• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.07f
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• pp.2030-2032
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• 1998

It is always necessary to high performance power supplies for the magnet system in the accelerator, especially when the number of power supplies are large. When have developed the compact power supply using switching technology instead of SCR phase control. We adopt the pulse width modulation(PWM) method with a half bridge DC/DC converter. In this way, we can make a compact system with light weight and small volume. Actual system we developed is 1.2kW, 35V/35A bipolar DC power supply current precision of +/-0.02%. It is possible to mount 10 unit in a conventional 19 rack. The built in controller has an RS422 protocol to drive 10 unit by one serial port up to 1.2km distance. If we adopt RS485 protocol, one serial port can control 32 power supplies. In this paper, we will report the design and performance of the prototype power supply.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.1422-1432
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• 2017

This paper presents a buck-boost converter-based bipolar pulse generator, which is able to generate bipolar exponential pulses across a resistive load. The concept of the proposed approach depends on operating the involved buck-boost converters in discontinuous current conduction mode with high-voltage gain and enhanced efficiency. A full design of the pulse generator and its passive components is presented to ensure generating the pulses with the desired specifications (rise time, pulse width, and pulse magnitude) for a given load resistance and input dc voltage. In case of moderate pulsed output voltages (i.e. few of kV), one module of the presented bipolar generator can be employed. While in case of high-voltage pulsed output, multi-module version can be employed, where each module is fed from an isolated dc source and their outputs are connected in series. Simulation models for the proposed approach are built to elucidate their performance in case of one-module as well as multi-module based generator. Finally, a scaled-down prototype for one-module of buck-boost converter-based bipolar pulse generator is implemented to validate the proposed concept.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.431-442
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• 2019

This paper proposes a unified high-frequency bipolar buck-boost (UHFBB) control strategy for a dual-active-bridge (DAB), which is derived from the classical buck and boost DC/DC converter. It can achieve optimized current stress of the switches and soft switching in wider range. The UHFBB control strategy includes multi-control-variables, which can be achieved according to an algorithm derived from an accurate mathematical model. The design method for the parameters, such as the transformer turns ratio and the inductance, are shown. The current stress of the switches is analyzed for selecting an optimal inductor. The analysis is verified by the experimental results within a 500W prototype.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.421-422
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 저압 직류 배전 시스템의 구성방법 중 하나인 Bipolar System을 사용할 때 서로 다른 부하용량으로 인하여 발생하는 전압 불균형 문제를 보상하는 전압밸런서와 절연형 양방향 DC-DC 컨버터가 결합된 토폴로지를 제안하였다. 제안하는 DC-DC 컨버터의 1차측은 풀 브릿지 타입, 2차측 하프 브릿지 타입의 밸런싱 회로로 구성하여 따로 밸런서 없이 DC 그리드와 태양광 발전 시스템, ESS 시스템의 연계 및 전압밸런싱이 가능하다. 이와 같은 DC-DC 컨버터를 신재생 에너지와 연계하여 저압 직류 배전 시스템의 분산 전원으로 구성하였고, 시뮬레이션을 통하여 타당성을 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.301-302
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• 2015

본 논문은 레독스 흐름 전지(Redox Flow Battery : RFB)용 양극성을 갖는 DC-DC 컨버터의 기본 동작 원리 및 최적 스위칭 기법에 관한 것이다. 양극성을 갖는 DC-DC 컨버터는 매우 낮은 배터리 전압에서도 완전 방전을 위해 고승압이 필요하고, 완전 방전 후 극성 반전이 되어 매우 낮은 전압에서도 충전이 가능하여야 한다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 동작이 요구되는 RFB용 DC-DC 컨버터의 스위칭 손실을 최소화하기 위한 스위칭 방법을 제안한다. 최종 발표 시 실험 결과를 제시하고자 한다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.1367-1379
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• 2015

A hybrid HVDC system that is composed of line commutated converter (LCC) at the rectifier side and voltage source converter (VSC) in series with LCC at the inverter side is studied in this paper. The start-up strategy, DC fault ride-through capability, and fault recovery strategy for the hybrid HVDC system are proposed. The steady state and dynamic performances under start-up, AC fault, and DC fault scenarios are analyzed based on a bipolar hybrid HVDC system. Furthermore, the immunity of the LCC inverter in hybrid HVDC to commutation failure is investigated. The simulation results in PSCAD/EMTDC show that the hybrid HVDC system exhibits favorable steady state and dynamic performances, in particular, low susceptibility to commutation failure, excellent DC fault ride-through, and fast fault recovery capability. Results also indicate that the hybrid HVDC system can be a good alternative for large-capacity power transmission over a long distance byoverhead line.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2020.08a
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• pp.118-120
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• 2020

양극성 DC 배전 시스템에는 높은 전압과 낮은 전압을 가진 두 양극성 버스가 사용된다. 두 양극성 버스간의 양방향 전력제어를 위해 DAB 컨버터가 사용된다. 또한, 양극성 DC 버스에는 두 극성에 균등한 전력 흐름이 형성되지 않기 때문에 이를 해결하는 전압 벨런서가 각각의 양극성 DC 버스마다 필요하다. 따라서 양극성 DC 배전 시스템을 구동하기 위해서는 총 3개의 전력변환장치가 필요하고 다수의 장치로 인해 전력밀도와 전력변환효율이 낮아지게 된다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 복수의 양극성 DC 버스 전압을 벨런싱하고 양방향 전력제어도 가능한 새로운 구조의 DAB 컨버터를 제안한다. 기존의 3단 구조와 달리 전력변환단계를 하나로 줄일 수 있어 전력밀도와 전력변환효율이 상승하게 된다. 제안하는 DAB 컨버터는 입력과 출력에 인덕터를 사용하여 입력과 출력에 접속되는 두 양극성 DC 버스 전압의 벨런싱을 가능하게 한다. 3-kW급 프로토타입을 통해 제안한 컨버터의 성능을 검증한다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.138.1-138.1
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• 2010

직접메탄올 연료전지는 액체 메탄올 저장의 이점을 가지고 있어 이동형 전원 등의 응용에 적합하며, 최근 군사용 통신 전원이나 노트북용 전원으로 사용하기 위한 연구가 활발히 진행 중이다. 그러나 연료전지 스스로는 초기 기동을 할 수 없고 부하의 응답 특성에 빠르게 대응하기 어렵다. 따라서 연료전지와 배터리를 하이브리드로 구성하면 이러한 문제를 해결할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 연료전지에 대한 부하가 안정되어 수명 연장에도 긍정적인 효과를 얻을 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 직접메탄올 연료전지와 리튬 이차전지를 연계하여 하이브리드 시스템을 구성하고자한다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 채널 형상에 따른 유동 및 차압을 해석하였으며, Single Cell, Short Stack 및 Stack의 특성을 평가하였다. 또한 하이브리드 시스템은 연료전지 스택, 연료전지 운전 장치, 리튬 이차전지, BMS, PCM, DC/DC Converter 등을 구성하여 시스템의 특성 등을 관찰하고자한다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.262-266
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• 2011

A simulation study of a current-mode direct current (DC)-DC boost converter is presented in this paper. This converter, with a fully-integrated power module, is implemented by using bipolar complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (BiCMOS) technology. The current-sensing circuit has an op-amp to achieve high accuracy. With the sense metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) in the current sensor, the sensed inductor current with the internal ramp signal can be used for feedback control. In addition, BiCMOS technology is applied to the converter, for accurate current sensing and low power consumption. The DC-DC converter is designed with a standard 0.35 ${\mu}m$ BiCMOS process. The off-chip inductor-capacitor (LC) filter is operated with an inductance of 1 mH and a capacitance of 12.5 nF. Simulation results show the high performance of the current-sensing circuit and the validity of the BiCMOS converter. The output voltage is found to be 4.1 V with a ripple ratio of 1.5% at the duty ratio of 0.3. The sensing current is measured to be within 1 mA and follows to fit the order of the aspect ratio, between sensing and power FET.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.360-368
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• 2017

This paper proposes the 80-kW high-efficiency bidirectional hybrid SiC boost/buck converter using droop control for DC nano-grid. The proposed converter consists of four 20-kW modules to achieve fault tolerance, ease of thermal management, and reduced component stress. Each module is constructed as a cascaded structure of the two basic bi-directional converters, namely, interleaved boost and buck converters. A six-pack hybrid SiC intelligent power module (IPM) suitable for the proposed cascaded structure is adopted for high-efficiency and compactness. The proposed converter with hybrid switching method reduces the switching loss by minimizing switching of insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT). Each module control achieves smooth transfer from buck to boost operation and vice versa, since current controller switchover is not necessary. Furthermore, the proposed parallel control using DC droop with secondary control, enhances the current sharing accuracy while well regulating the DC bus voltage. A 20-kW prototype of the proposed converter has been developed and verified with experiments and indicates a 99.3% maximum efficiency and 98.8% rated efficiency.