Voltage Stability of Microgrids in Power Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Electrical power systems are evolving, with a shift from large-scale centralized generators and one-way power flow to distributed generators and two-way power flows. Microgrids, as decentralized controllable small-scale grids with their own local generators and loads, are playing a key role towards this evolution. The integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) in the form of microgrids has been significantly increased in many countries around the world due to several technical, economic, and environmental benefits. However, microgrids pose many challenges to the power engineering community, and voltage stability is considered as the most significant one, particularly during transition from grid-connected mode to islanding mode. During such transitions, voltage stability of both the microgrid and the main grid would be of concern.

This Special Issue will focus on investigating the voltage stability problem of microgrids and various new approaches to solve this problem.

Topics of interest for this Special Issue include but are not limited to:

1. Voltage stability issues in islanded and grid-connected microgrids;
2. Voltage stability indices for microgrids;
3. Voltage control and stability analysis of microgrids;
4. The role of smart inverters for microgrid voltage stability;
5. Modelling and control of energy storage systems to deal with the voltage stability;
6. Microgrids planning in terms of enhancing voltage stability;
7. Voltage stability issues in DC microgrids;
8. Roles of protection systems on voltage stability;
9. Applications of FACTS devices for voltage stability in microgrids.

This Special Issue solicits original theoretical and practical contributions along with review papers on any relevant area of the voltage stability in microgrids. We would like to cordially invite you for your contribution to this Special Issue.

Dr. Nasser Hosseinzadeh
Dr. Apel Mahmud
Dr. Ameen Gargoom
Dr. Asma Aziz
Guest Editors

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