Helena Vasconcelos

I’m a Senior Researcher at INESC TEC and an Assistant Professor at FEUP. I’m specialized in dynamic behavior studies and security operation analysis of power systems and also on the application of automatic learning techniques to obtain an optimal and secure operation of power systems. I have participated in many consultancy projects, manly related with the dynamic security of isolated power systems with a high penetration of renewable power production. I have also strongly participated in R&D projects related with power systems secure control.

Domains

Power and Energy Systems Power and Energy Systems

Projects

Hidrica_reversivel

Estudos de dimensionamento de centrais hidrícas reversíveis para as ilhas de São Miguel e terceira, Açores

STABLING

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Publications

Flexibility extension in hydropower for the provision of frequency control services within the European energy transition

Vasconcelos, MH;Castro, MV;Nicolet, C;Moreira, CL;

2024

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL POWER & ENERGY SYSTEMS

Automatic generation control operation with electric vehicles

Rocha Almeida, PM;Pecas Lopes, JA;Soares, FJ;Vasconcelos, MH;

2010

2010 IREP Symposium - Bulk Power System Dynamics and Control - VIII, IREP2010

On-line dynamic security assessment based on Kernel regression trees

Lopes, JAP;Vasconcelos, MH;

2000

2000 IEEE POWER ENGINEERING SOCIETY WINTER MEETING - VOLS 1-4, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

ANN design for fast security evaluation of interconnected systems with large wind power production

Vasconcelos, H;Lopes, JAP;

2006

2006 International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, Vols 1 and 2

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Supervised theses

Hungry Games: Development of a serious game for science communication about CRISPR

António Nunes da Cruz

M - 2021

UP-FEUP

Centres

Power and Energy Systems

INESC TEC’s main actor in the energy field is the Centre for Power and Energy Systems (CPES), which falls within the Cluster Energy Systems. We at CPES are internationally recognised for our expertise in the integration of renewable energy in power systems, distributed generation, storage, smart grids and areas traditionally associated with the planning and operation of power systems. The high level of expertise developed has allowed our experts at CPES to take on key roles in important EU projects as part of the successive framework programmes that led to notable scientific and technical advances with considerable impact on industry. This has led to contracts for development and consultancy with companies manufacturing equipment and with generation, transmission and distribution companies, regulators, government agencies and investors in Europe, South America, the United States of America and Africa. At CPES, we address the following main research areas: Decision Making, Optimisation and Computational Intelligence, Forecasting, Static and Dynamic analysis of Energy Grids, Reliability, Power Electronics.