• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.93-96
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• 1999

Solar cell generate DC power from sunlight whose power is different at any instance according to condition of variables : insolation and temperature. In order to improve the system utility factor and efficiency of energy conversion, it is desirable to operate the PV system at maximum power point of solar cell under different condition. In this paper, Boost chopper is controlled it output voltage with a new discrete control algorithm for MPPT. PWM signal of DC-DC converter are generated with a 89C51 microcontroller. Switching frequency of DC-DC converter is set at 10KHz. Simulation and experimental results show that the PV system studied in this paper is always operated at maximum power point under different maximum power point of solar cells having stabilized output voltage waveform with relatively small ripple component

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.739-747
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• 2012

This paper applies carrier phase shifted pulse-width modulation (CPS-PWM) to transformerless modular multilevel converters (MMC) to improve the output spectrum. Because the MMC topology is characterized by the double-star connection of six legs consisting of cascaded modular chopper cells with floating capacitors, the balance control of the DC-link capacitor voltage is essential for safe operation. This paper presents a leg-balancing control strategy to achieve DC-link voltage balance under all operating conditions. This strategy based on circulating current decoupling control focused on DC-link balancing between the upper and lower legs in each phase pair by considering the six legs as three independent phase-pairs. Experiments are implemented on a 100-V 3-kVA downscaled prototype. The experimental results show that the proposed leg-balancing control is both effective and practical.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2002.07a
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• pp.571-575
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• 2002

Generation of electrical energy faces many problems today. Solar power converters were used to convert the electrical energy from the solar arrays to a stable and reliable power source. The object of this paper is to analyze and design DC-DC converters in a solar energy system to investigate the performance of the converters. A DC-DC converter can be commonly used to control the power flow from solar cell to load and to achieve maximum power point tracking(MPPT), DC-AC converter can also be used to modulate the DC power to AC power being applied on common utility load. A DC-DC converter is used to boost the solar cell voltage to constant 360(V) DC link and to ensure operation at the maximum power point tracking, If a wide input voltage range has to be covered a boost converter is required. In this paper, author described that simulation and experimental results of PV system contain solar modules, a DC-DC converter(boost type chopper), a DC-AC converter (3-phase inverter) and resistive loads.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.53 no.10
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• pp.610-617
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• 2004

This paper presents a novel high frequency generating circuit integrated chopper-inverter using ZVS with high power-factor. The proposed topology is integrated half-bridge boost rectifier as power factor corrector(PFC) and half-bridge high frequency resonant inverter into a single-stage. The input stage of the half-bridge boost rectifier works in discontinuous conduction mode(DCM) with constant duty cycle and variable switching frequency. So that a boost converter makes the line current follow naturally the sinusoidal line voltage waveform. Simulation results have demonstrated the feasibility of the proposed high frequency resonant inverter. Characteristics values based on characteristics analysis through circuit analysis is given as basis data in design procedure. Also, experimental results are presented to verify theoretical discussion. This proposed inverter will be able to be practically used as a power supply in various fields as induction heating applications. fluorescent lamp and DC-DC converter etc.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.758-761
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• 2003

We have designed 5 V/500 mA transless type power module by using semiconductor switching technique, key technique for small size of power supply system. The power module is suitable to a small sized electronic system using a single power supply. It is composed of switching circuit using voltage drop type chopper method, control circuit, voltage detect circuit, and constant voltage circuit, and is fabricated to hybrid-IC type. The switching regulator power supply circuit, designed in this study, has satisfied the electrical characteristics of 5 V/500 mA transless type power module.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.246-255
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• 2015

This paper presents experimental results and its assessment of a variable-speed wind power generation system (VSWPGS) using permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) and boost chopper circuit (BCC). Experimental results are obtained by a test bench with a wind turbine emulator (WTE). WTE reproduces the behaviors of a windmill by using servo motor drives. The mechanical torque references to drive the servo motor are calculated from the windmill wing profile, wind velocity, and windmill rotational speed. VSWPGS using PMSG and BCC has three speed control modes for the level of wind velocity to control the rotational speed of the wind turbine. The control mode for low wind velocity regulates an armature current of generator with BCC. The control mode for middle wind velocity regulates a DC link voltage with a vector-controlled inverter. The control mode for high wind velocity regulates a pitch angle of the wind turbine with a pitch angle control system. The hybrid of three control modes extends the variable-speed range. BCC simplifies the maintenance of VSWPGS while improving reliability. In addition, VSWPGS using PMSG and BCC saves cost compared with VSWPGS using a PWM converter.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.350-351
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 대형 LED lamp용 직렬 공진형 direct ac-dc 컨버터를 제안하였다. 교류상용전원을 통한 LED lamp에 전원 공급 시, 입력전류의 왜곡을 방지하기 위해, PFC ac-dc 컨버터가 적용된다. 하지만 PFC 컨버터의 특성에 따라 회로의 복잡도 및 수용 전력의 한계가 존재한다. 제안된 컨버터는 기존의 전력변환 방식과 다른 형태로서, 교류 쵸퍼(AC chopper)와 직렬공진회로가 혼합된 구성을 가지며, 교류 쵸퍼의 직접 전력 변환을 통해 PFC 회로 구성없이도 고 역률을 획득할 수 있으며, 직렬공진회로를 통하여 제안된 컨버터의 모든 스위치의 영전압 스위칭(ZVS) 턴-온동작을 통해 손실저감을 도모한다. 본 논문에서는 제안된 컨버터의 동작원리를 간단히 설명하고, 250W의 프로토 타입을 통하여 제안된 컨버터의 우수성을 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1988.07a
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• pp.102-104
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• 1988

This paper is studied the new speed control system of the DC motor which can drive constant speed at variable load as well as reduce the homonics. System is used thyristor-Leonard circuit with 2-tap in order to reduce the homonics problems due to chopping dc input voltage in chopper system and semiconductor devices in thyristor-Leonard system. There is added to the PLL system to drive the constant speed in variable Load, which has controlled of variable speed in DC motor. Thereby, we have proved its through experiment.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.189-192
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• 2001

This paper proposed that an AC-DC converter system using multiple buck-chopper operates with four choppers connecting to a number of parallel circuits. To improve these, a large number of soft switching topologies included a resonant circuit have been proposed. And, some simulative results on computer are included to confirm the validity of the analytical results. The partial resonant circuit makes use of an inductor using step-down and a condenser of loss-less snubber. The result is that the switching loss is very low and the efficiency of system is high. And the snubber condenser used in a partial resonant circuit makes charging energy regenerated at input power source for resonant operation. The proposed conversion system is deemed the most suitable for high power applications where the power switching devices are used.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics B
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• v.33B no.4
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• pp.217-225
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• 1996

This paper describes a high power resonant inverter for diagnostic X-ray generators using zero-voltage soft-switching technology. The system consists of a step-down chopper, a resonant phase-shift PWM inverter, a hihg-voltage diode, and high voltage cables a smoothing DC capacitor. The inverter makes use the leakage inductance of the hihg-voltage transformer and external capacitor as resonant components. The rectified input voltage is controlled by a step-down chopper with input voltage compensator. The output regualtion is obtained by a resonant phase-shift PWM inverter with the digital feedback controller using DSP (digital signal processor), resulting in fast rising time and wide output voltage variation. The theoretical results are correlated with results from an experimental prototype of a 7-kVp, 300mA (21kW).