PASTORA – Preventive analysis of smart grids with real-time operation and integration of renewable resources

The PASTORA project is led by Endesa distribución SAU. Ormazabal participates in it along with companies such as Ayesa, Ingelectus, AICIA and the University of Granada. The project is part of the CDTI’s “Interconecta” call and will be developed during the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, as a continuation of the tasks carried out in the MONICA project.

Objectives:

The main objective of this proposal is to take a further step in the conceptualization and development of the ADMS. In this way, as will be explained in a little more detail below, taking advantage of the most recent data analytics and machine learning techniques, the ADMS will be provided with a much more sophisticated level of intelligence and data processing capacity, with a view to providing optimal solutions at all times and giving more information to network operators. With the emergence of new challenges in the electrical grid (distributed generation, electric cars, etc.) monitoring and control of the LV are seen as a necessity in order to be able to absorb all these new energy players without affecting the quality of service or losses in the grid.

Ormazabal’s objective is to design new equipment to be installed in transformation centres, which are capable of monitoring and controlling both the LV grid and the transformer. To achieve these objectives, the following sections will be necessary to develop:

• Development and installation of new intelligent low-voltage panels with a greater number of measurements and better precision for each phase of each LV output, essential for performing energy balances, dynamic client-phase linking, fuse status control, etc.
• Installation of thermographic image capture systems and probes in the transformer that monitor the status of the transformer 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 intelligent CBT into the energy distribution company’s systems, and integration of new remote-controllable equipment, such as the “smart transformer” or adjustable voltage transformer.
• Development of specific applications related to the aforementioned equipment, aimed at technical analysis (health index).

Project financed 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).