Modern Electrical Drives: Trends, Problems, and Challenges

Dear Colleagues,

Electrical drives possess a lot of advantages. As compared to other sources, electrical energy is easy to transport and can be environmentally friendly (when from renewable sources). Modern electrical drives convert energy with high efficiency and have flexible control characteristics. They offer a wide range of speed, torque, and power operation. Furthermore, in general, they can serve as an electrical generator.

The first electrical drives were built in the 19th century. Over time, new constructions appeared. Recently, the topic of modern electrical drives has encompassed many different areas, such as electrical machines, power electronics, control theory, real time control, mechanical systems, modeling, and sensors.

With the growing demand for high-performance electrical drives, the problem of their efficient, robust, precise, and fault-tolerant control is a popular target for many universities and industrial researchers. Accurate control of electrical drives is a crucial point in different types of industry, starting from high-power drives evident in mining and petrochemical areas, through medium (automotive industries, robot arm drives, CNC machines) and small power drives (actuators), ending on MEMS, etc.

In this Special Issue, the topics related to trends, problems, and challenges linked to design and exploitation will be presented. Papers in (but not limited to) the following scope are welcome:

• Control strategies for different types of electrical motors (DC, ACIM, PMSM, synRM, SRM, etc.);
• Sensor-less control of electrical drives. Estimation of the non-measurable states and parameters;
• Application of advanced control methodologies (fuzzy, neural, robust, predictive etc.) for high performance control of electrical drives;
• Control of complex mechatronic systems taking into account the mechanical part of the system;
• Diagnosis, monitoring and prognosis in electrical drives;
• Fault-tolerant control of electrical drives;

Drives and renewable energy systems. Novel topologies of the power converters dedicated to electrical drives.

Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Szabat
Prof. Dr. Tomasz Pajchrowski
Prof. Dr. Tomasz Tarczewski
Guest Editors

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