Environment and Electrical Engineering-Edition 2021

Dear Colleagues,

The following Special Issue is an international forum for the exchange of ideas and recent research on energy systems. It aims to discuss a wide variety of topics related to energy systems and environmental issues. The ever-increasing awareness of environmental concerns and the intensive international efforts to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases drive the need to offer the best contributions towards achieving the goals of renewable energy diversification and sustainable development. This Special Issue concerns extended research presented during the 21^st International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering as well as the 5^th Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe. Please note that the submission of articles in the mentioned area that were not presented during the conferences is also welcome.

The main objective of this Special Issue is to report recent research on:

Renewable energy sources and storage:

• Solar energy;
• Photovoltaic cell technology;
• Hydro and wind energy;
• Biomass and biofuels;
• Energy management and storage;
• High-performance cogeneration;

Power systems and smart grids:

• Microgrids modeling, simulation, and data management;
• Design, control, and management;
• Protection;
• Transmission grids;
• RAM (reliability, availability, maintainability);
• ICT for power systems;
• Power line communications;
• Power quality;

Energy-efficient systems:

• Fuel cells;
• Distributed generation within microgrids;
• Demand side management, load forecasting;
• Energy efficiency, conservation, and savings;
• Smart metering systems;
• Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems;
• User aggregation and virtual power plants;

Smart buildings:

• Smart homes, cities, communities;
• Innovative distribution systems;
• Home and building automation;
• Nearly zero-energy buildings;
• Information, security and privacy;
• Lighting systems and components;

Circuits, sensors, and actuators:

• Circuits and systems theory and application;
• EMC applications;
• Nonlinear systems;
• Signal processing and identification;
• Sensors and actuators;
• Smart circuits;
• Systems modelling;

Materials:

• Nanotechnology for renewable energy;
• Novel materials for energy harvesting;

Environmental phenomena and pollution:

• EM spectrum management;
• Power quality and harmonics;

Power electronics and components:

• Electrical generators;
• Converters for microgrids;
• Converters for renewable energies;
• Converters for storage;
• Low-frequency EMC;

Regulation and electricity markets:

• Utility deregulation;
• Regulatory issues and delivery standards;
• Dispatching in power systems;
• Generation and transmission expansion;
• Distributed generation and distribution systems;

Mobility:

• Sustainable transport systems;
• Electrical vehicles;
• Automotive;

Maintenance, operation, and safety:

• Designing for safety;
• Grounding;
• Lightning;
• Hazard—Electric shock, arc flash, fire, and explosion;
• Maintenance and operation of power systems;
• Online real-time equipment diagnostics;
• Work practices and procedures;
• Electrical safety training;

Measurements:

• Environmental and electrical measurements;
• Advanced instrumentation and data acquisition systems;
• Intelligent distributed systems;
• Signal and image processing.

Technical Program Committee Members:

Prof. Dr. Rodolfo Araneo University of Rome
Prof. Dr. Luigi Martirano University of Rome
Dr. Vadim Bolshev Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM

Prof. Dr. Zbigniew Leonowicz
Prof. Dr. Tomasz Sikorski
Dr. Michał Jasińśki
Guest Editors

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