Symmetry in Inverters and Converters
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2019)
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Interests: circuit theory; theory and technical applications of oscillations; analog microelectronic circuit design; circuits for sensor applications
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Dear Colleagues,
“Symmetrical” means that something has balanced proportionality between its parts and “symmetry” means matching of different parts that combines them in the whole. The synonym of symmetry is “harmony”, but it indicates the acoustical and musical application of the idea of symmetry. In nature, the designer discovers the symmetry, the symmetry which objects of nature have by the force of their inner laws, and then copies and develops it to perfection. One of the first applications of ideas of symmetry to the electric circuit analysis was the method of symmetrical components. This method of analysis demonstrated that it is easier to use the ideas of direct, inverse, and zero sequences of current components than to deal with full currents in the phases of a three-phase electric system. It happens that the method of symmetrical components was the beginning of new ideas in “electrotechnical” thinking. The ideas of symmetry appeared in the analysis of electronic circuits using differential and common mode components, in the analysis and synthesis of multiphase oscillators, and many other applications of electronics, computing, and communication technologies.
Following this tradition of the application of symmetry in power systems, this Special Issue invites researchers to submit original research papers and review articles related to the design of electrical inverters and converters in which theoretical or practical issues of symmetry are considered. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Symmetry in electrical engineering;
- Symmetry in electronic engineering;
- Intelligent energy and power systems;
- Renewable energy research;
- Power and industrial electronics;
- Inverters and waveform symmetries;
- Converters and waveform symmetries.
Prof. Dr. Igor Filanovsky
Guest Editor
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