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Competence map of the XRE4S member groups
Application fields
Energy systems integration
1-Technologies to maximize the flexibility of the electricity network and optimize the use of renewable energy in urban environments
2-Integration of power systems (multi-chip modules) and encapsulation of devices. Electrothermal characterization, thermal management and reliability
3-Advanced technologies for the manufacturing of power devices, their integration and electrothermal characterization
Development of superconducting tapes, their customization for applications in storage systems, as well as the integration / design of the corresponding devices (Magnetic storage systems and electrical protection)
2-Energy rehabilitation of buildings, energy comfort and HVAC integration
3-Microgrids and smart grids
5-Integration of renewables and storage: onshore / offshore wind
6-Integration and management of the electric vehicle
8-Energy management systems
9-Demand management (aggregator)
1- Development of intelligent electrical networks with new integration systems based on renewable energy sources
2- Electronic power processors
3- Information technologies
4- Communications and advanced control systems
1-Simulation of mechatronic systems
2-Instrumentation and measurement of mechatronic systems and industrial processes
3-Control and design of motor systems
4-Software, customized applications based on DSP, micro-controllers and FPGA
5-Development of high power audio amplifiers
6-Analysis and modelling of finite elements
7-Hardware development in topologies of power converters, conditioning circuits and interfaces
8-Monitoring systems and data acquisition for industrial processes
9-Application of artificial intelligence techniques for the diagnosis of systems
1- Electrical and electronic equipment, power electronics, control and communications with microprocessors, DSPs and automation
2- Energy innovation, in all activities related to the electricity sector and energy supply; from its generation to its final consumption
RESEARCH AREAS
Big data / Digitalisation/ AI
1- Numerical modelling of experiments in magnetically confined fusion devices in preparation for the ITER operation2- Microscale wind simulations
1-Technologies to maximize the flexibility of the electricity network and optimize the use of renewable energy in urban environments
2-Models of the energy performance of large amounts of building data in real operating conditions
3-EE_track big data platform
1-Buildings, data processing centres and net zero energy districts
2-Energy rehabilitation of buildings, energy comfort and HVAC integration
3-Microgrids and smart grids
4-Cybersecurity and resilience
5-Integration of renewables and storage: onshore / offshore wind
6-Integration and management of the electric vehicle
7-Environmental impact studies and life cycle analysis
8-Energy management systems
9-Demand management (aggregator)
10- Nuclear fusion
1-Analysis of heterogeneous data networks and the extraction of metrics that allow their characterization, in order to: (1) define algorithms and mechanisms that reduce the use of network and computing resources and (2) improve the level of security
2- Research into new network architectures that generate new computing and communications paradigms and facilitate the integration of new data distribution and security systems
3- Various FNA technologies and techniques have been identified as facilitators for efficient deployment and integration of heterogeneous networks in different areas, such as smart grids, smart cities, Industrial IoT, media distribution and Living Assistant Environment (AAL)
4- Energy management and communication systems: resulting in technologies such as the IDEV (Integrated Device), the FIDEV (Finesce Device) and the SDU (Software Defined Utility)
5- Other technologies (Epidemic Hybrid Cloud, Ionospheric Antennas for long distance sensing
6- Specialists in communication network design (future network architectures), Social Internet of Things, distributed systems and cloud computing, as well as cybersecurity in critical infrastructures
1- Bioelectrocarbon recycling: convert carbon dioxide into biofuels through bioelectrochemical systems
2- Control systems, modelling and artificial intelligence techniques for the treatment of drinking and wastewater
1-Multivariant statistical models for monitoring buildings and communities
2-Diagnosis of faults and detection of anomalous behaviours in buildings and neighbourhoods; support for measurement and verification procedures
3-Location of faults in distribution networks, in the automatic classification of disturbances and analysis of consistency and reconstruction of field measurements for applications of estimation of state of the network
4-Multivariate monitoring of distribution networks
1-Thermal energy storage (TES)
2-Energy efficiency of buildings and industrial processes
3-Use of artificial intelligence in energy systems
1-Optimization of thermal equipment through modelling and high-level numerical simulations
2-Heat and mass transfer
3-Computational fluid dynamics
4-Energy accumulation
5-Heat exchangers
6-Heating, Ventilation Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC & R)
1- Mathematical optimization in the energy sector
2- Modelling in the energy sector
3- analysing theoretical problems in the electricity sector related to the operation in electricity markets (optimal joint offer in the different spot markets and auxiliary services for any agent participating in the electricity market)
4- Ability to develop software for solving these problems
1-Supervision, security and automatic control of critical systems and infrastructures
2-Design of robust, safe and fault-tolerant diagnosis and control systems
3-System health forecast and development of predictive maintenance methodologies
4-System design of optimal control and optimized production management
5-Trajectory planning and guidance of autonomous vehicles
6-Mining, validation, correction and fusion of heterogeneous data with applications to control systems
1- Development of intelligent electrical networks with new integration systems based on renewable energy sources
2- Electronic power processors
3- Information technologies
4- Communications and advanced control systems
1-Simulation of mechatronic systems
2-Instrumentation and measurement of mechatronic systems and industrial processes
3-Control and design of motor systems
4-Software, customized applications based on DSP, micro-controllers and FPGA
5-Development of high power audio amplifiers
6-Analysis and modelling of finite elements
7-Hardware development in topologies of power converters, conditioning circuits and interfaces
8-Monitoring systems and data acquisition for industrial processes
9-Application of artificial intelligence techniques for the diagnosis of systems
10-Modeling and prediction of cold and heat demands using "Machine learning" algorithms
11- Characterization and prediction of the operation of renewable energies through simulation
12- Modelling and characterization of the energy efficiency of cold and heat generating equipment
13- Design and program of multiobjective optimization algorithms for the optimization of system optimization through Energy Hub approach and Artificial Intelligence algorithms
SERVICES
Programming
Develop scientific and engineering software to efficiently exploit the capabilities of supercomputing (biomedical, geophysical, atmospheric, energetic, social and economic simulations).
1- New algorithms and cryptographic approaches resistant to quantum computing (quantum-resistant)
2- Security and resilience of the different blockchain technologies
3- New architectural models for securing a fully connected reality, Internet of Things, Internet of Everything
4- Protection, detection, mitigation and recovery of systems, both logical and physical
5- Active defense models for the protection of IT and OT systems
3-Microgrids and smart grids
4-Cybersecurity and resilience
5-Integration of renewables and storage: onshore / offshore wind
6-Integration and management of the electric vehicle
8-Energy management systems
9-Demand management (aggregator)
1-Analysis of heterogeneous data networks and the extraction of metrics that allow their characterization, in order to: (1) define algorithms and mechanisms that reduce the use of network and computing resources and (2) improve the level of security
3-Use of artificial intelligence in energy systems
2- Use of new multilevel conversion techniques and modulation and control algorithms that improve the performance of conventional systems
3- Modulations and controls of multilevel converters type Neutral-Point-Clamped
1- Mathematical optimization in the energy sector
2- Modeling in the energy sector
1-Supervision, security and automatic control of critical systems and infrastructures
2-Design of robust, safe and fault-tolerant diagnosis and control systems
3-System health forecast and development of predictive maintenance methodologies
4-System design of optimal control and optimized production management
5-Trajectory planning and guidance of autonomous vehicles
6-Mining, validation, correction and fusion of heterogeneous data with applications to control systems
1-Simulation of mechatronic systems
2-Instrumentation and measurement of mechatronic systems and industrial processes
3-Control and design of motor systems
4-Software, customized applications based on DSP, micro-controllers and FPGA
5-Development of high power audio amplifiers
6-Analysis and modelling of finite elements
7-Hardware development in topologies of power converters, conditioning circuits and interfaces
8-Monitoring systems and data acquisition for industrial processes
9-Application of techniques in artificial intelligence for diagnosis systems
1- Electrical and electronic equipment, power electronics, control and communications with microprocessors, DSPs and automation
2- Energy innovation, in all activities related to the electricity sector and energy supply; from its generation to its final consumption