Towards Smart Battery Energy Storage Systems via Embedded Power Electronics Converters

Dear Colleagues,

Modern electrical power systems are characterized by a high insertion of intermittent renewable sources, especially wind and solar photovoltaic plants. In this context, battery energy storage systems (BESSs) play a key role, providing ancillary services that can benefit the entire electrical system and its players. Further, the evolution in the electric mobility market reduced the cost of batteries, increasing the adoption of BESS technology at the transmission and distribution levels. However, the BESS industry still has important challenges related to the urgent demand for reductions in CO₂ emissions. Higher reliability, safety, and flexibility are also expected by customers. In this context, this Special Issue focuses on innovative contributions to develop the next generation of battery energy storage systems. This generation is characterized by smarter systems, which can perform lifetime/safety management, fault-tolerant operation, and should be compatible with second-life batteries, contributing to extend the circular economy model of battery energy storage systems. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Fault-tolerance and condition monitoring schemes for battery energy storage systems.
• Innovative solutions for the battery management system and embedded sensors for improved real-time diagnostics.
• Multilevel converters for battery energy storage systems.
• Multiport converters for integration of battery energy storage in photovoltaic and wind systems.
• Non-intrusive measurement devices for the real-time state-of-health estimation and lifetime management for battery energy storage systems.
• Novel control strategies for battery energy storage systems focusing on the integration of ancillary services.
• Power conversion system design, control, and optimization.
• Solutions for efficient second-life battery usage.

Dr. Allan Fagner Cupertino
Prof. Dr. Heverton Augusto Pereira
Prof. Dr. Remus Teodorescu
Guest Editors

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