High Voltage Direct Current Transmission for Grid Services in Electric Power Systems II

Dear Colleagues,

We are inviting submissions of original research to a Special Issue of Applied Science on the subject of “HVDC for Grid Services in Electric Power Systems”.

The modern electric power system has evolved into a huge nonlinear complex system, due to the interconnection of thousands of generation and transmission systems. The unparalleled growth of renewable energy resources (RES) has caused significant concern regarding grid stability and power quality, and it is essential to find ways to control such a massive system for reliable and effective operation. The controllability of HVDC and FACTs devices allows for improvement of the dynamic behavior of grids and their flexibility to successfully integrate increasing RES.

This Special Issue thus aims to address recent advances in control and protection technologies for HVDC grids, ranging from converter design to grid control and protection strategies. The topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Emerging control and protection performance requirements for reliable and resilient HVDC grid; Untapped functionalities or grid services of HVDC converters for reliable and economic AC and DC power grids operations;
• HVDC topology and converter design; practical issues and solutions in designing the converters for various applications, for example, topology, parameter selection, control methods, and architecture to meet the operational requirements and handle complexity HVDC grid imposes;
• Coordinated system controls and protection for future AC/DC power grid; coordinated control and protection strategies for multi-infeed and multiterminal HVDC grid, coordinated controls for VSC-LCC hybrid interconnections or infeed, coordinated controls for HVDC grids with large scale renewables and distributed energy resources, including storage;
• Grid restoration strategies with renewable generators and HVDC controls;
• Advanced modeling, analysis, and simulation technologies to improve the utility planning and operational practices for HVDC grid;
• Advanced communication and network, and cybersecurity concerns to ensure HVDC grid dependability and security.

Prof. Dr. Gilsoo Jang
Prof. Dr. Kyeon Hur
Guest Editors

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