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Complete grid emulation solutions for validating grid-connected equipment against voltage, frequency, harmonic, and fault conditions - before field deployment.

Complete grid emulation solutions for validating grid-connected equipment against voltage, frequency, harmonic, and fault conditions - before field deployment.

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The challenge

The challenge

Why Live Utility Grids can't be your test environment

Why Live Utility Grids can't be your test environment

Why Live Utility Grids can't be your test environment

Modern power grids are shaped by an ever-growing mix of distributed generation, variable renewable sources, and dynamic industrial loads. The result is a supply environment that is inherently unpredictable — voltage fluctuations, phase asymmetries, harmonic pollution, and transient faults are not edge cases. They are regular operating conditions.


For R&D teams and test engineers developing inverters, EV chargers, energy storage systems, or grid-forming converters, this creates a core problem: you cannot validate grid adaptability by connecting your prototype to a live grid. You cannot control what disturbances occur, you cannot repeat them, and you certainly cannot safely push the grid into fault conditions on command.


Grid simulation replaces the live grid with a fully programmable, repeatable, and controllable source that reproduces the exact conditions your equipment will face in the field — without the safety risks, scheduling constraints, or compliance gaps that come with live grid testing.

Grid phenomena your equipment must be tested against

Grid phenomena your equipment must be tested against

Grid phenomena your equipment must be tested against

From standard compliance scenarios to edge-case transients

Voltage Sags & Swells

Brief but significant drops or rises in grid voltage are among the most common disturbances grid-tied equipment faces. Caused by fault events, transformer switching, or large load transients, they test the limits of control loops and protection thresholds. Emulating these in the lab allows thorough validation of ride-through behaviour and recovery stability across defined profiles.

Phase Unbalance & Asymmetric Conditions

Uneven loading across phases, distribution faults, and asymmetric feeder conditions produce voltage unbalance that can introduce negative-sequence currents and disturb three-phase control systems. Independent per-phase voltage control in a grid simulator allows this to be reproduced precisely and repeatably.

Harmonics & Interharmonics Injection

Real grids carry harmonic distortion from non-linear loads — rectifiers, variable-speed drives, and power converters. Beyond integer harmonics, interharmonics can interact unpredictably with filters and control systems. Deterministic harmonic injection in simulation supports full-spectrum power quality and EMC evaluation to standards like IEC 61000-4-13.

Fault Ride-Through & Abnormal Events

Grid codes globally require equipment to remain connected and stable through defined voltage dip and excursion profiles rather than disconnecting immediately. Reproducing these fault events with the timing and magnitude precision required by international standards makes systematic LVRT and HVRT validation straightforward and repeatable.

Voltage Sags & Swells

Brief but significant drops or rises in grid voltage are among the most common disturbances grid-tied equipment faces. Caused by fault events, transformer switching, or large load transients, they test the limits of control loops and protection thresholds. Emulating these in the lab allows thorough validation of ride-through behaviour and recovery stability across defined profiles.

Harmonics & Interharmonics Injection

Real grids carry harmonic distortion from non-linear loads — rectifiers, variable-speed drives, and power converters. Beyond integer harmonics, interharmonics can interact unpredictably with filters and control systems. Deterministic harmonic injection in simulation supports full-spectrum power quality and EMC evaluation to standards like IEC 61000-4-13.

Phase Unbalance & Asymmetric Conditions

Uneven loading across phases, distribution faults, and asymmetric feeder conditions produce voltage unbalance that can introduce negative-sequence currents and disturb three-phase control systems. Independent per-phase voltage control in a grid simulator allows this to be reproduced precisely and repeatably.

Fault Ride-Through & Abnormal Events

Grid codes globally require equipment to remain connected and stable through defined voltage dip and excursion profiles rather than disconnecting immediately. Reproducing these fault events with the timing and magnitude precision required by international standards makes systematic LVRT and HVRT validation straightforward and repeatable.

Scalable setup for multiple use cases

Scalable setup for multiple use cases

Featured Grid Simulation Systems

Featured Grid Simulation Systems

Featured Grid Simulation Systems

A range of regenerative, bidirectional AC systems designed around the specific demands of grid emulation testing. Available from compact rack-mount units to high-power parallel configurations capable of reaching megawatt-scale, these systems are built to cover R&D benches through to system-level test environments.

A range of regenerative, bidirectional AC systems designed around the specific demands of grid emulation testing. Available from compact rack-mount units to high-power parallel configurations capable of reaching megawatt-scale, these systems are built to cover R&D benches through to system-level test environments.

CORTEX AC Programmable Power Supply

CORTEX programmable AC Power Supply is a bidirectional and regenerative AC source-load designed in modular and rack-mount architecture, integrated with grid emulation and power hardware-in-the-loop (Power HIL) grid interaction functions for advanced disturbance and closed-loop validation.

TITAN Regenerative Grid Simulator

Ultimate high-power grid simulator with parallel master-slave connection capability for reaching 10 MVA power while uncompromising the performance and dynamics of the whole system. TITAN AC power grid simulator is among the most powerful, functional and flexible grid emulation systems on the market.

  • 860 VAC @ L-N Max. Output Voltage

  • 10 MVA Max. Output AC Power

  • Comprehensive Grid Emulation Capability

TITAN Regenerative AC Load Simulator

Utility-Scale testing platform with FPGA-based RLC modeling for grid impedance emulation and regenerative load capability for long-run high power sustainable source evaluation.

  • <1 ms Transient Load Response

  • Impedance with FPGA-Based RLC Modelling

  • Non-linear & Rectified Load Emulation

Grid Simulation Applications

Grid Simulation Applications

What gets tested with Grid Simulation

What gets tested with Grid Simulation

What gets tested with Grid Simulation

EV Charging & Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G)

PV Inverters & Renewable Generation

Energy Storage Systems & Power Conversion Systems

Microgrids & Grid-Forming Converters

Technical Advantages

Technical Advantages

What to look for in a Grid Simulation System

What to look for in a Grid Simulation System

What to look for in a Grid Simulation System

Full Disturbance Coverage

A capable grid simulator reproduces the full set of conditions required by international standards — voltage sags and swells, frequency deviations, phase unbalance, harmonics, and transient fault events. This eliminates the need for multiple separate test setups across different disturbance types.

Scalable Power Architecture

Modular, parallel-capable systems allow a single platform to grow from initial R&D testing at low power levels up to full system-level validation at megawatt scale — without changing software toolchains or test methodologies.

Standards-Integrated Software

Built-in test sequences aligned with IEEE 1547, IEC 61000 series, UL 1741, and regional grid codes reduce the engineering effort required to set up compliance test campaigns. Combined with real-time waveform editing and automated reporting, this significantly shortens test cycle time.

Full Disturbance Coverage

A capable grid simulator reproduces the full set of conditions required by international standards — voltage sags and swells, frequency deviations, phase unbalance, harmonics, and transient fault events. This eliminates the need for multiple separate test setups across different disturbance types.

Scalable Power Architecture

Modular, parallel-capable systems allow a single platform to grow from initial R&D testing at low power levels up to full system-level validation at megawatt scale — without changing software toolchains or test methodologies.

Standards-Integrated Software

Built-in test sequences aligned with IEEE 1547, IEC 61000 series, UL 1741, and regional grid codes reduce the engineering effort required to set up compliance test campaigns. Combined with real-time waveform editing and automated reporting, this significantly shortens test cycle time.

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