Design and Control of High-Power AC-DC/DC-DC Power Converters in Emerging Energy and Industrial Applications

Dear Colleagues,

High-power power electronic converters play a crucial role in energy and industrial systems. They possess applicative potential in a variety of domains, including the efficient integration of renewable energy resources, e.g., wind and solar, into grids and off-grid systems; the operation of power converters under challenging conditions such as weak grids; the fault ride through of power converters; electric vehicles and battery charging stations; industrial motor drives; uninterrupted power supplies; AC–DC microgrids; and high-voltage DC interconnections.

In order to serve these applications, numerous power electronic converter topologies have been designed; these include two-level voltage source converters, current source converters, Z-source converters, and multi-level converters. In addition, various controllers are employed in the control schemes, including grid-following and grid-forming controllers.

The objective of this Special Issue is to focus on high-power power electronic converters by (1) addressing their emerging applications and associated challenges, (2) improving their steady-state performance and dynamic stability response under different conditions, (3) proposing novel control algorithms for efficient and robust operation, and (4) improving the design of the power circuit.

In this Special Issue, articles that perform evaluations and verify results using offline simulations that are complimented by real-time simulations or circuit prototypes results are welcome.

The scope of this Special Issue includes the following topics.

• Grid-following power converters.
• Grid-forming power converters.
• High-voltage DC interconnections.
• Fast-charging vehicle stations.
• Novel control algorithms for high-power power converters.
• Novel converters power circuit schemes.

Dr. Amr Ahmed A. Radwan
Guest Editor

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• charging stations
• electric vehicles
• fast charging, grid-forming control
• grid-following control
• high-voltage DC