• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.451-454
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• 2003

In this paper, the research trend and the sate-of-the-art of low cost motor drives are introduced with the recently increasing interest In various industrial applications, such as home appliance, hybrid electric vehicles, wind power systems, fuel cell systems, and etc. Based on this presented work, it is highly expected the power electronics technologies, which are accumulated through the last 20 years, can be effectively applied to actual application fields.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.60 no.8
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• pp.1523-1528
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• 2011

This paper proposes buck-type charging method using motor inductance, 3-phase inverter and bi-directional converter without an additional charger in plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The proposed system has advantages over the conventional system such as high charging efficiency, high power factor, and low total harmonic distortion. The validity of each methods are verified by theoretical analysis and simulation.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.226-227
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 플러그인 하이브리드 자동차(Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, PHEVs)에 모터 인덕턴스를 이용한 배터리 충전 기법을 적용하는 경우, 발생되는 손실을 PHEV의 실제 소자 파라미터를 고려하여 수식적으로 분석한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.242-243
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• 2012

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.64 no.5
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• pp.701-707
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• 2015

Recently, it has to design the motor to raise power density because of many necessary application, such as home appliances and hybrid electric vehicles. Power of motor is made up of the torque and speed. So, if the motor which is the same size and shape is designed to raise speed, power and power density are increase.

• Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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• 2002.04b
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• pp.7-7
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• 2002

Recently social demand to achieve low fuel consumption and clean emission requires the development of new generation vehicle beyond the conventional vehicle concept. In this point, new generation vehicle is newly designed as electric vehicle, hybrid electric vehicle, fuel cell electric vehicle or 3 liter car etc. In order to develop new generation vehicle, it is very important to develop new materials and process technologies now. In this paper these new technologies are presented focusing on weight reduction specially. Steel body can be achieved 20-25% weight reduction by adoption of high strength steel and new process technologies, i.e tailored blank and hydroforming. Aluminium body can be achieved 40-50% weigt down by use of all aluminium monocoque body or aluminium space frame with aluminium panel. Plasitic composite body can be achieved 30% weight reduction comparing with conventional steel body.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.24-26
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• 1999

A new hybrid vehicle Powered by fuel cells is being developed in order to improve the fuel conversion rate and reduce air pollutions. Fuel cell electric vehicle(FCEV) is considered to be the next generation electric vehicle with on board generator. This paper is to determine the current technical status of FCEVs and assess and judge the prospect of the prospects of fuel cell electric engines.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.1934-1944
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• 2017

As a key component of high-voltage power conversion system for electric vehicles (EVs), bidirectional DC/DC (Bi-DC/DC) is required to have high efficiency and light weight. Conventional design methods optimize the Bi-DC/DC at the maximum power dissipation point (MPDP). For EVs application, the work condition of the Bi-DC/DC is not strict as the MPDP, where the design method using MPDP may not be optimal during travel of EVs. This paper optimizes the Bi-DC/DC converter targeting efficiency and weight based on the driving cycle. By analyzing the two-phase interleaved Bi-DC/DC for hybrid energy storage systems (HESS) of EVs, its power dissipation is calculated, and an efficiency model is derived. On this basis, weight models of capacitor, inductor and heat sink are built, as well as a dynamic temperature model of heat sink. Based on these models, a method using New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) for optimal design of Bi-DC/DC which simultaneously considered efficiency and weight is proposed. The simulation result shows that compare with conventional optimization methods revealed that the optimization approach based on driving cycle allowed significant weight reduction while meeting the efficiency requirements.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.153-160
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• 2015

Hybrid Electric Vehicles(HEVs) have seriously come into prevalence recently as car manufacturers and consumers have become more aware of the environmental and economic problems of conventional vehicles. For the alternative power-train and battery cooling systems in HEVs, an effective thermal management system is required, and many automakers are interested in using Brushless DC(BLDC) motors for cooling fans for the overall traction unit's performance and energy saving capability. This paper presents the development status of BLDC motors as major parts of the power-train, i.e. the engine cooling and battery cooling fans of HEVs. A design that uses BLDC motors for the power-train and each battery cooling fan, is successfully implemented through using electro-magnetic analysis, and prototype BLDC motors are examined. As experimental results, the BLDC motors achieved an efficiency of 85% as engine cooling fans and 72% as a battery thermal management fan motor. The electric cogging noise is significantly reduced by changing the skew of the slot pitch angle and optimizing the magnetic shape.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.77-84
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• 2012

This paper describes the process of optimal resonant frequency design with full-bridge series-loaded resonant dc-dc converter in a high efficiency 3.3 kW on-board battery charger application for Electric Vehicles and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles. The optimal range of resonant frequency and switching frequency used for ZVS are determined by considering trade-off between loss of switching devices and resonant network with size of passive/magnetic devices. In addition, it is defined charging region of battery, the load of on-board charger, as the area of load by deliberating the characteristic of resonant. It is verified the designed frequency band by reflecting the defined area on resonant frequency.