Electric Power Components and Systems publishes original theoretical and applied papers of permanent reference value related to the broad field of electric machines and drives, power electronics converters, electromechanical devices, electrical equipment, renewable and sustainable electric energy applications, and power systems.


Specific topics covered include:

    Electric machines
    Solid-state control of electric machine drives
    Power electronics converters
    Electromagnetic fields in energy converters
    Renewable energy generators and systems
    Power system planning
    Transmission and distribution
    Power system protection
    Dispatching and scheduling
    Stability, reliability, and security
    Renewable energy integration
    Smart-grid and micro-grid technologies

All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Editor-in-Chief 

Dan M. Ionel 
Professor and L. Stanley Pigman Chair in Power 
University of Kentucky 
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Eng., 
689 F. Paul Anderson Tower 
Lexington, KY 40506-0046 


EDITOR EMERITUS 
  
JIM CATHEY 
(1941-2013) 


FOUNDING EDITOR 
  
S. A. NASAR 
(1932-2012) 


CONSULTING EDITORS 
  
I. Boldea 
University Politehnica 
EE Department 
Timisoara, Romania 

M. E. El-Hawary 
Dalhousie University 
Electrical and Computer Engineering 
P.O. Box 1000 
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 2X4 

G. T. Heydt 
Director, Center for Power Quality 
School of Electrical Engineering 
Arizona State University 
P.O. Box 875706 
Tempe, Arizona 85287-5706, USA 


Editors 

A. Y. Abdelaziz 
Ain Shams University, Egypt 
  
R. C. Bansal 
The University of Queensland, Australia 
  
W. Cao 
Aston University, UK 

S. Doolla 
Indian Institute of Technology Mombay, India 

T. Dragicevic 
Aalborg University, Denmark 

Y. Duan 
Toshiba International Corp., USA 

Y. Fu 
Mississippi State University, USA 

N. Kang 
Argonne National Lab, USA 

Z. Li 
Illinois Institute of Technology, USA 
  
Y. Liao 
University of Kentucky, USA 
  
F. Marignetti 
University of Cassino and Southern Latium, Italy 
  
A. R. Messina 
Cinvestav of IPN, Mexico 
  
D. K. Mohanta 
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (Ranchi), India 

A. Nasiri 
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA 
  
T. Nguyen 
Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities, USA 

R. Qu 
Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China 

A. K. Rathore 
Concordia University, Canada 
  
M. J. B. Reddy 
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India 
  
B. Sarlioglu 
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA 

W. Wu 
Tsinghua University, China 

Z. Xu 
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 

P. Zhang 
University of Connecticut, USA 

P. Zhou 
ANSYS Inc., Pittsburgh, US 


Pre-Production Editor 

J. He 
Global Research Center, General Electric 


Editorial Board 

A.Y. Abdelaziz - Egypt 
M. P. Aghababa - Iran 
K. H. Ahmed - UK 
S. A. Al-Mawsawi - Bahrain 
M. A. Awadallah - Egypt 
R.C. Bansal - South Africa 
R. Billinton - Canada 
F. Blaabjerg - Denmark 
L. J. Bohmann - USA 
I. Boldea - Romania 
W. Cao -  UK 
J. P. S. Catalão - Portugal 
A. Chakraborty - USA 
C. Chakraborty - India 
H.-D. Chiang - USA 
O. Crisan - USA 
M. L. Crow - USA 
S. Doolla - India 
T. Dragicevic - Denmark 
Y. Duan - USA 
J. F. Eastham - UK 
C. Edrington - USA 
M.E. El-Hawary - Canada 
A. El-Nady - Egypt 
E. El-Saadany - Canada 
Q. Fu - USA 
Y. Fu - USA 
G. Gross - USA 
H. M. Hasanien - Egypt 
J. He - USA 
G. T. Heydt - USA 
S. M. Hsu - USA 
D. M. Ionel - USA 
R. Jabr - Lebanon 
N. Kang - USA 
Y. Karnavas - Greece 
J. L. Kirtley - USA 
A. Knight - Canada 
J. W. Lamont - USA 
J. Li - USA 
W. Li - Canada 
Z. Li - USA 
Y. Liao - USA 
O. P. Malik - Canada 
M. I. Marei - Egypt 
F. Marignetti - Italy 
K. Meng - Australia 
A. R. Messina - Mexico 
D. K. Mohanta - India 
A. Nasiri - USA 
T. Nguyen - USA 
E. S. Obe - Nigeria 
M. Orabi - Egypt 
T. Overbye - USA 
A. Pahwa - USA 
A. G. Phadke - USA 
M. Popescu - UK 
R. Qu - China 
A. K. Rathore - Singapore 
M. J. B. Reddy - India 
P. Rodriguez - Spain 
B. Sarlioglu - USA 
Bhim Singh - India 
Bindeshwar Singh - India 
S. Suryanarayanan - USA 
J. Talaq - Bahrain 
Z. Tate - Canada 
M. Tursini - Italy 
J. G. Vlachogiannis - Greece 
W. Wangdee - Thailand 
K. P. Wong - Hong Kong 
W. Wu - China 
K. Xie - China 
Z. Xu - Hong Kong 
H. Zeineldin - UAE 
P. Zhang - USA 
Peng Zhang - USA 
X.-P. Zhang - UK 
J. Zhao - Australia 
P. Zhou - USA