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Institute for Research in Technology
IIT is a research center of ICAI School of Engineering, which belongs to the University Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain.
Its main objective is to promote research and post-graduate studies in different technological fields, by means of developing research
projects of interest for the Industry and Administration.
Research Areas:
Area of Engineering Design
Research topics:
- Mechanical systems
- Structural mechanics
- Machinery components
- Fast prototyping
- Metrology
- Electrical systems
- Electromagnetic fields and coupled problems
- Energy systems
- Heat transfer
- Fluid dynamics
- Thermoelectricity (Peltier and Seebeck effects)
- Hydraulic and thermal machines
- Energy efficiency and savings
Area of Railway Systems
Research topics:
- Efficiency in railways operation.
- Energy efficient timetabling and train driving (Ecodriving).
- Optimal design of signalling and railways capacity.
- Railways power systems.
- Safety analysis, specification and demonstration of RAMS, quality control and assurance.
- Communication and control in railway power systems.
Area of Intelligent Systems
Research topics:
- Forecasting and data mining
- Modeling, simulation and optimization
- Reliability, maintenance and diagnosis
- Artificial vision
- Mobile robotics
- Helping accessibility using ICT
- RAMS Analysis
Group of Electronics and Automation
Research topics:
- Automation, Communications and Industrial Informatics
- Power Electronics and Control Systems
- Electronic Instrumentation
- Electromagnetic Compatibility
Area of Modelling, Analysis and Control
Research topics:
Desarrollo de herramientas informáticas para estudios electrotécnicos relacionados con aspectos tales como:
- Power flow
- Stability
- Transients
- Load-frequency control
- Frequency/voltage control system or governor system
- Automatic voltage control
- Electric power systems design
- Relaying Systems / protection schemes
- Harmonics
- Distributed/dispersed generation impacts
Area of Smart and Green Networks
Research topics:
Smart Grids:
- Planning and operation of active networks with distributed
generation and active demand response.
- Quality of service and network security by automated functions
for operation and control.
- Tariff design and price signals for an effective integration fo
distributed generation and active demand response.
Green_energy integration:
- Long-term energy prospective and its impact on the electricity Publications
the long-term.
- Large scale integraton of renovable energy keeping the security
of supply.
- Markets for procurement of ancillary services (voltage control
and operational reserves) including large scale penetration of
revnewable energy.
Area of Regulation and Economics of Energy
Research topics:
- Regulatory design of energy markets
- Economic instruments for environmental and climate change policy
- Transmission and distribution networks regulation.
Area of Decision Support Systems in the Energy Sector
Research topics:
- Short term operation and market bids.
- Hourly operation tools for generating units, hydrothermal scheduling and economic dispatch.
- Bid strategies in electricity markets.
- Medium term planning studies.
- Methods and tools for hydrothermal scheduling, market price forecasting.
- Network analysis, nodal price computation.
- Generation and bulk system reliability.
- Long term strategic analysis.
- Generation expansion modeling.
- Impact of new generation.
- Future markets.
- Distributed and parallel computing applied to mathematical programming problems.
- Distributed computing on grid and cloud infrastructures.
- Parallel computing on multi-core architectures like GPUs.
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Recent Publications
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Nuñez, A., Pérez-Arriaga, I.J.
Assessing the Results of Electricity Liberalisation For Consumers in Spain,
Energy Sources Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy.
JCR impact factor 1.038 (2010)
Accepted for publication.
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Alvar, M., Sánchez, A., Arranz, A.
Fast background subtraction using static and dynamic gates,
Artificial Intelligence Review.
JCR impact factor 0.429 (2010)
Accepted for publication.
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González, A., Echavarren, F.M., Rouco, L., Gómez, T.
Reconfiguration of large-scale distribution networks for planning studies,
International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems.
JCR impact factor 2.212 (2010)
Accepted for publication.
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González, A., Echavarren, F.M., Rouco, L., Gómez, T.
A sensitivities computation method for reconfiguration of radial networks,
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
JCR impact factor 1.964 (2010)
Accepted for publication.
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Fitiwi, D., Rama Rao, K.S.
Neuro-Prony and Taguchi’s methodology based adaptive autoreclosure scheme for electric transmission systems,
IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery.
JCR impact factor 1.415 (2010)
Accepted for publication.
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Platero, C.A., Redondo, M., Blázquez, F., Frías, P.
High-speed de-excitation system for brushless synchronous machines,
IET Electric Power Applications.
JCR impact factor 1.110 (2010)
Accepted for publication.
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Sánchez, P., Sánchez González, G., Morales-España, G.
Direct load control decision model for aggregated EV charging points,
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
JCR impact factor 1.964 (2010)
Accepted for publication.
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Saiz, E., García-González, J., Barquín, J., Lobato, E.
Economic assessment of the participation of wind generation in the secondary regulation market,
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
JCR impact factor 1.964 (2010)
Accepted for publication.
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Fernandes, C., Frías, P., Latorre, J.M.
Impact of vehicle-to-grid on power system operation costs: the Spanish case study,
Applied Energy.
JCR impact factor 3.915 (2010)
In press.
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Lumbreras, S., Ramos, A.
Offshore wind farm electrical design: a review,
Wind Energy.
JCR impact factor 1.682 (2010)
Accepted for publication.
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