Energy Storage and Conversion Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Energy storage and conversion are crucial topics for research and industry, especially in the perspective of a sustainable development. Scientific and technological progresses in these fields may improve the potential capabilities and the efficiency in the use of energy both traditional, renewable and unconventional sources.

Energy storage technologies, such as batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors (ultracapacitors), superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES), combined with reductions in costs, are creating new scenarios and opportunities in the development and the market of energy generation, grids, industrial plants, complex systems and consumer electronics.

We would like to invite submissions to this Topic to collect the latest developments and applications in these interdisciplinary fields and to provide a common framework to authors from different research areas.

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

• Energy storage theory and applications;
• Energy conversion theory and applications;
• Power electronics and converters for smart grids, microgrids and electrical/hybrid vehicles;
• Power converters for renewable sources, such as solar, wind, hydro and marine power;
• High-voltage direct current (HVDC) grids and conversion systems;
• Experimental techniques for characterization and diagnosis of energy storage and conversion systems;
• Approaches and tools for modeling and simulation;
• Batteries technologies, processes, materials, test and modeling;
• Fuel cells and hydrogen-based systems;
• Supercapacitors (ultracapacitors) and lithium-ion capacitors;
• Superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES);
• Thermal energy storage, cogeneration and thermal management;
• Combination and integration of several energy sources and storage solutions;
• Control algorithms, including artificial intelligence tools;
• Management systems, such as battery management systems (BMS);
• Power quality, load management, peak shaving and back-up issues;
• Energy harvesting and recovery;
• Reliability, resilience and safety of complex systems and grids;
• Technical-economical evaluations and market analyses.

Dr. Alon Kuperman
Dr. Alessandro Lampasi
Topic Editors