Call for papers: Utility Applications of Power Electronics

Call for papers: Utility Applications of Power Electronics

A special issue of International Journal of Power Electronics

Power electronics are growing very fast on variety of utility applications such as active front end inverters and power line conditioners etc. This special issue attempts to bring out the latest developments on following utility applications.

Possible topics include but are not limited to, the following:

1. Circuits of active-front end inverters

• Multi-level inverters
• LCL inverters
• Current control algorithms of active-front end inverters

2. Applications of active-front end inverters

• PV inverters
• Wind turbine inverters

3. Circuits of active power line conditioners

• Shunt or Series active power filter
• Hybrid active power filter
• Unified power flow controller
• Current control algorithms of active power line conditioners

4. Applications of active power line conditioners

• Harmonic current compensation
• Harmonic voltage damping
• Power factor correction
• Reactive power compensation
• Unbalance compensation
• Voltage flicker

Important Dates
Paper due: 30 November 2009
Acceptance notification: 30, January 2010
Final paper version due: 30 March 2010