• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.1227-1234
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• 2015

The efficient electric power demand management in electric power supply industry is currently being changed by distributed generation. Meanwhile, small-scale distributed generation systems using renewable energy are being constructed worldwide. Several small-scale renewable distributed generation systems, which can supply electricity to the grid at peak load of the grid as per policy such as demand response programs, could help in the stability of the electric power demand management. In this case, the power quality of the small-scale renewable distributed generation system is more significant. Low prices of power semiconductors and multilevel inverters with high power quality have been recently investigated. However, the conventional multilevel inverter topology is unsuitable for the small-scale renewable distributed generation system, because the number of devices of such topology increases with increasing output voltage level. In this paper, a single-phase multilevel inverter based on H-bridge, with DC_Link divided by bi-directional switches, is proposed. The proposed topology has almost half the number of devices of the conventional multilevel inverter topology when these inverters have the same output voltage level. Double Fourier series solution is mainly used when comparing PWM output harmonic components of various inverter topologies. Harmonic components of the proposed multilevel inverter, which have been analyzed by double Fourier series, are compared with those of the conventional multilevel inverter. An inverter prototype is then developed to verify the validity of the theoretical analysis.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.1318-1328
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• 2015

The photovoltaic (PV) power conditioning system for small-scale applications has gained significant interest in the past few decades. However, the standalone mode of operation has been rarely approached. This paper presents a two-stage multi-level micro-inverter topology that considers the different operation modes. A multi-output flyback converter provides both the DC-Link voltage balancing for the multi-level inverter side and maximum power point tracking control in grid connection mode in the PV stage. A modified H-bridge multi-level inverter topology is included for the AC output stage. The multi-level inverter lowers the total harmonic distortion and overall ratings of the power semiconductor switches. The proposed micro-inverter topology can help to decrease the size and cost of the PV system. Transient analysis and controller design of this micro-inverter have been proposed for stand-alone and grid-connected modes. Finally, the system performance was verified using a 120 W hardware prototype.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.07a
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• pp.271-272
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 ESS 구성을 위한 고효율 3-레벨 양방향 인버터를 제안한다. 제안된 인버터는 저주파 레그와 고주파 레그로 구성되어, dc-link 전압과 계통간의 양방향 전력 변환을 수행한다. 제안된 인버터는 3-레벨의 전압을 제공하며 기존 풀브리지 타입의 2-레벨 인버터에 비해 고조파 성분이 적고 필터의 크기를 줄일 수 있다. 또한, 소자들에 걸리는 전압 스트레스가 낮고 동작 중에 스위칭 소자의 바디 다이오드를 사용하지 않기 때문에 도통 손실과 스위칭 손실을 최소화 할 수 있다. 따라서 제안하는 양방향 인버터는 기존 2-레벨 인버터 대비 높은 계통 전류 품질과 높은 효율을 제공한다. 최종적으로 시제품을 제작하여 제안하는 양방향 인버터의 타당성을 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.07a
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• pp.89-90
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• 2016

인버터에 사용되는 전력용 반도체 소자의 정션 온도는 모듈의 보호 및 수명 예측에 중요한 영향을 미친다. 온도를 추정하기 위해 제조사에서 제공되는 데이터 시트로부터 피라미터를 찾아 입력하게 되는데, 온도, 전류 및 $R_g$ 저항 등의 요인에 의해 이 파라미터가 변경된다. 본 논문은 온도 추정 과정에서 사용되는 파라미터에 온도에 따라 변동되는 성분을 선형화하여 추가하여 현재 온도에 맞는 파라미터를 계산해 낼 수 있는 방법에 관한 것으로 데이터 시트로부터 미리 계산된 계수 값을 이용하여 수식적으로 온도 의존성을 반영할 수 있다.이를 이용하여 부하 전류, 스위칭 주파수, DC Link 전압 등의 변동에 따라 정션 온도를 실시간으로 추정하였으며, iGBT 의 상단에 온도 센서를 부착하여 추정결과를 검증하였다. 본 방법을 통해 파라미터의 온도 의존성을 수식적으로 반영할 수 있으므로 파라미터를 저장하는 인버터의 데이터 저장 공간을 최소화 할 수 있다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.30 no.4 s.247
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• pp.357-363
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• 2006

According to the study of grasping of the human hand, it is noted that the metacarpal link of the thumb plays the key role in power grasping. Also the face of fingertip can be discriminated into five parts depending on the grasping modalities such as pinch grasp, fingertip grasp and power grasp. In this paper, the design of the anthropomorphic robot hand which has a thumb and three fingers is proposed. A difference of SKKU hand II from the previous gripperlike robot hand is that the metacarpal bone is connected between the thumb and the palm. This thumb mechanism is specially designed to get the degree of freedom which can realize flexible motions relative to objects. Based on the analysis, the hand mechanism is developed. Since the driving circuits for the hand are embedded in the hand, only the communication lines supporting CAN protocol with DC power cable are necessary as the input. A new robot is manufactured and feasibility of the hand is validated through preliminary experiments.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.773-778
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• 2001

This paper describes the implementation of the vector control schemes for a variable-speed 131kW PMSM (Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor) in super-high speed application. The vector control with synchronous reference frame current regulator has been implemented with the challenging requirements such as the extremely low stator inductance$(28^{\mu}H)$, the high dc link voltage(600V) and the high excitation frequency(1.2kHz). Because the conventional position sensor is not reliable in super-high speed, a vector control scheme without any position sensor has been proposed. The proposed sensorless algorithm is implemented by processing the output voltage of the PI current regulator, and hence the structure is simple and the estimated speed is robust to the measurement noise. The experimental system has been built and the proposed control has been implemented and evaluated. The test result, up to the speed of 60,000 r/min, shows the validity of the proposed control.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.53-60
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• 2011

The available power generated from the FC power plant may not be sufficient to meet sustained load demand, peak demand or transient events. An supercapacitor bank(SCB) can supply a large burst of power, but it cannot store a significant amount of energy. The combined use of FC and SCB has the potential for the better energy efficiency, reducing the cost of FC technology and improved dynamic response. In this paper, A single PEMFC and PEMFC operated in parallel with a SC bank are presented, A new dynamic model of PEMFC system, the converter and controller has been developed for stand-alone applications. The simulation results are presented using Matlab/Simulink, and SimPowerSystems environments. It is confirmed that the results show a good performance and stable DC-link voltage for proposed dynamic and mathematical models developed for the combined FC/SCB.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.164-171
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• 2006

In this paper, the fault tolerant system for BLDC motor has been proposed to maintain control performance under an open switch fault of inverter. The fault identification is proposed to two methods, which are using the difference between reference and actual current, and adding voltage sensors across lower legs of inverter. The reconfiguration scheme is achieved by the four-switch topology connecting a faulty leg to the middle point of DC-link using bidirectional switches. The proposed fault tolerant system quickly recovers control performance by short fault detecting time and reconfiguration of system topology. Therefore, continuous free operation of the BLDC motor drive system after faults is available. The superior performance of the proposed fault tolerant system is proved by simulation.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.315-323
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• 2014

An optimized space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) method with common mode voltage elimination and neutral point potential balancing is proposed for an open-end winding induction motor. The motor is fed from both of the ends with two neutral point clamped (NPC) three-level inverters. In order to eliminate the common mode voltage of the motor ends and balance the neutral point potential of the DC link, only zero common mode voltage vectors are used and a balancing control factor is gained from calculation in the strategy. In order to improve the harmonic characteristics of the output voltages and currents, the balancing control factor is regulated properly and the theoretical analysis is provided. Simulation and experimental results show that by adopting the proposed method, the common mode voltage can be completely eliminated, the neutral point potential can be accurately balanced and the harmonic performance for the output voltages and currents can be effectively improved.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.579-586
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• 2013

This paper proposes a mode transition algorithm between the grid-tied and the stand-alone operations for the single-phase inverter with the energy storage system. For the grid-tied operation, the dc-link voltage and the output current are required to be control. For the stand-alone mode, both the output voltage and the output current should be regulated. In order to mitigate a falling-off in control performance during transients in mode change, the load power estimation and the current selection schemes are proposed. The proposed method allows an optimized current reference is selected to reduce an output voltage drop and an excessive over-current in transient. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed method, both the simulation and the experiments for a 3kW single-phase inverter with the energy storage system have been conducted. From the results, it has been confirmed that the proposed method reduces a transient error as well as implementing smooth mode transition.