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Aragüés Peñalba, Mònica (Date of defense: 2016-04-29)
This thesis deals with grid integration of oshore wind power plants through HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) or HVAC (High Voltage Alternating Current) transmission . The behaviour of wind farms and their transmission ...
Gratacòs Prats, Jaume (Date of defense: 2016-01-18)
The optimal planning of the annual development tasks of a medium voltage power distribution network, to tackle the evolution of the demand with maximum levels of quality and continuity of service and minimum investment, ...
Martí Tous, Marc (Date of defense: 2015-12-18)
According to reliable statistics, electrical fire ignition sources have a notable impact regarding the generation of fires and explosions. Electrical equipment and installations can also be the victims of fire. This is due ...
Agudelo Fernández, Nancy Alejandra (Date of defense: 2015-09-18)
The present work is framed in the area of the EE, raising main objectives: * The study and analysis of the State of energy efficiency in some Latin American countries * Analyze regulations, rules and standards in force ...
Pegueroles Queralt, Jordi (Date of defense: 2015-07-20)
Microgrids are the near future candidate to reduce the dependence on the carbon-based generation, towards a more environmentally friendly and sustainable energy paradigm. The popularization of the use of renewable energy ...
Gavriluţă, Cătălin (Date of defense: 2015-03-04)
For the past century, ac networks have been established as the standard technology for electrical power transmission system s. However, the de technology has not disappeared completely from this picture. The capability of ...
Fabró, F. (Ferran) (Date of defense: 2015-03-05)
Terrestrial Gamma ray Flashes (TGFs) have been known since 20 years ago, but since the first moment of the discovery it was clear that they were related to lightning and thunderstorms. The latest studies revealed that TGFs ...
Saavedra Ordóñez, Harold (Date of defense: 2015-02-05)
Electric vehicles (EVs) are attractive comparted to internal combustion engine powered vehicles due to several benefits, including low emissions, higher efficiency, less maintenance costs, stronger acceleration or lower ...
Quintero, Jesús M. (Date of defense: 2015-02-19)
This dissertation is divided in two parts: The first one deal with two main characteristics of the light sources for general lighting: Color quality and luminous efficacy. The second one deals with technical aspects of the ...
Cestau Cubero, Silvia (Date of defense: 2015-02-09)
This doctoral thesis analyses whether electric vehicle is technical, economic and environmental sustainable. We have studied a company fleet of electric vehicles which has a carsharing service for the retail department to ...
Molina Guzmán, Julio César (Date of defense: 2014-12-12)
This doctoral thesis is presented as a compendium of six (6) articles published in Science Citation Index journals. The work proposes harmonic models of some of the most common energy efficient lighting devices in electrical ...
Fillet Castella, Sergi (Date of defense: 2014-09-19)
This work deals with the study of Back-2-Back converters, with special emphasis on its effects on the common mode. For the study performed, a review of the different known causes for bearing currents and the contribution ...
Egea Àlvarez, Agustí (Date of defense: 2014-09-26)
Offshore wind is emerging as one of the future energy vectors. Offshore wind power plants locations provide more strong and constant wind speed that allows to extract more power compared to onshore locations. In addition, ...
Prada Gil, Mikel de (Date of defense: 2014-06-13)
Offshore wind is an emerging energy sector with a huge potential to be tapped in the near future. Offshore Wind Power Plants (OWPPs) are becoming increasingly relevant in Europe and worldwide mainly because the wind speeds ...
Valsera Naranjo, Eduardo (Date of defense: 2014-05-07)
The incorporation of high levels of small-scale non-dispatchable distributed generation is leading to the transition from the traditional 'vertical' power system structure to a 'horizontally-operated' power system, where ...
Pizarro Ruiz, Juan Alberto (Date of defense: 2014-01-27)
Although the term “domotics” is not absolutely unknown, there are a great number of cases where this term has been associated with a complicated and luxury technology, intended to ease life in houses and buildings but that ...
Marzband, Mousa (Date of defense: 2014-01-20)
Nowadays, power production, reliability, quality, efficiency and penetration of renewable energy sources are amongst the most important topics in the power systems analysis. The need to obtain optimal power management and ...
Trilla Romero, Lluís (Date of defense: 2013-11-15)
L'energia eòlica ha incrementat la seva presència a molts països i s'espera que tingui encara un pes més gran en la generació elèctrica amb la implantació de la tecnologia eòlica marina. En aquest context el desenvolupament ...
Salueña Berna, Xavier (Date of defense: 2013-09-30)
Normally, there are in use certain technologies of reduction of noise named passive, in the cancellation of the noise produced by industrial machinery. These technologies can be applied directly on the source (use of ...
Díaz-González, Francisco (Date of defense: 2013-09-30)
The stepwise replacement of conventional power plants by renewable-based ones such as wind power plants could a ect the system behaviour and planning. First, the network stability may be compromised as it becomes less ...