Battery testing
- Battery characterization and testing: evaluation and development of algorithmic models of charging and aging, validation, behavioral testing of second-life batteries.
- Batteries (LiIon, NiMH, NiCd, Pb, Flux, etc.) and photovoltaic panels emulation.
- Verification of communications with CAN-like protocols.
- Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) capabilities.
Power systems
- Network code validation.
- Pre-certification testing and development of proofs of concept and experimental testing.
- Resistance and behavior testing for power systems and network components.
- Grid integration testing for generation/storage/load units, validation of network immunity to disturbances, assessment of the quality of the electrical network (current harmonics and flickers).
- Testing for compliance with IEC61000-4/11, IEC61000-4/13, IEC61000-4/14, IEC61000-4/28.
- Grid islanding
Industrial communications
- Development and testing of protocols and communication between Gateways and IOT(“Internet of Things”) devices.
- Protocols analysis: Fieldbus, Ethernet based, IOT.
- Study of cybersecurity vulnerabilities and risks in electrical systems.
- The laboratory is accredited by the ONS (“Oficina Nacional de Seguridad”) for the processing of information with a “limited dissemination” security level, so it is considered a ZAP zone(“protected access zone”).
Vehicle Grid Integration (VGI)
- Testing of electric chargers for Electric Vehicles (EVs).
- Testing of OBC.
- Electric chargers’ management implementation and testing.
- Electric vehicles emulation: communications and power for AC type 2 mode 3.
- Power emulation for DC CHAdeMO and CCS.
- Electric chargers’ flexibility services analysis using OCPP, OSCP