Design and Control of Power Converters
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F3: Power Electronics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 35
Special Issue Editors
Interests: power systems; power converters; control strategy; power electronics
Interests: advanced control of power electronic power converter; intelligent transportation systems; intelligent control methods; traffic data processing and analysis; control theory and engineering of complex uncertain dynamic systems
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Dear Colleagues,
Power converters have become indispensable in modern energy and power electronic systems, enabling efficient power conversion, high-performance control, and reliable operation across a wide range of applications. Despite significant progress, increasing nonlinear loads, renewable resources, and distributed generation, as well as the growing demand from electrified transportation, has introduced complex dynamic interactions and stringent requirements for reliability, fault tolerance, and system-level coordination. These challenges highlight the urgent need for interdisciplinary research that bridges topology innovation, modeling and control, multi-scale stability analysis, and intelligent optimization. This Special Issue aims to bring together cutting-edge contributions that advance the theory, technology, and applications of modern power converters, including their critical role in emerging fields such as transportation electrification.
This Special Issue aims to present the latest advancements, innovative ideas, and practical experiences in the design, modeling, control, and application of power converters.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Novel isolated and non-isolated topologies (DAB, PSFB, LLC, T-Type, ANPC, MMC, multi-port, etc.).
- High-frequency, high-power-density converter design using SiC/GaN devices.
- Soft-switching, resonant, and hybrid-switched converter technologies.
- Modular and scalable converter architectures for microgrids and HVDC and electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
- Multi-physics (thermal–magnetic–mechanical) co-design and optimization.
- Advanced modulation strategies.
- Nonlinear and robust control (SMC, adaptive control, passivity-based control, etc.).
- Predictive control, model-free control, data-driven control and learning-based control.
- Distributed control for microgrids and multi-converter coordination.
- Fault-tolerant control, reconfigurable operation, and reliability enhancement, with applications in automotive, railway, and aerospace power systems.
Dr. Wensheng Luo
Dr. Yunfei Yin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- power converter topologies
- advanced and intelligent control
- wide-bandgap (SiC/GaN) power electronics
- multi-physics co-design and stability analysis
- transportation electrification and microgrid applications
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