DRAFT: Design, Management and Control based on Smart Electrical Network Models with Hybrid Wind and Solar-Photovoltaic Generation and Energy and Power Storage.

An intelligent electrical network (REI) or smart grid can be defined as an electrical network equipped with a digital processing and communication layer that, through the processing of information obtained with sensors installed in it, allows planned management and automatic control in real-time generation, storage and consumption of energy and multi-directional flow of power. This concept applies to both interconnection macrosystems and networks at lower power levels, particularly at the level of distribution systems (SD), including the presence of distributed energy generation and storage resources.

Focused on intelligent electrical microgrids (MREI, power levels from a few kilowatts to tens of megawatts), operating both in isolated mode and connected to the SD, the R&D&I plan developed at the LAC has the general objective of obtaining new methods of systemic design (architecture decision and sizing), management optimization and real-time control of MREIs powered by solar-photovoltaic and wind generation, and provided with energy storage (particularly considering electrochemical and H2 batteries /O2, H2/air, supercapacitors and flywheels).

In addition to the intrinsic scientific-technical value of the results that this project can provide, it is expected to contribute, based on the scientifically founded and experimentally consolidated domain of the knowledge, methods and technologies derived from it, to public initiatives to promote the use of renewable energies in the provision of electrical energy at the national and regional levels, as well as contributing to technological development at the local level through transfer actions and links with the environment. To develop the practical skills demanded for these purposes, an experimental MREI is developed at the LAC, including the design, development and construction of the electronic converters that direct the power flows in the MREI, as well as the design and implementation of their systems. control and communication between network components.

Although the previous description focuses on the electrical system, it is noted that, with identical or similar methodologies, the LAC also works on energy management problems in mobile microgrids, such as those present in hybrid vehicles.

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Director: Sergio Junco

Members: Matías Nacusse, Daniel Alba, Javier Cabello, Joaquín Ezpeleta.

Spaces/Institutions/Academic Units: Automation and Control Laboratory – School of Electronic Engineering – Faculty of Exact Sciences, Engineering and Surveying (UNR).

Contact

sjunco@fceia.unr.edu.ar