• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.594-600
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• 2017

HVDC transmission systems can be configured in many ways to take into account cost, flexibility and operational requirements. [1] For long-distance transmission, HVDC systems may be less expensive and suffer lower electrical losses. For underwater power cables, HVDC avoids the heavy currents required to charge and discharge the cable capacitance of each cycle. For shorter distances, the higher cost of DC conversion equipment compared to an AC system may still be warranted, due to other benefits of direct current links. HVDC allows power transmission between unsynchronized AC transmission systems. Since the power flow through an HVDC link can be controlled independently of the phase angle between the source and the load, it can stabilize a network against disturbances due to rapid changes in power. HVDC also allows the transfer of power between grid systems running at different frequencies, such as 50 Hz and 60 Hz. This improves the stability and economy of each grid, by allowing the exchange of power between incompatible networks. This paper proposed to establish Korean HVDC technology through a cooperative agreement between KEPCO and LSIS in 2010. During the first stage (2012), a design of the ${\pm}80kV$ 60MW HVDC bipole system was created by both KEPCO and LSIS. The HVDC system was constructed and an operation test was completed in December 2012. During the second stage, the pole#2 system was fully replaced with components that LSIS had recently developed. LSIS also successfully completed the operation test. (2014.3)

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2018

마이크로 그리드 환경에는 변압기, 스위치, 에너지저장장치 등 많은 종류의 전력 설비가 존재하지만, IoT 기술의 발달에 따라 온도, 압력, 습도와 같은 센서 정보를 취득할 수 있는 기회를 제공하고 있다. 기존의 마이크로 그리드 환경에서는 IEC 61850 표준에서 정의하고 있는 MMS 등의 통신 프로토콜을 준용하여 전력 설비와 플랫폼 간 통합 운용되고 있다. 그렇기 때문에 IoT 데이터를 수용하기 위해서는 IEC 61850 기반으로 구성된 데이터 수집 장치(FEP)에 IoT 데이터를 연계해 줄 수 있는 게이트웨이 기술이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 마이크로그리드 운영 시스템 연계를 위한 IEC 61850기반 IoT 게이트웨이 플랫폼 프로토타입을 제안하고자 한다. 게이트웨이 플랫폼은 IoT 프로토콜(MQTT, CoAP, AMQP) 인터페이스 모듈과 데이터베이스, IEC 61850서버로 구성되어 있다. 데이터베이스의 경우, JSON 데이터를 저장하기 위해 오픈소스 기반의 NoSQL 데이터베이스인 Hbase와 MongoDB를 이용하였다. IoT 프로토콜을 검증하기 위해 라즈베리파이 아두이노 인텔 에디슨 SoC 기반 전력 IoT 디바이스 시뮬레이터를 이용하였고, IEC 61850은 Sisco's MMS EASY Lite를 이용하여 IoT 프로토콜과 IEC 61850 프로토콜간의 상호호환성을 검증하였다.

• 한국에너지공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국에너지공학회 2000년도 추계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.221-227
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• 2000

본 연구에서 대상아파트에 적용할 열병합발전 시스템의 적정 용량은 투자회수기간 및 이익발생량 등을 고려할 때 약 300kW(전기출력)급으로 나타났으며, 열병합발전 시스템의 운전 모드는 전기부하추종을 바탕으로 하여 아파트 단지의 전기수요의 기저부하를 담당하도록 하며, 아파트 단지의 전기부하가 발전기 정격용량(300kW) 이상의 범위에서는 한전전기와 계통 연계되어 운전토록 하고, 전기부하가 발전기 정격용량의 50% 부하 이상의 범위에서는 발전기만 운전하고, 전기부하가 발전기 정격용량의 50% 부하 이하에서는 발전기를 정지하고 한전전기만으로 운전하는 것이 바람직한 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.57-61
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• 2015

A Superconducting Fault Current Limiter is an electric power device which limits the fault current immediately in a power grid. The SFCL must be cooled to below the critical temperature of high temperature superconductor modules. In general, they are submerged in sub-cooled liquid nitrogen for their stable thermal characteristics. To cool and maintain the target temperature and pressure of the sub-cooled liquid nitrogen, the cryogenic cooling system should be designed well with a cryocooler and coolant circulation devices. The pressure of the cryostat for the SFCL should be pressurized to suppress the generation of nitrogen bubbles in quench mode of the SFCL. In this study, we tested the performance of the cooling system for the prototype 154 kV SFCL, which consist of a Stirling cryocooler, a subcooling cryostat, a pressure builder and a main cryostat for the SFCL module, to verify the design of the cooling system and the electric performance of the SFCL. The normal operation condition of the main cryostat is 71 K and 500 kPa. This paper presents tests results of the overall cooling system.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.242-242
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• 2007

To verify the applicability of High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) cable system into the real grid, the HTS cable system with the specification of 22.9 kV, 1250 A, 100 m long was installed in the second quarter of 2006, and the long term field test has been in progress at the KEPCO's Gochang power testing yard. Apart from the conventional power cable, HTS cable system requires sufficient thermo-mechanical strength to endure a large temperature difference. To date, the KEPCO HTS cable system was cooled down and warmed to the room temperature several times to investigate the influence of thermal cycles experimentally. Dielectric properties, critical current dependance and heat losses were evaluated at each step of thermal cycle. The test results showed that thermal cycle did not induce the degradation of dielectric properties, and the critical current decreased to 5 % of the initial value.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제68권1호
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• pp.27-35
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• 2019

There is a growing interest in various microgrid solutions that supply electricity 24 hours a day to off-grid areas where are not connected with the main grid, and Korea has many positive effects by constructing overseas microgrids as a country operating the emission trading scheme. Since it is not clear how to obtain load curves that is one of the inputs of the HOMER used to design a microgrid optimization plan, or it is necessary to examine whether electricity is supplied to the peak load level of the areas where have not received the electricity benefits from the viewpoint of the demand management, a methodology should be developed to know the load composition ratio and the shape of the daily load curve. In this paper, the relative coefficient and average load information for each load group obtained from the survey are used besides peak load and total average load. A mathematical model is proposed to derive the load composition ratio in the form of a Quadratic Programming and the load forecasting is performed using simple linear regression with future indicators. The effectiveness of the proposed method is confirmed for the Philippine island region supported by Korea Energy Agency and the Asian Development Bank.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2009년도 제40회 하계학술대회
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• pp.294_295
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• 2009

Superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) is an power device of a novel concept. While SFCLs generate no ohmic loss during the operation carrying normal currents, they can limit fault currents very fast making large impedance by their quench characteristics. In 2006, KEPCO has developed a distribution class hybrid type SFCL by a collaborative research project with LS industrial systems. The SFCL has merits in practical and economical points of view. In the SFCL, the superconductor just plays a role of a fault detector and the current limiting is completed by the other current limiting element made of normal metals throu호 the line commutation. As a result, the required amounts of superconductors can be reduced considerably. Consequently, the hybrid SFCL can be fabricated with small size and cost, maintaining perfect current limiting performance. Currently, KEPCO is carrying out a research project at Gochang power test center for the purpose of the verification test of the 22.9 kV/ 630 A class SFCL for the practical application in real grid. Through the project, a long term operational test and fault current test will be done. In this paper, the back ground of development and installation of the SFCL will be explained and the operation plan of the SFCL for the verification test is also introduced.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.163-170
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• 2011

해상풍력단지 설계과정의 일환으로 실험계획법의 일종인 반응표면분석법을 이용하여 풍력터빈의 최적 배치조건을 연구하였다. 총 36기 터빈을 해상에 설치한다는 가정 하에 터빈들의 행렬조합, 행간 및 열간거리를 반응표면 분석시의 설계변수로 사용하였으며, 터빈 후류손실에 의해 저하되는 발전효율과 내부 전력선 공사비를 목적함수로 고려하였다. 이러한 설계변수와 목적함수간의 관계를 이용한 반응 최적화 분석을 통해 목표 설계조건을 도출하였으며, 해상풍력단지의 경제성을 확보하기 위한 풍력터빈의 배치조건은 "설계범위에서 행수 및 행간거리를 최소화하고, 최적 열간거리를 산정하여 적용해야 한다"는 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2015년도 제46회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1034-1035
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• 2015

Watertight 25.8 kV/600 A/12.5 kA fault current limiters (FCLs) have successfully installed in five areas (Incheon, Seoul, Gyeong-gi, Daejeon, Suwon) on KEPCO power distribution line for the purpose of commercial demonstrations. The fault current limiting operation of this FCL, which includes functions of sensing, commutation, and reduction of fault currents, is perfectly completed within 1 cycle immediately after fault occurs. The performance of FCL was verified by short circuit test, impedance test, insulation test, temperature-rise test, and control test, etc at PT&T in LS industrial systems, which is the official certification institute in Korea. In 2013, and also the FCL field test was performed in order to test the protection coordination between conventional relays and FCL, on the 1.5 kA and 5.0 kA faults, which were made by connecting the Artificial Fault Generator (AFG) to the distribution line in test grid at KEPCO Power Testing Center. The next step of this project is to check the FCL conditions caused by real external environment, and acquire the various data from five regions installed with FCL. In this paper, we intend to explain the FCL specifications and performance characteristics, and check the expected effect by application of FCL to power distribution line based on the power system analysis of an application site.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제67권9호
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• pp.1216-1223
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• 2018

As field of application of AMI, AMR uses the power line as the primary means of communication. PLC has a big merit without installation of the new network for communication in a field using the power line which is the existing equipment. However, there is a serious obstacle in commercialization for the instability by noise and communication environment. Therefore, the technical method for maintaining the communication state which overcome such demerit and was stabilized is required essentially. PLC routing technology is applied with the alternative plan now. The routing technology currently managed by field includes many problems by applying the algorithm of an elementary level. PLC routing path search problem can be modeled with the problem of searching for optimal solution as similar to such as optimal routing problem and TSP(Travelling salesman problem). In this paper, in order to search for a PLC routing path efficiently and to choose the optimal path, GA(Genetic Algorithm) was applied. Although PLC was similar in optimal solution search as compared with typical GA, it also has a difference point by the characteristic of communication, and presented the new methodology over this. Moreover, the validity of application technology was verified by showing the experimental result to which GA is applied and analyzing as compared with the existing algorithm.