Simulation of stochastic electromagnetic transients in EMTP: A bug turned into a feature

This paper proposes a systematic approach to simulating stochastic electromagnetic transients in emtp, through the reliable numerical solution of stochastic differential equations. Actually, numerical integration schemes for stochastic differential equations (sdes) are not available in emtp. It is shown how to set up the Semi-Implicit Backward Euler scheme specific for stochastic differential equations. The implemented interaction strategy between the engine for the solution of electrical circuits and the engine for the Transient Analysis of Control Systems of emtp is exploited. This is a bolt from the blue feature of this simulator that makes it the only one on the shelf able to handle stochastic differential equations. Exploiting this unveiled capability, some basic and tutorial case studies are presented. They pave the way for the simulation of more complex circuits and systems that go beyond the scope of this work. Simulation files are provided as supplementary material and they are available on GitHub.