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Ana Catarina Foles completed her PhD program in Mechatronics and Energy Engineering in 2023. She also has a Master in Solar Energy Engineering (2017) and a Bachelor degree in Renewable Energy Engineering (2015). She is passionate about the field of Solar Energy Engineering, and in recent years has focused her work on the Energy Management of Photovoltaic Solar Energy and Energy Storage technologies (vanadium redox flow batteries, lithium-ion (and second-life), nickel sodium chloride and supercapacitor).
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Catarina Foles
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Foles, A.
  • Ana Foles

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
6413-4FAF-5958
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7932-1357

Email addresses

  • anafoles@uevora.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/10/10 - 2023/07/24
Concluded
 Mechatronics and Energy Engineering (Doutoramento)
Major in Energy
Universidade de Évora Cátedra Energias Renováveis, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
"Integration, control and optimization of the photovoltaic-battery system in microgrids" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado com distinção e louvor
2018/10/10 - 2018/10/31
Concluded
 Introduction to LaTeX (Outros)
Major in Informática
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal
2018/05 - 2018/06
Concluded
 Technology and assembly of electronic circuits (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Major in Electrónica
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
2015 - 2017
Concluded
 Solar Energy Engineering (Mestrado)
Major in Engenharia Electrotécnica e Energias Renováveis
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"MPPT study from a solar photovoltaic panel according to perturbations induced by shadows" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2015/09 - 2016/01
Concluded
 Introduction to MATLAB programming (Outros)
Major in Programação/Informática
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/10/28
Concluded
 Renewable Energies Engineering (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
2014/05/29 - 2014/06/17
Concluded
 Introduction to Electronics and Robotics with Arduino (Outros)
Major in Electrónica
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/10/10 - 2023/07/24 PhD student in Mechatronics and Energy Engineering Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2015/06/01 - 2015/10/03 Internship Kemet Electronics Portugal SA, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/01 - Current New Generation Storage
C644936001-00000045
 Governo da República Portuguesa
Ongoing
2022/01 - Current NEXUS
C645112083-00000059
 Governo da República Portuguesa
Ongoing
2021/04 - Current INIESC Évora CONNECT
ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-000046
Ongoing
2022/04 - 2023/06 Hybridstorage
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-048270
 Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização
2022/03 - 2023/06 Hybridstorage
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-048270
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Évora Cátedra Energias Renováveis, Portugal
Concluded
2020/01 - 2022/02 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
SFRH/BD/147087/2019
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 INIESC
ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-022113
Master Student Fellow
Concluded
2018/01/08 - 2019/01/20 AGERAR
429
Master Student Fellow
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Ana Foles; Luis André Pereira Fialho; Manuel Collares-Pereira. "Microgrid Energy Management Control with a Vanadium Redox Flow and a Lithium-Ion Hybrid Battery System for PV Integration". Paper presented in 38th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 2021.
    Published • 10.4229/EUPVSEC20212021-6BV.5.17
  2. Foles, A.; Luis André Pereira Fialho; Manuel Collares-Pereira. "Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Modelling and PV Self-Consumption Management Strategy Optimization". Paper presented in 7th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, online, 2020.
    Published • 10.4229/EUPVSEC20202020-5EO.2.1
Journal article
  1. Foles, Ana; Fialho, Luís; Horta, Pedro; Collares-Pereira, Manuel. "Economic and energetic assessment of a hybrid vanadium redox flow and lithium-ion batteries, considering power sharing strategies impact". Journal of Energy Storage 71 (2023): 108167. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.108167.
    10.1016/j.est.2023.108167
  2. Ana Foles; Luís Fialho; Pedro Horta; Manuel Collares-Pereira. "Validation of a lithium-ion commercial battery pack model using experimental data for stationary energy management application". Open Research Europe 2 (2022): 15-15. https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.14301.2.
    10.12688/openreseurope.14301.2
  3. Ana Foles; Luis André Pereira Fialho; Manuel Collares-Pereira; Horta, Pedro. "An approach to implement photovoltaic self-consumption and ramp-rate control algorithm with a vanadium redox flow battery day-to-day forecast charging". Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks 30 (2022): 100626-100626. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.segan.2022.100626.
    10.1016/j.segan.2022.100626
  4. Ana Foles; Luís Fialho; Manuel Collares-Pereira. "Techno-economic evaluation of the Portuguese PV and energy storage residential applications". Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 39 (2020): 100686-100686. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.seta.2020.100686.
    10.1016/j.seta.2020.100686
Magazine article
  1. Foles, A.; Pedro Horta; Luis Fialho; Tiago Eusébio. "armazenamento de energia: tecnologias e abordagens para a transição energética", Renováveis Magazine, 2020, https://www.renovaveismagazine.pt/revista-2/.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Integration, control and optimization of the solar photovoltaic-battery system in microgrids". PhD, Universidade de Évora, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/35480.
  2. Foles, Ana. "MPPT study from a solar photovoltaic panel according to perturbations induced by shadows". Master, Universidade de Évora, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/22071.

Other

Other output
  1. Economic and Energetic Assessment of a Hybrid Vanadium Redox Flow and Lithium-ion batteries considering different Energy Management Strategies. 2023. Foles, A.; Fialho, L.; Horta, P.; Collares-Pereira, M.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85146528128&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.48550/arXiv.2301.02535
  2. Implementation of PV Self-Consumption with Ramp-Rate Control Algorithm using a Day-to-Day Forecast battery charging, with a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery.. 2020. Ana Foles; Luis Fialho; Manuel Collares-Pereira; Pedro Horta. https://www.lens.org/011-429-205-365-312.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2017/03/29 Real time characterization of a photovoltaic panel using the Nelder and Mead algorithm AMPSECA 2017
Moroccan Society of Advanced Materials Physics and their Applications (SMPM2A) (Agadir, Morocco)
2017 Real time characterization of a photovoltaic module considering the single diode five parameters model Workshop: How to make a scientific paper?,
ECT, Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2016/12/10 Convergence speed optimization of iterative methods for a Photovoltaic Cell simulation Conferência WES
Instituto de Ciências da Terra (Évora, Portugal)

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2023 - 2023 Paper reviewer expert in the topic of Energy System Integration, Storage, in Conference EU PVSEC 2023, 40th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2022/02/17 - 2022/03/04 Paper Reviewer Expert in the topic of Energy System Integration, Storage, in Conference WCPEC-8, 8th WORLD CONFERENCE ON PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY CONVERSION
Evaluator
 Universidade de Évora Cátedra Energias Renováveis, Portugal
2021/02/19 - 2021/02/26 Paper Reviewer Expert para o tópico 6.4 Armazenamento, na Conferência EU PVSEC 2021, 38th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition
Evaluator