--- title: Blog | Typhoon HIL | Samantha Bruce (2) description: Typhoon HIL Blog for microgrids, smart inverters, and power electronics using hardware in the loop simulation testing. (2) image: https://info.typhoon-hil.com/hubfs/Blog_Images/TyphoonHILBlog.png --- [![logo-white](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/hubfs/Logo_White_02.svg) Typhoon HIL](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog) - Menu Item 1 - Sub-menu Item 1 - Another Item - Sub-menu Item 2 - Menu Item 2 - Yet Another Item - Menu Item 3 - Menu Item 4 # Typhoon HIL Blog --- ## Samantha Bruce ### Recent Posts ## [Industry Spotlight Q&A: Schneider Electric's AccuSine](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/spotlight-qa-schneider-electric-accusine) Posted by [Samantha Bruce](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/author/samantha-bruce) on Apr 8, 2019 11:38:22 AM Topics: [Smart Inverters](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/smart-inverters), [C-HIL](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/c-hil), [controller hardware in the loop](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/controller-hardware-in-the-loop), [hardware in the loop](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/hardware-in-the-loop), [smart grid converters](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/smart-grid-converters), [advanced smart grid converters](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/advanced-smart-grid-converters), [power electronics design](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/power-electronics-design), [firmware design](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/firmware-design), [controller design](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/controller-design), [HIL simulation](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/hil-simulation) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share)   For this next spotlight, we got a chance to travel on-site and meet the brilliant team behind Schneider Electric’s active harmonic filters division in the quiet town of Salem, Oregon. This division develops solutions for active harmonic filtering in industrial installations.  Nicolas LaRue, global offer manager for Schneider Electric’s AccuSine products, talks about how Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) technology gives his customers peace of mind. For the uninitiated, HIL is a model-based design and testing tool that simulates power electronics and power systems in real-time at ultra-high fidelity. It tests the actual controller which is directly interfaced with the model-based simulation.  We also got to speak with Nanda Marwali, engineering manager, and John Batch, firmware engineer, on how Schneider used HIL to push the limits of their controller throughout the entire product lifecycle. [Read More](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/spotlight-qa-schneider-electric-accusine) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/spotlight-qa-schneider-electric-accusine#comments-listing) ## [Industry Spotlight Q&A: Austrian Institute of Technology](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/spotlight-qa-zoran-miletic-from-austria-institute-of-technology) Posted by [Samantha Bruce](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/author/samantha-bruce) on Feb 21, 2019 6:00:28 PM Topics: [Smart Inverters](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/smart-inverters), [C-HIL](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/c-hil), [controller hardware in the loop](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/controller-hardware-in-the-loop), [hardware in the loop](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/hardware-in-the-loop), [smart grid converters](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/smart-grid-converters), [grid code compliance](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/grid-code-compliance), [low voltage ride through](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/low-voltage-ride-through), [advanced smart grid converters](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/advanced-smart-grid-converters), [power electronics design](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/power-electronics-design), [advanced grid support functions](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/advanced-grid-support-functions), [model microgrids](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/model-microgrids) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![AIT smart grid converters](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Industry%20Spotlight/AIT%20converter.Still004%20(2).jpg?width=779&name=AIT%20converter.Still004%20(2).jpg)](https://www.ait.ac.at/en/research-fields/smart-grids/power-system-technologies-development-validation/ait-smart-grid-converter/)   As Europe’s premiere research and technology organization, the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), bridges the gap between industry and research by utilizing innovative solutions to key infrastructure issues. Zoran Miletic, Senior Research Engineer and Power Electronics Design specialist at AIT, talks about how AIT developed its powerful pre-certification toolbox to design and test smart grid converters for grid code compliance using controller Hardware-in-the-Loop (C-HIL) technology. [Read More](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/spotlight-qa-zoran-miletic-from-austria-institute-of-technology) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/spotlight-qa-zoran-miletic-from-austria-institute-of-technology#comments-listing) ## [Spotlight Q&A: Subhashish Bhattacharya from FREEDM Systems Center](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/academia-spotlight-qa-subhashish-bhattacharya-from-freedm-center-ncsu) Posted by [Samantha Bruce](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/author/samantha-bruce) on Jun 20, 2018 4:18:33 PM Topics: [Smart Inverters](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/smart-inverters), [Microgrids](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/microgrids), [C-HIL](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/c-hil), [controller hardware in the loop](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/controller-hardware-in-the-loop) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share)    “The Controller Hardware-in-the-Loop is a very important and required step before actual validation or implementation because we can take care of all the corner cases.” At the Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center at North Carolina State University, U.S. universities and industry partners focus on modernizing the electric grid using advanced power electronics. As one of the founding faculty members at [FREEDM System Center](https://www.freedm.ncsu.edu/research/capabilities/), Dr. Subhashish Bhattacharya’s research focuses on power electronics and power systems including DC Microgrids. Dr. Bhattacharya discusses how Controller Hardware-in-the-Loop (C-HIL) reduced the cycle time of design, validation and testing of DC Microgrid controllers from academia to industry.     [Read More](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/academia-spotlight-qa-subhashish-bhattacharya-from-freedm-center-ncsu) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/academia-spotlight-qa-subhashish-bhattacharya-from-freedm-center-ncsu#comments-listing) ## [Industry Spotlight Q&A: Tony Olivo and Preston Miller from FlexGen](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/industry-spotlight-qa-tony-olivo-and-preston-miller-from-flexgen) Posted by [Samantha Bruce](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/author/samantha-bruce) on May 17, 2018 9:09:06 AM Topics: [Smart Inverters](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/smart-inverters), [inverter controller](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/inverter-controller), [C-HIL](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/c-hil), [controller hardware in the loop](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/controller-hardware-in-the-loop), [hardware in the loop](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/hardware-in-the-loop), [HIL](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/hil) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) FlexGen leads the energy storage industry worldwide with its breakthrough hybrid energy storage software and power conversion products for oil and gas, marine, and industrial power systems. Their energy storage system was commissioned by power producer and retailer, Vista Energy, to build its 10-megawatt/42-megawatt-hour storage system, making it the largest battery in Texas.1  Tony Olivo, Director of Engineering, and Preston Miller, firmware engineer at FlexGen, discuss how they used Typhoon HIL's integrated platform to test and verify the highest quality control system.   [Read More](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/industry-spotlight-qa-tony-olivo-and-preston-miller-from-flexgen) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/industry-spotlight-qa-tony-olivo-and-preston-miller-from-flexgen#comments-listing) ## [3 Solutions to Optimize DERs for Frequency Regulation in Microgrids](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/3-solutions-to-optimizing-ders-for-frequency-regulation-in-microgrids) Posted by [Samantha Bruce](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/author/samantha-bruce) on May 3, 2018 3:09:55 PM Topics: [Microgrids](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/microgrids), [C-HIL](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/c-hil), [DER](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/der), [Energy](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/energy), [ARPA-E](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/arpa-e) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Frequency regulation is currently provided by large individual resources, such as coal plants and gas turbines. There is growing interest for utilizing power flexibility of DERs in microgrids for providing frequency regulation. Researchers, funded by ARPA-E, from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have developed [a control framework for a microgrid that coordinates DERs](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/distributed-microgrid-controls-and-communication) for frequency regulation. [Read More](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/3-solutions-to-optimizing-ders-for-frequency-regulation-in-microgrids) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/3-solutions-to-optimizing-ders-for-frequency-regulation-in-microgrids#comments-listing) ## [Industry Spotlight: Ryan Smith, EPC Power](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/industry-spotlight-qa-ryan-smith-from-epc-power) Posted by [Samantha Bruce](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/author/samantha-bruce) on Apr 19, 2018 3:00:00 AM Topics: [C-HIL](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/c-hil), [controller hardware in the loop](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/controller-hardware-in-the-loop), [DER](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/der), [Energy](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/energy) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Using a Controller Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation platform, EPC Power was able to integrate their control software with new hardware in just two days.  Based in San Diego, CA, EPC Power designs and manufactures grid forming bi-directional inverters and DCDC converters for solar, wind, energy storage, automotive and microgrid applications.  Ryan Smith, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and chief controls architect, talks about his experience using Controller Hardware in the Loop (C-HIL) from the early conceptual stage, to final product certification and lifecycle maintenance.   [Read More](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/industry-spotlight-qa-ryan-smith-from-epc-power) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/industry-spotlight-qa-ryan-smith-from-epc-power#comments-listing) ## [Distributed Microgrid Controls and Communications](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/distributed-microgrid-controls-and-communication) Posted by [Samantha Bruce](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/author/samantha-bruce) on Apr 7, 2018 8:00:00 AM Topics: [Research Laboratories](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/research-laboratories), [Microgrids](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/microgrids), [C-HIL](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/c-hil), [DER](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/der), [ARPA-E](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/arpa-e) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![HIL Setup](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HIL%20Setup.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&name=HIL%20Setup.jpg)  From Centralized to Distributed Microgrid Today, most microgrids are controlled in a centralized fashion with standard master slave architecture. There is a central controller, which is the supervisory controller and is connected via point-to-point connection to every DER in the microgrid.   Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) funded by ARPA-E, have developed a completely distributed controller architecture. Instead of a central controller, multiple micro controllers or nodes communicate with its neighbors towards a consensus. Olaolu Ajala, a PhD student in power and energy systems at UIUC, shows how this distributed controller architecture works using a Hardware-in-the-Loop microgrid testbed. [Read More](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/distributed-microgrid-controls-and-communication) 4 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/distributed-microgrid-controls-and-communication#comments-listing) ## [Industry Spotlight Q&A: Jay Johnson from Sandia National Laboratory](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/industry-spotlight-qa-jay-johnson-from-sandia-national-laboratory) Posted by [Samantha Bruce](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/author/samantha-bruce) on Mar 5, 2018 1:12:58 PM Topics: [Research Laboratories](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/research-laboratories), [C-HIL](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/c-hil), [controller hardware in the loop](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/controller-hardware-in-the-loop), [DER](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/der), [Energy](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/topic/energy) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share)   Sandia National Laboratories is the largest U.S. Department of Energy national lab with over 12,000 employees. It has a major role in supporting inverter development and testing protocols for standards organizations and distributed energy research (DER) vendors.  Jay Johnson, a principal member of technical Staff at Sandia, leads several renewable energy research projects in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. He talks about his research paper, “Design and Evaluation of SunSpec-Compliant Smart Grid Controller,” and why Controller Hardware-in-the-Loop (CHIL) is a novel approach.  [Read More](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/industry-spotlight-qa-jay-johnson-from-sandia-national-laboratory) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/industry-spotlight-qa-jay-johnson-from-sandia-national-laboratory#comments-listing) [Previous](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/author/samantha-bruce/page/1) [All posts](https://info.typhoon-hil.com/blog/all) ### Recent Posts ### Want to stay updated? Subscribe to blog updates Want to learn more? 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