• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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• v.63 no.3
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• pp.183-188
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• 2014

Power conversion systems used in large gas turbine power plant can be divided into two main part. Because of the initial start-up characteristic of the gas turbine combustor, the gas turbine must be accelerated by starting device(LCI : Load Commutated Inverter) up to 10%~20% of rated speed to ignite it. In addition, the ECS(Excitation Control system) is used to control the rotor field current and reactive power in grid-connected synchronous generator. These two large power conversion systems are located in the same space(container) because of coordination control. Recently, many manufactures develop high speed controller based on function block available in the LCI and ECS with the newest power semiconductor. We also developed high speed controller based on function block to be using these two system and it meets the international standard IEC61131 as using real-time OS(VxWorks) and ISaGRAF. In order to install easily these systems at power plant, main controller, special module and IO module are used with high speed communication line other than electric wire line. Before initial product is installed on the site, prototype is produced and tests are conducted for it. The performance results of Integrated controller and application program(SFC, ECS) were described in this paper. The test results will be considered as the important resources for the application in future.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.200-211
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• 2017

Conventional boost-full-bridge and boost-hybrid-bridge two-stage inverters are widely applied in order to adapt to the wide dc input voltage range of photovoltaic arrays. However, the efficiency of the conventional topology is not fully optimized because additional switching losses are generated in the voltage conversion so that the input voltage rises and then falls. Moreover, the electrolytic capacitors in a dc-link lead to a larger volume combined with increases in both weight and cost. This paper proposes a higher efficiency inverter with time-sharing synchronous modulation. The energy transmission paths, wheeling branches and switching losses for the high-frequency switches are optimized so that the overall efficiency is greatly improved. In this paper, a contrastive analysis of the component losses for the conventional and proposed inverter topologies is carried out in MATLAB. Finally, the high-efficiency under different switching frequencies and different input voltages is verified by a 3 kW prototype.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.1081-1082
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• 2008

Photovoltaic (PV) power generation system has been widely studied as a clean and renewable power source. The purpose of this study is to keep the output power of photovoltaic cells maximum under any weather conditions. There are so many MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) methods. P&O method has been used as a key MPPT method, both voltage and current coming out from PV array have to be feedback in the method. Thus, the system has a complex structure, and may fail to track MPP of PV array when unexpected weather conditions happen. In order to reduce the feedback components, POS MPPT control method was proposed by the authors. In this paper, the authors apply the POS MPPT control method to three phase PCS system. And the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme is demonstrated through PSCAD/EMTDC simulation.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.511-521
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• 2014

This study proposes an electric vehicle (EV) smart panel board and its control method on the basis of charging scheduling. The proposed system consists of batteries, a three-phase battery charger, three single-phase inverters, transfer switches for electric power distribution, and a controller. The three-phase battery charger usually charges the batteries at midnight when electric rates are cheap and in light load. When the electric power consumption of the EV standard chargers connected to one phase of the power line is relatively large or when a blackout occurs, the electric power stored in the battery is supplied by discharging through the inverters to the EV standard chargers. As a result, the value of peak load and the charging electric power quantity supplied from a utility grid are reduced, and the current unbalance is improved. The usefulness of the proposed system is confirmed through simulations, experiments, and case studies.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.532-539
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• 2007

Photovoltaic power generation system is one of new renewable energy sources. Such distributed power generation system has important issues for the system management ad operating after its installation. To solve the problem, remote monitoring and control systems can be employed. In this paper, LabVBEW based monitoring and control system is proposed for efficient management and operation of the photovoltaic power generation system. Interface method between monitoring part and DSP controller is given in detail. The proposed system is verified through experiments using a grid-connected photovoltaic power generation system.

• KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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• v.4B no.4
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• pp.217-224
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• 2004

A novel anti-islanding method for the distributed power generation system (DPGS) is proposed in this paper. Three different islanding scenarios are explored and presented based on the analysis of real and reactive power mismatch. It is shown via investigation that islanding voltage is a function of real power alone, where its frequency is a function of both real and reactive power. Following this analysis, a robust anti-islanding algorithm is developed. The proposed algorithm continuously perturbs ($\pm$5%) the reactive power supplied by the DPGS while simultaneously monitoring the utility voltage and frequency. In the event of islanding, a measurable frequency deviation takes place, upon which the real power of the DPGS is further reduced to 80%. A drop in voltage positively confirms islanding and the DPGS is then safely disconnected. This method of control is shown to be robust: it is able to detect islanding under resonant loads and is also fast acting (operable in one cycle). Possible islanding conditions are simulated and verified through analysis. Experimental results on a 0.5kW fuel cell system connected to a utility grid are discussed.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.1600-1609
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• 2016

As the penetration of different types of renewable energy sources (RES) and energy storage systems (ESS) increases, the importance of stability in AC microgrid is being emphasized. Especially, RES and ESS which are operated using power electronics have difference in output characteristics according to control structures. When faults like single-line-to-ground fault or islanding operation occur, this means that a fault should be interpreted in different way. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze fault characteristics in AC microgrid in case of grid-connected mode and standalone mode. In this paper, the fault analysis for AC microgrid is carried out using PSCAD/EMTDC and an overvoltage problem and the countermeasures were proposed.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.297-298
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• 2011

최근 계통연계형 인버터 시스템에서 고 신뢰 운전이 매우 중요한 과제로 대두되고 있다. 특히 인버터의 고장에 관한 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 계통연계형 인버터에서 직류단 전압 센서의 고장 허용 제어 알고리즘을 제안한다. 직류단 전압의 추정값으로 고장의 발생 시에 허용 제어를 수행한다. 매우 빠른 동특성을 가진 제어기가 요구되는 제안된 알고리즘의 적용을 위해 데드비트 전류제어기를 사용한다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안된 알고리즘을 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.269-270
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• 2011

본 논문은 계통연계형 태양광 발전 시스템에서 유효, 무효전력 주입 시 성능개선을 위한 슬라이딩 모드가 적용된 직접전력제어 기법을 제안한다. 제안하는 제어 기법은 공간벡터변조 방식이 적용된 직접전력제어에서 적합한 비례-적분제어기의 모델링을 함으로 적절한 제어기의 이득을 설정한다. 직접전력 제어의 우수한 응답특성을 유지하기 위하여 가변구조제어의 한종류인 슬라이딩 모드제어를 적용한다. 제안하는 알고리즘의 검증을 위하여 시뮬레이션을 수행하여 제안하는 제어기법의 타당성을 확인 한다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.213-214
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• 2011

본 논문은 계통연계형 3-레벨 NPC 인버터 시스템의 중성점 전압 불평형 제어기법을 제안한다. 3-레벨 NPC 인버터는 직류단 커패시터를 2개로 나누어 사용하기 때문에 두 커패시터간의 전압차이가 발생할 수 있으며 이는 출력전류의 왜곡을 야기한다. 본 논문에서는 복잡한 모델링을 통한 제어기 설계나 공간 벡터 전압 변조 방법의 변형 없이 간단하게 시간오프셋을 추가하여 N형과 P형의 small 전압 벡터의 인가시간을 조절함으로써 중성점 전압 불평 형을 제어하고, 복잡한 계산 없이 적절한 시간오프셋을 구한다. 10kW급 계통연계 3-레벨 NPC 인버터 모델을 기반으로 수행된 시뮬레이션 결과를 바탕으로 제안하는 제어기법의 타당성을 보인다.