Abervian, a company in the #EspaitecFamily, completes the validation at CIEMAT of the HLC that coordinates supercapacitors and flywheels, a decisive step before its deployment in real maritime operation on a Baleària vessel
Abervian has successfully completed the phase of laboratory validation of the high-level control (HLC) system of the project Poseidon, during an intense week of technical tests carried out at the facilities of CIEMAT in Madrid. This milestone represents a decisive step prior to the final integration of the hybrid energy storage system on the demonstrator vessel Baleàriawhere the developed technologies will move from a controlled environment to real maritime operation.
A key step before onboard integration
During this phase, the electrical and functional integration of ultrafast response storage systems has been validated, specifically, systems based on supercapacitors and systems based on flywheelsBoth technologies are designed to to provide instant power and dynamic stabilization in marine transport applicationsimproving the efficiency, safety, and transient behavior of the onboard energy system. The objective of the tests was to verify the proper coordination between the different power subsystems and verify the control architecture, which responds safely and reliably to different operational scenarios.
The HLC: The “brain” of the hybrid system
The high-level control system developed by Abervian acts as ncentral coordination core of the hybrid energy systemDuring validation, its ability to coordinate multiple AC/DC and DC/DC converters and manage controlled sequences of start and stop, implement state machines to safe operation, supervise general alarms and specific to each subsystem, execute real-time operating strategies, integrate auxiliary subsystems under a unified architecture, and monitor critical variables and register historical operationsThe HLC has been developed in LabVIEW on National Instruments Industrial Hardwareensuring robustness, traceability, and reliability in a demanding electrical environment. Validation at CIEMAT has allowed for verification of the combined performance of the storage, converters, and control logic before its final deployment in the maritime environment.
Collaborative validation in a realistic environment
The objective achieved has been made possible thanks to the coordinated work between different entities and companies, such as CIEMAT, Naval and Sea Technology Center (CTN), OCEM Power Electronics and the Castellón native AbervianDuring the rehearsal sessions, they lined up communication protocols, control logic, electrical architecture, and functional validationensuring the interoperability of all system elements. This collaborative work has made it possible to reduce technical risks before onboard integration, a critical phase in advanced naval electrification projects.
Next stage: onboard integration
Once laboratory validation is complete, the project Poseidon It is now moving towards final integration on Baleària's demonstrator vessel. In this new phase, the system will transition from the testing environment to operation under real maritime conditions, where its performance will be evaluated in dynamic scenarios typical of maritime transport. According to Javier BarahonaCEO of Abervian, "The validation at CIEMAT confirms that the control architecture is capable of coordinating ultra-fast storage technologies in a complex and demanding environment. This step significantly reduces the technical risk before onboard integration and reinforces the role of advanced control as a key element in naval electrification."
Abervian
Abervian is a company of Engineering specializing in the development of advanced electronic systems for electrification, energy storage and electric mobilityDesigns and integrates solutions based on batteries, BMS, EMS, power electronics and embedded control, actively participating in industrial and R&D projects in sectors such as automotive, electric mobility, naval, heavy mobility, aeronautics and aerospace.
