• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.67 no.7
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• pp.846-853
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• 2018

In this paper, an improved model predictive control (MPC) method is proposed, which reduces the amount of calculations caused by the increased number of candidate voltage vectors with the increased voltage level in multi-level inverters. When the conventional MPC method is used for multi-level inverters, all candidate voltage vectors are considered to predict the next-step current value. However, in the case that the sampling time is short, increased voltage level makes it difficult to consider the all candidate voltage vectors. In this paper, the improved MPC method which can get a fast transient response is proposed with a small amount of the computation by adding new candidate voltage vectors that are set to find the optimal vector. As a result, the proposed method shows faster transient response than the method that considers the adjacent vectors and reduces the computational burden compared to the method that considers the whole voltage vector. the performance of the proposed method is verified through simulations and experiments.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.128-130
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• 2006

We introduce 2[MVA] 3300[V] 7-level voltage source inverter system developed by POSCON and describe the main characteristics of inverter system i.e. PWM converter, H-bridge power module, phase shifted carrier PWM The PWM converter is a three-phase boost converter, which operates in a 4-quadrant and in a nearly unit displacement power factor. Experimental waveforms are also presented to verify the proposed method and performance of the developed system.

• KIEE International Transactions on Power Engineering
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• v.5A no.1
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• pp.22-30
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• 2005

The PWM inverter drive may cause an over voltage at the motor terminal, which imposes severe electric stresses on the inter-turn insulation of motor windings. Unlike low-voltage induction motors, high-voltage induction motors have a stator type of form-wound coil for insulation and are insulated to the slot and the coil. So, this paper presents a PWM 3-level inverter, H-Bridge cascaded 7-level inverter and High-voltage induction motor model. It then analyzes the voltage that generates at the input terminal of the high-voltage induction motor fed by each inverter. Also, in order to examine a factor that influences the switching surge voltage, this paper proposes the system equivalent model and performs the case studies using EMTP.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.45-52
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• 2006

In this paper, we analyze on the effect of LCR filter to mitigate transient overvoltage on the high voltage induction motor fed by H-bridge cascaded 7-level inverter. The switching surge voltage that it was occurred in inverter appears transient overvoltage at the motor input terminal. the transient overvoltage becomes the major cause to occur the insulation failure by serious voltage stress in the stator winding of high voltage induction motor. The effect of transient overvoltage appears more serious in high voltage induction motor than low voltage induction motor. We selected LCR filter for reduction of the transient overvoltage. Consequently, we demonstrated that the LCR filter connected to the invertor output terminals greatly reduces the transient voltage stress and ringing. The results of simulation show the suppression of transient overvoltage at the motor end of a long cable. using EMTP

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.488-498
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• 2014

This paper presents an implementation of selective harmonic elimination (SHE) modulation for a single-phase 13-level transistor-clamped H-bridge (TCHB) based cascaded multilevel inverter. To determine the optimum switching angle of the SHE equations, the Newton-Raphson method is used in solving the transcendental equation describing the fundamental and harmonic components. The proposed SHE scheme used the relationship between the angles and a sinusoidal reference waveform based on voltage-angle equal criteria. The proposed SHE scheme is evaluated through simulation and experimental results. The digital modulator based-SHE scheme using a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) is described and has been implemented on an Altera DE2 board. The proposed SHE is efficient in eliminating the $3^{rd}$, $5^{th}$, $7^{th}$, $9^{th}$ and $11^{th}$ order harmonics, which validates the analytical results. From the results, it can be seen that the adopted 13-level inverter produces a higher quality with a better harmonic profile and sinusoidal shape of the stepped output waveform.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.399-403
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• 2005

In this paper, we analyze on the effect of RC filter to mitigate transient overvoltage on the high voltage induction motor fed by H-bridge cascaded 7-level inverter. The switching surge voltage becomes the major cause to occur the insulation failure by serious voltage stress in the stator winding of high voltage induction motor. The effect of switching surge appears more serious in high voltage induction motor than low voltage induction motor. Consequently, we demonstrated that the RC filter connected to the motor terminals greatly reduces the transient voltage stress md ringing. The results of simulation show the suppression of transient overvoltage at the motor end of a long cable. using EMTP

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.41-42
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 보조회로 및 양방향 컨버터를 추가한 H-bridge 모듈 3개를 직렬 결합하여 7레벨과 27레벨의 선택적 출력전압 생성이 가능한 멀티레벨 인버터 구조를 제안한다. 제안된 회로의 입력전압원 크기는 서로 동일하며, 최초 7레벨의 출력전압을 생성하다가 양질의 출력전압을 필요로 할 경우 27레벨의 출력전압을 생성할 수 있으며, 7레벨 및 27레벨 출력전압에 대한 동작 특성을 해석하고 시뮬레이션을 통해 타당성을 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.954-955
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 기존 직렬결합 커패시터 입력단을 갖는 7-레벨 인버터에 커패시터 전압균형 제어법을 적용하여 출력 전압의 중간레벨 구간이 제대로 형성되지 않는 문제점을 해결하고자 한다. 기존에 제시된 직렬결합 커패시터 입력단 구성을 갖는 7-레벨 인버터는 2개의 양방향 스위치모듈과 3개의 직렬 연결된 커패시터를 이용한 변형된 Cascaded H-bridge 인버터이다. 기존 논문에서는 입력 전압원으로부터 3개의 직렬 연결된 커패시터의 충전을 통해 레벨을 형성하는 과정에서 커패시터 전압불균형 문제를 해결하지 못하여 결국 출력전압레벨이 7-레벨에서 5-레벨로 감소하는 것을 볼 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 세 개의 직렬결합된 커패시터중 중앙에 위치한 커패시터의 충 방전량을 조절하여 커패시터 전압불균형 문제를 해결한다. 제어법의 타당성은 PSIM 기반의 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통하여 기존 스위칭 제어법과 비교하여 검증한다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.1186-1194
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• 2017

This paper proposes an improved low frequency Selective Harmonic Mitigation-PWM (SHM-PWM) technique. The proposed method mitigates the low order harmonics of the output voltage up to the $50^{th}$ harmonic well and satisfies the grid codes EN 50160 and CIGRE-WG 36-05. Using a modified criterion for the switching angles, the range of the modulation index for non-linear SHM equations is improved, without increasing the switching frequency of the CHB converter. Due to the low switching frequency of the CHB converter, mitigating the harmonics of the converter up to the $50^{th}$ order and finding a wider modulation index range, the size and cost of the passive filters can be significantly reduced with the proposed technique. Therefore, the proposed technique is more efficient than the conventional SHM-PWM. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed method, a 7-level Cascaded H-bridge (CHB) converter is utilized for the study. Simulation and experimental results confirm the validity of the above claims.