The IRES-8 team
The project is a collaboration between four EU universities and four partner institutions in China:
EU institutions
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology is the second largest university in Norway. The Energy Team includes around 200 professors and 500 PhD students and post-doctoral Research Associates.
Research areas
Stability of AC Power Electronics Systems
- Stability analysis tools for power electronics systems stability in Renewable Energy projects.
- Optimization models of power electronics units,
- Prototypes design
Solar Energy in Urban Neighbourhoods
- Methodologies to stimulate the utilization of solar energy within existing urban neighbourhoods.
- Case studies to determine replicability.
Smart Energy Communities
- Energy use in new build or renovation smart energy communities, and the energy related mobility issues.
- Development of energy-related KPIs and optimization of design solutions at the neighbourhood scale.
- Defining decentralized control schemes for power converters for frequency and voltage support in islanded mode.
Virtual Synchronous Machines
- Strategies to develop and coordinate End-user participation in system balancing
V2G: Charging strategies and system services
- Developing Smart charging strategies for large-scale Electrical Vehicles penetration
- Strategies for self-adapting distribution feeders and regional levels
- EV V2G control strategies for the power system operation
Energy Related Occupant Behaviour in Buildings
- Modelling of residential occupant’s behaviour and sensation of comfort.
- Development of a high quality data set for validation of the model.
- Application of the developed and verified model to practical engineering simulation tools to prediction of energy performance of buildings.
The University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is the UK’s leading research centre in Electric Power Engineering. This centre involves 21 academics, and more than 120 PhD students and post-doctoral researchers. It was the first university in the world to teach Power Systems Engineering at Masters level, a course which has been running for over 50 years.
Facilities
- 2MV impulse generator
- 800kV AC set
- <600kV DC test set
- Salt fog chamber
- HV project laboratories
- Wide Area Monitoring
- Protection and Control test bed
- IEC61850 Process Bus Test Bed
- Real-time Digital Simulator (RTDS)
Research Areas
Condition monitoring
- Dielectric ageing
- Reliability forecasting based on physical ageing mechanisms
- HV power electronic insulation design
- Development and effect of transients
Distributed energy resources and future networks
- Tools for planning, operation and pricing of smart networks
- DG, renewables, storage, future loads and demand side response
- Sustainable power systems for 3rd World
- Network architecture of the future
- Integrating human behaviour into load models
- Integration of communication systems
- Integration of distributed generation
- Substation automation and intelligent electronic devices
Power system markets and economics
- Demand-side participation in markets
- Investigation of potential cross-border transmission investments
- Electricity market non-convexities: causes, consequences and Remedies
Power system operation and security
- Generation and transmission expansion in a competitive environment
- Power system security: understanding and preventing blackouts
- Operational risk management tools for Transmission System Operators
Protection and control
- Intelligent methods for monitoring, control and protection
- Multi-agent control for autonomous operation of power islands
- Fault location using voltage sag pattern
- Assessment of IEC61850 400kV protection
- Design & construction of a “merging unit” performance test bench
- EHV voltage transformers for power quality (harmonic) measurements
- Location & analysis of arcing faults on lines
Wide area monitoring and control
- Design of PMU based WAMS that includes Control & Protection
- HVDC WAM based damping control for enhancement of power system stability
- Effect on electro-mechanical oscillations of HVDC links
- HVDC active power flow modulation to damp AC transmission network
- Wide area controllers for multiple HVDC links
- Sub-synchronous resonance reduction in meshed power networks
Transformer research
- Condition monitoring, diagnosis and life time extension of power transformers
- End of life modelling of transformers
- Frequency response analysis of transformer windings
- Applications of alternative transformer oils
- Ester transformer oils Electrical performance
- Magnetic circuit modelling of transformers
- Impact of ferroresonance on transformers
- Transformer and system reliability
University of Bologna
The University of Bologna is the oldest university in the western world. Energy related research is carried out in 23 of the University’s 33 departments.
Facilities
Power systems engineering lab
- LV Microgrid including PEM Fuel Cell,Storage System (4x(12 V; 100 Ah)) PV emulator, controllable load
- Electric Power Systems Numerical Simulator EMTP-RV
- Microcontrollers – Power transformers (400 and 630 kVA)
- Power systems components (20kV circuit breakers, switchgears)
- Medium Voltage Transducers
- Phasor Measurement Units
- Multicore Workstation 48 G
Research areas
Secure monitoring of sustainable energy sources over the Internet of Things
- Delay constrained wireless networks
- Information security
- Information theoretic security
- Key generation based on wireless wideband
Business models and policy instruments for incentive design for renewable energy sources
- Analysis of renewable energy adoption
- Corresponding incentive mechanisms
- Development of effective incentives
- Agent-based simulation and decision making
Optimal control strategies of distributed energy resources
- Operation of distribution networks with containing small-scale power generation
- Optimization of DER market decisions and network operation conditions to improve
- Minimization network losses,
- Reactive power and or reactive demand
- Adequate voltage profile.
- Volt/Var optimization through centralized or distributed architecture
University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
The University of Zagreb is the oldest and largest university in South-East Europe, and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing is the leading research and development institution in the Croatia. Across the faculty 17 professors, 15 research assistants and 41 PhD students are involved in energy research.
Facilities
- Smart Grid Lab (SGLab)
- Laboratory for Energy and Environmental Markets and Exchanges (LEEMaE)
- Atmospheric Phenomena Laboratory (APPLY)
- Power System Protection Lab (PSP Lab)
- Laboratory for Nuclear Energy and Safety (LNES)
Research areas
Smart grid and distribution systems
- Smart grids technologies and smart cities
- Microgrid operation and optimization
- Distribution network planning
- Flexible distributed multi-generation
- Demand response
- Load forecasting
- Asset management
- Geoinformation for electric power systems
- Integration electrical vehicles
- Smart metering systems and applications
Power system analysis and operation
- Power flows, and contingency analysis
- Power system dynamics
- Technical aspects of ancillary services
- Power system operation and development
- Integration of large scale of RES
- Virtual power plant optimization
- Power plant and substations
Energy and environmental markets and exchange
- Energy and Electricity Planning Systems
- Policy Assessment of Energy Security
- Assessment of energy external costs
- Use of Energy and Technology Analysis
- Energy system sustainable development
- Modelling energy and environmental policy
- Investment analysis under uncertainty.
- Macroeconomic Analysis
- Financial Analysis of Large Energy projects
High voltage
- Lightning monitoring systems
- Electromagnetic compatibility
- Electric traction supply
DEPS developed softwares – ISEMIC, CADDiN
- Intelligent estimation of energy consumption
- Continuous energy consumption data
- Calculation of consumption indicators
- Target setting for energy and energy savings
- Distribution network planning
- Distributed generation planning
- Evaluating impact of low carbon technologies on distribution networks
Power system protection
- Relay testing and calculation of settings
- Under-frequency protection
- Under-voltage protection
- Wide area monitoring system
- Process and plant equipment diagnostics
- Power quality
- Plants automation,monitoring and SCADA
Chinese institutions
Beijing Jiaotong University
Beijing Jiaotong University is a “211” and “985” university and the School of Electrical Engineering hosts the State Key Research Centre of Active Distribution Networks, Ministry of Education Research Centre on Electric Drives and State Wind Power Engineering Research Centre.
Facilities
- Battery Test and Evaluation Centre
- Hardware-in-the-loop Active Distribution Network Simulation Platform
- Active Distribution Network Technology Research Platform
Research areas
National Active Distribution Network Technology Research Centre
- Power systems protection and control
- Substation coordinated protection
- System stability and restoration using Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs)
- Microgrid protection and energy management
- Active Distribution Network and Big Data
- Flexible interconnect switch or SNOP
- Big data for load forecasting and demand management
- Smart homes
- HVDC and LVDC protection
- Coordinated Protection for Smart Substation – NSFC Project
- Data distributed acquisition / processing
- Function distributed computing / decision
- Action distributed collaborative export
Power System Protection and control
- Research of Coordinating Protection and Control System with redundant information and distributed computing
- Data distributed acquisition / processing
- Substation Area Protection Algorithms
- Compressed Sensing and Graph Theory
- Voltage Stability
- System Restoration
- Concept of Generic Restoration Milestones (GRMs)
- Microgrid Protection & Energy Management
- Load Forecasting
- Campus Microgrid Energy Management System (EMS)
- Active Distribution Networks
- Distribution Power Flow Control
- Distribution Power Flow Control to improve voltage regulation
- Active Distribution Networks – Application of Big Data Technology based on grid big data
- Protection of DC transmission system Bi-polar Large Capacity Flexible DC Transmission
North China Electric Power University
North China Electric Power University is a “211” and “985 ” university and has close links with two of China’s state power grids and five power generators. The University hosts a number of key state laboratories including: Power Systems with Renewable Energy; Biomass Power Generation; Thermal Power Engineering & Technology Research Centre; Laboratory on Condition Monitoring and Control for Power Plant Equipment and the Research Centre of Energy Efficiency, the Clean Conversion and High Efficient Utilization of Coal.
Facilities
- State Key Lab for Alternate Electric Power System with Renewable Energy Sources
- National engineering laboratory for biomass and power generation equipment
- National Engineering Technology Research
- Centre for Coal Fire Power Plant
- Key MOE Lab of Condition Monitoring and Control for Power Plant Equipment
- Key MOE Lab of Electric Power System Protection & Dynamic Security Monitoring
- Key MOE Lab of Regional Energy System Optimization
Research Areas
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Modelling and Simulation of Electric Power System with Renewable Energy Resources
- Electric Power Conversion and Electric Power Quality Assurance
- Advanced Electric Power Transmission Technology and Its Electro‐Magnetic Basis
- Complicated Large Grid Protection based on Multi‐Integration Wide Area Information
- Photovoltaic Materials and Devices: High Concentrated Photo Voltaic Cell (HCPV), Polycrystalline silicon thin film and Micro-Nano Solar Cell, Dye Sensitized Solar Cell, Organic Solar Cell, Trough Solar Power Generation and Multi-Function Compliment)
- Wind Power: Wind Power Prediction, Aero-dynamics of Wind Turbine Generation Systems and Wind Farm, Multi Scale Modelling and Simulation of Wind Turbine Generation Systems and Wind Farms, Optimal operation and Maintenance for Wind Farms, Wind Power System Energy Conversion and Control
- Bio-mass Utilization: Biomass Materials Burning, Pyrolysis, and Gasification, Biomass Power Generation Equipment and Technology, Anti-Corrosive Materials of Biomass Power Generation Equipment, Processing of Solid Pollutants
- Hydro-Power Generation and Water Resources,
School of Renewable Energy
- Photovoltaic Materials and Devices: High Concentrated Photo Voltaic Cell (HCPV), Polycrystalline silicon thin film and Micro-Nano Solar Cell, Dye Sensitized Solar Cell, Organic Solar Cell, Trough Solar Power Generation and Multi-Function Compliment)
- Wind Power: Wind Power Prediction, Aero-dynamics of Wind Turbine Generation Systems and Wind Farm, Multi Scale Modelling and Simulation of Wind Turbine Generation Systems and Wind Farms, Optimal operation and Maintenance for Wind Farms, Wind Power System Energy Conversion and Control
- Bio-mass Utilization: Biomass Materials Burning, Pyrolysis, and Gasification, Biomass Power Generation Equipment and Technology, Anti-Corrosive Materials of Biomass Power Generation Equipment, Processing of Solid Pollutants
- Hydro-Power Generation and Water Resources
School of Energy Power and Mechanical Engineering
- Safe, Efficient and Clean Operation of Thermal Power Generation
- Advanced Energy System and Power Generation with Renewable Energy Sources
- Pollutant Removal for Coal
- Coal Gasification, IGCC, Clean Coal Technology
- Power Generation Equipment (Design, Techniques and Materials for Supercritical (Ultra Supercritical) Equipment and Components)
Smart Grid Research Institute of China State Grid Corporation
The State Grid Research Institute was established in 2011 as a high-tech research institute of China State Grid. In addition to its headquarters in Beijing it has operations in Berlin (Germany) and Santa Clara (USA).
Company profile
China State Grid is the world’s largest power utility supplying 88% of the area of mainland China. It has over 1.5 million employees and serves more than 1 billion customers.
The Smart Grid Research Institute (SGRI) is one of four research institutes wholly owned by China State Grid.
Research areas
HVDC
- UHVDC
- VSC-HVDC
- DC Grid
FACTs
- Ultra high-voltage fixed series compensator
- Fault current limiter
New materials
- Microporous fiber composite sound absorption material
- Rare-earth alloy anticorrosion coating
- T700 carboform protofilament manufacture
ICT
- Information security network isolator
- Internet security interactive platform to provide real-time monitoring of security status
- Cross-band cognitive power line carrier communication system
Power electronics
- New generation power electronic devices
Intellisense and measurement
- Sensor network
- Intelligent chip
- New-type storage
- Energy router
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University is one of the top two universities in China, and the Department of Electrical Engineering has 2 members of staff and 36 alumni who are Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Science or the Chinese Academy of Engineering. About 1,000 of the University’s 3,500 international students are studying energy related disciplines.
Research areas
Power system and its automation
- Security
- Stability
- Control and marketization of power systems
High voltage and insulation technique
- High voltage insulation
- Over voltage and its protection
- Electromagnetic compatibility
- Equipment detection and high voltage measurement
Electric machines and electric apparatus
- Large-scale machines
- Special machines
- Motor systems in electrical vehicles,
- Machine protection
- High voltage switchgear
Power electronics and electrical drive
- Basic theory and topology research in power systems and industrial application
- Flexible AC transmission system
- Electrical machine drive and control
- Interface and application of renewable energy system
- Power quality
Theory and new technology of electrical engineering
- Basic theory of electromagnetic field and its numerical calculation
- Electromagnetic measurement
- Wireless transmission of power energy
- Fault diagnosis based on electromagnetic theory
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