VÍCTOR AUGUSTO BARRERA NÚÑEZ, PhD
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- Thesis defended
on 10th April 2012 - Title: “Automatic diagnosis of
voltage disturbances in power distribution networks” PDF. CIGRE
member (Working group C4.112: Guidelines for Power Quality Monitoring) |
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“This PhD research was partially funded
by the Spanish government under the project Intelligent Power Quality Monitoring i-PQM (reference project DPI2006-09370, scholarship
BES-2007-14942) and ENDESA
DISTRIBUCIÓN (Electric distribution company of Barcelona-Spain)” |
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Email address: victor D-O-T barrera
A-T udg D-O-T edu |
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Phone: +34 972 8391 |
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My blog: VikBar.com |
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Indexed Journal publications |
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V. Barrera, J. Meléndez,
S. Herraiz, “Waveform
Segmentation for Intelligent Monitoring of Power Events”, Electric Power Systems Research (EPSR).
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2012.07.011, December
2012. |
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V. Barrera, J. Meléndez,
S. Kulkarni, S. Santoso.
Feature Analysis and Automatic Classification
of Short-Circuit Faults Resulting from External Causes, European Transactions
on Electrical Power (ETEP), DOI: 10.1002/etep.674,
January, 2012. |
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V. Barrera, R. Velandia,
F. Hernández, H. Vargas, J. Meléndez,
“Relevant Attributes for Voltage Event Diagnosis in Power Distribution Networks”, Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial, submitted in November 2010,
Manuscript 11077-28049-1-SM. Paper in fourth review. |
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V. Barrera, J. Meléndez,
S. Herraiz, "Evaluation of Fault Relative Location Algorithms Using Voltage Sag Data Collected at 25-kV Substations", Special
Issue on Power Quality, European Transactions
on Electrical Power (ETEP),
DOI: 10.1002/etep.393,
October, 2009. |
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N. Ortiz, J. Blanco, G. Ordoñez, V. Barrera, “Characterization
of Power Quality Disturbances Resulting from Current Limiting Fuses Operation”,
Revista Ingeniería e Investigación, Universidad Nacional
de Colombia, 2011. |
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J. Blanco, R. Leal, J. Jacome, J.F. Petit, G. Ordóñez
and V. Barrera, “Propagation
of Voltage Sags: Influence of Transformers, Induction Motors and Fault
Resistance”, Revista Ingeniería e Investigación, Universidad Nacional
de Colombia, 2011. |
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V. Barrera, X. Berjaga,
G. Ordóñez, J. Meléndez,
“Estrategias para la localización relativa de la fuente de huecos de tensión en sistemas de distribución de energía eléctrica”, Revista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquía,
N.°
50 pp. 159-169, Diciembre, 2009. |
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J. Mora,
V. Barrera, G. Carrillo, “Fault
Location in Power Distribution Systems Using a Learning Algorithm for
Multivariable Data Analysis”. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol.
22, no. 3, July 2007, pp. 1715-1721. |
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Research stays |
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2011 |
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National University of Colombia,
Electric and Electronic Department, PAAS Research Group, Bogotá, Colombia. Supervisor: Andrés Pavas
Martinez and Horacio Torres Sánchez. Subject: It was focused on the analysis
of the power quality database of the main electricity Utility of Bogota
(CODENSA), identifying from 280 substations those with power quality problems
and proposing novel statistical methodologies for substation ranking
according to their electric power quality. Date: February
3 to April 30, 2011. |
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2010 |
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Chalmers University of Technology,
Signal Processing Department, Goteborg, Sweden. Supervisor: Math Bollen
and Irene Yu Hua-Gu, Signal Processing Research
group. Subject: The research topic is on signal
processing methods for power system disturbance analysis and classification.
More specifically, investigating the underlying causes of voltage dips and
developing novel and efficient analysis methods for diagnostic purposes. Date: March 1 to May 31, 2010. |
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2009 |
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The University of Texas at Austin,
Electrical and Computer Engineering Deparment,
Austin, Texas. Supervisor: Ph. D Surya Santoso, LASPIRES Research group Subject: It was focused on examining
voltage sag phenomena and developing analytical tools to determine the root cause of
the events (Lightning-induced, animal-contact, tree-contact or cable
fault events). EPRI provided the real-world data. Date: September 1 to December 15, 2009. |
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2008 |
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Industrial University of Santander,
Department of Electric and Electronic Engineering, Colombia. Supervisor: Ph. D Gabriel Ordóñez Plata, GISEL Research group. Subject: Diagnosis of voltage sag
events captured power distribution networks. Date: August
15 to October 15, 2008. |
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Conference Publications during PhD studies |
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2011 |
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V. Barrera, A. Pavas,
J. Meléndez. “Power
quality assessment of the Bogotá distribution network focused on voltage sags
analysis”, International
Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe 2011 (ISGT) , IEEE PES, Manchester-England, paper number 159, 6-9 December 2011. |
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V. Barrera, J. Meléndez,
S. Herraiz, A. Ferreira, A. Muñoz.
“Analysis
of the influence of weather factors on outages in Spanish distribution
networks”, International
Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe 2011 (ISGT), IEEE
PES, Manchester-England, paper number 269, 6-9 December 2011. |
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V. Barrera, J. Meléndez,
S. Herraiz. “Feature analysis for voltage
disturbances resulting from external causes”, 21st
International Conference on
Electricity Distribution
(CIRED),
Frankfurt-Germany, paper number 1151, 5-7 June 2011. |
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2010 |
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V. Barrera, I. Yu-Hua Gu, M. H.J Bollen, J. Meléndez, J. Meléndez,
“Feature Characterization of Power Quality
Events According to Their Underlying
Causes”, 14th IEEE International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power
(ICHQP), September
26-29, 2010, Bergamo, Italy. |
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V. Barrera, S. Kulkarni,
S. Santoso, J. Meléndez,
“SVM-Based Classification Methodology for Overhead Distribution Fault Events”, 14th IEEE International Conference
on Harmonics and Quality of
Power (ICHQP), September 26-29, 2010, Bergamo, Italy. |
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V. Barrera, S. Kulkarni,
S. Santoso, J. Meléndez,
“Feature Analysis and
Classification Methodology for Overhead Distribution Fault Events”, IEEE Power & Energy Society,
2010 General Meeting, July
25-29, 2010, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. (Submission ID 2010GM0586). |
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J. Jagua, V.
Barrera, G. Carrillo, J. Melendez;
“Waveform
Segmentation Based On Tensor Analysis”, IEEE Andean Conference, Exhibition and
Industry Forum (IEEE ANDESCON), September 15-17, 2010, Colombia. |
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S. Ortiz L.;
H.Torres
S.; V. Barrera; C. Duarte; G. Ordoñez; S. Herraiz; "Analysis
of Voltage Events Segmentation Using Kalman Filter
and Wavelet Transform",
IEEE Andean
Conference, Exhibition and Industry Forum (IEEE ANDESCON), September 15-17, 2010, Colombia. |
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2009 |
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V. Barrera, J. Meléndez,
S. Herraiz, J. Sánchez,
“A New Sag Source Relative Location Algorithm Based On The Sequence Current
Magnitude”, Simposio Internacional sobre la Calidad de la Energía Eléctrica –
SICEL’09, Bogotá, Colombia, August 4-6, 2009. |
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S. Ortiz, A. Torres, V. Barrera, C.
Duarte, G. Ordoñez, S. Herraiz,
“Estrategias para la Segmentación de Huecos de Tensión con Componentes de Alta
Frecuencia", Simposio Internacional sobre la Calidad de la Energía Eléctrica –
SICEL’09, Bogotá, Colombia, August 4-6, 2009. |
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J. Blanco S., J. Jagua
G., L. Jaimes R., V. Barrera, J. Meléndez F, “Metodología para el Diagnóstico de la Causa de Huecos de Tensión” , Simposio Internacional sobre la Calidad de la Energía Eléctrica –
SICEL’09, Bogotá, Colombia, August 4-6, 2009. |
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B. López, V.
Barrera, J. Meléndez, C. Pous,
J. Brunet, J. Sanz, “Subgroup Discovery for Weight
Learning in Breast Cancer Diagnosis”, Conferencia
de la Asociación Española
para la Inteligencia
Artificial – CAEPIA’09, Sevilla, Spain, Noviembre 9-13, 2009. |
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B. López, V.
Barrera, J. Meléndez, C. Pous,
J. Brunet, J. Sanz, “Subgroup discovery for Feature
Selection in Breast Cancer Diagnosis”, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine,
Proceedings of the 12th Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
– AIME’09, Verona, Italy
18-22, 2009. |
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2008 |
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V. Barrera, J.
Meléndez, S. Herraiz, J. Sánchez, “Unusual Voltage Sag
Event Detection in Power Systems”, 2008 IEEE/PES Transmission and
Distribution Conference and Exposition: Latin America, Bogota, Colombia,
August 13th to 15th, 2008. |
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V. Barrera, J.
Meléndez, S. Herraiz, “A Survey on Voltage Sag
Events in Power Systems”, IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution
Conference and Exposition: Latin America, Bogota, Colombia, August 13th to 15th, 2008. |
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J. Meléndez, X. Berjaga, S. Herraiz, V.
Barrera, J. Sánchez and M. Castro, “Classification of sags
according to their origin based on the waveform similarity”, IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution
Conference and Exposition: Latin America, Bogota, Colombia - August 13th to
15th, 2008. |
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V. Barrera, X.
Berjaga, J. Melendez, S. Herraiz,
J. Sánchez and M. Castro, “Two New Methods for
Voltage Sag Source Location”, ICHQP 2008 - 13th International Conference
on Harmonics & Quality of Power, 28th September – 1st October,
Australia. |
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V. Barrera, B.
López, J. Meléndez, J. Sánchez, “Voltage
Sag Source Location From Extracted Rules Using Subgroup Discovery”,
“Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications”, Edited by Teresa Alsinet, Josep Puyol-Gruart, Carme Torras, Vol. 128, p.p.: 225-235, ISBN
978-1-58603-925-7, October 2008. |
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MS Publications |
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2007 |
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Barrera, Víctor; Carrillo,
Gilberto, Ordoñez, Gabriel "Hybrid
system to improvement of the power supply continuity indexes" PPT Slides.
CIRED – Leading Forum where the Electricity Distribution Community
Meets”, Vienna, Austria, May 21-24, 2007. |
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Flórez, Félix; Billar, Ronald; Barrera Víctor; Ordóñez, Gabriel. “Herramienta Informática ATP-Matlab para Estudios
de Calidad en Sistemas de
Energía Eléctrica”. Congreso de Computación Aplicada CAIP 2007, Mayo de 2007, Uruguay. |
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2006 |
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V. Barrera; G. Carrillo, G. Ordóñez, "Sistemas de
distribución: localización de fallas mediante la aplicación de inteligencia
artificial" (Master thesis). Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga,
Colombia. 2006. |
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V. Barrera, G. Carrillo, J. Mora, "Una solución económica a los problemas de calidad del servicio prestado". Revista Ingeniería y Ciencia”. ISSN
1794-9165, Vol. 2, No 4, p.p:
95-123, Septiembre, 2006. |
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V. Barrera, G. Carrillo, J. Mora, "Una aplicación de la técnica LAMDA a los índices de continuidad del suministro de energía eléctrica". Revista UIS Ingenierías. Vol.
5, No. 1, ISSN 1657-4583, Colombia, 2006. |
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V. Barrera, C. Jaramillo, G. Ordóñez, "Diseño e implementación de un
sistema para la recolección de medidas eléctricas remotas utilizando Java".
ANDESCON 2006. Innovación tecnológica: Un reto para América Latina, 8-10 de
Noviembre, Quito-Ecuador. |
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2005 |
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V. Barrera, J. Cormane, J. Rodriguez, "Metodología
para el mejoramiento de los índices de continuidad del suministro de energía
eléctrica", III Simposio Internacional Calidad de la Energía
Eléctrica (SICEL), Colombia (Bogotá D.C), 16-18 Noviembre de 2005.. |
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V. Barrera, G. Carrillo, J. Mora, "Una
aplicación de la técnica LAMDA a los índices de continuidad del suministro de
energía eléctrica". III Simposio
Internacional sobre Calidad de la Energía Eléctrica. SICEL IEEE. Bogota
D.C- Colombia. Nov. 16-18 de 2005. |
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Degree Publications |
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2004 |
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V. Barrera, J. Cormane, G. Ordóñez, "Predicción
de corrientes armónicas en ventanas de carga residenciales mediante modelos
neuronales artificiales". Revista UIS Ingenierías. Volumen 3, Numero
3, 2004. ISSN 1657-4583, Colombia, 2004. |
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2003 |
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V. Barrera, J. Cormane, G. Ordóñez, "Predicción de corrientes
armónicas en ventanas de carga residenciales mediante modelos neuronales
artificiales" (Degree thesis). Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga,
Colombia. 2003. |
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Supervised thesis |
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2011 |
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N. Ortiz, G. Ordóñez, V. Barrera, “Caracterización
de perturbaciones eléctricas
causadas por la operación de fusibles”, Degree
thesis, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia, 2010 (Currently). |
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2010 |
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S. Ortiz, A.
Torres, C. Duarte, V. Barrera, “Estrategias para la segmentación de huecos de tensión con componentes de alta frecuencia”, Degree
thesis, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia, 2010. |
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R. Velandia, F. Hernández, H.
Vargas, V. Barrera, “Evaluación de algoritmos de extracción de reglas de decisión para el diagnóstico de huecos de tensión”, Degree thesis, Universidad Industrial de
Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia, 2010. |
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R. Leal, J. Jacome, J. Petit, V. Barrera, “Causas de huecos de tensión: Análisis de propagación”, Degree thesis, Universidad Industrial
de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia, 2010. |
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2009 |
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J. Blanco, J. Jagua,
L. Jaimes, V. Barrera, “Metodología para el Diagnóstico de la Causa de Huecos de Tensión: Análisis de Fallas”, Degree
thesis, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga,
Colombia, 2009. |
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2006 |
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F. Flórez, R. Billar, V. Barrera, G. Ordóñez, "Caracterización de circuitos
de distribución para estudios de calidad en sistemas de energía eléctrica",
Degree thesis, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
2006. |
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C. Rojas, J. Gutierrez, V. Barrera, G. Ordóñez,
"Localización
de fallas: clasificación de huecos de tensión en sistemas de distribución
utilizando la técnica LAMDA", Degree thesis, Universidad Industrial
de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia. 2006. |
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