Gptech, Awarded At Spanish “Automatización Fácil Con Tia Portal” Competition
GPTech has been one of the awarded companies in the Industrial Sector category at the Spanish “Automatización fácil con TIA Portal” competition, announced by Siemens, due to a project called “PV-Diesel hybrid control system”.
The project has been developed by Víctor Andrés Díaz and José Ramón Gordillo, both of them engineers at GPTech R+D Department. It consists on the development and validation of a hybrid generation system that uses a diesel generator and PV panels for the power supply in isolated systems, as mining or islands, among others. Apart from being less expensive, it is more reliable and eco-friendly.
During the programming process, both engineers have presented a solution based on a diesel generator and some PV panels connected to the grid through a PV inverter. A set of resistive and inductive loads simulates the necessary energy consumption, while the Power Plant Controller manages the power distribution between the diesel generation and the PV inverter.
After the programming phase, validation process has started. This validation has been carried out in a special test pallet with a diesel generator, a PV panel emulator and a PV inverter. At the end of this phase, validity of this system for isolated grids has been checked. It contributes a decrease in the diesel consumption, total control of the plant and higher profitability.
This project is the basis for the development of GPTech’s PV-Diesel Hybrid Generation Systems, composed by a BPCS (Battery Power Converter System) and a Power Plant Controllar, which manages the different sources of the system.
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