• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.52 no.5
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• pp.203-210
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• 2003

This paper describes high voltage and high energy density capacitor developed for pulsed power applications. The rated voltage of the developed capacitor is DC 22 [kV], the capacitance is 206 [$\mu$F] and the energy density is about 0.7 [kJ/kg]. Polypropylene film and kraft paper were used as the dielectrics. The ratio of the thickness of each dielectric material which consists of the composite dielectric structure, stacking factor and the termination method were determined by the charging and discharging tests on model capacitors. In terms of energy density, the developed capacitor has higher energy density compared with the products of foreign leading companies. In addition, it has been proved that the life expectancy can be more over 2000 shots through the charging and discharging test. The voltage reversal factor was 20%. This capacitor can be used as numerous discharge applications such as military, medical, industrial fields.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.259-261
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• 2003

Generally, there is an input capacitor in front of PV(Photovoltaic) inverter in DG(Distributed Generation). This input capacitor mainly works in order to stabilize the PV output voltage. However, input capacitors, which are being used in domestic market are not well known about their appropriate value and also there is no information for selecting the suitable value of input capacitor. Therefore, the author suggests that the stand-alone PV inverter is considered to analyse appropriate value of input capacitor and then recommends the appropriate value of input capacitor through simulation.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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• v.58 no.2
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• pp.207-213
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• 2009

Electrolytic capacitors have been widely used in power electronics system because of the features of large capacitance, small size, high-voltage, and low-cost. Electrolytic capacitors, which is most of the time affected by aging effect, plays a very important role for the power electronics system quality and reliability. Therefore it is important to estimate the parameter of an electrolytic capacitor to predict the failure. This paper proposed a novel fault diagnosis method of an electrolytic capacitor used for voltage smoothing in boost DC converter. The equivalent series resistance(ESR) of electrolytic capacitor estimated from FFT result of filtered waveform of capacitor voltage/current. Main advantage of the proposed method include circuit simplicity and easy implementation. Simulation and experimental results are shown to verify the performance of the proposed method.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.1067-1074
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• 2018

This paper presents a control method for variable-speed motor drives that do not use a DC-link electrolytic capacitor. The proposed circuit consists of a power factor correction converter for boosting the DC-link voltage, an inverter for driving the motor, and a small DC-link film capacitor. By employing a small DC-link capacitor, the proposed circuit that is small, and a low cost and weight are achieved. However, because the DC-link voltage varies periodically, the control of the circuit is more difficult than that of the conventional method. Using the proposed control method, an inverter can be controlled reliably even when the capacitance of the DC-link capacitor is very small. Experiments are performed using a 1.5-kW inverter with a $20-{\mu}F$ DC-link capacitor, and the experimental results are analyzed thoroughly.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.605_606
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• 2009

Generally, series reactor is connected to the power capacitor in series to attenuate the distortion of voltage waveform and to reduce an inrush current of power capacitor. Also, harmonic current of power capacitor is highly dependent on the series reactor because it is operated with the power capacitor as a passive filter against nonlinear loads. In this paper, harmonic current of power capacitor from nonlinear loads is analyzed by the computer simulation and is experimentally verified.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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• v.60 no.2
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• pp.94-98
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• 2011

Electrolytic power capacitors today form essential components for virtually any power electronic system such as DC/DC converter or UPS. Frequently, electrolytic capacitors for DC link voltage smoothing are the key components which determine the life cycle of the whole unit and often are responsible for converter breakdown failures. In this paper, ethernet-based remote diagnosis system for DC voltage smoothing capacitor using DSP control board is developed. To estimate the status of the capacitor, the equivalent series resistor(ESR) of the component has to be determined. The ESR detection scheme is based on the determination of the capacitor ripple power losses calculated from DC link voltage/current measurement. Experimental results show the veridity and reliability of the proposed ethernet-based remote on-line capacitor diagnosis system.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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• v.58 no.4
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• pp.483-489
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• 2009

Electrolytic capacitors are used in variety of equipments as smoothening element of the power converters because it has high capacitance for its size and low price. Electrolytic capacitors, which is most of the time affected by aging effect, plays a very important role for the power electronics system quality and reliability. Therefore it is important to estimate the parameter of an electrolytic capacitor to predict the failure. This objective of this paper is to propose a new method to detect the rise of equivalent series resistor(ESR) in order to realize the online failure prediction of electrolytic capacitor for DC output filter of power converter. The ESR of electrolytic capacitor estimated from RMS result of filtered waveform(BPF) of the ripple capacitor voltage/current. Therefore, the preposed online failure prediction method has the merits of easy ESR computation and circuit simplicity. Simulation and experimental results are shown to verify the performance of the proposed on-line method.

• 전기의세계
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.132-140
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• 1982

Designing the capacitor-run motor for balanced operation is accompanied with the excessive capacitor value and low capacitor terminal voltage of condenser. As a solution for this problems, It was reported the design by equal volt-ampere method. The running characteristics of capacitor-run motor by this method due to the balancing point selection, however, has a room to be studied further. This paper deals with the determination of the winding ratio and capacitor value of a permarient-split capacitor motor by balanced operation and equal volt-ampere method at the different load points. The analysis of the running characteristics of a motor and its designing method also presented for both cases. It concluded that the running characteristics due to the equal volt-ampere operation are very close to the balanced operation.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07c
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• pp.1506-1508
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• 2001

We have investigated for the modeling and the simulation of the ferroelectric capacitor and MFS TFT (Metal-Ferroelectric-Semiconductor Thin Film transistor). For ferroelectric capacitor modeling, we adopted the equivalent circuit model which consists of a nonlear capacitor, a nonliner resistor, and a linear capacitor. MFS TFT have been modeled by combining the ferroelectric capacitor and Bsim3 MOSFET model. Our simulations show the characteristics of ferroelectric capacitor and MFS TFT.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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• v.57 no.3
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• pp.285-290
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• 2008

We have developed the absolute evaluation technique of capacitor and inductor by measuring the phase displacement as a function of resistance of employed resistors in voltage transformer(VT) comparator. The methods were applied to the capacitor with the range of 100 nF - $5{\mu}F$ and the inductor with the range of $100{\mu}H{\sim}1\;H$. The capacitance values of capacitor obtained using our method are consistent within the expanded uncertainty those obtained using capacitor bridge. The inductance values of inductor obtained using our method are also consistent within the expanded uncertainty those obtained using LCR meter.