• Journal of international Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.360-365
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• 2012

Cascaded H-Bridge rectifier (CHBR) is a more attractive solution in traction application for its transformerless structure. Because of the currents of different cells are exactly the same one, it is a challenge job to regulate the voltages of cells with only one current controller. In this paper, a PI-based control scheme is presented to deal with the voltages balance issue in CHBR. To satisfy the demand of rectifier such as unity power factor and regulated output DC voltages, the proposed control scheme consists of two parts. One is for shaping the grid current waveform and regulating the sum of DC-link voltages of all the cells; the other one is for balancing DC-link voltages. The latter is more concerned in this paper and is discussed in detail especially. Simulations and experiments are carried on. The results verified the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed scheme.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.519-530
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• 2014

A novel simplified pulse width modulation(PWM) strategy for neutral point clamped (NPC) three-level converter is proposed in this paper.The direct output voltage modulation is applied to reduce the calculation time. Based on this strategy, several optimized control methods are proposed. The neutral point potential balancing algorithm is discussed and a fine neutral point potential balancing scheme is introduced. Moreover, the minimum pulse width compensation and switching losses reduction can be easily achieved using this modulation strategy. This strategy also gains good results even with the unequal DC link capacitor. The modulation principle is studied in detail and the validity of this simplified PWM strategy is experimentally verified in this paper. The experiment results indicated that the proposed PWM strategy has excellent performance, and the neutral point potential can be balanced well with unequal DC link captaincies.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.2227-2236
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• 2017

In order to solve the neutral-point voltage fluctuation problem of three-phase three-level T-type inverters (TPTLTIs), the unbalance characteristics of capacitor voltages under different switching states and the mechanism of neutral-point voltage fluctuation are revealed. Based on the mathematical model of a TPTLTI, a feed-forward voltage balancing control strategy of DC-link capacitor voltages error is proposed. The strategy generates a DC bias voltage using a capacitor voltage loop with a proportional integral (PI) controller. The proposed strategy can suppress the neutral-point voltage fluctuation effectively and improve the quality of output currents. The correctness of the theoretical analysis is verified through simulations. An experimental prototype of a TPTLTI based on Digital Signal Processor (DSP) is built. The feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed strategy is verified through experiment. The results from simulations and experiment match very well.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.484-491
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• 2002

We developed a new type of human-sized BWR (biped walking robot) driven by a new actuator based on the ball screw which has high strength and high gear ratio. Each leg of the robot is composed of three pitch joints and one roll joint. In all, a 10 degree-of-freedom robot with two balancing joints was developed. A new type of actuator for the robot is proposed, which is composed of four bar link mechanism driven by the ball screw. The robot overcomes the limit of the driving torque of conventional BWRs. The BWR was designed to walk autonomously by adapting small DC motors for the robot actuators and has a space to board DC battery and controllers. In the performance test, the BWR performed sitting-up and down motion, and walking motion. Through the test, we found the possibility of a high performance biped-walking.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.107-113
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 3-레벨 PWM 인버터식 STATCOM의 동특성 해석과 직류측 상.하단 캐패시터 전압의 분균등을 보상하기 위한 제어 시스템을 설계하여 시뮬레이션과 축소모형 실험에 의한 성능 해석에 관하여 기술하였다. STATCOM과 전력 계통을 등가회로로 표현하여 회로 방정식을 유도하고 수리모형을 도출하여 전체 회로의 동적 특성을 분석하고, 고안된 제어 시스템의 성능해석은 Marlab을 이용한 시뮬에리션과 축소모형 실험을 통해 검증하였는데, 검증결과 고안된 제어시스템은 무효전력 보상과 직류측 상.하단 캐패시터 전압의 불균등을 해소하는 우수한 성능을 갖는 것을 확인하였다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.54-61
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• 2015

In 3-phase 4-wire inverter, the unbalanced loads cause to increase the neutral current which brings the voltage deviation between the split dc-link capacitors to be larger. In order to solve this problem, a neutral leg is provided additively to the ordinary inverter circuit and the associated control methods are devised. This paper proposes a new neutral-leg controller based on a PR controller and shows relatively good performance even under unbalanced linear loads and nonlinear loads. The proposed control strategy illustrates its effectiveness under the various operating conditions through simulation works.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.156-162
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• 2008

This paper proposes a low-cost power converter for micro wind turbine systems using permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSG). The proposed converter consists of a two-leg three-phase PWM inverter for the generator control and a single-phase half-bridge PWM converter which is connected to the utility grid. For the two separate DC-link voltages, a balancing control is added and the adverse effect of the DC-link voltage ripples on the inverter output voltage is compensated. The control performance of the proposed converter topology for the micro wind turbine system is shown by the simulation results using PSIM software.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2014년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.138-139
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• 2014

3레벨 NPC 인버터는 구조상 DC Link가 두 개의 커패시터로 직렬 구성되어 있어 두 커패시터 간의 전압 불균형의 문제가 발생한다. 중성점의 변동으로 인하여 스위치 소자의 소손과 제어기의 오작동 등 시스템의 안정도가 떨어지게 된다. 기존의 중성점 전압을 제어하는 오프셋 전압 인가 방식은 zero point 지점에서 불연속 스위칭 구간이 존재하기 때문에 중성점 제어가 불가능하다. 본 논문에서는 중성점 전압을 제어하기 위하여 DPWM 기법에서 중성점 전압을 제어하는 방식을 제안하였다. DC Link의 두 커패시터 전압 불균형이 발생하면 $60^{\circ}(+30^{\circ})$ DPWM 기법으로 Positive 벡터와 Negative 벡터의 스위칭 인가 시간을 조절하여 두 커패시터의 전압 균형을 이루게 한다. 시뮬레이션을 통하여 본 논문에서 제안한 방식에 대한 타당성을 검증하였다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.629-638
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• 2016

This paper proposes a State-of-Charge (SOC) balancing control of Battery Power Modules (BPMs) for a modularized battery for Electric Vehicles (EVs) without additional balancing circuits. The BPMs are substituted with the single converter in EVs located between the battery and the inverter. The BPM is composed of a two-phase interleaved boost converter with battery modules. The discharge current of each battery module can be controlled individually by using the BPM to achieve a balanced state as well as increased utilization of the battery capacity. Also, an SOC balancing method is proposed to reduce the equalization time, which satisfies the regulation of a constant DC-link voltage and a demand of the output power. The proposed system and the SOC balancing method are verified through simulation and experiment.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2017년도 전력전자학술대회
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• pp.235-236
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 저압 직류 배전 시스템에 사용되는 3-레벨 NPC DAB 컨버터의 중성점 전압 제어를 위한 향상된 스위칭 알고리즘을 제안한다. 3-레벨 NPC DAB 컨버터는 구조상 정격전압 감소를 위해 중성점을 기준으로 DC-link 단에 두 개의 캐패시터가 사용되기 때문에 중성점으로 들어오는 전류에 불균형이 발생하며 중성점 전압이 흔들리는 문제점이 나타난다. 중성점 전압이 흔들릴 경우 불균형한 전압이 변압기에 형성되며 이로 인해 전류 Offset과 실효 전류의 증가에 따른 전력 손실증가 등 전체적인 컨버터의 동작에 악영향을 준다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 3-레벨 NPC DAB 컨버터의 동작원리 및 기존 스위칭 패턴을 분석하고, 향상된 스위칭 패턴을 적용시켜 중성점 전압을 제어하는 알고리즘의 타당성을 모의시험을 통해 검증하고자 한다.