Design and control methodologies for defining proper power quality interfaces for voltage disturbance compensation

• Grant number: 19/22304-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: February 01, 2020
• End date: September 30, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Power Systems
• Principal Investigator: Fernando Pinhabel Marafão
• Grantee: Luis Armando de Oro Arenas
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia. Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Sorocaba. Sorocaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/08645-9 - Interdisciplinary research activities in electric smart grids, AP.TEM

Abstract

According to the thematic project "Interdisciplinary research activities in electric smart grids", this research proposes the development of a Power Quality Interface (PQI) to be installed at the Point of Common Coupling (PCC) between smart microgrids and the respective electricity distribution networks. The principal application of the PQI would be to attend the utility's demands, which are focused on the power quality of the supplied voltages. This interface would operate in the same way of an utility interface, which is composed of DC-DC and DC-AC converters and energy storage systems. However, it is expected that the integration of quasi-steady-state compensators, such as the Static Var Compensator (SVC), with a Multi-Functional Power Electronic Converter would result in the reduction of the power processed by the electronic converters, and consequently, a lower final product cost could be achieved. Other topologies will be explored and evaluated before the final structure definition, and its effective implementation on the experimental network. It is important to highlight that the interaction of the PQI with other Distributed Energy Resources (DER) present in the grid/microgrid will also be a topic of this research, as it is one of the main aspects of the thematic project. (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)

BONALDO, JAKSON PAULO; DE SOUZA, VINICIUS A.; ALONSO, AUGUSTO MATHEUS DOS SANTOS; ARENAS, LUIS DE ORO; MARAFAO, FERNANDO PINHABEL; PAREDES, HELMO K. MORALES. Adaptive Power Factor Regulation Under Asymmetrical and Non-Sinusoidal Grid Condition With Distributed Energy Resource. IEEE ACCESS, v. 9, p. 140487-140503, 2021. (19/22304-8, 16/08645-9, 17/24652-8, 17/22629-9)

ALONSO, AUGUSTO M. S.; ARENAS, LUIS DE ORO; BRANDAO, DANILO, I; TEDESCHI, ELISABETTA; MARAFAO, FERNANDO P.. Integrated Local and Coordinated Overvoltage Control to Increase Energy Feed-In and Expand DER Participation in Low-Voltage Networks. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, v. 13, n. 2, p. 13-pg., 2022-04-01. (19/22304-8, 16/08645-9, 21/12875-8, 17/24652-8)