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Objective
Development of new solutions and innovative equipment that enable a higher degree of automation in the medium and low voltage distribution networks in order to improve grid operation.
Impact
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Number of partners:
1
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DSOs
INNOVACIÓN EN LA AUTOMATIZACIÓN DE LA RED DE DISTRIBUCIÓN DE NEUTRO AISLADO.
- Project coordinator
- UNION FENOSA DISTRIBUCION SA
- Spain
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Key Exploitable Results
Applications to avoid undesired “isle” generation
- SolutionDevelopment and implementation of several algorithms, not only to protect the grid from the accidental ani-isle event but also to research about grid response by implementing anti-isle events intentionally.
- TRL
- TRL 4 -
technology validated in lab
- TRL 4 -
- Final BenefitDSOs
- Nature Database, Hardware, Methodology, Other, Policy, Regulation and Market, Software
- Benefit of the KER
Improvement of the efficiency of automatisms to grid re-connection and reduces risks for the power generator equipment, increasing the rate of success of remote control operations.
- Effective use:
- Collective use, Commercial use, Internal use, Open source, Other
- Barriers:
- Further investment, Market conditions, No specific barrier, Other, Regulation, Scaling-up
- Additional next steps:
- Cooperation with other players, Create new company to commercialize result, Demonstration, Dissemination, External certification, Further testing, Internal deployment, Other, Regulatory changes around electricity market, Regulatory changes around sharing ecosystem, Scaling-up of product, Technical and business development of product
- Scaling up the product
- Investment needed:
- Between 100 kEUR and 1 Million Eur
Solutions to avoid or reduce ferro-resonance appearance in the medium voltage distribution grids
- SolutionDevelopment of electronic equipment based on an electronic power converter that behaves like a resistance emulator with ability to detect the occurrence of ferroresonance phenomena in inductive voltage measurement transformers.
- TRL
- TRL 4 -
technology validated in lab
- TRL 4 -
- Final BenefitDSOs
- Nature Database, Hardware, Methodology, Other, Policy, Regulation and Market, Software
- Benefit of the KER
Mitigattion and prevention of overvoltages and unwanted behavior in the protections, thus improving network operation.
- Effective use:
- Collective use, Commercial use, Internal use, Open source, Other
- Barriers:
- Further investment, Market conditions, No specific barrier, Other, Regulation, Scaling-up
- Additional next steps:
- Cooperation with other players, Create new company to commercialize result, Demonstration, Dissemination, External certification, Further testing, Internal deployment, Other, Regulatory changes around electricity market, Regulatory changes around sharing ecosystem, Scaling-up of product, Technical and business development of product
- Scaling up the product
- Investment needed:
- Between 100 kEUR and 1 Million Eur
Voltage / intensity sensors
- SolutionSensors integrated in the
switchgear that allow the
measurement of voltage
in bars and cables in the
same transformation
center
- TRL
- TRL 4 -
technology validated in lab
- TRL 4 -
- Final BenefitDSO
- Nature Database, Hardware, Methodology, Other, Policy, Regulation and Market, Software
- Benefit of the KER
Improvement of transformation centers operations.
Possibility to develop complex synchronization check algorithms on both sides of the switch.
- Effective use:
- Collective use, Commercial use, Internal use, Open source, Other
- Barriers:
- Further investment, Market conditions, No specific barrier, Other, Regulation, Scaling-up
- Additional next steps:
- Cooperation with other players, Create new company to commercialize result, Demonstration, Dissemination, External certification, Further testing, Internal deployment, Other, Regulatory changes around electricity market, Regulatory changes around sharing ecosystem, Scaling-up of product, Technical and business development of product
- Scaling up the product
- Investment needed:
- Between 100 kEUR and 1 Million Eur
Early detection of faults for predictive / preventive maintenance
- SolutionCapacitive sensors integrated in the medium voltage electrical switchgear to capture the signals of the partial discharges and the reference of the voltage wave.
- TRL
- TRL 4 -
technology validated in lab
- TRL 4 -
- Final BenefitDSOs
- Nature Database, Hardware, Methodology, Other, Policy, Regulation and Market, Software
- Benefit of the KER
Ability to perform an early analysis of the quality of the installation without need of complex installations and power supply cuts. Allowing a continuous monitoring over time of the entire system.
- Effective use:
- Collective use, Commercial use, Internal use, Open source, Other
- Barriers:
- Further investment, Market conditions, No specific barrier, Other, Regulation, Scaling-up
- Additional next steps:
- Cooperation with other players, Create new company to commercialize result, Demonstration, Dissemination, External certification, Further testing, Internal deployment, Other, Regulatory changes around electricity market, Regulatory changes around sharing ecosystem, Scaling-up of product, Technical and business development of product
- Scaling up the product
- Investment needed:
- Between 100 kEUR and 1 Million Eur