Fractional-Order in Modeling and Control of Power Electronic-Based Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Power electronic parts play a crucial role in all aspects of engineering in both research and industry. Power electronics have important applications in energy conversion and management, electric transportation, industrial automation and drives, smart grids and power quality, consumer electronics, and renewable energy integration, amongst others. Fractional-order control (FOC) extends the classical control theory by allowing controllers to have fractional-order derivatives or integrals. FOC can provide several potential advantages for power electronic-based systems, such as improved transient response, robustness to parameter uncertainties, enhanced frequency response, fractional nonlinear control, and mitigated sensitivity to delay.

This Special Issue aims to collect original research or review articles on recent advancements in the field of fractional-order control of power electronic-based systems to study and improve their robustness, reliability, and other performance metrics.

The topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

• New power converter topologies (DC–DC, AC–DC, and DC–AC converters).
• New modeling and control methods for power electronic systems including fractional-order approaches.
• Development of advanced control techniques, including both model-based and data-based methods as well as hybrid methods.
• Optimization-based control in power electronic converters and their applications.
• Fractal, fractional, and chaotic power electronic circuits. 

Dr. Ton Duc Do
Dr. Duy Truong Duong
Guest Editors

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