Projects with Companies / Entities
Development of the Azores Regional Action Plan for Energy Efficiency
Title: Development of the Azores Regional Action Plan for Energy Efficiency
Start/End Dates: Mar-Dec 2019
Principal investigator: Carlos Henggeler and Luis Neves
Team:
António Manuel Oliveira Gomes Martins
Carlos Alberto Henggeler de Carvalho Antunes
Hermano Joaquim dos Santos Bernardo
Humberto Manuel Matos Jorge
Inês Filipa Gomes dos Reis
José Baranda Ribeiro
Luís Miguel Pires Neves
Marta Alexandra dos Reis Lopes
Nuno Miguel da Silva Faria
Paulo Filipe de Almeida Ferreira Tavares
Pedro Mendes de Lacerda Peixoto de Magalhães
Summary
The Action Plan for Energy Efficiency for the Autonomous Region of Azores encompasses the strategy aggregating a set of energy efficiency programs and actions to be implemented in the most relevant areas of the regional economy. Actions are being developed for the industrial, residential, commerce and services, transportation, agriculture and fisheries and public administration sectors, including the identification of the legislative instruments and funding programs to necessary to increase the impact of the actions implementation. Moreover, this project aims to develop energy efficiency manuals to inform and sensitise the bodies responsible for energy management in buildings for the best practices.
Estudo de viabilidade da conversão da Central Termoeléctrica do Pego a carvão para funcionamento a biomassa florestal: Impacto no Sistema Eléctrico Nacional
Title: Estudo de viabilidade da conversão da Central Termoeléctrica do Pego a carvão para funcionamento a biomassa florestal: Impacto no Sistema Eléctrico Nacional
Coordinator: Carlos Henggeler Antunes / Luís Neves
Dates start/end: Novembro 2018 – Abril 2019
Entity: Central do pego
Synopsis: elaboração de estudo sobre o impacto no sistema elétrico nacional da reconversão dos grupos geradores a carvão da central do Pego para a queima de biomassa (resíduos florestais”)
Prestação de serviços de assistência técnica específica no âmbito da operação “Promoção da eficiência energética na frota dos SMTUC”
Title: Prestação de serviços de assistência técnica específica no âmbito da operação “Promoção da eficiência energética na frota dos SMTUC”
Coordinator: Nuno Faria
Dates start/end: Março 2018 / Maio 2019
Entity: SMTUC
Synopsis: Prestação de serviços de assistência técnica específica no âmbito da Operação “Promoção da eficiência energética na frota dos SMTUC”, inserida no Programa Operacional Sustentabilidade e Eficiência no Uso de Recursos (POSEUR) – Portugal 2020.
OTGEN3 - "Elaboração de estudo para caracterizar e avaliar o papel que os equipamentos de armazenamento de energia poderão vir a desempenhar nos futuros Sistemas Elétricos de Energia”
Title: OTGEN3 – “Elaboração de estudo para caracterizar e avaliar o papel que os equipamentos de armazenamento de energia poderão vir a desempenhar nos futuros Sistemas Elétricos de Energia”
Coordinator: António Gomes Martins
Dates start/end: 2017-09-01 / 2018-05-31
Entity: EDP Produção
Synopsis: Este estudo visou “Caraterizar e avaliar o papel que os equipamentos de armazenamento de energia poderão vir a desempenhar nos futuros Sistemas Elétricos de Energia”. Em particular, o ponto de vista é o do produtor de energia elétrica, abrangendo os aspetos técnicos e tecnológicos, de potencial de fornecimento de serviços de sistema, de enquadramento regulatório e de posicionamento no mercado, tendo em conta a possibilidade de gestão conjunta e flexível das infraestruturas de produção e de armazenamento na satisfação da procura de energia elétrica. Pretende-se habilitar a EDP com informação relevante para a definição de orientações relativas à gestão do armazenamento de energia, incluindo no que diz respeito a decisões de investimento, tendo em atenção a contribuição que o fornecimento de serviços de sistema pode dar à justificação do investimento em armazenamento de energia.
Team:
António Manuel de Oliveira Gomes Martins
Álvaro Filipe Peixoto Cardoso Oliveira Gomes
Diogo Manuel de Oliveira Pinto
Humberto Manuel Matos Jorge
José Luís Sousa
Luís Miguel Pires Neves
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Parceria INESC Coimbra & INESC TEC
Development of the Azores Regional Action Plan for Energy Efficiency
Title: Development of the Azores Regional Action Plan for Energy Efficiency
Start/End Dates: Mar-Dec 2019
Principal investigator: Carlos Henggeler and Luis Neves
Team:
António Manuel Oliveira Gomes Martins
Carlos Alberto Henggeler de Carvalho Antunes
Hermano Joaquim dos Santos Bernardo
Humberto Manuel Matos Jorge
Inês Filipa Gomes dos Reis
José Baranda Ribeiro
Luís Miguel Pires Neves
Marta Alexandra dos Reis Lopes
Nuno Miguel da Silva Faria
Paulo Filipe de Almeida Ferreira Tavares
Pedro Mendes de Lacerda Peixoto de Magalhães
Summary
The Action Plan for Energy Efficiency for the Autonomous Region of Azores encompasses the strategy aggregating a set of energy efficiency programs and actions to be implemented in the most relevant areas of the regional economy. Actions are being developed for the industrial, residential, commerce and services, transportation, agriculture and fisheries and public administration sectors, including the identification of the legislative instruments and funding programs to necessary to increase the impact of the actions implementation. Moreover, this project aims to develop energy efficiency manuals to inform and sensitise the bodies responsible for energy management in buildings for the best practices.
Estudo de viabilidade da conversão da Central Termoeléctrica do Pego a carvão para funcionamento a biomassa florestal: Impacto no Sistema Eléctrico Nacional
Title: Estudo de viabilidade da conversão da Central Termoeléctrica do Pego a carvão para funcionamento a biomassa florestal: Impacto no Sistema Eléctrico Nacional
Coordinator: Carlos Henggeler Antunes / Luís Neves
Dates start/end: Novembro 2018 – Abril 2019
Entity: Central do pego
Synopsis: elaboração de estudo sobre o impacto no sistema elétrico nacional da reconversão dos grupos geradores a carvão da central do Pego para a queima de biomassa (resíduos florestais”)
Prestação de serviços de assistência técnica específica no âmbito da operação “Promoção da eficiência energética na frota dos SMTUC”
Title: Prestação de serviços de assistência técnica específica no âmbito da operação “Promoção da eficiência energética na frota dos SMTUC”
Coordinator: Nuno Faria
Dates start/end: Março 2018 / Maio 2019
Entity: SMTUC
Synopsis: Prestação de serviços de assistência técnica específica no âmbito da Operação “Promoção da eficiência energética na frota dos SMTUC”, inserida no Programa Operacional Sustentabilidade e Eficiência no Uso de Recursos (POSEUR) – Portugal 2020.
OTGEN3 - "Elaboração de estudo para caracterizar e avaliar o papel que os equipamentos de armazenamento de energia poderão vir a desempenhar nos futuros Sistemas Elétricos de Energia”
Title: OTGEN3 – “Elaboração de estudo para caracterizar e avaliar o papel que os equipamentos de armazenamento de energia poderão vir a desempenhar nos futuros Sistemas Elétricos de Energia”
Coordinator: António Gomes Martins
Dates start/end: 2017-09-01 / 2018-05-31
Entity: EDP Produção
Synopsis: Este estudo visou “Caraterizar e avaliar o papel que os equipamentos de armazenamento de energia poderão vir a desempenhar nos futuros Sistemas Elétricos de Energia”. Em particular, o ponto de vista é o do produtor de energia elétrica, abrangendo os aspetos técnicos e tecnológicos, de potencial de fornecimento de serviços de sistema, de enquadramento regulatório e de posicionamento no mercado, tendo em conta a possibilidade de gestão conjunta e flexível das infraestruturas de produção e de armazenamento na satisfação da procura de energia elétrica. Pretende-se habilitar a EDP com informação relevante para a definição de orientações relativas à gestão do armazenamento de energia, incluindo no que diz respeito a decisões de investimento, tendo em atenção a contribuição que o fornecimento de serviços de sistema pode dar à justificação do investimento em armazenamento de energia.
Team:
António Manuel de Oliveira Gomes Martins
Álvaro Filipe Peixoto Cardoso Oliveira Gomes
Diogo Manuel de Oliveira Pinto
Humberto Manuel Matos Jorge
José Luís Sousa
Luís Miguel Pires Neves
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Parceria INESC Coimbra & INESC TEC
Consulting for the Plan of Promotion of End-Use Efficiency of Electricity (PPEC - application 2016)
Title: Consulting for the Plan of Promotion of End-Use Efficiency of Electricity (PPEC – application 2016)
Coordinator: Carlos Henggeler Antunes
Dates start/end: April 2016-17
Entity: EDP
Synopsis: The aim of this specialized consulting project is providing technical support for the preparation of the proposals submitted by EDP to the Plan for the Promotion of End-Use Efficiency (PPEC) of electricity, managed by the Energy Services Regulatory Authority (ERSE)
IMMO - Install, Monitor and Multi-Otimization
Title: IMMO – Install, Monitor and Multi-Otimization
Coordinator at INESCC: C. Henggeler Antunes
Dates start/end: 06-2015 / 06-2017
Entity: Co-promoção Portugal 2020; ISA
Synopsis
The objective of the project is to develop a solution for the downstream sector of Oil&Gas market, namely for the tank telemetry domain, encompassing all the business processes from installation through data validation and availability ending in customer operations optimization.
The project includes six activities, of which the key activities are technical specifications, research, development and prototyping as well as validation of the solution in real environment. The expected result will be to deliver a complete solution that allows ISA customers to reduce the number of tank drops and increase the amount of gas per delivery.
Production of modules for the exhibition “porque somos como somos”
Title: Production of modules for the exhibition “porque somos como somos” (“why we are as we are”)
Coordinator: Carlos Neves
Dates start/end: 09-2015 / 03-2016
Entity: Centro Ciência Viva de Estremoz
iAsset – optimization of the maintenance plans of a multi-compound system
Title: iAsset – optimization of the maintenance plans of a multi-compound system
Coordinator: C. Henggeler Antunes
Dates start/end: 06-2015 / 07-2015
Entity: Critical Software
Consult for the Intermunicipaly Community of Coimbra for the application to the Center Operational Program – Energy Efficiency
Title: Consult for the Intermunicipaly Community of Coimbra for the application to the Center Operational Program – Energy Efficiency
Coordinator: Humberto Jorge
Dates start/end: 02-2015 / 03-2015
Entity: Comunidade Intermunicipal do Mondego
Technical and scientific support in the area of efficiency in energetic consumption
Title: Technical and scientific support in the area of efficiency in energetic consumption
Coordinator: Marta Lopes
Dates start/end: 07-2015 / 12-2015
Entity: CRPG – Centro de Reabilitação Profissional de Gaia
Technical advice and scientific in systems, electrical and electronic equipment in the project team of submarine WHALE 2 and 3
Title: Technical advice and scientific in systems, electrical and electronic equipment in the project team of submarine WHALE 2 and 3
Coordinator: Humberto Jorge (INESCC)
Dates start/end: May 2014 / December 2015
Entity: Friday, Ciência e Engenharia do Lazer, S.A.
Synopsis:…
Site:…
Consulting for the site eco edp
Title: Consulting for the site eco edp
Coordinator: Humberto Jorge
Dates start/end: May 2010 / October 2012
Entity: EDP
Synopsis: The aim of this specialized consulting project is providing technical and scientific support to EDP for the web site eco edp (www.eco.edp.pt/)
Audits for Energy Certification and Indoor Air Quality in Polytechnic Institute of Leiria’s buildings
Scientific and technical advice in the area of energy efficiency in consumption
Title: Scientific and technical advice in the area of energy efficiency in consumption
Coordinator: Marta Lopes
Dates start/end: 2014
Entity: CRPG – Centro de Reabilitação Profissional de Gaia
Synopsis:…
3Es – Energy Efficient Schools
Title: 3Es – Energy Efficient Schools
Coordinator: Carlos Henggeler, Humberto Jorge
Dates start/end: October 2012 / September 2014
Entities: Teixeira Duarte S.A., TDGI S.A., ADAI, UC-GEMF, INESCC
Synopsis: The aim of this project is to develop a program of research applied to school buildings in its exploitation phase for optimization in terms of energy consumption and environmental impacts. This project also aims to induce change behaviors through the introduction of concepts related to energy efficiency and environmental sustainability in the educational process of the schools.
Site: http://www.3es.pt
Multiobjective routing in multiservice MPLS networks with path protection - A network-wide optimization approach
Title: Multiobjective routing in multiservice MPLS networks with path protection – A network-wide optimization approach*
Coordinator: Rita Girão Silva
Dates start/end: September 2013/November 2014
Entity: PT Inovação
Synopsis: A multiobjective routing model for Multiprotocol Label Switching networks with multiple service types and path protection is studied. The routing problem is formulated in a network-wide optimization sense. The considered objectives in the biobjective integer program are the minimization of the bandwidth routing cost and the minimization of the load cost in the network links. A link-path formulation is proposed for the problem and an exact method (in this context) is applied for solving the formulated problem. An extensive experimental study, with results on network performance measures in various randomly generated networks, is performed.
*The original title of the project was “Multiobjective routing in MPLS networks with traffic splitting and multiple services”, but a redefinition of the goal of the project led to a redefinition of the title.
Consulting for the Plan of Promotion of End-Use Efficiency of Electricity
Title: Consulting for the Plan of Promotion of End-Use Efficiency of Electricity
Coordinator: Carlos Henggeler Antunes
Dates start/end: April 2006 – …
Entity: EDP
Synopsis: The aim of this specialized consulting project is providing technical support for the preparation of the proposals submitted by EDP to the Plan for the Promotion of End-Use Efficiency (PPEC) of electricity, managed by the Energy Services Regulatory Authority (ERSE)
Integrated management of energy resources
Title: Integrated management of energy resources
Coordinator: Álvaro Gomes
Dates start/end: 09-2012 / 08-2014
Entity: Critical Software
Synopsis:
End-to-end path protection in GMPLS networks, considering SRLG information
Title: End-to-end path protection in GMPLS networks, considering SRLG information
Coordinator: Teresa Gomes
Dates start/end: March 2011 / February 2012
Entity: PT Inovação
Synopsis: The objective of this project is developing and implementing algorithms for path protection in a Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS), considering Shared Risk Link Group (SRLG) information. The algorithms must be adequate for the GMPLS control plan and capable of being inserted in the protocol stack used by PT Inovação.
End-to-end path protection in GMPLS networks, considering SRLG information - II
Title: End-to-end path protection in GMPLS networks, considering SRLG information – II
Coordinator: Teresa Gomes
Dates start/end: March 2012 / February 2013
Entity: PT Inovação
Synopsis: Implementation of algorithms for calculating a pair of maximally node disjoint paths and for obtaining a failure and node disjoint path pair, in both cases of mininal aditive cost. Development of heurisitcs for calculating a maximally Shared Risk Link Group and node disjoint path pair, seeking to minimize its total cost, in a Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) network. The algorithms must be adequate for the GMPLS control plan and capable of being inserted in the protocol stack used by PT Inovação
Optimization in Carrier Ethernet Networks
Title: Optimization in Carrier Ethernet Networks
Coordinator: Lúcia Martins
Dates start/end: March 2009 / February 2010
Entity: PT Inovação
Synopsis: Development of algorithms for the computation of paths for Carrier Ethernet networks with PBB-TE, based on a flow oriented bicriteria optimization model. This includes the development of algorithms for computing end-to-end paths with and without protection. In the case of the computation of end-to-end paths with protection it must be computed, for each connection, a maximally node disjoint path pair.
Optimization in Networks with Traffic Engineering Technologies
Title: Optimization in Networks with Traffic Engineering Technologies
Coordinator: Lúcia Martins
Dates start/end: March 2010 / March 2011
Entity: PT Inovação
Synopsis: The versatility and efficiency of the algorithms developed in a previous project (Optimization in Carrier Ethernet Networks) have shown that they can be applied in the resolution of some performance problems of the algorithms that are in use at OSS PTIN. The applicability of these algorithms may be relevant for some service provision tools. On the other hand the appearance of a new line of NetBand products based on MPLS-TP leads to considering that the paths computation algorithms are going to be in use for a long time. The new services such as E-TREE and E-LAN lead also to new challenges in terms of the computation of these new types of connections. The teletraffic engineering issues in networks with PBB-TE (Provider Backbone Bridge Traffic Engineering) technology and more recently with MPLS –TP has been the target for new developments. In these networks active and backup paths can be computed in order to optimize one or several metrics (in a multiple criteria approach). Among those metrics that may be used as objective functions or restrictions in the path optimization problem are: the hop count, the load cost, the delay and the reliability.
In this project, algorithms to compute point-to-point, point-to-multipoint and multipoint-to-multipoint connections were developed in a single and multiple criteria approach. This multiple criteria approach was shown to be advantageous when network global performance were optimized and multiple and important conflicting QoS metrics were under evaluation.
Characterization of consumers and electric networks
Title: Characterization of consumers and electric networks
Coordinator: Humberto Jorge
Dates start/end: 2005 / 2010
Entity: EDP Distribuição
Synopsis: This project, in partnership with INESC Porto, consists of annually carrying out work in specialized consultancy with a view to determine the load profiles (MAT, AT, MT, BTE, BTN and IP) and determine de predicted the reference load diagram of the global network, as well as, carrying out studies to the updating the losses profiles of the network (MAT, AT, MT e BT).
Multicriteria routing in WDM networks
Study of the high efficiency co-generation in Portugal
Title: Study of the high efficiency co-generation in Portugal
Coordenador / PI: Luís Neves
Dates start/end: Março 2007 – Março 2008
Entity: Direcção Geral de Energia e Geologia (DGEG)
Synopsis:
Evaluation and follow-up of new technology development projects (AVALORE I)
Title: Evaluation and follow-up of new technology development projects (AVALORE I)
Coordinator: Pedro Godinho, João Paulo Costa
Dates start/end: March 2007 / March 2008
Entity: PT Inovação
Synopsis: In this work the projects of Research and Development (R&D) from the PT Inovação Company were modeled. The model encompassed a realistic methodology of costs allocation to projects, as well as the representation of the stochastic factors from which the evolution of R&D projects depend. The sources of operational flexibility were identified and a methodology to incorporate them in the processes of evaluation and follow up was defined. The objectives or criteria enabling to capture the preference structure of the management and some paths to achieve efficient compromises were also identified.
Evaluation and follow-up of new technology development projects (AVALORE II)
Title: Evaluation and follow-up of new technology development projects (AVALORE I)
Coordinator: Pedro Godinho, João Paulo Costa
Dates start/end: March 2008 / March 2009
Entity: PT Inovação
Synopsis: The second phase of AVALORE project encompassed the development of a solution enabling the utilization, in the PT Inovação Company, of the methodology designed in the first phase of the project (AVALORE I). Specifically, an information system was developed to turn automatic the processes of statistical analysis and inquiries to decision agent, the utilization of the methodology was followed at the PT Inovação and that methodology was integrated with the other information systems of the company.
Consulting for energy efficiency in buildings (new building of Mealhada Municipality, Museum of Pottery and Stoneware of Oliveira do Bairro)
Title: Consulting for energy efficiency in buildings (new building of Mealhada Municipality, Museum of Pottery and Stoneware of Oliveira do Bairro
Coordinator: Paulo Gata Rodrigues
Dates start/end: February 2003 – May 2009
Entity: CM Mealhada, CM Oliveira do Bairro
Synopsis: In the scope of the collaboration protocol celebrated between Espaço Objecto, INESC Coimbra and ContaWatt, it is intended that the new buildings of the Mealhada Municipality and the Museum of Pottery and Stoneware of Oliveira do Bairro present levels of high comfort and also energy efficiency. For such, the consortium carried out a set of studies allowing the integration of optimized solutions in the project, in some cases with innovation that will contribute for the improvement of performance and rationalization of energy consumptions in the both cases. The alternatives in study were simulated with the use of software tools of quality assured for representative organizations. The results of these studies allowed also to evaluate the diverse options according to what is regulated and according to the sensitivity of the project team and the promoters of the construction of the building.
Photovoltaic systems: from materials extraction to energy production (SILICIUM Consortium)
Title: Photovoltaic systems: from materials extraction to energy production (SILICIUM Consortium)
Coordinator: António Gomes Martins
Dates start/end: January 2008 / June 2009
Entity: FEDER – Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional, Programa ICentro – Medida 7.3 – Programa Regional de Acções Inovadoras do Centro de Portugal 2006/2007
Synopsis: The main objective of this project was the development of a area of activity associated with photovoltaic systems, from the extraction and processing of semiconductor materials, including the production of photovoltaic cells (PV) with innovative technologies, the subsequent production of PV panels and finally the development, project and implementation of innovative PV systems in the Centre Region. The impact for this region has been evaluated according a life-cycle perspective, encompassing all the project phases with the aim to maximize the benefits in social, economic, energetic and environmental terms.
Energy audits in the scope of the national system of energy management (SGCIE)
Characterisation of consumers and networks
Title: Characterisation of consumers and networks
Coordinator: Humberto Jorge
Dates start/end: 11-2012 / 04-2013
Entity: EDP
Synopsis:
Consulting in the Plan for the Promotion of EnergyEfficiency (PPEC) [application2010]
Title: Consulting in the Plan for the Promotion of Energy Efficiency (PPEC) [application 2010]
Coordinator: Carlos Henggeler Antunes
Dates start/end: 2010 / 2013
Entity: EDP
Synopsis:
