• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.258-264
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• 2018

본 논문은 마이크로 그리드 최적 운영을 위해 Differential Search (DS) 알고리즘을 적용하였다. DS 알고리즘은 이주하는 생물의 유사 브라운 운동 형태의 임의보행 (random-walk)을 모의하여 개발된 알고리즘이다. DS 알고리즘은 다른 최적화 알고리즘과 달리 한 개 이상의 개체를 동시에 사용 할 수 있고, 유사 최적해중에서 전역 최적 해를 선별하는 직진성 특성으로 multi-modal 함수들의 해법을 위한 성공적인 탐색 전력을 지니고 있으며, 높은 비선형성과 불연속성을 갖는 전력계통의 다른 분야에도 효율적으로 적용될 수 있다. 마이크로 그리드 시스템은 풍력 발전기, 디젤발전기, 연로전지 및 태양광 발전기로 구성된다. 풍력 발전기는 가변 출력특성을 이용하여 모델링 하였다. 연료비용과 연료가 전력으로 변환되는 경우의 효율을 포함시켜 시스템의 비용을 최소화 하였으며, 마이크로 그리드 단독 운용에 관해서만 분석하였다. 본 연구는 신재생 에너지원 기반의 마이크로 그리드의 최적 운영에 대해 코딩의 단순성, 빠른 수렴 속도, 정확성 및 효율성을 갖춘 DS 알고리즘을 적용하여 다른 알고리즘의 최적 값과 비교하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.455-468
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• 2015

A microgrid (MG) with integrated renewable energy resources can benefit both utility companies and customers. As a result, they are attracting a great deal of attention. The control of a MG is very important for the stable operation of a MG. The droop-control method is popular since it avoids circulating currents among the converters without using any critical communication between them. Traditional droop control methods have the drawback of an inherent trade-off between power sharing and voltage and frequency regulation. An adaptive droop control method is proposed, which can operate in both the island mode and the grid-connected mode. It can also ensure smooth switching between these two modes. Furthermore, the voltage and frequency of a MG can be restored by using the proposed droop controller. Meanwhile, the active power can be dispatched appropriately in both operating modes based on the capacity or running cost of the Distributed Generators (DGs). The global information (such as the average voltage and output active power of the MG and so on) required by the proposed droop control method to restore the voltage and frequency deviations can be acquired distributedly based on the Multi Agent System (MAS). Simulation studies in PSCAD demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control method.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1595-1607
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• 2018

In this paper, a hierarchical control strategy is introduced to control a new three-port multidirectional DC-DC converter for integrating an energy storage system (ESS) to a bipolar DC microgrid (BPDCMG). The proposed converter provides a voltage-balancing function for the BPDCMG and adjusts the states of charge (SoC) of the ESS. Previous studies tend to balance the voltage of the BPDCMG buses with active sources or by transferring power from one bus to another. Furthermore, the batteries available in BPDCMGs were charged equally by both buses. However, this power sharing method does not guarantee efficient operation of the whole system. In order to achieve a higher efficiency and lower energy losses, a triple-layer hierarchical control strategy, including a primary droop controller, a secondary voltage restoration controller and a tertiary optimization controller are proposed. Thanks to the multi-functional operation of the proposed converter, its conversion stages are reduced. Furthermore, the efficiency and weight of the system are both improved. Therefore, this converter has a significant capability to be used in portable BPDCMGs such as electric DC ships. The converter modes are analyzed and small-signal models of the converter are extracted. Comprehensive simulation studies are carried out and a BPDCMG laboratory setup is implemented in order to validate the effectiveness of the proposed converter and its hierarchical control strategy. Simulation and experimental results show that using the proposed converter mitigates voltage imbalances. As a result, the system efficiency is improved by using the hierarchical optimal power flow control.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제23권6_2호
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• pp.989-998
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• 2020

Recently, demands for large-capacity electronic loads are increasing in various industries such as a reliability test for the performance of a DC power supply device or a dummy-load for improving the stability of an independent microgrid to be actively built in the future. The electronic load required in these various fields requires an operation such as a continuously variable resistance load while minimizing the switching harmonic component generated in the electric load current in order to reduce the influence of interference from the load peripheral device. Electronic loads require a system that minimizes switching current ripple for load control. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a three-level module converter structure to reduce the current ripple of an electronic load, and a multilevel interleaved power converter topology to reduce the current ripple. The validity of the proposed electronic load, 3-level 6 interleaver converter, was verified by simulation and experiment. In addition, the user's convenience was provided by applying the emotional command curve interface method.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제26권6_3호
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• pp.1269-1278
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• 2023

This paper presents an operational technique that can secure the stability of DC-Grid centering on MG operated based on ESS in multiple MG where three DC-based microgrid(MG) are interconnected. MG1(PV 600kWp, ESS 1.5MWh) has an 830Vdc grid voltage, MG2(PV 300kWp, ESS 1.1MWh) and MG3(PV 100kWp, ESS 500kWh) are DC-based MG with a 750Vdc grid voltage, and MG1 and MG2, 3 are linked by separate DC/DC converters (BTB). In order to keep different grid voltages stable, the power transmission capacity between MG1 and two MG(MG2, MG3) connected with an independent BTB converter was adjusted to secure the overall stability of the system, and this was verified by confirming that the surplus capacity of ESS was maintained in actual operation.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.527-536
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 마이크로그리드 적용을 위한 50kW 풍력발전기를 설계하였으며, 발전기의 해석은 maxwell 2D 상용프로그램을 사용하였다. 특히 제안된 PMSG는 코깅토크를 줄이고자 offset과 skew를 적용하였다. 최적의 옵셋과 스큐는 2mm와 전기각 60도를 제안하였다. 부하운전시 모의결과는 평균 고조파 1.3%, 전압 322.41V, 전류 94.95A, 철손 9.73W, 와류손 73.68W, 동손 3.52kW로 나타났다. 계산된 발전기 용량은 61.56kW이며, 제안된 설계절차는 더 큰 용량의 발전기설계에 적용할 수 있다.