettingthese
values.Seenextfigurethatshowsadetailedblockdiagram.

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Fig4GPTRblockdiagram
CalibrationoftheGPTRgeneratorsisdonewiththecommandCalibrationatanymoment.In
practiceyoushouldexecutethiscommandonlywhentherehasbeenachangeintheloadof
anygenerator,eithervoltageorcurrent.

UseofGPTRforcheckingGridAnalyzers
OneapplicationfortheGPTRisthecalibrationorcheckingofcalibrationofanexternalGrid
Analyzer.(Seenextfigure).

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GridAnalyzer
Under
Test

HowtocontroltheGPTR?
Thisisdonebyprogramming(thereisnomanualbuttonsintheGPTR),throughASCII
commandsthataresenttotheGPTRviaaRS485line.
Toeasethatprogramming,theGPTRissuppliedwithaVisualBasiccompatibleDLL,hence
usablewithanyVBAprogrammingenvironment,suchasExcel.AlsoincludedisanExcel
Workbook,withthesourcecode,thatcanconstitutesaverygoodstartingpointforthe
developmentofaATE(AutomaticTestEquipment)thatusetheGPTRand,potentially,any
othercontrollingsoftwareforthecontrolofadditionalhardwarethatmaybeneeded.Youcan
downloadthisExcelWorkBookdocumentationhere(http://www.acm
sl.com/ingenieria/instrumentation/3phasegridsubsystems/gptr3phasegridgeneratorand
loadsimulator/ExcelGPTR_Commandv1.pdf).NextfigureshowsthestartingUIforthis
application.

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ThisExcelapplicationcomputesandpresentsadditionalinformationaboutpowers,power
factors,statusofthecommunicationschannelandstatusoftheloadsconnectedtotheGPTR.
I.e.ifacurrentgeneratorisdisconnectedfromitsload,thecorrespondingcellinthe
worksheetwillchangecolor.
Ofcourse,theusercanuseallthecomputingandstoragecapabilitiesofExceltodevelop:

Specificsequencesforeachgenerator(voltageorcurrent)

Graphicalrepresentationoftheresultsofthosesequences.

Storageoftestpatternsandtheirresultsforfurtherstudy.

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