Implantation of laboratory infrastructure for studies of smart hybrid MINIGRIDS and evaluation of the quality of generation equipment

• Grant number: 16/09194-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - Brazil
• Start date: July 01, 2016
• End date: June 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Roberto Zilles
• Grantee: Roberto Zilles
• Visiting researcher: Joao Tavares Pinho
• Visiting researcher institution: Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA). Centro Tecnológico, Brazil
• Host Institution: Instituto de Energia e Ambiente (IEE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The main objective of this work is the improvement and expansion of laboratory infrastructure for research and capacity building, both for smart minigrids for electricity distribution supplied by hybrid generation systems using photovoltaic generation with battery bank storage, and the realization of tests with the different components and equipment of these systems, for their quality certification.The study of smart minigrids aims at obtaining theoretical and practical knowledge of the parameters that affect the performance of these types of systems, operating both in isolated and grid-connected conditions, field of work and expertise of visiting researcher. The tests with components and equipment of the generators have the goal of establishing minimum quality criteria to guarantee their operational reliability, according to the system requirements. In both cases, capacity building is of major importance for the dissemination of smart minigrids and generation with solar photovoltaics in Brazil. (AU)