Advances in Electric Drives and Power Electronics Fields

Dear Colleagues,

At present, electric drives play a key role in a large number of application fields, including industrial applications, electric vehicles, more electric aircraft, aerospace, energy conversion systems, and robotics, among many others. In parallel, the field of power electronics has experienced an impressive technological advancement over the last two decades, being responsible for the operational success of many systems used for different purposes in several areas of society. Always with the objective of increasing their performance, taking into account important objectives such as high power density, high efficiency, high power quality, good reliability, and fault tolerance, electric drives and power electronics have witnessed a growing involvement of the scientific community in the presentation of promising solutions for different purposes. The use of power electronics allows the systems to ensure the operational requirements of the applications and simultaneously guarantee their stability and safety.

This Special Issue aims to collect, present, and disseminate the most recent advances in the areas of electric drives and power electronic converters, in their different fields of application.

Prospective authors are invited to submit original contributions, survey papers, or tutorials for possible publication in this Special Issue. Application-oriented contributions are particularly welcome.

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

• Advanced control strategies for all types of electric drives and power electronic converters;
• Multiphase machines and drives;
• Position sensorless control of electric drives;
• Model predictive control of electric machines and power electronic converters;
• Drives for electric vehicles, more electric aircraft, and wind generators;
• Condition monitoring of electric drives and power electronic converters;
• Fault-resilient control strategies;
• Advanced observers;
• Compensation of parameter uncertainties;
• New topologies, modulation techniques, and applications of power electronic converters;
• Advanced driving/modulation/modelling methods for emerging power electronic devices;
• Analysis of device/component failure mechanisms;
• Modelling and simulation of passive components (capacitors, batteries, supercapacitors, inductors, etc.);
• Power electronics in smart grids, energy storage systems, and E-transportation.

Prof. Dr. Sérgio Cruz
Prof. Dr. André Mendes
Guest Editors

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