Beyond Smart Grid: Power Quality, Reliability and Security Challenges

Dear Colleagues,

Recent advancements in the integration of renewable energy resources with power grids has heightened the need for transforming conventional power grids into smart grids. Future smart grids will be a network of an electric grid system that has capabilities such as intelligent control, monitoring, communication, and self-healing.  Future smart grids will also evolve to be a complex cyber-physical system in nature, with the growth of Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data analytics and the development of complex networks. In the mix of this smart grid would be increased penetration of distributed energy resources, such as photovoltaic systems, electric vehicles, wind systems, etc. This poses some challenges in the area of power quality, reliability, and security of the grid. It is therefore important for researchers to look beyond this evolution and to start developing solutions that would address these potential future issues. The main aim of this Special Issue is to seek high-quality submissions in the area:

• Power electronics applications in smart grid systems.
• Grid-to-Vehicle (G2V) and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technologies.
• Virtual-Inertia based control methods for smart grid applications.
• Power quality issues and mitigation methods in smart grids.
• Communications and Internet of Things (IoT) in smart grids.
• Extensive surveys on smart grid and smart grid issues.
• Standardization and interoperability in smart grids.
• Power system controls in smart grid systems.
• Advanced optimization techniques in smart grids.
• Cyber-security challenges and solutions in smart grids.

Prof. Arif I. Sarwat
Guest Editor

Dr. Arash Anzalchi
Dr. Mubarak Mujawar
Dr. Haneen Aburub
Dr. Amir Moghadasi
Co-Guest Editors  

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