• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.577-586
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• 2011

This paper describes the development of hardware simulator for the operation analysis of DC microgrid. The hardware simulator consists of several distributed power sources such as a wind power generation, solar power and fuel cell, and two energy storages such as a supercapacitor and battery. The main controller which performs a role of energy management and state monitoring is connected with the local controller in each power source and storage through ethernet-based communication link. The developed hardware simulator can be utilized to analyze the performance DC microgrid with practical manner.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.144-149
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• 2016

This paper presents a power control method of high-speed single-phase BLDC motor. Most electric appliances require a power factor corrector (PFC) to mitigate grid current harmonics. However, the reactive components and power semiconductors in the PFC increase system cost and dimension. In this paper, a new motor drive system for a high-speed single-phase BLDC motor is proposed, which can decrease grid current harmonics without PFC by directly manipulating motor power and eliminating bulky electrolytic dc-link capacitor. Given that the proposed motor power control method does not require motor current controller, no current sensor is necessary. Moreover, the proposed algorithms can be easily implemented using a low-cost micro-controller. The effectiveness of the proposed power control method is verified by experiments.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.342-350
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• 2011

This paper describes the autonomous operation analysis of DC microgrid based on droop control. In order to verify the whole system operation, detailed simulation models for wind power generation, solar power generation, and battery were developed with user-defined models programmed with C-code in PSCAD/ EMTDC software. The simulation results confirm that the DC microgrid with droop control make it feasible to provide power to the load with stable manner. Based on simulation results a prototype of DC microgrid was built and tested in the lab to verify the autonomous operation experimentally. The droop control scheme can suppress the circulating current, and offers each unit to be controlled autonomously without any communication link.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.246_247
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 여러 가지 과도현상 해석 프로그램 중 하나인 EMTP-RV시뮬레이터를 이용하여 태양전지와 연료전지에 의해 각각 발생되어진 에너지원을 공통의 DC-BUS에 연계하여 운전하는 마이크로 소스와 마이크로그리드를 모델링하였다. 또한 사례 연구를 통해 마이크 로그리드의 운전형태와 부하변동에 따른 마이크로소스의 동특성을 분석하였다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.333-344
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• 2018

This proposed paper aims for the high efficiency contactless power transfer in household dc power distribution. A 300 W five-level diode clamped multi-level converter with 300 Vdc input dc link bus is employed for the power transferring task and the output voltage range is controlled at 48 Vdc. The inner and outer solenoid coils are used for inductive power transfer (IPT) transformer with the 200 kHz switching frequency for designed power density. Therefore, to achieve the converter efficiency above 95%, the LLC series resonant with fundamental harmonic analysis (FHA) and the calculated switching angles are used as an optimized tool for designing the system resonant tank. The validations of this approached topology are illustrated in both MATLAB/Simulink simulation and implementation.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.465-466
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• 2017

신재생 에너지를 포함한 마이크로그리드가 활성화 되면서 한 장소에 DC 전력과 AC 전력이 혼재하여 서로 연관이 되는 경우가 빈번히 발생하고 있다. 이 경우 PMS(Power management system) 측에서 AC 전력뿐만 아니라 DC 전력에 대한 정보요구가 증대되고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 AC 전력 및 DC 전력을 동시에 계측할 수 있는 마이크로 그리드용 원격 전력계측기를 개발하여 그 성능을 검증하였다. 또한 전력계 사용 시 결선방식과 전류 상을 자동으로 인식하는 방식을 제안하여 일반인도 쉽게 전력계측을 할 수 있는 알고리즘을 제안하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.240-241
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 분산전원과 에너지저장으로 구성된 독립형 DC 마이크로그리드의 신뢰도를 향상시키기 위한 협조적 Droop 제어기법을 제안하고 그 성능과 동작을 분석한 내용에 대해 기술하고 있다. 제안하는 시스템의 동작 타당성을 체계적으로 분석하기 위해 PSCAD/EMTDC 소프트웨어를 이용한 시뮬레이션 모델을 개발하였으며 이를 기반으로 하드웨어 시스템을 제작하여 제안하는 시스템의 동작특성을 분석하였다.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.590-596
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• 2020

In the island areas where system connection with the commercial power grid is difficult, it is quite important to find a method to efficiently manage energy produced with independent microgrids. In this paper, a prosumer management system for P2P power transaction was realized through the testing the power meter and the response rate of the collected data for the power produced in the small-scale microgrids in which hybrid models of solar power and wind power were implemented. The power network of the microgrid prosumer was composed of mesh structure and the P2P power transaction was tested through the power meter and DC power transmitter in the off-grid sites which were independently constructed in three places. The measurement values of the power meter showed significant results of voltage (average): 380V + 0.9V, current (average): + 0.01A, power: 1000W (-1W) with an error range within ±1%. Stabilization of the server was also confirmed with the response rate of 0.32 sec. for the main screen, 2.61 sec. for the cumulative power generation, and 0.11 sec for the power transaction through the transmission of 50 data in real time. Therefore, the proposed system was validated as a P2P power transaction system that can be used as an independent network without transmitted by Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO).

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.1045_1046
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• 2009

This paper presents an active and reactive power compensator for the wind power system with squirrel-cage induction generator. The developed system is able to continuously compensate the active and reactive power. The 3-phase inverter operates for the compensation of reactive power, while the DC/DC converter with super-capacitors operates for the compensation of active power. The proposed compensator can be expected that developed system may be used to compensated the abrupt power variation due to sudden change of wind speed or sudden power-drop by tower effect. It can be also applied for the distributed generation and the Micro-Grid.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.199-204
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• 2007

This paper presents design of interleave configured dc-dc converter for high power distributed power system applications. The multi channel interleaving buck converter with small inductance has proved to be suitable for micro-grid, requiring medium output voltages, high output currents and fast transient response. Integrated magnetic components are used to reduce the size of the converter and improve efficiency. Unlike conventional methods, the distributed approach requires no centralized control, automatically accommodates varying numbers of converter cells, and is highly tolerant of subsystem failures. A general methodology for achieving distributed interleaving is proposed, along with a specific implementation approach. The design and simulation verification of switching frequency 10 kHz system is presented with interleaved clocking of the converter cells. The simulation (simulated by PSIM 6.1) results corroborate the analytical predictions and demonstrate the tremendous benefits of the distributed interleaving approach.