Recent Advances in Energy Conversion Apparatus for Physical Energy Storage Systems: Design, Drive, and Integration
A special issue of Machines (ISSN 2075-1702). This special issue belongs to the section "Electromechanical Energy Conversion Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced physical energy storage techniques
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Interests: design, analysis and application of emerging electric machines and drives
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Interests: power system stability and control
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Interests: design and analysis of high-speed electrical machine; pulsed alternator; and flywheel energy storage system
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Special Issue Information
The rapid development of renewable energy generation and electrified transportation has posed tremendous risks and challenges in relation to modern power systems. To suppress the increasing level of stability issues and to improve the capability for flexible operation, it is important to integrate energy storage technology in power systems that enable the electricity to be stored and used later. Advanced physical energy storage includes pumped hydro energy storage, compressed air energy storage, flywheel energy storage, solid gravity energy storage, molten salt energy storage, etc., which covers a wide range of applications with different demands on power and discharging duration, demonstrating significant advantages that can be utilized in power systems.
To deal with the ever-increasing performance demands that have already become challenges for existing physical energy storage technologies, researchers in both academia and industry are exploring innovative approaches across different disciplines. Energy conversion apparatus is the most essential part of physical energy storage systems. The key technical issues to be further investigated include, but are not limited to, improving the energy conversion efficiency, operational reliability, and dynamic response capability of energy storage systems from the perspectives of equipment design, control, and integration technology, as well as strengthening the interaction between energy storage systems and the power grid, so as to better impart a positive effect on the frequency stability and voltage stability of the power grid, thereby promoting the further development of physical energy storage technology. Therefore, more research can be conducted in relation to high-performance energy conversion apparatus for physical energy storage systems.
This Special Issue is dedicated to providing a platform for researchers to exchange the latest research and the newest ideas in the field of the design, drive, and integration of high-performance energy conversion apparatus for physical energy storage systems, as well as contributing to the ongoing progress in this dynamic field.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Pumped hydro energy storage;
- Compressed air energy storage;
- Flywheel energy storage;
- Solid gravity energy storage;
- Molten salt energy storage;
- Electrical machines for energy storage systems;
- Power electronic converters for energy storage systems;
- Control techniques for energy storage systems;
- Integration design for energy storage systems;
- Grid-connected regulation strategy.
Dr. Yiming Ma
Dr. Jincheng Yu
Dr. Yang Liu
Dr. Jiangtao Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- physical energy storage
- pumped hydro energy storage
- compressed air energy storage
- flywheel energy storage
- solid gravity energy storage
- molten salt energy storage
- energy conversion apparatus
- grid-connected regulation
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