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VHDL-AMS Virtual Prototyping of a Generator Circuit Breaker Ablation Monitoring System

Ha, Qianqian
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Maret, Yannick
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Rodriguez Estupiñan, Juan Sebastian  
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2015
Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)

Generator Circuit Breakers (GCBs) are commonly used in electrical power generation systems to protect key equipment such as transformers and generators from damage due to overload or short-circuit. However the interruption and feeding of high currents lead to the ablation of the electrical contact system of the breaker. This deterioration process needs to be monitored in order to guarantee the healthy condition of the breaker. In this paper, we propose a virtual prototype of a GCB fitted with an ablation monitoring system. This is an early model of the complete system, which is highly desired before the physical implementation, since it facilitates the study of detection methods and the exploration of system limitations. The virtual prototype is implemented in VHDL-AMS with certain low-level models described in SPICE. The virtual prototype has been validated by measurements performed on the real system. It is therefore adequate for performing design optimization and to obtain useful observations for further usage of the monitoring system.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1109/ISCAS.2015.7169018
Author(s)
Ha, Qianqian
Maret, Yannick
Rodriguez Estupiñan, Juan Sebastian  
Vachoux, Alain  
Date Issued

2015

Publisher

IEEE Conference Press

Published in
Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
ISBN of the book

978-1-4799-8390-2

Start page

1854

End page

1857

Subjects

Virtual prototyping

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VHDL-AMS

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power systems

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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LSM  
Event nameEvent placeEvent date
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)

Lisbon, Portugal

May 24-27, 2015

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