GT-PowerForge
Benchmark Software for Power Converters
Benchmark Software for Power Converters
GT-PowerForge is a power converter design software designed from the ground up to compare a great number of power converter solutions.
Sweeping over a wide range of design parameters, GT-PowerForge will automatically generate hundreds of easy-to-compare power converter solutions.
For each explored design option, PowerForge estimates the key converter performance indicators:
These figures not only include semiconductor devices, but also cooling systems and filtering inductors / capacitors. Customizable first-order models are available to estimate the performance of these passive components.
PowerForge offers large libraries of power converter components. It allows you to find the best semiconductor technology and manufacturer for your power converter.
These libraries are assembled from manufacturer-provided data, harmonized in a universal data set enabling a fair comparison across manufacturers and technologies:
Sweep over many values for all key converter design parameters to explore countless possibilities and reach the optimal design.
Key parameters available for sweeping include:
GT-PowerForge provides comprehensive performance data for each parameter combination, helping engineers to identify the best power converter design solution.
Many topologies of both non-isolated DC/DC converters and 3-phase inverters are available for comparison in PowerForge:
DC to DC:
DC to DC isolated:
AC to DC:
DC to AC:
For motor drive design (especially in the Medium Voltage domain) the choice of the pulse-width modulation (PWM) strategy can have a major impact on both the efficiency and the harmonic distortion (THD).
PowerForge offers a panel of 10 inverter modulation strategies (sine, third harmonic injection, space vectors) and the choice between PD and APOD multilevel carrier dispositions.
Effortlessly build graphs that highlight the power converters performance trade-offs relevant to your project, such as:
After exploring a wide range of design options, identifying the “efficiency vs power density” Pareto front is immediate using these customizable graphs. With the help of result filtering, you may also compare across several possible solutions how total converter losses and cost are broken down between semiconductor devices, heatsink and filtering passives.
PowerForge offers a connection with industry-standard software tools (PSIM, PLECS, Excel…). These file exports help the designers compare, verify and carry on with the design of their chosen solution.
PowerForge offers an API to seamlessly connect your everyday tools to its full capabilities:
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GT-PowerForge allows to sweep and compare multiple switching frequencies to identify:
GT-PowerForge allows to sweep temperatures to evaluate the impact of switching frequency on efficiency and cost:
GT-PowerForge allows to compare multiple power converter topologies to find the best trade-off between cost and efficiency:
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