Technological development for protection, analysis, supervision and automation of electrical power systems of the future

• Grant number: 10/01690-2
• Support type: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Duration: August 01, 2010 - July 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Power Systems
• Principal researcher: Denis Vinicius Coury
• Grantee: Denis Vinicius Coury
• Home Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: Alexandre Cláudio Botazzo Delbem ; Mário Oleskovicz
• Assoc. researchers: Ahda Pionkoski Grilo Pavani ; André Luiz Morelato França ; Eduardo Nobuhiro Asada ; José Carlos de Melo Vieira Júnior ; Luiz Carlos Pereira da Silva ; Madson Cortes de Almeida ; Ricardo Caneloi dos Santos ; Walmir de Freitas Filho
• Associated grant(s): 15/03193-0 - 2015 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, AR.EXT; 14/50317-3 - Mobility of researchers for protection of high voltage direct current lines, AP.R; 13/23676-0 - Development of optimization methods and models for the smart grids, AV.BR
• Associated scholarship(s): 15/09136-8 - Fault tolerant portfolio optimization in Smart Grid, BP.DR; 15/07338-2 - Impact assessment of PV systems on energy balance of power distribution system, BP.IC; 15/00778-7 - Voltage control of electric power distribution systems with a high penetration of micro and mini distributed generation, BP.MS; + associated scholarships 14/09538-6 - Methodologies for assessment of emerging power quality impacts on modern power distribution systems, BP.DR; 14/00293-0 - Methodologies for distribution system State Estimation, BE.PQ; 14/06513-2 - Impact of photovoltaic generation on the long term demand of distribution systems, BP.MS; 13/22451-4 - Load control and management strategy for a microgrid by a genetic algorithm, BP.MS; 13/14918-0 - Smart distribution grids and the smart meters, BE.PQ; 13/10613-0 - DEVELOPMENT OF METHODOLOGIES FOR THE INTEGRATION OF SMART METERS IN DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, BP.PD; 13/09765-0 - Development of methods for detection and location of non-technical losses exploring smart meters, BP.MS; 13/00437-0 - Non-intrusive monitoring and identification of energy consumption of residential appliances, BP.DR; 12/24987-6 - Residential load modelling by aggregation of individualized devices and consumer surveys, BP.IC; 12/19375-1 - Study of analysis and technologies techniques for the development of energy smartmeters with a focus on residential microgrids, BP.DR; 12/20290-0 - A Real Time Co-Simulation Framework for Smart Grids, BP.PD; 12/07300-7 - POWER QUALITY DATA ANALYTICS: INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM POWER QUALITY DISTURBANCES, BP.PD; 12/07488-6 - Technical impacts caused by the connection of generators to low voltage distribution networks, BP.IC; 11/22151-5 - Analisys of the robustness and sensitivity of distribution systems for optimal allocation of monitors in face of Short Duration Voltage Variations., BP.DR; 11/22411-7 - Development of Multi-agent Systems Applied to Intelligent Electric Power Distribution Systems, BP.DR; 11/19568-1 - Fault Location in Smart Distribution Power Systems, BP.DR; 11/14808-4 - Development of methods for systemic analysis of electric power distribution systems with ultra-dispersed generation, BP.MS; 11/03523-9 - Scientific and technical developments for the next generation of electrical energy systems, BE.PQ - associated scholarships

Abstract

The economic and social development of a country depends strongly on the efficiency of its electrical sector as this sector has great influence on the productive capacity of the country in a globalized market, as well as on the welfare of the population. The electrical sector in this project must be understood as areas that involve generation, transmission, distribution and consumption of electrical energy. Although this sector is more than a century old, it has recently experienced significant technological, economic and structural changes leading to a complete shift of its paradigms. This reorganization requires new equipment and techniques involving operation, analysis, supervision and system protection to be developed. It must be outlined that due to the flaws of the Brazilian system, the simple importation of techniques and devices of developed countries is sometimes not justified. Moreover, a new type of professional is needed to work in the electrical sector due to the multidisciplinary areas required by the current market. This new professional does not only need general knowledge of the classic areas of engineering, but he must also understand techniques that involve economy, computing, telecommunication, mathematics (optimization), chemistry, etc. Clear evidence of these changes has been coined by the term "smart grids" which, in a simplified form, describes the in-depth use of measurement and communication to deal with protection, analysis, supervision and automation of electrical systems in a unified way. Thus, the main objective of this project is to develop new methodologies and technologies for the electrical systems of the future. These developments focus on the main topics, such as: o Development of methodologies for digital protection with intelligent, hybrid and self-adaptive characteristics; o Development of methodologies for power quality analysis based on digital measurements; o Development of methodologies for real time analysis in power systems; o Development of unified methodologies for protection, analysis, supervision and automation based on the use of Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs). (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MERLIN, V. L.; SANTOS, R. C.; GRILO, A. P.; VIEIRA, J. C. M.; COURY, D. V.; OLESKOVICZ, M.. A new artificial neural network based method for islanding detection of distributed generators. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL POWER & ENERGY SYSTEMS, v. 75, p. 139-151, FEB 2016. (10/01690-2)