Advanced Control Strategies for Power Converters and Microgrids
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F3: Power Electronics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2026 | Viewed by 5695
Special Issue Editor
Interests: power electronic converter; microgrid operation control
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Dear Colleagues,
Recently, microgrids (MGs) have received widespread attention as small-scale power distribution systems that can effectively integrate distributed power generation units, renewable energy sources, energy storage systems, and different types of power electronic loads. They can be employed not only in traditional power systems, but also in emerging fields such as distributed energy systems, electric transportation, aerospace, and unmanned propulsion systems. This attention has facilitated the current advancement of MGs in terms of power electronics devices, topologies, theoretical analyses, modeling methods, control strategies, optimal scheduling, and cybersecurity, which are characterized by their highly integrated structures, flexible and autonomous operation, efficient use of energy, high reliability in terms of power supply, and high power quality.
On the one hand, converters in MGs should exhibit excellent transient performance in dealing with source-load-side disturbances, while the negative incremental impedance of constant power loads can adversely affect the stable operation of MGs, which drives research in the areas of advanced control strategies and large-signal stabilization. On the other hand, the increasing use of deeply converged cyber–physical systems in MGs has driven research in the areas of multi-intelligent consensus algorithms, highly integrated distributed control, cooperative strategies under non-ideal communication, multi-objective optimal economic dispatch, and resilient control under cyber attack, leading to the development of highly reliable topologies and high-performance control strategies.
The Special Issue aims to introduce and disseminate the latest advances in theoretical analysis, structural design, system modeling, control strategies, and extended applications related to AC/DC MGs with various types of converters.
Areas of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- All aspects of DC MGs, AC MGs, hybrid AC/DC MG,s and MG clusters;
- MG topologies and application technologies for additional electric transportation, aerospace, and new energy systems;
- Integration of renewable energy and energy storage;
- Advanced control of MG converters;
- Distributed cooperative control for MGs;
- Cybersecurity and resilient control;
- High-efficiency integrated power converter development;
- Energy management and scheduling algorithms;
- Advanced modeling techniques for MGs;
- System stability analysis methods;
- Electromagnetic compatibility for devices in MGs;
Dr. Panbao Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microgrids
- power electronics devices
- topology
- theoretical analysis
- modeling methods
- control strategies
- optimized scheduling
- cybersecurity
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