2026 6th International Conference on Smart Grid and Energy Internet (SGEI 2026)

专题：Key Technologies for Protection and Control in Smart Grid

Key Technologies for Intelligent Management, State Prediction, and Safe Operation of Energy Storage Systems

This special session focuses on key technologies for intelligent management, state prediction, and safe operation of energy storage systems. With the large-scale application and high-proportion integration of energy storage in modern power systems, energy storage has become an indispensable core supporting component for system stable operation, renewable energy accommodation and flexible regulation. However, energy storage systems are facing prominent challenges such as low efficiency of battery equalization management, insufficient accuracy of state and life prediction, hidden dangers of operational safety, lack of intelligent full-lifecycle management means, and mismatch between converter performance and system operation requirements. Aiming at the above key technical pain points, this workshop focuses on cutting-edge technologies including active equalization control, state estimation, safety early warning, artificial intelligence fulllifecycle empowerment and highperformance converter design. It deeply discusses advanced theories, innovative methods, engineering verification and practical application cases in related fields, builds an academic and technical exchange platform for researchers, engineers and industrial practitioners, promotes the deep integration of cuttingedge technologies and energy storage engineering applications, and boosts the technological iteration and high-quality development of energy storage equipment and system operation. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

1. Active equalization and intelligent operation & maintenance of battery energy storage systems
2. State estimation and lifetime prediction of energy storage batteries
3. Safety management and early warning technologies for energy storage batteries
4. Artificial intelligence applications throughout the battery lifecycle
5. Converter topologies and control strategies for battery energy storage systems

Chair:

Xianbin Qi, Hefei University of Technology, China

Xianbin Qi is anAssociateProfessor and doctoral supervisor at Hefei University of Technology. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2019 and 2024, respectively. From 2022 to 2023, he was a visiting scholar at Aalborg University in Denmark. He has published over 30 high-level SCI/EI papers as the first/corresponding author and has been authorized or filed for more than 40 national invention patents. His research focuses on battery active systems, high-efficiency power conversion technologies for power electronics, special power supplies, and high-performance power conversion equipment.

Co-chairs:

Lizhou Liu, Sichuan University, China

Lizhou Liu is an Associate Researcher and Master’s Supervisor at Sichuan University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Southwest Jiaotong University in 2021. From 2022 to 2023, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University. As the first or corresponding author, he has published over 20 high-impact SCI/EI papers, including two ESI highly cited papers. His research interests primarily focus on battery voltage equalization systems, wireless power transfer systems, and power electronics converter topologies and control technologies.

Changsong Cai, Wuhan University, China

Changsong Cai is anAssociateProfessor and doctoral supervisor at Wuhan University. He is honored asthe “Chutian Scholar” of Hubei Province andthe “Youth Talent Support Program” by the China Association for Science and Technology. From 2015 to 2020, he pursued consecutive master’s and doctoral studies at Wuhan University, earning both his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering. From 2019 to 2020, he was a joint Ph.D. student at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. From 2021 to 2023, he conducted postdoctoral research at Wuhan University and then joined the faculty. He has been selected for the global top 2% of scientists list. His research focuses on high-efficiency power conversion and electromagnetic regulation, wireless power transfer in multiple scenarios, and intelligent sensing and monitoring of power systems.

Binxin Zhu, China Three Gorges University China

Binxin Zhu is aProfessor and doctoral supervisor at China Three Gorges University, recognized as a “Three Gorges Scholar”, an IEEE Senior Member, and a recipient of a provincial talent program. He serves as the Director of the Hubei Provincial Engineering Research Center for Microgrid. From 2022 to 2025, he has been consecutively listed in Stanford University's global top 2% of scientists. He was a visiting scholar at Queensland University of Technology in Australia. As the first and second completee, he received one second prize and one third prize of the Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award. He has published over 60 SCI/EI papers as the first or corresponding author and has been granted 73 invention patents as the first inventor. His research focuses on power conversion for new energy and energy storage, ultra-high frequency power conversion, and DC microgrid planning and operation control technologies.