Advances in Dynamics and Control of Smart Grids

The concept of smart grid has been the focus of a extensive research in recent decades. With the potential to revolutionize power systems, particularly considering climate change, digitalization and sustainable transition, smart grids can intelligently incorporate and manage renewable energy sources, storage systems, and other system components in a unified and coordinated environment. Advanced technologies such as sensors, communication networks, algorithms, and automation play a key role in monitoring and controlling these resources. Consequently, ensuring the efficient, secure, reliable and stable operation of smart grid under all conditions is fundamental. To this end, addressing the dynamics and control of the smart grid becomes pivotal for sustainability of modern energy systems.

The dynamics and control of smart grids encompass a broad range of applications, including communication systems and ICT, control strategies for single devices or resource clusters, optimization algorithms, advanced modelling and simulation, as well as practical implementations and laboratory experiments involving hardware-in-the-loop and power hardware-in-the-loop setups. This Research Topic aims to explore the challenges associated with smart grid dynamics and control, presenting its recent research advances. The collection emphasizes investigating different solutions and techniques to improve system performance, thereby unlocking the full potential of the smart grid.

Topics of interested include:
• Smart control strategies and algorithms
• Information and communication technologies
• Renewable energy sources
• Storage systems
• Power electronics control (grid-following, grid-forming)
• Multi-energy smart grids
• Control of single devices
• Control of cluster resources
• Smart grids topologies and architectures
• Smart grids modelling
• Smart grids simulation
• Smart grids dynamics and control
• Smart grids optimization
• Hardware-in-the-loop
• Power-hardware-in-the-loop

Keywords: smart grids, power systems control, power systems dynamics, power systems stability, smart grids modelling, smart grids simulation, hardware-in-the-loop

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