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Energy Management of Renewable Integrated Microgrid Systems: Future Trends and Challenges

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2024) | Viewed by 819

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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue focuses on the evolving landscape of renewable integrated microgrid systems, underscoring their pivotal role in shaping a sustainable energy future. Our objective is to provide a comprehensive platform for discussing the latest advancements, future trends, and emerging challenges in this rapidly evolving field.

We invite contributions that explore innovative strategies in energy management, modeling, operation and control, emphasizing the integration of renewable energy sources into microgrid systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Advanced control strategies for microgrids
  • Power converters control and robustness in less-inertia microgrids
  • Grid resiliency and reliability
  • Energy storage solutions
  • Economic and market analysis
  • Regulatory and policy frameworks
  • Environmental impact assessments
  • Technological integration with IoT, AI and blockchain
  • Socio-economic impacts
  • Distributed generation and resource optimization
  • Energy security and independence

This Special Issue aims to help bridge the gap between theoretical research and practical applications, providing insights that can guide future innovations and policy-making in the field of renewable energy and microgrid systems.

Dr. Guilherme Vieira Hollweg
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • renewable systems
  • renewable energy integration
  • microgrid management
  • modeling and control
  • power converters
  • advanced control systems
  • grid resilience and reliability
  • low-inertia power grids
  • distributed generation
  • energy storage solutions
  • energy policy and regulations

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Analysis of War Optimization Algorithm in a Multi-Loop Power System Based on Directional Overcurrent Relays
by Bakht Muhammad Khan, Abdul Wadood, Shahbaz Khan, Husan Ali, Tahir Khurshaid, Asim Iqbal and Ki Chai Kim
Energies 2024, 17(22), 5542; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17225542 - 6 Nov 2024
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In electrical power systems, ensuring a reliable, precise, and efficient relay strategy is crucial for safe and trustworthy operation, especially in multi-loop distribution systems. Overcurrent relays (OCRs) have emerged as effective solutions for these challenges. This study focuses on optimizing the coordination of [...] Read more.
In electrical power systems, ensuring a reliable, precise, and efficient relay strategy is crucial for safe and trustworthy operation, especially in multi-loop distribution systems. Overcurrent relays (OCRs) have emerged as effective solutions for these challenges. This study focuses on optimizing the coordination of OCRs to minimize the overall operational time of main relays, thereby reducing power outages. The optimization problem is addressed by adjusting the time multiplier setting (TMS) using the War Strategy Optimization (WSO) algorithm, which efficiently solves this constrained problem. This algorithm mimics ancient warfare strategies of attack and defense to solve complex optimization problems efficiently. The results show that WSO provides superior performance in minimizing total operating time and achieving global optimum solutions with reduced computational effort, outperforming traditional optimization methods (i.e., SM, HPSO, GA, RTO, and JAYA). The proposed algorithm shows a net time gains of 7.77 s, 2.57 s, and 0.8484 s when compared to GA, RTO, and JAYA respectively. This robust protection coordination ensures better reliability and efficiency in multi-loop power systems. Full article
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