Special Issue "Multifaceted Applications of Power Electronics"

A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Industrial Electronics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Shriram Srinivasarangan Rangarajan
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SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
Interests: power systems; power electronics; smart grid; flexible AC transmission system (FACTS); power system stability; renewable energy system—PV and wind; smart inverters; power quality; distribution systems; distributed generation; multilevel inverters; grid-connected inverters; electric vehicles; hardware-in-the-loop grid simulators
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Dr. E. Randolph Collins
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Guest Editor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
Interests: power distribution systems; power electronics; electric machines; adjustable speed motor drives; electric power quality monitoring; grid-connected inverters; renewable energy systems—PV and wind; smart inverters; distributed generation; electronic lighting and control; hardware-in-the-loop grid simulators

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Guest Editors are inviting submissions for a Special Issue of Electronics on the subject area of “Multifaceted Applications of Power Electronics.” The Special Issue will focus on the current and envisioned future roles of power electronics technology associated with all domains. In recent years, the prominence of power electronics technology could be seen in different applications, such as residential, commercial, industrial, transportation, utility systems, aerospace, biomedical, and telecommunications. As a result, power electronics has gained continually increasing interest over the past few years, both in academia and industry.

This Special Issue focuses on the technological advancements in and involvement of power electronics in all domains.

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

  • Technological advancements in and involvement of power electronics in all domains;
  • Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and IoT in power electronics;
  • Power electronics in smart grid;
  • Smart inverters;
  • Digital signal processing in energy systems;
  • Power electronic converters;
  • Electric machines and drives;
  • Power-electronics-based distributed generators;
  • HVDC and FACTS devices;
  • AC and DC microgrid systems;
  • Power quality;
  • Topologies and control of power electronic converters;
    Renewable energy systems;
  • Energy storage technologies;
  • Power semiconductor devices;
  • Electric/hybrid vehicle converters and other transportation systems;
  • Industrial, commercial, and residential applications of power converters;
  • Multilevel converters;
  • Power electronics applications in power systems.

Dr. Shriram Srinivasarangan Rangarajan
Dr. E. Randolph Collins
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Control
  • Converters
  • Electric drives
  • Distributed generators
  • HVDC and FACTS
  • Microgrid
  • Renewable energy
  • Battery storage
  • Electric vehicle

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Solid-State DC Circuit Breakers and Their Comparison in Modular Multilevel Converter Based-HVDC Transmission System
Electronics 2021, 10(10), 1204; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10101204 - 18 May 2021
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This paper proposes a new and surge-less solid-state direct current (DC) circuit breaker in a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system to clear the short-circuit fault. The main purpose is the fast interruption and surge-voltage and over-current suppression capability analysis of the breaker [...] Read more.
This paper proposes a new and surge-less solid-state direct current (DC) circuit breaker in a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system to clear the short-circuit fault. The main purpose is the fast interruption and surge-voltage and over-current suppression capability analysis of the breaker during the fault. The breaker is equipped with series insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) switches to mitigate the stress of high voltage on the switches. Instead of conventional metal oxide varistor (MOV), the resistance–capacitance freewheeling diodes branch is used to bypass the high fault current and repress the over-voltage across the circuit breaker. The topology and different operation modes of the proposed breaker are discussed. In addition, to verify the effectiveness of the proposed circuit breaker, it is compared with two other types of surge-less solid-state DC circuit breakers in terms of surge-voltage and over-current suppression. For this purpose, MATLAB Simulink simulation software is used. The system is designed for the transmission of 20 MW power over a 120 km distance where the voltage of the transmission line is 220 kV. The results show that the fault current is interrupted in a very short time and the surge-voltage and over-current across the proposed breaker are considerably reduced compared to other topologies. Full article
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A Simplified Output Feedback Controller for the DC-DC Boost Power Converter
Electronics 2021, 10(4), 493; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10040493 - 19 Feb 2021
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Boost-type dc-dc converters present non-minimum phase dynamic system characteristics. Therefore, controller design using only the output voltage for feedback purposes is not a very straightforward task. Even though output voltage control can be achieved using inductor current control, the implementation of such current-mode [...] Read more.
Boost-type dc-dc converters present non-minimum phase dynamic system characteristics. Therefore, controller design using only the output voltage for feedback purposes is not a very straightforward task. Even though output voltage control can be achieved using inductor current control, the implementation of such current-mode controllers may require prior knowledge of the load resistance and also demand more states such as one or more currents in feedback. In this paper, the development of a new output feedback controller for boost-type dc-dc converters is presented. The controller form is such that it avoids the possibility of saturation in the control signal due to division by zero. The basic structure of the proposed controller is firstly obtained from the expression of the open-loop control signal, and the complete controller structure is then derived to satisfy the closed-loop stability conditions. Simulation and experimental results clearly verify the ability of the control law to provide robust regulation against parameter variations. Full article
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Three-Phase PWM Voltage-Source-Inverter Weight Optimization for Aircraft Application Using Deterministic Algorithm
Electronics 2020, 9(9), 1393; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9091393 - 28 Aug 2020
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In this paper, a design by optimization process is used to size a 10-kW three-phase pulse width modulation (PWM) inverter for aeronautic application. The objective function is the converter weight, which has to be minimized. Sizing constraints are the efficiency, alternating current (AC) [...] Read more.
In this paper, a design by optimization process is used to size a 10-kW three-phase pulse width modulation (PWM) inverter for aeronautic application. The objective function is the converter weight, which has to be minimized. Sizing constraints are the efficiency, alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) harmonics, and thermal constraints on all devices. A deterministic algorithm is chosen since it allows obtaining quick results and dealing with a large number of variables. All equations are analytical, in order to comply with this gradient-based optimization strategy, which imposes the derivability of the models. Several optimization results using different AC inductor solutions (iron powder and ferrite) are compared. The optimized converters were built and tested experimentally to verify their performances. Semiconductor and inductor losses were measured accurately using calorimetric test benches. The optimality of the solutions was carefully verified by changing parameters. Full article
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