Power System Protection: Current and Future Prospectives
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 126
Special Issue Editors
Interests: HVDC transmission; DC line protection; DC circuit breaker; fault current limiter; grid-forming inverter
Interests: HVDC transmission; action distribution network protection; renewable energy transmission line protection; flexible DC grid protection and control
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Modern power systems are undergoing unprecedented transformations driven by renewable energy integration, distributed generation, electrified transportation, and advanced digitalization. These changes introduce new challenges to power system protection, necessitating innovative solutions to ensure reliability, selectivity, and resilience. This Special Issue, Power System Protection: Current and Future Prospectives, will explore both the evolving theoretical frameworks and practical advancements in protection technologies, focusing on their adaptability to dynamic grid conditions and emerging threats.
This Special Issue will provide a comprehensive overview of the latest developments and future directions in power system protection. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, fault detection algorithms, protection coordination in hybrid power systems, protection strategies for large-scale renewable energy integration, and the challenges posed by emerging grid architectures such as microgrids and HVDC transmission. Additionally, this Special Issue will feature case studies and real-world applications, addressing the practical implementation of innovative protection technologies in modern power systems.
We invite original research, case studies, and reviews that integrate theoretical rigor with real-world applicability. Submissions should emphasize scalability, alignment with evolving grid codes, and validation through simulations, laboratory experiments, or field trials.
Dr. Shuo Zhang
Prof. Dr. Guibin Zou
Dr. Xiuyan Wei
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fault detection
- transmission line protection
- transformer protection
- smart grid
- HVDC transmission
- renewable energy integration
- microgrid protection
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