Modern Control Techniques for Electrical Drives

Dear Colleagues,

For decades, the world has been facing a transformation of energy use, moving from fossil-based sources to several new ones primarily based on renewables (e.g., wind or solar). The electrification of transportation has a critical role in the electrical energy sector, where electric/hybrid electric vehicles (EV/HEV) have been introduced to mitigate air pollution and climate change aiming for a more suitable environment.

In order to fulfil the standard for EV/HEV, it is inevitable to apply high-performance control techniques for the electric drives employed in the vehicles. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to allow the research community to contribute to the field control of electric drives by proposing sophisticated control approaches. Major topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Advancements in nonlinear control (e.g., sliding-mode or finite-control-set model predictive control) of electric drives;
• Advancements in control of power electronics for integrating distributed energy resources;
• Design, analysis and applications of modern control techniques for electrical machines;
• Optimization algorithms;
• Fault detection and fault-tolerant control of electric drives;
• Control power electronic converter topologies for motor drives.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Jorge Rodas
Prof. Dr. Jose Rodriguez
Guest Editors

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