Power Electronics for Smart Grids
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Power Electronics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 3569
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Interests: voltage control in distribution networks; power quality; e-mobility
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Interests: power electronics and drives; high-frequency power conversion; pulse-width modulation techniques; soft-switching techniques; optimal control of electrical drives; current-fed DC–DC converters; multilevel inverters; renewable energy and distributed generation; microgrid; transportation electrification; marine applications; wireless power transfer; V2G and S2V systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The technological revolution, introduced with the concept of “Smart Grid”, is changing the structure of traditional transmission and distribution networks. In the upcoming future, the transition from traditional grid to smart grid represents an obligatory step in meeting the new challenges of creating a more efficient and sustainable power supply network. Smart grid has the potential to reduce the carbon footprint by integration of renewable energy sources (RESs), electric active loads, energy storage systems (ESSs), and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) with the main grid. Power electronics in power systems is mainly used for rectification, inversion, and conversion of electrical power. These electronic devices represent the means to integrate RESs, PHEVs, and ESSs with the main grid. More generally, converters play a fundamental role in the implementation and development of smart grids.
The Special Issue seeks high-quality submissions that highlight emerging converter applications to smart grid; smart control of power electronics to achieve smart voltage and frequency regulation of electric power systems; integration of RES, PHEV, and ESS smart communications with the power grid to sell demand response services; and technological advances in electricity distribution and load management. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Smart control applications for renewable energies;
- Volt/VAR optimization in distribution feeders;
- Wind turbine (WT) and photovoltaic (PV) applications;
- Application of power electronics in smart DC and AC distribution systems;
- Optimal sizing and designing of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems in smart grid applications;
- Automation technologies to smooth integration of renewable energy resources;
- Electric vehicle (EV) propulsion systems and power electronics applications for electrical drives.
Dr. Michele De Santis
Prof. Dr. Stefano Salvatori
Dr. Akshay Kumar Rathore
Guest Editors
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