Special Issue "Electrical Power and Energy Systems"
QuicklinksA special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2012)
Special Issue Editors
Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Paul Stewart
School of Engineering, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln, LN6 7TS, UK
Website: http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/engineering
E-Mail: pstewart@lincoln.ac.uk
Phone: +44 1522 668896
Interests: power and energy; systems modeling and optimisation; electrical machines and drives; advanced fuels and combustion; control and simulation; electric and hybrid vehicles; more electric aircraft; gas turbines; internal combustion engine; advanced powertrains; electrical systems; artificial intelligence; low carbon operation; CFD
Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Chris Bingham
School of Engineering, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool Lincoln, LN6 7TS, UK
Website: http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/engineering/staff/CBingham/chris_bingham.htm
E-Mail: cbingham@lincoln.ac.uk
Phone: +44 1522 668896
Interests: aircraft dynamics and advanced control; impact of driver behavior on energy efficiency of EVs/HEVs, electrical power distribution for deep-sea ROVs; power electronic servo-drive systems; real-time prognostics and diagnostics for industrial systems; sensor validation and fault detection; high-efficiency power supplies for domestic products; active magnetic bearings for high-speed energy storage
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Electrical power and energy systems are at the forefront of application developments in renewable energy, smart grid, more electric aircraft, electric and hybrid vehicles and much more. The associated technologies and control methods are crucial to achieving global targets in energy efficiency and low-carbon operations, and will also contribute to key areas such as energy security. The greatest challenges occur when we combine new technologies at large-scale and often complex system level. The Special Edition will cover theoretical developments with special emphasis on applications in electrical power and energy systems. Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:
- Renewable Energy Systems - Energy management; hybrid systems; distributed systems; renewable sources and integration; transient energy storage, charging networks.
- Electrical Machines, Drives and Applications - AC and DC machines and drives; multiscale systems modeling; remote monitoring and diagnosis; electric and hybrid vehicles; energy conversion, vehicle to grid interaction.
- Power Electronic Systems - Converters and emerging technologies; modeling simulation and control; power factor correction; power supplies; active filters; reliability and fault tolerance.
- Electrical Power Generation Systems - Modeling and simulation of electrical power systems; load management; power quality; distribution reliability; distributed and islanded power systems, sensor networks, communication and control.
- Electrical Power Systems Modeling and Control - Modeling and control methodologies and applications; intelligent systems; optimization and advanced heuristics; adaptive systems; robust control.
Prof. Dr. Paul Stewart
Prof. Dr. Chris Bingham
Guest Editors
Submission
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Keywords
- power systems
- energy systems
- energy management
- electrical power systems
- renewable energy
- electrical machines
- electrical drives
- power electronics
- energy conversion
- power generation
- distributed power systems
- electric vehicles
Published Papers (1 paper)
 Energies 2012, 5(4), 1081-1097; doi:10.3390/en5041081
Received: 1 February 2012; in revised form: 26 March 2012 / Accepted: 11 April 2012 / Published: 19 April 2012
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Planned Papers
Title: The Impacts of Power Devices to the Thermal cycling of 10 MW 3L-NPC Wind power Inverter
Authors: Ke Ma and Frede Blaabjerg
Affiliaion: Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark; E-Mails: kema@et.aau.dk (K.M.); fbl@et.aau.dk (F.B.)
Abstract: The power semiconductor switching devices are playing an important role in the development of higher power wind power generation system. The state-of-the-art power device choices for the wind power converters with multi-MW power level are among IGBT modules, IGBT press-pack and IGCT press-pack as reported in the industrial. Due to significantly differences in the sizes, switching and conduction characteristics, as well as thermal resistance, the selection of the power devices and design of the heat sink system may have strong impacts on the thermal cycling within converter, and thereby result in different cost and reliability performances.
This paper analyzes the thermal performances of power switching devices based on a 10 MW three-level Neutral-Point-Clamped wind power inverter. A few important power device solutions are designed and applied under various operation modes of the wind power converter. The conclusions will be given in the final paper.
Last update: 12 March 2012