Power Electronic Converters in Renewable Energy and Active Distribution Systems
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F3: Power Electronics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 November 2021) | Viewed by 1683
Special Issue Editor
Interests: current source converters; HVDC; hybrid ac/dc mcirogrids; microgrids; multilevel converters; photovoltaic; power conveters; voltage source converters; weak grids; wind
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Renewable energy resources are considered the most economic and environmentally-friendly alternative to produce electricity. As most renewable energy resources are intermittent, power electronic converters are used as interfacing devices to regulate the produced power and injected currents. On the load-side, modern power electronics loads are also emerging. This includes all power electronics-interfaced loads such as uninterrupted power supplies, data centers, and vehicle-charging stations. It is anticipated that the future of electric grids will move towards active distribution systems, where power electronics interfaced-loads and generators dominate.
To achieve efficient and reliable operation, several topologies for power electronic converters are implemented, such as voltage source, current source, and multilevel converters. Each topology has its own merits but also introduces technical limitations. Therefore, modeling and stability analysis are required to preserve a stable and efficient performance under different operating conditions.
The main objective of this Special Issue is to address the associated challenges facing power electronic converters in active distribution systems. The topics of this Special Issue inlcude:
- ac, dc, and hybrid ac–dc microgrids;
- Weak grid integration;
- High-voltage dc tranmission (HVDC);
- Photovoltaic and wind energy integration;
- Vechile-charging stations;
- Voltage source converters;
- Current source converters;
- Multilevel converters;
- Dc–dc converters.
Dr. Amr Radwan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Microgrids
- Weak grids
- Photovoltaic
- Wind energy
- HVDC
- Charging stations.
