Power Electronics Systems

Dear Colleagues,

As power electronics systems become a solid solution for power conversion and energy conditioning in the transition to the intelligent, sustainable, and environmentally friendly use of energy, the challenges to be faced grow as well. In several application fields such as renewable electric power generation, energy harvesting, energy storage systems, electric vehicles, smart grids, and electromagnetic compatibility, among others, there are challenges that need to be tackled. To meet the challenges in these areas, power electronics systems have emerged as an efficient, viable, reliable, and powerful solution for the conversion and efficient conditioning of electrical energy. These applications require power converters to interface between the main generator and the load or to interconnect power sources to transfer power between them, as occurs in renewable power generation systems, energy storage systems, or smarts grids. Therefore, the design of power converters, the control design of power electronics systems, and the novel applications of power converter applications have emerged to meet these new challenges.

Therefore, this Special Issue aims to promote the high-quality development of knowledge in power electronics. Hence, we kindly invite you to submit original works on the topics related to this area. This Special Issue includes but is not limited to the development of the following topics of interest:

• AC-DC power conversion: control, design, and analysis
• DC-DC power conversion: control, design, and analysis
• AC-AC power conversion: control, design, and analysis
• DC-AC power conversion: control, design, and analysis

in applications related to:

• Solid-state transformers
• Smart grids
• Grid-connected converters
• Virtual inertia systems through power electronics
• Control design for power electronics systems
• Power converters for renewable energy systems in smart grids
• Advanced control techniques applied on smart grids and renewable energy systems
• Integration of renewable energies sources
• Energy storage systems
• Power converters for solar energy
• Power converters for small wind turbines
• Grid integration of wind farms
• PWM techniques for power converters
• Space vector modulation techniques for power converters
• Efficient grid-connected converters
• Efficient power converters suitable for MPPT
• Battery management systems
• Fault diagnostics in power converters for renewable energy systems
• Power converters for electric vehicles
• Motor drives. 

Prof. Dr. Panfilo R. Martinez-Rodriguez
Guest Editor

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