• KIEE International Transactions on Power Engineering
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• v.3A no.3
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• pp.161-167
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• 2003

This paper presents a study performed to investigate the steady-state operational strategies of UPFCs in the Jeollanam-Do system in Korea. The objective of the study was to determine the UPFC operating points under normal and contingency conditions. The study consists of developing load flow models to simulate different load levels with and without UPFCs in the system, assessing the effectiveness of UPFCs by contingency analysis, and introducing optimal corrective actions for removing voltage problems caused by contingencies. The paper describes analytical tools, models and approach. It also includes analysis and discussion of the study results. The paper contributes to the area of transmission operational studies with FACTS applications.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.07a
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• pp.101-103
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• 1998

New transmission lines are gradually constructed with high voltage and power for increase of electric power demands. And electric losses that are produced in line are increased. we made the algorithm for low loss wire and developed the computer program that makes loss of electric wire to be decreased for efficient power transmission. Electric wire is designed not to be decreased electrical and mechanical properties than that of existing electric wire.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• summer
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• pp.488-490
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• 2004

The technical data for transmission line design and maintenance are calculated by a very complicated numerical formula so it is almost impossible to solve them by hand. Therefore the TOWER+ EXPERT SYSTEM was developed to systematically support technical data for transmission line design and maintenance. This system is able to calculate technical data which is applied to all conductors in our county, - that is 12 kinds of systems with 86 numbers of standard conductors, - and is programed to be user friendly by adopting dialogue windows, menu selection functions. Moreover, it minimizes input data by automatically providing standard transmission line design data, and it includes guidance of applicable work, program usage, data input process, help, explanation of terms and automatic error recovery functions that even a beginner can easily use.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.115-123
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• 2018

Various types of robots running on power transmission lines have been developed for the purpose of line patrol monitoring. They usually have complex mechanism to run and avoid obstacles on the power line, but nevertheless did not show satisfactory performance for going over the obstacles. Moreover, they were so heavy that they could not be easily installed on the lines. To compensate these problems, flying robots have been developed and recently, multi-copter drones with flight stability have been used in the electric power industry. The drones could be remotely controlled by human operators to monitor power distribution lines. In the case of transmission line patrol, however, transmission towers are huge and their spans are very long, and thus, it is very difficult for the pilot to control the patrol drones with the naked eye from a long distance away. This means that the risk of a drone crash onto electric power facilities always resides. In addition, there exists another danger of electromagnetic interference with the drones on autopilot waypoint tracking under ultra-high voltage environments. This paper presents a patrol monitoring plan of autopilot drones for power transmission lines and its field tests. First, the magnetic field effect on an autopilot patrol drone is investigated. Then, how to build the flight path to avoid the magnetic interference is proposed and our autopilot drone system is introduced. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed patrol plan is confirmed through its field test results in the 154 kV, 345 kV and 765 kV transmission lines in Chungcheongnam-do.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.73-77
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• 2015

Offshore wind farms extend a distance from an onshore grid to increase their generating power, but long distance and high power transmissions raise a lot of cost challenges. LFAC (Low Frequency AC) transmission is a new promising technology in high power and low cost power transmission fields against HVDC (High Voltage DC) and HVAC (High Voltage AC) transmissions. This paper presents an economic comparison of LFAC and HVDC transmissions for large offshore wind farms. The economic assessments of two different transmission technologies are analyzed and compared in terms of wind farm capacities (600 MW and 900 MW) and distances (from 25 km to 100 km) from the onshore grid. Based on this comparison, the economic feasibility of LFAC is verified as a most economical solution for remote offshore wind farms.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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• v.55 no.12
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• pp.555-560
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• 2006

As it has been reported that more than 60% of transmission line faults occurs due to lightning strokes, lighting is one of concerned issues in electric power utility company. Most of transmission line is double circuit in Korea. Double circuit outages account for 33.7 percent of total lightning faults from 1996 to 2004. Even though transmission fault might be cleared shortly by protective system, it could deteriorate the power quality accompanied with sag or flicker. Moreover, double circuit fault may lead to more aggravated situation, for instance, blackout. To Protect transmission lines from lightning stroke, reduction of tower footing resistance, multiple ground wires and unbalanced insulation in double circuit lines have been adopted. In this paper, we would like to introduce insulation design standards for lightning protection of Korea Electric Power Corporation.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.64 no.8
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• pp.1262-1268
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• 2015

I In power transmission systems, voltage changes continuously as reactive power is whether over supply or shortage. Reactive power produces in generators and consumes in transmission lines, and loads. Voltages at end points of transmission lines rise which is called Ferranti effect. Excessive voltage rising can reduce transmission equipment life, the voltage rising is usually permitted within the limit of 10%~30% excess. Shunt reactors are installed in transmission lines to put a curb on voltage rising. In this paper, we tried to do modelling for shunt reactor configuration types which are no grounding, grounded and grouded neutral reactor. Simulation are carried out for reactor magnitude for compensating transmission line capacitance.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.575-577
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• 2005

KEPCO has developed Transmission & Substation Geographic Information System(TGIS) since 2000. TGIS is the system for the management of transmission and substation facilities on the geographic basis. This paper provides a brief introduction to TGIS.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.331-332
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• 2008

최근 엘리노 현상과 기상이변(태풍 및 폭설)으로 갤로핑 및 전선도약(Sleet jump) 등에 따른 송전선로 상간단락 고장의 우려가 날로 증가하고 있다. 특히 345kV급 간선계통의 상간단락 고장은 순간전압 강화 등 전기품질 저하로 이어질 수 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 345kV 2도체용 폴리머 상간스페이서를 개발하여 상간단락고장에 대한 근본적인 예방책을 제시하였다. 폴리머용 345kV 절연 설계, 고강도 FRP ROD 설계 및 턴버클을 이용한 미세조정 장치 적용, 코로나 방지를 위한 코로나 링 채용 등을 통하여 최적의 345kV 2도체용 상간스페이서를 고안하였다. 또한 상간스페이서 소재의 성능 평가 및 해석을 위하여 Maxwell 2D Field Simulator를 이용하여 모델링하였으며 갓 형상에 따른 전계분포 해석과 FRP와 고무 계면에서의 전계분포 해석도 수행하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.641-643
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• 2005

It is usual to operate the long transmission line with transposition of each phase in order to avoid voltage unbalance due to unbalanced capacitances at each phase of the line end. This paper described the Ferranti voltage rise of line end, charging current and secondary arc current according to the transposition of line or not. The positive and negative sequence current was derived by the phase current, and then the unbalanced rate was calculated. Then, we obtained the reclosing dead time of the single phase reclosing scheme for 500 kV single circuit horizontal arrangement transmission line system.