Energy and Drives Laboratory

It investigates the potential associated with non-conventional renewable energies and their insertion in both electrical systems and isolated microgrids.

In addition, different types of non-conventional renewable generation are validated by generating the appropriate experimental conditions through the facilities, being able to study their systemic impact in a microgrid located in the facilities.

The laboratory has a six-bar microgrid of concentrated parameters associated with a SCADA system in conjunction with various test loads (motors, capacitors, resistors) and measuring instruments such as network analyzers.

It also has a wind tunnel with a wind generator, a solar tracking system with 10 monocrystalline silicon panels of 100 [W] (located on the roof) connected to a grid tie inverter of 4600 [W].

Other equipment includes multimeters, power supplies, oscilloscopes and electronic components in general.

• Solar tracking system at the Electrical Engineering Department, U. of Chile
• Huatacondo Microgrid
• Microformer
• Eolian Project