Novel Power Electronics Technologies in Power Systems

Dear Colleagues,

The Editor is inviting submissions for a Special Issue of Applied Sciences on the subject area of "Novel Power Electronics Technologies in Power Systems”. The Special Issue will focus on the current and envisioned future roles of power electronic converters in power systems. As the grid is getting smarter, power electronic devices have started to play a vital role in the enhancement of efficiency and reliability of the existing power generation, transmission, distribution, and delivery infrastructure. Some of the prominent applications from power electronic devices in power systems include active filtering, compensation, and power conditioning. With increased penetration of renewable energy resources and storage systems, the application of power electronics in power systems has become more vital. With the advent of smart parks that includes renewable energy and plug-in electric vehicles (PEV)-based distributed resources, the ancillary services provided by such power electronic converters can form one of the major cruxes of the smart grid environment.

This Special Issue will focus on emerging novel applications of power electronic devices for power systems.

Topics of interest for publication include but are not limited to:

Smart inverters in smart grid;
Power electronic converters, HVDC and FACTS;
Flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) devices in distribution systems;
Novel controls of power electronic devices in power systems;
Power electronics applications in distribution systems and microgrid;
Novel renewable energy converter/inverter systems;
New topologies of high voltage inverter/converter in power systems;
New applications of power electronics in power systems;
Power electronics in smart grid;
Power-electronics-based distributed generators.

Prof. Dr. Tomonobu Senjyu
Dr. Shriram Srinivasarangan Rangarajan
Guest Editors

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