Call For Papers
   
SCOPE

The purpose of the first International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives (POWERENG) is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners from all over the world, interested in the advances of power systems (energy and electrical drives). Five simultaneous tracks will be held, covering different aspects of Power Engineering, including Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution; Power Electronics, Systems and Applications; Electrical Machines and Adjustable Speed Drives; Renewable Energy Sources and Technology and Education Papers describing original work are invited in any of the scientific areas of the conference.
Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged.
Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of POWERENG. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Both full research reports and work-in-progress reports are welcome. There will be both oral and poster sessions. A short list of selected papers from POWERENG will be published in a book by Springer.
There will be several invited keynote speakers.
Authors with experimental prototypes are encouraged to bring them along to demonstrate their performance. An exhibition area, with technical facilities, will be considered.


CONFERENCE AREAS

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following conference areas:
  1. Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution
  2. Power Electronics, Systems and Applications
  3. Electrical Machines and Adjustable Speed Drives
  4. Renewable Energy Sources and Technology
  5. Education
AREA 1: POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
1.1 Generation Systems
1.2 Protective Relaying
1.3 Modeling and Simulation
1.4 Load Modeling, Forecasting and Management
1.5 Power Quality and Grounding
1.6 Safety, Maintenance and Operation
1.7 Distribution System Planning and Reliability
1.8 Flexible AC Transmission Systems

AREA 2: POWER ELECTRONICS, SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS

2.1 Soft switching converters
2.2 Multilevel converters
2.3 Matrix converters
2.4 Emerging topologies
2.5 Power Converters Modeling, Simulation and Control
2.6 Power Factor Correctors (PFC)
2.7 EMI and over-voltage protection
2.8 Active Filters and Harmonics
2.9 Power Supplies
2.10 Power Electronics Components and Packaging
2.11 Reliability and Fault Tolerance

AREA 3: ELECTRICAL MACHINES AND ADJUSTABLE SPEED DRIVES
3.1 AC and DC Machines and Drives
3.2 Reluctance machines and drives
3.3 Permanent magnet machines and drives
3.4 Linear machines and drives
3.5 Sensorless control
3.6 Piezo and electrostatic actuators
3.7 Modeling and simulation
3.8 Maintenance and Fault Diagnosis
3.9 Electrical Vehicles
3.10 EMC related phenomena

AREA 4: RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY
4.1 Energy Management and Environmental issues
4.2 Hybrid Power Systems
4.3 Distributed and Co-Generation Systems
4.4 Wind Energy Systems
4.5 Marine Renewable Energy
4.6 Biomass Energy and Geothermal Resources
4.7 Solar Energy Systems
4.8 Hydro Power Plants
4.9 Hydrogen Systems and Fuel Cells

AREA 5: EDUCATION
5.1 Education methodology
5.2 Simulation software
5.3 Education tools
5.4 Distance education


IMPORTANT DATES

Full Paper Submission: October 16, 2006
Authors Notification: January 15, 2007
Final Paper Submission and Registration: February 19, 2007