The EnSiEL Section of Catania is located at the DIEEI, which manages a diverse educational offering for students of different levels and carries out research and third mission activities.
Research activities are mainly focused on the following topics:
- Analysis and management of power systems.
- Analysis of integration challenges of Distributed Generation from renewable sources with the Medium and Low Voltage Distribution Grid.
- Study of innovative structures and management methods for “Active” Distribution Networks and Smart Grids (analysis of autonomous and non-autonomous operation of Microgrids, Multi-Microgrid Networks, Energy Communities).
- Study of innovative control, automation, and protection methods in Smart Grids (both Medium and Low Voltage).
- Assessment of the impact of Electric Mobility systems on grid management and development of the Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) paradigm.
- Development of methods and tools for evaluating the reliability and adequacy of traditional Distribution Networks and Smart Grids.
- Smart Grids and Electricity Markets.
- Monitoring and diagnostics of photovoltaic systems, development of models for environmental variable analysis and forecasting; photovoltaic/thermal systems, and the evolution of energy systems based on distributed generation from solar energy.
- Numerical methods for fields and circuits; soft-computing and optimization; artificial intelligence; neural networks; photovoltaics; renewable energy; embedded systems.
- Circuit analysis and modeling applied to power systems and power electronics.
- Application of stochastic optimization, machine learning techniques, and numerical methods in various fields of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
