University of Bologna People

Professor Carlo Alberto Nucci
Dr Monica Mariotti

Power Systems Engineering Lab
LV Microgrid including PEM Fuel Cell,Storage System (4x(12 V; 100 Ah)) PV emulator, controllable load
Electric Power Systems Numerical Simulator EMTP-RV
Microcontrollers – Power transformers (400 and 630 kVA)
Power systems components (20kV circuit breakers, switchgears)
Medium Voltage Transducers
Phasor Measurement Units
Multicore Workstation 48 G

Research Areas
Secure Monitoring of Sustainable Energy Sources over Internet of Things

• Delay constrained wireless networks
• Information security
• Information theoretic security
• key generation based on wireless wideband

Business models and policy instruments for incentive design for renewable energy sources

• Analysis of renewable energy adoption
• Corresponding incentive mechanisms
• Development of effective incentives
• Agent-based simulation and decision making
  

Optimal Control Strategies of Distributed Energy Resources

• Operation of distribution networks with containing small-scale power generation
• Optimization of DER market decisions and network operation conditions to improve
  • Minimization network losses,
  • Reactive power and or reactive demand
  • Adequate voltage profile.
• Volt/Var optimization through centralized or distributed architecture
  

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• http://www.cse.unibo.it/en/research