Real-time simulation of combined engine and electrical equipment model in Simulink RT

Abstract

This chapter presents steps towards real-time simulation of a combined engine and electrical equipment model in Simulink Real-Time (RT). This is a continuation of earlier work of Digital-twinning the engine research platform in VEBIC [1]. In this research, the goal was to build a digital twin of the engine research platform in VEBIC. When moving towards a digital twin, one of the first essential steps was to have a real-time capable model of the research platform. Real-time simulation capability was necessary for running the model and its real-world counterpart in parallel. The parallel simulations are needed to establish the model ability to emulate the real operation in the engine laboratory.