Special Session Introduction

As a major components of modern transportation system, the highway transportation system is one of the significant carbon emission contributor for the entire transportation sector. Although there are numerous of distributed renewable resources along the highway system, the varied energy resource types and heterogeneous operation conditions present challenges to fully utilize those clean energy sources for the highway transportation system. Towards the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality targets, it is important to investigate the integrated multi-energy control, operation and planning for the self-sustained highway transportation system from an energy-transportation nexus perspective. To this end, the target of this special session to address two major challenges for the low carbon driven self-sustained highway transportation system, which are 1) how to enhance the integration of distributed renewable generation, 2) how to ensure efficient, stable and reliable multi-energy conversion and control.

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Technical Outline of the Session:

The special session focuses on a hot research topic - integrated multi-energy conversion, control and operation planning related technologies for sustained highway transportation system. Novel techniques and theories in related area are encouraged in this special session. Topics of interest include (but are not limit to): planning theory and configuration method for multi-state energy system, control and optimal scheduling strategies for self-sustained highway transportation system , efficient transformation topology and control technology to support self-sustained highway transportation system , development of polymorphic energy router and efficient transformation key equipment, performance evolution and service support technology of polymorphic energy conversion equipment, comprehensive efficiency evaluation method for multi-energy conversion equipment and multi-state energy system, engineering practice of self-sustained highway transportation system , etc.

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Special Session Organizers

Jian Wang, Associate Professor, North China Electric Power University

Dr. Jian Wang received the B.S. degree and the Master's degree in electrical engineering from Shandong University, Jinan, China, in 2007 and 2010 respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in high voltage and insulation technology from the North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China, in 2017. From 2010 to 2013, he worked for the State Nuclear Power Technology Company as a power engineer. He is currently an Associate Professor with North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China. His research interests include high¨Cvoltage engineering, reliability of electrical equipment and condition monitoring and fault diagnostics.

Zhaohao Ding, Associate Professor, North China Electric Power University

Dr. Zhaohao Ding received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering and the B.A. degree in finance both from Shandong University, Jinan, China, in 2010, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA, in 2015. He is currently an Associate Professor with North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China. His research interests include power system planning and operation and power market. He was the winner of IEEE IAS outstanding young member service award in 2020. Dr. Ding is an editor for IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Industry Application and IEEE Industry Application Magazines.