Departament d'Enginyeria Elèctrica
Recent Submissions
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Mathematical programming-based models for the distribution networks' decarbonization
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-11-22)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access(English) Climate change is pushing to decarbonize worldwide economies and forcing fossil fuel-based power systems to evolve into power systems based mainly on renewable energies sources (RES). Thus, increasing the energy ... -
Possibilities and limitations of active battery management systems for lithium-ion batteries
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-10-27)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access(English) Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs) are being used in more and more areas of application. At the same time, their chemical composition and their designs are constantly evolving. Major developments are also taking place ... -
Development of a VHF broadband interferometer to investigate unsolved lightning phenomena: high-energy radiation from lightning strikes and multi-stroke positive cloud-to-ground flashes
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-10-28)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access(English) The aim of this thesis work is the development of a VHF broadband interferometer for lightning research. The observations with this instrument allowed us to investigate some unsolved aspects of lightning related ... -
Aportació a l’anàlisi i gestió tècnica-econòmica dels sistemes de generació distribuïda amb energies renovables i microxarxes : introducció a la presa de decisions en el context normatiu actual
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-10-21)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access(English) In recent years, the development of a generation system based on renewable energies has become the backbone of the energy policies of most countries in the world in the search for the decarbonization of the energy ... -
From the production of the single cell to the end of life of the battery module: the development of parameter variation of lithium-ion cells
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-10-27)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access(English) In lithium-ion batteries, depending on the requirements, many individual cells are connected in series and parallel. Despite very similar individual cell parameters after production, they can develop differently ... -
Modular platform for research in microgrids
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-07-15)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe present Ph.D. thesis has been developed following an Industrial Ph.D. program and verses on developing a commercial piece of equipment for teknoCEA, a spin-off company from CITCEA-UPC. The thesis is centered on developing ... -
Enhance OF SOGI-FLL and SOGI-PLL response to voltage sags and swells perturbations
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-07-19)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe scope of this thesis is related to the enhancement of the operation of distributed generators (DGs) based on renewable energies (REs) when connected to the conventional grid network. Synchronization of those DGs, i.e. ... -
Remaining useful life and fault detection models for high voltage electrical connectors focused on predictive maintenance
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-07-08)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessIn recent years, industries have chosen to invest in technology with the aim of making their processes more efficient and thus offering market products of higher quality. Nowadays it is very common for companies to use ... -
Optimal operation and design of modular multilevel converter for HVDC applications
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-06-30)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessModular Multilevel Converters (MMCs) are a type of Voltage Source Converter (VSC) which have become the preferred topology choice for High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) applications. Compare to its HVDC converter predecessors, ... -
Contribucions a l'estudi de rectificadors no controlats m-fàsics en condicions no equilibrades per unitats TRUs o ATRUs multi polsos
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-06-22)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThis doctoral thesis has been developed to provide a new point of view and a new approach to the analysis and study of uncontrolled bridge rectifiers. The methodology developed has been generalized to extend the study to ... -
Control of power converter in modern power systems
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-03-23)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessPower system is undergoing an unpreceded paradigm shift: from centralized to distributed generation. As the renewable-based generations and battery storage systems are increasingly displacing conventional generations, it ... -
Virtually synchronous power plant control
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-02-22)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessDuring the last century, the electrical energy infrastructures have been governed by synchronous generators, producing electrical energy to the vast majority of the population worldwide. However, power systems are no longer ...