Hugo Rodrigues de Brito

About

Hugo Rodrigues de Brito is currently a Ph.D. candidate at PSOA/IEL/NTNU, focusing on "Coordinated Voltage Regulation Strategies for Long-Term Reactive Power Management and Minimization of Network Losses". His research is a part of the ongoing SysOpt project, Work Package 2.

Hugo holds both a B.Sc. degree (2017) and a M.Sc. degree (2019) in Electric Power Engineering from Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Brazil. He has experience with power system theory, modelling, dynamic simulation and analysis, particularly regarding voltage stability and control for transmission & distribution networks.

Research

Current research interests:

Hierarchical voltage control, especially secondary and tertiary layers;
Real-time coordination of reactive power resources (generators, capacitor/reactor banks, SVCs, ...);
Deterministic and multi-objective optimal power flow for minimization of active power losses;
Dynamic simulations in Python and PSS®E environments.

Power System Operation and Analysis (PSOA) Group

System Optimization between power producer and grid owners (SysOpt)

SysOpt aims to optimize the interface between power producer and grid owners by developing more efficient system services, thus ensuring operational security of the future energy system. Partners: USN, NTNU, Statnett, Statkraft, Skagerak Energi and Lede.

Publications

2024

Souza, Valéria Monteiro de; Brito, Hugo Rodrigues de; Uhlen, Kjetil Obstfelder. (2024) Comparative analysis of online voltage stability indices based on synchronized PMU measurements. Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks
Academic article
Souza, Valéria Monteiro de; Brito, Hugo Rodrigues de; Uhlen, Kjetil Obstfelder. (2024) Performance Assessment of Voltage Stability Indices for Real-Time Power Margin Estimation.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Brito, Hugo Rodrigues de; Souza, Valéria Monteiro de; Uhlen, Kjetil Obstfelder. (2024) Impact of Secondary Voltage Regulation Dynamics on Transmission-Level Voltage Stability.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2023

Brito, Hugo Rodrigues de; Souza, Valeria Monteiro de; Uhlen, Kjetil Obstfelder. (2023) Investigations on Secondary Voltage Control for Long-Term Reactive Power Management.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Souza, Valeria Monteiro de; Brito, Hugo Rodrigues de; Uhlen, Kjetil Obstfelder. (2023) Comparison of Voltage Stability Indices Based on Synchronized PMU Measurements.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Journal publications

Souza, Valéria Monteiro de; Brito, Hugo Rodrigues de; Uhlen, Kjetil Obstfelder. (2024) Comparative analysis of online voltage stability indices based on synchronized PMU measurements. Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks
Academic article

Part of book/report

Souza, Valéria Monteiro de; Brito, Hugo Rodrigues de; Uhlen, Kjetil Obstfelder. (2024) Performance Assessment of Voltage Stability Indices for Real-Time Power Margin Estimation.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Brito, Hugo Rodrigues de; Souza, Valéria Monteiro de; Uhlen, Kjetil Obstfelder. (2024) Impact of Secondary Voltage Regulation Dynamics on Transmission-Level Voltage Stability.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Brito, Hugo Rodrigues de; Souza, Valeria Monteiro de; Uhlen, Kjetil Obstfelder. (2023) Investigations on Secondary Voltage Control for Long-Term Reactive Power Management.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Souza, Valeria Monteiro de; Brito, Hugo Rodrigues de; Uhlen, Kjetil Obstfelder. (2023) Comparison of Voltage Stability Indices Based on Synchronized PMU Measurements.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Teaching

TET4180 - Power System Dynamics and Control: Scientific assistant in Spring 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

TET4100 - Circuit Analysis: Scientific assistant in Autumn 2024.

Språkvelger

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