The Role of Power Converters and Electrical Machines in the Energy Transition
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F3: Power Electronics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 3114
Special Issue Editors
Interests: high-performance dynamic drives with PM motors; power electronic converters; fault tolerance in multilevel converters; power electronic transformer (PET); energy storage for the integration of renewable energy sources and recharge station for electric vehicles
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Interests: multilevel diode clamped converters and hybrid-based modulation balancing strategies; multilevel modular converters and harmonic-based balancing strategies; multiphase converters; multiphase electrical pm synchronous machines and inherent MTPA strategies; multiphase induction machines and inherent MTPA strategies; modulation strategies for multilevel modular converters supplied by electrical storage; multimotor/single-inverter electrical drives and inherent MTPA strategies
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Interests: design and control of power converters for photovoltaics and distributed power generation systems; integration of renewable energy resources in electrical systems; modulation of multilevel converters; design and control of high efficiency DC–DC converters; design of digital circuits on FPGA
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The next energy transition calls for a more electric world, thus posing new challenges to the research community in terms of achieving the goal of decarbonized power systems. In this context, innovative solutions for power converters, electrical machines, and drives are requested in several application fields: electric mobility, electrical power production from renewable energy sources, and aircraft and ship propulsion.
The ever-increasing penetration of renewables in the utility network poses a challenge with respect to power system architectures and their management strategy since strict grid requirements have to be met despite the distributed and intermittent nature of the energy sources. Moreover, the exploitation of the electric drives is quickly expanding from railway-based vehicles to road-based ones, thus posing new challenges not only for the design of the electric drives (from the energy storage system to the electric machine) but also for the integration of recharge stations in electric power systems. Additionally, the aircraft application field represents another challenge, in which there is a demand for more electric aircraft (MEA) to push toward the concept of all electric aircraft (AEA), leading to the substitution of traditional actuators (e.g., pneumatic, mechanical) with electric-based ones. Even advanced hybrid ship propulsion configurations are being investigated with the aim to make such systems, which currently have a strong impact on world pollution, more environment friendly. In all applications, storage systems play a key role in adding more flexibility to power architecture by ensuring a suitable energy management.
Therefore, this Special Issue serves to address the challenges and issues arising from energy transition, particularly by proposing new solutions for the design and control of power converters, electrical machines, and drives. Topics of interest for publication include but are not limited to:
- Electric drives for transportation;
- High-efficiency power converters for high-speed electric machines;
- Modeling and design of high specific power electric machines;
- Multiphase configurations of electric machines;
- Fault-tolerant electric drives;
- Control strategies for post-fault configurations in electric drives;
- Power systems for renewable energy resources;
- Energy storage systems.
Prof. Dr. Adolfo Dannier
Prof. Dr. Gianluca Brando
Dr. Marino Coppola
Guest Editors
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