EPE Association: EPE 2025 - DS1g: Renewable and New Energy Sources

EPE 2025 - DS1g: Renewable and New Energy Sources
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   Energy-Based Model Representation for Design and Optimization of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Systems
By Diana Angelica TORRES GUZMAN, Betty LEMAIRE-SEMAIL [View]
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Abstract: This paper presents a modular and adaptive modelling and simulation tool for piezoelectric energy harvesting (PEH) systems, applicable to portable micro-systems, such as wearable devices, sensors, or bio-medical devices. The main distinguishing feature of this tool is that it is designed to optimize the design phase and the energy management strategies, thanks to a systemic approach. By employing Energetic Macroscopic Representation (EMR) and inversion-based control, the tool facilitates flexible analysis across varying levels of detail. Using this tool, a validated model is constructed, enabling the testing of power converter strategies that connect piezoelectric elements to loads, as well as the evaluation of two energy harvesting strategies for imposed displacement systems. This work demonstrates the potential of advanced modelling techniques to enhance the design and implementation of piezoelectric energy recovery systems.

   Integration of Small Hydropower Plants Integration to Microgrids: Overview, Control and Modelling Challenges
By Gérard BERAL, Allal EL MOUBAREK BOUZID, Pierre TSAFACK, David TSUANYO, Bruno ESTIBALS, Corinne ALONSO [View]
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Abstract: Hydroelectric power is a dispatchable energy source and plays a crucial role in maintaining stabilityin islanded microgrids through grid-forming control. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of the modeling and control strategies for small hydropower plants (SHPs), their integration into microgrids, and their interactions with other distributed energy resources (DERs), such as solar power. The study focuses on examining key challenges related to stability, modeling, and control of SHPs to promote hybrid power integration within a microgrid. To address these challenges, recommendations for improving the performance of microgrid-based small hydropower plants are proposed, including advanced control techniques and the implementation of Hardware-in-the-Loop(HIL) simulations to enhance the accuracy of modeling, testing, and validation.

EPE 2025 - DS1g: Renewable and New Energy Sources
You are here: EPE Documents > 01 - EPE & EPE ECCE Conference Proceedings > EPE 2025 - Conference > EPE 2025 - Topic 02: Smart Grids and Renewable Energy > EPE 2025 - DS1g: Renewable and New Energy Sources
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	Energy-Based Model Representation for Design and Optimization of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Systems By Diana Angelica TORRES GUZMAN, Betty LEMAIRE-SEMAIL	[View] [Download]
Abstract: This paper presents a modular and adaptive modelling and simulation tool for piezoelectric energy harvesting (PEH) systems, applicable to portable micro-systems, such as wearable devices, sensors, or bio-medical devices. The main distinguishing feature of this tool is that it is designed to optimize the design phase and the energy management strategies, thanks to a systemic approach. By employing Energetic Macroscopic Representation (EMR) and inversion-based control, the tool facilitates flexible analysis across varying levels of detail. Using this tool, a validated model is constructed, enabling the testing of power converter strategies that connect piezoelectric elements to loads, as well as the evaluation of two energy harvesting strategies for imposed displacement systems. This work demonstrates the potential of advanced modelling techniques to enhance the design and implementation of piezoelectric energy recovery systems.

	Integration of Small Hydropower Plants Integration to Microgrids: Overview, Control and Modelling Challenges By Gérard BERAL, Allal EL MOUBAREK BOUZID, Pierre TSAFACK, David TSUANYO, Bruno ESTIBALS, Corinne ALONSO	[View] [Download]
Abstract: Hydroelectric power is a dispatchable energy source and plays a crucial role in maintaining stabilityin islanded microgrids through grid-forming control. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of the modeling and control strategies for small hydropower plants (SHPs), their integration into microgrids, and their interactions with other distributed energy resources (DERs), such as solar power. The study focuses on examining key challenges related to stability, modeling, and control of SHPs to promote hybrid power integration within a microgrid. To address these challenges, recommendations for improving the performance of microgrid-based small hydropower plants are proposed, including advanced control techniques and the implementation of Hardware-in-the-Loop(HIL) simulations to enhance the accuracy of modeling, testing, and validation.