Computational study of wi-fi technologies applied to the interoperability of power electronic converters

• Grant number: 23/09544-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: November 02, 2023
• End date: December 01, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Industrial Electronics, Electronic Systems and Controls
• Principal Investigator: Augusto Matheus dos Santos Alonso
• Grantee: Vinícius Santos Cubi Paulo
• Supervisor: Elisabetta Tedeschi
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Universitá degli Studi di Trento, Italy
• Associated to the scholarship: 23/00364-4 - Study of a Computational Platform for the Interoperability of Power Electronic Converters in Microgrids, BP.IC

Abstract

This internship project aims at implementing a computational setup for assessing the interoperability capability of power electronic converters (PECs), focusing on the deployment of wireless technologies. Hence, instead of targeting cable-based interactions among the communication interfaces of PECs, this research abroad will support the analysis of wireless-based data exchange among entities. The 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi technologies based on the IEEE 802.11 standard are expected to be implemented in a microprocessor electronic board, allowing one to assess how they behave upon different conditions of data packet transmission features, considering the usage of the Modbus communication protocol. As a consequence, the obtained research results are expected to compose a comparison basis for later analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of cable-based implementation of communication infrastructures for PECs within the context of microgrids. (AU)