• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.737-745
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• 2013

Offshore wind farms are rapidly growing owing to their comparatively more stable wind conditions than onshore and land-based wind farms. The power capacity of offshore wind turbines has been increased to 5MW in order to capture a larger amount of wind energy, which results in an increase of each component's size. Furthermore, the weight of the marine turbine components installed in the nacelle directly influences the total mechanical design, as well as the operation and maintenance (O&M) costs. A reduction in the weight of the nacelle allows for cost-effective tower and foundation structures. On the other hand, longer transmission distances from an offshore wind turbine to the load leads to higher energy losses. In this regard, DC transmission is more useful than AC transmission in terms of efficiency because no reactive power is generated/consumed by DC transmission cables. This paper describes some of the challenges and difficulties faced in designing high-power-density power conversion systems (HPDPCSs) for offshore wind turbines. A new approach for high gain/high voltage systems is introduced using transformerless power conversion technologies. Finally, the proposed converter is evaluated in terms of step-up conversion ratio, device number, modulation, and costs.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2006년도 제37회 하계학술대회 논문집 B
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• pp.635-636
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• 2006

A pulse with modulation(PWM) that keeps a constant angle of dwell and adjust duty ratio is a good method to control a speed of SRM. And a method of one pulse control is proper a operation on range of high speed in SRM for a good energy efficiency. Because PWM method is more safety than one pulse method, conversion of those is best choice according the speed range. So, some algorithm is need for smooth conversion of the mode of control. This paper presents a factor of conversion that proper the conversion of control mode between PWM and one pulse method This factor is from estimation of torque and proper at the variable range of conversion and show the better conversion characteristic than constant factor of conversion.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2014

최근 전 세계적으로 고유가 상황이 지속됨에 따라 신재생에너지원에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 그중 해양에너지는 그 양이 매우 많고 밀도가 높기 때문에 활용성이 높다. 특히 우리나라의 경우 삼면이 바다로 둘러싸여있기 때문에 해양에너지원이 매우 풍부하다. 본 논문은 해양에너지를 전력으로 변환하는 시스템중 하나인 방파제형 파력발전 시스템에 수평판 설치를 통한 발전 효율 향상에 관하여 서술하였다. 기존의 방파제형 파력발전 상부에 수평판을 설치함으로써 시스템의 전력변환효율을 향상시킬 수 있으나 아직까지 국내에서는 이에 대한 연구가 미흡하다. 본 논문에서는 조파수조 실험을 통하여 수평판이 방파제형 파력발전 시스템에 미치는 영향에 대해 분석하고, 본 시스템에 적합한 수평판 설치에 대해 제안한다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.9-13
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• 2010

This paper proposes an input-series-output-parallel connected ZVS full bridge converter with interleaved control for photovoltaic power conditioning systems (PV PCS). The input-series connection enables a fully modular power-system architecture, where low voltage and standard power modules can be connected in any combination at the input and/or at the output, to realize any given specifications. Further, the input-series connection enables the use of low-voltage MOSFETs that are optimized for a very low RDSON, thus, resulting in lower conduction losses. The system costs decrease due to the reduced current, and the volumes of the output filters due to the interleaving technique. A topology for a photovoltaic (PV) dc/dc converter that can dramatically reduce the power rating and increase the efficiency of a PV system by analyzing the PV module characteristics is proposed. The control scheme, consisting of an output voltage loop, a current loop and input voltage balancing loops, is proposed to achieve input voltage sharing and output current sharing. The total PV system is implemented for a 10-kW PV power conditioning system (PCS). This system has a dc/dc converter with a 3.6-kW power rating. It is only one-third of the total PV PCS power. A 3.6-kW prototype PV dc/dc converter is introduced to experimentally verify the proposed topology. In addition, experimental results show that the proposed topology exhibits good performance.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.849-859
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• 2017

This paper illustrates the analysis and design of a multi-resonant converter applied to an electric vehicle (EV) charger. Thanks to the notch resonant characteristic, the multi-resonant converter achieve soft switching and operate with a narrowed switching frequency range even with a wide output voltage range. These advantages make it suitable for battery charging applications. With two more resonant elements, the design of the chosen converter is more complex than the conventional LLC resonant converter. However, there is not a distinct design outline for the multi-resonant converters in existing articles. According to the analysis in this paper, the normalized notch frequency $f_{r2n}$ and the second series resonant frequency $f_{r3n}$ are more sensitive to the notch capacitor ratio q than the notch inductor ratio k. Then resonant capacitors should be well-designed before the other resonant elements. The peak gain of the converter depends mainly on the magnetizing inductor ratio $L_n$ and the normalized load Q. And it requires a smaller $L_n$ and Q to provide a sufficient voltage gain $M_{max}$ at ($V_{o\_max}$, $P_{o\_max}$). However, the primary current increases with $(L_nQ)^{-1}$, and results in a low efficiency. Then a detailed design procedure for the multi-resonant converter has been provided. A 3.3kW prototype with an output voltage range of 50V to 500V dc and a peak efficiency of 97.3 % is built to verify the design and effectiveness of the converter.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.20-25
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• 2006

This paper deals with the design and aerodynamic analysis of a so-called 'ring-type' impulse turbine for wave energy conversion. Numerical analysis was performed using the CFD cock, FLUENT. The main idea of the proposed turbine rotor was to minimize the adverse effect of tip clearance of the turbine blade; the design was borrowed from a ducted propeller with connected ring tip for special purpose marine vehicles. Results show that the efficiency increases up to $10\%$, depending on flaw coefficient, with the higher flaw coefficient yielding better efficiency. Decrease of input coefficient CA was the main reason for higher efficiency. Performance of ring-type rotor at various design parameters, as well as flaw conditions, was investigated, and the advantages and the disadvantages of the present impulse turbine were also discussed.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.47-56
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• 1990

Pure titanium rods were oxidized by anodic oxidation, furnace oxidation and flame oxidation and used as a electrode in the photodecomposition of water. The maximum photoelectrochemical conversion efficiency(${\eta}$) was found for flame oxidized electrode ($1200^{\circ}C$ for 2 min in air), 0.8 %. Anodically oxidized electrodes have minimum photoelectrochemical conversion efficiencies, 0.3 %. Furnace oxidized electrode ($800^{\circ}C$ for 10min in air) has 0.5% phtoelectrochemical efficiency and shows a band-gap energy of about 2.9eV. The efficiency shows a parallelism with the presence of the metallic interstitial compound $TiO_{O+X}$(X < 0.33) at the metal-semiconductor interface, the thickness of the sub oxide layer and that of the external rutile scale.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.172-176
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• 2009

The nature and morphology of titanium dioxide films play a significant role in determining the overall efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSCs). In this work, the preparation of nanostructured titania particles by sol-gel method (SG-$TiO_2$) and its characterization were investigated for the application of DSSCs. The samples were characterized by XRD, XPS, FE-SEM, BET and FT-IR analysis. The energy conversion efficiency of SG-$TiO_2$ was approximately 8.3 % under illumination with AM 1.5 (100 mW/$cm^2$) simulated sunlight. DSSCs made of SG-$TiO_2$ nanocrystalline films as photoanodes achieved better energy conversion efficiency compared to those prepared using commercially available Degussa P25.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.3339-3344
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• 2012

태양 에너지 변환 효율이 높은 접시형 집광기와 스털링 엔진을 이용한 발전 방식을 조사하기 위하여 본 연구에서는 소형 스털링 엔진을 이용하여 좁은 공간에서 발전용으로 사용할 수 있는 시스템을 개발하였고, 기초 실험을 수행하였다. 본 연구에서 제작한 발전 시스템을 위하여 50만원의 제작비가 소요되었고, 제작한 시스템으로 최대 0.56 kWh의 전기를 발전하였으며, 에너지 변환 효율은 약 10%로 측정되었다. 시스템의 최적 설계를 통하여 더 높은 출력을 얻을 수 있으며, 본 연구의 기초 실험 데이터는 많은 태양열 발전 관련 분야에서 유용하게 사용될 것으로 사료된다.

• 청정기술
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.85-92
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• 2021

태양에너지를 활용하여 전력을 생산하는 시스템인 Solar water battery는 광전기화학전지와 에너지저장시스템을 결합한 것으로 추가적인 외부 전압 없이 태양에너지의 전환과 저장을 동시에 할 수 있다. Solar water battery는 광전극, 저장전극 그리고 상대전극으로 구성되어 있고, 이들의 선택과 조합은 시스템의 성능과 효율에 있어 중요한 역할을 한다. 본 연구에서는 Solar water battery의 구성요소들을 변화시켜 시스템에 미치는 영향을 알고자 하였다. 상대전극이 방전 시 미치는 영향, 광전극과 저장전극의 전극 재료, 전해질의 종류에 따른 태양에너지 전환 효율과 저장 용량에 미치는 영향에 대해 연구하였다. 이들의 최적화된 구성(TiO2 : NaFe-PB : Pt foil)에서 15시간동안의 광조사 후의 방전 용량이 72.393 mAh g-1으로 시스템 구성 조건에 따라 광전환/저장 효율이 크게 영향을 받음을 확인 할 수 있었다. 또한, 유기 오염물질을 광전극 반응조내 전해질에 첨가하여 광전하를 효율적으로 분리시킴으로써 광전류 증가시켰으며, 이로 인해 저장용량이 향상되고, 동시에 오염물질도 분해시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다. 이처럼 Solar water battery는 추가적인 외부 전압이 필요없는 새로운 친환경 태양에너지 전환/저장 시스템이며, 나아가 수처리에도 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.