Optimal Operation of Active Buildings as an Energy System
Submission Deadline: 31 August 2021
IEEE Access invites manuscript submissions in the area of Optimal Operation of Active Buildings as an Energy System.
The increasing share of buildings in the consumption of energy and carbon emission indicates that any solutions provided in this regard would have to consider the energy efficiency of the buildings, to obtain promising results. Active Buildings are viable solutions to this issue, in which intelligent integration of renewable-based energy technologies, heating, cooling, and transport systems would be able to make a multi-vector energy system.
Active Buildings can work in an isolated way as a self-sufficient energy system, or can interact with the other ABs in a district area and trade energy via the network. They have the potential of interacting with local as well as national level energy grids and, by behaving as zero or positive energy buildings, they are able to deliver various energy services to reduce the pressure on the upstream energy networks, and defer new investment requirements. As a result, the operation of Active Buildings is being developed as fundamental research and part of the future smart energy systems that call for a (re)thinking on the definition of the control, operation and optimization of the Active Buildings as an energy system.
This Special Section in IEEE Access will target numerous prospects in the operation of active buildings as an energy system. Both review and research articles are welcome. Real-world use cases discussing new application areas and resulting new developments are especially welcome.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- A holistic approach in modeling of the energy systems of Active Buildings (ABs)
- The role of ABs in energy systems
- Building physics-based modeling of ABs
- Zero energy and net-zero energy buildings
- Coordinated operation and control of ABs at the district/city level
- Application of model predictive control in ABs operation
- IoT-based operation and control of ABs
- Energy management systems of ABs
- AC, DC, or Hybrid model of ABs
- AB as a service provider in the electricity networks
- Resilience-based operation of ABs
- Reliability-based modeling of ABs
- Uncertainty aware energy management of ABs
- Artificial intelligence for the operation of ABs
- Market-based operation of ABs including Building-to-Building (B2B), Building-to-Grid (B2G), Building-to-Vehicle (B2V), and Vehicle-to-Building (V2B) energy transactions as well as peer-to-peer (P2P) energy transactions
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Associate Editor: Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo, University of Tabriz, Iran
Guest Editors:
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- Vahid Vahidinasab, Newcastle University, UK
- Somayeh Asadi, Pennsylvania State University, USA
- Fei Wang, North China Electric Power University, China
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IEEE Access Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Derek Abbott, University of Adelaide
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Advanced Energy Conversion Systems Based on Multi-Port Electrical Machines
Submission Deadline: 31 July 2021
IEEE Access invites manuscript submissions in the area of Advanced Energy Conversion Systems Based on Multi-Port Electrical Machines.
Over the last decade, energy conversion systems based on multiple-electrical-port and multiple-mechanical-port electrical machines have attracted widespread attention from both academia and industry, with their benefits of high efficiency, compactness and flexibility. This concept has been adopted in many industrial applications, such as wind power generation, ship shaft power generation, ship electric propulsion, electric vehicle, rail transportation, more/all electric aircraft, and AC/DC-micro-grids, among others. Due to the ever-increasing demand for highly reliable and cost-effective energy conversion systems, advanced machine/converter topologies, modeing approaches, control strategies, and reliability evaluations of the multi-port electrical machine and drive systems are in great need.
The objective of this Special Section in IEEE Access is to identify, address and disseminate state-of-the-art research works on design, modeling and control of multi-port electrical machines, from theory to applications. Prospective authors are invited to submit original contributions, including survey papers, in this Special Section.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Novel topologies of multi-port electrical machine and drive systems
- Multi-physics modeling and analysis of multi-port electrical machines and drive systems
- Advanced control strategies for highly reliable and cost-effective energy conversion using multi-port electrical machines
- Fault monitoring, diagnosis and tolerance operation of multi-port electrical machines and drives
- Lifetime prediction and reliability assessment
- New applications of multi-port electrical machines in energy conversion
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Associate Editor: Wei Xu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Guest Editors:
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- Yi Liu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
- Jianguo Zhu, The University of Sydney, Australia
- Z. Q. Zhu, The University of Sheffield, UK
- Ayman El-Refaie, Marquette University, USA
- David G. Dorrell, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
- Shiyi Shao, Wuxi Silent Electric System Technology Co, Ltd., China
Relevant IEEE Access Special Sections:
IEEE Access Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Derek Abbott, University of Adelaide
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Key Enabling Technologies for Prosumer Energy Management
Submission Deadline: 31 December 2020
IEEE Access invites manuscript submissions in the area of Key Enabling Technologies for Prosumer Energy Management.
Distributed energy resources (DERs), such as photovoltaics, electric vehicles, energy storage and heat pump devices, play a central role in the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables. The growing penetration of DERs has made it possible for traditional passive consumers to evolve into active prosumers. Compared with traditional consumers, prosumers are capable of managing their energy generation, storage and consumption simultaneously. Prosumers can not only participate in electricity market transactions, e.g., minimizing the cost of energy procurement, but also facilitate smart grid operations, e.g., providing ancillary service to power grids. With the booming development of prosumers, a prosumer energy management system is urgently needed to take full advantage of prosumers’ flexibility while taking the interests of other parties into account. In recent years, several prosumer energy management strategies have been proposed in literature, such as the peer-to-peer approach, coordinated scheduling-based scheme and centralized control method. However, these strategies have the following deficiencies: (1) they lack comprehensive analytics and intelligent control tools compatible with the existing energy management systems to reduce energy costs; (2) they do not address how to increase the prosumer profitability through improved customer segmentation; (3) they do not analyze the intrinsic revenue streams among prosumers.
To handle these deficiencies, the current energy management system needs to be rigorously re-engineered into an integrated and intelligent system that manages not only the smart grid but also the multi-energy system with couplings of electricity, thermal and natural gas networks. To this end, a large number of prosumers will actively participate in system-wide and local coordination tasks. Therefore, the modeling methods and related key enabling technologies are still hot topics that require substantial scientific research.
Research into prosumer energy management involves a wide range of disciplines, including power engineering, computer science, (micro) economics, thermal and control engineering. This Special Section will bring together researchers and practitioners to introduce and discuss key enabling technologies covering monitoring, operation, planning, marketing and control architectures related to the prosumer energy management.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Electricity market design for prosumer energy management
- Prosumer-oriented home energy management system
- Data management and ICT technologies to promote energy trading between prosumers
- IoTs/Cloud based solutions for prosumer monitoring, management and control
- Aggregation and disaggregation technologies for integrating and managing prosumers’ DERs
- New coordinated control methodologies to integrate prosumers’ flexibility into smart grid operations
- Automated technologies based on market behavior analysis to improve the robustness of prosumer energy management system
- Market modeling methods based on peer to peer (P2P) energy trading and blockchain
- Cyber physical modeling and cyber security of prosumer energy management system
- Interactive energy management system that facilitates the prosumers’ operation
- Transactive energy system for enabling the operation of prosumer energy management
- Experiences and lessons learned from the field implementations
- Renewable energy policies that can promote the development of prosumers in future smart grid
- Standardization and new technologies that facilitate the application of prosumer energy management
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Associate Editor: Bin Zhou, Hunan University, China
Guest Editors:
- Nian Liu, North China Electric Power University, China
- Junjie Hu, North China Electric Power University, China
- Guangya Yang, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
- Ahmad F. Taha, University of Texas, USA
- Huaizhi Wang, Shenzhen University, China
- Hugo Morais, EDF R&D Department, France
- Siqi Bu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
- Jiayong Li, Hunan University, China
Relevant IEEE Access Special Sections:
- Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Electric Power Systems
- Emerging Technologies for Energy Internet
- Smart Caching, Communications, Computing and Cybersecurity for Information-Centric Internet of Things
IEEE Access Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Derek Abbott, University of Adelaide
Article submission: Contact Associate Editor and submit manuscript to:
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For inquiries regarding this Special Section, please contact: binzhou@hnu.edu.cn.
Evolving Technologies in Energy Storage Systems for Energy Systems Applications
Submission Deadline: 01 January 2021
IEEE Access invites manuscript submissions in the area of Evolving Technologies in Energy Storage Systems for Energy Systems Applications.
Growing concern for the increasing demand in energy and a deteriorating climate has prompted researchers and scientists to try to think of renewable energy sources. This creates propitious opportunities in mitigating the production of greenhouse gases and fabricating innovative electrical models to make the technology accessible worldwide. However, these sources are intermittent in nature, causing discrepancies in supply and demand due to phenomena such as the production of duck curve. Energy storage systems such as batteries, flywheels and super/ultra-capacitors play vital roles in compensating such inconsistencies. Different batteries are being modeled and analyzed according to their capacity and usage in grids or industries. Battery management systems perform various analyses on miscellaneous parameters such as state of charge, state of health, depth of charge, and internal resistance to determine the quality. They furthermore implement several control schemes based on artificial intelligence or machine learning to make these batteries capable of versatile applications. At the end of a battery’s calendar life, it can be refurbished for a second life, making it substantially more usable for numerous applications, such as powering up residences, transportation, and communication systems. Electric vehicles, being the primary source of second-life batteries, have many promising uses of energy storage systems. The standards, policies, safety concerns, business models, barriers, and possible solutions should be investigated to promote more use of second-life batteries. Proper recycling and disposal procedures should also be followed after the end of their second life, which is a matter of considerable research interest.
As the conventional electrical infrastructure is moving towards a distributed scheme, smart grids and microgrids are propagating to meet the users’ requirements.
Energy storage is of the utmost importance for distributed power systems and utility-scale applications. Storage systems largely affect the plans of load leveling, load shifting, and energy arbitrage in power systems. New electric models of power electronic devices in these systems are making grid-tied technologies possible, facilitating the designs of state-of-the-art storage systems. As power and energy density vary in distributed systems, different storage devices fulfill one of the criteria for grid resiliency. This is where hybrid energy storage systems come into play, combining different devices of alternate features for improved steady and transient characteristics. Along with the existing storage technologies, several advanced battery schemes such as solid-state batteries and thin-film Li-ion batteries are studied to make future contributions in the field of energy storage systems.
This Special Section in IEEE Access will target numerous prospects in evolving technologies in energy storage systems for energy systems applications. We invite both review and research articles in order to represent ingenious technologies related to the domain, which would make our Special Section more resourceful.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Roles of different energy storage systems in Energy System applications
- Parametric analysis and electric modeling of energy storage systems
- Design of power electronic devices in the domain of energy storage
- Prospects of energy storage systems in electric vehicles
- Planning of utility scale energy storage
- Roles of energy storage schemes in distributed power systems
- Battery management systems and their control strategies
- Trends and potentialities of second life batteries
- Alternative and hybrid energy storage systems
- Future of energy storage systems and advanced battery technologies
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Associate Editor: Eklas Hossain, Oregon Institute of Technology, USA
Guest Editors:
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- Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, Aalborg University, Denmark
- Moin Hanif, Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE and University of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Ramazan Bayindir, Gazi University, Turkey
- Ryan Mayfield, Mayfield Renewables, USA
Relevant IEEE Access Special Sections:
- Addressing Challenging Issues of Grids with High Penetration of Grid Connected Power Converters: Towards Future and Smart Grids
- Emerging Technologies for Energy Internet
- Advances in Machine Learning and Cognitive Computing for Industry Applications
IEEE Access Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Derek Abbott, University of Adelaide
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For inquiries regarding this Special Section, please contact: eklas.hossain@oit.edu.
Polymeric Materials for HVDC Insulation
Submission Deadline: 31 May 2020
IEEE Access invites manuscript submissions in the area of Polymeric Materials for HVDC Insulation.
High voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission plays a key role in the global power grid today and in the future, particularly for high-capacity, long-distance, and regional power grid interconnections. With the high voltage level of the HVDC power system, the most important concern is the operating safety of polymeric materials as well as solutions for HVDC insulation. During polarity reversal and over-voltages on the HVDC system, polymeric insulation can break down in cables, cable accessories, apparatus bushings and gas insulated switchgears. The issues regarding polymeric materials which include the DC conductivity, charge transportation and partial discharge, have become key problems in restraining the development of the HVDC power system.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Characterization of polymeric material for HVDC insulation including electrical, physical and chemical analysis
- Flashover and tracking phenomenon in HVDC GIS&GIL and outdoor insulator
- Partial discharge and breakdown in HVDC bushing
- Electrical tree development and breakdown processes in HVDC insulation materials
- Surface charge, space charge and interfacial charge in HVDC insulation materials
- Ageing and life expectancy of HVDC insulation materials
- Nanotechnologies and nanodielectrics for HVDC insulation materials
- New materials for HVDC insulation
- Environmentally friendly polypropylene cable
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Associate Editor: Boxue Du, Tianjin University, China
Guest Editors:
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- George Chen, University of Southampton, UK
- Hulya Kirkici, University of South Alabama, USA
Relevant IEEE Access Special Sections:
- Advanced Energy Storage Technologies and Their Applications
- Emerging Technologies for Energy Internet
- Intelligent and Cognitive Techniques for Internet of Things
IEEE Access Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Derek Abbott, University of Adelaide
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For inquiries regarding this Special Section, please contact: duboxue@tju.edu.cn.
Energy Harvesting Technologies for Wearable and Implantable Devices
Submission Deadline: 31 December 2020
IEEE Access invites manuscript submissions in the area of Energy Harvesting Technologies for Wearable and Implantable Devices.
Implantable and wearable electronic devices can improve the quality of life as well as the life expectancy of many chronically ill patients, provided that certain biological signs can be accurately monitored. Thanks to advances in packaging and nanofabrication, it is now possible to embed various microelectronic and micromechanical sensors (such as gyroscopes, accelerometers and image sensors) into a small area on a flexible substrate and at a relatively low cost. Furthermore, these devices have been integrated with wireless communication technologies to enable the transmission of both signals and energy. However, to ensure that these devices can truly improve a patient’s quality of life, new preventative, diagnostic and therapeutic devices that can provide hassle-free, long-term, continuous monitoring will need to be developed, which must rely on novel energy harvesting solutions that are non-obstructive to their wearer. So far, research in the field has focussed on materials, new processing techniques and one-off devices. However, existing progress is not sufficient for future electronic devices to be useful in any new application and a great demand exists towards scaling up the research towards circuits and systems. A few interesting developments in this direction indicate that special attention should be given towards the design, simulation and modeling of energy harvesting techniques while keeping system integration and power management in mind.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Novel piezoelectric, thermoelectric and photovoltaic energy harvesting technologies that lead to enhanced efficiency and controllability under standard or varying working conditions
- Novel control strategies for achieving maximum or optimum energy harvesting
- Power management circuits for energy harvesters
- Novel data driven techniques for optimizing and forecasting the amount of energy that can be harvested
- Low-Power circuits and sensors
- Flexible sensors, circuits and energy harvesters for wearables
- Implantable electronics
- Novel wireless power transfer and delivery techniques
- Numerical and computational modeling techniques
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Associate Editor: Hadi Heidari, University of Glasgow, UK
Guest Editors:
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- Mehmet Ozturk, North Carolina State University, USA
- Rami Ghannam,University of Glasgow, UK
- Law Man Kay, University of Macau, China
- Hamideh Khanbareh, University of Bath, UK
- Abdul Halim Miah, University of Florida, USA
Relevant IEEE Access Special Sections:
- Smart Health Sensing and Computational Intelligence: From Big Data to Big Impacts
- Neural Engineering Informatics
- Wearable and Implantable Devices and Systems
IEEE Access Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Derek Abbott, University of Adelaide
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For inquiries regarding this Special Section, please contact: hadi.heidari@glasgow.ac.uk.
Addressing Challenging Issues of Grids with High Penetration of Grid Connected Power Converters: Towards Future and Smart Grids
Submission Deadline: 31 January 2020
IEEE Access invites manuscript submissions in the area of Addressing Challenging Issues of Grids with High Penetration of Grid Connected Power Converters: Towards Future and Smart Grids.
Penetration of grid connected renewable energy systems and smart loads based on high frequency power electronics converters (such as solar inverters, wind turbines and variable speed motor drive systems) has been increasing in low and medium voltage power networks. Power electronic converters have superior features of controllability, sustainability, and high efficiency, but at the same time also present a number of challenges such as low and high frequency harmonics (2-9 kHz and 9-150 kHz), and other disturbances which have been reported in distribution networks around the world. Similar issues have been identified involving significant high frequency harmonic resonances in wind farms, connected to low and medium voltage grids.
The recent development of Wide Band-Gap (WBG) semiconductor devices and their increasing acceptance in power electronics converters further accelerates such issues due to their ability to operate at higher switching frequencies. This new shift in harmonics emission from low frequency (0-2kHz) to higher frequency (2-150kHz) ranges will result in new power quality challenges in current and future grids.
In view of the increasing attention and effort directed toward power quality in future and smart grids, this Special Section in IEEE Access aims to present the latest research and industry practices on this topic.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Technical challenges in dealing with penetration of renewable energy systems: stiff and weak grids
- Power Quality Problems and Countermeasures in Microgrids
- Measurements of LV network impedance – historical data and LV network impedance in the range from 2 kHz up to 9 kHz
- Investigation of the resonance at high frequency, implementation of mitigation and verification
- Power quality modeling and disturbance assessment up to 150 kHz in AC/DC system
- High frequencies measurement method
- Development of high frequency harmonic meter and three-phase harmonic power-system analysis
- Impact of high frequency harmonics on smart energy meter and communication system
- Low inertia grids and management of bi-directional power flows
- Addressing the impact of inverter based generation on fault-tolerance and grid stability to the bulk power system
- Impact of low and high frequency harmonics on grid infrastructures such as cables, transformers and capacitors
- Immunity and emission issues of high frequency harmonics in low voltage distribution networks
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Associate Editor: Dinesh Kumar, Danfoss Drives A/S, Denmark
Guest Editors:
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- Firuz Zare, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Frede Blaabjerg, Aalborg University, Denmark
- Akshay Kumar Rathore, Concordia University, Canada
- Yang Xavier Xianjun, EDF R&D, France
- Negareh Ghasemi, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Bharat Singh Rajpurohit, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, India
Relevant IEEE Access Special Sections:
- Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Electric Power Systems
- Emerging Technologies for Energy Internet
- Big Data Technology and Applications in Intelligent Transportation
IEEE Access Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Derek Abbott, University of Adelaide
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For inquiries regarding this Special Section, please contact: dineshr30@ieee.org.
Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Electric Power Systems
Submission Deadline: 31 December 2019
IEEE Access invites manuscript submissions in the area of Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Electric Power Systems.
As the main energy supply system and the most complicated artificial system, the electric power system is undergoing revolutionary changes, including high-penetration renewable energy resources, complicated networks with tremendous data communications, and numerous power devices with the feature of bi-directional energy flow. Developing an intelligent power and energy system is becoming more and more urgent to promote the power production and consumption revolution and construct a clean, low-carbon, safe, and efficient energy system. Currently, artificial intelligence, as a newly developed scientific technology used to imitate, stretch, and extend the theory, method, technology, and application of human intelligence, is providing a great support for promoting the intelligence revolution of power and energy system. Artificial intelligence technology with attractive features such as deep learning, cross-border integration, man-machine cooperation, open group intelligence, and autonomous control shows the strong handling capacity in perceptual intelligence, computational intelligence, and cognitive intelligence, which shows great potential in reshaping the way of producing and utilizing the electrical energy. In particular, the combination of artificial intelligence with cloud computing, big data, internet of things (IoT), and mobile interconnection can endow the power system with features of intelligent interaction, safety, and controllability. Thus, the security, reliability, and flexibility of the power grid can be significantly improved. The revolution of the power and energy system can be highly sped up.
The goal of this Special Section in IEEE Access is to welcome the latest research in the area of Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Electric Power Systems. Reviews, surveys and traditional research articles are welcome to submit to this Special Section.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Image recognition technology and its application in power system security management
- Intelligent optimization and its application in power system planning, market trade, and dispatch
- Intelligent electric power equipment
- Big-data-based intelligent prediction and assistant decision-making
- Intelligence integration of renewable energy resources
- Artificial-intelligence-based power management and consumption
- Application of artificial intelligence in power system security and stability
- Artificial-intelligence-based power equipment maintenance plan
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Associate Editor: Canbing Li, Hunan University, China
Guest Editors:
- Hui Liu, Guangxi University, China
- Long Zhou, Guangdong Power Grid Co., Ltd, China
- Sheng Huang, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
- Mingjian Cui, Southern Methodist University, USA
- Wuhui Chen, Jiangsu University, China
- Cong Zhang, Hunan University, China
- Jin Ma, The University of Sydney, Australia
Relevant IEEE Access Special Sections:
- Software Defined Networks for Energy Internet and Smart Grid Communications
- Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Computing for Communications and Networks
- AI-Driven Big Data Processing: Theory, Methodology, and Applications
IEEE Access Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Derek Abbott, University of Adelaide
Paper submission: Contact Associate Editor and submit manuscript to:
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For inquiries regarding this Special Section, please contact: lcb@hnu.edu.cn.
Emerging Technologies for Energy Internet
Submission Deadline: 29 February 2020
IEEE Access invites manuscript submissions in the area of Emerging Technologies for Energy Internet.
With the increased penetration of renewable energy sources such as PV, wind, tidal, and ocean waves in global energy, Energy Internet has been widely regarded as one promising solution for the serious energy crisis and environmental pollution problem. Unlike the conventional centralized power generation structure, energy internet widely utilizes different types of distributed generations (DGs), which are located closer to the user and generate the electric power within distributed networks. Modular energy storage devices (ESDs) such as batteries of electric vehicles can effectively complement the function of DGs through bidirectional plug-and-play power interface. Thus, energy internet has the ability to minimize the power loss, enhance the power quality, and improve the system reliability.
However, energy internet faces many challenges for the wide application in industry from different design levels such as device level, power-interface level, and system level. Device level refers to the new material for PV cells, wind turbines, batteries, and supercapacitors. Most important is the wide bandgap (WBG) materials such as Gallium Nitride (GaN) for the power semiconductor devices in order to improve the switching frequency and power density. The challenges for power interfaces cover the topology, control, communication, and protection of various power converters to accommodate the DC/AC voltage bus with DGs or ESDs. Solid-state transformer (SST) has gained more attention as the energy router with good expandability, compatibility and easy regulation of power, control, and communication. For the system-level design in the energy internet, the intelligent energy and fault management with hierarchical control become more important.
Until now, limited research has been done and a limited number of articles have been published to address the key design challenges for the energy internet from different levels such as the device level, power-interface level, and system level. The goal of this Special Section in IEEE Access is to present and highlight the emerging technologies from different levels to promote the energy internet for wide industry application. In this Special Section in IEEE Access, we would like to invite researchers who are working on related research issues to contribute high quality articles to present their latest research findings from different aspects. Both original practical work and review articles are highly welcome.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- The structure, characteristics, modelling, and optimization of WBG power semiconductor devices for the power electronics application.
- Power integration design including both active and passive components for high frequency operation.
- New material or structural design for distributed renewable energy devices such as PV cells or Wind Turbines.
- Topology, modulation, and protection of power converters in order to improve the power efficiency and power density.
- Modular SST design and optimization for either DC or AC distributed power systems.
- Emerging technologies for accommodation of renewable power generation.
- Planning and operation of energy storage in contexts of Energy Internet.
- Flexible planning and operation of power distribution networks with Microgrid or virtual Microgrid.
- Virtual power plants and demand response in context of the Integrated Energy System.
- Emerging challenges and technologies for cyber security of Energy Internet.
- Operation and energy management of Electric Vehicles in context of urban transportation and smart grids.
- Coordinated charging operations of Electric Vehicles in power grids towards zero carbon emissions.
- Distributed charging management of Electric Vehicles based on block-chain and other emerging technologies.
- Smart Energy Utilization technologies in electrified urban railway transportation.
- Emerging railway traction systems in power grids.
- Application of advanced Artificial Intelligence techniques in the system control and protection of Energy Internet.
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Associate Editor: Huiqing Wen, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Guest Editors:
- Yung C. Liang, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Ivona Mitrovic, University of Liverpool, UK
- Depeng Li, University of Hawaii, USA
- Moncef Tayahi, Cleveland State University, USA
- Fei Lu, Drexel University, USA
- Xianming Ye, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Relevant IEEE Access Special Sections:
- Power Quality and Harmonics Issues of Future and Smart Grids
- Energy Harvesting and Scavenging: Technologies, Algorithms, and Communication Protocols
- The Internet of Energy: Architectures, Cyber Security, and Applications
IEEE Access Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Derek Abbott, University of Adelaide
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For inquiries regarding this Special Section, please contact: Huiqing.Wen@xjtlu.edu.cn.
Green Communications on Wireless Networks
Submission Deadline: 31 January 2020
IEEE Access invites manuscript submissions in the area of Green Communications on Wireless Networks.
Green communications, with a focus on energy efficiency, is a hot topic in both academic and industry communities since they can significantly enhance sustainability with regard to power resources and environmental conditions. Recently, with much effort in this area, several green communication approaches are entering into a more mature phase, with exciting applications in various networks. For instance, a simple and effective green communication solution is to place a device in sleep mode, which was incorporated by various MAC protocols with broad applications in wireless networks. However, it is essential to investigate the trade-off between the energy efficiency for green communications, and the network requirements. Moreover, it is crucial to evaluate the performance concerning the energy consumption, the throughput, and the response time, regarding green communications under different wireless network conditions (e.g., different traffic, different channels).
With this motivation, this Special Section in IEEE Access solicits the submissions of high-quality and unpublished articles that aim to address the open technical problems and challenges concerning green communications, taking into account the constraints of wireless networks. In particular, we seek submissions, which efficiently integrate novel approaches, focusing on the network performance evaluation and comparison with existing green communication solutions. Both theoretical and experimental studies for typical green communication scenarios are encouraged. High-quality review and survey papers are also welcome.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Energy efficiency for wireless communication
- Energy efficiency for mobile communication
- Infrastructure for green communication
- Measurement for QoS-aware networks
- Life-cycle assessment for wireless networks
- Cooperative mechanisms for green networks
- Cross-layer mechanisms for green networks
- Security and privacy for green networks
- Applications for green networks
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Associate Editor: Ilsun You, Soonchunhyang University, South Korea
Guest Editors:
- Giovanni Pau, Kore University of Enna, Italy
- Wei Wei, The Xi’an University of Technology, China
- Carol Fung, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Relevant IEEE Access Special Sections:
- Green Signal Processing for Wireless Communications and Networking
- Exploiting the Benefits of Interference in Wireless Networks: Energy Harvesting and Security
- Resource Management in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks: Energy Management, Communication Protocol and Future Applications
IEEE Access Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Derek Abbott, University of Adelaide
Paper submission: Contact Associate Editor and submit manuscript to:
http://ieee.atyponrex.com/journal/ieee-access
For inquiries regarding this Special Section, please contact: ilsunu@gmail.com.
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