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Energy Processing and Control Research Group

UTEC’s Energy Processing and Control Research Group promotes the generation of scientific knowledge and the development of human talent through both fundamental and applied research. The group seeks to drive progress in strategic areas related to energy conversion systems, the integration of renewable energy sources, and the development of control techniques oriented toward the efficient and sustainable management of energy flow.

  1. Integration of alternative energy sources
  2. Control strategies for energy conversion applications
  3. Multi-objective optimization in converter design
  4. Power converters with integrated energy storage systems
  5. Real-time hardware simulation of emerging electric power technologies
  6. Application of multilevel converters for improving power quality
  • Contribution to the design and development of multilevel converter topologies for electrical energy processing.
    Participants: UTEC
    Funding: ANII
  • Contribution to the development of chargers for electric vehicles using partial power processing.
    Participants: UTEC
    Funding: CAPES, CNPQ Brazil
  • Development of multilevel rectifier circuit for on-board chargers in electric vehicles.
    Participants: UTEC
  • Design and experimental validation of a multiport multilevel converter with a dedicated interface for integrating energy storage systems (ESS) into the power grid.
    Participants: UTEC
    Funding: ANII
  • Proposal and validation of command and control strategies for multilevel rectifiers.
    Participants: UTEC
  • Movi-Eléctrica: Charging and locking stations with tracking and management system for electric bicycles.
    Participants: UTEC
  • UTEC-UTK Collaboration to Promote Regional Energy Ecosystems.
    Participants: UTEC and University of Tennessee
    Funding: Partners of the Americas (POA) and U.S. Department of State – Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA/DOS)
  • W. A. P. Castiblanco, C. Da Silveira and C. O. Gamba, "Five-level Rectifier with Floating and DC-Link Capacitor Voltage Balancing," IECON 2024 - 50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Chicago, IL, USA, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IECON55916.2024.10905645.

  • Sergio Pires, “Techno-Economic Analysis of 2nd Life Lithium-Ion Batteries Applied to Street Lighting in Uruguay.” IEEE URUCON - Innovation for a Better Future, 2024.
  • Sergio Pires, “Study of the energy potential of surplus green hydrogen produced in a sodium chlorate manufacturing plant.” 22nd International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality, 2024
  • Éder Bridi, “Input filter capacitance design method for DC-DC converters in PV systems applications.” 16th Seminar on Power Electronics and Control (SEPOC), 2024.

  • Éder Bridi, “Analysis of Input Current Ripple in Interleaved Boost Converters with PWM Modulation.” SEPOC, 2024.

  • Carlos da Silveira, C. O. Gamba, C. J. O. Gamba, W. A. P. Castiblanco, “Control of a DC-DC Boost Converter with MPPT Algorithm for Photovoltaic Array,” Jornada Académica Integrada (JAI), Santa Maria - RS, Brazil, 2023.
  • C. Rech and W. A. P. Castiblanco, "Five-Level Switched-Capacitor ANPC Inverter With Output Voltage Boosting Capability," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 29-38, Jan. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2022.3148756.

  • W. A. P. Castiblanco, A. Toebe and C. Rech, "Five-Level Switched-Capacitor Unidirectional Rectifier With Reduced Number of Components," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 38, no. 12, pp. 15045-15054, Dec. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2023.3317801.

  • José Santiago Marrero Coitiño, C. O. Gamba, C. J. O. Gamba, J. J. Schuster, W. A. P. Castiblanco, “Development of an Induction Heater for Surface Heat Treatment of Hardenable Steels,” JAI, Santa Maria - RS, Brazil, 2023.

  • Juan Deniz, J. J. Schuster, W. A. P. Castiblanco, “Study of State-Space Control,” 5th Binational Technology Fair FEBITEC-2023, Santana do Livramento - Brazil / Rivera - Uruguay, 2023.

  • Carlos Da Silveira, C. O. Gamba, C. J. O. Gamba, W. A. P. Castiblanco, “Design and Implementation of Signal Conditioning Boards for Real-Time Control Platform LAUNCHXL-F28379D,” 5th Binational Technology Fair FEBITEC, Santana do Livramento - Brazil / Rivera - Uruguay, 2023.

  • Yohan Gabriel Leal, C. O. Gamba, C. J. O. Gamba, W. A. P. Castiblanco, “Construction and Operation of Single-Phase Full-Bridge Inverter,” JAI, Santa Maria - RS, Brazil, 2023.

  • Éder Bridi, “High-Gain Dual Quadratic Boost Converter.” 11th Seminar on Power Electronics and Control (SEPOC), 2023.

  • Éder Bridi, “Modeling and Control of Step-Up Converters Based on QZ-Source Converter.” SEPOC, 2023.

  • Éder Bridi, “Design methodology of boost converters for high-efficiency and high-gain applications.” SEPOC, 2023.
  • C. Rech and W. A. P. Castiblanco, “Unidirectional Multilevel Rectifier with Automatic Voltage Regulation,” IX Brazilian Symposium on Electrical Systems (SBSE 2022), Santa Maria, RS - Brazil, 2022.

  • Éder Bridi, “Steps for customization and optimization of a system with PV renewable source and N-Cell Boost.” SEPOC, 2021.

  • Éder Bridi, “Optimization methodology of static converters with parallel boost cells applied to fuel cells.” Federal University of Santa Maria, 2019.

  • Éder Bridi, “Design of a high-gain and high-efficiency boost converter applied to fuel cells.” Brazilian Congress of Automation (CBA), 2019.
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