Elecnor Foundation Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Final Project Grants and Awards Ceremony at the Polytechnic University of Valencia

As has been the norm for over twenty years, and with the agreement of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), the Elecnor Foundation has awarded the diplomas for the 2014-2015 "Final Project Grants and Awards". The event took place in the conference hall at the Higher Technical Industrial Engineering School.

Four students from the UPV (María Lorduy Alos, Jesús Bermúdez Campos, Rosalía Gomis Cebolla and Carlos Espilez Bertolín) received a grant of 1,800 euros each. Furthermore, the Elecnor Foundation awarded a prize of 1,500 euros in recognition of the best final project, titled “Design of electromagnetic devices through the use of advanced simulation and numerical optimisation techniques (PGD)”, by Gustavo Chaqués Herraiz. 

Projects awarded grants

Design of a 50kW biomass gasification plant with a bubbling fluidised bed for electricity generation.

María Lorduy Alos
 
In-depth analysis of the chemical-physical process of biomass gasification for the design and dimensioning of the plant and an analysis of its economic feasibility .
 
Development of an expert system for determining the work curve of a pumping facility and its use as a secondary-flow sensor: detection of faults in the main sensor and temporary replacement.
Jesús Bermúdez Campos

This project required a combined electrical and mechanical knowledge in order to propose an expert system, with the novelty of using mobile devices for its management.
  
Development of a reactive power control system for single-phase grids using a data-acquisition card with Bluetooth and Tablet-PC communications.
Rosalía Gomis Cebolla

Proposal for an interesting laboratory tool to control reactive energy that can be applied almost directly in three-phase installations and which includes the development of a smart instrument which enormously facilities the understanding of the process.

Thermal behaviour of electrical cables depending on harmonic currents.
Carlos Espilez Bertolín

The method proposed in this project allows the sizing of cables in the new non-linear load scenarios. This required the handling of complex mathematical models for their resolution as finite and other elements.

Elecnor Foundation Award 2014-2015

Design of electromagnetic devices through the use of advanced numerical simulation and optimisation (PGD) techniques.
Gustavo Chaqués Herraiz 
 
This project advances the application of new numerical methods based on the new PGD (Proper Generalized Decomposition), which enormously reduces the calculation times in relation to more classic methods such as finite elements, in the design of electromagnet devices from a different understanding.