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Power Electronics for Smart Grids: Present and Future Perspectives II

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A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F3: Power Electronics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 1596

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Dr. Vítor Monteiro

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Algoritmi Research Centre, Department of Industrial Electronics, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Interests: power electronics converters; electric mobility; renewable energy sources; digital control techniques; smart grids
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Prof. Dr. Joao L. Afonso

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Department of Industrial Electronics, School of Engineering, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal
Interests: power electronics; power quality; active power filters; renewable energy; energy efficiency; electric vehicles; energy storage systems; battery charging systems; smart grids; smart cities; smart homes; technologies for innovative railway systems
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Multidisciplinary and emerging technologies in the field of power electronics are contributing to high-power-density and high-efficiency converters for interfacing fundamental strands such as renewable energy sources, electric mobility, energy storage systems, and active conditioners into smart grids. The present and future perspectives of power electronics concerning these strands aim to reduce the impact of climate changes and, at the same time, contribute to an equilibrium between sustainability and economic growth. This Special Issue aims to organize the present and future perspectives of power electronics in smart grids; therefore, original contributions are invited, including review papers, from different perspectives, including Ph.D. students, academic scientists, researchers, and professional communities. Potential topics of interest are related (but not limited) to the application of power electronics for the following:

Renewable energy sources and energy storage systems;
Electric mobility (e.g., G2V and V2G modes) and energy efficiency in transportation;
HVDC, SVC, and FACTS technologies;
Active power filters, hybrid power filters, and unified power quality conditioners;
Power quality, reliability, and security;
Unified topologies for power flow control in smart grids, microgrids, and smart homes;
Energy control and decisions and demand responses;
Energy and industrial, commercial, and residential applications;
Smart building technologies;
Technology and innovation for railways;
Fault-tolerant power electronic systems;
New semiconductor power devices (e.g., SiC and GaN) employed in power electronics;
New topologies of power electronics converters (e.g., multilevel and interleaved topologies);
New power theories and control strategies (e.g., model predictive and sliding mode).

Dr. Vítor Monteiro
Dr. João L. Afonso
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active conditioners
electric mobility
energy storage systems
power electronics
renewable energy sources
smart grids

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Open AccessEditor’s ChoiceArticle

A Full-Controlled Bidirectional Dual-Stage Interleaved Converter for Interfacing AC and DC Power Grids

by Goncalo Marques, Vitor Monteiro and Joao L. Afonso

Energies 2024, 17(13), 3169; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17133169 - 27 Jun 2024

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Power grids are progressing, and the possibility of incorporating DC grids toward hybrid AC/DC grids is gaining increasing relevance, as several technologies available nowadays are operating natively in DC. This paper proposes a topology of a full-controlled bidirectional dual-stage interleaved converter for interfacing hybrid AC/DC grids. The topology is based on a dual-stage architecture, constituted by an AC/DC converter and by a DC/DC converter, both based on interleaved power converters. On the AC side, which is connected to the main AC power grid, the proposed dual-stage architecture operates with sinusoidal current in phase or phase opposition with the voltage, meaning a bidirectional operation. In addition, it has the possibility of interfacing with other AC loads, such as domestic electrical appliances, or with an AC microgrid. The DC link, formed by the AC/DC power stage, is interfaced with a DC power grid, which provides numerous advantages, e.g., for interfacing battery electric vehicles directly charged in DC, as well as other DC loads, such as renewable energy sources. The DC/DC power stage is considered for interfacing with an energy storage system, which is capable of bidirectional power exchange with the DC grid or with the AC grid through the AC/DC power stage. A complete laboratory prototype was designed and developed, with the unified control algorithms implemented on a digital signal processor. The experimental results validated the operation of the full-controlled bidirectional dual-stage interleaved converter based on the specifications for the hybrid AC/DC grid, such as bidirectional operation, synchronization with the AC power grid, predictive current control, interleaved operation on both AC/DC and DC/DC power stages, DC-link voltage control for the DC grid, as well as the operation with different power levels. Full article

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