• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.588-589
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• 2012

최근 LED 드라이버의 효율 향상에 집중될수록 LED의 특성을 고려한 정전류 제어가 더욱 중요해지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 LED 모듈과 같은 정전류 제어가 필요한 부하에 플라이백 컨버터의 병렬구조 연결에 의한 정전류 공급법에 대해 제안한다. 플라이백 컨버터를 병렬구조로 연결하고 전류 불연속 모드 상태에서 스위칭 소자에 PWM 신호를 교차 인가하고, 또한 싱글 스테이지의 전력변환을 함으로써 시스템 효율을 개선하였다. 더불어 병렬구조로 연결된 플라이백 컨버터의 변압기를 통합하여 설계함으로써 코어의 부피, 비용 및 출력 리플 저감의 효과를 가능하게 하였다. 제안된 알고리즘 및 시스템에 대해서 시뮬레이션을 통해 그 타당성을 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.501-502
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 입력 단 센서를 제거한 태양광 AC 모듈 인터리브드 플라이백 인버터의 최대 전력점 추종 및 전류 평형 제어 기법을 제안한다. 기존 제어 방식들의 수행을 위해서는 입력 전압 $V_{pv}$, 입력 전류 $I_{pv}$ 센서와 각 상 스위치 단의 전류 센서들이 필요하나 4개의 센서와 주변 회로는 AC 모듈의 사이즈, 부피 및 가격을 증가시킨다. 이러한 문제점들을 해결하기 위해 제안하는 방식은 각 상의 전류 센서만을 사용하여 최대 전력점 추종 및 전류 평형 제어를 동시에 수행한다. 제안한 시스템의 타당성을 이론적 분석과 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.11a
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• pp.31-32
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 3레벨 무정전전원장치의 직류링크 전압 불균형을 제거할 수 있는 3레벨 인터리브드 충방전기의 장치 및 제어 기법을 제안하였다. 기존 2레벨에 비해서 3레벨 인터리브드 충방전기는 배터리 전류의 리플감소와 전력변환손실을 절감할 수 있으며, 중성점 전압 제어로 직류링크의 전압편차를 균등화 할 수 있다. 제안된 기법은 방전 시 독립방전모드와 중복방전모드가 자동 전환되며, 간단하고도 효과적으로 중성점 전압제어가 가능하다. 제안된 방식의 유효성은 PSIM 시뮬레이션과 300kVA 무정전전원장치 시제품의 동작파형으로 검증하였다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.65 no.12
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• pp.2000-2007
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• 2016

Generally, in order to implement the CRM(Critical Conduction Mode), the analog controller is used rather than a digital controller because the control is simple and uses less power. However, according to the semiconductor technology development and various user needs, digital control system based on a DSP is on the rise. Therefore, in this paper, the CRM bridgeless PFC converter based on a digital control is proposed. It is necessary to detect the inductor current when it reaches zero and peak value, for calculating the on time and off time by using the current information. However, in this paper, the on-time and off-time are calculated by using the proposed algorithm without any current information. If the switching-times are calculated through the steady-state analysis of the converter, they do not reflect transient status such as starting-up. Therefore, the calculated frequency is out of range, and the transient current is generated. In order to solve these problems, limitation method of the on-time and off-time is used, and the limitation values are varied according to the voltage reference. In addition, in steady state, depending on the switching frequency, the inductance is varied because of the resonance between the inductor and the parasitic capacitance of the switching elements. In order to solve the problem, inductance are measured depending on the switching frequency. The measured inductance are used to calculate the switching time for preventing the transient current. Simulation and experimental results are presented to verify the proposed method.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.629-638
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• 2016

This paper proposes a State-of-Charge (SOC) balancing control of Battery Power Modules (BPMs) for a modularized battery for Electric Vehicles (EVs) without additional balancing circuits. The BPMs are substituted with the single converter in EVs located between the battery and the inverter. The BPM is composed of a two-phase interleaved boost converter with battery modules. The discharge current of each battery module can be controlled individually by using the BPM to achieve a balanced state as well as increased utilization of the battery capacity. Also, an SOC balancing method is proposed to reduce the equalization time, which satisfies the regulation of a constant DC-link voltage and a demand of the output power. The proposed system and the SOC balancing method are verified through simulation and experiment.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.103-111
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• 2021

Among transport vehicles, Special Vehicles (SVs) are seriously exposed to energy and environmental problems. In particular, elevator cars used when moving objects in high-rise buildings increase the engine's rotational speed (radian per second: RPM). At this time, when the vehicle accelerates rapidly while idling, energy consumption increases explosively along with the engine speed, and a lot of soot is generated. The purpose of this paper is to develop a bi-directional DC-DC converter for control of vehicle power and secondary battery used in an elevated ladder vehicle (EC) used in the moving industry. As a result of this paper, the performance test of the converter was conducted. The charging/discharging state of the converter was simulated using DC power supply and DC electronic load, and a performance experiment was conducted to measure the input/output power of the converter through a power meter. Through this experimental result, it was confirmed that the efficiency was more than 92% in Buck mode and Boost mode at maximum 1.2kW output.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.490-500
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• 2017

Fuel cell (FC) is a promising power supply in electric vehicles (EV); however, it has poor dynamic performance and short service life. To address these shortcomings, a super capacitor (SC) is adopted as an auxiliary power supply. In this study, the frequency decoupling control method is used in electric vehicle energy system. High-frequency and low-frequency demand power is provided by SC and FC, respectively, which makes full use of two power supplies. Simultaneously, the energy system still has rapidity and reliability. The distributed power system (DPS) of EV requires DC-DC converters to achieve the desired voltage. The stability of cascaded converters must be assessed. Impedance-based methods are effective in the stability analysis of DPS. In this study, closed-loop impedances of interleaved half-bridge DC-DC converter and phase-shifted full-bridge DC-DC converter based on the frequency decoupling control method are derived. The closed-loop impedance of an inverter for permanent magnet synchronous motor based on space vector modulation control method is also derived. An improved Middlebrook criterion is used to assess and adjust the stability of the energy system. A theoretical analysis and simulation test are provided to demonstrate the feasibility of the energy management system and the control method.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.360-368
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• 2017

This paper proposes the 80-kW high-efficiency bidirectional hybrid SiC boost/buck converter using droop control for DC nano-grid. The proposed converter consists of four 20-kW modules to achieve fault tolerance, ease of thermal management, and reduced component stress. Each module is constructed as a cascaded structure of the two basic bi-directional converters, namely, interleaved boost and buck converters. A six-pack hybrid SiC intelligent power module (IPM) suitable for the proposed cascaded structure is adopted for high-efficiency and compactness. The proposed converter with hybrid switching method reduces the switching loss by minimizing switching of insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT). Each module control achieves smooth transfer from buck to boost operation and vice versa, since current controller switchover is not necessary. Furthermore, the proposed parallel control using DC droop with secondary control, enhances the current sharing accuracy while well regulating the DC bus voltage. A 20-kW prototype of the proposed converter has been developed and verified with experiments and indicates a 99.3% maximum efficiency and 98.8% rated efficiency.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.66 no.2
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• pp.328-338
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• 2017

In this paper, a zero torque control scheme adopting current sharing function (CSF) used in integrated Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) drive with DC battery charger is proposed. The proposed control scheme is able to achieve the keeping position (KP), zero torque (ZT) and power factor correction (PFC) at the same time with a simple novel current sharing function algorithm. The proposed CSF makes the proper reference for each phase windings of SRM to satisfy the total charging current of the battery with zero torque output to hold still position with power factor correction, and the copper loss minimization during of battery charging is also achieved during this process. Based on these, CSFs can be used without any recalculation of the optimal current at every sampling time. In this proposed integrated battery charger system, the cost effective, volume and weight reduction and power enlargement is realized by function multiplexing of the motor winding and asymmetric SR converter. By using the phase winding as large inductors for charging process, and taking the asymmetric SR converter as an interleaved converter with boost mode operation, the EV can be charged effectively and successfully with minimum integral system. In this integral system, there is a position sliding mode controller used to overcome any uncertainty such as mutual inductance or DC offset current sensor. Power factor correction and voltage adaption are obtained with three-phase buck type converter (or current source rectifier) that is cascaded with conventional SRM, one for wide input and output voltage range. The practicability is validated by the simulation and experimental results by using a laboratory 3-hp SRM setup based on TI TMS320F28335 platform.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.273-280
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• 2018

This paper proposes a zero-voltage-transition pulse-width modulation (PWM) DC-DC converter that uses a new active-snubber-cell. The converter main switch can be turned on and off with ZVS, while the snubber switch is turned on with ZCS and turned off with ZVS. Other semiconductor devices are operated under the soft-switching condition. Normal PWM control can be used, the proposed active-snubber-cell does not impose any additional voltage and current stresses. The active-snubber-cell is suitable for high-power applications due to its easy integration into interleaved converters. This paper discusses the operation of the converter, presents some design guidelines, and provides the results of an experiment with a 100 kHz and 1 kW prototype. A peak efficiency of 97.8% is recorded.