Power Electronics in Electrical Power Systems

Call for Papers

The need to deliver electricity to customers: reliably, safely, and cost effectively and in a sustainable manner, is always with us. The electrical power system must be carefully engineered, not only to meet today's needs but also for the foreseeable future with a multiplicity of constraints, such as limited energy resources, electricity networks, the need for the system to resilient in the face of natural disasters, as well as coping with the changing nature of the electrical loads and new sources of generation (wind, solar, etc.). This must be achieved even though the complexity of electric power network planning, operation, and control is increasing. Recent advances in power electronics, coupled with advances in power semiconductor devices, have allowed new and exciting technologies and applications to be developed and are starting to be deployed to meet these challenges. To date HVDC, FACTS, and custom power devices have been deployed in isolation to meet specific technological challenge. They are continuing to advance with new topologies and higher ratings. On the horizon are the smart grid initiatives, which many countries are devoting large amount of time and resources to due to the immense potential benefits. Power electronics is an enabling technology, and its advances will play a large role in implementing the smart grid concept.

We invite authors to submit original research articles as well as review articles that will stimulate the continuing efforts to meet the challenges by applying power electronics to electrical power systems. We are interested in articles that explore new and improved ways in which modern power electronics can improve an electrical power system (e.g., by providing better control, or increased stability, or enabling new resources to be used, or enabling new functions to be performed). Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• High-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission systems
• Flexible AC transmission systems (FACTSs)
• Custom power
• Smart grids
• Energy storage
• Advances in the use of power electronics in generating, transmission, or distribution systems
• Recent developments in the application of power electronics to improve security, reliability, or power quality
• Advances in improving the utilization and efficiency of power system assets by using power electronics

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ape/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable:

Lead Guest Editor

• Neville Watson, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Guest Editors

• Dylan Lu, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
• Denis Lee, Sarawak Energy Berhad, Wisma SESCO, Kuching 93673, Malaysia