Cinergia EL 30 AC/DC SiC-RS 4Q Regenerative AC Electronic Load, Regenerative DC Bidirectional Source and Sink

Mobility is one of the main challenges of the 21st century. Environmental concerns are driving a growing demand for more efficient and cleaner means of transportation. Advances in the field of electromobility are mainly linked to the development of battery technology and power electronics for charging, discharging and driving electrical motors.

The electricity grid is in a transformation process that will affect the production, storage, consumption and commercialization of energy. Smartgrids need power electronics and ICT to manage energy flows and ensure the quality and continuity of the electricity supply. This will allow us to understand real-time consumption and thus learn about the consumption habits, how to improve the efficiency of the grid, and how to contribute to energy saving. CINERGIA is committed to this transformation, offering a range of products to emulate the grid of the future and carry out tests on the different elements that will be part of it.

CINERGIA provides all necessary power devices for PV Inverter testing in a closed energy loop. In such a platform, the total power and energy consumption from the grid is reduced down to the losses of the power converters involved in the test, typically in the range of 20 to 35% of the power generated by the Inverter under test. In R&D, the main advantage is the reduction of power needed: a 100kW Inverter could be tested in a laboratory with 20 to 35kW installation. In burn-in and end-of-line testing, the saving in power means a significant reduction on the energy bill.

More electric and all-electric aircraft projects along with variable frequency generation systems are driving new developments and new test needs in the field of aerospace.

Electricity has been traditionally produced and consumed at the same time because the available systems to store energy were not practical, expensive and bulky in most applications except emergency systems. The appearance of new battery technologies and the optimization of existing technologies as fuel cells and flywheel systems is changing this paradigm. Electrical Energy can be now stored cost-effectively and this will have a strong impact in the electrical system (smoothing the intermittency of renewable energies, storing excess of production, shifting peaks of consumption, increasing the efficiency, etc...) and in transportation (cars, trucks, buses, aircraft, ships, etc...). ESS are normally three-way systems connected to (1) an electrical grid, which can be used to import and export energy, to (2) a storage system in DC and to (3) loads or a microgrid that can combine loads with generation. CINERGIA has vast experience in this field and can provide a comprehensive test solution.

Real Time Simulation and Power Converters are converging into the field known as Power Hardware in the Loop (PHiL). In these kind of applications, a real world system is simulated on a real-time basis and then emulated: converted in real voltage, current and power. This emulation is performed by a power converter that transforms the reference signal generated by the real time simulator into a voltage or current waveform. A power converter used in such a way is generally known as a power amplifier.

CINERGIA devices are carefully designed to be part of manual and automated test benches for functional and quality testing, as well as research and development of new products. Integrating the devices in test platforms is simple with the MODBUS/TCP protocol (other field buses are offered as an option), and the comprehensive documentation provided of the communication protocol. Labview drivers are supplied with each one of the equipment along with an open source Labview project that allows for a quick start.

The origins of the CINERGIA founding team were in a university research and development center, so we understand the specific needs of Academic and Research applications. In addition to the standard catalog of products, it can be adapted to fit your particular requirements.