Siemens is one of the major users of the RTDS Simulator. Intensive tests and design verification for both fully digital and hybrid simulator models have been carried out to prove the feasibility and quality of the new simulation technology. In these simulations, RTDS Simulator proved its high degree of flexibility for plenty of applications and an excellent modeling quality. The RTDS has exceeded our expectations for relay testing. The shortening of testing time and utilization, in excess of our projections, has led us to expand our RTDS facilities.
Further expansion is planned in the near future.
The RTDS system has satisfied our requirements for testing of protection and control equipment in simulated in-situ conditions. RTDS Technologies have provided us with good software and hardware support. Kinectrics Canada NARI has been using our RTDS Simulator for protective relay and control device testing since 1994. The real time nature of the RTDS Simulator allows closed-loop testing. With the guidance of RTDS engineers, several projects requiring real time simulation were completed successfully using the RTDS Simulator.