Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids - Optimization, Energy Management, and Protection

Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids: Optimization, Energy Management, and Protection, a new release in the Advances in Sustainable Microgrid Technologies series, offers a comprehensive exploration of modern microgrid technologies, focusing on the integration of alternating and direct current systems. This book serves as a practical guide for foundational principles and advanced applications, addressing the complexities of design, operation, and management. By examining energy generation methods such as wind, solar, and hydrogen, the text prepares readers for real-world challenges. Detailed case studies, hands-on objectives, and worked problems foster practical learning, making this resource invaluable for students, researchers, and industry engineers invested in sustainable energy solutions.

The book not only covers power management and quality control, but also delves into risk assessment and resilience strategies for microgrids. It highlights advanced modeling techniques, fault detection, and protection using both physical and artificial intelligence methods. Guidance is provided for grid protection in normal and abnormal conditions, emphasizing the need to maintain reliable energy systems amid climate change. Clear formatting, including objectives and case studies, enhances comprehension and application.

List of contents

1. Introduction to Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids

Part I: Design, Optimization, and Control of Multi-Energy Systems in Normal Conditions
2. Comprehensive Analysis of Scenarios, Decarbonization Strategies, and Methodological Frameworks for Sustainable Power Sector Transformation
3. Optimal Design of Green Hydrogen-Ammonia-Powered Multiuse Hybrid Microgrids
4. Small-Signal Modeling and Analysis of Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids
5. Adaptive Energy Management Strategies of Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids During Normal Conditions

Part II: Secure Operation and Protection of AC/DC Microgrid during Abnormal Conditions
6. Assessment of Lightning Strikes Effects on Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids
7. Protection of Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids Against Faults and Lightning Strikes Via Novel Design of Grounding Systems
8. Fault Detection and Location In Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids Via Grounding Systems and Artificial Intelligence Methods

About the author

Sayed Abulanwar is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering of Mansoura University, Egypt. He is an Associate Editor of IET Renewable Power Generation and the Alexandria Engineering Journal. He is a Guest Editor for the IET Renewable Power Generation for Special Issue: Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Renewable Energy Systems. He is also Guest Editor for Special Issue: Planning and Operation of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, Volume II, Frontiers in Energy Research. His research includes hybrid AC/DC Microgrids, protection of AC and DC systems, wind energy conversion systems, transients in power systems and grid-connected converters.
Zhe Chen has been a full Professor with the Department of Energy Technology at Aalborg University, Denmark, since 2002, where he also leads the Wind Power System Research team. His main research interests include renewable energy, power electronics, power systems, and multi-energy systems. He has led many research projects and published more than 1000 publications in these fields. Prof. Chen is an Associate Editor for the journal IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, a member of editorial boards for many international journals, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET, London, U.K.), and a Chartered Engineer in the U.K.
Weihao Hu is currently a Full Professor and the Director of the Institute of Smart Power and Energy Systems at the University of Electronics Science and Technology of China, China. Previously, he was an Associate Professor and the Vice Program Leader of Wind Power System Research Program at Aalborg University, Denmark. He is an Associate Editor for IET Renewable Power Generation, a Guest Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy Special Issue on 'Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Modern Power Systems', the Guest Editor-in Chief of the Transactions of China Electrical Technology Special Issue on 'Planning and operation of multiple renewable energy complementary power generation systems', and the Guest Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Special Issue on 'Enabling very high penetration renewable energy integration into future power systems'. His research interests include artificial intelligence in modern power systems and renewable power generation.
Mohammad E.M. Rizk is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt, and has been a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation of Aalto University, Finland, since 2017. His research interests include power system transients, lightning overvoltages in power systems, and transient electromagnetic fields. Dr Rizk received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Mansoura University, Egypt (2007 and 2011) respectively, and his doctorate degree from Aalto University, Finland (2016).Abdelhady Ghanem is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at Mansoura University, Egypt. His research interests include electrical systems modeling, renewable power generation, power system analysis and control, grid-connected power electronics converters, fault diagnosis, and stability analysis.

Product details

• Authors: Sayed Abulanwar, Chen Zhe, Abdelhady Ghanem, Weihao Hu, Mohammad Rizk
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.04.2026
• EAN: 9780443363641
• ISBN: 978-0-443-36364-1
• Weight: 450 g
• Series: Advances in Sustainable Microgrid Technologies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Electrical, Electrical Engineering, Energy, power generation, distribution and storage, Electric motors