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Power Electronics for Transportation Electrification: Toward Sustainable Mobility

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 2989

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Power Electronics and Control Engineering Laboratory, The Polytechnic School (TPS), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
Interests: design, modeling, control and optimization of power electronic converters; characterizations and applications of wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors; highly efficient and high-power density solutions for power conversions in the applications of more electric aircrafts; electric vehicles; wireless charging and data centers
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High Voltage Systems Engineer, Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America, 12120 Telegraph Road, Redford, MI 48239, USA
Interests: modeling, design and control of DC-DC, AC-DC and DC-AC power converters; wireless and conductive charger systems for electric vehicles; wide bandgap devices and applications

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Power electronics has emerged as an enabling technology in the deployment of next-generation sustainable systems including transportation systems, motor drives, robotics, biomedical applications, renewable energies, smart grids and data centers. The sustainable transportation segment of power electronics requires novel power conversion systems to meet stringent requirements in terms of cost, weight, volume, power quality and reliability. It is highly challenging to enhance all these performance metrics simultaneously in a single design. The advent of wide bandgap (WBG) power semiconductors (such as SiC, GaN) caused a paradigm shift in power electronics design through enabling the converters to switch at a high frequency while maintaining a high-temperature, high-density and highly efficient power conversion. The wideband gap device technology development and its application in the transportation sector is a wide-open area for power electronics research. Moreover, to realize the advantages of high-frequency WBG power electronics in transportation electrification in practice, research and development activities in different areas need to be carried out to specifically address the open-end design problems. Some of the critical areas are (a) innovative power converter topologies, (b) novel design approach for high-frequency magnetics design with minimized parasitics, (c) high-density electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter design methodologies, (d) magnetic coil design and optimization for wireless power transfer, (e) performance evaluation of WBG devices in high-temperature (>200oC) power conversion and (f) high-performance time-optimal control schemes for power converters.

The main aim of this Special Issue is to seek high-quality submissions that highlight the emerging applications of high-performance power converters in sustainable transportation systems. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Onboard and offboard charging systems for electric vehicles;
  • Aspects and challenges of cybersecurity in EV charging systems;
  • Wireless power transfer for EV charging;
  • Power electronics for more electric aircrafts (MEA);
  • Power electronics for electric ships;
  • Power electronics for mobile robots;
  • Traction inverters and powertrain systems for electric vehicles.

Prof. Dr. Ayan Mallik
Dr. Arun sankar
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System Modeling and Reliability Assessment of Microgrids: A Review
by Masood Ibni Nazir, Ikhlaq Hussain, Aijaz Ahmad, Irfan Khan and Ayan Mallik
Sustainability 2022, 14(1), 126; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14010126 - 23 Dec 2021
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The world today is plagued with problems of increased transmission and distribution (T&D) losses leading to poor reliability due to power outages and an increase in the expenditure on electrical infrastructure. To address these concerns, technology has evolved to enable the integration of [...] Read more.
The world today is plagued with problems of increased transmission and distribution (T&D) losses leading to poor reliability due to power outages and an increase in the expenditure on electrical infrastructure. To address these concerns, technology has evolved to enable the integration of renewable energy sources (RESs) like solar, wind, diesel and biomass energy into small scale self-governing power system zones which are known as micro-grids (MGs). A de-centralised approach for modern power grid systems has led to an increased focus on distributed energy resources and demand response. MGs act as complete power system units albeit on a small scale. However, this does not prevent them from large operational sophistication allowing their independent functioning in both grid-connected and stand-alone modes. MGs provide greater reliability as compared to the entire system owing to the large amount of information secured from the bulk system. They comprise numerous sources like solar, wind, diesel along with storage devices and converters. Several modeling schemes have been devised to reduce the handling burden of large scale systems. This paper gives a detailed review of MGs and their architecture, state space representation of wind energy conversion systems & solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, operating modes and power management in a MG and its impact on a distribution network. Full article
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