Browsing by Author "0000-0003-0410-511X"

A literature review of explicit demand flexibility providing energy services

Freire Barceló, Teresa; Martín Martínez, Francisco; Sánchez Miralles, Alvaro (2022-08-01)

Current power systems are characterized by the increase of renewable generation and distributed energy resources introducing more variability on the generation and enhancing the importance of the management in the consumption ...

A literature review of IoT energy platforms aimed at end users

Martín Lopo, Miguel Manuel; Boal Martín-Larrauri, Jaime; Sánchez Miralles, Alvaro (2020-04-22)

The rising interest in connecting everything to the Internet has not gone unnoticed in the energy sector. New actors that aim to remotely monitor and control home devices such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning ...

A literature review of microgrids: a functional layer based classification

Martín Martínez, Francisco; Sánchez Miralles, Alvaro; Rivier Abbad, Michel Luis (2016-09-01)

Operation of distributed energy resources and resilience related problems are becoming of most importance in the pursuit for a more sustainable electricity delivery. Microgrids (MGs) could contribute significantly to both ...

A neural-based model for fast continuous and global robot location

Sánchez Miralles, Alvaro; Sanz Bobi, Miguel Ángel (2006-07-01)

One of the problems in the field of mobile robotics is the estimation of the robot position in an environment. This paper proposes a model for estimating a confidence interval of the robot position in order to compare it ...

A new two-stage controller design for frequency regulation of low-inertia power system with virtual synchronous generator

Mohammed Nour, Morsy Abdelkader Morsy; Magdy, Gaber; Chaves Ávila, José Pablo; Sánchez Miralles, Alvaro; Jurado Melguizo, Francisco (2023-06-01)

This paper proposes a novel two-stage frequency-regulating control design for modern power systems considering high renewable energy sources (RESs) penetration and electric vehicles (EVs). The proposed controller structure ...

A reference network model for large-scale distribution planning with automatic street map generation

Mateo Domingo, Carlos; Gómez San Román, Tomás; Sánchez Miralles, Alvaro; Peco González, Jesús Pascual; Candela Martínez, Antonio (2011-02-01)

A Reference Network Model (RNM) is a large-scale distribution planning tool that can help regulators to estimate efficient costs in the context of incentive regulation applied to distribution companies. This paper presents ...

Abnormal behavior detection using dominant sets

Alvar Miró, Manuel; Torsello, Andrea; Sánchez Miralles, Alvaro; Armingol Moreno, José Mª (2014-07-01)

Smart surveillance systems are increasingly being used to detect potentially dangerous situations. To do so, the common and easier way is to model normal human behaviors and consider as abnormal any new strange behavior ...

An algorithm for querying incomplete cubes in multidimensional models

Sánchez Miralles, Alvaro; Dapena Bosquet, Isabel Luisa; Muñoz San Roque, Antonio; Villar Collado, José; García González, Javier

On-Line Analytical Processing is an emerging technology due to the development of decision-support applications and computing multidimensional aggregations is the main data manipulation in OLAP applications. This paper ...

Assessing low voltage network constraints in Distributed Energy Resources planning

Calvillo, Christian; Sánchez Miralles, Alvaro; Villar Collado, José (2015-05-01)

Many efforts are being devoted towards achieving optimal planning and operation of DER (Distributed Energy Resources). However, during the planning process, not all relevant thermal constraints of the distribution network ...

Automatic generation control of a future multi-source power system considering high renewables penetration and electric vehicles: Egyptian power system in 2035

Mohammed Nour, Morsy Abdelkader Morsy; Magdy, Gaber; Chaves Ávila, José Pablo; Sánchez Miralles, Alvaro; Petlenkov, Eduard (2022-12-31)

Egypt aims to diversify electricity generation sources and targets 42 of its power capacity through different renewable energy sources (RESs) by 2035. Such an increased share of RESs will make grid operation and control ...

Boiler inlet duct shape design optimization for combined cycle power plants

Prada y Nogueira, Isaac; Álvarez Ruiz, Francisco J.; Cuadra García, Fernando; Sánchez Miralles, Alvaro (2017-09-01)

A particular kind of industrial boilers, referred to as Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSGs), are used in combined cycle power plants to recover part of the heat of the exhaust gases of a gas turbine to generate steam ...

Business models towards the effective integration of electric vehicles in the grid

Sánchez Miralles, Alvaro; Gómez San Román, Tomás; Fernández Fernández, Ismael Jaime; Calvillo, Christian (2014-12-01)

To achieve an effective integration of the electric vehicle in the grid, not only technical issues must be solved, but also a new regulatory context and business models must be proposed. This paper proposes two electric ...

Capacity fade and aging models for electric batteries and optimal charging strategy for electric vehicles

Fernández Fernández, Ismael Jaime; Calvillo, Christian; Sánchez Miralles, Alvaro; Boal Martín-Larrauri, Jaime (2013-10-01)

Due to the increasing concern for energy efficient storage devices, extensive research is being done on the mechanisms which are involved in the battery degradation process. Optimality in electric vehicle energy management ...

Centralized vs distributed generation. A model to assess the relevance of some thermal and electric factors. Application to the Spanish case study

Martín Martínez, Francisco; Sánchez Miralles, Alvaro; Rivier Abbad, Michel Luis; Calvillo, Christian

Deployment of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) in electrical networks is full of controversies. Advantages of DER have been largely addressed in the literature. Original reasons for centralized paradigm and the problems ...

Centralized vs distributed generation. A model to assess the relevance of some thermal and electric factors. Application to the Spanish case study.

Martín Martínez, Francisco; Sánchez Miralles, Alvaro; Rivier Abbad, Michel Luis; Calvillo, Christian (2017-09-01)

Deployment of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) is already a reality for electricity supply and the debate whether distributed generation is going to replace almost totally or partially the current centralized generation ...