SEER - Sistemes Elèctrics d'Energia Renovable

 

El grup de recerca SEER de la UPC, actualment també Centre de Recerca en Sistemes Elèctrics d’Energia Renovable de la xarxa TECNIO, centra les seves activitats de recerca en l’àmbit de la connexió a la xarxa elèctriques de sistemes de generació basats en energies renovables, principalment fotovoltaica, eòlica i marina. La missió principal del grup es la de contribuir a la integració a gran escala de les energies renovables a les xarxes elèctriques del futur. Amb aquest objectiu en ment, el grup SEER centra el seu treball d'investigació en el disseny de sistemes de control avançats i processadors de potència per a nous generadors basats en fonts d'energia renovable.
Tanmateix SEER desenvolupa anàlisis, sistemes auxiliars i solucions de control per a sistemes elèctrics amb alta penetració de generació distribuïda, que són necessaris per incrementar la penetració de les renovables tot mantenint l’estabilitat d’operació de la xarxa elèctrica.

Recent Submissions

  • Five-level T-type cascade converter for rooftop grid-connected photovoltaic systems 

    Verdugo Retamal, Cristian Andrés; Kouro, Samir; Rojas, Christian A.; Pérez, Marcelo A.; Meynard, Thierry A.; Malinowski, Mariusz (2019-05-08)
    Article
    Open Access
    Multilevel converters are widely considered to be the most suitable configurations for renewable energy sources. Their high-power quality, efficiency and performance make them interesting for PV applications. In low-power ...

  • Comparison of mechanical and electrical characteristics of various polymers blended with ground tire rubber (GTR) and applications 

    Marín Genescà, Marc; Garcia Amoros, Jordi; Mujal-Rosas, Ramon Maria; Salueña Berna, Javier; Massagués, Lluís (2019-04-15)
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    Open Access
    The massive manufacture of tires and the di culty of reducing the stocks of used tires is a serious environmental problem. There are several methods used for recycling wasted tires, one of which is mechanical crushing, in ...

  • A unified power flow controller using a power electronics integrated transformer 

    Atef Elsaharty, Mohammed; Luna Alloza, Álvaro; Candela García, José Ignacio; Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019-02-05)
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    Open Access
    This paper presents a Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) application of the Custom Power Active Transformer (CPAT); a power electronics integrated transformer which provides services to the grid through ...

  • Three-phase isolated multi-modular converter in renewable energy distribution systems 

    Verdugo Retamal, Cristian Andrés; Candela García, José Ignacio; Blaabjerg, Frede; Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019-01-25)
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    Multilevel converters are widely used in medium and high voltage applications. Their high performance, power quality, efficiency and smaller filters make them interesting for renewable energy distribution systems. In ...

  • Stability analysis of a grid-connected VSC controlled by SPC 

    Marin, Leonardo; Tarrasó, Andres; Candela García, José Ignacio; Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro (2018)
    Conference report
    Open Access
    In the near future a large part of traditional generation based on conventional synchronous machines (SM) will be replaced by renewable generation based on voltage source converters (VSC). In this sense, power system ...

  • Multilevel single phase isolated inverter with reduced number of switches 

    Verdugo Retamal, Cristian Andrés; Candela García, José Ignacio; Atef Abbas Elsaharty, Mohamed; Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro (2018)
    Conference report
    Open Access
    This paper proposes a cascaded single phase multilevel inverter using an off-the-shelf three-phase inverter and transformer. The concept is based on a cascaded connection of two inverter legs using a typical three phase ...

  • Realization of a 10 kW MES power to methane plant based on unified AC/DC converter 

    Shahparasti, Mahdi; Luna Alloza, Álvaro; Rocabert Delgado, Joan; Bosch, Pau; Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro (2018)
    Conference report
    Open Access
    This paper presents a galvanic isolated multi output AC/DC topology that is suitable for Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) based Power to Methane energy storage systems. The presented scheme utilizes a three phase back to ...

  • Remote power control strategy based on virtual flux approach for the grid tied power converters 

    Fazlin Roslan, Nurul; Luna Alloza, Álvaro; Rocabert Delgado, Joan; Candela García, José Ignacio; Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro (2018)
    Conference report
    Open Access
    The control of active and reactive power for the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) based power plants are very important. The injection of active and reactive power to the grid is normally controlled at the Point of Common ...

  • Stability analysis of a droop-controlled grid-connected VSC 

    Marin, Leonardo; Tarrasó, Andres; Candela García, José Ignacio; Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro (2018)
    Conference report
    Open Access
    In this paper a small signal stability analysis of a reverse droop-controlled grid-connected voltage source converter has been performed. The analysis includes the getting of a state-space representation of the system and ...

  • Integrated series transformer in cascade converters for photovoltaic energy systems 

    Verdugo Retamal, Cristian Andrés; Atef Abbas Elsaharty, Mohamed; Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro (2018)
    Conference report
    Open Access
    This paper proposes a novel configuration for photovoltaic applications based on a cascade converter topology. The series connection between modules is achieved through the magnetic core of the integrated series transformer, ...

  • Start-up of virtual synchronous machine: methods and experimental comparison 

    Zhang, Weiyi; Luna Alloza, Álvaro; Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro (2018)
    Conference report
    Open Access
    A modern grid is smarter mainly in the advance in information and communication technologies, while the power processing mechanism does not make a big difference. To make a modern grid smarter, the grid control should be ...

  • Smart AC storage based on microbial electrosynthesis stack 

    Shahparasti, Mahdi; Rocabert Delgado, Joan; Muñoz, Raul Santiago; Luna Alloza, Álvaro; Rodríguez Cortés, Pedro (2018)
    Conference report
    Open Access
    In this paper, a variable and smart energy storage system, consisting on a two-level voltage source converter with LCL filter and Microbial Electrosynthesis (MES) stack, is presented. This energy storage system is able to ...

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