Aims & Scope
The International Journal of Energy and Power Systems (IJEPS) is an international journal that publishes cutting-edge research and technology in the area of electrical power and energy systems. The journal aims to inspire interdisciplinary research among academia and industry for the betterment of future society.
The following is a list of topics, although not exhaustive, that fall within the purview of this journal:
- Power systems
- Traditional power systems
- Power system metering
- Power system protection
- Power quality
- Stability analysis and controls (dynamic performance)
- Power system operational planning and economics
- Energy conversion
- Electrical machines
- Modern substations
- Instrumentation and sensor technology
- Primary and secondary plant
- Automation and control
- Electromagnetism
- AC and DC grids
- Flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS)
- High voltage DC transmission and low voltage DC distribution networks
- Mixed AC-DC transmission networks
- Traction distribution systems for railways
- AC microgrids and DC microgrids
- Green technologies
- Renewable energy systems (i.e., solar, wind, biomass, hydro)
- Carbon capture technologies (clean fossil fuel)
- Grid integrations of renewable and clean energy
- Energy storage systems
- Interaction of electricity with other sectors (i.e., heat, water, gas)
- Smart grids
- Wide area monitoring, protection and control (WAMPAC), i.e., PMUs, communication infrastructure, management, analysis, extraction and processing of big data, and cyber security.
- Home area network (HAN)/home energy management systems (HEMS)
- AMI metering system
- System integrity protection schemes (SIPS)
- Modern energy management systems (EMS) and distribution management systems (DMS)
- Real-time security assessment, situational awareness, prevention of power system blackouts and power system restoration
- Secure, reliable, self-healing and resilient power systems
- New solutions of ancillary services in power systems
- Power system transients and testing
- Transient processes of power systems and power electronics; electro-magnetic transients (EMT); electro-mechanical transients
- Off-line and real-time simulation of transient processes, hybrid simulation of large scale systems, co-simulation with information and communication technology (ICT)
- Complex protection and control schemes, including ICT and hardware testing
- Harmonics and power quality
- Smart distributed and autonomous energy systems
- Micro- and nano-grids, autonomous and islanded remote networks
- Smart buildings, district and cities
- Consumer-side and prosumer resource systems
- Smart demand response
- Smart distribution networks, active network management and advanced monitoring, and control and automation schemes
- Power distribution systems in ships and aircraft
- Electric vehicles and charging networks
- Distributed energy storage systems and energy resources
- Aeronautical and aerospace energy systems
- Information and communication infrastructure for future power systems
- Communication technology and protocol
- Cybersecurity
- Cyberphysical systems
- AMI metering system
- Traditional power systems
- Energy research
- Energy sources and energy carriers
- Fossil fuel (i.e., coal, gas, nuclear, oil)
- Renewable (i.e., geothermal, hydraulic, ocean, solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, solar, wind, biomass, and biofuels)
- Hydrogen
- LNG
- Microwave energy conversion
- Energy conversion
- Combustion (conventional and advanced)
- Thermal engines
- Boilers
- Heat exchangers
- Electric-, hybrid-, hydrogen-, and alternative-energy vehicles
- Energy cascading
- Energy policy
- Energy efficiency
- Energy usage management and conversion
- Environmental impacts
- Sustainable energy policy
- Exergy and energy economics
- Energy sources and energy carriers