• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.165-173
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• 2022

The electrification trend of mobility increases every year due to the development of power semiconductor and battery technology. Accordingly, the development and distribution of fast chargers for electric vehicles (EVs) are in demand. In this study, we propose a design and implementation method of an LLC converter for fast chargers. Two 15 kW LLC converters are configured in parallel to have 30 kW rated output power, and the control algorithm and driving sequence are designed accordingly and verified. In addition, the improved power conversion efficiency is confirmed through zero-voltage switching (ZVS) of the LLC converter and reduction of turn-off loss through snubber capacitors. The implemented 30 kW LLC converters show a wide output voltage range of 200-950 V. Experiments applying various load conditions verify the converter performance.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.1602-1613
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• 2014

The continuous growth of electric vehicles has caused electric power shortages in conventional utilities owing to the charging of electric-vehicle batteries. In order to increase the capacity of these utilities, photovoltaic systems may be an appropriate solution because of their benefits. However, a large amount of loss is generated in a conventional charging structure using photovoltaic sources owing to the many power conversion processes. This paper describes a simple integrated battery charger that utilizes a PV generation system. Moreover, the system control algorithm is deduced by analyzing the operation modes in order to control the proposed integrated system. The proposed system and algorithm are verified by a 3.3-kW prototype, resulting in an increase in the efficiency of approximately 7% to 15% compared with the conventional system. And, to examine the feasibility of the proposed system, the simulation for multi-charger with various conditions are progressed.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2015년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.25-26
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• 2015

Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) method becomes more and more popular for the Electric Vehicle (EV) battery charger due to its convenience and safety in comparison with plugged-in charger. In recent years, Lithium batteries are increasingly used in EVs and Constant Current/Constant Voltage (CC/CV) charge needs to be adopted for the high efficiency charge. However, it is not easy to design the IPT Battery Charger which can charge the battery with CC/CV charge under the wide range of load variation due to the wide range of variation in its operating frequency. This paper propose a new design and control method which makes it possible to implement the CC/CV mode charge with minimum frequency variation (less than 1kHz) during all over the charge process. A 6.6kW prototype charge has been implemented and 96.1% efficiency was achieved with 20cm air gap between the coils.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2015년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.27-28
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• 2015

In this paper a high efficiency wireless on-board charger for Electric Vehicle (EV) is proposed and the theoretical analysis based on the two-port network model to come up with suitable design for the battery charge application is presented. The proposed Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) method has adopted four-coil system with air core and its superior performance is proved by comparing it to the conventional two-coil system by the mathematical analysis. In addition, since the proposed WPT converter is able to operate at an almost constant frequency regardless of the load, CC/CV charge of the battery can be simply implemented. A 6.6kW prototype is implemented with 20cm air gap to prove the validity of the proposed method. The experimental results show that the dc to dc conversion efficiency of the proposed system achieves 97.08% at 3.7 kW.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.98-105
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• 2014

In this paper, we have analyzed the power consumption property of EVs(Electric Vehicles) chargers established in a public place, proposed reasonable demand factors by the number of established EV chargers and its control method in apartments. The optimization of power system and the suppression of the peak load can be controlled through the proposed demand factors and charging scheduling control algorithm. In this paper, electrical design and an case analysis were carried out on a sample apartment complex to prove the effectiveness of the power system. As a result, emergency power transformer capacity has been reduced by approximately 25%, and we have confirmed that the electric rates saving and the control of peak load value is possible.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.975-984
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• 2018

This work presents a high efficiency phase shifted full bridge (PSFB) DC-DC converter for use in the second stage of a battery charger for neighborhood electrical vehicle (EV) applications. In the design of the converter, Lithium-ion battery cells are preferred due to their high voltage and current rates, which provide a high power density. This requires wide range output voltage regulation for PSFB converter operation. In addition, the battery charger works with a light load when the battery charge voltage reaches its maximum value. The soft switching of the PSFB converter depends on the dead time optimization and load condition. As a result, the converter has to work with soft switching at a wide range output voltage and under light conditions to reach high efficiency. The operation principles of the PSFB converter for the continuous current mode (CCM) and the discontinuous current mode (DCM) are defined. The performance of the PSFB converter is analyzed in detail based on wide range output voltage and load conditions in terms of high efficiency. In order to validate performance analysis, a prototype is built with 42-54 V / 15 A output values at a 200 kHz switching frequency. The measured maximum efficiency values are obtained as 94.4% and 76.6% at full and at 2% load conditions, respectively.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제65권11호
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• pp.1860-1867
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• 2016

In this paper, first, a linearized modeling of a phase shift full-bridge converter used in chargers of electric vehicles is derived by using state-space approach and transfer functions from the duty ratio to output voltage and the inductor current are also verified. second, control systems for the output voltage and the inductor current are designed using the root locus technique. It is illustrated by experimental results that the control performance on the output variables is satisfied with the designed digital control system based on a automobile qualified 32-bit microcontroller.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.1183-1190
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• 2018

전 세계적으로 환경규제가 지속적으로 강화되고 있으며 이에 효과적으로 대응하기 위해 전기자동차의 도입이 적극적으로 고려되고 있으며, EV 보급의 필수요소인 충전인프라 구축이 필수적이다. 본 논문에서는 스마트한 충전인프라 구축에 필수적인 전력선 통신 기술에 대하여 연구하였다. ISO/IEC 15118 국제표준에 부합한 HPGP규격의 물리계층 속도 10Mbps 및 TCP/IP계층 4.5Mbps 성능을 달성할 수 있는 제어보드와 해당 보드에 탑재되어 국제표준에 부합하는 충전단계 및 향후 지능형전력망과의 연계를 위한 기능을 수행할 소프트웨어 솔루션을 개발하였다. 또한 Combo 방식의 DC 급속충전기에 적용하기 위해 산업 환경 기준에 적합하도록 하드웨어를 설계하였으며 소프트웨어 솔루션과 함께 통합하여 V2G 통신 모듈을 개발하였다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2013년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.287-288
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• 2013

전기자동차용 급속 충전기에서 전력변환 효율은 절연형 DC-DC 컨버터에 의해 좌우된다. 이때 DC-DC 컨버터의 출력전압 범위가 넓기 때문에 기존의 LLC 공진 컨버터를 Region2에서 설계하는 경우 스위칭 주파수 범위가 매우 넓어지는 문제가 있다. 본 논문에서는 전기자동차용 급속충전기를 위한 넓은 충전전압 범위를 갖는 공진 컨버터 비교 및 최적 설계기법을 제안한다. 제안한 SRC below영역 설계는 모든 스위치와 다이오드의 ZCS 턴오프를 성취하므로 IGBT 사용 시 유리하다. 또한, 주파수 변동범위가 작으므로 주로 낮은 배터리 전압에서 동작하는 CC충전 모드 시 스위칭 손실을 줄일 수 있다. 설계 영역에 따른 LLC, SRC를 비교하여 손실을 분석하고 제안한 설계기법의 타당성을 검증하였다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2019년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.25-27
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• 2019

본 논문은 전기 자동차 급속 충전기 구현을 위한 커플드 인덕터 기반 18kW급 2상 인터리브드 벅 컨버터 설계에 관하여 설명한다. 전류 리플 및 물리적인 크기 감소를 위한 2상 커플드 인덕터와 고효율 달성을 위한 Silicon Carbide(SiC) MOSEFT 기반 2상 인터리브드 벅 컨버터의 설계에 관하여 상세히 기술한다. 제안하는 2상 인터리브드 벅 컨버터의 동작을 위하여 모의 실험과 실험을 진행하였고 이론적인 설계 방법과 실제 실험 결과가 일치하는 것을 확인하였다.