Electrical Power Engineering and Renewable Energy Technologies

• Other Authors: Ouanjli, Najib El (Editor), Motahhir, Saad (Editor), Errouha, Mustapha (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; History of engineering & technology; Energy industries & utilities; overcurrent relays; optimum coordination; microgrid; distributed generation; nonstandard time-current characteristics; tripping time; South Africa; load shedding; battery energy storage systems (BESS); photovoltaic (PV); buck DC-DC converter; parameter variation; Matlab/Simulink environment; sliding mode control; multilevel inverter; hybrid MLI; cascaded two-level VSI; active power filter; solar water pumping system; FL-INC; SEPIC converter; MPPT; optimization algorithm; centrifugal water pump; 2-furaldehyde (2FAL); feedforward artificial neural network (FFANN); degree of polymerization (DP); loss of life (LOL); transformers; dissolved gas analysis (DGA); IEC gas ratio; transformer; faults; binary classification support vector machine (BCSVM); transportation sector; electrical vehicle; charging scheme; renewable energy sources; sensitivity analysis; perturbation and observation; incremental conductance; variable step size; MATLAB-Simulink; electric vehicles; autonomous vehicles; digital twins; EV components; e-mobility; IoT
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Due to the decreasing availability of fossil fuel resources and rising environmental awareness, innovative methods of renewable energy generation and utilization are rapidly becoming of interest to researchers. Electrical drives and power electronics are one of the most critical components of modern renewable energy systems. The robustness of machines and the increased efficiency of power semiconductor devices enable the improvement of many types of power conversion and generation systems. Thus, this reprint presents and disseminates recent advances regarding theory, modeling, design, application, control, and analysis related to the advancement of electrical engineering in renewable energy. It clarifies the junction of two interesting areas that serve to link information derived from electrical engineering and renewable energy, including recent techniques used to design and model various renewable energy systems, and demonstrates different ways to use power electronics in renewable systems. The reprint also discusses the best ways to identify, design, integrate, and operate the most appropriate technologies through key problems. And it offers some applications related to electrical power engineering and renewable energy technologies, including photovoltaic systems, solar water pumping systems, electric vehicles, microgrid systems, battery energy storage, etc.