• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.1203-1210
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• 2017

This paper presents an improved switching selection method for the direct torque control (DTC) of five-phase induction motors (IMs). The proposed method is conducted using optimal switching selection. A five-phase inverter has 32 voltage vectors which are divided into 30 nonzero voltage vectors and two zero voltage vectors. The magnitudes of the voltage vectors consist of large, medium, and small voltage vectors. In addition, these vectors are related to the torque response and torque ripple. When a large voltage vector is selected in a drive system, the torque response time decreases with an increased torque ripple. On the other hand, when a small voltage vector is selected, the torque response time and torque ripple increase. As a result, this paper proposes an optimal voltage vector selection method for improved DTC of a five-phase induction machine depending on the situation. Simulation and experimental results verify the effectiveness of the proposed control algorithm.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.113-118
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• 2011

Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle (FCHV) is one of the most promising candidates for the next generation of transportation. It has many outstanding advantages such as higher energy efficiency and much lower emissions than internal combustion engine vehicles. It also has the ability of recovering braking energy. In order to design an FCHV drive train, we need to determine the size of the electric motor, the Fuel Cell System (FCS), and the battery. In this paper, the methodology for the sizing of these components is introduced based on the driveability constraints of the FCHV. A power management strategy is also presented because the battery energy capacity depends on it. The warm-up time of the FCS is also considered in the power management strategy and the simulation result is compared to that without considering the warm-up time.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.299-304
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• 2018

An ideal circuit breaker should supply electric power to loads without losses in a conduction state and completely isolate the load from the power source by providing insulation strength in a break state. Fault current is relatively easy to break in an Alternating Current (AC) circuit breaker because the AC current becomes zero at every half cycle. However, fault current in DC circuit breaker (DCCB) should be reduced by generating a high arc voltage at the breaker contact point. Large fire may occur if the DCCB does not take sufficient arc voltage and allows the continuous flow of the arc fault current with high temperature. A semiconductor circuit breaker with a power electronic device has many advantages. These advantages include quick breaking time, lack of arc generation, and lower noise than mechanical circuit breakers. However, a large load capacity cannot be applied because of large conduction loss. An extinguishing technology of DCCB with polymeric positive temperature coefficient (PPTC) device is proposed and evaluated through experiments in this study to take advantage of low conduction loss of mechanical circuit breaker and arcless breaking characteristic of semiconductor devices.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.582-594
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• 2016

그 동안 하이브리드 버스에 대한 연구로 플러그인 하이브리드, 직렬형, 병렬형 하이브리드 등에 대한 연구가 많이 진행되어져 왔다. 하지만 연구가 진행된 대부분의 차량들은 대형 버스이며 현재 국내에는 중형저상버스에 대한 연구는 전무한 실정이다. 또한 중형저상버스의 하이브리드화에 대한 연구 역시 미미한 실정이다. 본 논문은 MATLAB을 이용한 시뮬레이션을 통해 디젤 중형저상버스의 연비 평가를 수행하였으며, 이를 하이브리드화하였을 경우에 대한 최적의 용량 조합과 기어비를 제시하고 내연기관 시뮬레이션 연비 결과와 비교 분석하였다. 하이브리드화를 위한 구조로 전륜과 후륜이 독립적으로 동력을 전달하는 병렬형 하이브리드 시스템을 선택하였다. 동력원 용량 설계를 위해 목표 성능을 만족하는 요구파워를 계산하여 적용 가능한 동력원 용량 영역을 설계하였다. 설계 영역을 만족하는 각 단품들의 용량은 스케일링하여 구성하였으며, 엔진과 모터에 대한 동력 전달계의 용량 설계 알고리즘을 제시하고 동적 계획법을 이용하여 최적화를 수행하였다. 최종적으로 본 연구를 통해 내연기관 차량인 중형저상버스를 하이브리드화하였을 경우에 대한 연비 향상률과 최적의 동력원 용량, 기어비를 제시하였다.