Journal of Control Science and Engineering

Special Issue on Control and Grid Integration of Distributed Generation

Call for Papers
The international concern over climate change is driving many countries to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by means of political and regulatory pressure and to increase the total electrical supply energy from renewable sources. Electricity market liberalization and the priority given to renewable sources along with the worldwide promotion of renewables encourage the development of the distributed generation (DG) and renewable sources. Nevertheless, the connection of large amounts of DG to distribution systems presents a number of technical challenges to distribution network operators. These challenges are partly caused by the mismatch between the location of energy resources and the capability of local networks to accommodate new generation. Active management and smart grids represent an alternative approach to enabling national targets for renewable energy and increasing penetration of renewables into the existing distribution networks. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
Distributed generation planning and operation Control methods for integration of renewable energy Grid interfacing topologies and control techniques for

robust and exible DG integration

Innovative control of power electronic converters in

distributed power grids

Modeling of the dynamics of distributed power sys-

tems
Distributed state estimation with the use of Kalman or

particle ltering Before submission authors should carefully read over the journals Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www .hindawi.com/journals/jcse/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: Manuscript Due First Round of Reviews Publication Date Lead Guest Editor Pierluigi Siano, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy; psiano@unisa.it Guest Editors Zhe Chen, Department of Energy Technology, Pontoppidanstrde 101, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark; zch@et.aau.dk Gerasimos G. Rigatos, Engineering Department, Harper Adams University College, Shropshire, Newport TF10 8NB, UK; grigat@ieee.org Pedro Rodriguez, Renewable Electrical Energy Systems Group, Technical University of Catalonia, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; prodriguez@ee.upc.edu Friday, 8 June 2012 Friday, 31 August 2012 Friday, 26 October 2012

systems
Power grid analysis and studies Innovative methods for electrical load and price fore

casting Planning and operation of smart grids, microgrids, and active networks Energy hub management systems Smart homes Demand side management Intelligent distributed monitoring and control Control methods for storing technologies Protection coordination and design Modeling, control, and simulation of power generators Control and state estimation for power generators Condition monitoring and fault detection for power generators Control systems to improve fault ride-through capability of wind energy conversion system

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