• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.07a
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• pp.181-183
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• 2002

Complete load model of the substation not only should include the performances of the load components, but also should take into consideration the core losses of transformers, the line losses and the capacitor banks. In an actual distribution system, the control scheme of capacitor banks are so complex and is difficult to identify actual values for the reactive powers of capacitor banks. This research improves on this drawback by applying component-based modeling method including a capacitor banks in distribution systems. Initial differences between the model results and the actual values for reactive powers are later decreased by the proposed method.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.315-321
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• 2007

The fast charging photoflash capacitor charger with wide range current limiter is presented. By using proposed control logic block and wide range current limiter, the photoflash capacitor charger can reduce charging time and control life of battery for user convenience. The proposed photoflash capacitor charger has 3s charging time at 3.3V battery voltage, 1.2A current limit condition. It is well-suited for portable device application like digital camera, digital video camera, and mobile phone with camera.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.57 no.5
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• pp.748-754
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• 2008

The general capacitor placement problem is a combinatorial optimization problem having an objective function composed of power losses and capacitor installation costs subject to bus voltage constraints. In this paper, a global optimization technique, which employing the chaos search algorithm, is applied to solve optimal capacitor placement problem with reducing computational effort and enhancing global optimality of the solution. Chaos method in optimization problem searches the global optimal solution on the regularity of chaotic motions and easily escapes from local or near optimal solution than stochastic optimization algorithms. The chaos optimization method is tested on 9 buses and 69 buses system to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.329-334
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• 2011

The electrochemical performances of an asymmetric hybrid capacitor were investigated using $LiFePO_4$ as the positive electrode and active carbon fibers(ACF) as the negative electrode. The electrochemical behaviors of a nonaqueous hybrid capacitor were characterized by constant current charge/discharge test. The specific capacitance using $LiFePO_4$/ACF electrode turned out to be $0.87F/cm^2$ and the unit cell showed excellent cycling performance. This hybrid capacitor was able to deliver a specific energy as high as 178 Wh/kg at a specific power of 1,068 W/kg.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.237-243
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• 1992

The large value of the snubber capacitor is needed to protect the devices in high voltage converters using series connected power semiconductors. But that results in more losses and longer commutation time. So, new technique of series connection is required, which can minimize the value of snubber capacitor and also promote the reliability of high voltage converters. We study on the switching characteristics of series connected power semiconductors and then propose a novel switching algorithm for series-connection which is able to implement not only the dynamic voltage balancing in spite of the differerce of switching characteristics, but the minimization of the value of snubber capacitor, through the change of the value of snubber capacitor by Miller effect. Finally, we illustrate the validity of this synchronization by computer simulation and experimental results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.08a
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• pp.334-334
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• 2011

본 연구는 바늘 형 전극을 가진 대기압 방전 Plasma jet에서 Capacitor 값의 변화를 주어 방전 전압-전류 특성을 찾고자 한다. 유리관 내부의 주사기 바늘에 교류 고전압을 인가하였고, inverter와 고전압 전극 사이에 5.0 pF, 7.5 pF, 13.5 pF, 27.0 pF 다섯 가지의 Capacitor를 연결하였다. 작은 Capacitor 값을 연결했을 때, 방전 개시 전압이 낮았다. 또한, 같은 구조의 Plasma jet를 알루미늄 판에 조사하여 전압과 전류의 변화를 알아보았다. 유리관 밖으로 방출되는 플라즈마 제트를 알루미늄 판에 조사했을 때, Output Voltage와 Output Current가 감소하는 경향을 보였다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.269-278
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• 1989

When the induction motor is operated by CSI, the commutation capacitance in the CSI circuit is increased according to the increase of large capacitor system. The output voltage spikes are generated at the moment of charge and discharge of the commutation capacitor. Also, since output current comprise a great number of harmonics, torque ripples of the motor are generated, having bad effects on the motor. In this study, by adopting the 18-phase multiple high Frequency Current Source Inverter (HFCSI), torque ripples generated by the voltage spikes are mostly eliminated except the 17th and 19th harmonics. To reduce the voltage spikes comprised in the output voltage, particularly, the methods of eliminating the cause of bad effect upon the motor are proposed in this paper. In the proposed method, by using additional voltage Clamping Curcuit (VCC), it is possible to select the values of commutation capacitor energy loss in commutating, the commutating capacitor, and the capacitor in the clamping circuit.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.50 no.7
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• pp.338-346
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• 2001

In this paper, dc link currents for the three-phase diode rectifiers and PWM inverters are analyzed and an algorithm of estimating the life of dc link electrolytic capacitors using the analyzed ripple current is presented. Since the capacitor life is dependent on the operating temperature, the power dissipation in capacitors should be calculated. For this, the ESR(equivalent series resistance) model of the capacitor is derived and ripple currents through the capacitor are analyzed. Relating the power dissipation and the heat transfer equation, the internal operating temperature is calculated. Then, the capacitor life can be predicted by using Arrhenius's equation. An example for applications is given for the practical system.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07a
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• pp.10-12
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• 2001

This paper presents a study of transient overvoltages caused by capacitor switching on the utility distribution system. Capacitor banks used for power factor correction and voltage regulation can improve efficiency of the power system. But transient voltages due to capacitor switching on the utility system affect the sensitive customer load equipments. If Distributed Generation System (DGS) is involved in the system, the problems become more serious. In this paper, effect of transient voltages at the customer load created by utility capacitor switching is analyzed by simulations Solutions to this problem are presented.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.5-8
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• 2009

The reliability of multilayer ceramic capacitor with active thin dielectric layer was investigated by highly accelerated life test at various stress condition. The distribution of multilayer ceramic capacitor failure times is plotted as a function of time from Weibull distribution function. According to the test result, voltage acceleration factor is obtained from 2.24 to 2.96. The acceleration by temperature is much higher than other values of active thick dielectric layer. It is clear that median time to failure is affected by the stress voltage for high volumetric efficiency ceramic capacitors with active thin dielectric layer. The degradation under stress of voltage involves electromigration and accumulation of oxygen vacancy at Ni electrode interface of cathode.