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Annual Report Academic Year September 2005 – September 2006

Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica

Index

1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................................1

2 Organization............................................................................................................................................3 2.1 Management..............................................................................................................................3 2.2 Council .......................................................................................................................................3 2.3 Academic Staff ..........................................................................................................................4 2.4 Research Assistants ................................................................................................................14 2.5 Services Personnel ..................................................................................................................16

3 Teaching.................................................................................................................................................17 3.1 Doctoral Program ...................................................................................................................17 3.2 TEUTI Program.......................................................................................................................22 3.3 Other activities........................................................................................................................22

4 Research.................................................................................................................................................23 4.1 Areas of Interest......................................................................................................................23 4.2 Research Projects ....................................................................................................................24 4.3 Publications .............................................................................................................................71 4.4 Supervised research projects.................................................................................................90 4.5 Research Sufficiency Degree .................................................................................................91 4.6 Doctoral Theses.......................................................................................................................92 4.7 Institutional Grants ................................................................................................................94

5 Other Activities...................................................................................................................................105 5.1 International Exchanges ...................................................................................................... 105 5.2 Consultancy and Courses.................................................................................................... 106 5.3 Software Products ................................................................................................................ 112 5.4 Miscellany.............................................................................................................................. 113

6 Relations with other institutions ......................................................................................................119 6.1 EES–UETP ............................................................................................................................. 119 6.2 Latin American Institutions ................................................................................................ 122 6.3 ICAI Engineers’ Association ............................................................................................... 126

7 Economic Results................................................................................................................................127

Director’s greeting

Dear friend,

It is my pleasure to present to you the Annual Report of the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT) corresponding to the academic year 2005-2006. This report provides comprehensive information on the research that the Institute has carried out, the results obtained and the people that have made them possible. The level of activity surrounding this memory is a clear sign of the firm positioning of the Institute on the postgraduate and the research and development, with a permanent focus and priority to align with the reality of Spanish and International Industry. I take advantage of the occasion to thank all the professionals who have supported us all these years: teachers, researchers and administratives, postgraduate students, and the representatives from the industry. They all have made possible the reality of the University Institute. Without a doubt today, thanks to them all, the IIT is a national and international reference in many of the fields in which it works. We are determined in the future to continue and enrich this path, working hard and professionally in order to maintain the confidence placed in us by the national and foreign companies with whom we collaborate to achieve our research, for example the ICAI, the University and the Association of ICAI Engineers whose support we are grateful for and appreciate. I would like to end this foreword with an invitation to learn more about us by reading this report.

Michel Rivier Abbad

IIT Annual Report 2005–2006

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1 Introduction

The IIT, Institute for Research in Technology, belongs to the School of Engineering (ICAI) of Comillas Pontificial University of Madrid (Comillas). Its main aim is to promote research and postgraduate training in diverse technological fields through participation in specific projects of interest for Industry and the Government. It is a non-profit Institute, which aims to be flexible and pragmatic in the way it works. It is essentially financed by projects contracted by companies, and thus responds to a clear social demand.

The results of the research projects can be grouped according to the following categories:

• Computer science applications (generally developed according to client specifications) used by an increasing number of companies.

• Analyses, studies, and consultancy developed for companies and institutions in different countries.

• Doctoral theses read at the University and publications at international conferences or in international journals.

Research in the IIT is conducted by the academic staff (Professors and Researchers) as well as by a group of postgraduates following a Research Training Program. Postgraduate students are generally funded by IIT scholarships and work as Research Assistants exclusively at the Institute. Work teams are formed from both groups to develop research projects, sometimes resulting in doctoral theses.


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2 Organization

2.1 Management

The IIT board of directors during this academic year was formed by the following researchers: Michel Rivier Abbad, Director. Pedro Linares Llamas, Deputy Director. José Villar Collado, Deputy Director.

2.2 Council

The IIT Council during this academic year has been constituted by the next group of researchers: Álvaro Baíllo Moreno, Profesor (until 22/2/2006) Pedro Linares Llamas, Professor Antonio Muñoz San Roque, Professor

Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente, Secretary, Professor Andrés Ramos Galán, Professor

Michel Rivier Abbad, Professor


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Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda, Professor Carlos Vázquez Martínez, Professor (since 1/3/2006) José Villar Collado, Professor Juan José Sánchez Domínguez, Research Assistant Pablo Ruiz Castelló, Research Assistant

2.3 Academic Staff

IIT permanent Academic Staff during this academic year has been formed by: Sadot Alexandres Fernández, Associate Professor

Telecommunications Engineering, PhD (UPM) Areas of interest: Video Technology. Compression, motion estimation, transmission. Standards MPEG2-4, H.263, H.261, multimedia, videoconference. - Communications. ATM, wireless, digital telephony and television. Hardware protocols. - Processor Architectures. Novel processor architectures, RISC, DSP, VLSI-cores. VLSI design, synthesis systems, Hardware Description Languages (HDLs), IP and SoC design. Angel de Andrés Martínez, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Fracture mechanics. Computational mechanics. Machine design. Finite elements. Álvaro Baíllo Moreno, Assistant Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Operation, planning, regulation and economy of the energy industry. Modeling, optimization and mathematical programming.


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Julián Barquín Gil, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Physics (UNED) Areas of interest: Electric power systems. Non-linear dynamic systems. Numerical methods for dynamics and partial derivatives equations. Environmental engineering for electric power production and transport. Electromagnetic field theory. Carlos Batlle López, Assistant Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Economics and regulation of the electricity industry. Modelling of electricity markets. Risk analysis and management. Francisco Alberto Campos Fernández, Assistant Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Mathematics (UCM) Areas of interest: Nash equilibriums, Possibility theory, Optimization under uncertainty, electricity markets. Alberto Carnicero López, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Cotinuum Mechanics. Numerical Methods in Engineering. Earthquake Engineering. Wavelets. Efraim Centeno Hernáez, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Electric power system operation models. Hydrothermal coordination. Electric power markets. Santiago Cerisola López de Haro, Honorary Research Associate Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Mathematics (UCM)


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Fernando de Cuadra García, Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Large-scale modelling, simulation and optimisation problems. Knowledge engineering. Intelligent CAD. Control theory. Power systems. Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE). Asunción Paloma Cucala García, Assistant Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Modelling, simulation, design, management and control of railway systems, and their safety and quality analysis. Ignacio Egido Cortés, Assistant Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: System modeling and control. Power system stability. Fidel Fernández Bernal, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Dynamics of electrical systems, motor control and applications on electric vehicles, and power electronics. Antonio Fernández Cardador, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Physics (UCM) Areas of interest: Systems modelling, analysis and simulation. Simulation techniques for optimisation and control problems. Design, management and control of railway systems. Mercedes Fernández García, Associate Professor

Economics, PhD (Comillas) Bachelor in Law (Comillas) Areas of interest: Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Multivariate Data Analysis.


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Cesáreo Fernández Martínez, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Industrial Engineering (UPM) Areas of interest: Software for Real-time control. Parallel architectures in control. HV line protection. Control in electric power substations. Xavier García Casals, Assistant Professor Aeronautical Engineering, PhD (UPM) Aurelio García Cerrada, Professor

PhD, Electrical & Electronic Engineering (University of Birmingham, UK) Industrial Engineering (UPM) Areas of interest: Power electronics. Control of electrical drives. FACTS. System identification and control. Javier García González, Assistant Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Industrial Engineering (UPC) Areas of interest: Economy and optimization of electric power systems. Pablo García González, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Control, Power Electronics, Power Electronics aplied to the Electric Power Systems (FACTS devices, Active Filters, HVDC etc.) and Electric Power Systems stability and control. Romano Giannetti, Associate Professor

Electronic and Computer Engineering, PhD (Padua University, Italy) Electronic Engineering (Pisa University, Italy) Areas of interest: Measurement instrumentation and methodology. Biomedical instrumentation. Noise measurements.


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Tomás Gómez San Román, Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (UPM) Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Areas of interest: Analysis and design of electric power systems. Control, operation and planing of transmission and distribution systems. Restructuring and economics of the electricity industry. Non-linear dynamic systems. Control of large-scale systems. Optimisation techniques. Yolanda González Arechavala, Assistant Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Computer Engineering (UPV) Areas of interest: Software engineering: software development process, programming paradigms, software quality assurance and control, CASE tools. RAMS: standards and analysis. Safety critical and real time systems. Railway systems. Leo Miguel González Gutiérrez, Assistant Professor Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Fluid Mechanics. Numerical Methods in Engineering. Computational simulation of physical phenomena. Damián Laloux Dallemagne, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Modelling, analysis and control of electric power systems. Pedro Linares Llamas, Assistant Professor

Agricultural Engineering, PhD (UPM) Areas of interest: Multiple criteria decision making. Energy economics. Energy planning models. Integration of renewable energies. Environmental economics. Environmental policy instruments. Enrique Lobato Miguélez, Assistant Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Analysis, planning, operation and economics in electric power systems.


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Oscar López García, Assistant Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Aeronautic Engineering (UPM) Areas of interest: Continuum mechanics. Numerical methods in engineering. Smart materials and structures. Wind energy conversion systems. Carlos Maté Jiménez, Associate Professor

Mathematics, PhD (UCM) Areas of interest: Forecasting. Time Series Analysis. Reliability. Life Testing. Nonparametrics Bayesian Statistics. Multivariate Analysis. Marketing Research. Customer Satisfaction Measurement. Service Quality. Claudia Meseguer Velasco, Assistant Professor Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Industrial Engineering (UPM) Areas of interest: Regulation, economics, operation and planning of electric power systems. Julio Montes Ponce de León, Associate Researcher Physics, PhD (UCM) Nuclear Engineering (Harwell, UK) Areas of interest: Energy environmental impact. Instruments for environmental regulation of electrical sector. Multicriteria decission methods. Environmental economy. José Daniel Muñoz Frías, Assistant Professor Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Digital systems design, computer architecture, motor drives control and design of embbedded systems for automatic control applications. Antonio Muñoz San Roque, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Analog electronics. Artificial Intelligence. Modelling and diagnosis of industrial processes. Power systems. Digital signal processing. Neural networks, Machine learning. Genetic algorithms.


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Francisco Nieto Fuentes, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Robotics. Reliability and safety. Mechanical design. Luís Olmos Camacho, Assistant Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Regulation of the energy sector, transmission of electricity, power economics, system identification. Susana Ortiz Marcos, Assistant Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (UPM) Areas of interest: Business administration, financial accountig, production management, costing accounting; regulation and organizational structure of the electricity market and cost of capital estimation for companies of the electricity sector. Renewable fuels. Francisco Luis Pagola y de las Heras, Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (UPM) Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Areas of interest: Theory and applications of automatic control; digital and adaptive control. Electric power systems: stability, control, modeling, measuring and relaying techniques. Power electronics and electrical drives. Rafael Palacios Hielscher, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Failure detection, diagnosis, vibration analysis, optical handwritten character recognition, image processing. Jesús Pascual Peco González, Assistant Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Planning, operation and control of distribution and transmission power systems. Regulation and economics of the electric power sector. Reliability of power systems and optimization techniques.


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José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Professor

PhD and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT – USA). Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Areas of interest: Economics, regulation and models of the electric power industry. Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente, Assistant Professor Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Railways, Power systems, Optimization, Design methods, Computing. Andrés Ramos Galán, Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (UPM) Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Areas of interest: Optimization of operation, planning and economy of energy systems. Mathematical programming. Javier Reneses Guillén, Assistant Professor Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Operation, simulation models and planning of electric energy systems and risk management strategies in electricity markets. Juan Rivier Abbad, Assistant Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Regulation, operation and planning of distribution systems. Power quality and reliability issues. Michel Rivier Abbad, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Electric power systems analysis, optimisation, regulation economic, operation and planning. Optimisation techniques. José Antonio Rodríguez Mondéjar, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas)


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Ramón Rodríguez Pecharromán, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Control theory, adaptive control, power electronics and its applications. Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (UPM) Areas of interest: Electric power systems stability and control. System identification. Simulation of electromagnetic transients. Pedro Sánchez Martín, Assistant Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Transmission and Generation Electric System Modeling, Industrial Process Planning and Scheduling, Work System Design and Manufacturing and Logistics Simulation. Álvaro Sánchez Miralles, Assistant Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Data mining, Artificial Intelligence (automatic learning, decision trees, neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, heuristic search). Biometrics (optical character, image and speech recognition). Electric energy systems (bidding in competitive markets, dynamic security assessment, transmission and subtransmission planning). Multi-agent systems. Sorting. Miguel Angel Sanz Bobi, Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (UPM) Areas of interest: Monitoring and analysis of industrial processes. Modelling and simulation of industrial components performance. Expert systems, neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, failure detection techniques, reliability, predictive maintenance, image and voice processing. Carlos Vázquez Martínez, Assistant Professor


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Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Economics and regulation of the electricity industry. Modelling of electricity markets. Mariano Ventosa Rodríguez, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Operations, planning and economy of electric energy systems and application of operations research in electric energy markets. José Villar Collado, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Monitoring, diagnosis and maintenance of industrial processes. Artificial Intelligent techniques (fuzzy logic, neural nets, etc.). Process modelling and signal processing techniques. Electronics and control. Power systems. Electric energy markets. Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva, Associate Professor

Mathematics, PhD (UCM) Areas of interest: Operational Research, in particular Mathematical Programming (especially, Integer and Stochastic Programming), Simulation, Game Theory, Multicriteria Decision Making,... and related applications, focused on planning and control for several sectors (power systems generation, railways transport, road transport, logistics, etc.). Juan Luis Zamora Macho, Associate Professor

Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Drive control, system identification and signal processing. Also participating in research projects: Mario Castro Ponce, Assistant Professor Physics, PhD (UCM) Areas of interest: Statistical Mechanics. Nonlinear Physics. Fractals. Neural Networks.


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Rafael Chao Gómez, Professor Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Luis Manuel Mochón Castro, Associate Professor Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Computacional Fluid Dynamic, Fluid Control, Hydraulic Energy. José Porras Galán, Assistant Professor Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Manufacturing, Machining, Robotics, Mechanical design, Artificial inteligence, Acoustics. María Sáenz Nuño, Assistant Professor Industrial Engineering, PhD (Comillas) Areas of interest: Dimensional Metrology. Ángel Sarabia Viejo, Professor Industrial Engineering, PhD (UPM) Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Juan Antonio Talavera Martín, Assistant Professor Industrial Engineering, PhD (UPM) Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Areas of interest: Signal processing and voice analysis.

2.4 Research Assistants

The students that have taken part in the Research Training Program as Research Assistants during this academic year are listed below: Jaime Alonso Álvarez, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Francisco Amaya Gordillo, Industrial Engineering (Comillas)


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Antonio Luis Arranz Matía, Computer Engineering (Comillas). Computer Engineering EPF-Ecole d’Ingenieurs (Paris) Ana Berzosa Muñoz, Industrial Engineering (UPM) Raquel Chamochín Escribano, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Javier Cimadevila García Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Gonzalo Cortés Núñez, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Alberto Miguel Cruz García, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Isabel Luisa Dapena Bosquet, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Carlos Domingo Gil, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Francisco Miguel Echavarren Cerezo, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Félix Fernández Menéndez, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) José María Fernández López, Industrial Engineering CAI (Comillas) Pablo Frías Marín, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Miguel Ángel Gallego-Preciado García, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Carolina García de Ascanio, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Ignacio de Loyola Hierro Ausin, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Ignacio Hoyos Irisarri, Industrial Engineering (Universidad de Valladolid) Cristina Ibáñez Llano, Mathematics (UAM) Jesús Jiménez Octavio, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Jesús María Latorre Canteli, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Santiago Jesús López de Haro, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) María José López Pérez-Valiente, Mathematics (UAM) Carlos Mateo Domingo, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Rocío Moraga Ruiz de la Muela, Industrial Engineering (Universidad de Málaga) Natalia Mosquera Osorio, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Jorge Muñoz Riesco, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Miguel Pardo Fernández, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Ernesto Parrilla Pozzy, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Omar Pinzón Ardila, Electrical Engineering (UIS) Pablo Rodilla Rodríguez, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Mª Pía Rodríguez Ortega, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Carlos Rodríguez–Morcillo García, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Juan Ruipérez Bañuelos, Industrial Engineering (Comillas)


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Pablo Ruiz Castelló, Ingeniero Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Juan José Sánchez Domínguez, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Rafael Santodomingo Berry, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Francisco Javier Santos Pérez, Industrial Engineering (Comillas) Miguel Vázquez Martínez, Industrial Engineering (UPM)

2.5 Services Personnel

2.5.1 Systems Administration

Julián Jiménez García Technical Telecommunication Engineering (UPM)

Julián Martín Tena PC Computer Technician

2.5.2 Administrative Staff

Pilar Barrado Moreno Mariló Rodríguez Trocolí Isabel Tamudo González

2.5.3 Receptionists

Eduardo Brandi Fernández


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3 Teaching

In addition to an intense research activity, IIT plays an important teaching role as a part of Comillas School of Engineering. This teaching activity is focused on the Doctoral Program, including doctorate courses (in collaboration with departments of the School of Engineering), doctoral theses based on applied research projects and a Research Training Program. Additionally, IIT Researchers are active in the undergraduate program of Comillas School of Engineering, including the supervision of graduation projects.

Finally, IIT organizes courses and seminars that are attended by both academics and practitioners.

3.1 Doctoral Program

The Doctoral Program in Electric Power Systems includes several courses, focusing on the rigorous study of relevant technical and management problems faced by electric utilities. Analysis and solution methods, based on the latest research, are also presented. These courses are developed in co-operation with the School of Engineering, Comillas.

IIT academic staff is also involved in the following Master Programs in collaboration with Comillas Postgraduate Institute.


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Computer Science and Industrial Engineering Program Courses: Strategies in energy markets from a theory of games perspective Lecturers: Carlos Vázquez Martínez, Javier García González, Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva Application of neural networks to the prediction of time series Lecturer: Antonio Muñoz San Roque Optimization Lecturer: Andrés Ramos Galán Simulations Lecturers: Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva, Pedro Sánchez Martín Advanced data analysis Lecturers: Carlos Maté Jiménez, Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda Regulation of the power industry Lecturers: José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga Economy of the power industry Lecturers: Susana Ortiz Marcos, Mariano Ventosa Rodríguez Power systems models Lecturers: Mariano Ventosa Rodríguez, Álvaro Baíllo Moreno The electricity transmisión business Lecturers: Michel Rivier Abbad, Carlos Vázquez Martínez The electricity distribution business Lecturer: Tomás Gómez San Román Advanced analysis of electrical energy systems Lecturers: Luis Rouco Rodríguez, José Luís Sancha Gonzalo, Ángel Saiz Chicharro Advanced topics on power systems regulation Lecturer: Dr. José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga


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Security on computer networks Lecturers: Rafael Palacios Hielscher, José Maria Sierra Cámara Electricity wholesale and retail markets Lecturers: Álvaro Baíllo Moreno, Carlos Batlle López Pedagogical aspects on the transmission of technical knowledge Lecturers: R. Salas Labayen, Ramón Rodríguez Pecharromán Renewable energies and environmental impact Lecturer: Dr. Pedro Linares Llamas Spectral methods por scientists and engineers (on-line) Lecturer: Mario Castro Ponce

Courses from the Master on Technical and Economical Management of the Electrical Sector Power systems models Lecturers: Álvaro Baíllo Moreno, Javier García González, Pedro Linares Llamas, Jesús Pascual Peco González, Andrés Ramos Galán, Mariano Ventosa Rodríguez Regulation of the power industry Lecturers: Carlos Batlle López, José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga The electricity transmission business Lecturers: Luís Olmos Camacho, Michel Rivier Abbad, Carlos Vázquez Martínez The electricity distribution business Lecturer: Tomás Gómez San Román Advanced analysis of electrical energy systems Lecturers: Enrique Lobato Miguélez, Luis Rouco Rodríguez Renewable energies and environmental impact


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Lecturers: Fidel Fernández Bernal, Xavier García Casals, Pedro Linares Llamas, Oscar López García Electricity wholesale and retail markets Lecturers: Julián Barquín Gil, Carlos Batlle López, José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, David Soler Soneira, Carlos Vázquez Martínez, Mariano Ventosa Rodríguez Power systems Lecturers: Damián Laloux Dallemagne, Michel Rivier Abbad Microeconomic analysis of electricity Lecturers: Susana Ortiz Marcos, Carlos Vázquez Martínez, Mariano Ventosa Rodríguez Financial analysis of the electricity sector Lecturer: Susana Ortiz Marcos

Courses from the Master on Railway Systems Information systems: fixed and mobile comunications Lecturer: Sadot Alexandres Fernández Management and operation: Economics Lecturer: Mercedes Fernández García Management and operation: Power sector restructuring Lecturer: Carlos Vázquez Martínez Management and operation: Operational research Lecturer: Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva Infrastructure: Power supply Lecturer: Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente Infrastructure: Mechanics of catenary Lecturer: Alberto Carnicero López Rolling devices: Dynamics of motion Lecturer: Ángel de Andrés Martínez


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Computer systems: Modelling, simulation and control of railway traffic Lecturers: Antonio Fernández Cardador, Asunción Paloma Cucala García

Courses from the Master on Integral Logistics Decision theory Lecturer: Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva

Doctoral Seminars

The goal of the doctoral seminars is to provide students with basic information on a range of useful research techniques in Industrial Engineering and Computer science. Students have to be able to evaluate them correctly in order to use them in the appropriate context.

Applied Science Seminars

Every course a number of seminars are organized in which results of specific research projects are presented or current science topics is discussed. The following seminars have taken place during this academic year: Pedro Linares Llamas, “¿How to obtain a JCR?”. Ernesto Parrilla Pozzy, “The nordic market of electricity”. Ernesto Parrilla Pozzy, “Guarantee of supply: international experiences and current tendencies”. K.D. Roolf, “Wind power forecasting with neural networks”. Pedro Sánchez Martín, “Advanced topics on electricity sector regulation”. Julián Barquín Gil, “Network cournot models may have equilibria continuum”.


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3.2 TEUTI Program

IIT offers two alternative itineraries for students enrolled in the Research Training Program. The first one is oriented to obtaining the doctoral degree and includes an intermediate stage, the Research Sufficiency Degree. The second one, with a one- or two-year duration is specifically oriented to the acquisition of skills in the field of applied research. When certain minimum requirements are met by the candidate, including a public presentation of the results of the corresponding research activity, Comillas University awards these skills by means of the TEUTI degree (Specialist in Applied Research Techniques). The IIT can also certify a partial fulfilment of requisites.

The aim of this program is to offer a high level of post-graduate training, obtained through the participation in research projects, under supervision of qualified IIT staff. The degree acknowledges a capacity for research work, evaluated by a Committee.

3.3 Other activities

Graduation projects

In collaboration with the School of Engineering, IIT research members have coordinated and supervised several projects for engineering students. These projects typically explore new issues and fields of interest, thus offering undergraduate students a first contact with research techniques and frequently resulting in attractive collaborations with industrial partners.

Grants for undergraduate researchers

IIT supports a grant program to promote research activities among undergraduates. These grants are awarded for specific research tasks relating to research projects at the Institute.


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4 Research

4.1 Areas of Interest

The IIT is divided into two main areas of research: The Electrical Energy Systems (SEE) area is mainly aimed at subjects related to the electricity and energy sector, and in particular to the generation, transportation, and distribution of electrical energy. It is subdivided into four areas:

• Modelling, analysis and control of the electric power Systems (MAC), dedicated to the development of computer tools for electrical studies related to such aspects as load flows, stability, transients, frequency control frequency-power, power plant regulators, voltage control, design of systems of electric feeding, protection, harmonics, and the impact of the distributed generation.

• Regulation and Economy of the Electric Sector (RYE), centred on research into the organization, remuneration and regulation of the power systems (structure, market models, economic signals, tariffs and quality of service..).

• Planning and operation of the electric power Systems (PYO) focusing on the design of mathematical models created to support decision-making processes in planning and operation of power systems. This applies both to traditional regulation and liberalized markets (offer strategies, risks/contracts administration, technical analysis of the market, etc.).

• Managerial and Environmental Administration (GEM), focusing on the efficiency improvement of companies and public bodies from an economic and environmental point of view, through the application of a variety of


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techniques such as industrial statistics, decision theory, economy and finance, environment, and organization of production processes.

The Industrial Systems (SI) area focuses on activities in other technical sectors. This area is divided into four different technical areas:

• Analysis and Design in Engineering (ADI), is dedicated to running complex simulations by using a computer, above all for general mechanical purposes as well as electromagnetism, grounds etc.

• Software Engineering (AIS) aims to develop application computer tools, specifically those for analysis, design, simulation and control. It also serves as a computer science support system for other areas.

• The Electronics and Control Group (GEA) works to develop electronic instrumentation and microprocessors, power electronics, control engineering applications, signal analysis and communications.

• Intelligent Systems (ASI) deals with the monitoring, diagnosis, reliability and maintenance of industrial processes, and the modelling and prediction of industrial and economic systems.

• Railway Systems (ASF) aims to develop models and other custom-made software tools, safety analysis and quality control, related with different topics of railway systems. These topics include the infrastructure design and management, the power systems planification and operation, as well as the railway traffic planification and operation.

4.2 Research Projects

This section presents the list of the research projects that have been developed during this academia year. They are organized according to the area they belong to and to the origin of their funds. The list indicates for each project the entity for which it was developed, its duration, the researchers involved and a brief description.


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4.2.1 Electrical Energy Systems

A) Research and Development

a. Private Funding Maintenance and development of new capibilities of ARO, ARO-OPF, ESAF and ESLA Indra. September 2006-July 2007. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Francisco Miguel Echavarren Cerezo, Enrique Lobato Miguélez) The aim of this project is the maintenance and the development of new capabilities of several tools jointly developed by IIT and Indra for Red Eléctrica de España The tools are: a system for analysis and solutions of power system constraints (ARO), an optimal power flow for voltage-reactive power control (ARO-OPF), a system to build short term scenarios (ESAF) and a system to build long term scenarios (ESLA). Slovak exchange capacity auctioneer Slovenské Electrárne, A.S. July 2006-February 2007. (Pedro Sánchez Martín, Francisco Alberto Campos Fernández) This project consists of development of a software tool for SLOVENSKÉ ELEKTRÁRNE, A.S. to deal with energy auctions with Electric Systems nearby Slovak System. This software tool copes with transmission saturation based on Nash-Cournot Equilibria management. A generation and DC transmission model is included at the software tool to provide production and power flows in addition to nodal energy prices. Slovak system is modelled in detail and neighbour systems are modelled as single bus models. Regulatory mechanisms for efficient sitting of electricity generators in the Spanish transmission network Comisión Nacional de Energía. June 2006-June 2007. (José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Luis Olmos Camacho, Carlos Vázquez Martínez) The objective of the project is to study how to achieve an efficient allocation of the generators in the Spanish transmission grid and how to make use of all available economic signals. The transmission tariff G will be examined in particular. A benchmarking of international experiences will be performed. A qualitative regulatory assessment plus a quantitative analysis of representative operating conditions of the network will lead to a package of regulatory recommendations and the corresponding mechanisms for implementation.


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Analysis and diagnosis about the operation capacity in axes exchange TRANSFESA. May 2006-October 2006. (Andrés Ramos Galán, Francisco Nieto Fuentes, José Antonio Rodríguez Mondéjar, Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva) The project objective is to do a diagnosis of the axes exchange capacity in the new facility and to be able to make recommendations if they can be extracted from the studies. Those recommendations can consist of incorporating new elements o process changes that increase the operation throughput. Those facilities, means and processes outside of the axes exchange facility will be ignored by now. The GEMPRE Model: Optimizing generation schedule Endesa-Indra. April 2006-May 2006. (Jesús Pascual Peco González) GEMPRE is a computer model designed to forecast the connection of some generation units due to technical constraints in the power system. Phase I of the project was devoted to the development of the model, which was programmed in PSSE v30 using the Python language. The model is capable of assessing a large number of contingencies and programmed unavailabilities, and make adjustments in generation output to drive the system within the performance criteria set by the System Operator. The adjustments made by the model Phase II of the project are devoted to perform code cleanups, to write a user's guide, and to document the source code in detail. New capabilities for Viesgo Tools 2006 Viesgo. April 2006-March 2007. (Enrique Lobato Miguélez, Francisco Alberto Campos Fernández, Carolina García de Ascanio, Santiago Jesús López de Haro, Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente, Pedro Sánchez Martín) The aim of this project consists of incorporating new capabilities identified by Viesgo and others that might be required due to the market evolution due to regulatory and operational changes. Computer tools developed for Viesgo by IIT are GRIMEL and PLAMER for the short term and long term electricity market simulation. GRIMEL creates the bids that Viesgo submits into the market. PLAMER simulates the electricity market with an annual time scope. Load-frequency requirements in isolated systems with high wind penetration Red Eléctrica de España. March 2006-July 2006. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Ignacio Egido Cortés, Fidel Fernández Bernal) The aim of this project is the study of the load-frequency control in isolated systems with high wind penetration. Precisely, the maximum admissible wind power generation will be determined such that no load is shed in case of the sudden trip of all wind power generation due to under frequency protections.


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The effect on the maximum admissible wind power generation of assuming the trip of first step of the load shedding schemes will also be investigated. Technical and economical study on logistic centers of biomass in the autonomous region of Madrid Gamesa Energía. March 2006-July 2006. (Susana Ortíz Marcos, Pedro Linares Llamas, Luis Manuel Mochón Castro, Julio Montes Ponce de León, Francisco Nieto Fuentes, Pedro Sánchez Martín, Raquel Chamochín Escribano) The aim of this proposal is to carry out a technical and economical study on logistic Centers of Biomass in the Autonomous Region of Madrid. The present and future potential user identification, the supply security and the cost reduction can be considered the cornerstone in any biomass project performance. Diversification Department of GAMESA ENERGÍA, has brought up the possibility of studying the viability of establishing logistic centers of biomass, by means of the creation of Biomass Supply Societies. These biomass supply societies will offer to the final consumer an appropriate product to his needs and to the farmer a successful way out to his production. This process will turn off the cycle between the producer and the final consumer, solving the supply problem. The creation of a Biomass Supply Logistic System will solve the biomass problem associated to its disperse and seasonal production features and its supply difficulty. Seeking antecedents for patents regarding control and operation of Aeolian parks ABG Patentes, S.L. February 2006-February 2006. (Mariano Ventosa Rodríguez) The project is about seeking information related to the control and operation of electric power systems and Aeolian parks. Market Management Support (AGM-2006) Endesa. January 2006-December 2006. (Javier Reneses Guillén, Julián Barquín Gil, Natalia Mosquera Osorio) This project addresses the peninsular Spanish electricity market simulation, including its expansion to an Iberian market. The proposal is framed into the on-going cooperation line followed by Endesa and IIT since 1998, under which VALORE, AGM and HEPLASE projects have been made. Specifically, AGM-2006 is the follow-up of project AGM-2005, which was jointly made with the Forecasting and Analysis Division during the year 2005, as well as of other previous projects, It is focused in the medium-term planning of the Spanish electricity market.


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Decision support tools for annual operation budget estimation Iberdrola. January 2006-December 2006. (Andrés Ramos Galán, Gonzalo Cortés Núñez) The current project develops these main tasks devoted to maintenance and improvement of the medium term economic planning model MPO: - Maintenance of the decision support tool for preparing the annual operation

budget. - Introduction of the modifications of RD 3/2006 about CO2 emissions. - Introduction of the modification of RD 3/2006 about assimilated contracts. - Introduction of forward contracts (Mibel and OTC). Advances in the development of hydroelectric simulators Iberdrola. January 2006-December 2006. (Andrés Ramos Galán, Jesús María Latorre Canteli, Santiago Cerisola López de Haro) The tool called Object Oriented Hydroelectric Simulator simulates the detailed operation of hydro plants once the production tables are known for different inflows data, which can be taken from historical or synthetic series. The result is the temporal evolution of the reservoirs that is introduced into the MPO model as an initial reference solution. This solution can be further modified when the whole mainland electric system is modelled. In this project three main aspects are further developed: i) Extension of the tool for other basins with their own peculiarities. ii) Improvement of some modelling aspects. iii) Connection with MPO. In the last stage a hydroelectric stochastic

optimization model is going to be developed to determine the production tables for different inflows and market prices scenarios.

HEPLASE Asistance Endesa. January 2006-December 2006. (Julián Barquín Gil, Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva) The main target of the project is to advise and to give attendance to the Subdivision of Power Planning of ENDESA in those tasks that can require this subdivision by means of studies and analysis, excluding the implementation from new algorithms or utilities that are tasks including in project HEPLASE2006. Therefore, under this main target the tasks can be very diverse and in addition they are very subject to the uncertainty that raise the regulatory changes and of the market in general.


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Project to provide support and advising services to the Unit of Hydraulic Management with the model EXLA Indra (Endesa). January 2006-December 2006. (Javier García González, Rocío Moraga Ruiz de la Muela) The model EXLA, developed by the IIT for ENDESA, aims at helping the hydro managers to plan the operation of the hydroelectric generation resources in the mid-long term. During 2005, significant improvements were introduced in the tool to incorporate the last needs detected by the users, as well as to allow a more intensive use of the model. As consequence of these improvements, the collaboration of 2005 concluded with a sufficiently mature version that facilitates significantly the configuration of the study, the analysis of the results and the interaction with the user by means of a friendly interface. The basic objectives for 2006 are to give support to the users when making use of the model, as well as to introduce improvements in the mathematical formulation in order to cope with the regulatory framework of the Spanish system. Hydroelectric management in the new regulatory framework of the Spanish electric power industry Endesa. January 2006-December 2006. (Javier García González, Rocío Moraga Ruiz de la Muela) The objective of this project is to provide consultancy support to the Sub-Department of Analysis and Forecasts of ENDESA to asses the impact of the different regulatory policies that are being introduced in the Spanish electrical power industry. This consultancy will focus on the hydroelectric management issues and it will be both qualitative and quantitative. The model EXLA, developed by the same team of researchers, will be used as benchmarking to carry out the analysis cases. Medium term planning models for generation power systems Indra. January 2006-December 2006. (Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva, Julián Barquín Gil, Félix Fernández Menéndez) This project is included in the framework of a continuous research for the Energy Planning Division of ENDESA. It is aimed in the development of models for medium term planning for generation power systems. More specifically the research is focused on six main issues: inclusion of new regulatory aspects, improvement of algorithms used to solve the equilibrium models, connection between relaxed and integer solutions, hydro management, medium term equilibrium models including network constraints, and modelling stochastic variables through multivariate scenario trees.


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Strategic analysis of generation capacity expansion of Endesa Endesa. January 2006-December 2006. (Efraim Centeno Hernáez, Julián Barquín Gil, Ignacio Hoyos Irisarri, Juan José Sánchez Domínguez) This project is the continuation of a previous cooperation between IIT and Endesa about Strategic Analysis of Generation Capacity Expansion. The main work is about analysis and improvement of the algorithms and study methods used by Endesa in order to elaborate its yearly expansion plan and other studies associated to it. The result of this work is the tool EXPANDE. The project includes the analysis of alternative methods, among which Business Dynamics is considered one of the most promising alternatives. Economic and distributive effects in Spain of alternative allocations of carbon-dioxide emission trade able permits Fundación BBVA. October 2005-September 2007. (Pedro Linares Llamas, José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Francisco Javier Santos Pérez) We propose in this project the construction of a model capable of providing in a rigorous and comprehensive manner the economic and distributive effects derived from the application of the European carbon-dioxide emissions trading market to the Spanish economy. We will combine three different approximations: i) an integrated model of applied general equilibrium (macro) and residential energy demand (micro) specifically designed for the study of environmental policies in Spain; ii) an oligopolistic supply model of the Spanish electricity system, specially suited for studying in detail the effects of environmental regulations in this sector; and iii) a theoretical model of the emissions trading market in which large and small emitters interact and in which there is a possibility to save permits, with which the resulting international prices are simulated. The major objective of the project is to reproduce in a credible and realistic way the effects of different intensities in the global and sectoral control of GHG emissions, that is, of different national allocation plans. Therefore it the approach proposed is highly recommended, since it allows for the interactions between supply and demand, between the different producing sectors and consumers, between energy products, and also studies the effects of the international permit market on Spanish participants. Central and Eastern European Energy Market (C3EM) REKK. October 2005-April 2006. (Julián Barquín Gil) The main objective of the project is to promote the harmonisation of energy market regulation, under the framework of the EU legislation, in those Central and Eastern European countries where reform and restructuring of the energy sectors are in advanced status.


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Lack of harmonisation of the new market rules erects barriers to effective cross border trade and, as a consequence, to the creation of liquid and transparent regional markets and after all to the creation of an integrated EU wide internal market. This has a harmful effect on the competitiveness of energy intensive sectors, the manufacturing industry among them. At the same time lack of a geographically wider energy market may discourage investments into production and transmission facilities leading to an adverse security of supply in long term. Both the need for economic competitiveness of the region and for the security of energy supply claim that the liberalisation process should not get stuck half-way in the form of small, segmented national markets. The objective of this project is in line with the strategic vision of the European Commission and, at the same time, takes its concept regarding the creation of a South-East European energy market into consideration. Tools for power system operation and power system operation planning Indra. September 2005-July 2006. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Francisco Miguel Echavarren Cerezo, Enrique Lobato Miguélez) The aim of this project is the development of computational tools for power system operation and power system operation planning. In this framework, the tool for analysis of power system constraints jointly developed by IIT and Indra for Red Eléctrica de España will be maintained. In addition, new capabilities of the short term (1-36 hours) scenarios builder and an optimal power flow will be developed. Development of the bidding modules of Electrabel Energy Management System Atos Origin. July 2005-June 2006. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Jesús Pascual Peco González) This project comprises the development of the bidding modules of Electrabel España Energy Management System. Two bidding modules will be developed: one for units under commissioning process and other for units under commercial operation. The commissioning units bidding module prepares the bidding for both daily and intra-day markets. The commercial units bidding module prepares the bidding for daily, secondary regulation, intra-day, tertiary regulation and deviation management markets. Design of generation control schemes to reduce the use of secondary regulation band Endesa. July 2005-March 2006. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Ignacio Egido Cortés, Fidel Fernández Bernal)


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Endesa participates successfully in the secondary regulation market thanks to its AGC system. Despite the fact that Endesa is equipped with many thermal power stations, Endesa fulfils accurately the response requirements of Spanish secondary regulation system. Endesa has identified a problem the hour change when generation program changes significantly. In such cases, Endesa makes an intensive use of the up and down regulating bands. It affects the incomes due to secondary regulation. The aim of this project is the design of schemes of generation control such as the use of the secondary regulation bands is minimized. Evaluation of regulatory schemes of transmission services and system operation in the context of the Internal Electricity Market Red Eléctrica de España (REE). May 2005-April 2006. (José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Luis Olmos Camacho) The project responds to the interest of REE to explore the economic impact that the different possible schemes of regulation of the transmission activity and system operation in the context of the Internal Electricity Market of the European Union may have on the electricity sectors of the concerned countries. The project will pay special interest to the Spanish system and also to the impact on the efficiency of the entire Internal Electricity Market. The three major issues to be addressed are: cross border tarification, congestion management and grid planning and expansion. During the second year of the project congestion management will continue being a major area of interest. Those congestion management mechanisms that may more directly affect the Spanish system will be studied in more depth. More specifically, the project will examine the management of congestions in the Iberian electricity market, the allocation of capacity on the border between France and Spain, the effect of assigning different priorities to the treatment of the local and cross-border congestions and the management of congestions in the IEM. Another topic of major interest to be studied is the design of locational signals in the transmission charges that could help in guiding the location of new investments in generation. Maintenance for Viesgo Tools 2005 Viesgo. April 2005-March 2006. (Enrique Lobato Miguélez, Carolina García de Ascanio, Santiago Jesús López de Haro, Pedro Sánchez Martín) The aim of this project is the maintenance of several computer tools developed for Viesgo by IIT (namely GRIMEL and PLAMER) for the short term and long term electricity market simulation. GRIMEL creates the bids that Viesgo submits into the market. PLAMER simulates the electricity market with an annual time scope. The maintenance consists of the correction of errors and the


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incorporation of small scale improvements of the mathematical models and interfaces. New capabilities for Viesgo Tools 2005 Viesgo. April 2005-March 2006. (Enrique Lobato Miguélez, Carolina García de Ascanio, Santiago Jesús López de Haro, Pedro Sánchez Martín) The aim of this project consists of incorporating new capabilities identified by Viesgo and others that might be required due to the market evolution due to regulatory and operational changes. Computer tools developed for Viesgo by IIT are GRIMEL and PLAMER for the short term and long term electricity market simulation. GRIMEL creates the bids that Viesgo submits into the market. PLAMER simulates the electricity market with an annual time scope. Analysis of generation capacity expansion Endesa. April 2005-December 2005. (Efraim Centeno Hernáez, Julián Barquín Gil, Ignacio Hoyos Irisarri, Juan José Sánchez Domínguez) This project continues the collaboration with Endesa for the elaboration of generation capacity expansion plans. A previous project dealt with the elaboration of a decision model to assist in these tasks. The model includes an electric market representation as well as an algorithm to assess investment decisions. The algorithms require a continuous update to adapt to regulatory changes, regarding for example emissions allowances or transition to competence costs. Analysis and modelling in the mid-term of the Spanish electricity market price under the perspective of wind generation Plataforma Empresarial Eólica. March 2005-January 2006. (Javier García González) The aim of this project is the analysis and modelling of the Spanish electricity market price in the mid-term, i.e., in a temporal scope up to one year. This model is developed under the perspective of wind power generators in order to help them to understand and to identify the different factors driving the complex process of price formation. Besides this, the model can help the decision maker in order to decide whether it is better to remain at the regulated tariff or to move toward the spot market. The proposed methodology brings together a fundamental approach with a quantitative approach. Thus, a simplified-market model provides with forecasts of the productions for every type of technology for the following year, as well as marginal costs estimations. The quantitative model uses this information together with other explanatory variables in order to predict the market price in the following 12 months.


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Study and analysis of different regulatory aspects of the Spanish electrical system Iberdrola. February 2005-January 2006. (Juan Rivier Abbad, Tomás Gómez San Román, Víctor Hugo Méndez Quezada) This work is organized to study and analyze several regulatory aspects, both the ones relevant to the Spanish Special Regime that have been detected in previous collaborations with the same firm, and new ones that are being discussed today within the electrical sector. The analysis of each chosen aspect will be organized through periodic meetings where theoretical and methodological ideas will be presented, taking the international experience as a reference, and having a brain storming discussion afterwards, specially oriented to analyzing its applicability to the Spanish case. Market Management Support (AGM-2005) Endesa. January 2005-December 2005. (Julián Barquín Gil, Natalia Mosquera Osorio, Javier Reneses Guillén) This project addresses the peninsular Spanish electricity market simulation, including its expansion to an Iberian market. The proposal is framed into the on-going cooperation line followed by Endesa and IIT since 1998, under which VALORE, AGM and HEPLASE projects have been made. Specifically, AGM-2005 is the follow-up of project AGM-2004, which was jointly made with the Forecasting and Analysis Division during the year 2004, as well as of other previous projects, it is focused in the Spanish short and medium term modelling. Medium term planning model for the Iberian generation power system Indra. January 2005-December 2005. (Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva, Félix Fernández Menéndez) This project is included in the framework of a continuous research for the Energy Planning Division of ENDESA. It is aimed in the development of models for medium term planning for the Iberian generation power system. More specifically the research is focused on three main aspects: improvement of the algorithms used to solve the equilibrium models, modelling of medium term equilibrium models including network constraints (applied to the Iberian market, MIBEL), and modelling stochastic variables through multivariate scenario trees. Development of computer tools for the Iberian electricity market Iberdrola. January 2005-December 2005. (Andrés Ramos Galán, Gonzalo Cortés Núñez)


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MPO is an economic and operation generation planning tool for the medium term. In this project several developments of the MPO tool will be undertaken. These developments are oriented towards: 1. The negotiation in the Iberian electricity market in the different possible

configurations and the analyses of the consequences of the different operation modes.

2. The modelling of the emissions and the achievement of the national assignment plan and the analysis of the possible impact in the current operation of the system.

3. The maintenance of the decision support tool used in the preparation of the annual budget and operation planning.

Improvement and extension of the hydro simulators for all the system Iberdrola. January 2005-December 2005. (Andrés Ramos Galán, Jesús María Latorre Canteli, Santiago Cerisola López de Haro) The current procedure for determining the hydro output with the simulators requires the use of information located in old computer systems and it is based on specific processes for each hydro basin. These procedures have been recoded in a new environment to facilitate the companion use with the other tools available for presenting bids into the market. They have been also generalized to any hydro basin. So far, it has been modelled the simplest basin due to its topology. Although the model developed is of general purpose and allows its extension to the remaining basins, it will be necessary a revision and fine-tuning to incorporate some of the specific particularities of other basins that have not been taken into account so far. Besides, for any basin it will be needed a validation process of the model results. Software for study and planning of high voltage distribution networks. The ANDREA project Iberdrola S.A. January 2005-July 2006. (Tomás Gómez San Román, Miguel Ángel Gallego-Preciado García, Jesús Pascual Peco González, Juan Rivier Abbad) The objective of this project is to develop specialized software, named ANDREA, to plan new installations in high voltage distribution networks (220, 132, 66, and 45 kV). Iberdrola service areas together with a long term planning horizon (20 years) will be considered in these studies. Several scenarios to model the expected growth demand, and different optimization attributes, such as: investment and operation costs, energy losses costs, reliability indices and environmental impact indicators, will be also considered in the planning exercises.


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Adjustment of the model EXLA for the detailed and coordinated optimization of the hydraulic subsystems Endesa-Indra (proyec. tipo 1). January 2005-November 2005. (Javier García González, Rocío Moraga Ruiz de la Muela) The main objective of the model EXLA, developed by the IIT for ENDESA, is to help to the mid and long term planning of the hydroelectric resources. The original design of EXLA was developed in a scheme where the priority was its interaction with the market equilibrium model VALORE (providing the composite parameters of each river basin and disaggregating the global productions among all the individual hydro plants). However, the developments realized during 2004, such as the detailed modelling of the subsystems particularities and the risk management of spillage and scarcity contingencies, allowed to consider the results of the model as realistic policies for operation of the reservoirs. As a consequence, the aim the collaboration for the year 2005 is to adapt the tool for new uses required by the reservoir managers. New decision-support tools for long-term electricity markets Iberdrola. January 2005-December 2005. (Álvaro Baíllo Moreno, José María Fernández López, Luis Martí Gutiérrez de la Cámara, Álvaro Sánchez Miralles) The aim of this project is to develop, maintain and enhance decision-support tools for the long-term electricity market that will start to operate before july 2005. With this project we continue the work developed during 2004 in this field of research. Our challenge is to adapt to the case of long-term electricity market the methodologies and techniques that are typically used for the analysis of long-term and futures markets for other commodities and assets. Decision-support tools for the day-ahead market and the congestion management mechanism Iberdrola. January 2005-December 2005. (Álvaro Baíllo Moreno, José María Fernández López, Tomás Gómez San Román) The aim of this project is the development of decision-support tools for the new congestion management mechanism that will start to operate in June 2005 in the context of the Spanish wholesale electricity market. The great change that this new mechanism introduces is that it requires specific offers from the generation companies. The previous mechanism, in contrast, was based on the offers submitted by the companies to the day-ahead market. The project includes collaboration for the regulatory analysis of the reforms implied by the introduction of this new mechanism.


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Analysis and scenario generation for risk management in the Spanish electricity market Iberdrola. January 2005-December 2005. (Álvaro Baíllo Moreno, Jordi Cabero Borrós, Tomás Gómez San Román, Miguel Pardo Fernández) An immediate consequence of the liberalization of the power sector is the fact that traditional sources of uncertainty (evolution of demand, hydro inflows or fuel prices) now turn out to be sources of risk for power generation companies, given that they have a direct impact on their margin. This project is part of a joint line of research between IIT and Iberdrola for the development of a risk management methodology for the generation business. Train consumption estimation and assignation for the energy invoicing system of RENFE Indra. May 2004-May 2006. (Antonio Fernández Cardador, Asunción Paloma Cucala García, Jesús Jiménez Octavio, Jorge Muñoz Riesco, Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente, Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva) In this project new models of train consumption are investigated and developed, to be used by the energy invoicing system of RENFE. This invoicing system includes measures of consumption in substations, measures of onboard equipment in some trains, data transmission to the control centre, connection with the traffic supervision system of RENFE (SITRA), and data management of all this information to obtain monthly the energy cost of each train. This cost is assigned to the appropriated substations. IIT is responsible for estimation models of energy cost of each train, including: theoretical models of train driving and consumption, statistical models, costs assignation to substations and computation of energy losses.

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Study of opportunities on the evolutions of the French balancing mechanism La SNET. July 2006-September 2006. (Carlos Batlle López, Carlos Vázquez Martínez, Julián Barquín Gil) The mechanism, set up on 01/04/03 by RTE, of recovery of the Balance Responsible Entities' imbalances is very punishing for the small producers as the SNET. Considering the harmonization of the various European mechanisms, RTE must develop its system. Then the SNET needs to encircle the various systems set up within the UCTE* by the GRT for the balance production-consumption in real time. The preliminary before any evolution


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being the respect for the rules of security, a synthesis of rules common to the European GRT will be necessary. The reflection will concern three main points: *the models developed by the European countries for the management of the balance Production=Consumption, *the implementation in France of an intraday organized market,*the extrapolations which are possible for the French balancing mechanism in its particular context (dominant actor and centralized production). SOLID-DER: Coordinated action to consolidate RTD activities for large scale integration of DER into the European electricity market European Commission. November 2005-March 2008. (José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Tomás Gómez San Román, Pedro Linares Llamas) The project SOLID-DER, a Coordination Action, will assess the barriers for further integration of DER, overcome both the lack of awareness of benefits of DER solutions and fragmentation in EU R&D results by consolidating all European DER research activities and report on is common findings. In particular awareness of DER solutions and benefits will be raised in the new Member States, thereby addressing their specific issues and barriers and incorporate them in the existing EU DER integration R&D community. The key objectives of the SOLID-DER project are: • Identify, evaluate and assess the critical developments, innovations and

findings in EU R&D on large-scale integration of DER. • Provide and assess costs/benefits and the application of DER supply

solutions in different Member States and recommend on applicable concepts of business models for DER and pro-active networks securing viable business and operation of networks in the future.

• Raising the awareness of benefits of DER in general and organising dissemination and transfer of knowledge from EU-15 R&D community and stakeholders towards the stakeholders in the New Member States (NMS).

Thematic network of optimization under uncertainty Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. June 2005-May 2006. (Andrés Ramos Galán, Álvaro Baíllo Moreno, Javier García González) The creation of this thematic network seeks the following objectives: 1. Increasing the knowledge of the research topics of each others by organizing yearly workshops to exchange experiences and lines of activities. 2. Spreading the methodology and applications of the optimization under uncertainty in the society by the creation and maintenance of a dedicated web site and by the edition of a textbook about the topic. 3. Training by the organization of doctoral and postgraduate courses. 4. Increasing the joining activities of the members


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favouring the presentation of coordinated projects to the R&D&I National Plan, join publications, co-direction of research works and doctoral theses. 5. Interconnection with European researchers to participate in VI Framework Programme and Marie Curie Actions. The actions to be done during the proposal time scope will be centred on the following guidelines: 1. Advances in algorithms and methods. 2. Development of applications for different industries. 3. Spread the network activities in the university and industry environments. 4. Organization of postgraduate courses Feasibility study of energy crop bioethanol production and utilization as transport fuel Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. June 2005-June 2006. (Julio Montes Ponce de León, Raquel Chamochín Escribano, Susana Ortíz Marcos, Pablo Ruiz Castelló, Miguel Ángel Sanz Bobi) The main goal of this project is to prove the feasibility and the benefits of using ethanol from biomass as fuel, in conventional engines and in fuel cells. New agroenergetical crops are going to be tested in order to reduce the cost of the ethanol production as well as the energy balance and environmental impact. The control of the fermentation process is going to be improved in order to reduce the acetic acid anomalous production. The bioethanol is going to be mixed with diesel oil in order to improve the combustion characteristics and tested in a captive buses fleet. The new catalyser has been developed in order to use bioethanol as fuel in future fuel cells. Energy indicators for the Spanish Observatory of Sustainability OSE (Universidad de Alcalá). April 2005-June 2006. (José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Ignacio de Loyola Hierro Ausin) The objective of the project is to identify, compute and analyze a reduced number of representative energy indicators for the energy chapter of the Spanish Observatory of Sustainability during 2005 and 2006. In particular, the project will examine the primary and final energy consumption, the level of energy dependence, and the energy and carbon emission intensity of the economy, both at national and regional levels. The analysis of the indicators must include aspects of evolution of consumption, most representative primary and final energy sources, measures for energy savings and conservation, an examination of time series of indicators and a global analysis of the Spanish energy sector.


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Energy infrastructure cost and investments between 1996 and 2023 on the Trans-European Energy Network DG TREN Comisión Europea. January 2005-October 2005. (Enrique Lobato Miguélez, Luis Olmos Camacho, Michel Rivier Abbad) The main objective of this study is to provide a comprehensive overview of past and envisaged medium-term and long-term investments made in the Trans-European Energy networks (TEN-E) in the enlarged European Union with particular emphasis on investments on renewable energy sources and their integration into the Trans-European energy networks. The analysis covers the 25 EU member states, plus Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey as Candidate Countries and Third Neighbouring Countries that could play an increasing role in the mid-long term to enhance security of supply and reliability of the EU energy grids. The study covers both electricity and gas analysis. This study is addressed for the DG TREN of the European Commission by a Consortium formed by CESI, Ramboll, Mercados Energéticos and IIT. Virtual Balkan power centre for advance of renewable energy sources in Western Balkans European Commission. January 2005-December 2006. (Tomás Gómez San Román, José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Juan Rivier Abbad) Countries in the Western Balkan region have great unexploited potential of renewable energy sources (RES), which could by efficient use significantly, contribute to security of supply within the region and wider. Special care has to be devoted to sound solutions for electricity supply of undeveloped and isolated regions due to war damage. The main objectives of the VBPC are: (i) transfer of know-how in RES technology and their implementation for isolated regions, (ii) to identify main economic and legislative factors influencing investment decisions in RES including barriers and local specifics, and to identify options to improve penetration of RES, and (iii) awareness building and education on modes, means and benefits of renewable energy sources. The work within the VBPC will be organized in 4 work packages (WP). First WP will deal with transfer of best practice and best technologies in RES for isolated regions, comprising energy transformation, distribution, operation and control, connection to the local network, energy storage and organizational as also other implementation issues. In the second WP the regulatory framework of each WB country will be analyzed to identify barriers and local specifics. This will be archived by exchange of information on establishing incentives for promotion of RES and experiences with harmonisation with EU legislation in EU, AS and WB countries.


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Communication and dissemination with key focus groups (policy makers, utilities and SMEs, higher education system) will be the objective of the WP3. Fore each key focus group of actors important for RES implementation in the region a special dissemination program will be carried out comprising targeted workshops, conferences, public reports and summer schools. The fourth WP will be devoted to project management issues and to support actions and activities in the first three work packages. DG-GRID - Enhancement of sustainable electricity supply through improvements of the regulatory framework of the distribution network for DG European Commission. January 2005-June 2007. (Tomás Gómez San Román, Jesús Pascual Peco González, José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Juan Rivier Abbad) This project will analyse the “main grid system issues regarding penetration of a large DG share in supply” in the following way: 1. Review the current regulation of the grids in EU MS concluding on what

needs to be done in improving the grid regulation in MS in the short-term to remove barriers for RES and CHP deployment.

2. Analyse the consequences of network innovations in the long term on the developments of grid system regulation with large electricity volumes supplied by RES and CHP and if a large share of power generating capacity is connected to the distribution grid.

3. Assess the effects of a large penetration of DG options connected to the grid in liberalised markets assuming implementation of the recommended network regulation framework. Analysis of costs/benefits for new market actors by monetarisation of the changes in revenue and expenditure flows for the different market actors in a liberalised (unbundled distribution network) electricity market. Develop a costs/benefit analysis of different regulatory designs. Develop several business models for economic viable grid system operation by DSO's, if large shares of DG are connected to the grid system.

4. Develop guidelines for network planning, regulation and to enhance integration of DG in the short term, but including the opportunity for new innovative changes in networks in the long term.

The project is leaded by the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN). The partners are: Öko-Institut (Germany), IZES (Germany), RISOE (DK), UNIMAN (UK), University Pontificia Comillas (Spain), IFZ (Austria), VTT (Finland), and OME (France).


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Computation of the wear of the overhead system of high speed railways Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. December 2004-December 2007. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Alberto Carnicero López, Óscar López García, Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente) The high speed European railroad raise involves a technical challenge in the development of the railway systems which must fulfil more demanding requirements. The overhead system wear is governed by two main contributions: friction, which is determined by the contact forces, and the electric arcs that appear in the contact losses. Considering the importance of overhead system wear in the maintenance planning, and the increase of the number of high speed trains lines in Spain in the following years, the development of numerical tools to take into account maintenance criteria in the catenary design is extremely useful. The goal of the project is to develop the aforementioned tool which is an innovation in the current catenary pattern design. Sustainable energy specific support assessment European Commission (DG Research). April 2004-October 2005. (José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Julián Barquín Gil) SESSA is a European forum on electricity reforms grouping researchers and energy stakeholders. It aims at contributing to the 2006 European review of internal energy market as decided at the Copenhagen Summit. SESSA's main objectives are: 1. To improve the existing knowledge on regulations and policies: SESSA

assesses policies and identifies what are the best practices in the EU and abroad. It collects data and documents case studies on the current regulations and policies in the EU 15, in New Member States and abroad.

2. To develop and compare methodologies: SESSA provides a methodology for a European benchmarking of existing practices and performances. It defines the critical factors for European energy sustainability.

3. To make proposals for implementing best practices: SESSA delineates the key issues and recommends a timetable in reproducing best practices and harmonising national rules, behaviours and policies.

4. To gather and to facilitate interaction between high level academics and decision-makers: SESSA brings together more than 20 research teams and 40 energy stakeholders and makes them interact in defining the core issues and most relevant solutions on each detailed component of energy sustainability.


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Optimization of the electrical and mechanical design of the catenaries of high speed trains Ministerio de Fomento. January 2003-December 2005. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Alberto Carnicero López, Óscar López García, Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente) The aim of this project is the optimization of both the electrical and mechanical aspects of the catenaries of high speed trains. From the electrical point of view, the aim of the project is the development of computer programs that provide the optimal configuration of the electrical supply system of a high speed railway line. Not only the components of the catenary (conductors) will be determined, but also the electrical supply system (1x25kV, 2x25 kV), the number and location of the substation and autotransformers and the locations of the switches. The aim of the optimization is to find the least cost solution that fulfils the constraints set by the standards. From the mechanical point of view, the aim of the project is the development of computer programs that provide the optimal configuration of the mechanical behaviour of a high-speed railway line. Not only will the sizing of droppers be optimized but also the catenary geometry. Two sorts of optimizations are considered. On the one hand, the catenary configuration for a given speed will be found in order to minimize support stresses. On the other hand, a dropper configuration for a given structure will be obtained in order to maximize the train circulation speed. The electrical and mechanical designs of a catenary are coupled since the catenary mechanical design implies some electrical properties. In particular, the conductor positions determine the value of their reactances, which are directly related to voltage drops. Moreover, the electrical design should consider only those catenaries which are valid from the mechanical and structural point of view. Therefore, once the separate electrical and mechanical designs have been addressed, the global optimization will be formulated and solved.

B) Consultancy and Technological Support

a. Private Funding Measurements of power supply quality in the regasification plant of Reganosa in Mugardos Reganosa. June 2006-September 2006. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Pablo García González) The aim of this project is the measurement of power supply quality in the regasification plant of Reganosa in Mugardos. The power supply quality will be


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evaluated measuring voltage sags, slow voltage variations, flicker and harmonics. It will be carried out with LEM Topas 2000 equipment that will be installed in the secondary windings of the voltage transformers connected at the 132 kV bus bars of Reganosa substation. Regulatory framework and price trends in the electricity market of El Salvador and the Regional Electricity Market in Centro America STREAM (REPSOL – Gas Natural LNG). June 2006-July 2006. (Tomás Gómez San Román, Luis Olmos Camacho, Javier Reneses Guillén) This project reviews the regulatory framework and price trends in the wholesale electricity market of El Salvador and in the Regional Electricity Market in Centro America. The aim is to provide a recommendation to STREAM on the profitability to invest in a new 500 MW CCGT power plant using natural gas located in El Salvador. Finally, estimation for incomes coming from energy sales is calculated taking into account the main uncertainties. Ground fault protection in the transmission and distribution lines of the power systems of the Canary Islands Endesa Distribución. May 2006-April 2007. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Francisco Miguel Echavarren Cerezo, Pablo García González) The aim of this project is the review of the ground fault protection in the transmission and distribution networks of the power system of the Canary Islands. The study on ground protection of transmission lines will comprise: (1) a theoretical study on the neutral connection, (2) the construction and validation of the model to compute the ground fault currents on the Lanzarote-Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and La Palma systems y (3) the development of recommendations of settings of the ground fault protections with applications to 66 kV lines in Lanzarote-Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and 220 kV lines in Gran Canaria and Tenerife. The study on ground protection of distribution lines will comprise: (1) a theoretical study on the neutral connection, (2) the construction and validation of the model to compute the ground fault currents with application to the lines of a substation selected by Endesa, (3) the development of recommendations of settings of the ground fault protections to the lines of a substation selected by Endesa and (4) a proposal of a pilot experience. Investigation of tools to decide the localization of wind farms in a power system network within a nodal price driven electricity market Cassandra. March 2006-October 2006. (Andrés Ramos Galán, Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Michel Rivier Abbad, Luis Olmos Camacho)


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The goal of the project is to evaluate and recommend GAMESA the best available option to deal with locational studies of wind farms within the PJM and MISO network power systems. These systems present a nodal price driven market so that the energy selling price may vary significantly from one node to another due to network constraints and ohmic losses. The asset value will then depend on the geographical location of the wind farm, because of both wind levels and nodal prices. This study focuses on the last aspect. Market study and other issues related to the Copalar project Hydrocopalar Midaméricas Ltd. January 2006-April 2006. (Tomás Gómez San Román, Efraim Centeno Hernáez, Natalia Mosquera Osorio, Javier Reneses Guillén) In this study, the contents of a previous market study elaborated in 2003 for the projected Copalar hydro plant will be updated. IIT will be responsible for the following tasks: - Update of the previous market study. - Regulatory support in the design of long-term contracts to sell the produced

energy. - On the other hand, Mercados Energeticos will carry out the following tasks: - Review of the financial model. - Support for the evaluation and potential modification of the electricity

sector regulation in Nicaragua. Modelling and parameter estimation of the speed-governing system, turbine and boiler of the unit number 4 of Jinamar power station Unelco Endesa Generación. January 2006-June 2006. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Pablo Centeno López, Fidel Fernández Bernal, Juan Luis Zamora Macho) Analysis and simulation of the dynamic response of power systems requires the accurate modelling of the power system components. The aim of this project is the model development and the parameter estimation of the speed-governing system, turbine and boiler of the unit number 4 of Jinamar power station. The steps of the project will be: (1) model development and implementation in a industrial power system simulation package, (2) tests definition, (3) technical assistance during tests and (4) parameter estimation. Study of the dynamic performance of the Moralets pumped storage plant Endesa Generación. November 2005-April 2006. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Ignacio Egido Cortés) The aim of this project is the modelling of the Moralets pumped storage plant. This plant is fed through a complex hydraulic circuit that comprises a tunnel, a surge tank and a penstock. The dynamic model of the plant includes a detailed


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representation of the hydraulic circuit. It will allow the study of the incorporation of several additional units. Two types of disturbances are simulated: a fault in the high voltage bus and the direct starting of a unit. Development of scenarios of Spanish Power System Endesa Generación. November 2005-April 2006. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Ignacio Egido Cortés) The aim of this project is the development of scenarios of the Spanish power system including a detailed representation of the transmission network. Dispersed information about generation, demand and new transmission facilities will be integrated. Three scenarios will be developed: 2006, 2008 and 2011. The final outcome of the project will be three solved load flow files in the standard format used by Endesa. Study of the Spanish regulatory deficiencies that perturb the correct development of the supply activity ACIE (Asociación de Comercializadores Independientes de Energía). November 2005-December 2005. (Carlos Vázquez Martínez, Carlos Batlle López, José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Michel Rivier Abbad) The study explains documents and develops in more detail some of the deficiencies of the Spanish electricity regulatory framework that are perturbing a correct development of the supply activity and that were already identified in the “White book on the Spanish regulatory reform for the electricity generation activity”. The study emphasises two aspects: - The consequences for the supply activity of the present tariff setting

methodology. - The consequences for the supply activity of how the so called 'tariff deficit' is

charged to the access tariff.

The management of the demand in the White Book Foment del Treball Nacional. October 2005-October 2005. (Carlos Batlle López) Export report ADURIZ II Iberdrola. October 2005-January 2006. (Tomás Gómez San Román) Extension of the SMAS3 model library and modal analysis of the Argentinean system CAMMESA. October 2005-January 2006. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez) This project is aimed at:


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(1) The extension of the model library of SMAS3 package of excitation and speed-governing systems to represent the current model library of CAMMESA. Twenty models will be developed.

(2) Modal analysis of the Argentinean system with the SMAS· package. Several scenarios will be considered. The results of the modal analysis will be compared with the results of non-linear time domain simulations.

Voltage control strategies to be implemented in generation plants affected by regulation RD/436 and REE/P.O. 7.4 INVESYDE S.L. October 2005-September 2006. (Tomás Gómez San Román, Pablo Frías Marín) The aim of this project is to design and implement voltage control strategies in generation plants affected by regulation Royal Decree 436, generators connected to distribution networks, and by System Operation regulation P.O.7.4, generators connected to the transmission grid. The contents of the project are the following: 1) Basic engineering design to introduce modifications in co-generation plants

needed for local and remote operation according to RD/436. 2) Basic engineering design to introduce modifications in generation plants

needed for local and remote operation according to P.O.7.4 3) Technical support in the field of regulatory models to provide the voltage

control ancillary service. Brief on the White Paper Credit Suisse First Boston. September 2005-September 2005. (José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Carlos Batlle López) Quantitative and qualitative analysis of implications of the procurement of Endesa by Gas Natural in the Spanish energy market Endesa. September 2005-April 2006. (Julián Barquín Gil, Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva) Evaluation of the regulatory alternatives proposed in the “White Paper on Electricity Generation in Spain” related to the transmission network and system operation Red Eléctrica de España. September 2005-December 2005. (Michel Rivier Abbad, Carlos Batlle López, Pablo Rodilla Rodríguez, Carlos Vázquez Martínez) The project compiles, explains and analyses the regulatory alternatives related with the transmission network and the system operation that are recommended within the 'White Paper on the reform of the regulatory shell of the electricity


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generation in Spain' that has been made publicly available by the Spanish Ministry of Industry in July 2005. The White Paper proposes recommendations on topics such as network expansion planning, network access, locational signals, market design, complementary services, renewables and the grid, System Operator and Transmission, which affect the core activities of Red Eléctrica de España (REE). The power factor and the power factor capabilities of two wind power generators Iberdrola Energías Renovables II. July 2005-September 2005. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez) The outcome of this project is a report on what the power factor is and how the capabilities of two wind power generators must be interpreted. The report is addressed to a non-technical audience. Precisely, the report explains the following concepts: the active and the reactive power, the power factor, the role of reactive power in power systems, the legal requirements regarding to reactive to the conventional power plants and the wind mills and the power factor capabilities of two wind power generators. Inter-TSO compensation mechanism for cross-border trading in the EU Internal Electricity Market Florence School of Regulation. May 2005-October 2005. (José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Luis Olmos Camacho) The objective of this study is to recommend the most suitable method to compute the economic compensations (inter-TSO payments, or payments among Transmission System Operators) that are due to EU Member States because of the use of their networks by external agents participating in the EU Internal Electricity Market. The study reviews and compares the different approaches that have been proposed in the recent debate for assigning network costs to different agents (generators/load/TSOs). All the approaches assume that the extent of utilisation of (elements of) a TSO’s grid by the different agents is a suitable measure for assigning responsibility for network costs. The different approaches, however, are characterised by the different ways in which they determine the degree of utilisation of the various elements of the network by different agents, as well as the nature of the flows for which compensation is provided. On the basis of the assessment of the different approaches with respect to the specific criteria outlined above, the study identifies the most appropriate one to be included in the longer term compensation mechanism. The different approaches are, on the other hand, much less specific on the coverage of the costs to be assigned to the different agents and on the way in which these costs are evaluated. In fact, all of the approaches can be applied to


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the forward-looking, long-run average incremental costs (LRAIC) of new and existing infrastructure. The study discusses methodological approaches to LRAIC and proposes a solution which responds to the specific criteria outlined above. VALORE Italia 2005 Endesa Italia. April 2005-March 2006. (Javier Reneses Guillén, Efraim Centeno Hernáez, Ignacio Hoyos Irisarri, Natalia Mosquera Osorio, Miguel Vázquez Martínez) Italian electricity market has started in April, 2004. The objective of this project is to adapt state-of-the-art market models in order to represent the medium-term operation of a market with some particular features. These characteristics come from the particular geography of this country, where the network consists of a main north-south axis. The model should include this feature. This project follows a previous one where problem analysis was performed. Now the model will be implemented and checked. Models of the Son Reus II Combined Cycle Powed Plant Duro Felguera Energía. March 2005-October 2005. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Ignacio Egido Cortés) The aim of this project is the development of the models of the excitation systems and the speed-governing systems of the units of Son Reus II Combined Cycle Power Plant. Son Reus II Combined Cycle Power Plant is equipped with two units driven by gas turbines and a unit driven by a steam turbine. The excitation systems are AC brushless systems. The project also comprises the design of the power system stabilizers and the model validation. Model validation will be addressed comparing the model response and the units actual response. Models of the Barranco de Tirajana Combined Cycle Power Plant Duro Felguera Energía. March 2005-October 2005. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Ignacio Egido Cortés) The aim of this project is the development of the models of the excitation systems and the speed-governing systems of the units of Barranco de Tirajana Combined Cycle Power Plant. Barranco de Tirajana Combined Cycle Power Plant is equipped with two units driven by gas turbines and a unit driven by a steam turbine. The excitation systems are AC brushless systems. The project also comprises the design of the power system stabilizers and the model validation. Model validation will be addressed comparing the model response and the units actual response.


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System studies due to the connection of the diesel generators 14 and 15 at Guinchos Power Station (La Palma) Unelco Endesa Generación. January 2005-September 2005. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Pablo Centeno López, Carlos Domingo Gil, Ignacio Egido Cortés, Fidel Fernández Bernal) The aim of this project is the model up date of La Palma power system including the new diesel generators 14 and 15 at Guinchos power station. In addition, steady-state and dynamic studies will be performed. Steady state studies determine the power flows and the pu voltages. The dynamic studies evaluate the dynamic response of generators in case of generator tripping and network faults. Model up date of Mallorca-Menorca power system Gesa Endesa Generación. January 2005-September 2005. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Pablo Centeno López, Carlos Domingo Gil, Ignacio Egido Cortés, Fidel Fernández Bernal, Pablo García González) This project comprises the model up date of Mallorca-Menorca power system. Model up date is required due to the installation of three combined cycle power plants: Son Reus I, Son Reus II and Cast Tesorer. Both steady state (generators, transmission lines and transformers) and dynamic models (generators, excitation and speed-governing systems) will be up dated. The application of the model up date will be the connexion studies of Cast Tesorer power plant. The development of a network reference model for the Spanish electric power system UNESA, ASEME, CIDE y APYDE. June 2004-December 2005. (Jesús Pascual Peco González, Jaime Alonso Álvarez, Javier Cimadevila García, Tomás Gómez San Román, Rafael Melendez Pardo, Rafael Palacios Hielscher, Juan Rivier Abbad, Álvaro Sánchez Miralles) The goals of this project are to develop a Network Reference Model and to give professional advice in its usage, in order to collaborate with the Spanish Regulatory Commission's task of developing a procedure to remunerate the Spanish electric distribution utilities. The Spanish Regulatory Commission (CNE) has constituted a task force comprised of the CNE itself, the Ministry of Economics and all the Spanish electric utilities. This task force is in charge of proposing the technical specifications of the new Network Reference Model, which will then be revised by the CNE who will pass the definitive technical specifications. The Network Reference Model will be based on the PECO model, nevertheless several changes will be made in order to comply with the aforementioned specifications.


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The patent rights of the PECO model will remain with the Pontificia Comillas University, but the Spanish Electric Power System will own the patent rights of the new developed model. The Network Reference Model will plan the whole Spanish distribution network under 220 kV, which supply approximately 21 million of customers. Both the demand and the geographical features of Spain (such as: street maps, orography, sea coast, forest...) should be modelled as accurately as possible in order to use the networks obtained by the model as a benchmark of actual networks.

4.2.2 Analysis and Design in Engineering


a. Private Funding Analysis and diagnosis about the operation capacity in axes exchange TRANSFESA. May 2006-October 2006. (Andrés Ramos Galán, Francisco Nieto Fuentes, José Antonio Rodríguez Mondéjar, Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva) The project objective is to do a diagnosis of the axes exchange capacity in the new facility and to be able to make recommendations if they can be extracted from the studies. Those recommendations can consist of incorporating new elements o process changes that increase the operation throughput. Those facilities, means and processes outside of the axes exchange facility will be ignored by now. Technical and economical study on logistic centers of biomass in the autonomous region of Madrid Gamesa Energía. March 2006-July 2006. (Susana Ortíz Marcos, Pedro Linares Llamas, Luis Manuel Mochón Castro, Julio Montes Ponce de León, Francisco Nieto Fuentes, Pedro Sánchez Martín, Raquel Chamochín Escribano) The aim of this proposal is to carry out a technical and economical study on logistic Centers of Biomass in the Autonomous Region of Madrid. The present and future potential user identification, the supply security and the cost reduction can be considered the cornerstone in any biomass project performance. Diversification Department of GAMESA ENERGÍA, has brought up the possibility of studying the viability of establishing logistic centers of biomass, by means of the creation of Biomass Supply Societies. These biomass supply societies will offer to the final consumer an appropriate product to his


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needs and to the farmer a successful way out to his production. This process will turn off the cycle between the producer and the final consumer, solving the supply problem. The creation of a Biomass Supply Logistic System will solve the biomass problem associated to its disperse and seasonal production features and its supply difficulty. Modelling and quantifying maintenance strategies and human actions Consejo Seguridad Nuclear. November 2005-November 2008. (Francisco Nieto Fuentes, Cristina Ibáñez Llano, María José López Pérez-Valiente) The present project is the prolongation of a previous project dedicated the assimilation of the methodology of probabilistic safety assessment (PSA). It intents to initiate a long term collaboration between both parts in the fields of Probabilistic Safety Analysis and Dynamic System Simulation. The new objectives are the examination and study of new methodologies for the quantification of the probability of failure due to maintenance strategies, and the extension to the study of the probability of failure due to human actions. The impact of those actions into organizational issues will be considered. The application of this work will be the Probabilistic Incident Analysis (Precursor Analysis). This will consolidate the work done in the previous project “Development of a methodology for Probabilistic Analysis and Dynamic simulation” sponsored from the CSN at 2004. The tasks for this project are: - Consolidation and implementation of the tools developed in the previous

project. - Integration of those tools into the set of computational tools and codes used

and developed at the CSN. - Development of applications for those new methodologies, and assessment

of their convenience into those applications. - Investigation and generalization of quantification techniques. Windowlift motoreducer Antolín. April 2005-January 2006. (Francisco Nieto Fuentes) Present windowlifts are composed of a conventional DC motor and a screw-gear reducer. This assembly is bulky and it has poor power efficiency. Both motor and reducer can be improved. This project looks for a new reducer design more efficient and flat. Screw-gear reducers are very quiet. New one should not loose this.


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b. Public Funding

Computation of the wear of the overhead system of high speed railways Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. December 2004-December 2007. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Alberto Carnicero López, Óscar López García, Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente) The high speed European railroad raise involves a technical challenge in the development of the railway systems which must fulfil more demanding requirements. The overhead system wear is governed by two main contributions: friction, which is determined by the contact forces, and the electric arcs that appear in the contact losses. Considering the importance of overhead system wear in the maintenance planning, and the increase of the number of high speed trains lines in Spain in the following years, the development of numerical tools to take into account maintenance criteria in the catenary design is extremely useful. The goal of the project is to develop the aforementioned tool which is an innovation in the current catenary pattern design. Methodology development for probabilistic assessment Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear. September 2003-September 2005. (Ángel de Andrés Martínez, Cristina Ibáñez Llano, María José López Pérez-Valiente, Francisco Nieto Fuentes) This problem purpose is to establish a systematic co-operation between the CSN and IIT/COMILLAS on Probabilistic Safety Assessment all that by means of assimilation, consolidation, improvement and exploitation of the current CSN methodology, including public codes and associated tools. Assimilation and analysis of the current methodology. Development and computer implementation of this methodology. Finally, to establish a long term working program depending on the conclusions obtained in the first phase.

4.2.3 Software Engineering


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RENFE Mantenimiento de Infraestructura. October 2004-December 2005. (José Antonio Rodríguez Mondéjar, Cesáreo Fernández Martínez, Yolanda González Arechavala, Álvaro Sánchez Miralles, Rafael Santodomingo Berry) The operational and commercial needs of the spanish railway operator (RENFE) require power control center to not only perform traditional functions (supervisory & control) but also support many of the new functions, specifically to meet the needs of competition with deregulation. The aim of this project is to establish the requirements of new RENFE power control centers. The proposal architecture must take into account the requirements of real-time data, security, availability, scalability, information exchange, etc. Train consumption estimation and assignation for the energy invoicing system of RENFE Indra. May 2004-May 2006. (Antonio Fernández Cardador, Asunción Paloma Cucala García, Jesús Jiménez Octavio, Jorge Muñoz Riesco, Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente, Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva) In this project new models of train consumption are investigated and developed, to be used by the energy invoicing system of RENFE. This invoicing system includes measures of consumption in substations, measures of onboard equipment in some trains, data transmission to the control centre, connection with the traffic supervision system of RENFE (SITRA), and data management of all this information to obtain monthly the energy cost of each train. This cost is assigned to the appropriated substations. IIT is responsible for estimation models of energy cost of each train, including: theoretical models of train driving and consumption, statistical models, costs assignation to substations and computation of energy losses.

b. Public Funding Optimal traffic regulation and energy saving train speed commands Metro de Madrid. March 2006-March 2007. (Antonio Fernández Cardador, Asunción Paloma Cucala García, Fernando de Cuadra García, Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva) In this project new methods are developed in order to improve the traffic management in Metro de Madrid. The main goal is to increase quality and automation of traffic operation, as well as to consider energy saving criteria. The first phase is focused on real time traffic regulation, to improve mainly the transients. An algorithm will be designed to control this process in an efficient way. In the second phase, a software prototype will be developed to asses the


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optimal design of energy-saving train speed commands. Finally, a model will be designed to optimise the coincidence of train traction and braking for timetable operation. SISCANT II - Development and certification of advanced systems of control for UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio. December 2005-December 2006. (Yolanda González Arechavala, Ignacio Egido Cortés, José Antonio Rodríguez Mondéjar) Project SISCANT II supposes continuity to the begun investigation and development with project SISCANT (Exp. FIT-330101-2004-0013). While SISCANT must like objective cover the necessity to develop new solutions of control of aerospace critical systems that allow a greater survival to failures during the flight, SISCANT II will try to take advantage of the results SISCANT to elaborate solutions that allow the use of aerial systems in workings of interest for the society as they are: environmental workings, monitoring of borders, rescue in adverse climatologic conditions, terrestrial and marine systematic prospection, traffic control of the land, etc. SISCANT II in addition will center their efforts in the certification system level of critical systems, like a System of Control of Flight, complementing the effort that is being made in SISCANT on the certification of software. It is in this scope where it is going to more actively participate the Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica of the ETSI ICAI of the Universidad Pontificia Comillas. The objective is to elaborate and to implement the methodology, with its processes and necessary techniques for the certification of critical systems according to the standards used in civil aviation (ARP 4761 and ARP 4754). Planification of railway lines capacity ADIF. September 2005-September 2006. (Antonio Fernández Cardador, José Luis Maroño, Asunción Paloma Cucala García) The main goal of this project is the investigation and development, in collaboration with ADIF, of models that consider the different criteria along the management process of railway capacity. These models include the long-term (strategic planning), medium-term (basic design of the track, signalling and operation model) and the short-term (commercial timetables of trains). Thus, a continuous process is defined, from long to short term, standardising criteria and analysis methods.


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4.2.4 Electronics and Control Group


a. Private Funding Controlador TCN-C0 Sistemas Electrónicos de Potencia. December 2004-July 2006. (Sadot Alexandres Fernández, José Daniel Muñoz Frías, Carlos Rodríguez-Morcillo García) This projects aims to implement different hardware/software platforms for communications network on train systems. Control system for the NIRSpec of the James Space Telescope CRISA. January 2006-June 2006. (Aurelio García Cerrada, Ramón Rodríguez Pecharromán) IIT-Comillas will design the current-control algorithm for the stepper motors used for the re-focusing mechanism assembly (RMA), the filter-wheel assembly (FWA) and grating wheel assembly (GWA) which are parts of the 'Near Infra-Red spectrometer' of the James Webb Space Telescope. This telescope is called to substitute the Hubble telescope and it is being designed jointly by NASA and ESA. In this project, IIT-Comillas collaborates with CRISA who is responsible for the Instrument Control Electronics (ICE), which includes the command system of the above motors. IIT-Comillas will also give technical support for the control-electronics and algorithm implementation. Finally, IIT-Comillas will participate in the validation tests of the designed algorithms. Verification of the procedure of substitution of the control computer ADIF. December 2005-March 2006. (José Antonio Rodríguez Mondéjar, Rafael Santodomingo Berry) In this project we studied the problematic of the automatization of electrical substations of the railway world with PC industrial computers. In particular, we studied the update and maintenance problems that present these computers within the ADIF surroundings. Development of an auto-pilot system for the VISICOPTER helicopter. Application to aerial image acquisition to support precision agriculture Comillas. October 2005-October 2007. (Álvaro Sánchez Miralles, Juan Luis Zamora Macho, Cesáreo Fernández Martínez, Rafael Palacios Hielscher) The analysis of aerial images can be applied to optimise plantation’s fumigation. In order to decrease image acquisition costs, a system based on a small helicopter is being developed to identify regions requiring additional


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fumigation by image processing of photography taken with onboard cameras. The objective of the current proposal is to develop an auto-pilot system able to stabilise the helicopter and able to guide the helicopter in the region of study without needing to have any expert on piloting helicopters. The auto-pilot proposed is mainly based on gyroscopes for stabilisation and GPS satellite signals for guidance. It is crucial to develop a dynamic model of the helicopter in order adjust control algorithms that will stabilise the aircraft under weather perturbation. A good model will also allow for successful landing and takeoff operations. Specification of COGA secondary concentrator Wind to Market, S.A. June 2005-April 2006. (José Antonio Rodríguez Mondéjar, Antonio Muñoz San Roque, Rafael Santodomingo Berry) The objective of this project is to make the specification of the secondary concentrator of measures of the COGA. In main lines east concentrator would have to fulfil the following requirements functional: communication with the main concentrator of REE; communication with measuring equipment connected directly; communication with other secondary concentrators of distributors; capacity to demand measures, to gather incidences in the measures and to consider measures; to fulfil the norms imposed by REE and the BOE. Analysis of RENFE power system control center at Manzanares RENFE Mantenimiento de Infraestructura. December 2004-December 2005. (José Antonio Rodríguez Mondéjar, Cesáreo Fernández Martínez, Rafael Santodomingo Berry) Most current power system control and automation systems are based on the supervisory control and data acquisition model (SCADA). A central master station, located at the control center, gathers information from a number of remote terminal units (RTUs), which are based in substations. While the SCADA model provides acceptable performance and reliability, it has a number of drawbacks. The aim of this project is a full analysis of the current SCADA at the RENFE power system control center situated in Manzanares. Analysis of RENFE power system control center at Córdoba RENFE Mantenimiento de Infraestructura. December 2004-December 2005. (José Antonio Rodríguez Mondéjar, Cesáreo Fernández Martínez, Rafael Santodomingo Berry) Most current power system control and automation systems are based on the supervisory control and data acquisition model (SCADA). A central master station, located at the control center, gathers information from a number of remote terminal units (RTUs), which are based in substations.


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While the SCADA model provides acceptable performance and reliability, it has a number of drawbacks. The aim of this project is a full analysis of the current SCADA at the RENFE power system control center situated in Córdoba. Analysis of RENFE power system control center at Chamartín RENFE Mantenimiento de Infraestructura. December 2004-December 2005. (José Antonio Rodríguez Mondéjar, Cesáreo Fernández Martínez, Rafael Santodomingo Berry) Most current power system control and automation systems are based on the supervisory control and data acquisition model (SCADA). A central master station, located at the control center, gathers information from a number of remote terminal units (RTUs), which are based in substations. While the SCADA model provides acceptable performance and reliability, it has a number of drawbacks. The aim of this project is a full analysis of the current SCADA at the RENFE power system control center situated in Chamartín. Analysis of RENFE power system control center at Miranda RENFE Mantenimiento de Infraestructura. December 2004-December 2005. (José Antonio Rodríguez Mondéjar, Cesáreo Fernández Martínez, Rafael Santodomingo Berry) Most current power system control and automation systems are based on the supervisory control and data acquisition model (SCADA). A central master station, located at the control center, gathers information from a number of remote terminal units (RTUs), which are based in substations. While the SCADA model provides acceptable performance and reliability, it has a number of drawbacks. The aim of this project is a full analysis of the current SCADA at the RENFE power system control center situated in Miranda. Control center requirements of railway power system RENFE Mantenimiento de Infraestructura. October 2004-December 2005. (José Antonio Rodríguez Mondéjar, Cesáreo Fernández Martínez, Yolanda González Arechavala, Álvaro Sánchez Miralles, Rafael Santodomingo Berry) The operational and commercial needs of the Spanish railway operator (RENFE) require power control center to not only perform traditional functions (supervisory & control) but also support many of the new functions, specifically to meet the needs of competition with deregulation. The aim of this project is to establish the requirements of new RENFE power control centers. The proposal architecture must take into account the requirements of real-time data, security, availability, scalability, information exchange, etc.


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b. Public Funding Design of low power, embedded real time systems Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. December 2004-December 2005. (José Daniel Muñoz Frías, Sadot Alexandres Fernández, Carlos Rodríguez-Morcillo García) Current network analyzers are focused on determined disturbations of the signal in an electric system and do not analyze the overall set of disturbations defined in the power quality studies. This has motivated the proposal of a coordinated project whose objectives are the design of a prototype able to fulfil the lacks of current instrumentation. The designed device will be an embedded real time system capable of identifying and classifying disturbances and reporting the results to an operator. There are two main objectives, the first is the design of a fast, reliable and efficient algorithm to evaluate the power quality and the second is its integration in an embedded real time system based on a microprocessor or on a FPGA. Development of Peltier effect-based air-conditioning equipment for buildings Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. December 2004-December 2007. (Francisco Luis Pagola y de las Heras, Antonio Arenas Alonso, Rafael Palacios Hielscher, Ramón Rodríguez Pecharromán, Jorge Vázquez Arias) This project attempts to develop improvements in the air-conditioning of buildings by means of the implementation of two kinds of thermoelectricity -based (Peltier effect) equipments. In the first class small devices are included, whose function is to improve the local temperature control; they are conceived to offset the effect of local thermal loads, or to address special needs. The second class consists of a window-glass surface with embedded thermoelectric devices that can be used to obtain thermal insulation or even be used as primary air-conditioning system. Thermoelectricity offers the following assets for the envisioned applications: they are reversible, their efficiency does not drop in very small power situations, they can be accurately controlled by electronic means, have no moving parts and are quiet, they use no thermal fluids, have small size and weight, the equipments can be easily planned as standard units. On the other hand, thermoelectric air-conditioning systems are generally much less efficient than compression-based systems. This project proposes to research electronic control techniques that insure that the system will work always near the optimum operating point (as a function of temperature drop and thermal load).


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The proposed objectives are: The development of prototypes of thermoelectric window-glass, to obtain from them experimental data and models of dynamic behaviour, and the development of electric supply systems and electronic control. In parallel and in an analogous way, local air-conditioning equipment will be developed, experimental data and dynamic models will be obtained, and electric supply systems with electronic control will be developed. OPERA (Open Plc European Research Alliance) VI Framework Program. January 2004-January 2006. (Sadot Alexandres Fernández, José Daniel Muñoz Frías) Power Line Communication (PLC) is a broadband telecommunication technology able to use the electricity networks for data transmission purposes, allowing any user connected to the power grid to benefit from a great number of services easily and avoiding expensive and pollutant new wiring. The strategic objective of this project is to offer low-cost broadband access service to ALL European citizens using the most ubiquitous infrastructure, Power Lines. Overcoming all barriers that prevent today PLC from being a mass commercial technology that competes effectively with existing technologies through the development of a new PLC generation integrated with existing backbone technologies and EMC full compliant. All efforts will be focused on obtaining: an improved performance in transmission speed, a ready- to-sell and low-cost products, a complete system specification, an unique international regulation, full inter-operability with existing back haul and in-home technologies and a higher market share. OPERA will contribute to develop the European Information Society in concordance with the proposed objectives in the plan eEurope 2005 by: - Increase of competition in access network. - Fostering Mass Services availability. - European Industry Leadership. Power quality improvement using power-electronic converters Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. December 2002-November 2005. (Aurelio García Cerrada, Pablo García González) This project focuses on the control and adequate utilization of Active Power Filters (APF) which are those electronic devices designed to compensate the perturbations that may contribute to poor quality of the supplied electricity: unwanted reactive-power flows, load harmonic currents, unbalanced loads, etc. The objectives of this project can be summarised as follows:


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- Definition of the necessary control systems for series, parallel or series/parallel APF's to handle harmonic currents produced by typical loads. It is important to guaranty that the load is not affected.

- Evaluation of series/parallel active filters to compensate voltage sags. - Investigation of the global-quality problem in a distribution network to

elaborate a good-practice guide for distribution companies. IELAS Electrical current measurement based on elastic waves propagation in dielectric materials European Commission-REE. September 2001-October 2005. (Juan Antonio Talavera Martín, Alberto Carnicero López, Óscar López García, Carlos Mateo Domingo, Rosa María Ruiz Pablos) The instrument transformers, devices for the measurement of voltage and electrical currents, are key elements within the generation and distribution of electrical energy. Nowadays, their importance has grown even higher due to the worldwide deregulation process that faces the electrical sector. However they are still manufactured with almost the same technological principles and methods of four decades ago. Thus, they are among the most expensive components of the control systems. Our main objective is the development of a new kind of measurement current transformer. The proposed system will operate with mechanical waves instead of magnetic flux variations. It will be based on functional materials, magnetostrictive and piezoelectric, rather than copper coils and magnetic core. Preliminary estimates suggest that this approach could reduce 26% the volume, 72% the weight, 100% the isolating oil and 37% the manufacturing costs compare with an equivalent modern current transformer.

B) Consultancy and Technological Support

a. Private Funding Ground fault protection in the transmission and distribution lines of the power systems of the Canary Islands Endesa Distribución. May 2006-April 2007. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Francisco Miguel Echavarren Cerezo, Pablo García González) The aim of this project is the review of the ground fault protection in the transmission and distribution networks of the power system of the Canary Islands. The study on ground protection of transmission lines will comprise: (1) a theoretical study on the neutral connection, (2) the construction and


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validation of the model to compute the ground fault currents on the Lanzarote-Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and La Palma systems y (3) the development of recommendations of settings of the ground fault protections with applications to 66 kV lines in Lanzarote-Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and 220 kV lines in Gran Canaria and Tenerife. The study on ground protection of distribution lines will comprise: (1) a theoretical study on the neutral connection, (2) the construction and validation of the model to compute the ground fault currents with application to the lines of a substation selected by Endesa, (3) the development of recommendations of settings of the ground fault protections to the lines of a substation selected by Endesa and (4) a proposal of a pilot experience. Temperature control for a miniature pulse tube cooler for space applications CRISA. April 2006-September 2006. (Aurelio García Cerrada, Luis Manuel Mochón Castro, Juan Luis Zamora Macho) IIT-Comillas will design n three control algorithms for a Miniature Pulse Tube Cooler for space applications: 1) Temperature Control in the cold tip, 2) Voltage control for the compressor linear motor, 3) Current control for the compressor linear motor. The temperature control system must achieve temperatures between 50K and 90K with a precision of 40mK. The voltage control system must be able to follow sinusoidal references of fundamental frequency between 30 and 60 Hz plus some harmonics (up to 7th harmonic). The current control system must guarantee zero current during launching to space. Design and test of inverter modules for hybrid vehicles Helios Enginering S.L. February 2006-March 2006. (Aurelio García Cerrada, Pablo García González) IIT will give technical support to HELIOS ENGINEERING S.L. for the design of several power-electronic converters for a hybrid vehicle (electric engine + combustion engine). The resulting prototypes will be tested in the Laboratory for Electrical Drives of the Engineering School of Comillas. These tests will focus on the drive losses. The converters to be tested are as follows: - DC-to-AC converter for the stator of the main traction synchronous motor. - DC-to-DC converter for the excitation of the main traction synchronous motor. - DC-to-AC converter for the induction motor of the air-conditioning unit.


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4.2.5 Intelligent Systems


a. Private Funding Sensibility and multiscenario analysis of the economic forecast results of Endesa Indra-Endesa. January 2006-January 2007. (José Villar Collado, Francisco Alberto Campos Fernández, Antonio Muñoz San Roque, Juan Ruipérez Bañuelos) SGP is an information system designed and developed by IIT to fit the flexibility and adaptability requirements of the Energetic Planning and Energetic Analysis and Supervision Subdirections of the Spanish electrical utility Endesa for the calculus, analysis and management of economic forecasts for of the whole utility. Based on IIT M2JT multidimensional database model, the system offers algorithms to automatically compute new variable values, using the structural information given in the model hierarchies, and provides a set of client applications to load the information, to compute and analyse the economic forecasts, and to extract and prepare the final reports. This collaboration will focus on the forecast analysis tools of the system. The multi scenario analysis of sensibilities will be fully developed to quantify the risk of a particular final forecast for the whole group, considering the main existing uncertainties. The small signal model of the electricity market at the equilibrium point (calculated by more complex equilibrium solving tools also developed by IIT) will be validated and improved, including the Spain Portugal interconexion modelling. Simplified models of the whole Spanish electricity sector will be designed and developed to facilitate the elaboration of quantitative analysis of the influence of different factors, such as regulatory or technological, in the global results of the different sector agents. Fast development system of autonomous mobile robots RAMEM. December 2005-December 2005. (Álvaro Sánchez Miralles) The SRDeRMA system consists of all the necessary components for the development of an autonomous mobile robot. The TCS is the kernel of the system. It is an electronic board with the following features: communication with a computer o PDA through serial port (RS-232 protocol) and by radiofrequency, it deals with analogical sensors, encoders, digital sensors, ultrasound sensors, and motor and servomotor control (using PWM). The system has enough flexibility to integrate a variable number of each family of sensors, and different type of sensors of each family. These features allow the


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user for adapting the system to his robot real necessities. The high level control of the robot is achieved using a PDA or through a wireless connection, which gives a great versatility to the programation of the robot behaviour, since it will be possible to utilize high level programation languages. Therefore any user can have a system for controlling autonomous robots that allow more level of configuration and adaptation to user necessities than any other commercial systems in the market. Putting in operation and improvements of the settlement system for wind energy contracts of W2M Wind to Market, S.A. November 2005-April 2006. (José Villar Collado, Álvaro Sánchez Miralles) This collaboration consists of the final tuning and improvements of LIQUEO, the settlement system for the wind energy contracts of W2M in the Spanish electricity market, to be put in operation with full information and facture generation capabilities. The main improvements to be done consist of the generation of detailed information about the settlement and results of each wind generation unit, the generation of detailed information of the W2M portfolio global results and how each concept and how each generation unit contributes, and the automation of factures generation and settlement data protection against accidental easements. Advanced procedures to access data for the W2M analysis system Wind to Market, S.A. November 2005-September 2006. (Álvaro Sánchez Miralles, José Villar Collado, Antonio Muñoz San Roque) The project consists of developing an information system for making market analysis and W2M clients management. The system is based on the M2JT meta-model, developed at IIT, which structures the information for easier manipulation and for better performance of the analysis. This meta-model is multidimensional and allows organizing the members of each dimension into hierarchies, which change along the time. The developed system will include a set of intelligent algorithms for selecting information, and they will be run in the server side. Develoment of an intelligent electricity market analysis tool for wind power management Wind to Market, S.A. October 2005-September 2006. (Antonio Muñoz San Roque, Juan Marín Bernal, Álvaro Sánchez Miralles, José Villar Collado) The main objective of this project is the development of an Intelligent Data Analysis Tool oriented to the optimal management of wind power in the Spanish Electricity Market.


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The system will integrate the following functions: - Access to the Analysis Data Warehouse. - Data preprocessing. - Graphical representation of the information. - Supervised models (linear and Neural Networks models). - Unsupervised models (Vector Quantization and Probability Density

Function estimation). Development of an auto-pilot system for the VISICOPTER helicopter. Application to aerial image acquisition to support precision agriculture Comillas. October 2005-October 2007. (Álvaro Sánchez Miralles, Juan Luis Zamora Macho, Cesáreo Fernández Martínez, Rafael Palacios Hielscher) The analysis of aerial images can be applied to optimise plantation’s fumigation. In order to decrease image acquisition costs, a system based on a small helicopter is being developed to identify regions requiring additional fumigation by image processing of photography taken with onboard cameras. The objective of the current proposal is to develop an auto-pilot system able to stabilise the helicopter and able to guide the helicopter in the region of study without needing to have any expert on piloting helicopters. The auto-pilot proposed is mainly based on gyroscopes for stabilisation and GPS satellite signals for guidance. It is crucial to develop a dynamic model of the helicopter in order adjust control algorithms that will stabilise the aircraft under weather perturbation. A good model will also allow for successful landing and takeoff operations. New developments in the Secondary Reserve Forecasting System SIPREBAN Indra-Endesa. June 2005-January 2006. (Antonio Muñoz San Roque, Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda) This project is devoted to the development of new algorithms and procedures to be integrated in the Secondary Reserve Forecasting System (SIPREBAN), developed by IIT for the Spanish utility Endesa in 2004. The main developments seek to increase the level of automation of the forecasting process, to optimize the bidding strategy with the forecasts and to take advantage of the information generated by SIPREBAN for other planning purposes. Analysis of the connection rules for solving network constraints and estimation of the demand decomposition coefficients Indra-Endesa. February 2005-September 2005. (Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda, Antonio Muñoz San Roque, Jesús Pascual Peco González)


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In the Spanish electricity market, voltage constraints are regularly solved by connecting a set of offline generators located close to the areas where contingency occurs. Thus, market agents need to predict when their generating units are connected to alleviate the network constraints. The main objective of this project is to perform a statistic study of many simulations where different demand, scheduled power plants and topological scenarios are considered. The obtained knowledge can be used to improve the forecasting tools developed by IIT for the Spanish utility Endesa in previous years. In particular, it will be studied the national demand by areas, the impact of the maintenance scheduling of the transmission lines and generating units, as well as the connection rules of the power plants used by the System Operator to alleviate the network constraints. New developments of the information system for the management of analysis and forecasts in the Spanish electricity market (SGAP) Indra-Endesa. February 2005-September 2005. (Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda, Antonio Muñoz San Roque) This project is devoted to the development of a information system for the management of market forecasts (SGAP), related to the Diary market forecast process. The proposed information system is based on a multidimensional data-model, which facilitates the addition of new components and variables and the management of simulation scenarios. In particular, a new master module will be developed. This module allows configuring different types of scenarios such as demand, hydro and thermal production, or international power exchanges. Extension and improvement of the forecast and analysis tools of the forecast Management System (SGP) Indra-Endesa. January 2005-January 2006. (José Villar Collado, Francisco Alberto Campos Fernández, Antonio Muñoz San Roque, Juan Ruipérez Bañuelos, Álvaro Sánchez Miralles) SGP is an information system designed and developed by IIT to fit the flexibility and adaptability requirements of the Energetic Planning and Energetic Analysis and Supervision Subdirections of the Spanish electrical utility Endesa for the calculus, analysis and management of economic forecasts for of the whole utility. The system has a client-server architecture based on an Oracle database server. It provides a data metamodel that allows the users to define their own data models, where variables are given over several components or dimensions. The data metamodel allows the users to dynamically adapt their models to their particular needs, in an elegant and


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flexible way. The system also offers a set of algorithms to automatically compute new variable values, using the structural information given in the model hierarchies, and a set of client applications to load the information, to compute and analyse the economic forecasts, and to extract and prepare the final reports. The main objectives of this collaboration are the improvement and optimisation of the forecast and analysis procedures, the extension of the model and algorithms to include MIBEL data into the forecasts results, and the design of new analysis procedures, from the establishment of quality forecast quantification, to the statistic characterisation of the main forecast results. Maintenance of the SGO integrated bidding computer system developed for the Spanish electricity market (2005) Indra-Endesa. November 2004-December 2005. (Antonio Muñoz San Roque, Alberto Miguel Cruz García, Javier García González, Julián Martín Tena, Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda, José Villar Collado) Settlement system for wind energy contracts in the Spanish electricity market Wind to Market, S.A. October 2004-February 2006. (José Villar Collado, Antonio Muñoz San Roque, Michel Rivier Abbad, Álvaro Sánchez Miralles) As a result of the collaboration undertook during 2003 between W2M and IIT for the analysis, specification and development of the procedures to manage wind energy in the Spanish Electricity Market, the kernel of the wind energy bids management system was developed. This kernel consists of an information system, the bidding modules for daily and intra daily markets, and a market bidding strategies simulator that are currently in operation. The objective of this new collaboration is the design, specification and development of the prototypes to manage W2M clients and contracts, a tool to verify OMEL settlements, and a tool to supervise W2M clients yield and to help them to manage their market guarantees. To do so a relational database model is being developed for an Oracle server, with strong flexibility constraints, since market wind business is a new activity constantly adapting to new types of clients and contracts. To manage this information a module is also being developed, including a set of algorithms for the computation of OMEL and contracts settlements, to automatically manage clients information and to supervise their profitability. MADE, a forecasting tool designed to produce medium-term predictions of natural gas consumption ENAGAS. October 2003-October 2006. (Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda, María Manso García, Álvaro Sánchez Miralles)


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The future operation of the ENAGAS network will be a difficult task due to several factors such as the increasing liberalization of the Spain's natural gas market, the expected future demand or the limited capacity of the existing pipelines network. To manage its system, ENAGAS needs to plan correctly its external supplies in the long, medium and short term. MADE is a forecasting tool designed to produce medium-term predictions of daily natural gas consumption measured at different gas pipeline locations. This tool takes into account, among others, the effect of the calendar, the outdoor air temperature and relevant economic variables. Furthermore, it allows obtaining different predictions by varying the economic scenario and the future weather conditions.

b. Public Funding Design and development of a flexible information system for technological prospective studies European Commission (IPTS). January 2006-January 2007. (José Villar Collado, Jaime Alonso Álvarez, Francisco Alberto Campos Fernández, Pedro Linares Llamas, Álvaro Sánchez Miralles) This project consists of the design and development of a flexible information system to supply data for technological prospective studies. It will be based on Oracle database server, and clients will run under standard web browsers for easy and secure query access to the database, to retrieve the selected energy technologies data for techno-economic and other sort of assessments. To obtain a high degree of flexibility for storing potentially variable data structures, a multidimensional model will be design based on an external dictionary for easy modification. A simple administration tool will allow easy basic data maintenance and supervision. Coherence tools and mechanisms will be provided to guarantee a controlled growth. Models of elastic waves propagation through electrical cables Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. December 2005-December 2006. (Antonio Muñoz San Roque, Sadot Alexandres Fernández, Tomás Gómez San Román, Carlos Mateo Domingo) At present communications are basically based on the propagation of electromagnetic waves. On the other hand, the elastic waves that are so intimately related to mankind communication (consider the voice) has had a very secondary role in modern transmission infrastructures. This project is related to this concept, consisting in the use of elastic waves as a transmission


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medium through the electrical cables. This project is only focused in setting the theoretical bases of this new technology. The main objective is to develop a model for the elastic waves propagation through the electrical cables. This model has to be able to predict the main parameters (attenuation and bandwidth) of basic transmission lines in future applications. The problem is going to be solved using two different and complementary approaches: analytical and numeric. Two models are going to be developed, each one for each alternative, and they are going to be experimentally contrasted. The deviation analysis will be used to generate, in the second phase of the project, a new model synthesis of the two previous models. The work finishes with the experimental evaluation of the synthetic model and is complemented with the dissemination of the results. Scale helicopter instrumentation for image capturing and map making for precision agriculture CAM. January 2005-January 2006. (Álvaro Sánchez Miralles, Cesáreo Fernández Martínez, Rafael Palacios Hielscher, Juan Luis Zamora Macho) Traditional fumigation of plantations is applied with the same amount of chemicals to the whole surface. As a consequence it is very common to find devastated areas of crop, short in fumigation, and other areas where chemicals had probably been overused unnecessarily. Automatic fumigation ground vehicles are unable to detect which areas may require additional treatment, hence applying uniform fumigation. In general excessive chemicals are used, involving extra economical costs and important environmental impact. A more effective approach is based on the analysis of aerial photography to identify those regions requiring additional treatment and applying fumigation selectively. The only problem is that image acquisition and processing is usually very expensive and too slow to be fully effective. This project will develop an artificial vision system installed onboard a small semi-autonomous helicopter that will survey the plantation in different altitudes diagnosing crop damaged areas accurately in real-time. As result a geo-referred fumigation map is estimated, in order to help an autonomous land vehicle in charge to fumigate.

4.2.6 Railway Systems


a. Private Funding Control Center Requirements of railway power system


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RENFE Mantenimiento de Infraestructura. October 2004-December 2005. (José Antonio Rodríguez Mondéjar, Cesáreo Fernández Martínez, Yolanda González Arechavala, Álvaro Sánchez Miralles, Rafael Santodomingo Berry) The operational and commercial needs of the Spanish railway operator (RENFE) require power control center to not only perform traditional functions (supervisory & control) but also support many of the new functions, specifically to meet the needs of competition with deregulation. The aim of this project is to establish the requirements of new RENFE power control centers. The proposal architecture must take into account the requirements of real-time data, security, availability, scalability, information exchange, etc. Train consumption estimation and assignation for the energy invoicing system of RENFE Indra. May 2004-May 2006. (Antonio Fernández Cardador, Asunción Paloma Cucala García, Jesús Jiménez Octavio, Jorge Muñoz Riesco, Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente, Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva) In this project new models of train consumption are investigated and developed, to be used by the energy invoicing system of RENFE. This invoicing system includes measures of consumption in substations, measures of onboard equipment in some trains, data transmission to the control centre, connection with the traffic supervision system of RENFE (SITRA), and data management of all this information to obtain monthly the energy cost of each train. This cost is assigned to the appropriated substations. IIT is responsible for estimation models of energy cost of each train, including: theoretical models of train driving and consumption, statistical models, costs assignation to substations and computation of energy losses.

b. Public Funding Optimal traffic regulation and energy saving train speed commands Metro de Madrid. March 2006-March 2007. (Antonio Fernández Cardador, Asunción Paloma Cucala García, Fernando de Cuadra García, Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva) In this project new methods are developed in order to improve the traffic management in Metro de Madrid. The main goal is to increase quality and automation of traffic operation, as well as to consider energy saving criteria. The first phase is focused on real time traffic regulation, to improve mainly the transients. An algorithm will be designed to control this process in an efficient way. In the second phase, a software prototype will be developed to asses the


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optimal design of energy-saving train speed commands. Finally, a model will be designed to optimise the coincidence of train traction and braking for timetable operation. Planification of railway lines capacity ADIF. September 2005-September 2006. (Antonio Fernández Cardador, José Luis Maroño, Asunción Paloma Cucala García) The main goal of this project is the investigation and development, in collaboration with ADIF, of models that consider the different criteria along the management process of railway capacity. These models include the long-term (strategic planning), medium-term (basic design of the track, signalling and operation model) and the short-term (commercial timetables of trains). Thus, a continuous process is defined, from long to short term, standardising criteria and analysis methods.

4.3 Publications

4.3.1 Books

José Daniel Muñoz Frías, Rafael Palacios Hielscher, “Fundamentos de programación utilizando el lenguaje C”. Ed.: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Pontificia Comillas. ISBN: 84-8468-184-X. 2006

4.3.2 Chapters in Books

Rocío Martínez López, Miguel Angel Sanz Bobi, “Divisible rough sets based on self-organizing maps”. Chapter in the book “Lecture Notes in Computer Science”, 3776. pp. 708-713. Pattern recognition and machine intelligence: First international conference, PreMI 2005, Kolkata, India, December 20-22, 2005. Editors: Sankar K. Pal, Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Sambhunath Biswas. ISBN: 3-540-30506-8. Springer-Verlag. November 2005

Luís Rodríguez Ruiz, Mª Antonia González Varela, Javier Verberana Sierra, José Ignacio García Jiménez, Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva, “Condiciones


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socioeconómicas y perspectivas de futuro de los ganaderos de ovino de Castilla y León”. Chapter in the book “El ganado ovino en Castilla y León: Estudio socioeconómico y nuevas tecnologías de la reproducción”. Ed.: Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León. DL: VA-1041/05. 2005.

Luís Rodríguez Ruiz, Mª Antonia González Varela, Javier Verberana Sierra, José Ignacio García Jiménez, Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva, “Modelización en programación matemática de la estructura de costes de las explotaciones de ovino de leche de Castilla y León”. Chapter in the book “El ganado ovino en Castilla y León: Estudio socioeconómico y nuevas tecnologías de la reproducción”. Ed.: Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León. DL: VA-1041/05. 2005.

Andrés Ramos Galán, Santiago Cerisola López de Haro, Álvaro Baíllo Moreno, Jesús María Latorre Canteli, “Stochasticity in electric energy systems planning”. Chapter in the book “Coping with Uncertainty. Modeling and Policy Issues”. Series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems , Vol. 581, pp. 217-239. Marti, K.; Ermoliev, Y.; Makowsk, M.; Pflug, G. (Eds.). ISBN: 3-540-35258-9. 2006

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “Redesigning competitive electricity markets: the case of Spain”. Chapter in the book “Complex electricity markets”, editor: Wladyslaw Mielczarski, The European Power Supply Industry Series, Technical University of Lodz, Poland, ISBN 83-921636-7-2. 2006.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Carlos Batlle López, Carlos Vázquez Martínez, “Los mercados eléctricos en Europa”. Chapter in the book "Del monopolio al mercado. La Comisión Nacional de Energía: diez años en perspectiva", Ed.: Comisión Nacional de Energía, Madrid, 2006.

Pedro Linares Llamas, Francisco Javier Santos Pérez, Mariano Ventosa Rodríguez, “An assessment of the consequences of the European emissions trading scheme for the promotion of renewable electricity in Spain”. Chapter in the book “Economic Modelling of Climate Change and Energy Policies”. De Miguel, C., X. Labandeira y B. Manzano (eds). Edward Elgar. 2006

Pedro Linares Llamas, Julián Barquín Gil, “La política energética”. Chapter 20 of the book “Política socioeconómica en la Unión Europea”. pp. 341-356. Galindo Martín, M.A. y Y. Fernández Jurado (Coords). Delta Publicaciones (ISBN 84-96477-35-5). 2006


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4.3.3 Publications in international journals

Francisco Miguel Echavarren Cerezo, Enrique Lobato Miguélez, Luis Rouco Rodríguez, “Contingency analysis: A feasibility identification and calculation algorithm”. IEE Proceedings - Generation, Transmission & Distribution, vol. 152, nº 5, pp. 645-652. ISSN: 1350-2360. September 2005. Francisco Alberto Campos Fernández, José Villar Collado, Julián Barquín Gil, “Application of possibility theory to robust Cournot equilibriums in electricity market”. Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences. Vol. 19, Issue 4, pp. 519-531. Print ISSN: 0269-9648. Online ISSN: 1469-8951. October 2005 Julián Barquín Gil, Efraim Centeno Hernáez, Javier Reneses Guillén, “Stochastic market equilibrium model for generation planning”. Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, Volume 19, Issue 04, pp 533-546. Print ISSN: 0269-9648. Online ISSN: 1469-8951. October 2005 Rafael Palacios Hielscher, José Daniel Muñoz Frías, “Remote Administration Based on VPN for Naive Users’ Home Networks”. Sys Admin, the journal for Unix and Linux systems administrators. Volume 14, Number 10. October 2005. Pedro Sánchez Martín, Andrés Ramos Galán, Juan Francisco Alonso Llorente, “Probabilistic Midterm Transmission Planning in a Liberalized Market”. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 2135-2142. ISSN. 0885-8950. November 2005. Guillermo Robles Muñoz, Romano Giannetti, José Daniel Muñoz Frías, “Short-duration high-frequency quasi-sinusoidal magnetic field generator”. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 2481-2485. December 2005. Julián Barquin Gil, L. Bergman, C. Crampes, J-M. Glachant, R. Green, C. von Hirschhausen, F. Lévêque, S. Stoft, “The acquisition of Endesa by Gas Natural: Why the antitrust perspective”. Journal of Network Industries, 6, pp. 213-226. December 2005. Francisco Miguel Echavarren Cerezo, Enrique Lobato Miguélez, Luis Rouco Rodríguez, “A power flow solvability identification and calculation algorithm”. Electric Power Systems Research, Volume 76, Issue 4, Pages 242-250. ISSN: 0378-7796. January 2006.


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Francisco Miguel Echavarren Cerezo, Enrique Lobato Miguélez, Luis Rouco Rodríguez, “A Corrective Load Shedding Scheme to Mitigate Voltage Collapse”. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Volume 28, Issue 1, pp. 58-64. January 2006 Pedro Linares Llamas, Francisco Javier Santos Pérez, Mariano Ventosa Rodríguez, Luis Lapiedra, “Impacts of the european emissions trading scheme directive and permit assignment methods on the Spanish electricity sector”. The Energy Journal, Vol. 27, No. 1. pp. 79-98, ISSN: 0195-6574. 2006. Javier Reneses Guillén, Efraim Centeno Hernáez, Julián Barquín Gil, “Coordination between medium-term generation planning and short-term operation in electricity markets”. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 43-52. February 2006 Oscar López García, Alberto Carnicero López, Rosa Ruiz Mateos, Juan Antonio Talavera Martín, Carlos Mateo Domingo, “Development of a current sensor based on active materials for high-voltage transmission systems”. Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 563-570. ISSN: 0964-1726. February 2006. Bernardo Tellini, Romano Giannetti, Guillermo Robles Muñoz, Santiago Lizón-Martínez, “New method to characterize magnetic hysteresis in soft ferrites up to high frequencies”. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 55, no. 1. pp. 311-315. ISSN: 0018-9456. February 2006. Luis Olmos Camacho, K. Neuhoff, “Identifying a Balancing Point for Electricity Transmission Contracts”. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol.21, nº 1, pp. 91-98. February 2006. Julián Barquin Gil, L. Bergman, C. Crampes, J-M. Glachant, R. Green, C. von Hirschhausen, F. Lévêque, S. Stoft, “The acquisition of Endesa by Gas Natural: Why the antitrust authorities are right to be cautious”. The Electricity Journal, 19, no. 2, pp. 62-68. March 2006. Francisco Alberto Campos Fernández, José Villar Collado, Julián Barquín Gil, “Robust Cournot strategies in electricity markets using possibilistic optimization”. WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics, Issue 3, Volumen 3, pp 93-100. ISSN 1109-952. March 2006.


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Victor Hugo Méndez Quezada, Juan Rivier Abbad, José Ignacio de la Fuente León, Tomás Gómez San Román, J. Arceluz, J. Marín, A. Madurga, “Impact of distributed generation on distribution investment deferral”. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 244-252. May 2006. Xavier García Casals, “Analysis of building energy regulation and certification in Europe: Their role, limitations and differences”. Energy and Buildings, Volume 38, Issue 5, pp. 381-392. May 2006. Xavier García Casals, “Solar cooling economic considerations: Centralized versus decentralized options”. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Vol. 128, No. 2, pp. 231-236. May 2006. Víctor Hugo Méndez Quezada, Juan Rivier Abbad, Tomás Gómez San Román, “Assessment of energy distribution losses for increasing penetration of distributed generation”. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 533-540. May 2006. B. Tellini, Romano Giannetti, S. Lizón-Martínez, “Improvements in a method to characterize soft ferrite up to high frequencies”. COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 727-731. May 2006. Ernesto Parrilla Pozzy, Javier García González, “Improving the B&B search for large-scale hydrothermal weekly scheduling problems”. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Volume 28, Issue 5, Pages 339-348. June 2006. Xavier García Casals, “Solar absorption cooling in Spain: Perspectives and outcomes from the simulation of recent installations”. Renewable Energy, Volume 31, Issue 9, pp. 1371–1389. July 2006. Antonio Fernández Cardador, Asunción Paloma Cucala García, Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva, Fernando de Cuadra García, “Predictive traffic regulation for metro loop lines based on quadratic programming”. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. Volume 220, Number 2 , Pages: 79 - 89, ISSN: 0954-4097. 2006.


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Alejandro Ugedo Álvarez-Ossorio, Enrique Lobato Miguélez, Álvaro Franco Ugidos, Luis Rouco Rodriguez, Joaquín Fernádez Caro, Javier Chofre Álvarez, “Strategic bidding in sequential electricity markets”. IEE Proceedings - Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Vol. 153, Issue 4, pp. 431-442. July 2006. Álvaro Sánchez Miralles, Miguel Angel Sanz Bobi, “A neural-based model for fast continuous and global robot location”. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Volume 46, Issue 3, pp. 221-243. July 2006. Oscar López García, Alberto Carnicero López, Víctor Torres Toledo, “Computation of the initial equilibrium of railway overheads based on the catenary equation”. Engineering Structures, Volume 28, Issue 10, Page 1387–1394, ISSN: 0141-0296. August 2006. Mari Cruz García Fernández, Miguel Angel Sanz Bobi, Javier del Pico, “SIMAP: Intelligent System for Predictive Maintenance: Application to the health condition monitoring of a windturbine gearbox”. Computers in Industry, Vol. 57, No. 6, pp. 552-568, ISSN: 0166-3615. August 2006. Francisco Alberto Campos Fernández, José Villar Collado, M. Jiménez, “Robust solutions using fuzzy chance constraints”. Engineering Optimization, Vol. 38, No. 6, pp 627-645. September 2006.

4.3.4 Publications in national journals

Julián Barquín Gil, “Gas natural y fiabilidad de generación”. Energía, pp. 79-85. November-December 2005. José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “El Libro Blanco y el teorema de la herencia de la abuela”. Cinco Días. November 2005. Francisco Miguel Echavarren Cerezo, Enrique Lobato Miguélez, Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Juan Manuel Rodríguez García, “El colapso de tensión: Causas y soluciones (I/II)”. Anales de Mecánica y Electricidad, vol. LXXXIII, no. 1, pp. 54-62. January-February 2006.


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Sadot Alexandres Fernández, Carlos Rodríguez-Morcillo García, José Daniel Muñoz Frías, “RFID: La tecnología de identificación por radiofrecuencia”. Anales de Mecánica y Electricidad, Vol. LXXXIII. no. I, pp. 47-52. January-February 2006. Francisco Miguel Echavarren Cerezo, Enrique Lobate Miguélez, Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Juan Manuel Rodríguez García, “El colapso de tensión: Causas y soluciones (II/II)”. Anales de Mecánica y Electricidad, Vol. LXXXIII, no. 2, pp. 17-22. March-April 2006. José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “A la espera de la reforma regulatoria”. El Economista. March 2006. Julián Barquín Gil, “Energía y sostenibilidad en la Unión Europea”. Anales de Mecánica y Electricidad, Vol. LXXXIII, no. III, pp. 24-29. May-June 2006. Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente, “La optimización del diseño de la electrificación de ferrocarriles”. Tecnirail Ferrocarril & Empresa. No. 47, pp. 20. ISSN: 1695-1727. May 2006. Ramón Cidón Martínez, Tomás Gómez San Román, “Calidad del producto de la energía eléctrica: huecos e interrupciones breves”. Anales de Mecánica y Electricidad. Vol. LXXXIII. no. III. May-June 2006. Alberto Carnicero López, Oscar López García, José Luis Maroño Martínez, “Modelo simplificado de la interacción dinámica catenaria-pantógrafo”. Anales de Mecánica y Electricidad, Vol. LXXXIII, nº III, pp. 30 - 35. May-June 2006. Romano Giannetti, “Evaluación y calificación multi-nivel en electrónica analógica”. Miscelánea Comillas, Vol. 64, no. 124, pp. 347-354. June 2006. Álvaro Sánchez Miralles, “Evaluación objetiva de competencias”. Miscelánea Comillas, Vol. 64, no. 124, pp. 321-345. June 2006.


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4.3.5 Communications and invited sessions

Invited sessions

Antonio Luis Arranz Matía, Alberto Miguel Cruz García, Miguel Angel Sanz Bobi, “AMADIS: Arquitectura Multi-Agente para la Detección de Anomalías y Diagnóstico Inteligente de sistemas industrials”. Congreso Español de Informática (CEDI '2005). SICO Conferences. Granada (Spain). 13-16 September 2005. Efraim Centeno Hernáez, “Game theory approaches for electricity generation strategic analysis”. International Conference on Optimization frameworks for Industrial applications (ICOPI 2005). Paris (France). October 19-21, 2005. Andrés Ramos Galán, Jesús María Latorre Canteli, Santiago Cerisola López de Haro, A. Perea, R. Bellido, “Hydroelectric System Scheduling by Simulation”. INFORMS Annual Meeting 2005 San Francisco (USA). November 2005. Jordi Cabero Borrós, Alvaro Baillo Moreno, Santiago Cerisola López de Haro, Mariano Ventosa Rodríguez, “Electricity market equilibrium model with risk constraints via benders decomposition”. INFORMS Annual Meeting 2005 San Francisco (USA). November 2005. Romano Giannetti, “Métodos diagnósticos de nueva aplicación en el deporte”. Semana de la Ciencia 2005, Departamento de Medicina del Deporte de la UCM. Madrid (Spain). November 2005. Efraim Centeno Hernáez, “Electrical systems expansion assessment using simulation techniques”. INFORMS Annual Meeting 2005. San Francisco (USA). 13-16 November 2005. Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva, Julián Barquín Gil, Félix Fernández Menéndez, “An optimisation approach for oligopolistic electricity markets simulation with network constraints”. Informs Annual Meeting. San Francisco (USA). 13-16 November 2005. Carlos Maté Jiménez, “Tutorial sobre análisis bayesiano de datos”. VII Congreso de Confiabilidad AEC (Asociación Española para la Calidad). Madrid (Spain). ISBN: 84-89359-50-4 . 30 November 2005


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José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “Medidas regulatorias para aseguriar el suministro en la generación de electricidad”. I Congreso de la Asociación Española para la Economía Energética (AEEE). Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid (Spain). 16-17 January 2006. Pablo Frías Marín, Tomás Gómez San Román, Juan Rivier Abbad, “DG network integration. Regulatory review and international comparison of EU-15 MS”. Virtual Balkan Power Centre (VBPC), Workshop 2.3. Skopje (Macedonia). March 2-3, 2006. Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente, “Diseño del sistema de alimentación eléctrica”. Technical Conferences “Estrategias de ahorro y eficiencia energética en el transporte ferroviario”. Fundación de Ferrocarriles Españoles. Madrid (Spain). 14-15 Marzo 2006. Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva, María Teresa Ortuño Sánchez, A. Omaña Prieto, “SEDD, Un Sistema Experto para el Diagnóstico en Desastres y Emergencias”. Seminar on “Toma de Decisiones en Logística y Cadena de Suministro”. Organized by Red Temática de Optimización bajo Incertidumbre, Red Temática en Metodologías Avanzadas en Modelado y Simulación, and Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid. Madrid (Spain). 21 April 2006. Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva, “Líneas de investigación de decisión multicriterio en la Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid”. Jornadas de investigación de la Red Temática de Decisión Multicriterio. Universidad de Oviedo. Gijón (Spain). 11-12 May 2006. Pablo Frías Marín, Tomás Gómez San Román, David Soler Soneira, “Voltage Control and Reactive Power Support in the Spanish Transmission Network”. 13th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON06), Benalmádena (Spain). May 16-19, 2006. José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “Redesigning competitive electricity markets: The case of Spain”. Invited paper. 3rd International Conference:The European Electricity Market–Challenge of the Unification, EEM-06. Warsaw (Poland). May 24-26, 2006. José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “The Iberian wholesale market”. MIT / Cambridge / Iberdrola Electricity Conference. Madrid (Spain). May 31, 2006.


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Francisco Miguel Echavarren Cerezo, Enrique Lobate Miguélez, Luis Rouco Rodríguez, “Computation and sensitivity analysis of the total transfer capability in interconnected electric power systems”. 11th International Energy Conference & Exhibition (ENERGEX'06), Stavanger (Norway). 12-15 June 2006. B. Cova, Enrique Lobato Miguélez, Luis Olmos Camacho, J. Karacsyoni, C. Skerk, “Methodology of estimation of future investments in interconnection capacity within the Enlarged European Union”. 11th International Energy Conference & Exhibition (ENERGEX'06), Stavanger (Norway). 12-15 June 2006. Ana Berzosa Muñoz, “Sistema de análisis y predicción de la demanda de gas a medio plazo (PATRONES)”. II Jornada de Sistemas Industriales y Tecnologías Energéticas. Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid (Spain). 17 July 2006. Ignacio Egido Cortés, “Regulator Desing for Automatic Generation Control (AGC)”. Manchester Seminar 2006 for Young Researchers in Power Systems. Manchester (UK). 3-5 September 2006.

Communications

Oral communications published in conference proceedings

Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda, Ana Berzosa Muñoz, “Fuzzy reference model for daily outdoor air temperature”. III Taller Nacional de Minería de Datos y Aprendizaje (TAMIDA’2005), in the I Congreso Español de Informática (CEDI’2005). pp. 271-278. ISBN: 84-9732-449-8. Granada (Spain). 13-16 September 2005. Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda, Antonio Muñoz San Roque, José Villar Collado, “Minería y visualización de datos del mercado eléctrico español”. III Taller Nacional de Minería de Datos y Aprendizaje (TAMIDA’2005), in the I Congreso Español de Informática (CEDI’2005). PP. 289-297. ISBN: 84-9732-449-8. Granada (Spain). 13-16 September 2005. Pedro Sánchez Martín, Andrés Ramos Galán, Ramón Rodríguez Pecharromán, “Modelado de velocidad de tirada y tiempos de preparación de procesos de fabricación de cajas de cartón”. IX Congreso de Ingeniería de Organización - CIO 2005. Universidad de Oviedo. Gijón (Spain). 8-9 September 2005.


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Pedro Luis Roncero Sánchez, Vicente Feliu Batlle, Aurelio García Cerrada, “Active- and reactive-power control for a wind generator connected to the grid using a predictive-integral control and a PI control schemes”. EPE2005; 11th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications. Dresden (Germany). 12-14 September 2005. Rafael Palacios Hielscher, Ramón Rodríguez Pecharromán, “Acceso remoto a ensayos de control en tiempo real basados en Matlab”. Proceedings of the IV Jornadas de Enseñanza vía Internet/Web de la Ingeniería de Sistemas y Automática (EIWISA'2005). ISBN: 84-9732-451-X. pp. 83-88. Granada (Spain). 13-16 September 2005. José Luis Gahete, Fernando Gómez, Alejandro García, Mario Castro Ponce, “Observatorio de Internet: Modelo de supervisión, optimización y mejora global del encaminamiento de datos entre Sistemas Autónomos”. Proceedings of the XIII Jornadas de Concurrencia y Sistemas Distribuidos (JCSD 2005), in the I Congreso Español de Informática (CEDI’2005). pp. 2219-226. ISBN: 84-9732-432-3. Granada (Spain). 13-16 September 2005. Alicia Mateo González, Antonio Muñoz San Roque, “Caracterización de los precios del mercado eléctrico español con modelos ocultos de Markov de entrada/salida (IOHMM)”. Actas del Simposio de Inteligencia Computacional, SICO2005 (IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, SC), pp.97-104, ISBN: 84-9732-444-7. Granada (Spain). 14-16 September 2005. B. Tellini, Romano Giannetti, S. Lizón-Martínez, “Improvements in a method to characterize soft ferrites up to high frequencies”. International Symposium on Electromagnet Fields. IEEE Magnetic Society. Baiona (Spain). 15-17 September 2005. Omar Pinzón Ardila, Aurelio García Cerrada, Pablo García González, Pedro Roncero, Vicente Feliú Batlle, “Aplicación de la eliminación selectiva de armónicos a filtros activos de potencia”. XII Seminario Anual de Automática y Electrónica Industrial SAAEI2005. Santander (Spain). 28-30 September 2005. Omar Pinzón Ardila, Pablo García González, Aurelio García Cerrada, “Tensión homopolar en inversores trifásicos fuente de tensión con cuatro ramas de interruptores”. XII Seminario Anual de Automática y Electrónica Industrial SAAEI2005. Santander (Spain). 28-30 September 2005.


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Rocío Martínez López, Miguel Angel Sanz Bobi , “Rough sets divisibles basados en clustering jerárquico”. Proceedings of the XI Conferencia de la Asociación Española para la Inteligencia Artificial (CAEPIA ‘05). pp. I-59/I-68. ISBN: 84-96474-13-5. Santiago de Compostela (Spain). 23-25 November 2005. Marc Pop, Muriel Watt, Juan Rivier Abbad, Andrew Birch, “Tariff implications for the value of PV to residential customers”. Australian New Zealand Solar Energy Society ANZSES 43rd Annual Conference. Dunedin (New Zealand). 28-30 November 2005. Miguel Ángel Gallego-Preciado García, Tomás Gómez San Román, Jesús Pascual Peco González, Juan Rivier Abbad, “A mix-integer NLP approach for subtransmission expansion planning”. I Congreso de la Asociación Española para la Economía Energética (AEEE). Madrid (Spain). 16-17 January 2006. Enrique Lobato Miguélez, Francisco Miguel Echavarren Cerezo, Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Alejandro Ugedo Álvarez-Ossorio, “Decision trees applied to forecasting switched shunt devices within the Spanish power system”. Artificial Intelligence in Energy Systems and Power (AIESP 2006), Madeira (Portugal). 7-10 February 2006. Julián Barquín Gil, “Limitaciones de los modelos de simulación de mercados de energía eléctrica”. I Congreso de la Aocicación Española para la Economía Energética. Madrid (Spain). 16-17 February 2006. Jesús Jiménez Octavio, Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente, Óscar López García, Alberto Carnicero López, “Coupled electromechanical cost optimization of high speed railway overheads”. 2006 Joint Rail Conference. Atlanta, Georgia (USA). ISBN: 0-7918-4203-7. 4-6 April 2006. Carlos Vázquez Martínez, Miguel Vázquez Martínez, Ana Berzosa Muñoz, “An analysis of the oligopolistic effects of the integration between electricity and gas suppliers in the Spanish market”. Enerday: 1st Workshop on Energy Economics and Technology. Dresden (Germany). 21 April 2006. Romano Giannetti, Santiago Lizón-Martínez, Guillermo Robles, B. Tellini, “A resonant measurement system for characterization of hysteresis cycle in soft ferrites”. Proceedings of Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference,


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IMTC'2006, pp. 1808-1811, ISBN: 0-7803-8248-X. Sorrento (Italy), April 24-27, 2006. M. Bologna, Romano Giannetti, M. Marracci, B. Tellini, “Measuring the magnetic field attenuation of nonlinear shields”. Proceedings of Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, IMTC'2006, pp. 2200-2204, ISBN: 0-7803-8248-X. Sorrento (Italy). April 24-27, 2006. Luis Rouco Rodríguez, M. Pérez, M. Díez, “Contribution of wind power generation to power system stabilization”. 13 th IFAC Workshop on Control Applications of Optimization. Paris-Cachan (France). 26-28 April 2006. Iosu Martínez, Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva, Antonio Fernández Cardador, Asunción Paloma Cucala García, “Un modelo de simulación para planificación de tráfico ferroviario”. XXIX Congreso Nacional de Estadística e Investigación Operativa (SEIO 2006). Tenerife (Spain). 15-19 May 2006. A. Omaña Prieto, Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva, María Teresa Ortuño Sánchez, “SEDD, Un sistema experto para el diagnóstico de desastres”. XXIX Congreso Nacional de Estadística e Investigación Operativa (SEIO 2006). Tenerife (Spain). 15-19 May 2006. Julián Barquín Gil, “Gas-electricity mergers and input foreclosure: A quantitative study”. 3rd International Conference, The European Electricity Market. EEM-06. Challenge of the Unification, Warsaw (Poland). May 24-26, 2006. Pedro Linares Llamas, Lucía Muñoz, Julio Montes Ponce de León, Andrés Ramos Galán, “Internalisation of externalities into energy decision-making: A model for the social optimisation of the operation of power systems”. 2nd Atlantic Workshop on Energy and Environmental Economics. A Toxa, Vigo, (Spain). 26-28 June 2006. Natalia Mosquera Osorio, Javier Reneses Guillén, Julián Barquín Gil, Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda, “Risk analysis in electricity markets by using decision trees”. 9th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS'06). Stockholm (Sweden). June 11-15, 2006. Enrique Lobato Miguélez, Alejandro Ugedo Álvarez-Ossorio, Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Francisco Miguel Echavarren Cerezo, “Decision trees applied to Spanish power systems applications”. 9th International Conference on Probabilistic


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Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS'06). Stockholm (Sweden). June 11-15, 2006. Carlos Maté Jiménez, Javier Arroyo, Antonio Muñoz San Roque, Ángel Sarabia Viejo, “Smoothing methods for histogram-valued time series”. 26th International Symposium on Forecasting. Santander (Spain). 11-14 June 2006. Miguel Vázquez Martínez, Julián Barquín Gil, Carlos Batlle López, “Electricity forward and volatility curves computation based on Monte Carlo simulation ”. 9th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS'06), Stockholm (Sweden). June 11-15, 2006. Julián Barquín Gil, “Critically-congested Nash-Cournot equilibria in electricity networks”. 9th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS'06). Stockholm (Sweden). June 11-15, 2006. Rocío Moraga Ruiz de la Muela, Javier García González, Sergio Nogales Becerra, Montserrat Arteseros, “A contingency analysis for managing the risk of water spillage or shortage in a mid-term hydro scheduling model”. 9th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS'06). Stockholm (Sweden). June 11-15, 2006. Javier García González, Ernesto Parrilla Pozzy, Alicia Mateo González, Rocío Moraga Ruiz de la Muela, “Building optimal generation bids of a hydro-chain in the day-ahead electricity market under price uncertainty”. 9th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS'06). Stockholm (Sweden). June 11-15, 2006. Antonio Muñoz San Roque, Juan Marín Bernal, Rafael Palacios Hielscher, Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda, Alicia Mateo González, A. Tostado, “APOLO: A short term wind power forecasting system based on artificial neural networks”. 26th International Symposium on Forecasting (ISF 2006). Santander (Spain). 11-14 June 2006 Francisco Alberto Campos Fernández, José Villar Collado, Julián Barquín Gil, “Possibilistic Cournot equilibrium for electricity markets”. The 7th WSEAS International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FS'06), pp. 43-48. Cavtat (Croatia). June 12-14, 2006.


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Miguel Ángel Gallego-Preciado García, Tomás Gómez San Román, “Long-term investment decision model for electricity subtransmission expansion planning”. 11th International Energy Conference & Exhibition (ENERGEX'06), Stavanger (Norway). 12-15 June 2006. Luis Olmos Camacho, José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “Design of long-term locational signals for new electricity generation to be connected to the transmission network”. 11th International Energy Conference & Exhibition (ENERGEX'06), Stavanger (Norway). 12-15 June 2006. José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Luis Olmos Camacho, “Locational signals to new generators”. 11th International Energy Conference & Exhibition (ENERGEX'06), Stavanger (Norway). 12-15 June 2006. Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Juan Luis Zamora Macho, “Dynamic patterns and model order reduction in small-signal models of doubly fed induction generators for wind power applications”. IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting. Montreal, (Canada), Paper 06GM1126. 18-22 June 2006. Efraim Centeno Hernáez, Juan José Sánchez Domínguez, Ignacio Hoyos Irrisarri, Julián Barquín Gil, “Conjectural variation estimation in electricity markets”. Applied Mathematical Programming and Modelling (APMOD 2006). Madrid (Spain). 19-21 June 2006. Juan José Sánchez Domínguez, Efraim Centeno Hernáez, Julián Barquín Gil, Ignacio Hoyos Irrisarri, “Electricity markets long-term behavior analysis: A system dynamics approach”. Applied Mathematical Programming and Modelling (APMOD 2006). Madrid (Spain). 19-21 June 2006. Ignacio Hoyos Irrisarri, Julián Barquín Gil, Efraim Centeno Hernáez, Juan José Sánchez Domínguez, “Considering cost volatility risk in new investment decisions”. Applied Mathematical Programming and Modelling (APMOD 2006). Madrid (Spain). 19-21 June 2006. José María Fernández López, Santiago Cerisola López de Haro, Alvaro Baíllo Moreno, Andrés Ramos Galán, “Stochastic bidding in electricity spot markets. A MIP-oriented benders decomposition approach”. Applied Mathematical Programming and Modelling (APMOD 2006). Madrid (Spain). 19-21 June 2006.


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Jesús María Latorre Canteli, Santiago Cerisola López de Haro, Andrés Ramos Galán, Rafael Palacios Hielscher, “Analysis of stochastic problem decomposition algorithms in computational grids”. Applied Mathematical Programming and Modelling (APMOD 2006). Madrid (Spain). 19-21 June 2006. Andrés Ramos Galán, Santiago Cerisola López de Haro, Jesús María Latorre Canteli, Rafael Bellido, Alejandro Perea, “Pumping scheduling in object oriented simulation of hydroelectric power systems”. Applied Mathematical Programming and Modelling (APMOD 2006). Madrid (Spain). 19-21 June 2006. Pedro Sánchez Martín, Santiago López de Haro, Andrés Ramos Galán, “A new heuristic for the multi model assembly line balancing problem”. Applied Mathematical Programming and Modelling (APMOD 2006). Madrid (Spain). 19-21 June 2006. Ortuño Sánchez, M.T. Vitoriano Villanueva, B., “Production planning and interval goal programming”. Applied Mathematical Programming and Modelling (APMOD 2006). Madrid (Spain). 19-21 June 2006. Félix Fernández Menéndez, Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva, Julián Barquín Gil, “Modelling congestion management methods for the medium term planning in electricity networks”. Madrid (Spain). 19-21 June 2006. Francisco Luis Pagola y de las Heras, Ramón Rodríguez Pecharromán, “Teaching pid-controller design”. 7th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education. Madrid (Spain). 21-23 June 2006. Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente, Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Antonio Fernández Cardador, “Catenary and autotransformer coupled optimization for 2x25kV systems planning”. Tenth International Conference on Computer System Design and Operation in the Railway and Other Transit Systems (COMPRAIL 2006,) pp. 747-756. 10-12 July 2006. Prague (The Czech Republic), ISBN: 1-84564-177-9. WIT Transactions on the Built Environment, Vol. 78. ISSN: 1746-4498. Jorge Muñoz Riesco, Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente, Antonio Fernández Cardador, Asunción Paloma Cucala García, “A mixed AC/DC model for railways’ power systems”. Tenth International Conference on Computer System Design and Operation in the Railway and Other Transit Systems (COMPRAIL 2006,) pp. 805-815. 10-12 July 2006. Prague (The Czech Republic), ISBN: 1-84564-177-9. WIT Transactions on the Built Environment, Vol. 78. ISSN: 1746-4498.


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José Daniel Muñoz Frías, Sadot Alexandres Fernández, José Antonio Rodríguez Mondejar, Cesáreo Fernández Martínez, “Laboratorio de sistemas informáticos en tiempo real. Un enfoque multidisciplinar”. Tecnologías Aplicadas a la enseñanza de la electrónica (TAEE2006). Madrid (Spain). 12-14 July 2006. Sadot Alexandres Fernández, José Antonio Rodríguez Mondejar, José Daniel Muñoz Frías, “Comunicaciones industriales en las titulaciones de ingeniería de ICAI”. Tecnologías Aplicadas a la enseñanza de la electrónica (TAEE2006). Madrid (Spain). 12-14 July 2006. Jesús Jiménez Octavio, Mercedes Cano de Santayana Ortega, Juan Carlos del Real Romero, “Effect of silane surface treatment on durability of acrylic-aluminium bonds”. Marie Curie Summer School on Knowledge Based Materials 2006 - Polyphase and Composite Materials. Älvdalen (Sweden). 14-23 August 2006 Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Fidel Fernández Bernal, Juan Luis Zamora Macho, Pablo García González, “Comparison of the dynamic response of wind power generators of different tecnologies in case of voltage dips”. 41 Cigre Session. Paris (France), paper A1-304. 27 August -1 September 2006. Javier Reneses Guillén, Efraim Centeno Hernáez, Natalia Mosquera Osorio, “Impact of the Kyoto Protocol on the Iberian Electricity Market: A scenario analysys of phase 1: 2005-2007”. 19th Mini-Euro Conference. Coimbra (Portugal). September 6-8, 2006. Andrés Ramos Galán, Gonzalo Cortés Nuñez, Jesús María Latorre Canteli, Santiago Cerisola López de Haro, “Análisis de la relación precio marginal y demanda de electricidad mediante conglomerado”. X Congreso de Ingeniería de Organización. Valencia (Spain). 7-8 September 2006. Pedro Sánchez Martín, Santiago López de Haro, Andrés Ramos Galán, “Equilibrado de puestos de cadenas de montaje en producción por lotes”. X Congreso de Ingeniería de Organización. Valencia (Spain). 7-8 September 2006. Alberto Carnicero López, Óscar López García, Víctor Torres Toledo, Jesús Jiménez Octavio, “An algorithm based on finite element method and catenary equation to compute the initial equilibrium of railway overhead”. Eighth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain). 12-15 September 2006.


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Omar Pinzón Ardila, Aurelio García Cerrada, Pablo García González, Vicente Feliu Batlle, Pedro Luis Roncero Sánchez Elipe, “Aplicación del control repetitivo a filtros activos de potencia en conexión paralelo”. XIII Seminario Anual de Automática y Electrónica Industrial SAAEI2005. Gijón, Asturias (Spain). 13-15 September 2006. Juan Rivier Abbad, “A theoretical framework for comparison of supporting mechanisms for renewable generation”. 2nd Decision Maker's Workshop "Regulatory framework for RES penetration support". University of Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina) dentro del marco del proyecto europeo "VBPC - RES". Neum (Bosnia - Herzegovina). 14-15 September 2006.

4.3.6 IIT working papers

Aurelio García Cerrada, Omar Pinzón Ardila, Vicente Feliu Batlle, Pedro Roncero Sánchez Elipe, Pablo García González, “Application of a repetitive controller for a three-phase active power filter”. IIT Internal Paper. Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. October 2005. (IIT-05-034A)

Jesús María Latorre Canteli, Santiago Cerisola López de Haro, Andrés Ramos Galán, Rafael Bellido, Alejandro Perea, “Hydroelectric system scheduling by simulation”. IIT Internal Paper. January 2006. (IIT-06-002A)

Javier Cimadevila García, Juan Rivier Abbad, “Measure-based method for detection of special events in power distribution”. IIT Internal Paper. March 2006. (IIT-06-015A)

Julián Barquín Gil, Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva, Efraim Centeno Hernáez, Félix Fernández Menéndez, “An optimisation-based conjectured supply function equilibrium model for network constrained electricity markets”. IIT Internal Paper. April 2006. (IIT-06-018A)

Carlos Batlle López, Carlos Vázquez Martínez, Michel Rivier Abbad, José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “A regulatory instrument to enhance security of supply in the Spanish wholesale electricity market”. IIT Internal Paper. May 2006. (IIT-06-025A)


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Carlos Batlle López, Carlos Vázquez Martínez, Michel Rivier Abbad, José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “Market power mitigation proposals for the Spanish wholesale electricity market”. IIT Internal Paper. May 2006. (IIT-06-026A)

Carlos Vázquez Martínez, Carlos Batlle López, Sara Lumbreras, José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “Designing retail power business regulation under vertically integrated market agents: The case of Spain”. IIT Internal Paper. May 2006. (IIT-06-028A)

José M. Fernández López, Santiago Cerisola López de Haro, Álvaro Baíllo Moreno, “Building optimal offer curves for an electricity spot market: a decomposition solution methodology”. IIT Internal Paper. July 2006. (IIT-06-036A)

Jesús Jiménez Octavio, Óscar López García, Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente, Alberto Carnicero López, “Coupled electromechanical optimization of power transmission lines”. IIT Internal Paper. Submitted to Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences(CMES). September 2006.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Carlos Batlle López, Carlos Vázquez Martínez, Michel Rivier Abbad, “Diagnosis of the White Paper for the reform of the regulatory scheme of the power generation in Spain”. IIT Internal Paper. September 2006. (IIT-06-041A)

4.3.7 IIT Technical Reports

This section presents both reports prepared for entities with which IIT collaborates (typically confidential) and research results that have not been published yet.

IIT-05-044IC. “Análisis de la merma”. Pedro Sánchez Martín, Andrés Ramos Galán, Ramón Rodríguez Pecharroman. December 2005.

IIT-06-004I. “Esquema básico para un modelo de inversión en activos eléctricos”. Efraim Centeno Hernáez, Juan José Sánchez Domínguez, Ignacio Hoyos Irisarri. January 2006.


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IIT-06-038I. “The balancing market maker: A tool to enhance liquidity in the French balancing mechanism”. Carlos Batlle López, Carlos Vázquez Martínez, Julián Barquín Gil. September 2006.

IIT-06-039I. “Regulated tariff design in a liberalized power system: The case of Spain”. Carlos Vázquez Martínez, Carlos Batlle López, José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga. September 2006.

IIT-06-040I. “Opportunities for the evolution of the French balancing mechanism”. Carlos Batlle López, Carlos Vázquez Martínez, Julián Barquín Gil. September 2006.

4.4 Supervised research projects

Students involved in the Research Training Program or in the Doctorate Program are required to carry out supervised research work that results in one or more research projects. In general, these projects are closely related to the applied research projects that the IIT develops for external entities.

Evaluation of externalities related with the introduction of bioetanol as a carburant. Pablo Ruiz Castelló Supervisor: Julio Montes Ponce de León Bussiness dinamycs based model for the analysis of electricity generation in liberalized environments. Juan José Sánchez Domínguez Supervisor: Efraim Centeno Hernáez, Julián Barquín Gil Modelling electricity prices in the context of the electricity market of Ecuador. Kléver Quizhpe Supervisor: Álvaro Baíllo Moreno Representation of the operation of wholesale electricity market of Ecuador. Kléver Quizhpe Supervisor: Mariano Ventosa Rodríguez


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Proposal of regulation of the product quality of the electrical energy. Ramón Cidón Martínez. Supervisor: Tomás Gómez San Román Advanced multiagent architectures. Antonio Luís Arranz Matía. Supervisor: Miguel Ángel Sanz Bobi The permanent transition to competition. Alberto Núñez. Supervisor: José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga Characterization of ferromagnetic materials up to 1 MHz. Santiago Lizón. Supervisor: Romano Giannetti Determination of autocalibration ranges in formal defects. Héctor González Muñoz Supervisor: Ana Mª Sáenz Nuño

4.5 Research Sufficiency Degree

The following students, involved in the IIT Research Training Program and supervised by a member of IIT research staff, have obtained during the present academic year the Research Sufficiency Degree, after publicly defending their Research Dissertation. Juan José Sánchez Domínguez. November 2005 Pablo Ruiz Castelló. May 2006 Santiago Lizón. June 2006 Alberto Nuñez. June 2006 Ramón Cidón. July 2006 Antonio Luís Arranz Matía. July 2006


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4.6 Doctoral Theses

The doctoral theses that appear below have been developed at IIT or supervised by IIT permanent staff. Some of these doctoral theses may be supervised or have been supervised by research staff at other universities, as indicated below. In most cases, the theses are directly linked to research projects undertaken by the Institute.

Submitted Theses Distributed Generation: Technical issues and its regulatory approach. Victor Hugo Méndez Quezada Supervisor: Juan Rivier Abbad

Maximum likelihood scenario models. Application to the characterization of strategies in electricity markets. Alicia Mateo González Supervisors: Antonio Muñoz San Roque, Ángel Sáiz Chicharro Medium-term fuzzy model of electricity markets in a liberalized framework. Francisco Alberto Campos Fernández Supervisors: José Villar Collado, Julián Barquín Gil The bullwhip effect in supply chains and the dependency on their agents. R. Martín-Andino Supervisor: Angel Sarabia Viejo Transmission activity regulation in regional electrical markets. Luis Olmos Camacho Supervisor: José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga

Ongoing Theses Electric power systems security margin: calculation and improvement. Francisco Miguel Echavarren Cerezo Supervisors: Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Enrique Lobato Míguelez


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Study of the thermoelectric phenomena using the boundary element method and experimental techniques. Jorge Vázquez Arias Supervisors: José Ignacio Linares Hurtado, Rafael Palacios Hielscher Electric tariff design: Distribution network tariffs. María Pía Rodríguez Ortega Supervisors: Juan Rivier Abbad, Jesús Pascual Peco González Distributed resolution of stochastic optimization problems. Application to the hydrothermal coordination problem. Jesús Latorre Canteli Supervisors: Andrés Ramos Galán, Rafael Palacios Hielscher Modelling and validation of a wide-band communications digital system for transport vehicles applications. Carlos Rodríguez-Morcillo García Supervisor: Sadot Alexandres Fernández

Selective compensation of current harmonics using active power filters. Omar Pinzón Ardila Supervisors: Aurelio García Cerrada, Pablo García González Development of a reference network model for the regulation of distribution. Javier Cimadevila García Supervisor: Juan Rivier Abbad Risk-management model for the power generation business. Jordi Cabero Borrós Supervisors: Álvaro Baíllo Moreno, Mariano Ventosa Rodríguez A decision-aid methodology for appropriate rural electrification in developing countries. Francisco Javier Santos Pérez Supervisor: Pedro Linares Llamas Regulatory model for voltage control and reactive power service in electric power systems. Pablo Frías Marín Supervisor: David Soler Soneira Models of elastic wave propagation in electrical cables. Carlos Mateo Domingo Supervisor: Juan Antonio Talavera Martín Development of a methodology for the automatic selection and application of automatic learning techniques. Rocío Martínez López Supervisor: Miguel Angel Sanz Bobi


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Reliability options for long term guarantee of supply in deregulated power systems. Ernesto Parrilla Pozzy Supervisors: Carlos Vázquez Martínez, José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga Optimal design of small batch production in multi-model vehicles assembly chains. Santiago López de Haro Directores: Andrés Ramos Galán y Pedro Sánchez Martín

4.7 Institutional Grants

The IIT has been awarded the following grants to promote research projects, purchase equipment and maintain international contacts. IELAS Electrical current measurement based on Elastic waves propagation in dielectric materials European Commission-REE. September 2001 – October 2005. (Juan Antonio Talavera Martín, Alberto Carnicero López, Oscar López García, Carlos Mateo Domingo, Rosa María Ruiz Pablos) The instrument transformers, devices for the measurement of voltage and electrical currents, are key elements within the generation and distribution of electrical energy. Nowadays, their importance has grown even higher due to the worldwide deregulation processes that face the electrical sector. However they are still manufactured with almost the same technological principles and methods of four decades ago. Thus, they are among the most expensive components of the control systems. Our main objective is the development of a new kind of measurement current transformer. The proposed system will operate with mechanical waves instead of magnetic flux variations. It will be based on functional materials, magnetostrictive and piezoelectric, rather than copper coils and magnetic core. Preliminary estimates suggest that this approach could reduce 26% the volume, 72% the weight, 100% the isolating oil and 37% the manufacturing costs compare with an equivalent modern current transformer. Power quality improvement using power-electronic converters Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. December 2002 - November 2005. (Aurelio García Cerrada, Pablo García González, Jose Daniel Muñoz Frias, Juan Rivier Abbad, Ramón Rodríguez Pecharromán, Omar Pinzón Ardila)


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This project focuses on the control and adequate utilization of Active Power Filters (APF) which are those electronic devices designed to compensate the perturbations that may contribute to poor quality of the supplied electricity: unwanted reactive-power flows, load harmonic currents, unbalanced loads, etc. The objectives of this project can be summarised as follows: - Definition of the necessary control systems for series, parallel or

series/parallel APF's to handle harmonic currents produced by typical loads. It is important to guaranty that the load is not affected.

- Evaluation of series/parallel active filters to compensate voltage sags. - Investigation of the global-quality problem in a distribution network to

elaborate a good-practice guide for distribution companies. Optimization of the electrical and mechanical design of the catenaries of high speed trains Ministerio de Fomento. January 2003 - December 2005. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente, Alberto Carnicero López, Oscar López García, Víctor Torres Toledo) The aim of this project is the optimization of both the electrical and mechanical aspects of the catenaries of high speed trains. From the electrical point of view, the aim of the project is the development of computer programs that provide the optimal configuration of the electrical supply system of a high speed railway line. Not only the components of the catenary (conductors) will be determined, but also the electrical supply system (1x25kV, 2x25 kV), the number and location of the substation and autotransformers and the locations of the switches. The aim of the optimization is to find the least cost solution that fulfils the constraints set by the standards. From the mechanical point of view, the aim of the project is the development of computer programs that provide the optimal configuration of the mechanical behaviour of a high-speed railway line. Not only will the sizing of droppers be optimized but also the catenary geometry. Two sorts of optimizations are considered. On the one hand, the catenary configuration for a given speed will be found in order to minimize support stresses. On the other hand, a dropper configuration for a given structure will be obtained in order to maximize the train circulation speed. The electrical and mechanical designs of a catenary are coupled since the catenary mechanical design implies some electrical properties. In particular, the conductor positions determine the value of their reactances, which are directly related to voltage drops. Moreover, the electrical design should consider only those catenaries which are valid from the mechanical and structural point of


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view. Therefore, once the separate electrical and mechanical designs have been addressed, the global optimization will be formulated and solved. Methodology development for probabilistic assessment Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear. September 2003 - September 2005. (Angel de Andrés Martínez, Francisco Nieto Fuentes, Cristina Ibáñez Llano, María José López Pérez-Valiente) This project’s purpose is to establish a systematic co-operation between the CSN and Comillas on Probabilistic Safety Assessment. All that by means of the assimilation, consolidation, improvement and exploitation of the current CSN methodology, including public codes and associated tools. - Comillas assimilation and analysis of the current methodology. - Development and computer implementation of this methodology. - Finally, to establish a long term working program depending on the

conclusions obtained in the first phase. Open PLC European Research Alliance for new generation PLC integrated network VI Framework Program. January 2004 - January 2006. (Sadot Alexandres Fernández, Jose Daniel Muñoz Frías) Power Line Communication (PLC) is a broadband telecommunication technology able to use the electricity networks for data transmission purposes, allowing any user connected to the power grid to benefit from a great number of services easily and avoiding expensive and pollutant new wiring. The strategic objective of this project is to offer low-cost broadband access service to ALL European citizens using the most ubiquitous infrastructure, Power Lines. Overcoming all barriers that prevent today PLC from being a mass commercial technology that competes effectively with existing technologies through the development of a new PLC generation integrated with existing backbone technologies and EMC full compliant. All efforts will be focused on obtaining: an improved performance in transmission speed, ready- to-sell and low-cost products, a complete system specification, a unique international regulation, full inter-operability with existing back haul and in-home technologies and a higher market share. OPERA will contribute to develop the European Information Society in concordance with the proposed objectives in the plan eEurope 2005 by: - Increase of competition in access network. - Fostering Mass Services availability. - European Industry Leadership.


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Sustainable energy specific support action European Commission (DG Research). April 2004 - October 2005. (José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Associated partners) SESSA is a European forum on electricity reforms grouping researchers and energy stakeholders. It aims at contributing to the 2006 European review of internal energy market as decided at the Copenhagen Summit. SESSA's main objectives are: 1. To improve the existing knowledge on regulations and policies: SESSA

assesses policies and identifies what are the best practices in the EU and abroad. It collects data and documents case studies on the current regulations and policies in the EU 15, in New Member States and abroad.

2. To develop and compare methodologies: SESSA provides a methodology for a European benchmarking of existing practices and performances. It defines the critical factors for European energy sustainability.

3. To make proposals for implementing best practices: SESSA delineates the key issues and recommends a timetable in reproducing best practices and harmonising national rules, behaviours and policies.

4. To gather and to facilitate interaction between high level academics and decision-makers: SESSA brings together more than 20 research teams and 40 energy stakeholders and makes them interact in defining the core issues and most relevant solutions on each detailed component of energy sustainability.

Computation of the wear of the overhead system of high speed railways Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. December 2004 – December 2007. (Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Alberto Carnicero López, Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente, Oscar López García) The high speed European railroad raise involves a technical challenge in the development of the railway systems which must fulfil more demanding requirements. The overhead system wear is governed by two main contributions: friction, which is determined by the contact forces, and the electric arcs that appear in the contact losses. Considering the importance of overhead system wear in the maintenance planning, and the increase of the number of high speed trains lines in Spain in the following years, the development of numerical tools to take into account maintenance criteria in the catenary design is extremely useful. The goal of the project is to develop the aforementioned tool which is an innovation in the current catenary pattern design.


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Development of Peltier effect-based air-conditioning equipment for buildings Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. December 2004 - December 2007. (Luis Pagola de las Heras, Antonio Arenas Alonso, Rafael Palacios Hielscher, Ramón Rodríguez Pecharromán, Jorge Vázquez Arias) This project attempts to develop improvements in the air-conditioning of buildings by means of the implementation of two kinds of thermoelectricity -based (Peltier effect) equipments. In the first class small devices are included, whose function is to improve the local temperature control; they are conceived to offset the effect of local thermal loads, or to address special needs. The second class consists of a window-glass surface with embedded thermoelectric devices that can be used to obtain thermal insulation or even be used as primary air-conditioning system. Thermoelectricity offers the following assets for the envisioned applications: they are reversible, their efficiency does not drop in very small power situations, they can be accurately controlled by electronic means, have no moving parts and are quiet, they use no thermal fluids, have small size and weight, the equipments can be easily planned as standard units. On the other hand, thermoelectric air-conditioning systems are generally much less efficient than compression-based systems. This project proposes to research electronic control techniques that insure that the system will work always near the optimum operating point (as a function of temperature drop and thermal load). The proposed objectives are: The development of prototypes of thermoelectric window-glass, to obtain from them experimental data and models of dynamic behaviour, and the development of electric supply systems and electronic control. In parallel and in an analogous way, local air-conditioning equipment will be developed, experimental data and dynamic models will be obtained, and electric supply systems with electronic control will be developed. Design of low power, embedded real time systems Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología. December 2004 - December 2005. (José Daniel Muñoz Frias, Sadot Alexandres Fernández, Carlos Rodríguez-Morcillo García) Current network analyzers are focused on determined disturbations of the signal in an electric system and do not analyze the overall set of disturbations defined in the power quality studies. This has motivated the proposal of a coordinated project whose objectives are the design of a prototype able to fulfil the lacks of current instrumentation. The designed device will be an embedded real time system capable of identifying and classifying disturbances and reporting the results to an operator. There are two main objectives, the first is the design of a fast, reliable and efficient algorithm to evaluate the power


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quality and the second is its integration in an embedded real time system based on a microprocessor or on a FPGA. Virtual Balkan power centre for advance of renewable energy sources in Western Balkans European Commission. January 2005 - December 2006. (Tomás Gómez San Román, José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Juan Rivier Abbad) Countries in the Western Balkan region have great unexploited potential of renewable energy sources (RES), which could by efficient use significantly, contribute to security of supply within the region and wider. Special care has to be devoted to sound solutions for electricity supply of undeveloped and isolated regions due to war damage. The main objectives of the VBPC are: (i) transfer of know-how in RES technology and their implementation for isolated regions, (ii) to identify main economic and legislative factors influencing investment decisions in RES including barriers and local specifics, and to identify options to improve penetration of RES, and (iii) awareness building and education on modes, means and benefits of renewable energy sources. The work within the VBPC will be organized in 4 work packages (WP). First WP will deal with transfer of best practice and best technologies in RES for isolated regions, comprising energy transformation, distribution, operation and control, connection to the local network, energy storage and organizational as also other implementation issues. In the second WP the regulatory framework of each WB country will be analyzed to identify barriers and local specifics. This will be archived by exchange of information on establishing incentives for promotion of RES and experiences with harmonisation with EU legislation in EU, AS and WB countries. Communication and dissemination with key focus groups (policy makers, utilities and SMEs, higher education system) will be the objective of the WP3. Fore each key focus group of actors important for RES implementation in the region a special dissemination program will be carried out comprising targeted workshops, conferences, public reports and summer schools. The fourth WP will be devoted to project management issues and to support actions and activities in the first three work packages. DG-GRID - Enhancement of sustainable electricity supply through improvements of the regulatory framework of the distribution network for DG European Commission. January 2005 - June 2007. (Tomás Gómez San Román, José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Juan Rivier Abbad, Jesús Pascual Peco González)


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This project will analyse the “main grid system issues regarding penetration of a large DG share in supply” in the following way: 1. Review the current regulation of the grids in EU MS concluding on what

needs to be done in improving the grid regulation in MS in the short-term to remove barriers for RES and CHP deployment.

2. Analyse the consequences of network innovations in the long term on the developments of grid system regulation with large electricity volumes supplied by RES and CHP and if a large share of power generating capacity is connected to the distribution grid.

3. Assess the effects of a large penetration of DG options connected to the grid in liberalised markets assuming implementation of the recommended network regulation framework. Analysis of costs/benefits for new market actors by monetarisation of the changes in revenue and expenditure flows for the different market actors in a liberalised (unbundled distribution network) electricity market. Develop a costs/benefit analysis of different regulatory designs. Develop several business models for economic viable grid system operation by DSO's, if large shares of DG are connected to the grid system.

4. Develop guidelines for network planning, regulation and to enhance integration of DG in the short term, but including the opportunity for new innovative changes in networks in the long term.

The project is leaded by the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN). The partners are: Öko-Institut (Germany), IZES (Germany), RISOE (DK), UNIMAN (UK), University Pontificia Comillas (Spain), IFZ (Austria), VTT (Finland), and OME (France).

Thematic network of optimization under uncertainty Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. June 2005 - May 2006. (Andrés Ramos Galán, Javier García González, Álvaro Baíllo Moreno) The creation of this thematic network seeks the following objectives: 1. Increasing the knowledge of the research topics of each others by organizing

yearly workshops to exchange experiences and lines of activities. 2. Spreading the methodology and applications of the optimization under

uncertainty in the society by the creation and maintenance of a dedicated web site and by the edition of a textbook about the topic.

3. Training by the organization of doctoral and postgraduate courses. 4. Increasing the joining activities of the members favouring the presentation of

coordinated projects to the R&D&I National Plan, join publications, co-direction of research works and doctoral theses.

5. Interconnection with European researchers to participate in VI Framework Programme and Marie Curie Actions.


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The actions to be done during the proposal time scope will be centred around the following guidelines: 1. Advances in algorithms and methods. 2. Development of applications for different industries. 3. Spread the network activities in the university and industry environments. 4. Organization of postgraduate courses. SOLID-DER: Coordinated action to consolidate RTD activities for large scale integration of DER into the European electricity market European Commission. November 2005 – March 2008. (José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Tomás Gómez San Román, Pedro Linares Llamas, Juan Rivier Abbad) The project SOLID-DER, a Coordination Action, will assess the barriers for further integration of DER, overcome both the lack of awareness of benefits of DER solutions and fragmentation in EU R&D results by consolidating all European DER research activities and report on is common findings. In particular awareness of DER solutions and benefits will be raised in the new Member States, thereby addressing their specific issues and barriers and incorporate them in the existing EU DER integration R&D community. The key objectives of the SOLID-DER project are: • Identify, evaluate and assess the critical developments, innovations and

findings in EU R&D on large-scale integration of DER. • Provide and assess costs/benefits and the application of DER supply

solutions in different Member States and recommend on applicable concepts of business models for DER and pro-active networks securing viable business and operation of networks in the future.

• Raising the awareness of benefits of DER in general and organising dissemination and transfer of knowledge from EU-15 R&D community and stakeholders towards the stakeholders in the New Member States (NMS).

Modelling and quantifying maintenance strategies and human actions Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear. November 2005 - November 2008. (Francisco Nieto Fuentes, Cristina Ibáñez Llano, María José López Pérez-Valiente) The present project is the prolongation of a previous project dedicated the assimilation of the methodology of probabilistic safety assessment (PSA). It intents to initiate a long term collaboration between both parts in the fields of Probabilistic Safety Analysis and Dynamic System Simulation. The new objectives are the examination and study of new methodologies for the quantification of the probability of failure due to maintenance strategies, and the extension to the study of the probability of failure due to human actions. The impact of those actions into organizational issues will be considered.


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The application of this work will be the Probabilistic Incident Analysis (Precursor Analysis). This will consolidate the work done in the previous project ‘Development of a methodology for Probabilistic Analysis and Dynamic simulation’ sponsored from the CSN at 2004. The tasks for this project are: • Consolidation and implementation of the tools developed in the previous

project. • Integration of those tools into the set of computational tools and codes used

and developed at the CSN. • Development of applications for those new methodologies, and assessment

of their convenience into those applications. • Investigation and generalization of quantification techniques. SISCANT II - Development and certification of advanced systemas of control for UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio. December 2005 – December 2006. (Yolanda González Arechavala, José Antonio Rodríguez Mondéjar, Ignacio Egido Cortés). Project SISCANT II supposes a continuity to the begun investigation and development with project SISCANT (Exp. FIT-330101-2004-0013). While SISCANT must like objective cover the necessity to develop new solutions of control of aerospace critical systems that allow a greater survival to failures during the flight, SISCANT II will try to take advantage of the results SISCANT to elaborate solutions that allow the use of aerial systems in workings of interest for the society as they are: environmental workings, monitoring of borders, rescue in adverse climatologic conditions, terrestrial and marine systematic prospection, traffic control of the land, etc. SISCANT II in addition will center their efforts in the certification system level of critical systems, like a System of Control of Flight, complementing the effort that is being made in SISCANT on the certification of software. It is in this scope where it is going to more actively participate the Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica of the ETSI ICAI of the Universidad Pontificia Comillas. The objective is to elaborate and to implement the methodology, with its processes and necessary techniques for the certification of critical systems according to the standards used in civil aviation (ARP 4761 and ARP 4754).


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Feasibility study of energy crop bioethanol production and utilization as transport fuel Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. January 2006 - January 2007. (Julio Montes Ponce de León, Susana Ortiz Marcos, Pablo Ruiz Castelló, Miguel Angel Sanz Bobi) The main goal of this project is to prove the feasibility and the benefits of using ethanol from biomass as fuel, in conventional engines and in fuel cells. New agroenergetical crops are going to be tested in order to reduce the cost of the ethanol production as well as the energy balance and environmental impact. The control of the fermentation proceess is going to be improved in order to reduce the acetic acid anomalous production. The bioethanol is going to be mixed with diesel oil in order to to improve the combustion characteristicsa and tested in a captive buses fleet. The new catalizar has been developed in order to use bioethanol as fuel in futere fuel cells.


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5 Other Activities

5.1 International Exchanges

It is an IIT policy to encourage and support, within its means, those IIT members wishing to complete their studies and research abroad.

Several IIT members visited foreign universities or organizations in the capacity of visiting scientists or visiting engineers, collaborating on specific projects and gaining valuable experience on research problems. Juan Rivier Abbad, invited researcher, University of New South Wales, Sidney, Australia. August 2005 - July 2006. Ernesto Parrilla Pozzy, invited researcher, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), Oslo, Norway. June-September 2005. Juan Rivier Abbad, invited researcher, Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica da UNESP (Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesqueta Filho"), Campus de Ilha Solteira. São Paulo (Brasil). October 2005.


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5.2 Consultancy and Courses

Courses offered to external entities and consultancy activities are usually linked to research projects.

Antonio Arranz Matía, “Hacia una nueva informática”. IIT Course. September 2005.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “Electric network planning and regulation”. Course organized by the Turkish Regulatory Agency, as part of a PHARE twinning project of the European Union. Ankara (Turkey). September 2005.

Juan Rivier Abbad, “Quality of supply, Tariff and Regulatory Aspects of Electrical Utilities”. Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica da UNESP (Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”), campus de Ilha Solteira. São Paulo (Brasil). October 2005.

Juan Rivier Abbad, “Pós-Graduaçao, Pesquisa e desenvolvimento na Universidade Pontifícia Comillas de Madrid”. Conference. Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica da UNESP (Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”), campus de Ilha Solteira. São Paulo (Brasil). October 2005.

Carlos Vázquez Martínez, Carlos Ocaña Pérez de Tudela, “Institutions and economics of regulation”. Module within the Course on-line “Electricity Sector Restructuring”. Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) with the collaboration of National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). October-November 2005.

Tomás Gómez San Román, “Economics fundaments of electricity monopolies regulation”. Module within the Course on-line “Electricity Sector Restructuring”. Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) with the collaboration of National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). October-November 2005.

Tomás Gómez San Román, “Regulation of distribution networks”. Module within the Course on-line “Electricity Sector Restructuring”. Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) with the collaboration of National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). October-November 2005.


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Michel Rivier Abbad, “Regulation of transmission networks and system operation”. Module within the Course on-line “Electricity Sector Restructuring”. Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) with the collaboration of National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). October-November 2005.

Damián Laloux Dallemagne, “Los sistemas de energía eléctrica”. Module within the Master de Regulación del Sector Eléctrico (on-line)-3er edition. CEDDET-Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio-Universidad Pontificia Comillas. October 2005 – February 2006.

Carlos Ocaña Pérez de Tudela, Mariano Ventosa Rodríguez, Tomás Gómez San Román, “Instituciones y economía de la regulación”. Module within the Master de Regulación del Sector Eléctrico (on-line)-3er edition. CEDDET-Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio-Universidad Pontificia Comillas. October 2005 – February 2006.

Pedro Linares Llamas, “La regulación ambiental en el sector eléctrico”. Module within the Master de Regulación del Sector Eléctrico (on-line)-3er edition. CEDDET-Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio-Universidad Pontificia Comillas. October 2005 – February 2006.

Julián Barquín Gil, David Soler Sonería, Carlos Batlle López, “La regulación de libre mercado: Generación y mercado mayorista”. Module within the Master de Regulación del Sector Eléctrico (on-line)-3er edition. CEDDET-Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio-Universidad Pontificia Comillas. October 2005 – February 2006.

Michel Rivier Abbad, Tomás Gómez San Román, “La regulación del libre mercado: Transporte y distribución”. Module within the Master de Regulación del Sector Eléctrico (on-line)-3er edition. CEDDET-Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio-Universidad Pontificia Comillas. October 2005 – February 2006.

Carlos Vázquez Martínez, Carlos Batlle López, Juan Rivier Abbad, “La regulación del libre mercado: Comercialización y mercado minorista”. Module within the Master de Regulación del Sector Eléctrico (on-line)-3er edition. CEDDET-Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio-Universidad Pontificia Comillas. October 2005 – February 2006.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “Advanced electricity transmission networt regulation”. Course organized by the Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute. Florencia (Italy). November 2005.


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Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda, “Predicción de series de consumo energético”, Invited session in Module: “Introducción a los Métodos y Modelos de Decisión”, within the Master en Administración de Empresas e Ingeniería de Organización. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. Ciudad Real (Spain). January 2006.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “En búsqueda de un modelo sostenible para España”. Invited session in the Curso Anual del Aula de Solidaridad. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). January 2006.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “Libro Blanco sobre la reforma del marco regulatorio de la generación eléctrica en España”. Curso Superior de Negocio Energético. Club Español de la Energía. February 2006.

Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva, “Modelos de decisión”. Invited session in Module: “Modelos de Decisión en Ordenación del Territorio: Aproximación a las Infraestructuras Industriales”, within the Máster en Proyecto del Territorio, Medio Ambiente, Paisaje y Sostenibilidad. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. Ciudad Real (Spain). February 2006.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “Electric Power systems. Structure organisation and functioning”. Invited session in the FSR Residential and E–Learning Course on Regulation of Energy Utilities. Florence School of Regulation. Februrary-June 2006.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “Traditional regulation of power utilities. Transition to liberalised regulatory frameworks”. Invited session in the FSR Residential and E–Learning Course on Regulation of Energy Utilities. Florence School of Regulation. Februrary-June 2006.

Tomás Gómez San Román, “Regulatory economics: Monopolistic activities”. Module within the FSR Residential and E–Learning Course on Regulation of Energy Utilities. Florence School of Regulation. Februrary-June 2006.

Pedro Linares Llamas, “Regulatory economics: Competitive activities”. Module within the FSR Residential and E–Learning Course on Regulation of Energy Utilities. Florence School of Regulation. Februrary-June 2006.

Michel Rivier Abbad, “Electricity power transmission. Investment, access and pricing. Transmission and system operation. Cross-border trade. Transmission regulation in regional markets”. Modules within the FSR Residential and E–


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Learning Course on Regulation of Energy Utilities. Florence School of Regulation. Februrary-June 2006.

Tomás Gómez San Román, Juan Rivier Abbad, “Electricity distribution. Investment and quality of service. Access and pricing”. Module within the FSR Residential and E–Learning Course on Regulation of Energy Utilities. Florence School of Regulation. Februrary-June 2006.

Carlos Batlle López, Carlos Vázquez Martínez, “Electricity supply and the retail market”. Module within the FSR Residential and E–Learning Course on Regulation of Energy Utilities. Florence School of Regulation. Februrary-June 2006.

Juan Rivier Abbad, “Tariff design. Access and integral tariffs”. Module within the FSR Residential and E–Learning Course on Regulation of Energy Utilities. Florence School of Regulation. Februrary-June 2006.

Juan Rivier Abbad, “An overview of the Spanish electrical system and its liberalisation”. Conference. Center for Environmental and Energy Markets (CEEM) of the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Sidney (Australia). March 2006.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “Reformas regulatorias necesarias en el mercado eléctrico español: La contribución del Libro Blanco”. Course organized by the Central de Aboño, Asturias (Spain). March 2006.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “Reflections on sustainability & energy policy. The cases of the EU & Spain”. University of Geneva. March 2006.

Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva, Andrés Ramos Galán, “Métodos y modelos de decisión (I)”. Module within the Máster en Administración de Empresas e Ingeniería de Organización. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. February-March 2006.

Juan Rivier Abbad, “Distributed Generation in Spain. Situation in year 2005”. Conference. Center for Environmental and Energy Markets (CEEM) of the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Sidney (Australia). April 2006.


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José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “El Libro Verde y la eficiencia energética”. Invited session in the course EUROPA: Seguridad de Suministro y Modelo Energético. Enerclub. Madrid (Spain). May 2006.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “Ética y energía”. Invited session in the “Curso Superior de Negocio Energético”. Club Español de la Energía. Madrid (Spain). May 2006.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “Papel de la Administración para impulsar la sustitución de las energías convencionales por renovables. Opciones de regulación”. Invited session in the course: Renovables: Otro modelo energético es posible. Fundación Universidad Complutense / Greenpeace. El Escorial, Madrid (Spain). June 2006.

Juan Rivier Abbad, “Renewable energy supporting mechanisms. A review”. Conference. Center for Environmental and Energy Markets (CEEM) of the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Sydney (Australia). July 2006.

Pedro Linares Llamas, “Políticas energéticas y sostenibilidad”. Invited session. Universitat de Barcelona. Julio 2006.

Juan Rivier Abbad, “Diseño de tarifas eléctricas”. Course organized by the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE). Costa Rica. September 2006.

Tomás Gómez San Román, “Regulación de monopolios”. Course within the Master sobre Gas y Electricidad. Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE) of the Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). Course 2005-06.

Carlos Vázque Martínez, “La regulación tradicional del sector eléctrico”. Course within the Master sobre Gas y Electricidad. Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE) of the Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). Course 2005-06.

Carlos Batlle López, Carlos Vázque Martínez, “Generación y mercado mayorista. Garantía de suministro a largo plazo”. Course within the Master sobre Gas y Electricidad. Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE) of the Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). Course 2005-06.

Michel Rivier Abbad, “Transporte y operador del sistema”. Course within the Master sobre Gas y Electricidad. Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE) of the Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). Course 2005-06.


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Tomás Gómez San Román, “Distribución de electricidad”. Course within the Master sobre Gas y Electricidad. Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE) of the Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). Course 2005-06.

Carlos Batlle López, “La tarifa eléctrica”. Course within the Master sobre Gas y Electricidad. Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE) of the Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). Course 2005-06.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, “Mercados regionales de electricidad”. Course within the Master sobre Gas y Electricidad. Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE) of the Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). Course 2005-06.

Carlos Vázque Martínez, “Comercialización y mercado minorista”. Course within the Master sobre Gas y Electricidad. Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE) of the Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). Course 2005-06.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, Carlos Vázquez Martínez, “Análisis de casos reales de regulación eléctrica”. Course within the Master sobre Gas y Electricidad. Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE) of the Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). Course 2005-06.

Pedro Linares Llamas, “Impacto ambiental de la energía”. Course within the Master sobre Gas y Electricidad. Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE) of the Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). Course 2005-06.

Pedro Linares Llamas, “Regulación ambiental”. Course within the Master sobre Gas y Electricidad. Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE) of the Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). Course 2005-06.

Mariano Ventosa Rodríguez, “Modelos de ayuda a la decisión para la generación de electricidad”. Course within the Master sobre Gas y Electricidad. Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE) of the Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). Course 2005-06.

Efraim Centeno Hernáez, “La planificación a largo plazo del equipo generador”. Course within the Master sobre Gas y Electricidad. Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE) of the Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). Course 2005-06.

Álvaro Baíllo Moreno, “Modelos de medio plazo de mercados eléctricos”. Course within the Master sobre Gas y Electricidad. Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE) of the Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). Course 2005-06.


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Julián Barquín Gil, “El riesgo en los mercados eléctricos”. Course within the Master sobre Gas y Electricidad. Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE) of the Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). Course 2005-06.

Javier García González, “Gestión de ofertas y Unit Committment”. Course within the Master sobre Gas y Electricidad. Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE) of the Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). Course 2005-06.

David Soler Soneira, “Gestión en tiempo real”. Course within the Master sobre Gas y Electricidad. Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE) of the Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). Course 2005-06.

Jesús Pascual Peco González, “Planificación de redes de distribución”. Course within the Master sobre Gas y Electricidad. Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE) of the Fundación Repsol. Madrid (Spain). Course 2005-06.

5.3 Software Products

• Model for Electric System Reliability Computation (FLOP) (http://www.iit.Comillasmillas.es/~aramos/flop.htm)

• Bulk Production Model (StarNet) (http://www.iit.Comillasmillas.es/~aramos/starnet.htm)

• AGC Software for the Spanish power system. AGC software adapted to the Spanish Power System that outperforms other current commercial alternatives. The software can be easily integrated in any complete SCADA system.

• QuercusLab is a data analysis tool. It uses decision and regression trees. It has been developed at the IIT and it has been utilized in several research projects.

• IDAT is an intelligent information processing tool that includes technologies of processing and visualization of information, as well as advanced analysis and data mining by means of statistical models and Artificial Intelligence techniques. IDAT has been developed at the IIT and is being used as analytical tool for diverse projects.


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5.4 Miscellany

A group of researchers from IIT have collaborated in the White Paper on the reform of the regulatory framework of electricity generation in Spain, which was commissioned by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade to Prof. D. José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga.

Tomás Gómez is Chairman of the Executive Committee of the "Electrical Energy Systems - University/Enterprise Training Partnership", an organization that comprises 18 European universities and companies.

Tomás Gómez San Román. Member of the Comité de Vigilancia del Mercado Mayorista de Electricidad de Panamá.

Juan Rivier Abbad. Member of tribunal of doctoral thesis: Deselvolvimento de uma metodologia integrada para alocaçao otimizada de disositivos de controle e proteçao em sistemas de distribuiçao de Energia Elétrica. Author: Luis Gustavo Wesz da Silva. UNESP (Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesqueta Filho"), Campus de Ilha Solteira. São Paulo (Brasil). October 2005.

Antonio Fernández Cardador. Round table: La Liberalización del transporte por ferrocarril (mercancías). Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). October 2005.

Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva. Reviser of the periodicals: International European Journal of Operational Research, TOP, Computers and Operations Research. November 2005.

Juan Rivier Abbad. Participation in Experimental Economics Workshop. Centre for Energy and Envionmental Markets, UNSW. Australia. November 2005.

Juan Rivier Abbad. Participation in Workshop on wind energy forecasting and wind power system integration. Australia. December 2005.

Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda, Ana Berzosa Muñoz. Revisers of a special edition of the Revista Iberoamericana de Inteligencia Artificial. December 2005 – February 2006.


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Juan Rivier Abbad. Conference: Wind Power Current Spanish Situation en “Workshop on wind energy forecasting and wind power system integration”. Center for Environmental and Energy Markets (CEEM) of the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Sidney (Australia). December 2005.

Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda. Member of tribunal of the doctoral thesis "Caracterización de los precios en mercados eléctricos competitivos mediante modelos ocultos de Harkov de entrada salida (IOHMM). Aplicación a la generación de escenarios". Author: Alicia Mateo González. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. December 2005.

Juan Rivier Abbad. "Feed-in tariffs in Spain". Conference “State-based renewable support policy options”. Center for Environmental and Energy Markets (CEEM) of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Climate Action Network Australia (CANA). Sidney (Australia). December 2005.

Sadot Alexandres Fernández. Member of tribunal of doctoral thesis: “Contribución al modelado y control de motores lineales de reluctancia de entrehierro variable: aplicación al control electrónico de avisadores acústicos para el sector de automoción”. Author: D. Manuel Cesar Rodríguez de la Cruz. Escuela Técnica Superior de Telecomuncaciones. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain). January 2006.

Sadot Alexandres Fernández. Member of the Mangement Commitee of the CAM Research Group of the program "PRO-TVD Proyecto integral de investigación en Televisión Digital” related with R+D activities between research groups of the Comunidad de Madrid. Number S-0505/TIC/039. Consejería de Educación y Cultura de la Comunidad de Madrid. January 2006-December 2009.

Aurelio García Cerrada. Member of the Technical Committee of the Seminario Anual de Automática, Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación (SAAEI).

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga. Director and instructor of the 5th Training Course for Energy Regulators (7 days presential plus 5 months e-learning). Council of European Energy Regulators, European University. Florencia (Italy). February-June 2006.

Pedro Linares Llamas. "Energías: ¿Para qué y para quién?. Round table in the course Ciencia en Acción: "¿Qué es la energía y cómo la producimos?". Koldo Michelena Kulturenea. San Sebastián (Spain). February 2006.


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Pablo Frías Marín, Tomás Gómez San Román, Juan Rivier Abbad. Invited session: DG network integration. Regulatory review and international comparison of EU-15 MS. Virtual Balkan Power Centre (VBPC), Workshop 2.3. Skopje (Macedonia). March 2006.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga. ¿Cómo conseguir que nuestro modelo energético sea sostenible?” ICAI, Semana de la Energía. ICAI - Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain). April 2006.

Pablo García González. Referee of the National Agency for Research Projects Evaluation (Ministry of Education and Science) for evaluation research proposals.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga. “La RSC de la empresa española en Latinoamérica. El caso del sector eléctrico”, in Conference: El marco regulador y su influencia en la aproximación RSE. II Encuentro Internacional. May 2006.

Pablo García González. Member of the “Red temática en integración de la generación eólica en el sistema eléctrico”.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga. "De la tarifa al precio de la electricidad”, in the Round Table of the Conferences: “La energía y su regulación”. CNE. Madrid (Spain). June 2006.

Tomás Gómez San Román. Member of tribunal of doctoral thesis of Karl Magnus Maribu, PhD thesis: ’Modelling the Economics and Market Adoption of Distributed Power Generation’. Norwegian University of Science and Technology Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering Department of Electrical Power Engineering. Trondheim (Norway). June 2006.

Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva. Chairman of the session “Combinatorial Optimization II”. Congreso APMOD2006. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and Universidad Pontificia Comillas. June 2006.

Pedro Linares Llamas. Member of the Scientifical Committee of the 19th Mini EURO Conference on “Operational Research Models and Methods in the Energy Sector (ORMMES’06). University of Coimbra (Portugal). June 2006.


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Andrés Ramos Galán. Referee of the National Agency for Research Projects Evaluation (Ministry of Education and Science) for evaluation research proposals.

Tomás Gómez San Román. Vice-chairman of the Scientifical Committee of the Power Systems Computation Conference PSCC to be celebrated in Glasgow in 2008.

Sadot Alexandres Fernández. Scientifical Reviser of IEE. IEE Proceedings - Communications Journal - Electronics Letters.

Tomás Gómez San Román. Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee. Instituto de Ingenieria de Sistemas y Computacion INESC. Porto (Portugal)

Andrés Ramos Galán, Efraim Centeno Hernáez, Begoña Vitoriano Villanueva, Santiago Cerisola López de Haro, Álvaro Baíllo Moreno. Organizer of the Conference and Workshop “APMOD: Applied Mathematical Programming and Modelling. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. June 2006.

Aurelio García Cerrada. Referee of the National Agency for Research Projects Evaluation (Ministry of Education and Science) for evaluation research proposals.

Tomás Gómez San Román. Evaluator of research projects of the Research Council of Norway.

Andrés Ramos Galán. Member of the Intenational Committee of APMOD 2006. Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.

Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda. Attended to the Seminario de Ciclos Combinados. European Energy Forum. Madrid (Spain). June 2006.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga has been appointed Director of the British Petroleum Chair on Sustainable Development of ICAI Engineering School, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid (Spain).

Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda. Paper Reviser in 9th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS'06). Estocolmo (Sweden). June 2006.

José Ignacio Pérez Arriaga, appointed Fellow Member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering. December 2002.


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Eugenio Francisco Sánchez Úbeda, Member of the European Excellence Network EVONET.

Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Member of the Spanish National Executive CIGRE Committee.

Andrés Ramos Galán. Reviser or the international journals : IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Electric Power and Energy Systems, Operations Research. Reviser of the international conferences 2006 IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition Latin America, 9th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS'06).

Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Treasurer of the Spanish IEEE PES Chapter.

Luis Rouco Rodríguez, Member of the Electric Power Systems Research Journal Editorial Board.


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6 Relations with other institutions

6.1 EES–UETP

ELECTRIC ENERGY SYSTEMS UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISE TRAINING PARTNERSHIP: EES-UETP

Internet: http://www.eesuetp.unibo.it/

The Electric Energy System University Enterprise Training Partnership (EES-UETP) is a consortium of 4 enterprises and 18 universities in 11 European countries. The Partnership began its activities in 1992 within the framework of the COMETT Program (COMmunity program for Education and Training in Technology).

The EES-UETP’s main objective is to provide an advanced technical and economic basis for the interconnected European Electric Energy System. This aim is pursued by means of the organization of advanced courses on electrical engineering and through the interchange of students and researchers.

In the period 1992-2005, the EES-UETP organized 59 international courses on generation, transmission and distribution in electric energy systems.

In August 2004, in the central headquarters of RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Electricité) in Paris, was held the General Meeting.


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The Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica currently coordines the EES–UETP, with Begoña Pérez de Lema as the EES-UETP Coordinator.

The Partnership is funded by contributions from the industrial partners.

EES–UETP Partners

Current partners of the EES–UETP are listed in the following table, listed by countries:

Iberdrola *

Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Comillas).

Universidad Politécnica Valencia (UPV). Spain

Universidad de Sevilla (USe).

Portugal Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores (INESC).

Réseau de Transport d’Electricité * France

École Supérieure d´Electricité (SUPELEC).

Belgium Université de Liège (ULg).

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Les Electriciens Romandes *

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Switzerland

ETH Zürich

Germany Universität Dortmund (Udo).

United Kingdom Umist

Cesi *

Universitá degli Studi di Bologna

Universitá degli Studi di Genoa Italy

Universitá degli Studi di Cagliary Greece National Technical University Athens Croatia Energy Institute Hrvoje Pozar

The Netherlands Technische Universiteit Delft * Course Sponsors


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Besides being an active member of the network, the Universidad Pontificia Comillas fills the following positions for the EES-UETP:

Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Comillas)

Chairman of the board of the EES-UETP D. Tomás Gómez San Román

Coordinator EES-UETP Secretariat Dª. Begoña Pérez de Lema

TEACHED COURSES

Course Place Date

Price Forecasting And Simulation Tools As a Mean For Assessing The Impact Of Market Regulation

ITALY 19-21 Sep. 2005

Operation of Power Systems with Increased Wind Power Penetration

GREECE 12-14 Oct. 2005

Power System Security Assessment and Control in the new Context of Liberalized Electricity Market

ITALY 21-23 Nov. 2005

Understanding and managing power system blackouts – from stability Fundamentals to preventive and curative control -

SWITZERLAND 27-29 Marzo 2006

Regional electricity and gas markets in South-East Europe

CROATIA 29-30 Mayo 2006

Simulation and analysis of power system transients

ITALY 12-14 Junio 2006

Short term wind power prediction SPAIN 19-21 Junio 2006

Grounding analysis and techniques: from industrial to high frequencies and lightning

ITALY 28-30 Junio 2006

Market monitoring as a jeans to curb market power and increase efficiency of deregulated markets

ITALY 25-27 Sep. 2006


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6.2 Latin American Institutions

The IIT has placed particular emphasis on collaborating with Latin-American universities and other Latin-American institutions due to professional, institutional and strategic reasons. These activities include visits, collaboration agreements; short and long stays, training courses and research projects.

ALFA–FORSEE Project

Latin America – Europe Association for Electric Energy Systems Training”

Internet: http://www.iit.Comillas.es/alfa/alfa.html

In June 1995, the IIT submitted a proposal to the European Program ALFA for the creation of a network of European and Latin-American universities working on training and research in electric energy systems. The network, named FORSEE, was accepted by the European Commission and started its activities in 1996.

The main objective of ALFA/FORSEE is to create a Postgraduate Course Program in Operation and Economics of Electric Power Systems to be implemented in those Latin-American universities not offering such a program.

Begoña Perez de Lemma is the network coordinator.

FORSEE Partners Europe Universidad Pontificia Comillas Spain Universidad de la Iglesia de Deusto Spain Universidad del País Vasco Spain Universidade do Porto Portugal UMIST United Kingdom


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Latin-America Pontificia Univ. Argentina Sta. Mª de los Buenos Aires Argentina Universidad Mayor de San Andrés Bolivia Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Chile Universidad Industrial de Santander Colombia Pontificia Universidade Católica do Río de Janeiro Brazil Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas El Salvador Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras Honduras Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería Perú Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería Nicaragua Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica

ALURE Program. CREG Project

Internet: http://www.iit.Comillas.es/alure

In May 1998 the European Commission approved the CREG project, as part of the Alure program (Economic Cooperation between Latin America and Europe in the Energy Field).

The CREG project aims to promote cooperation between European and Latin-American partners, in order to restructure and improve the Electric Systems management in the new deregulated scenario. The CREG project has planned to organize 12 courses over two years, in different Latin-American countries, to meet this goal.

Begoña Perez de Lemma is Project coordinator.

CREG Partners Europe Spain Comisión Nacional del Sistema Eléctrico (CNSE)

Grupo Endesa (ENDESA) Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica - Universidad Pontificia Comillas Unión Eléctrica Fenosa ACEX (UFACEX)

Portugal Entidade Reguladora do Sector Eléctrico (ERSE) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores (INESC)

France Electricité de France (EdF)


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Latin America Colombia Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EEPPM)

Interconexión Eléctrica, S.A. (ISA) Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)

Argentina Compañía Administradora del Mercado Mayorista Eléctrico S.A. (CAMMESA) Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina “Santa María de los Buenos Aires” (UCA)

Chile Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC-Ch) Brazil Power Systems Research, Inc. (PSRI) México Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología

Avanzada del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CICATA-IPN)


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Courses Organized under the CREG Project

Course Partners Place Date

Introduction to Regulation I CICATA-IPN / IIT MEXICO 13-16 Jul. 1999

Regulation and Economy of Electric Power Transmission I PUC-CHILE / IIT CHILE 16 - 19

Nov. 1999

Distribution, commercialization and demand management UIS / IIT COLOMBIA 1 - 3 Dec.

1999

Electric Power Management Models UCA / IIT ARGENTINA 1 - 3 Mar.

2000

Generation PUC-RIO / IIT BRAZIL 3 - 5 May 2000

Regulation and Economy of Electric Power Transmission II UIS / IIT COLOMBIA 19 - 21 Jun.

2000

Ancillary Services: Voltage and Reactive Power Control UIS / IIT COLOMBIA 30 - 31

Mar. 2000

Monitoring and diagnose of power generation plants PUC-CHILE / IIT CHILE 5 - 6 Oct.

2000

Distributed Generation INESC PORTO/ IIT BRAZIL 4 - 6 Dec. 2000

Quality of Supply UIS / IIT COLOMBIA 6-8 Feb. 2002

Environmental Impact of the Power Industry SOLUZIONA / IIT MEXICO 13-15 Mar.

2002

Security and Sufficiency of Electric Power Transmission PUC-CHILE / IIT CHILE 25-27 Mar.

2002


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6.3 ICAI Engineers’ Association

The IIT maintains a close relationship with the ICAI Engineers' Association. On the one hand, the Association part funds a doctoral thesis developed at the IIT (Modelling and validation of a wide-band communications digital system for transport vehicles applications developed by Carlos Rodríguez-Morcillo García and supervised by Sadot Alexandres Fernández). On the other hand, the IIT has agreed to publish part of its research findings in the Associations’ official journal, “Anales de Mecánica y Electricidad”.


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7 Economic Results

The IIT is financed through the research projects it carries out. The main economic results are presented in the table below.

2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004-2005 2005-2006

Revenues 3.254 3.676 3.771 3.821 3.629

Data in thousands of Euros

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