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The most important environmental challenge today's society is facing is to reduce the effects of CO2 emissions and global warming. Such an ambitious challenge can only be achieved through a holistic approach, capable of tackling the problem from a multidisciplinary point of view. One of the core technologies called to play a critical role in this approach is the use of energy storage systems. These systems enable, among other things, the balancing of the stochastic behavior of Renewable Sources and Distributed Generation in modern Energy Systems; the efficient supply of industrial and consumer loads; the development of efficient and clean transport; and the development of Nearly-Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB) and intelligent cities. Hybrid Energy Storage Systems (HESS) consist of two (or more) storage devices with complementary key characteristics, that are able to behave jointly with better performance than any of the technologies considered individually. Recent developments in storage device technologies, interface systems, control and monitoring techniques, or visualization and information technologies have driven the implementation of HESS in many industrial, commercial and domestic applications. This Special Issue focuses on the analysis, design and implementation of hybrid energy storage systems across a broad spectrum, encompassing different storage technologies (including electrochemical, capacitive, mechanical or mechanical storage devices), engineering branches (power electronics and control strategies; energy engineering; energy engineering; chemistry; modelling, simulation and emulation techniques; data analysis and algorithms; social and economic analysis; intelligent and Internet-of-Things (IoT) systems; and so on.), applications (energy systems, renewable energy generation, industrial applications, transportation, Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) and critical load supply, etc.) and evaluation and performance (size and weight benefits, efficiency and power loss, economic analysis, environmental costs, etc.).

high gain converters --- power systems modeling --- load flow analysis --- pumped storage --- shipboard power systems --- storage --- hybrid energy storage systems (HESSs) --- buck-boost converter --- state of charge --- active power control --- rail transportation power systems --- lithium-ion batteries --- microgrids --- energy storage --- microgrid --- power-line signaling --- battery energy storage system (BESS) --- power electronic converters --- single-phase --- load modeling --- ultracapacitors --- smart home (SH) --- fault ride-through capability --- renewable energy sources --- battery management system --- multiport --- photovoltaic --- fuel cell (FC) --- DC power systems --- hybrid --- energy storage system --- micro combined heat and power (micro-CHP) system --- power quality --- solar photovoltaic --- electric vehicle (EV) --- energy storage technologies --- hybrid storage systems --- real coded genetic algorithm (RCGA) --- storage operation and maintenance costs

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The rapid increase in new power electronic devices and converters for electric transportation and smart grid technologies requires a deepanalysis of their component performances, considering all of the different environmental scenarios, overload conditions, and high stressoperations. Therefore, evaluation of the reliability and availability of these devices becomes fundamental both from technical and economicalpoints of view. The rapid evolution of technologies and the high reliability level offered by these components have shown that estimating reliability through the traditional approaches is difficult, as historical failure data and/or past observed scenarios demonstrate. With the aim topropose new approaches for the evaluation of reliability, in this book, eleven innovative contributions are collected, all focusedon the reliability assessment of power electronic devices and related components.

Technology: general issues --- Energy industries & utilities --- photovoltaic system --- battery --- DC-coupled configuration --- AC-coupled configuration --- mission profile --- reliability --- LED --- thermal cycling test --- accelerated test --- solder joint --- cracks --- current harmonics --- voltage harmonics --- power electronic converters --- cables --- capacitors --- PPS --- high-power thyristors --- reverse recovery currents --- electromagnetic launching field --- segmented LSTM --- microgrid inverter --- IGBT reliability --- online evaluation --- fusion algorithm --- multi-chip IGBT module --- bond wire --- module transconductance --- temperature calibration --- failure monitoring --- sensor lamp --- low-light mode --- high-light mode --- AC motor drive --- junction temperature --- lifetime prediction --- power MOSFET --- loss modeling --- SiC MOSFET --- AlGaN/GaN HEMT --- cascode structure --- single event effects --- technology computer-aided design simulation --- heavy-ion irradiation experiment --- photovoltaic systems --- DC/AC converter --- maintenance --- power system faults --- availability --- condition monitoring --- power device --- power electronics --- n/a

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The rapid increase in new power electronic devices and converters for electric transportation and smart grid technologies requires a deepanalysis of their component performances, considering all of the different environmental scenarios, overload conditions, and high stressoperations. Therefore, evaluation of the reliability and availability of these devices becomes fundamental both from technical and economicalpoints of view. The rapid evolution of technologies and the high reliability level offered by these components have shown that estimating reliability through the traditional approaches is difficult, as historical failure data and/or past observed scenarios demonstrate. With the aim topropose new approaches for the evaluation of reliability, in this book, eleven innovative contributions are collected, all focusedon the reliability assessment of power electronic devices and related components.

photovoltaic system --- battery --- DC-coupled configuration --- AC-coupled configuration --- mission profile --- reliability --- LED --- thermal cycling test --- accelerated test --- solder joint --- cracks --- current harmonics --- voltage harmonics --- power electronic converters --- cables --- capacitors --- PPS --- high-power thyristors --- reverse recovery currents --- electromagnetic launching field --- segmented LSTM --- microgrid inverter --- IGBT reliability --- online evaluation --- fusion algorithm --- multi-chip IGBT module --- bond wire --- module transconductance --- temperature calibration --- failure monitoring --- sensor lamp --- low-light mode --- high-light mode --- AC motor drive --- junction temperature --- lifetime prediction --- power MOSFET --- loss modeling --- SiC MOSFET --- AlGaN/GaN HEMT --- cascode structure --- single event effects --- technology computer-aided design simulation --- heavy-ion irradiation experiment --- photovoltaic systems --- DC/AC converter --- maintenance --- power system faults --- availability --- condition monitoring --- power device --- power electronics --- n/a

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The use of renewable energy sources (RESs) is a need of global society. This editorial, and its associated Special Issue “Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Sources”, offers a compilation of some of the recent advances in the analysis of current power systems that are composed after the high penetration of distributed generation (DG) with different RESs. The focus is on both new control configurations and on novel methodologies for the optimal placement and sizing of DG. The eleven accepted papers certainly provide a good contribution to control deployments and methodologies for the allocation and sizing of DG.

Research & information: general --- Technology: general issues --- solar energy --- wind energy --- energy storage --- renewable energy integration --- Europe --- advanced metering infrastructure --- data acquisition --- IEC standards --- low-cost --- open source --- power measurement --- smart meter --- uncertainty evaluation --- frequency stabilization --- coordinated control --- wind turbine generator --- high-fidelity battery model --- releasable and absorbable energy --- photovoltaic emulator --- photovoltaic panel --- single diode model --- MPPT --- FSWT-SCIG --- battery storage system --- power system stability --- synchronous generator --- hybrid system --- voltage source converter --- passivity-based control --- proportional-integral control --- voltage regulation --- bi-directional converter --- LC impedance source converter --- DC–DC power converter --- bi-directional power flow --- alternating current networks --- direct current networks --- optimal power flow --- non-linear optimization --- control of power electronic converters --- distributed generation --- mixed-integer nonlinear programming --- second-cone programming --- discrete-sine cosine algorithm --- metaheuristic optimization --- DG placement --- evolutionary algorithms --- energy management --- fuzzy controller --- power systems analysis --- interconnected power systems --- latencies --- time-delay effects --- wide area monitoring systems --- renewable energy conversion --- power conditioning devices --- renewable energy policies --- power quality --- computations methods --- control strategies --- electric vehicle charging --- energy management systems --- ancillary services --- monitoring --- prognostic and diagnostic

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In this book, 20 papers focused on different fields of power electronics are gathered. Approximately half of the papers are focused on different control issues and techniques, ranging from the computer-aided design of digital compensators to more specific approaches such as fuzzy or sliding control techniques. The rest of the papers are focused on the design of novel topologies. The fields in which these controls and topologies are applied are varied: MMCs, photovoltaic systems, supercapacitors and traction systems, LEDs, wireless power transfer, etc.

Technology: general issues --- vehicle-grid coupling system --- low frequency oscillation --- traction line-side converter (LSC) --- model-based predictive current control (MBPCC) --- dSPACE semi-physical verification --- switching converters --- sliding-mode control --- current-mode control --- hysteresis control --- PV-connected inverter --- MPPT --- SPPT --- adaptive hysteresis current control --- hybrid storage systems --- power electronic converters --- half-bridge current-source converters --- supercapacitors --- cascaded H-bridge (CHB) --- dc-link voltage balance control --- multilevel converter --- power control --- single-phase system --- pulsating output current --- light emitting diode (LED) --- peak to average ratio (PTAR) --- power factor correction --- harmonic injection --- modelling --- feedback loop control --- three-port converter --- linear active disturbance rejection control --- virtual damping --- linear extended state observer --- power converters --- digital control --- design space --- frequency domain --- switched affine systems --- hybrid systems --- fuzzy identification --- fuzzy modeling --- two degrees of freedom --- fuzzy model predictive control --- PLC --- bus converter --- DC bus --- LED driver --- buck converter --- inversion formulae --- phase margin --- gain crossover frequency --- wireless power transfer --- inductive power transfer --- Pareto optimality --- coil design --- magnetics design --- GaN-based inverter and converter --- zeta inverter --- active clamp --- synchronous rectification --- power efficiency --- circulating current --- fuzzy --- proportional integral --- proportional resonant --- MMC --- DC–DC converter --- experimental verification --- Inductor–Diode --- Inductor–Capacitor–Diode --- nonisolated --- step-down --- two-stage buck converter --- voltage regulation --- power electronic converter --- AC/AC converter --- matrix converter --- reliability --- DPWM --- photovoltaic power system --- differential flatness --- nonlinear control --- networked power converters --- PFC converters --- reactive power resources --- supervisory controller --- HIL Testbed --- binary particle swarm optimization (BPSO) --- nonsingular terminal sliding mode control (NTSMC) --- global best solution --- total harmonic distortion (THD) --- DC–AC converter --- decoupling --- reduced order generalized integrator (ROGI) --- optimal gain --- distributed power generation system (DPGS) --- grid-connected voltage source converters (GC-VSCs)