Bernardo Castro Valerio
PhD
Tools for the design and sizing of offshore transmission systems using HVDC systems and grids
Host organisation
CITCEA - University Politècnica de Catalunya
Barcelona Tech - UPC
Company
YouWind Renewables
Project Description
The project focuses on the high level optimization of electric transmission grids. Involving the interconnection of multiple energy sources to multiple energy markets through the utilization of AC and DC hybrid systems.
An example of such a system is the planning of power interconnector utilizing point to point HVDC and a possible multipoint HVDC grid in the North Sea.
This project is done in collaboration between a university and an industry partner. Including both a reaserch mindset as well as a direct aplication of such.
Supervisors
Dr. Marc Cheah Mañe
Dr. Vinícius Albernaz Lacerda Freitas
Dr. Oriol Gomis-Bellmunt
Dr. Pieter M.O. Gebraad
Background
I was born in Mexico City, with the exeption of two and a half years living in Abu Dhabi, all my education till the bachelors was done in Mexico. I studied Mechanical engineering with a minor in Electrical engineering in Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México (ITESM CCM).
For my masters I studied the InnoEnergy program of Renwable Energy. Where I had the opportunity to study a double master degree. The program includes the Masters in Energy Engineering and Management at Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST) in Lisbon, Porrugal. As well as, the Masters in Energy Engineering at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona, Spain.
Motivation
To be honest, doing a PhD was never in my life plan. As I never really liked reaserch just for the sake of publishing papers with no application. However, this all changed when I came across this project. As the project allows me to work on subjects that are mentally challenging at the same time with the idea of applying it direclty into an industry point of view. I do not think as the PhD as the fullfilment of my studies, but more as a start on research and development into the industry of energy transmission for a cleaner future.