Advanced Control Strategies of Grid-Connected Converters for Distributed Energy Resources
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 January 2026 | Viewed by 69
Special Issue Editors
Interests: control of grid-connected power converters; electric vehicle charging
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the flourishing development of distributed energy resources (DERs), such as PV, wind and EV, the distribution grid becomes a low-inertia weak grid, causing power quality problems like voltage and frequency fluctuations, and additionally, harmonics and resonance are deteriorating, inducing instability in the power system. On the one hand, as the elementary unit for DERs, the grid-connected power converter faces a lot of challenges under these power quality problems, and so adaptive and robust control methods are required to ensure safe and secure operation. On the other hand, the rated power of DERs power converters is usually very low, making it difficult to achieve the required high power quality and grid-supporting control performance.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to the modelling, control, stability analysis and application of grid-connected power converters for DERs. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following research areas:
(1) Adaptative and robust control of power converters with high penetration of DERs;
(2) Finite time control of power converters with high anti-disturbance ability;
(3) Advanced control of power converters under unbalanced power grid voltage conditions;
(4) Harmonic suppression strategies of power converters for DERs;
(5) Stability analysis and advanced stabilization control of power converters for DERs;
(6) Advanced grid-forming control method of power converters for DERs with limited power.
Dr. Guanguan Zhang
Prof. Dr. Cheng Fu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- adaptative and robust control
- finite time control
- power quality
- stability analysis
- grid-forming
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