UNPHU develops innovation in favor of the national electrical sector

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.- Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña (UNPHU), through its Air and Space Project Coordinator Office (PRAE), subscribed to the Geomatic School works in the first approved project in the country under the support program HORIZONTE 2020, of the European Union, called AMPERE (Asset Mapping Platform for Emerging Countries Electrification). 

AMPERE project is based on the use of Satellite Navigation Global System of the European Union (constellation GALILEO and EGNOS), as a tool of precision, joining with the help of RPAS Remote Pilot Aircrafts System make georeferenced drawing up in the electrical nets to detect, by mean of different types of cameras and sensors, anomalies and loses of energy in the wiring of low and high tension. Better efficiency in the technical and administrative management of the electrical sector in the country is a pursuit through different processes of data collection as GIS (Geographic Information System) processing. 

PRAE, the management unit of initiatives and specialized projects in the aeronautical and aerospace branch, is an effort of the strategic alliance on UNPHU-IDAC, which has been doing a collaboration work with the Delegation of the European Union to disseminate by mean of projects as AMPERE, the benefits of the use of the Global Satellite Navigation System and its different applications in multiple sectors. 

As part of the activities of spreading, last year was held the first webinar “Perspectives of the Satellite Navigation in the Dominican Republic: GALILEO and AMPERE project, with the attendance of the Unit of Projects Execution (UEO), from Dominican Corporation of Electrical State Companies (CDEEE) as the Management of Aerial navigation (DINA), and Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation (IDAC). 

AMPERE is in its second year of performance and is projected to conclude in June 2022. In the following months, the outcome of the project and its impact will be disclosed. 

About Horizonte 2020

Horizonte 2020 in the frame program preceding Horizonte Europa, which performance period is 2021-2027. It is the most outstanding research and innovation program in the European Union, with a budget of almost 80 thousand million for the term 2014-2020. Its main goal is to secure the global competitiveness of Europe. 

To access the webinar broadcasted via Zoom, visit the YouTube Channel @UNPHURD or directly at the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5577xJN5-0. 

About UNPHU

Founded 55 years ago, it has a broad academic offer of grade, pos grade, and continuing education, with a vision of academic excellence, innovation, and research, adhering to sustainable development and preserving the environment. 

Photos:

1. Mark up georeferenced in the electrical nets.
2. AMPERE using RPAS (Remote Pilot Assisted System)
3. Test flight of RPAS at Campus UNPHU Santo Domingo.
4. Part of the development staff of the project at a test meeting.