The Ninth IASTED International Conference on
Control and Applications
~CA 2007~

May 30 – June 1, 2007
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

TUTORIAL SESSION

The Use of a Real-Time Simulator to Study HVDC/FACTS-Connected Power Grid with regards to Electromagnetic Transients, Power System Protections and Electromechanical Stability

Christian Dufour
Opal-RT Technologies, Canada
christian.dufour@opal-rt.com

Dr. Jean-Nicolas Paquin
Opal-RT Technologies Inc, Canada
jean-nicolas.paquin@opal-rt.com

Qualifications of the Instructor(s)s

Tutorial Session Portrait

Christian Dufour is a Simulation Software Specialist at Opal-RT Technologies. In 2000, he received his Ph.D. degree from Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. Before joining Opal-RT, he worked on the development of IREQ real-time simulators as well as the MathWorks' SimPowerSystems blockset. His current research interests are mainly focused on numerical techniques related to real-time simulation of power systems and motor drives.

Jean-Nicolas Paquin is an Application Engineer at Opal-RT Technologies since 2007. He received his M.Eng. degree in 2006 from École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), Montreal, Canada. His professional interests include the simulation and study of HVDC control and protection systems and model development and validation using SimPowerSystems, ARTEMIS and EMTP-RV