Upgrade of Digital Power Systems Simulator

Description

Upgrade of existing DTU Electrical Engineering RTDS Simulation System Hardware to RTDS Novacor hardware. Lot 1: DTU wishes to update its existing RTDS Simulation System Hardware to RTDS Novacor hardware. The digital power systems simulator is used for simulations of electric power grids and electric power equipment. The simulations can be hardware-in-the-loop simulations where simulations supervise and control real electric power equipment. Pure software solutions do not suffice for hard-ware-in-the-loop tests. The upgrade is intended to enable simulations of larger power systems and to enable more simultaneous simulations. The intention is that the size of the power systems or the number of simulations should be doubled or tripled with the upgrade. The upgrade will consist of an upgrade of 10 existing RTDS chassis in 5 cubicles to 8 RTDS Novacor chassis in 4 midsize Novacor cubicles. The 10 existing chassis contains in total 55 processor electronic cards to be upgraded and 4 data communication cards to be upgraded. Other cards should be reused. The existing chassis 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 contain 30 processor cards eligible for upgrade and 4 data communication cards eligible for upgrade. The existing chassis 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 contain 25 processor cards eligible for upgrade. The chassis contain no data communication cards. Other electronic cards not eligible for upgrade are transferred to the new cubicles or chassis. Some synchronization electronic cards are added so that each cubicle contains a synchronization card. Necessary data communication chassis are added for housing the data communication cards. The Purchase will be split in two, where the first part is delivered in 2022 for evaluation and the second part in 2023, where the existing unit will be taken out of service. This is to ensure we can run smaller simulations during the commissioning and training period.