PASTORA - Preventive analysis of Smart Grids with real-time operation and integration of renewable resources

The PASTORA project is a project led by Endesa Distribución SAU.OrmazabalIt participates alongside companies such as Ayesa, Ingelectus, AICIA, and the University of Granada. The project is part of the CDTI’s “Interconecta” call for proposals and is being carried out during 2018, 2019, and 2020, as a continuation of the work done in the MONICA project.

Goals:

The main objective of this proposal is to take a further step in the conceptualization and development of the ADMS. Thus, as will be explained in more detail below, by leveraging the latest data analytics and machine learning techniques, the ADMS will be equipped with a much more sophisticated level of intelligence and data processing capacity, with a view to providing optimal solutions at any given time and giving network operators more information. With the emergence of new challenges in the electricity grid (distributed generation, electric vehicles, etc.), the monitoring and control of low-voltage networks are becoming essential to absorb all these new energy players without compromising service quality or network losses.

The objective ofOrmazabalThe aim is to design new equipment for installation in transformer substations, capable of monitoring and controlling both the low-voltage network and the transformer. Achieving these objectives will require the development of the following sections:

• Development and installation of new intelligent low-voltage switchboards with a greater number of measurements and better precision for each phase of each LV output, essential for performing energy balances, dynamic customer-phase linking, fuse status control, etc.
• Installation of thermographic image capture systems, and probes in the transformer that monitor the transformer’s status both in real time and offline.
• Development and installation of the adjustable voltage transformer and design of its control adapted to the needs of Endesa’s systems.
• Integration of the new measures provided by the smart CBT into the energy distribution company’s systems, and integration of the new remotely controllable equipment, such as the “smart transformer” or voltage-adjustable transformer.
• Development of specific applications related to the aforementioned equipment, oriented towards their technical analysis (health index).

Project funded by:

PASTORA is a project co-financed by the CDTI in the “Interconecta” call and the EUROPEAN UNION through the European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020 (ERDF).