• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.84-86
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• 2018

Active hybrid solid state transformer(AHSST) is newly emerging as a device to maintan the power quality of power distribution. AHSST has a simple structure in which a power electronics device is connected in series to a conventional distribution transformer. The connected power electronics device maintains the constant voltage regardless of the primary grid voltage fluctuation through the secondary voltage control to improve the power quality. It also has a simple structure compare to conventional solid state transformer system and can achieve the same performance with fractionally-rated converter. This paper proposes an multi-level converter based on AHSST system that has a simpler control method and wider voltage control range than the conventional AHSST. The proposed system is verified by simulations.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.420-423
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• 2020

This study proposes an indirect constant voltage control algorithm for hybrid solid-state transformers (HSSTs) by using primary side information. Considering the structure of HSSTs, measuring voltage and current information on the primary side of a transformer is necessary to control the converter and inverter of the power converter. The secondary side output voltage is measured to apply the conventional secondary side constant voltage control algorithm, and thus, the digital control board requires the same rated insulation voltage as that of the transformer. To solve this problem, the secondary voltage of the transformer obtained from the tap voltage is used. Moreover, output voltage decreases as load increases because the proposed indirect constant voltage control scheme does not consider the cable impedance between the secondary output terminal and the load. This study also proposes a technique for compensating the secondary output voltage by using the primary current of the transformer and the resistance value of the cable. An experiment is conducted using a scale-down HSST prototype consisting of a 660 V/220 V tap transformer. The problem of the proposed indirect constant voltage control strategy and the improvement effect due to the application of the compensation method are compared using the derived experimental results.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.472-480
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• 2009

In this paper, a charge equalization converter with parallel-connected primary windings of transformers is proposed. The proposed work effectively balances the voltage among Lithium-Ion battery cells despite each battery cell has low voltage gap compared with its state of charge (SOC). The principle of the proposed work is that the equalizing energy from all battery strings moves to the lowest voltage battery through the isolated dc/dc converter controlled by the corresponding solid state relay switch. For this research a prototype of four Lithium-Ion battery cells is optimally designed and implemented, and experimental results show that the proposed method has excellent cell balancing performance.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.484-485
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• 2018

증가하는 부하 수요와 신재생 에너지의 보급 때문에 고품질의 전압을 공급하는데 어려움을 겪고 있다. 전통적인 배전용 변압기는 수동적으로 운전상태가 결정되기 때문에 전력 품질에 문제가 발생 시 대처가 불가능하다. 이러한 단점을 보완하기 위해 국내 / 국외에서 반도체 변압기에 대한 많은 연구들이 진행되었다. 하지만 이러한 반도체 변압기는 상용화에 있어 배전단 1차 측의 높은 전압에 대응하기 위한 절연 구조가 필요한 단점이 있다. 본 논문은 기존의 주상변압기에 전력변환장치를 추가하여 반도체 변압기의 핵심 기능 중 순간 전압 상승/강하 보상하는 새로운 개념의 반도체 변압기의 회로 구조를 제시한다. 그리고 1차측 전압 상승/강하에 따른 2차측 전압의 변동을 PSIM 시뮬레이션으로 통해 검증한다.