Efficient and Reliable Solar Photovoltaic Systems: 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite contributions to a Special Issue of the journal Solar on the subject of “Efficient and Reliable Solar Photovoltaic Systems: 2nd Edition”. Solar photovoltaic (PV) energy harvesting towards electrical power generation appears to be one of the best solutions providing sufficient and clean electrical energy. Power electronic conversion greatly impacts the performance of PV systems. Additionally, in order to power electronic architectures for conventional central, string and multistring configurations of PV modules, distributed-module converter architectures are also increasingly being investigated (DC–DC power optimizers, DC–AC microinverters, modular cascaded DC–DC converters, etc.). Differential power processing architectures are also being addressed to mitigate mismatches in those modules of PV systems that are connected in series. Moreover, power electronics architectures with fault-tolerant capabilities are also being studied in order to ensure consistent electrical power generation. In all of these cases, the design of efficient and reliable power electronic converters has attracted the attention of the scientific community and of industrial interests. For example, DC–DC converters and the associated control methods are crucial to the achievement of critical global targets in energy efficiency and fault-tolerant operation.

Within this broader thematic area, this Special Issue focuses on conversion, control, and power electronics architectures for monitoring and ensuring the optimal and safe production of PV systems.

Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Isolated and non-isolated DC–DC converter architectures for PV systems;
• Modeling and control for optimal electrical energy production by PV systems;
• The design and optimization of efficient converters for PV systems;
• Multi-input DC–DC converters for PV systems with energy storage;
• Maximum power point tracking techniques;
• Differential power processing converter architectures in PV systems with mismatched modules;
• Distributed converter architectures at the PV module level;
• Fault diagnosis and the fault-tolerant control of converter architectures for PV systems;
• PV systems with fault-tolerant capabilities—power and energy architectures, energy management, advanced control methods for healthy and faulty conditions, and islanded PV systems.

Prof. Dr. Philippe Poure
Prof. Dr. Shamsodin Taheri
Guest Editors

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