• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.431-439
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• 2006

This paper proposes a new commutation circuit for a PWM Cuk AC-AC converter. The proposed commutation circuit utilizes a modified Undeland snubber as a commutation aid. The snubber circuit has some good features such as reduction of voltage/current stress of the main switches and improved efficiency. The experiment results show the adaptability and feasibility of the proposed commutation circuit.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.36 no.8
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• pp.547-553
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• 1987

A new control method is proposed for PWM ac chopper whcih can have the features of both linear control of the fundamental voltage and complete elimination of the harmonics up to specified order. Through theoretical investigation of the proposed method, it is found that both input and output characteristics can be improved better than those of the conventional methods. Also the newly modified triangular carrier wave is suggested to perform the above features over full control range and to implement the control circuit easily. To evaluate the performances of the proposed PWM method, the comparsion with the conventional PWM technique is made and the exterimental results are suggested.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.278-281
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• 1999

In a utility interactive photovoltaic system, a PWM inverter is used for the connection between the photovoltaic arrays and the utility. The DC current becomes pulsated causes the distortion of the AC current waveform. This paper presents the reduced pulsation of DC input current by operating the inverter with buck-boost chopper in the discontinuous conduction mode. The DC current with contains harmonics component is analyzed by means of separating into two terms of a ripple component and a direct component. The constant DC current without pulsation is supplied from photovoltaic array to the inverter. The proposed inverter system provide a sinusoidal AC current for domestic loads and the utility line with unity power factor.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.40 no.12
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• pp.1230-1241
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• 1991

Asymmetrical pulse width modulated(APWM) control technique for AC chopper is proposed which can improve the input power factor. The ideal switching function for the proposed technique is derived and its optimal slope to maintain the input power factor to unity is calculated. By digital simulation several characteristics are investigated theoretically and then compared with those of the conventional PWM and the phase angle control technique. In order to maintain the input power factor to unity the optimal slope and the average value of the ideal switching function are calculated. The experimental results show a good agreement with the calculated ones, which proves the feasibility of the proposed technique.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2004.05b
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• pp.517-520
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• 2004

In this paper, a PWM Cuk AC-AC converter is modelled by using complex circuit DQ transformation whereby the equivalent model is obtained which has the complete information of the Cuk converter. Using the model, the dynamicc characteristics equations such as state equations is analytically obtained. Finally, the PSIM simulation show the validity of the modelling and analysis.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.367-369
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• 1996

This paper proposed that a buck type AC-DC Converter for high power factor operates with four chopper connecting a number of parallel circuit. And, some simulative results on computer is included to confirm the validity of the analytical results.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1983.07a
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• pp.90-92
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• 1983

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.131-137
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• 1998

The solar cells should be operated at the maximum power point because its output characteristics are greatly fluctuated on the variation of insolation, temperature and load. Photovoltaic system needs an inverter which can interface the dc output power of solar cell with the residential ac load. The inverter has to supply a sinusoidal current and voltage to the load and the utility line with a high power factor. This paper proposes an utility interactive photovoltaic system designed with a step-up chopper and a PWM voltage source inverter. The step-up chopper operates in continuous mode by adjusting the duty ratio so that the photovoltaic system tracks the maximum power points of solar cell without any influence on the variation of insolation and temperature. The voltage source inverter operates in a manner that its output voltage is in phase with the utility voltage. The inverter supplies an ac power with high factor and low level of harmonics to the load and the utility power system.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1996.07a
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• pp.426-430
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• 1996

A new generator excitation system using a boost-buck chopper as a kind of static exciters is proposed to overcome the lack of field forcing capability of the bus fed exciter under the Input line fault condition. It increases or maintains the generator field current by boosting the field voltage in the case of the input AC line voltage drop during and immediately after a fault. The validity of the proposed excitation system is verified with the computer simulation. The generator stability according to the each difference exciter is tested using a commercial software package-CYME. The simulation results of the stability analysis on the generator with the proposed exciter is better than that of the bus fed exciter. This boost-buck chopper exciter can be simply implemented and controlled by the modem power electronics technology.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.07f
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• pp.2175-2177
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• 1998

Sunlight makes it possible to adjust scale of electric power easily as a electric energy without air pollution. Solar cell to convert the sunlight to the electric energy has DC output which is influenced on temperature and irradiation time. Conversion of DC output from the solar cell to AC is necessary due to the fact that most loads to be used currently are compatible with AC generally. In the present work, Two-phase chopper system with two seperate groups to obtain two identical DC is used to preserve the energy from the solar cell in two battery. They are controlled to be operated around maximum output of the solar cell under the condition of constant voltage. Photovoltaic system with DC${\rightarrow}$AC conversion is also investigated for big capacity and two seperated electric power using two separate inverter.