• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.58-67
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• 2019

This study presents a new portable eight-output light emitting diode (LED) driver. The eight output-channels are divided into two equal groups, and their output powers can be controlled individually by three active switches. In addition, a simple capacitor-based passive current balancing circuit (CBC) is employed in each port to guarantee that the currents of the four LEDs are the same. When compared with the conventionally used separate two-output isolated converters, the proposed one uses one less active switch. Moreover, zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) is achieved, which improves the power efficiency of the driver. Finally, a highly compact prototype is built, which can reach an efficiency of 94.6%.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.581-592
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• 2016

WebRTC는 웹과 모바일과 같이 여러 플랫폼에서 세계 최고 수준의 실시간 커뮤니케이션으로 빠르게 성장했다. WebRTC의 현재 기술은 peer와 시그널링 서버에서 사용자가 요청한 많은 양의 큰 스트리밍을 효율적으로 처리하지 못한다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 동적로드 밸런싱 알고리즘을 사용하여, 데이터 흐름 전달을 제공함으로써 문제를 처리하는 작업을 수행한다. 또한, 사용자가 요청하는 소스를 분석하고 이러한 스트리밍 요청을 로드 밸런싱 구성 요소에 전달한다. 구체적으로 구성 요소는 요청된 리소스와 사용가능한 리소스의 양을 응답 서버에서 결정한 후 스트리밍 데이터를 요청하는 사용자에게 병렬 또는 교대로 전달한다. 이와 같은 방법을 검증하기 위해 네트워크 시뮬레이션 도구 OPNET을 사용하여 로드 밸런싱 알고리즘을 시연 후 우분투 서버에 적용하여 구현한다. 또한 실험을 통해 도출된 결과와 WebRTC의 구현을 비교하여 제안함으로써 기존 방법보다 효율적이고 동적으로 수행되는 지를 보여준다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.83-89
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• 2013

A numerical scheme based on a mode superposition method is presented for the dynamic response analysis of a top-tensioned riser (TTR) under sheared current loads. The natural frequencies and mode shapes of the TTR have been calculated analytically for a beam with a slowly varying tension and pinned-pinned boundary conditions at the top and bottom ends. The lift coefficients and corresponding amplitudes used to estimate the vortex-induced modal force and damping for each mode were predicted via iterative calculations based on the input and output power balancing concept. Here, the power-in regions were controlled by the normal distribution function, for which the center was coincident with the lock -in location by local vortex-shedding, and the range was defined by the constant standard deviation for the reduced velocity by the local current speed. Finally, dynamic responses such as root-mean-squared displacement and stress were calculated using the mode superposition technique. In order to verify the presented scheme, a numerical calculation was performed for a TTR under an arbitrary linearly sheared current and linearly varying tension. A comparison with the results of the existing software showed that the presented scheme could give reliable and feasible solutions. Case studies were performed to investigate the effects of various current loads and tensions.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1659-1669
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• 2018

An improved circulating current suppression control method is proposed in this paper. In the proposed controller, an outer loop of the average capacitor voltage control model is used to balance the sub-module capacitor voltage. Meanwhile, an individual voltage balance controller and an arm voltage balance controller are also used. The DC and harmonic components of the circulating current are separated using a low pass filter. Therefore, a multiple quasi-proportional-resonant (multi-quasi-PR) controller is introduced in the inner loop to eliminate the circulating harmonic current, which mainly contains second-order harmonic but also contains other high-order harmonics. In addition, the parameters of the multi-quasi-PR controller are designed in the discrete domain and an analysis of the stability characteristic is given in this paper. In addition, a simulation model of a three-phase MMC system is built in order to confirm the correctness and superiority of the proposed controller. Finally, experiment results are presented and compared. These results illustrate that the improved control method has good performance in suppressing circulating harmonic current and in balancing the capacitor voltage.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2014년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.159-160
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 ${\Delta}$결선으로 구성된 Modular Multilevel Converter(MMC)에서 흐르는 전류가 매우 적은 경우 계통에 영향이 없이 셀 직류전압의 불평형을 제어할 수 있도록 영상분전류를 주입하는 방법을 제안하였고, 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증하였다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2015년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.137-138
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 3-레벨 인버터 시스템의 DC 링크 전압 밸런싱과 동시에 공통모드 전압의 변동주파수를 최소화 하여 누설 전류를 저감하는 새로운 PWM 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 PWM은 공통모드전압과 중간점 제어능력에 따라 공간벡터를 분류하고 중간점 전압을 제어하면서 공통모드 전압의 변동이 최소화되는 벡터를 선택하도록 구성한다. 본 논문에서는 시뮬레이션을 통하여 제안된 PWM의 동작을 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).

• 한국정보과학회논문지:정보통신
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.57-64
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• 2002

현재 사용중인 경로 선택 방법은 최단 경로 알고리즘을 이용하므로 망 자원을 효율적으로 이용하지 못하며 특정 경로로 트래픽이 집중될 경우 혼잡(congestion) 상황을 발생시킬 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 새롭게 요청되는 연결 설정 요구에 대해 요청된 대역폭을 충족시킬 수 있는 경로를 결정하는데 있어서 통계적 기법을 이용함으로써 망을 효율적으로 사용하며, 혼잡 상황을 줄일 수 있는 통계적 경로 선택(Statistical Route Selection; SRS) 알고리즘을 제안한다. MPLS의 등장으로 부하 균등화(load balancing)에 필요한 명시적인(explicit) LSP 설정을 할 수 있게 되었으며, MPLS의 LSP를 설정하기 위해 SRS 알고리즘을 이용할 수 있다. SRS 알고리즘은 경로 선택을 위해 링크들의 이용률을 구하고, 통계적인 기법을 사용하여 가중치를 결정하며, 그 가중치를 이용한 최단 경로를 구한다. 여기서 사용되는 통계적 기법은 링크들의 이용률의 평균과 분산을 이용하는 것으로, 이정보를 기반으로 링크의 가중치에 대해 분산을 작게 하는 방향으로 경로를 결정함으로써 부하 균등화 효과를 얻게 되어 혼잡 링크 수를 줄이고, 망 자원 이용률을 높인다. 실험을 통해 다른 경로 선택 알고리즘들에 비해 SRS 알고리즘이 망 자원을 효율적으로 이용하여 연결 설정 실패의 수와 혼잡 링크의 수를 줄이는 것을 보인다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.1471-1481
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• 2014

This paper presents the new power dissipation model of individual switching device in a high-level modular multilevel converter (MMC), which can be mostly used in voltage sourced converter (VSC) based high-voltage direct current (HVDC) system and flexible AC transmission system (FACTS). Also, the voltage balancing method based on sorting algorithm is newly proposed to advance the MMC functionalities by effectively adjusting switching variations of the sub-module (SM). The proposed power dissipation model does not fully calculate the average power dissipation for numerous switching devices in an arm module. Instead, it estimates the power dissipation of every switching element based on the inherent operational principle of SM in MMC. In other words, the power dissipation is computed in every single switching event by using the polynomial curve fitting model with minimum computational efforts and high accuracy, which are required to manage the large number of SMs. After estimating the value of power dissipation, the thermal condition of every switching element is considered in the case of external disturbance. Then, the arm modeling for high-level MMC and its control scheme is implemented with the electromagnetic transient simulation program. Finally, the case study for applying to the MMC based HVDC system is carried out to select the appropriate insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) module in a steady-state, as well as to estimate the proper thermal condition of every switching element in a transient state.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1625-1636
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• 2017

A power electronic transformer (PET) based on the cascaded H-bridge (CHB) and the isolated bidirectional DC/DC converter (IBDC) is capable of accommodating a large scale battery energy storage system (BESS) in the medium-voltage grid, and is referred to as a power electronic transformer based battery energy storage system (PET-BESS). This paper investigates the PET-BESS and proposes a coordinative control strategy for it. In the proposed method, the CHB controls the power flow and the battery state-of-charge (SOC) balancing, while the IBDC maintains the dc-link voltages with feedforward implementation of the power reference and the switch status of the CHB. State-feedback and linear quadratic Riccati (LQR) methods have been adopted in the CHB to control the grid current, active power and reactive power. A hybrid PWM modulating method is utilized to achieve SOC balancing, where battery SOC sorting is involved. The feedforward path of the power reference and the CHB switch status substantially reduces the dc-link voltage fluctuations under dynamic power variations. The effectiveness of the proposed control has been verified both by simulation and experimental results. The performance of the PET-BESS under bidirectional power flow has been improved, and the battery SOC values have been adjusted to converge.