Javier Hernandez-Alvidrez

Senior Member of Technical Staff

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Senior Member of Technical Staff

jherna4@sandia.gov

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(505) 284-2274

Biography

Javier Hernández-Alvídrez was born in Delicias Chihuahua, México. He received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering and telecommunications from Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies at Monterrey NL, México; where he graduated with honors. He also holds a M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University at Las Cruces NM, USA. He worked for Thomson Consumer Electronics (formerly RCA) and Delphi Automotive Systems, where he developed a background in power electronics as a Hardware Design Engineer. Later, he moved towards software testing and automation. He also worked as a full-year Intern and later as a postdoc at Sandia National Laboratories, where he conducted research in the areas of: DC to AC converters, integration of solar inverters into the grid, modeling of inverters under fault scenarios, and protection schemes for micro-grids. Currently, he works as a Senior R&D engineer at Sandia National Laboratories.

Education

  • Ph.D. , New Mexico State University – 2018
  • Masters of Science, New Mexico State University – 2011
  • Bachelors of Science, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies – 2000

Publications

Matthew Reno, Miguel Jimenez Aparicio, Felipe Wilches-Bernal, Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, Armando Montoya, Pedro Barba, Jack Flicker, Andrew Dow, Ali Bidram, Sajay Paruthiyil, Rudy Montoya, Binod Poudel, Benjamin Reimer, Olga Lavrova, Milan Biswal, Frank Miyagishima, Christopher Carr, Shubhasmita Pati, Satish Ranade, Santiago Grijalva, Shuva Paul, (2022). Signal-Based Fast Tripping Protection Schemes for Electric Power Distribution System Resilience https://doi.org/10.2172/1890046 Publication ID: 80280

C. Jones, Michael Ropp, Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, Rachid Darbali-Zamora, (2021). Optimized Control of Distribution Switches to Balance a Low Cost Photovoltaic Microgrid Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518413 Publication ID: 78849

Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, Nicholas Gurule, Rachid Darbali-Zamora, Matthew Reno, Jack Flicker, (2021). Modeling a Grid-Forming Inverter Dynamics Under Ground Fault Scenarios Using Experimental Data From Commercially Available Equipment https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1889594 Publication ID: 78904

Rachid Darbali-Zamora, Nicholas Gurule, Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, Sigifredo Gonzalez, Matthew Reno, (2021). Performance of a Grid-Forming Inverter Under Balanced and Unbalanced Voltage Phase Angle Jump Conditions https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518539 Publication ID: 78937

Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, Nicholas Gurule, Rachid Darbali-Zamora, Matthew Reno, Jack Flicker, (2021). Modeling Grid-Forming Inverter Dynamics Under Ground Fault Scenarios Using Experimental Data From Commercially Available Equipment https://doi.org/10.2172/1876602 Publication ID: 78974

Trupal Patel, Phani Gadde, Sukumar Brahma, Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, Matthew Reno, (2021). Real-time Microgrid Test Bed for Protection and Resiliency Studies 2020 52nd North American Power Symposium, NAPS 2020 https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1805333 Publication ID: 73953

Felipe Wilches-Bernal, Matthew Reno, Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, (2021). A Dynamic Mode Decomposition Scheme to Analyze Power Quality Events IEEE Access https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3078068 Publication ID: 78664

Felipe Wilches-Bernal, Ali Bidram, Matthew Reno, Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, Pedro Barba, Benjamin Reimer, Rudy Montoya, Christopher Carr, Olga Lavrova, (2021). A Survey of Traveling Wave Protection Schemes in Electric Power Systems IEEE Access https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3080234 Publication ID: 78665

Nicholas Gurule, Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, Rachid Darbali-Zamora, Matthew Reno, Jack Flicker, (2020). Experimental Evaluation of Grid-Forming Inverters Under Unbalanced and Fault Conditions https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1783655 Publication ID: 73536

Trupal Patel, Sukumar Brahma, Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, Matthew Reno, (2020). Adaptive Protection Scheme for a Real-World Microgrid with 100% Inverter-Based Resources https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1771928 Publication ID: 73085

Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, Adam Summers, Matthew Reno, Jack Flicker, Nataraj Pragallapati, (2019). Simulation of Grid-Forming Inverter Dynamic Models using a Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Testbed https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1640955 Publication ID: 69393

Nicholas Gurule, Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, Matthew Reno, Adam Summers, Sigifredo Gonzalez, Jack Flicker, (2019). Grid-forming Inverter Experimental Testing of Fault Current Contributions https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980892 Publication ID: 69394

Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, Adam Summers, Matthew Reno, Jack Flicker, (2019). Simulation of Grid-Forming Inverters (GFMIs) Dynamic Models using a Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Testbed https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1640965 Publication ID: 69411

Adam Summers, Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, Rachid Darbali-Zamora, Matthew Reno, Jay Johnson, Nicholas Gurule, (2019). Comparison of Ideal Transformer Method and Damping Impedance Method for PV Power-Hardware-In-The-Loop Experiments https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980690 Publication ID: 69163

Rachid Darbali-Zamora, Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, Adam Summers, Nicholas Gurule, Matthew Reno, Jay Johnson, (2019). Distribution Feeder Fault Comparison Utilizing a Real-Time Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Approach for Photovoltaic System Applications Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980944 Publication ID: 69198

Rachid Darbali-Zamora, Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, Adam Summers, Nicholas Gurule, Matthew Reno, Jay Johnson, (2019). Distribution Feeder Fault Comparison Utilizing a Real-Time Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Approach for Photovoltaic System Applications https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980944 Publication ID: 69206

Nicholas Gurule, Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, Matthew Reno, Adam Summers, Sigifredo Gonzalez, Jack Flicker, (2019). Grid-forming Inverter Experimental Testing of Fault Current Contributions https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980892 Publication ID: 69331

Adam Summers, Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, Rachid Darbali-Zamora, Matthew Reno, Jay Johnson, Nicholas Gurule, (2019). Comparison of Ideal Transformer Method and Damping Impedance Method for PV Power-Hardware-In-The-Loop Experiments https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC40753.2019.8980690 Publication ID: 69084

Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, (2017). Parametric PV grid-support function characterization for simulation environments https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1458405 Publication ID: 57020

Mohamed Elkhatib, Javier Hernandez Alvidrez, Abraham Ellis, (2017). Fault Analysis and Detection in Microgrids with High PV Penetration https://doi.org/10.2172/1367437 Publication ID: 56524

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Patents & Trademarks

  • Method of Interfacing Grid Forming Inverters into a PHIL testbed (in progress)