Development of a supervisory system for an intelligent transformer

Rafael Beltrame

UFSM

Received the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Brazil, in 2008, 2009 and 2012, respectively. He has been with the Power Electronics and Control Research Group (GEPOC), Federal University of Santa Maria, since 2005. Since 2013, he has been with the UFSM, where he is currently a Professor. His research interests include the synthesis and analysis of high-performance power converters, power amplifiers and renewable energy sources. Dr. Beltrame is a member of Brazilian Power Electronics Society (SOBRAEP), IEEE Power Electronics Society and IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.

Abstract

Electronic on-load tap changers (OLTC) with remote monitoring and control systems represent a low-cost and simple solution to deal with the voltage regulation problem in a near future. These devices are able to operate in... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Abel A. B. Gehm (UFSM)
  2. Josemar Quevedo (UFSM)
  3. Ezequiel A. Mallmann (UFSM)
  4. Luciano A. Fricke (UFSM)
  5. Mário Lúcio Martins (UFSM)
  6. Rafael Beltrame (UFSM)

Topic Areas

Distributed Generation , Power Distribution and Control , Industrial Applications

Session

PS-4 » Poster Session IV (11:10 - Wednesday, 2nd December, Foyer)