Since 2005, Prof. Marafão is with São Paulo State University (UNESP), where he coordinated the undergraduate course in Control and Automation Engineering from 2010 to 2012, as well as actively participated in various boards and commissions of trust. He is a researcher of the Group of Automation and Integrated Systems (GASI), having been its leader from 2007 to 2011 and vice-leader from 2014 to 2016 and from 2017 to 2023 he was responsible for the research labs of the group. He has educational experience in theoretical courses, such as: Electric Circuits I and II, Power Quality, Power Conditioning, Analysis of Electric Circuits under Non-Sinusoidal and / or Unbalanced Conditions, Smart Grids, Renewable Energies, Distributed Generation, Power Electronics, Scientific Methodology, Innovation and IP Processes; as well as in the laboratories of: Electrical Circuits, Electrotechnical, Electromagnetic Devices, Energy Conversion and Electric Machines for Automation. He has participated as coordinator or member of several RDi projects, supported by different research agencies and private companies, with more than 200 published materials in transactions, magazines, newspapers and conferences proceedings. He supervised and coordinated several Ph.D dissertations, master's thesis, scientific initiation and postdoctoral projects. His main areas of interest are smart grids and microgrids, integration of distributed energy resources, power quality, and power theories for modern electrical circuits. He is a member of the Brazilian Society of Power Electronics, the Brazilian Society of Automation and the IEEE. From 2015 to 2018, Prof. Marafão was a member of three Technical Committees of the Energy Policy Council of São Paulo State. From June 2021 he has been the associate dean at Unesp, Campus of Sorocaba.https://scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=CvKTiysAAAAJhl=enoi=ao (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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This project aims to conduct advanced research in the area of smart electricity grids, with focus on distribution networks. This is an up-to-date theme with strong economic and environmental importance, and intrinsically interdisciplinary feature. The effective implementation of an electricity smart grid depends on the robust interaction between researches in the areas of power systems, a…
Several studies related to the visitor´s program of activities are currently in progress at Group of Automation and Integrated Systems (UNESP / Sorocaba) and at the Department of Information Engineering (UNIPD, Italy). Thus, the activities planned for the visit will be programmed so that the researcher could contribute to the realization of various projects, as well as to the study of a c…
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Smart Grids represent a new electrical system architecture that should, over the next decades, consolidate itself in a scenario with different devices (meters, electronic converters, sensors, etc.) distributed and with different degrees of communication, automation and intelligence, in favor of the increasingly efficient and intelligent use of energy generation, distribution or consumptio…
According to the thematic project "Interdisciplinary research activities in electric smart grids", this research proposes the development of a Power Quality Interface (PQI) to be installed at the Point of Common Coupling (PCC) between smart microgrids and the respective electricity distribution networks. The principal application of the PQI would be to attend the utility's demands, which …
The connection of renewable or alternative energy sources requires the use of several hardware and software technologies, which have been studied in the related FAPESP thematic project. One of the required tools for correct operation of distributed generation systems is the synchronization algorithm for the connection of grid-tied converters. In this context, several algorithms have been …
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The dense presence of power converters in modern electric systems, such as AC low-voltage microgrids with significant decentralization of energy generation, requires the adoption of techniques able to coordinate their operation in order to provide adequate operational conditions for the system. Several requirements in regard to robustness, system's stability, as well as the compliance wit…
Aiming to the autonomous and intelligent operation of different grid-tied equipment, this project proposes the study of monitoring and controlling techniques applied to distributed generation systems, as well as to other grid-tied power electronic converters, such as electronic power compensators. The main focus is directed to the micro grids, configuring the so-called smart micro grids s…
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