Novel Applications of Power Converters for Energy Storage and Grid Integration
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2024 | Viewed by 259
Special Issue Editors
Interests: design and control of power converters for photovoltaics and distributed power generation systems; integration of renewable energy resources in electrical systems; modulation of multilevel converters; design and control of high efficiency DC–DC converters; design of digital circuits on FPGA
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Interests: high-performance dynamic drives with PM motors; power electronic converters; fault tolerance in multilevel converters; power electronic transformer (PET); energy storage for the integration of renewable energy sources and recharge station for electric vehicles
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Interests: control of electrical drives for battery and hydrogen-based electric propulsion in railway and aircraft transportation; modeling and control of wind power generation systems; state-of-health estimation of battery energy storage systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays, power converters play a crucial role in new energy grid access, power generation, and in the reliable and efficient interconnection and integration of different energy systems and technologies. Therefore, the development of novel applications for grid power converters is a rapidly evolving field of interest for scientific researchers and industrial technicians.
In this scenario, power converters will be instrumental in enabling the use of energy storage systems for stationary and mobile applications, renewable energy production, distributed generation, flexible AC/DC transmission, and electric drives for transportation. A recent area of research is the development of inherent grid-supporting functionalities, as provided by grid-forming control strategies to counteract the low inertia of new power systems. Unlike the conventional grid-following converters that rely on the stability of the existing grid, the grid-forming converters can actively contribute to grid stability.
The penetration of these converters is increasing rapidly, encouraging energy storage to become an indispensable component in future modern power systems to provide supply-demand balancing, power smoothing, load levelling, and power quality.
By unlocking these new functionalities, power converters are poised to play a transformative role in the next future. The ever-increasing need for integrated energy systems poses new issues in terms of their design, control methods, and interaction with grid.
This Special Issue seeks to address the challenges and potential solutions related to novel applications of power converters in modern power systems with a high level of penetration of energy storage, renewables, and full-electric road vehicles.
The topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to the following:
- The modeling, design, control, stability analysis, and reliability of power electronic converters;
- Energy storage systems (batteries, fuel cells, supercap, etc.);
- Novel power converter topologies for grid integration with renewables and storage systems;
- The control and modulation of conventional and multilevel power converter topologies for renewable energy production and flexible transmission systems;
- Advanced control techniques and grid-supporting functionalities of power converters;
- The control and stability of power-converter-dominated microgrids;
- The grid integration of electric vehicles.
Dr. Marino Coppola
Prof. Dr. Adolfo Dannier
Dr. Emanuele Fedele
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- power converters
- energy storage systems
- control techniques
- electric vehicles
- renewables
- grid integration
