About the Electric Drives Library
The Electric Drives library is designed for engineers from many
disciplines who want to incorporate easily and accurately electric
drives in the simulation of their systems. A specialized interface
presents the parameters of the selected drive in a system-look topology,
thereby simplifying the adjustments users may want to bring to the
default values. Then they can seamlessly use any other toolboxes or
blocksets to analyze the time or frequency behavior of the electric
drive interacting with its system. The library is most helpful when
a powerful drive has to be carefully maneuvered without ignoring the
operating limits of the load on one side and of the power source on
the other side. A good example is the electric drive system of a hybrid
car that can switch in milliseconds from driving the wheels to recharging
the batteries when the brakes are engaged.
Engineers and scientists can work readily with the library.
The library has seven typical direct current (DC) drives used in industries
and transportation systems, six alternating current (AC) drives providing
more efficient and versatile motors from traction to positioning devices,
and shaft and speed reducer models useful for connecting to the motor
a model of load made of Simulink blocks. An added value of the
library is parameters that assure the validity of the motor, the power
converters, and the control system. When designing the library, particular
attention was devoted to the motor models by comparing the models'
behavior to the published data of the major manufacturers. Numerous
examples, demos or case studies of typical drives are supplied with
the library. Hopefully, typical user systems are similar to these
analyzed systems, thereby saving time in building the practical system
and supplying a known reference point in the analysis.
To access the Electric Drives library, open the SimPowerSystems main
library, powerlib, then double-click
the Applications Libraries icon.
A new window opens containing the icons for the Electric Drives library,
FACTS library, and DR library, as shown in the following illustration.
Accessing the Electric Drives Library
 | Systems with Electric Drives | | Getting Started with Electric Drives Library |  |
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