• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.43-51
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• 2010

This paper proposes an analysis of voltage delay and compensation for current control in H-Bridge Multi-Level (HBML) inverters for a medium voltage motor drive with vector control. It is shown that the expansion and modularization capability of the HBML inverter is improved in case of using Phase-Shifted Pulse Width Modulation (PSPWM) since individual inverter modules operate more independently. But, the PSPWM of HBML has a phase difference between reference voltage and real voltage, which can cause instability in the current regulator at high speed where the ratio of the sampling frequency to the output frequency is insufficient. This instability of the current regulator is removed by adding a proposed method which compensate a phase difference between reference voltage and real voltage. The proposed method is suitable for HBML inverter controlled by PSPWM with low switching frequency and high speed motor drive. The validity of the proposed method is verified experimentally on 6,600[V] 1,400[kW] induction motor fed by an 13-level HBML inverter.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.199-200
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• 2012

단상인버터는 산업 현장에서 많은 분야에 사용되며 이러한 이유 하나만으로도 많은 연구가 활발히 진행되어 지고 있다. 또한 스마트 그리드에 대한 기대치가 높아지면서 이에 따른 가정용 인버터 역시 관심의 대상이 되어 가고 있는 실정이다. 또한 많은 기술과 MCU의 발달로 인해 PWM변조 방식의 인버터가 개발되는 상황이다. 단상 풀 브릿지 인버터의 기본적인 토포로지를 변형하여 출려전압을 형성할 때 형성된 전압의 THD를 더욱 낮게 만들기 위하여 멀티레벨을 형성하며 이때 기존의 토포로지에서 사용되는 SW에서 발생되는 손실을 줄이기 위해서 단상 풀 브릿지 형태의 토포로지를 변형하고 이에 따라 SW손실을 최소화 하여 출력 파형을 만들어 내는 토포로지를 제안한다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.07a
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• pp.293-294
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 신뢰성 있으며 실용적인 고전압 대용량 유도 전동기 구동용 H-브릿지 멀티레벨 인버터를 개발하여 산업 현장에 적용한 내용을 소개한다. PEBB (Power Electronics Building Blocks)에 기초한 신뢰성 있는 전력회로 및 분산제어, 그리고 실용적인 PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) 방식을 적용하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.313-316
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• 2005

본 논문은 대용량 진력변환장치인 멀티-레벨 인버터 시스템에서 출력 전압가변이 손쉬운 HBML(H-Bridge Multi-Level) 인버터의 Master와 Cell 제어기 구성에 관한 것이다. HBML 인버터는 각각의 단위 Cell을 저압에서 사용하는 인버터로 구성하면, 구조적으로 풀-브릿지(Full-Bridge) 인버터를 캐스케이드 방식으로 연결하여 고압출력을 얻을 수 있는 토폴로지이다. 시스템에서 Master와 Cell의 제어 처리를 한곳에 집중하지 않는 분산 제어 방식을 적용하여 통신 Data를 최적화하도록 구성하고, 이를 바탕으로 두 제어기를 고성능 원-칩(One-Chip) DSP로만 설계하였다. 모든 외부 모듈을 내장한 CPU로 제어기가 구성될 경우, 외부 노이즈에 강하며, 추가되는 하드웨어 결선을 최소화할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 HBML 인버터 출력 생성 시 반드시 요구되는 출력 PWM 동기 및 위상전이(Phase Shift)를 각 제어기 자체에 내장된 모듈만을 이용해서 구현하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.262-264
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• 2007

최근 전압 및 주파수 가변을 이용하여 전동기의 속도를 제어하여 전동기 경부하시 베인에서 소모되는 에너지 절감효과를 얻을 수 있는 인버터 시스템이 널리 사용되고 있다. 이에 전력연구원은 6.6kV, 1MVA급 인버터 개발 및 동해화력 발전처에 설치, 보일러 점화 전/후 시험, 계통 병입 후 부하 시험 등을 국내 최초로 성공적으로 완료하여 현재 이차 공기 송풍기 구동용 인버터는 상업 운전 중이다. 본 논문에서는 기존 동해화력 발전 설비와 신규 인버터 시스템의 인터페이스 부분에 해당하는 보일러 DCS 로직과 계통 병입 후 시운전 결과에 대하여 상세히 기술하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.253-254
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• 2006

this paper suggest a new space vector PWM modulation method with short processing time which does not need idenfication of nearest three vectors(NTV) and duty calculation for each vector. The suggested PWM method makes mean value of phase voltage to be same as reference during every modulation period by use of a triangle in small hexagon on multi-level vector space. This paper described the suggested modulation method can be successfully applied to the space vector modulation use of multi-level inverter by computer simulations and experiments.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.320-321
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• 2011

This paper proposes a practical design and development for CHBM inverter based on Power Electronics Building Blocks (PEBB). It is shown that the expansion and modularization characteristics of the CHBM inverter are improved since the individual inverter modules operate more independently, when using the PEBB concept. The proposed design and control methods are described in detail and the validity of the proposed system is verified experimentally in various industrial fields.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2003.07b
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• pp.593-597
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• 2003

Multilevel power conversion technology has received increasing attention recently for high power applications. The converters with the technology are suitable for high voltage and high power applications due to their ability to synthesize waveforms with better harmonic spectrum and apply for the high voltage equipment with a limited voltage rating of device. In the family of multilevel inverters, the topologies based on cascaded H-bridges are particularly attractive because of their modularity and simplicity of control. This paper presents multilevel inverter with cascaded H-bridge for large-power motor drives. The main features of this drive 1) reduce harmonic injection 2) can generate near-sinusoidal voltages, 3) have almost no common-mode voltage; 4) are low dv/dt at output voltage; 5)do not generate significant over-voltage on motor terminal; The topology of the developed product is presented and the feasibility study of the inverter on 3300v 1MVA 7-level H-bridge type was tarried out with experiments.

• New & Renewable Energy
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.13-20
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• 2012

This paper describes a transformerless static synchronous campensator (STATCOM) system based on cascade H-bridge multilevel inverter with star configuration. It is designed not only for the dynamic and continuous compensation of the reactive power but also for the improvement of power quality of existing wind power plant. Especially, when the induction generator of wind turbine is directly connected to the grid, reactive power are occurred by exiting current. so a reactive power compensation system based on the cascade H-bridge multilevel STATCOM is proposed because the output power quality and controllability of reactive power are required by grid code in many different countries. Using various The proposed reactive power control strategy using a STATCOM is compared with the conventional scheme using fixed-size of capacitor bank through various simulation results.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.99-105
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• 2014

This paper proposes the reliability improvement of H-Bridge Multi-level (HBM) inverter. This reliability can be implemented through modularization of power circuit, distribution of controller, duplication of controller and communication, and continuous operation method in case of power cell failure for driving medium-voltage & high-power induction motor. It is shown that the modularization and expansion characteristics of the HBM inverter are improved since the individual inverter modules operate more independently when using the proposed concept. Also the fault tolerance is increased by using power cell bypass. The proposed design and control methods are described in detail and the validity of the proposed system is verified experimentally in various industrial fields.