Scope:

The IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion publishes both research and application-oriented articles dealing with the development, design, operation, modeling, analysis, diagnostics and control of electrical equipment used to convert any kind of energy (such as mechanical, chemical and solar) into electrical energy and vice versa. Any electric power generating apparatus based on fossil, renewable, nuclear or unconventional sources and used for either centralized or distributed generation systems is of interest for the journal. The scope also includes any kind of equipment used to convert electric into mechanical power, such as electric drives, machinery and actuators. Electrical energy storage and electrical energy production from storage are covered. Power electronics and control should not be the primary research contribution of the papers. They are of interest only when they are part of the energy conversion process being described, such as power electronics converters treated as a part of electric drives, or grid interfaces for electric power generation or electric energy storage devices.

Topics within the journal scope:

Electric Machinery:

Direct current machines
Permanent magnet machinery systems
Switched and variable reluctance machines
Integral horsepower induction machinery
Wound rotor induction machinery
Single phase induction motors
Electronic drives for electric machinery
Induction generators for grid and isolated applications
Synchronous generators
Motor/generator sets for pumped storage
Synchronous motors
Electrical machinery theory
Numerical analysis of electric machinery
Power processing equipment
Insulation for electric machinery
Application of magnetic materials to electric machinery
Application of superconducting materials to electric machinery

Energy Development and Power Generation:

Excitation systems
Power system stabilizers
Advanced and renewable energy technologies
Station design, operations and control
Modeling, simulation and control of power plants (electrical aspects)
Monitoring and instrumentation of power plants (electrical aspects)
Control of distributed generation
Hydroelectric power plants (electrical aspects)
International practices in energy development
Solar/photovoltaic
Wind
Biomass
Batteries
Magnetohydrodynamics
Fuel cells
Superconducting magnetic energy storage
Flywheels, mechanical, hydraulic energy storage
Distributed storage
Industrial/commercial energy conservation
Grid interconnection
Tidal/wave power
Other

Nuclear Power Engineering:

Nuclear power plant controls (electrical aspects)
Modeling, simulation and control (electrical aspects)
Monitoring and instrumentation (electrical aspects)

Examples of topics out-of-scope:

Papers without a clear focus on electrical and electronics engineering aspects
Papers dealing with power transformers
Papers dealing with power system topics without a focus on energy conversion units
Papers dealing with power electronics without any link to energy conversion apparatus such as electrical drives, electrical power production or electrical energy storage equipment