Patent ID: 11921145
Assignee: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A method of emulating an AC electrical system having multiple interconnected components, the method comprising:
providing a first plurality of first emulator circuit boards, each first emulator board having a first processor and a first controllable AC voltage source having a first set of AC output terminals and a second plurality of second emulator boards, each of the second emulator boards having a second processor and a second coat, source and a second set of AC output terminals;
electrically interconnecting the first set of AC output terminals of the first plurality of first emulator circuit boards so as to simulate a first bus of the modeled electrical power grid;
electrically interconnecting the second set of AC output terminals of the second plurality of second emulator circuit boards so as to simulate a second bus of the modeled electrical power grid;
electrically connecting the first set of AC output terminals to the second set of AC output terminals;
using each first processor to generate AC voltage at each corresponding first set of AC output terminals so as to emulate a set of first components of the AC electrical system; and
using each second processor to generate AC voltage at each corresponding second set of AC output terminals so as to emulate a set of second components of the AC electrical system.