Recent Advances in Smart Power Electronics 2024

Dear Colleagues,

Power electronics converters are key devices in the modern transition to the digital economy and have applications in many fields, especially in electrical and electronics engineering, transportation, renewable energy, the environment, etc. They provide a flexible, efficient, reliable, and cost-effective power conversion line (interface) between different electrical systems and devices. They have many applications in the industry, including electric vehicles and trains, electric power systems, airplanes, home devices, mobile devices, etc. In addition, they enable the efficient use of clean energy and energy storage. With the increasing use of remote sensors, microelectronics processors, FPGA, wireless communications lines and the internet, along with the application of fuzzy logic, neural networks, and artificial intelligence (AI) in general, power electronics are becoming smarter, and their systems are gaining independence in their operation, interconnection, and their work in complex systems. However, advanced, state-of-the-art solutions are still required in the fields of smart grids, microgrids, DC power systems, distributed generation, transportation electrification, energy storage, Industry 4.0, power quality, smart cities, the Internet of Things, and in many others.

This Special Issue "Recent Advances in Smart Power Electronics 2023" is the continuation of the one published in 2022, now devoted to the 50-year jubilee of Power Electronics in Serbia, which will be celebrated during the 22^nd International Symposium on Power Electronics. The symposium, amongst those with the longest traditions in Southeastern Europe, will be held in Novi Sad and Belgrade, 25–28 October 2023 (Ee 2023). The first was held in 1973 as a gathering of industry experts and academics from former Yugoslavia. In 2001, it was turned into an international event; since 2017, it has been cosponsored by IEEE, with all papers included in the IEEE Xplore database, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar. Today, the symposium is a top international conference with participation from well-known scientists and researchers.

The Ee 2023 symposium (http://www.dee.uns.ac.rs) invites researchers from academia, industry, research institutes, and developing agencies to present their latest findings and state-of-the-art solutions. It aims to provide an unbiased and scientifically sound overview of the recent research and technology developments in this exciting field of smart power electronics. Topics of interest are:

• Power converters and devices (new technologies and future trends, wide-band devices (GaN, SiC, etc.) and drivers; the development, realization, and application of rectifiers, inverters, choppers, and other converters; converters for DC and AC power supplies (DC/DC, UPS...), chargers for accu-batteries, maintenance, etc.; multilevel converters, and MMC, analysis, modeling, and simulation of converters; converters in development);
• Automotive and industrial electrical drives (electrical vehicles (EV): drives and e-traction; battery chargers, G2V, V2G, and V2V systems; batteries for EVs and battery management systems; industrial electrical drives, multi-motor drives; analysis, modeling, and simulation of drives);
• Electrical machines (electronic transformers, and SST; analysis, modeling, and simulation; construction, protection, supervision, and diagnostics; testing, exploitation, and repair.);
• Advanced control systems and measurement (ddigital control of power electronics converters and systems; electronic measurement systems and sensors; control of industrial processes; computer application (CAD, CAM…); communication systems, supervision, and diagnostics; modeling, simulation, estimation, and identification);
• Smart power electronics, smart grids, and energy storage (artificial intelligence in power electronics; deep learning applications; application of power electronics in smart grids and low-inertia grids, microgrids, and “energy islands”; energy storage systems; condition monitoring and predictive maintenance, power electronics control structures in microgrids; self-aware and self-adaptable power electronics systems; power electronics for the smart grids and Industry 4.0; role of power electronics in microgrids, hybrid grids, and distributed energy sources);
• Power quality (Power electronic converters and power quality; electromagnetic compatibility, EMI, ecology, active filters, FACTS, DVRs, STATCOMs, and UPQCS, power quality characterizations and classification systems);
• Renewable and distributed energy sources (power electronics application in renewables (RES) and hybrid systems; power electronics devices in wind and solar plants; interaction of power electronics and grids; “clean” energy sources, and multi-energy transformations).

The Special Issue will select top papers from those presented at the Ee 2023 symposium, but other contributions are welcomed, also. Do note, however, that submission to the Special Issue is different from the proceedings, and should contain at least 50% new material compared with the previous conference version.

Dr. Jelena Popovic
Prof. Dr. Huai Wang
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Katic
Guest Editors

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• wide-band devices
• advanced digital control systems
• electric machines
• superb power quality
• power electronics and artificial intelligence
• microgrid and DC system operation
• smart EV electric drives and charging solution
• power electronics environmental solutions
• renewable and distributed energy sources