• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.578-586
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• 2012

In this paper a single-phase Cascaded H-Bridge (CHB) inverter for photovoltaic (PV) applications is presented. Based on the presented mathematical analysis, a novel controller is introduced which adjusts the inverter power factor (PF) and manipulates the distribution of the reactive power between the cells to enhance the operating range of the CHB inverter. The adopted control strategy enables tracking of the maximum power point (MPP) of distinct PV strings and allows independent control of the dc-link voltages. The proposed controller also enables the inverter to operate under heavily unbalanced PV conditions. The performance of the CHB inverter and the proposed controllers are evaluated in the PSCAD/EMTDC environment. A seven-level CHB-based grid connected laboratory prototype is also utilized to verify the system performance.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.241-243
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• 2008

In this paper, dynamic overmodulation strategies are proposed for two phase full bridge inverter. The four step operation to use maximum voltage in limited DC link is described and minimum distance, same angle and minimum switching state overmodulation techniques are presented. The simple scalar arithmetic based algorithms are proposed to implement the overmodulation techniques. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.40 no.8
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• pp.757-764
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• 1991

This paper proposes a novel control method of voltage type current-controlled reactive/harmonic compensator. The proposed method does not rely on the explicit computation of load power, but indirectly controls the compensation current by regulating dc link voltage of the converter. It is shown that the system can be modeled as a simple linear system that facilitates an analytical approach to the system characteristics. With the model, the effects of the controller gains on the dynamic and steady state response of the system are investigated. Experimental results show that the proposed control method works well in spite of the simplicity of control circuitry.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.53 no.10
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• pp.634-640
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• 2004

In this paper, the control strategy for high speed operation in light rail transit system is proposed. Recently, the vector control strategy is used to get high capacity control characteristic in low speed area. But Six step mode that is one pulse mode is used in high speed region to use DC link voltage to the maximum. Therefore, in high speed area, the vector control can not be used but scalar control method is used. To get a driving performance to be stabilized, the method of smooth mode change between the low speed and high speed area and PWM control is desired. So this paper proposes the control strategy using vector control include the one pulse mode. And also proposes overmodulation method that makes to change in one pulse mode softly. The performance of traction system will be verified by simulation results using MATLAB and experimental results.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07b
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• pp.1110-1112
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• 2001

This paper presents a high frequency electronic ballast with high efficiency and high power factor. The proposed ballast have driven by the half bridge inverter which is linked diode rectifier without DC link capacitor. Minimized elements of circuit configurations can make the efficiency of the ballast increase. High input power factor which is up to 0.96 can be achieved and the crest factor of lamp current waveforms is controlled with below 1.75 by using a novel control scheme which has PFM and PWM methods simultaneously. In this paper, the circuit configurations of the proposed ballast and the control schemes are described. The usefulness of the proposed ballast is confirmed with the simulation results.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07b
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• pp.1085-1087
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• 2001

This paper deals with single-phase unified power quality conditioner, which aims at the integration of series-active and shunt-active tilter. The series filter is used to compensate for the voltage distortions and the shunt filter is used to provide reactive power and counteract the harmonic current injected by the load. Also, the voltage of the DC link capacitor is controlled to a desired value by the shunt active filter. In order to verify the performance of the proposed conditioner, computer simulations using MATLAB/SIMULINK were demonstrated. The results confirm that the proposed conditioner shows excellent performance to eliminate the harmonics and voltage flickers generated at the singe-phase nonlinear load.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07b
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• pp.1044-1048
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• 2001

This paper proposes a nonlinear impedance circuit composed by diodes and inductors or capacitors. This circuit needs no control circuits and switches, and the impedance value is changed by the polarity of current or voltage. This paper presents one of these applications to improve the input current of capacitor input diode rectifiers. The rectifier using the nonlinear impedance circuit id constructed with four diodes and four capacitors in addition to the conventional rectifiers, that is, it has eight diodes and five capacitors, including a DC link capacitor. It makes harmonic components of the input current reduce and the power factor improve. A circuit design method is shown by experimentation and confirmed simulation. It explained that compared conventional pulse-width modulated (PWM)inverter with half pulse-width modulated (HPWM) inverter proposed HPWM inverter eliminated dead-time by lowering switching loss and holding over-shooting.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.115-116
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• 2014

기존의 2-레벨 인버터에 비해 더 나은 출력특성을 갖는 멀티레벨 인버터가 등장함에 따라 이를 좀 더 효율적으로 사용하고자 많은 연구가 진행되어 왔다. 멀티레벨 인버터 종류의 하나로 Neutral-Point-Clamped 인버터를 들 수 있는데, 이를 구동하기 위한 방식으로 여러 가지 PWM 기법들이 사용되고 있다. 기존의 방식들에서는 dc-link단의 커패시터에서 저주파수리플이 발생하는 문제가 있다. 이에 관하여, virtual space vector PWM 기법이 제안된 바 있다. 본 논문에서는 이 기법을 계통연계 방식에 적용하여 그 결과를 시뮬레이션을 통해 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.13-14
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 유사 DC-Link 타입의 태양광 마이크로 인버터에서 요구되는 대용량의 전해 커패시터의 단점을 지적하고 이를 제거하기 위해 shunt 방식으로 연결되는 양방향 벅-부스트 컨버터 제어방법을 제안한다. 태양광 마이크로 인버터는 동작 특성상 PV 입력단에 120Hz 리플이 존재하지만 대용량의 전해 커패시터를 적용함으로써 리플을 제거할 수 있다. 하지만 전해 커패시터의 짧은 수명이 전체 시스템의 신뢰성을 저하시키기 때문에 이를 극복하기 위한 부가적인 회로가 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 제안한 1차측의 플라이백 스위치 전류 제어기의 레퍼런스를 공유함으로써 전류 센서수를 감소시키고 PV 입력단 Capacitance를 낮출 수 있는 양방향 벅-부스트 회로의 제어기를 시뮬레이션을 통하여 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.187-188
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 3-레벨 NPC(Neutral Point Clamped) 인버터에서 상단 커패시터 전압과 하단 커패시터의 전압의 불균형 시 나타나는 출력 상전류 왜곡에 대한 보상기법에 대하여 제안한다. 스위칭 기법은 SVPWM(Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation)을 사용하였고 상단 커패시터 전압과 하단 커패시터 전압의 불균형이 DC-Link 전압의 0% 15% 35%일 때의 보상 전과 보상 후를 비교 분석 하여 시뮬레이션으로 출력 상전류 보상기법을 검증하였다.