Object-Oriented Power System Modeling Using the Dymola Modeling Language

John S. Glaser
Global Research Center
General Electric Company
K-1, 4C22
Niskayuna, New York 12309
U.S.A.
Email: Glaser@Research.GE.Com
François E. Cellier
Institute of Computational Science
ETH Zürich
CH-8092 Zürich
Switzerland
Email: FCellier@Inf.ETHZ.CH
Arthur F. Witulski
Institute for Space and Defense Electronics
Vanderbilt University
Box 1821, Sta B
Nashville, Tennessee 37235-1553
U.S.A.
Email: Art.Witulski@Vanderbilt.Edu

Abstract

The general purpose modeling language Dymola is used in conjunction with the ACSL simulator to provide an environment for the simulation of power electronic systems. The object-oriented nature of Dymola, along with its high-level handling of discrete events, makes it ideally suited to modeling switching converters and complete systems of several converters. Converter models can be constructed using a netlist format similar to Spice. These models can then be used as components in more complex systems. This is demonstrated by example with a regulated dc-dc converter system.

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