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Power Systems Engineering Applications for a Sustainable Future

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 September 2023) | Viewed by 1817

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Institute of Electrical Systems and Energy, Federal University of Itajubá, Av. BPS, 1303, Pinehrinho, Itajubá 37500-903, MG, Brazil
Interests: renewable generation; smart grids; smart city

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Following recent trends in technologies, power systems around the world seek to adapt their practices to the increasing number of demands. In this sense, modern technologies should be considered in a holistic environment of creativity, innovation, and social inclusion.

The topics below cover a wide area of research on professionals involved in emerging power systems. A socially and environmentally sustainable society has become a topic of interest of different sectors of society, including politicians, engineers, and researchers. Power systems play a special role in this transformation. This Special Issue proposes a discussion of the following topics, but not limited to them:

  • New generation technologies such as green hydrogen;
  • The role of renewable generation and its integration to this system, considering the advantages and challenges;
  • Electric and hydrogen vehicles and their impact on the system;
  • Storage devices technologies and applications;
  • Smart grids enabling smart cities;
  • New syllabus in electrical engineering courses.

Hence, this issue will contain the contributions of several researchers around the world who work on this area.

Prof. Dr. Antonio Carlos Zambroni de Souza
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • renewable sources
  • power systems

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Development of Control Techniques for AC Microgrids: A Critical Assessment
by Pabel Alberto Cárdenas, Maximiliano Martínez, Marcelo Gustavo Molina and Pedro Enrique Mercado
Sustainability 2023, 15(21), 15195; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115195 - 24 Oct 2023
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This article aims to provide a comprehensive review of control strategies for AC microgrids (MG) and presents a confidently designed hierarchical control approach divided into different levels. These levels are specifically designed to perform functions based on the MG’s mode of operation, such [...] Read more.
This article aims to provide a comprehensive review of control strategies for AC microgrids (MG) and presents a confidently designed hierarchical control approach divided into different levels. These levels are specifically designed to perform functions based on the MG’s mode of operation, such as grid-connected or islanded mode. The primary control ensures frequency (f) and voltage (V) stability, whereas the secondary control adjusts their values to their references and the tertiary control efficiently manages the power of distributed generators (DGs) in a cost-effective manner. The article extensively discusses centralized, decentralized, and distributed strategies for each control level, highlighting their differences, advantages, disadvantages, and areas of application. Finally, the usefulness of different control strategies at different levels is demonstrated through practical examples. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Power Systems Engineering Applications for a Sustainable Future)
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