Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2018-03-12T13:28:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 LuisDeFreitasAraujo_DISSERT.pdf: 2081281 bytes, checksum: c17e55352c580fdeae036c361d77cc7e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2018-03-14T18:41:28Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 LuisDeFreitasAraujo_DISSERT.pdf: 2081281 bytes, checksum: c17e55352c580fdeae036c361d77cc7e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-14T18:41:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LuisDeFreitasAraujo_DISSERT.pdf: 2081281 bytes, checksum: c17e55352c580fdeae036c361d77cc7e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-21 / Informa??es advindas de empresas de pesquisa nacionais mostram que a matriz el?trica brasileira ? composta quase em sua totalidade da energia hidrel?trica, em torno de 65%. No entanto h? uma necessidade urgente na diversifica??o da nossa matriz de forma que haja uma maior seguran?a para o consumidor em per?odos com escassez de chuva e, al?m disso, que essas varia??es na gera??o de energia el?trica se adaptem ?s discuss?es atuais referentes ? baixa emiss?o de carbono al?m de garantir uma maior preserva??o ambiental. Nesse contexto, surge a energia solar fotovoltaica que, al?m de possuir um grande potencial na produ??o de eletricidade oriunda de um recurso inesgot?vel ? o sol - ainda ? uma fonte energ?tica que contribui imensamente para a economia do pa?s devido ao seu elevado ?ndice de empregabilidade, com pouco mais de oito milh?es de empregos gerados no mundo somente no ano de 2016. Apesar de ainda representar a menor parcela na participa??o da matriz energ?tica el?trica nacional, a energia solar fotovoltaica come?a a mostrar sinais de for?a e potencial em crescimento no cen?rio nacional desde a resolu??o 482 de 2012, atualizada pela norma 687 de 2015 que, juntas, incentivam e criam oportunidades mais acess?veis para o consumidor/gerador de pequeno porte. Com base nos conceitos de mini e micro gera??o distribu?da, contidos nas normas supracitadas, o Instituto Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN) foi a primeira institui??o de ensino p?blica no Brasil a aderir ao sistema de compensa??o energ?tica regulamentado pela ANEEL e hoje j? conta com 14 usinas em opera??o onde quatro encontram-se em projeto de amplia??o e outras sete encontram-se em fase de instala??o. Uma dessas usinas situa-se no campus da cidade de Santa Cruz localizada na mesorregi?o do agreste potiguar. A mesma possui um sistema de micro gera??o fotovoltaica conectada ? rede com pot?ncia nominal de instala??o de 84kWp e ser? tema de discuss?o nesse trabalho. Essa disserta??o ter? como objetivo uma an?lise t?cnica (atrav?s das an?lises da produtividade do sistema, produtividade de refer?ncia, desempenho global - performance ratio) e econ?mica (an?lise pelo m?todo payback simples e descontado, Valor Presente L?quido ? VPL e a Taxa Interna de Retorno - TIR) do micro gerador fotovoltaico com a finalidade de verificar o funcionamento atual do sistema e compara-lo com outros sistemas. Al?m de verificar a viabilidade econ?mica da instala??o dentro do per?odo de vida ?til dos componentes do sistema fornecido pela empresa respons?vel pela instala??o que ? de 25 anos. / According to national research companies, the Brazilian electrical matrix is almost totally composed by hydroelectric energy, around 65%. However, it is necessary to change our matrix in a way that makes it more secure for the consumers in periods of draught. Moreover, these variations in the electric power generation have to be adapted to the discussions about low carbon emissions and environmental preservation. In this context, the photovoltaic solar energy drawn with an inexhaustible generation fount ? the sun - and great potential in producing electrical energy. Moreover, the photovoltaic solar energy plays a huge contribution to the Brazilian economy due to its high employability index, with more than eight million jobs created in the world in the year of 2016 alone. Despite representing the smallest participation in the national electrical matrix, the photovoltaic solar energy starts to show signs of power and potential in the national scenario since the resolution 482 of 2012, updated by the norm 687 of 2015 that, together, encourage and create opportunities more accessible to the small consumer/generator. According the concepts about mini and micro distributed generation, contained in the norms already cited, the Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN) was the first Brazilian public institution of teaching to adhere to the system of electrical energy compensation of the ANEEL and today it counts with 14 plants in operation which four are in extension phase and other seven are in installation phase. One of these plants is located at the Santa Cruz Campus. This plant has a photovoltaic micro generation connected to the grid with installation nominal power of 84kWp and will be the subject of discussion of this master thesis. The target of this master thesis is to perform a technical analysis (through the analyses of system productivity, reference productivity, global performance ? performance ration) and economic analysis (simple and discounted payback, liquid present value ? VPL and intern return index ? TIR) of the photovoltaic micro generator in order to verify the actual operation system condition and compare it with other systems. In addition, this thesis will also verify the economic viability of the installation inside the 25 years? life period of the system components.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2016-04-15T20:05:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 SamaraDeCavalcantePaiva_DISSERT.pdf: 3765795 bytes, checksum: eed2c79e7ce6b6439acadf41bfab260e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-04-19T23:21:12Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 SamaraDeCavalcantePaiva_DISSERT.pdf: 3765795 bytes, checksum: eed2c79e7ce6b6439acadf41bfab260e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-19T23:21:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SamaraDeCavalcantePaiva_DISSERT.pdf: 3765795 bytes, checksum: eed2c79e7ce6b6439acadf41bfab260e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-06-22 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico (CNPq) / Um sistema el?trico de pot?ncia t?pico ? caracterizado pela centraliza??o da gera- ??o de energia. Entretanto, com a reestrutura??o do sistema el?trico, esta topologia vem modificando-se com a utiliza??o de geradores ao longo do sist ema de distribui??o (gera- ??o distribu?da) que proporciona diversos benef?cios por l ocalizar-se pr?ximo aos centros de consumo. Com isso, a inser??o de geradores distribu?dos, especialmente provenientes de fontes renov?veis, no sistema brasileiro tende a se torna r a cada ano mais comum. En- tretanto, esta nova configura??o do sistema traz novos desafi os concernentes ao controle, opera??o e prote??o. Um dos principais problemas da gera??o distribu?da nos sistemas de prote??o ? a forma??o de ilhamentos, que pode resultar em ris cos de seguran?a ?s pessoas e a rede de energia el?trica. Dentre as diversas t?cnicas de p rote??o de ilhamentos, as t?cnicas passivas destacam-se devido ao custo de implement a??o e simplicidade, sendo necess?rias apenas medi??es de tens?o e corrente para detec ??o de problemas no sistema. Prop?e-se neste trabalho um sistema de prote??o baseado na t ransformada wavelet com as fun??es de sobrecorrente, sub/sobretens?es e informa?? es dos transit?rios de falta para r?pida detec??o e identifica??o de situa??es de falta no sist ema. O esquema de prote??o proposto foi avaliado por meio de estudos de simula??o e expe rimental, apresentando de- sempenho similar aos m?todos de sobrecorrente e sub/sobret ens?o convencionais, por?m, com o adicional da detec??o do instante exato das faltas. / A typical electrical power system is characterized by centr alization of power gene- ration. However, with the restructuring of the electric sys tem, this topology is changing with the insertion of generators in parallel with the distri bution system (distributed gene- ration) that provides several benefits to be located near to e nergy consumers. Therefore, the integration of distributed generators, especially fro m renewable sources in the Brazi- lian system has been common every year. However, this new sys tem topology may result in new challenges in the field of the power system control, ope ration, and protection. One of the main problems related to the distributed generati on is the islanding formation, witch can result in safety risk to the people and to the power g rid. Among the several islanding protection techniques, passive techniques have low implementation cost and simplicity, requiring only voltage and current measuremen ts to detect system problems. This paper proposes a protection system based on the wavelet transform with overcur- rent and under/overvoltage functions as well as infomation of fault-induced transients in order to provide a fast detection and identification of fault s in the system. The propo- sed protection scheme was evaluated through simulation and experimental studies, with performance similar to the overcurrent and under/overvolt age conventional methods, but with the additional detection of the exact moment of the fault.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-03-21T00:42:43Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DiegoDeyvidDantasDeMedeiros_DISSERT.pdf: 4782158 bytes, checksum: be79da038af407e962d4d79b658f60aa (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-03-27T21:02:24Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DiegoDeyvidDantasDeMedeiros_DISSERT.pdf: 4782158 bytes, checksum: be79da038af407e962d4d79b658f60aa (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-27T21:02:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DiegoDeyvidDantasDeMedeiros_DISSERT.pdf: 4782158 bytes, checksum: be79da038af407e962d4d79b658f60aa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-01-05 / Atualmente, com o crescente incentivo ? utiliza??o de fontes alternativas e renov?veis de energia, aumentou-se a quantidade de geradores conectados ?s redes de distribui??o de energia el?trica. Dentre os quais est?o, por exemplo, os parques e?licos, sistemas de energia solar fotovoltaica e sistemas de cogera??o formando a chamada Gera??o Distribu?da. Diante deste panorama mundial, torna-se iminente a necessidade de desenvolvimento de novas tecnologias e programas computacionais que possibilitem a otimiza??o das conex?es de geradores no sistema el?trico. Isto deve ser realizado de forma que, dentre outras vantagens, as estrat?gias de controle sejam aperfei?oadas e a efici?ncia, aumentada. Este trabalho apresenta a cria??o do software Optimal-GeDist, desenvolvido para auxiliar no planejamento de redes de distribui??o de energia el?trica em m?dia tens?o. Basicamente, esta ferramenta computacional calcula inje??o ?tima de pot?ncia da gera??o distribu?da nas barras da rede, al?m de determinar os melhores pontos de conex?o de cargas de m?dio e grande porte que pretendam se conectar ao sistema, como, por exemplo, ind?strias e postos de carregamento de ve?culos el?tricos. Por se tratar de um problema no qual o espa?o de busca ? amplo e com a possibilidade de m?nimos locais, optou-se em utilizar o Algoritmo Gen?tico como ferramenta de otimiza??o, mais adequado para este tipo de problema. Atrav?s da sua aplica??o, pode-se encontrar o ponto ?timo de opera??o da rede de modo a otimizar as perdas t?cnicas do sistema. Para a simula??o do sistema, optou-se pelo m?todo de fluxo de carga Soma de Pot?ncias, desenvolvido para sistemas radias de m?dia tens?o e apresentando uma converg?ncia r?pida e precisa. / Currently, with the increasing of incentive to use alternative and renewable energy sources, the number of generators connected to the electricity distribution networks has increased. Among them are, for example, wind farms, photovoltaic solar energy systems and cogeneration systems forming the so-called Distributed Generation. In view of this global panorama, it is imminent the need to develop new technologies and computer programs that allow the optimization of the connections of generators in the electrical system. This should be done in such a way that, among other advantages, control strategies are improved and efficiency increased. This work presents the creation of Optimal-GeDist software, developed to assist in the planning of electricity distribution networks in medium voltage. This computational tool calculates optimum power injection of the distributed generation in the network bars, in addition to determining the best connection points of future loads that wish to connect to the system. Because it is a problem, in which search space is large and with the possibility of local minimums, it was decided to use the Genetic Algorithm as an optimization tool, more suitable for this type of problem. Through its application, it is possible to find the optimal point of operation of the network in order to optimize the technical losses of the system. For the simulation of the system, it?s opted for the Power Sum load flow method, developed for medium voltage radial systems and presenting a fast and accurate convergence.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-04-03T19:47:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 MonicaMariaLeal_DISSERT.pdf: 2155852 bytes, checksum: a4bb5637a35beb7a7479b8533dee8dd8 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-04-06T20:06:37Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 MonicaMariaLeal_DISSERT.pdf: 2155852 bytes, checksum: a4bb5637a35beb7a7479b8533dee8dd8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-06T20:06:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MonicaMariaLeal_DISSERT.pdf: 2155852 bytes, checksum: a4bb5637a35beb7a7479b8533dee8dd8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-01-23 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / Tradicionalmente, a principal prote??o utilizada nos sistemas el?tricos de pot?ncia ? n?vel de distribui??o ? a prote??o de sobrecorrente, devido sua simplicidade e baixo custo. No entanto, com a recente inser??o de geradores distribu?dos no sistema, o sentido do fluxo de pot?ncia pode ser variado de acordo com o local de ocorr?ncia da falta, sendo insuficiente, para algumas aplica??es, avalia??o apenas das amplitudes das correntes de falta. Ent?o, um m?dulo direcional pode ser adicionado para fornecer informa??o do sentido de ocorr?ncia da falta, se ? frente ou reversa ao ponto de medi??o das correntes e tens?es. Portanto, prop?e-se nesta disserta??o de mestrado a reconstru??o das unidades de sobrecorrente direcional de fase, de sequ?ncia positiva, negativa e zero baseadas na transformada wavelet discreta redundante, com a qual ? poss?vel recriar as unidades de sobrecorrente cl?ssicas por meio das energias dos coeficientes escala das correntes e as unidades direcionais cl?ssicas por meio dos coeficientes escala das tens?es e correntes, o que otimiza a prote??o pois n?o conta com alguns inconvenientes provenientes da transformada de Fourier discreta. Para avalia??o do m?todo proposto, foi utilizando o sistema de 30 barras do IEEE com gera??o distribu?da, assim como, o sistema de 230 kV do IEEE ? par?metros distribu?dos. / Traditionally, the primary protection used in low voltage power systems, as distribution systems, is the overcurrent protection due to its simplicity and low cost. However, in these recent years, the number of distributed generation connected to the system has been growing, which changes the complexity of the system and require a directional module to complement the diagnostic about the fault, providing information whether the fault is forward or reverse according to a reference point. Therefore, in this work is proposed a directional overcurrent protection module based on the stationary discrete wavelet transform. This tool could recreate the standard directional overcurrent protection using just currents and voltages scaling coefficients (low frequency), and the overcurrent protection is recreated by using currents scaling coefficients energy, which overcomes some drawbacks by using discrete Fourier transform. The proposed method was evaluated on the IEEE 30 bus model with distributed generator and the IEEE 230 kV systems analysis with distributed parameters.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-10-02T23:37:04Z No. of bitstreams: 1 EvandroAilsonDeFreitasNunes_DISSERT.pdf: 2832434 bytes, checksum: fbd09520d8dfca43784e60b088545e00 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-10-07T00:23:58Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 EvandroAilsonDeFreitasNunes_DISSERT.pdf: 2832434 bytes, checksum: fbd09520d8dfca43784e60b088545e00 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-07T00:23:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EvandroAilsonDeFreitasNunes_DISSERT.pdf: 2832434 bytes, checksum: fbd09520d8dfca43784e60b088545e00 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-30 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / Atualmente, os incentivos ? gera??o de energia el?trica a partir da fontes consideradas limpas v?m aumentando consideravelmente devido ? escassez dos combust?veis f?sseis, at? ent?o utilizados em abund?ncia. Em paralelo, unidades de gera??o distribu?da que utilizam fontes renov?veis tamb?m ganha for?a com a diminui??o dos impostos aplicados sobre os componentes constituintes dos sistemas de gera??o que utilizam este tipo de fonte de energia. No entanto, a qualidade da energia el?trica tem sido severamente afetada pelo aumento do n?mero desses sistemas ligados ?s redes de distribui??o de baixa tens?o. Com base nisso, nesta disserta??o s?o avaliados os impactos na rede de distribui??o de energia el?trica decorrentes da conex?o de instala??es fotovoltaicas, em v?rios n?veis de penetra??o. Nesse intuito, ? realizado um estudo de caso que consiste em operar uma planta fotovoltaica de 9 kWp conectada ao ponto de acoplamento comum de uma subesta??o com pot?ncia nominal de 15 kVA. O sistema fotovoltaico utilizado, se divide em: i) sistema trif?sico fixo de 8 kWp e ii) sistema monof?sico fixo de 1 kWp. A avalia??o ? feita com base nos indicadores da qualidade da energia el?trica, que indicam as caracter?sticas de pot?ncia, harm?nicos de tens?o e corrente, desequil?brios entre fases do sistema e regula??o do fator de pot?ncia. A partir da an?lise desses indicadores, obtidos com aux?lio da transformada discreta de Fourier, ? realizada uma an?lise do impacto gerado pela planta fotovoltaica no ponto de conex?o com a rede el?trica. Por meio de resultados experimentais, os indicadores s?o estimados durante a opera??o do sistema fotovoltaico e s?o analisados e comparados com o padr?o internacional estabelecido pelo IEEE (do ingl?s, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). / Currently, incentives for clean energy generation have been increasing considerably due to the limitation of fossil fuels, until then used in abundance. In parallel, distributed generations increase with the reduction of the taxes of the embedded components of the renewable energy sources. However, the power quality (PQ) has been severely affected by the increasing number of these types of energy sources connected to low voltage distribution networks. In this dissertation, the impact on the utility grid will be evaluated under varying levels of a photovoltaic system penetration. A 9 kWp photovoltaic plant, composed of three system topologies connected to a 15 kVA substation common coupling point, will be carried out: a 8 kWp three-phase fixed topology and a 1 kWp fixed single phase. These photovoltaic systems are power electronics based devices, such as inverters constructed from semiconductor switches, which, due to their construction and operation, affect the waveform of the electrical voltage and current, deteriorating the PQ. From the analysis of PQ indices, obtained by means of discrete Fourier transform, for power characteristics, voltage and current harmonics, imbalanced levels among system phases and power factor regulation, an analysis of the impact generated by the photovoltaic plant at its point of connection with the utility grid will be performed. The indices will be analyzed and compared to the standards established by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in order to evaluate the impact caused by the connection of the photovoltaic system at the PCC.

Submitted by SBI Biblioteca Digital (sbi.bibliotecadigital@puc-campinas.edu.br) on 2017-08-09T17:49:34Z No. of bitstreams: 1 RICARDO DANTAS DEMATTE.pdf: 2862053 bytes, checksum: b9419efebad5f62cec88e8d25dde8f3d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-09T17:49:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RICARDO DANTAS DEMATTE.pdf: 2862053 bytes, checksum: b9419efebad5f62cec88e8d25dde8f3d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-28 / Nowadays, one of the main challenges in the world is the generation of electricity in a sustainable and renewable way, aiming to gradually reduce the generation based on fuels that cause a high environmental impact such as coal, oil, and nuclear energy. The emission and accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere and the consequent global warming has convinced public opinion that the use of low environmental impact technologies should play a prominent role in energy production. Distributed generation using renewable sources presents itself as a worldwide trend to meet part of the demand for electricity. In this way, this work proposes a multicriteria evaluation of the main sources of energy used in the Brazilian electrical system, from the economic, technical and socio-environmental point of view. In this sense, it is also an evaluation of the impacts of the insertion of the distributed generation into the Brazilian electricity distribution network. / Um dos principais desafios encontrados no mundo atualmente ? a gera??o de energia el?trica de forma sustent?vel e renov?vel, visando diminuir gradativamente a gera??o baseada em combust?veis que causam um grande impacto ambiental como o carv?o, petr?leo e energia nuclear. A emiss?o e acumula??o de CO2 na atmosfera e o consequente aquecimento global tem convencido a opini?o p?blica que o uso de fontes de energia de baixo impacto ambiental devem ocupar papel de destaque na produ??o de energia. A gera??o distribu?da utilizando fontes renov?veis apresenta-se como uma tend?ncia mundial para atender parte da demanda por energia el?trica. Desta forma, este trabalho prop?e uma avalia??o multicrit?rio das principais fontes de energia utilizadas no sistema el?trico brasileiro, sob o ponto de vista econ?mico, t?cnico e socioambiental. Neste sentido, tamb?m ? foi realizada uma avalia??o dos impactos da inser??o da gera??o distribu?da na rede de distribui??o de energia el?trica brasileiro.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:55:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 BezalielASP_DISSERT.pdf: 2307069 bytes, checksum: aa5ddc5e2ae2722d27d66e85a1e511f1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-03 / This work develops a methodology for defining the maximum active power being injected into predefined nodes in the studied distribution networks, considering the possibility of multiple accesses of generating units. The definition of these maximum values is obtained from an optimization study, in which further losses should not exceed those of the base case, i.e., without the presence of distributed generation. The restrictions on the loading of the branches and voltages of the system are respected. To face the problem it is proposed an algorithm, which is based on the numerical method called particle swarm optimization, applied to the study of AC conventional load flow and optimal load flow for maximizing the penetration of distributed generation. Alternatively, the Newton-Raphson method was incorporated to resolution of the load flow. The computer program is performed with the SCILAB software. The proposed algorithm is tested with the data from the IEEE network with 14 nodes and from another network, this one from the Rio Grande do Norte State, at a high voltage (69 kV), with 25 nodes. The algorithm defines allowed values of nominal active power of distributed generation, in percentage terms relative to the demand of the network, from reference values / Neste trabalho, prop?e-se uma metodologia para defini??o dos valores m?ximos de pot?ncia ativa a serem injetados em barras pr?-definidas das redes de distribui??o estudadas, considerando a possibilidade de m?ltiplos acessos de unidades geradoras. A defini??o desses valores m?ximos se obt?m a partir de um estudo de otimiza??o, no qual as novas perdas n?o superam as do caso base, ou seja, sem a presen?a da gera??o distribu?da. No estudo atendem-se as restri??es de carregamentos nos ramos e tens?es do sistema. Para tratar o problema, prop?e-se um algoritmo baseado no m?todo num?rico de otimiza??o nuvem de part?culas, ou particle swarm optimization PSO, aplicado ao estudo de fluxo de carga convencional CA e ao fluxo de carga ?timo para maximiza??o da penetra??o da gera??o distribu?da. Tamb?m se incorporou o m?todo de Newton-Raphson, como alternativa, para a resolu??o do fluxo de carga. Realiza-se a programa??o computacional no software SCILAB. Testa-se o algoritmo proposto com os dados da rede IEEE-14 barras e de uma rede de distribui??o em alta tens?o (69 kV) do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, com 25 barras. O algoritmo determina valores permitidos de pot?ncia ativa nominal de gera??o distribu?da, em termos percentuais relativos ? demanda da rede, a partir de valores de refer?ncia

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:56:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AugustoCFW_DISSERT.pdf: 4069800 bytes, checksum: c488b0f09f064b7a5254eca8a4fff499 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-30 / The generation of electricity in Brazil is predominantly renewable, with internal hydraulic generation being more than 70% of its energy matrix. The electricity rationing occurred in 2001 due to lack of rain, led the country to increase the participation of alternative energy sources. This need for new sources of energy makes the regional potential to be exploited, which configures the change of generation model from centralized generation to distributed generation. Among the alternative sources of energy, the solar energy is presented as very promising for Brazil, given that most of its territory is located near to the equator line, which implies days with greater number of hours of solar radiation. The state of Rio Grande do Norte (RN) has one of the highest levels of solar irradiation of the Brazilian territory, making it eligible to receive investments for the installation of photovoltaic solar plants. This thesis will present the state-of-the-art in solar photovoltaic power generation and will examine the potential for generation of solar photovoltaic power in Brazil and RN, based on solarimetrics measurements conducted by various institutions and also measurements performed in Natal, the state capital / A gera??o de energia el?trica no Brasil ? predominantemente renov?vel, com a gera??o interna hidr?ulica sendo superior a 70% do total de sua matriz energ?tica. O racionamento de energia el?trica ocorrido em 2001, devido ? falta de chuvas, levou o pa?s a incrementar a participa??o de fontes alternativas de energia. Esta necessidade por novas fontes de energia faz com que as potencialidades regionais sejam aproveitadas, o que configura a mudan?a do modelo de gera??o, passando de gera??o centralizada para gera??o distribu?da. Dentre as fontes alternativas de energia, a solar apresenta-se como uma fonte bastante promissora para o Brasil, tendo em vista que a maior parte do seu territ?rio est? localizada pr?ximo ? linha do equador, o que implica em dias com maior quantidade de horas de radia??o solar. O Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (RN) tem um dos maiores ?ndices de incid?ncia solar do territ?rio brasileiro, o que o torna apto a receber investimentos para a instala??o de usinas solares fotovoltaicas. Esta disserta??o apresentar? o estado da arte em gera??o de energia solar fotovoltaica e analisar? o potencial de gera??o da energia solar fotovoltaica no Brasil e no RN, baseando-se em medi??es solarim?tricas realizadas por diversas institui??es e tamb?m em medi??es realizadas em Natal