• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.65-71
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• 2015

This paper presents the efficiency analysis of a critical current mode interleaved PFC rectifier, in which each of three different semiconductor switches is employed as the active switch. The Si FET, SiC FET, and GaN FET are consecutively used with the prototype PFC rectifier, and the efficiency of the PFC rectifier with each different semiconductor switch is analyzed. An equivalent circuit model of the PFC rectifier, which incorporates all the internal losses of the PFC rectifier, is developed. The rms values of the current waveforms main circuit components are calculated. By adapting the rms current waveforms to the equivalent model, all the losses are broken down and individually analyzed to assess the conduction loss, switching loss, and magnetic loss in the PFC rectifier. This study revealed that the GaN FET offers the highest overall efficiency with the least loss among the three switching devices. The GaN FET yields 96% efficiency at 90 V input and 97.6% efficiency at 240 V, under full load condition. This paper also confirmed that the efficiency of the three switching devices largely depends on the turn-on resistance and parasitic capacitance of the respective switching devices.

• Journal of Power System Engineering
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.17-22
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• 2010

본 연구는 구의 과도 열전도에 의한 열손실을 계산하는 데 있어, 외부의 경계조건인 대류의 조건에 해당하는 상황을 상수 및 변수로 가정하였을 경우의 열전달문제를 해석한 것이다. 이 문제를 해결하기 위해 집중열용량법을 사용하고 있으며, 대류열전달계수의 값이 온도의 함수로 변한다고 가정하여 계산하였다. 계산을 수행한 결과 대류경계조건의 값을 상수로 가정한 경우가 열손실이 높이 평가된다는 것을 알았고, 이러한 경향을 상관식으로 정리하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.06a
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• pp.166-171
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• 2002

We are in transitional period of welding technique, which has changed from the stage of quantity and quality to the stage of future technique, imported and introduced from many advanced countries. Therefore, many researches and studies for development on high speeding and making welding machines with high effectiveness has been doing vigorously. In this dissertation, I have studied on a pulsed MAG welding machine, with which welding of thin plates may perform high speeding and effecting. First, I produced a phase shifted full bridge DC-DC convert, which is the type of reduced conduction loss and the power supply for welding machine. And then, I found out an output waveform control algorithm about one pulsed one droplet and short waveform control for thin plates with high speed by deriving the circuit model utilizing the circuit averaged method for full bridge converter.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.1336-1346
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• 2018

Wide band gap semiconductor devices such as SiC MOSFETs are becoming the preferred devices for high frequency and high power density converters due to their excellent performances. However, the proportion of the switching loss that accounts for the whole inverter loss is growing along with an increase of the switching frequency. In view of the third quadrant working characteristics of a SiC MOSFET, synchronous rectification discontinuous pulse-width modulation is proposed (SRDPWM) to further reduce system losses. The SRDPWM has been analyzed in detail. Based on a frequency domain mathematical model, a quantitative mathematical analysis of the harmonic characteristic is conducted by double Fourier transform. Meanwhile, a switching loss model and a conduction loss model of inverter for SRDPWM have been built. Simulation and experimental results verify the result of the harmonic analysis of the double Fourier analysis and the accuracy of the loss models. The efficiencies of the SRDPWM and the SVPWM are compared. The result indicates that the SRDPWM has fewer losses and a higher efficiency than the SVPWM under high switching frequency and light load conditions as a result of the reduced number of switching transitions. In addition, the SRDPWM is more suitable for SiC MOSFET converters.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.50-55
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• 2007

In this paper, we present an analytical method that provides fast and efficient evaluation of the conversion efficiency for Two transistor forward (TTF) DC-DC converter In the proposed method, the conduction losses are evaluated by calculating the effective values of the ideal current waveform first and incorporating them into an exact equivalent circuit model of the TTF converter that includes all the parasitic resistances of the circuit components. While the conduction losses are accurately accounted for the diode rectification, the core losses are assumed to be negligible in order to simplify the analysis. The validity and accuracy of the proposed method are verified with experiments on a prototype TTF converter An excellent correlation between the experiments and theories are obtained for the input voltages of 390V, output voltage 12V and maximum power 480W.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.350-353
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• 1999

This Paper Presents the optimized design of micro-heaters using 501(Si-on-insulator) substrate and oxide-filled trench structure In order to justify a lumped model approximation and thermal boundary assumptions, two-dimensional FDM(finite difference among which conduction is the dominant heat dissipation path. Compared with no-trenchs on the SOI structure, the micro-heaters with trench structures has properties of low heater loss and good thermal isolation. The simulation results show that the heater loss decreases as the number. width and distance of trenchs increases.

• The Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.30-36
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• 1993

A simple discontinuous conduction mode(DCM) flyback type active power factor corrector for low power supply resents an effective resistive load to its power input. It is therefore well suited as an inexpensive high power factor rectifier for office equipment. An equivalent circuit model for the Active Power Factor Corrector based on the "Loss Free Resistor" concept is presented. This simple model correctly describes the basic power processing properties of the Active Power Factor Corrector, including input port resistor emulation, output port power some characteristics.teristics.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.29 no.8
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• pp.419-428
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• 2017

In this study, energy loss due to ventilation load in the dock system was analyzed through simulation. Also, flow generated in the dock system of the warehouse was measured using manufactured measuring devices. Numerical simulation was conducted by simulating the most common picking tasks by examining the actual working environment. Incompressible and unsteady turbulent flows were assumed, and the turbulence model was the k-e standard model. Proper grid was selected through grid dependency test. Measurement was conducted using Honeywell and Vaisala sensors, and flow and temperature inside the warehouse were measured and compared with simulation results to validate simulation. When comparing amount of loss occurring in two hours and amount of loss occurring in 15 minutes, docking time of the former was eight times longer but energy loss was 3.8 times lower. Ventilation load occurring during the initial period after opening docking system accounted for a large proportion of total ventilation load. Also, comparing the load when the dock was closed and the load when the truck was parked, ventilation load was significantly higher than load due to heat conduction from the wall. Therefore, in improving the docking system, it is effective to reduce the gap by improving compatibility of the docking system and truck, rather than wall material.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.62-65
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• 2014

To minimize most heat loss of current lead for high-temperature superconducting (HTS) rotating machine, the choice of conductor properties and lead geometry - such as length, cross section, and cooling surface area - are one of the various significant factors must be selected. Therefore, an optimal lead for large scale of HTS rotating machine has presented before. Not let up with these trends, this paper continues to improve of diminishing heat loss for HTS part according to different model. It also determines the simplification conditions for an evaluation of the main flux flow loss and eddy current loss transient characteristics during charging and discharging period.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.42 no.12 s.283
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• pp.854-859
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• 2005

Performance of micro scale intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell system has been successfully evaluated by computer simulation based on macro modeling. Two systems were studied in this work. The one is designed that the ceria-based electrolyte placed between composite electrodes and the other is designed that electrodes alternately placed on the electrolyte. The injected gas was composed of hydrogen and air. The polarization curve was obtained through a series of calculations for ohmic loss, activation loss and concentration loss. The calculation of each loss was based on the solving of mathematical model of multi physical-phenomena such as ion conduction, fluid dynamics and diffusion and convection by Finite Element Method (FEM). The performance characteristics of SOFC were quantitatively investigated for various structural parameters such as distance between electrodes and thickness of electrolyte.