• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.203-207
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• 2021

This study presents the development of dielectric constant sensors to measure lubricant properties. The lubricant oil sensor is used to measure oil properties and machine conditions. Various condition monitoring methods are applied to diagnose machine conditions. Machine condition monitoring using oil sensors has advantage over other machine condition monitoring methods. The fault conditions can be noticed at the early stages by the detection of wear particles using oil sensors. Therefore, it provides an early warning in the failure procedure. A variety of oil sensors are applied to check the machine condition. Among all oil sensors, only one sensor can measure the tendency of several properties such as acidity and water content. A dielectric constant sensor is also used to measure various oil properties; therefore, it is very useful. The dielectric constant is the ratio of the capacitance of a capacitor using that material as a dielectric to that of a similar capacitor using vacuum as its dielectric. The dielectric constant has an effect on water content, contaminants, base oil, additive, and so forth. In this study, the dielectric constant sensor is fabricated using MEMS process. In the fabrication process, the shape, gap of the electrode array, and thickness of the insulation material are considered to improve the sensitivity of the sensor.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1998년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1220-1223
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• 1998

High Power Laboratory is the facility for building to simulate the various phenomena generated from electric systems of the real world and to test making and breaking capability, switching capability and durability of circuit breaker, switchgear and other electric utilities, moreover, load equipments which contain capacitor bank is installed for studying the diverse effects originated from the constituent of load through entire systems or receiving end. Such factors, abnormal voltage or current, can be serious in electrical systems, especially, in the case caused by capacitive components such as overvoltage or inrushcurrent, the problems may be more fatal to the systems. In this paper, the optimal design of capacitor bank which will be equipped in High Power Laboratory, which is for simulating as closely as the practical phenomena resulted from the capacitive currents, and the verification aided by computer simulations are presented. For this, analysis of the circuit characteristics according to the standards which can be criteria of the capacitive current tests and the test circuit configuration in accordance with the analysis are proposed in prelude. In the body of the paper the optimal design of capacitor bank has been obtained on the basis of all conditions mentioned above and the test circuit configuration with LGIS test requirements. furthermore, analysis and verification for the design are derived by EMTP. finally, evaluation for the capacitor bank design and further study plan are concluded.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2006년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.7
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• pp.321-322
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• 2006

The electrical properties of PZT thin film capacitor on TiN/W plug structure were investigated for high density ferroelectric memory devices. In order to enhance the ferroelectric properties of PZT capacitor, the process conditions of bottom electrodes were optimized. The fabricated PZT capacitor on TiN/W plug showed good remanent polarization, leakage current, and contact resistance of TiN/W plug, which were $33\;{\mu}C/cm^2$, $1.2{\times}10^{-6}\;A/cm^2$, and 5.3 ohm/contact, respectively.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.5-13
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• 1976

개소린 엔진 자동차의 연료절차, 공해감소, 보수경감을 목적으로 용량방전점화장치(CDI)를 해석적 및 실험적으로 설계하는 과정을 기술하였다. 특히 방전시스템에 대한 간단한 모델을 사용함으로써 점화코일의 입출력전압, 전류를 계산하였다. 그 결과 실험치와 비교하였으며 이로 부터 최적점화조건을 만족하기 위한 방전용량, SCR 및 다이오드의 정격과 DC-DC 콘버터의 소요출력전압을 결정하였다. 또 과도한 dv/dt 및 di/dt에 대한 SCR의 보호회로를 해석하고 그 결과를 관측된 결과를 관측된 결과와 비교하였는데 이로써 SCR선택과 보호회로 및 트리거 회로 설계가 용이하게 된다. 더우기 DC-DC콘버터의 거동에 대한 실험적 결과를 해석하므로써 콘버터 설계를 간이화하였다. 실용적인 CDI장치를 시작하였으며 이것은 실험실 및 노상 시험에서 만족할만한 성능을 나타냈다. 그 시험결과도 아울러 보고한다. An analytical and experimental design procedure is described for the Capacitor Discharge Ignition (CDI) System with a view to fuel saving ann reduction of gas exhaustion and maintenance need. Specifically, the input and output voltage and current of a given ignition coil were calculated by using a simplified circuit model for the discharging system. The results were compared with the experimental results, from which ratings of the charging capacitor, the SCR and the diodes and the required output valtage of the DC·DC converter were determined so as to satisfy the optimum ignition conditions. Protection circuits for excessive dv/dt and di/dt for the SCR were also analyzed and the results were compared with the observed results, which facilitate selection of the SCR and design of the protection circuit and the trigger circuit. Also, design of the DC·DC converter was simplified based on the analysis and experimental results of the behavior of the converter, An experimental, yet practical CDI system was built, which showed satisfactory performance in the laboratory and field tests. The results were also reported.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.203-210
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• 2005

IMT2000과 같은 휴대용 무선통신 시스템을 위한 혼성마이크로 동력원에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 혼성마이크로 동력원은 태양전지, 슈퍼커패시터, 리튬이온 전지로 이루어져 있다. 주기적인 펄스성 부하에 대응하기 위하여, 슈퍼 커패시터가 리튬이온 전지와 병렬로 연결되어 펄스전류를 흡수한다. 태양전지는 배터리에 전류를 공금하며, 최대전력점에서 동작하도록 제어된다. 펄스성 부하에도 적용될 수 있는 최대전력점 추적기법이 소개되며, 실험을 통해서 완벽한 추적성능을 입증하였다. 혼성마이크로 동력원들 간의 매칭을 위한 제어기 설계 기법이 제시되며, 실험을 통해 성능을 입증하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.346-357
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• 2017

The Modular Multilevel Converter (MMC) is particularly attractive for medium and high power applications such as High-Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) systems. In order to reach a high voltage, the number of cascaded submodules (SMs) is generally very large. Thus, in the applications with hundreds or even thousands of SMs such as MMC-HVDCs, the sorting algorithm of the conventional voltage balancing strategy is extremely slow. This complicates the controller design and increases the hardware cost tremendously. This paper presents a Two-Way Merge Sort (TWMS) strategy based on the prediction of the capacitor voltages under ideal conditions. It also proposes an innovative Insertion Sort Correction for the TWMS (ISC-TWMS) to solve issues in practical engineering under non-ideal conditions. The proposed sorting methods are combined with the features of the MMC-HVDC control strategy, which significantly accelerates the sorting process and reduces the implementation efforts. In comparison with the commonly used quicksort algorithm, it saves at least two-thirds of the sorting execution time in one arm with 100 SMs, and saves more with a higher number of SMs. A 501-level MMC-HVDC simulation model in PSCAD/EMTDC has been built to verify the validity of the proposed strategies. The fast speed and high efficiency of the algorithms are demonstrated by experiments with a DSP controller (TMS320F28335).

• Carbon letters
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.78-85
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• 2015

Activated carbons (ACs) were prepared by activation of coal tar pitch (CTP) in the range of $700^{\circ}C-1000^{\circ}C$ for 1-4 h using potassium hydroxide (KOH) powder as the activation agent. The optimal activation conditions were determined to be a CTP/KOH ratio of 1:4, activation temperature of $900^{\circ}C$, and activation time of 3 h. The obtained ACs showed increased pore size distribution in the range of 1 to 2 nm and the highest specific capacitance of 122 F/g in a two-electrode system with an organic electrolyte, as measured by a charge-discharge method in the voltage range of 0-2.7 V. In order to improve the performance of the electric double-layer capacitor electrode, various mixtures of CTP and petroleum pitch (PP) were activated at the optimal activation conditions previously determined for CTP. Although the specific capacitance of AC electrodes prepared from CTP only and the mixtures of CTP and PP was not significantly different at a current density of 1 A/g, the AC electrodes from CTP and PP mixtures showed outstanding specific capacitance at higher current rates. In particular, CTP-PP61 (6:1 mixture) had the highest specific capacitance of 132 F/g, and the specific capacitance remained above 90% at a high current density of 3 A/g. It was found that the high specific capacitance could be attributed to the increased micro-pore volume of ACs with pore sizes from 1 to 2 nm, and the high power density could be attributed to the increased meso-pore volume.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.1894-1903
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• 2016

In general, electrolytic capacitors are used to reduce power pulsations on PV-panels. However, this can reduce the reliability of the PV AC-module system, because electrolytic capacitors have a shorter lifetime than PV-panels. In addition, PV-panels generate irregular power and inject it into the grid because the output power of a PV-panel depends on the surrounding conditions such as irradiation and temperature. To solve these problems, a grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) AC-module with active power decoupling and energy storage is proposed. A parallel bi-directional converter is connected to the AC module to reduce the output power pulsations of PV-panels. Thus, the electrolytic capacitor can be replaced with a film capacitor. In addition, the irregular output power due to the surrounding conditions can be regulated by using a parallel energy storage circuit. To maintain the discontinuous conduction mode at low irradiation, the frequency control method is adopted. The design method of the proposed converter and the operation principles are introduced. An experimental prototype rated at 125W was built to verify the performance of the proposed converter.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 시스템 모듈에서 발생하는 EMI를 줄이기 위해 분할된 전원/접지 평판 구조에 의해 발생하는 방사성 방출(Radiated emission)을 분석하였다. 분석을 위해 다양한 조건을 갖는 시험 기판(Test board)에 대한 자기장과 전기장을 시뮬레이션하고 측정하여 비교하였다. 이 분석 결과는 입력 신호의 주파수 대역에서 반사계수의 위상이 $0^{\circ}$에 근접하도록 하며, 입력 신호의 주파수와 분할된 전원/접지 평판 구조의 공진주파수가 일치하지 않도록 분할된 접지 갭의 폭과 위치를 결정함으로써 방사성 방출을 줄일 수 있음을 보여준다. 또한, 스티칭 커패시터(Stitching capacitor)를 사용하여 방사성 방출을 저감시킬 수 있으며, 방사성 방출을 효과적으로 저감시키기 위해 입력 신호의 주파수에서 반사계수의 크기를 낮추고 위상이 $0^{\circ}$에 근접하도록 스티칭 커패시터의 값과 위치를 결정할 필요가 있음을 알 수 있다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.104-112
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 FACTS 기기의 일종인 전력조류 극대화 및 제어 기능과 함께 외란에 의한 과도시의 전력계통 안정화 기능을 수행할 수 있는 TCSC용 전력시스템 안정화 장치 설계에 대하여 연구하였다. TCSC용 전력시스템 안정화 장치 설계시 파라미터 선정은 복잡한 수식이 필요 없고 계산시간을 감소시키며 적은 반복횟수로도 최적해를 찾을 수 있는 자연 생태계의 진화를 모의한 유전 알고리즘을 이용하였다. 전력 시스템의 저주파 진동에 강인성을 갖는 TCSC는 TCR(Thyristor Controlled Reactor)과 커패시터의 병렬구조에 의해 용량성과 유도성에 걸친 범위가지 연속적으로 제어할 수 있는 구조로 이루어져 있다. 이러한 제안된 방법의 강인성을 검증하기 위해 여러 가지 운전조건에 대해 전력계통 안정도 및 고유치를 해석하여 기존의 안정화 장치를 적용한 경우와 비교함 으로써 유용성을 입증하였다.