Leadership in Grid-Connected Power Converters
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F1: Electrical Power System".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2026 | Viewed by 178
Special Issue Editors
Interests: photovoltaics; PWM Inverters; grid disturbances
Interests: multilevel converters; renewable energies; processor design on reconfigurable devices
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Interests: power electronics; modular multilevel converters; renewable energy
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2. Center for Research on Microgrids (CROM), Huanjiang Laboratory, Shaoxing 311800, China
Interests: microgrids; renewable energy systems; neuroscience-based artificial intelligence; digital twins; cybersecurity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The high penetration of renewables in the utility grid leads to increasing interest in the control of grid-connected power converters. This control is commonly exercised as current source control, and should agree with the Grid-Code recommendations of each country/region, allowing for both high-power quality and optimal operation under grid faults. Moreover, as most renewable sources, such as photovoltaic and wind, lack inertial behaviour, the concept of virtual inertia arises as a method of mimicking the operation of synchronous generators in power systems, contributing to the stability of the utility grid under catastrophic faults and avoiding a potential blackout. Additionally, in a microgrid scenario, grid support and voltage source control are mandatory.
Several studies have been carried out on this topic in recent years, including conventional or modern control approaches. The latter currently contributes to the popular use of AI concepts applied to grid-connected power converters.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances in the theoretical concepts, design, modelling, and control of grid-connected power converters.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:
- Grid-connected (tied) photovoltaic systems;
- Grid-connected (tied) wind systems;
- Low-voltage ride-through (LVRT);
- Maximum and non-maximum power point tracking algorithms;
- AC microgrids;
- Flexible active power point operation;
- Grid disturbances: harmonics, voltage sags; techniques to mitigate their effects;
- Virtual inertia in grid-connected systems as a means towards the stability of the utility grid;
- AI techniques applied to grid-connected power converters.
Prof. Dr. Alexis Bonifacio Rey-Boué
Dr. Santiago de Pablo
Prof. Dr. Fernando Martinez-Rodrigo
Prof. Dr. Josep M. Guerrero
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microgrid
- photovoltaics
- control
- renewables
- CHIL
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