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.
Publications
2025
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Brito, Hugo Rodrigues de;
Souza, Valeria Monteiro de;
Uhlen, Kjetil Obstfelder.
(2025)
Hierarchical Voltage Control for Improved Dynamic Performance of a Norwegian Grid Subsystem.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Brito, Hugo Rodrigues de;
Baltensperger, Daniel Simon;
Uhlen, Kjetil Obstfelder.
(2025)
Optimal and Coordinated Voltage Control: Case Study on a 132 kV Norwegian Grid Subsystem.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Baltensperger, Daniel Simon;
Brito, Hugo Rodrigues de;
Mishra, Sambeet;
Øyvang, Thomas;
Uhlen, Kjetil Obstfelder.
(2025)
An optimal reactive power pre-dispatch approach for minimizing active power losses.
Frontiers in Energy Research
Academic article
2024
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Baltensperger, Daniel Simon;
Brito, Hugo Rodrigues de;
Mishra, Sambeet;
Øyvang, Thomas;
Uhlen, Kjetil Obstfelder.
(2025)
An optimal reactive power pre-dispatch approach for minimizing active power losses.
Frontiers in Energy Research
Academic article
-
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
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Brito, Hugo Rodrigues de;
Souza, Valeria Monteiro de;
Uhlen, Kjetil Obstfelder.
(2025)
Hierarchical Voltage Control for Improved Dynamic Performance of a Norwegian Grid Subsystem.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Brito, Hugo Rodrigues de;
Baltensperger, Daniel Simon;
Uhlen, Kjetil Obstfelder.
(2025)
Optimal and Coordinated Voltage Control: Case Study on a 132 kV Norwegian Grid Subsystem.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
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.
Outreach
2025
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Academic lectureBrito, Hugo Rodrigues de. (2025) Presentation of Paper: Hierarchical Voltage Control for Improved Dynamic Performance of a Norwegian Grid Subsystem. 2025 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT Europe) , Valletta 2025-10-19 - 2025-10-22
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Academic lectureBrito, Hugo Rodrigues de. (2025) Presentation of Paper: Optimal and Coordinated Voltage Control: Case Study on a 132 kV Norwegian Grid Subsystem. 2025 CIGRE NRCC Symposium , Trondheim 2025-05-11 - 2025-05-14
2024
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Academic lectureBrito, Hugo Rodrigues de. (2024) Presentation of Paper: Impact of Secondary Voltage Regulation Dynamics on Transmission-Level Voltage Stability. 2024 International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST) , Turin 2024-09-09 - 2024-09-11
2023
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Academic lectureBrito, Hugo Rodrigues de. (2023) Presentation of Paper: Investigations on Secondary Voltage Control for Long-Term Reactive Power Management. 2023 International Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST) , Mugla 2023-09-03 - 2023-09-05