Control Strategies of Energy Storage Systems in Microgrids

Dear Colleagues,

The electrical network is evolving rapidly and shifting from being a synchronous generator-based network to a power electronics-based network. Microgrid lends itself as the ideal building block for this new structure because aggregated renewable energy sources (RESs), load, and energy storage systems (ESSs) are controlled as one unit, and thus the control of the whole network becomes more manageable. Microgrid is also a popular solution form providing power to communities with no or week grid infrastructure due to its ability to operate autonomously. ESSs interfaced by power electronic converters play a vital role in the operation of microgrids as they resolve the issues stemmed from the inherent intermittency of RESs. ESSs can provide different services such as voltage and frequency support, peak shaving, load shifting, spinning reserve, black start, and low voltage ride through. Appropriate control strategies are needed for ESSs that include primary, secondary, and tertiary control. This Special Issue aims to present the latest research in the control strategies of ESSs for microgrids and modern electrical networks. Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:      

• Control strategies of ESSs: primary, secondary, and tertiary control; 
• Control of grid forming/grid following converters for all types of energy storage systems;
• Energy management system of islanded microgrids, interconnected microgrids, and grid-connected microgrids;
• Machine learning and AI-based energy management systems for ESSs;
• AI-based power distribution management systems; 
• Intelligent energy distribution systems;
• Centralized, decentralized, and coordinated energy management systems; 
• Coordinated control of smaller energy storage systems;
• Grid ancillary services of ESSs; 
• Low voltage ride through of ESSs; 
• Modeling and stability analysis; 
• Black start from ESSs.

Dr. Mohammad Abusara
Dr. Walid Issa
Guest Editors

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• energy storage systems
• battery control
• grid ancillary services
• energy management systems
• control
• modeling
• microgrids