• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.376-377
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• 2018

A hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) platform for a power management control of islanded DC microgrids is established. In order to avoid the complexity and high costs, a decentralized control based on the DC Bus Signaling (DBS) method is applied to the HIL system. The simulation results for the HIL microgrid platform have verified the effectiveness of power management strategy.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.459-460
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• 2014

여러 가지 분산 발전 시스템들은 마이크로그리드의 형태를 지니고 있다. 하나의 분산 발전 시스템과 비교하여 마이크로 그리드는 더 좋은 시스템 신뢰성과 제어 적응성을 가지고 있다. 이 마이크로그리드는 계통연계모드에서 부하의 수요를 담당하게 되고, 계통 사고가 발생할 시 단독운전모드로 동작을 해야 한다. 드룹제어방식은 이 때 각각의 분산발전시스템에서의 유효전력과 무효전력 부하 sharing을 통해 안정적으로 전력을 공급 할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 드룹제어를 활용한 100KW급 대용량 인버터 병렬 운전 시스템을 제안하였다. 그리고 P-Q decoupling을 위한 가상 인덕터를 이용하여 개선된 전력 sharing에 대해 연구하고 PSIM을 통해 이를 검증하였다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.61 no.1
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• pp.80-84
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• 2012

Recently, the small scale photovoltaic (PV) electronic devices are drawing attention as the upcoming PV generation system. The PV system is commonly used in small scale PV applications such as LED lighting and cell phone. This paper proposes photovoltaic output sensorless (POS) maximum power point tracking (MPPT) control for a small scale charging system of PV-nickel metal hydride battery using field-programmable gate array (FPGA) controller. A converter is connected to a small scale PV cell and battery, and performs the POS MPPT at the battery terminal current instead of being at the PV cell output voltage and current. The FPGA controller and converter operate based on POS MPPT method. The experimental results show that the nickel metal hydride battery is charged by the maximum PV output power.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.349-355
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• 2019

A grid-connected inverter with critical loads should be able to supply a stable voltage to critical loads at mode change and during clearing time while detecting unintentional islanding. This study proposes a mode transfer method for a grid-connected inverter with critical loads. The proposed method, which integrates the grid-connected and islanded mode control loops into one control block, provides an autonomous and seamless mode transfer from the current control to the voltage control. Therefore, the proposed scheme can supply a stable voltage to critical loads at mode change and during clearing time. Experimental results are provided to validate the proposed method.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.327-328
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• 2011

마이크로그리드는 주로 신재생 전원으로 구성되는 소규모 전력시스템으로 그 관심이 고조되고 있다. 최근 멀티에이전트 기반의 마이크로그리드의 운용 및 제어 기술에 대한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 전력시스템과 연계되지 않는 독립운전의 경우는 상용주파수를 유지하기 위해서 전력의 공급과 부하의 균형을 유지시켜야 하며, 특히 전력공급이 부족한 경우는 강제적으로 전력의 부하를 차단하여야 한다. 본 논문에서는 멀티에이전트 시스템 기반의 독립운전을 하는 마이크로그리드 운용을 위한 강제적인 부하 차단을 위해서 파산문제(bankruptcy problem)와 CEA(constrained equal awards) 규칙에 근거하여 부하 차단의 기법을 제안하고 이에 대해서 그 활용 가능성을 검토하고자 한다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.1105-1118
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• 2015

Battery energy storage devices (ESDs) have become more and more commonplace to maintain the stability of islanded power systems. Considering the limitation in inverter capacity and the requirement of flexibility in the ESD, the droop control was implemented in paralleled ESDs for higher capacity and autonomous operation. Under the conventional droop control, state-of-charge (SoC) errors between paralleled ESDs is inevitable in the discharging operation. Thus, some ESDs cease operation earlier than expected. This paper proposes an adaptive accelerating parameter to improve the performance of the SoC error eliminating droop controller under the constraints of a microgrid. The SoC of a battery ESD is employed in the active power droop coefficient, which could eliminate the SoC error during the discharging process. In addition, to expedite the process of SoC error elimination, an adaptive accelerating parameter is dedicated to weaken the adverse effect of the constraints due to the requirement of the system running. Moreover, the stability and feasibility of the proposed control strategy are confirmed by small-signal analysis. The effectiveness of the control scheme is validated by simulation and experiment results.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.28 no.12
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• pp.221-229
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• 2023

Recently, Grid-forming(GFM) converter, which offers features such as virtual inertia, damping, black start capability, and islanded mode operation in power systems, has gained significant attention. However, in low-voltage microgrids(MG), it faces challenges due to the coupling phenomenon between active and reactive power caused by the low line impedance X/R ratio and a non-negligible power angle. This power coupling issue leads to stability and performance degradation, inaccurate power sharing, and control parameter design problems for GFM converters. Therefore, this paper serves as a review study on not only control methods associated with GFM converters but also power decoupling techniques. The aim is to introduce promising control methods and enhance accessibility to future research activities by providing a critical review of power decoupling methods. Consequently, by facilitating easy access for future researchers to the study of power decoupling methods, this work is expected to contribute to the expansion of distributed power generation.