New Challenges in Electrical Power Distribution Networks
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F: Electrical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 9504
Special Issue Editors
Interests: operation and planning of distribution systems; distributed generation; load forecasting; smart grids; renewable energy; microgrids; electric mobility
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The social development of a region can be completely dependent on and represented by the local consumption of electricity and its growth rate over the years.
This comprises part of the current worldwide economic demand to increase the availability of energy. Considering the development of new technologies, different proposals for power generation and distribution to the population and industries have been made. Reliability must be retained while progress is being made.
In this context, for the high-quality and efficient delivery of energy to consumers, distribution systems in power grids are essential. For the delivery of energy, a high level of detailed medium- and long-term planning and significant monetary investment is needed, as sustainable technical solutions are crucial.
One of the main challenges that the Planning and Operation sectors face within distribution systems is the continuous capacity increase in power grids. Intermittent sources of renewable energy created a new scenario when considering load forecasting models together with electric mobility, which is now a reality and must be managed.
Moreover, the connection of all of these previously mentioned aspects will provide new relationships between consumers, prosumers, distribution system operators, and power system agents, bringing a different energy business model to the general population for consumption and influencing the financial health of energy distributors companies.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advancements related to new challenges in electrical power distribution networks, integrating planning aspects to distributed generation utilization, storage applications, microgrid models, EV integration, solutions for system protection, and business models for system management.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:
- Load and generation forecasting at the distribution system level;
- Network expansion planning;
- Network operation planning;
- Investment strategies;
- Integration of distributed energy resources;
- Smart grids;
- Microgrids;
- Electric mobility, considering the development of charging infrastructures, G2V, V2V, V2G;
- Business models and the relation between distribution agents;
- Uncertainties and risk management at the distribution level;
- System reliability
- Advances in the distribution regulation and tariff models;
- Advances in protection schemes;
- Automation, control, and management of distribution networks.
Prof. Dr. Alzenira Da Rosa Abaide
Prof. Dr. Nelson Knak Neto
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- distribution planning
- smart grids
- microgrids
- electrical vehicles
- distributed energy resources
- distribution business models
- protection
- distribution automation
- uncertainties and risk management
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