Energy Efficiency in Electric Motors, Drives, Power Converters and Related Systems

Dear Colleagues, greetings from the Special Issue Editor.

I am inviting submissions to a Special Issue of the Energies journal on the subject of “Energy Efficiency in Electric Motors, Drives, Power Converters and Related Systems”. Today, there is a growing attention to the increasing use of renewable energy to guarantee sustainable growth all over the world. In the short term, however, even more interesting results can be obtained by increasing energy efficiency. As an example, the European Union has set itself a 20% energy savings target by 2020, which is roughly equivalent to turning off a few hundred power stations. Today, 20% of all final energy consumption in the EU is electrical energy, but this is predicted to grow significantly over the next few decades. Given this scenario, but considering also that electric motors in industrial applications consume 35%–40% of the generated electrical energy worldwide, that power electronics is a key enabling technology allowing the efficient generation, use, and distribution of electrical energy and the implementation of energy saving applications at reasonable costs, also leading to the huge diffusion of electrical motor drives, I kindly request that you contribute to this Special Issue.

Papers are solicited on the following topics, and others, if not directly specified, which cover aspects of energy efficiency.

• High efficiency electric machines and electrical drives;
• High efficiency power converters: topologies, modulation and control;
• Wide band-gap power electronic devices and applications;
• Renewable energy systems;
• Grids, smart grids and utility applications;
• Electrical energy storage systems;
• Energy conversion systems for information technology;
• Energy efficiency for residential, commercial and industrial applications;
• Wireless power transfer;
• Systems for electrical propulsion and transportation electrification;
• Electric and hybrid vehicles;
• Highly-efficient components for energy conversion.

Prof. Dr. Mario Marchesoni
Guest Editor

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