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Cemig (Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais) announced that it has entered into a partnership with other companies in the electricity sector to facilitate an R&D (Research and Development) project.
The objective is to develop a prototype system called SRIG (Management Information Recording System), composed of a set of hardware and software modules that enable the recording of management information to support O&M (Operation and Maintenance) of generation plants.
The initiative, carried out in conjunction with AQTech and COPPEX, aims to improve the prototype obtained in the “GT 335 – DE Management Information Registration System for Small Hydroelectric Plants” project, seeking improvements in the specification and design and architecture of the product, eliminating difficulties identified for reproduction and application on scale.
“The project encompasses the pilot application of the serial product on machine 4 at HPP Sá Carvalho, located in the municipality of Antônio Dias, in the Vale do Rio Doce region (MG). Upon completion, we will obtain a system that can be used as a model for improving internal energy generation and plant management processes, through permanent monitoring of generation systems, with the provision of management information”, said Cemig in note.
Results
According to Pedro Resende, Mechanical Generation Maintenance Planning engineer at Cemig and project manager for the company, the results of the research will be a technical and experimental reference for the evolution and creation of products and services aimed at applications in generation plants.
“Currently, hydroelectric plants represent around 70% of energy generation in Brazil, which demonstrates the importance of making better use of this capacity, considered a renewable source with relatively low environmental impacts”, highlighted Resende.
For the specialist, there is a more aggressive trend in the international market in the energy commercialization sector, where complex systems for monitoring demand, monitoring generation and optimizing the profitability of electrical power plants are applied. “This trend leads to an impact on the Brazilian market, which provides space for solutions such as the one proposed in this project”, he concluded.
