About this Research Topic
Modular power electronics technologies have features like “power electronic building blocks” and “Plug and Play power”. The increased applications of modular power converters improved efficiency and increased flexibility for modern energy conversion and generation systems, including the grid integration of renewable energy sources and storage systems, motor drives, electric traction/propulsion, data centers. The cellular and hierarchical design in topology, control, and device design enables the application expertise built into the modular converters, multiplies the designer's efforts, and makes the expertise available for many more applications. Nowadays, the cooperation of power converters partitions in multiple time and spatial domains. It is then necessary to collect academic and industrial efforts to maximize the exploitation of modular power electronics through this research topic.
The impedance analysis, design, and modeling of the modular power unit act as the fundamental of the modular power electronics. The stability criteria and resilience analysis of plug and play power integration based on the modular units are essential for the hierarchical control strategy. Meanwhile, the harmonic resonances, power quality, and other design- and/or control-related issues should be revealed. Then, proper strategies by fine-tuning the impedance of modular power converters can be developed to improve the system performance. Furthermore, the practical implementation of distributed control and communication system in modular power systems is expected.
This research topic accepts regular and review articles within the below scopes but is not limited.
1. Wide bandgap devices application in modular power electronics technology
2. Multiple scales in time and spatial modeling for power electronics and systems
3. Impedance matching and analysis of power converters in the time- and/or frequency-domain
4. Stability and analysis for the modular power electronics technology in grid integration
5. Filters and damping solutions in modular power electronics design
6. Simulation and digital twin solutions for modular power conversion systems
7. Converter analysis, design, and control for renewable energy systems
8. Energy storage integration with modular power converters
The impedance analysis, design, and modeling of the modular power unit act as the fundamental of the modular power electronics. The stability criteria and resilience analysis of plug and play power integration based on the modular units are essential for the hierarchical control strategy. Meanwhile, the harmonic resonances, power quality, and other design- and/or control-related issues should be revealed. Then, proper strategies by fine-tuning the impedance of modular power converters can be developed to improve the system performance. Furthermore, the practical implementation of distributed control and communication system in modular power systems is expected.
This research topic accepts regular and review articles within the below scopes but is not limited.
1. Wide bandgap devices application in modular power electronics technology
2. Multiple scales in time and spatial modeling for power electronics and systems
3. Impedance matching and analysis of power converters in the time- and/or frequency-domain
4. Stability and analysis for the modular power electronics technology in grid integration
5. Filters and damping solutions in modular power electronics design
6. Simulation and digital twin solutions for modular power conversion systems
7. Converter analysis, design, and control for renewable energy systems
8. Energy storage integration with modular power converters
Keywords: Modular Design, Power Converters, Sustainable Energy Systems, Renewable Energy Integration, Plus and Play
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