• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2004.11d
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• pp.83-88
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• 2004

As the electric system is getting larger to meet the increasing demand for electric power, the rating of power apparatus is becoming inevitably higher in its working voltage and larger in its capacity. According to KEPCO reports, power transformers in the KEPCO system have undergone troubles such as winding short insulation breakdowns every year since 1981. the cause of this troubles were high one line grounding fault currents in KEPCO systems that had direct grounding systems. KEPCO has installed the NGR(neutral grounding reactor) to lower this fault current and reduced winding short insulation breakdowns in power transformers. But when a circuit breaker opened a no load bus, some trips of circuit breakers for protecting transformer have occurred by mal-operation of 59GT(overvoltage ground relay) that detect disconnection of NGR. Therefore, in this paper, we analyzed the cause and examined the effect of time delav circuit to prevent wrong operation of 59GT.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• summer
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• pp.480-482
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• 2004

This paper presents a study on the NGR problem for harmonic in distribution systems. Overheating of NGR (Neutral Ground reactor), by neutral current in distribution system, is important cause of transformer breakdown of substation. Countermeasures about zero-sequence component harmonic in neutral line are required.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1990.11a
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• pp.210-213
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• 1990

This paper presents the countermeasure to present the main transformer of distribution substation from deteriorating and failing due to repeated magnetic force of the transformer winding by ground fault current in 22.9kV multi grounded distribution system. The Winding strength to the short circuit current is designed to be endurable to the stress of over current. But this design is related to the manufactures. In this paper we examine the application of shunt reactor to the neutral point of the low side of the transformer to reduce fault current due to the fault in the distribution lines we have analysed the fault characteristics of the system and calculated the optimum ohmic values of the neutral reactor.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.59 no.10
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• pp.1856-1861
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• 2010

To reduce a high fault current, neutral ground reactors (NGR) were installed in the Korean substation. Current with several harmonic components flows in a NGR due to load unbalance in normal steady state and magnetic fields with several harmonic components are also generated around a NGR. As results of study, we found magnetic fields around a NGR in Korean substation included two harmonics, 180Hz and 540Hz. Magnetic fields of 180 Hz increased 3 times more current density inside a worker near a NGR than same magnitude magnetic fields of 60 Hz. We know a worker near a NGR may not meet ICNIRP guideline of 10(mA/$m^2$) due to several harmonic components.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.58 no.10
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• pp.1916-1922
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• 2009

Introducing distributed generators(DGs) to utility distribution system can cause malfunction of relay on the grid when ground faults or severe load unbalances are occurred on the system. Because DGs interconnected to the grid can contribute fault currents and make bidirectional power flows on the system, fault currents from DGs can cause an interference of relay operation. A directional over current relay(DOCR) can determine the direction of power flow whether a fault occurs at the source side or load side through detecting the phases of voltage and current simultaneously. However, it is identified in this paper that the contributed fault current(Ifdg) from the ground source when was occurred to contribute single-line-to-ground(SLG) fault current, has various phases according to the distances from the ground source. It means that the directionality of Ifdg may not be determined by simply detecting the phases of voltage and current in some fault conditions. The magnitude of Ifdg can be estimated approximately as high as 3 times of a phase current and its maximum is up to 2,000 A depending on the capacity of generation facilities. In order to prevent malfunction of relay and damage of DG facilities from the contribution of ground fault currents, Ifdg should be limited within a proper range. Installation of neutral ground reactor (NGR) at a primary neutral of interconnection transformer was suggested in the paper. Capacity of the proposed NGR can be adjusted easily by controlling taps of the NGR. An algorithm for unidirectional relay was also proposed to prevent the malfunction of relay due to the fault current, Ifdg. By the algorithm, it is possible to determine the directionality of fault from measuring only the magnitude of fault current. It also implies that the directionality of fault can be detected by unidirectional relay without replacement of relay with the bidirectional relay.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.603-605
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• 2005

전력수요의 증대에 따른 계동모의 확장에 따라 관련기기는 초고압 및 대용량화 추세에 있다. 이러한 관련기기들 중에서도 특히 154/22.9kV 전력용 변압기는 고장시 수용가의 정전범위가 방대하고 변압기 내부 고장의 복구비용 또한 막대하므로 경제적 손실은 물론 사회적 영향도 크다. 우리나라에서는 1980년 초기부터 154/22.9kV 전력용 변압기의 고장이 급증하였으며, 이러한 원인은 주로 직전접지 방식을 채택하고 있는 한전 계통에서 배전선의 지락고장에 의한 지락고장 전류가 변압기 중성점을 통하여 변압기에 충격을 가함으로써 변압기 권선 단락 절연파괴 및 ULTC 고장 등이 발생하는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 따라서 한전에서는 변압기 중성점으로 흐르는 지락고장전류의 저감을 위해 변압기 중성점 접지 리액터(NGR: Neutral Ground Reactor)를 설치하여 운전하고 있으며, 결과 변압기 고장이 크게 감소하였다. 그러나 모선 절체시 변압기 1, 2차측 차단기 Trip 고장이 발생하였으며, 고장 발생 원인은 NGR 보호계전기 59GT 계전기의 오동작에 의한 86T Lock Out 계전기 동자으로 변압기 1, 2차측 차단기 Trip 고장이 발생한 것으로 추정된다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 무부하 모선 차단시 59GT 계전기에 나타나는 이상 전압을 EMTP (electro-magnetic transient program)를 이용하여 분석하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.500_502
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• 2009

한전의 분산전원 연계규정에 따르면 수전고객은 변압기 결선이 ${\triangle}-Yg$ 주로 사용되나 분산전원 연계선로는 변압기 결선이 $Yg-{\triangle}$ 형태로 연계되어 있다. 전원계통 고장시 ${\triangle}-Yg$ 결선 방식은 역조류가 발생되지 않으나, $Yg-{\triangle}$ 결선방식은 중성선을 통해 최대 2000[A]까지 역으로 고장전류를 공급한다[1]. 이때 보호계전기 오동작뿐만 아니라 연계용변압기, 케이블 등 설비보호를 위해서는 고장전류의 크기를 반드시 제한해야 된다. 본 논문은 연계용변압기에 의해서 공급되는 중성선의 과전류 현상을 해석하고, 이론적으로 해석된 결과를 PSCAD/EMTDC로 검증하였으며 고장전류의 크기를 저감하기 위해 NGR 저항 값을 조절하면서 고장전류의 크기를 시뮬레이션 하였다. 분산전원 연계선로에서 영상분 고장전류의 크기를 저감하는 방법으로 연계용 변압기($Yg-{\triangle}$) 1차 측에 중성선에 NGR(Neutral Grounding Reactor; 중성점 접지리액터)을 설치해야 하며 영상임피던스를 조절하는 방법을 제시하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.390-391
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• 2008

배전계통의 고조파(Harmonics) 방해현상은 배전계통에서 전압강하와 함께 순시전력의 품질저하로 나타나고 있어 전력회사 및 고객 모두에게 막대한 손실을 주고 있어 동 분야에 대한 기준 제정을 통한 적극적인 대책이 절실히 필요하다.[3][4] 최근 고조파로 인한 중성선 및 NGR(Neutral Ground Reactor) 과열, OCGR 오동작 등의 문제가 발생하고 있어 이에 대한 대책수립이 요구되고 있으며, PL(Product Liability)법이 시행됨에 따라 전기품질에 대한 적절한 대응책 마련이 요구된다.[5][6] 유럽 등 선진국에서는 IEC 국제규격을 통해 규제기준치를 설정하고 저압 전기기기에서 발생되는 고조파를 규제하고 있으며, 국내의 저압 전기기기로부터 발생되는 고조파를 억제하기 위한 방안으로 상당 16A이하에 해당하는 IEC 고조파 유출제한 기준을 분석하였다. 분석결과 클래스 A등급의 저압 전기기기의 고조파 유출제한 기준은 저압계통의 기준 임피던스와 허용 최대전압을 바탕으로 계산되었으며, 기타 등급의 전기 기기들도 클래스 A의 유출제한 기준을 바탕으로 산출되었다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2000.07a
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• pp.185-187
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• 2000

Fault current is flowed into 154/23kV M. Tr when line-to-ground fault occurs in power system. NGR(Neutral Grounded Reactor) is set up in order to prevent M.Tr fault by limiting magnitude of fault currents. Here, disconnection of NGR causes voltage increase by L-C resonance and line-to-ground fault in an unearthed system results in voltage increase at healthy phases. So Over Voltage Ground Relay(OVGR) is used for tripping M.Tr. Also, buses at second phases of M.Trs are all connected with section circuit breakers closed for the purpose of parallel operation and load shedding. In case of speciality buses are comprised of power cable in part for GIS connection. When no-load charged cable or bus is open by a section CB, unbalanced voltage charged on the bus is induced. Also discrepant opening time for circuit breakers on different phases gives rise to unbalanced zero sequence voltage. It was observed that this zero sequence voltage detected in the 22.9kV P.T (Potential Transformer for bus) mal-operated 59GT and tripped M.Tr. The zero sequence voltage of which vanishing time is longer than relay operating time came out by EMTDC simulation. Also, it was shown that the voltage waves of actual test are similar to those of simulation. On the basis of above results, R-C circuit complement on the relay without any effect on a power system made operating time of the relay longer than vanishing time of distorted waves. Consequently, operating time of the relay was delayed and magnitude of distorted waves was decreased by increasing time constant of the relay.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.711-717
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• 2011

Two dimensional simulation results of a capacitively coupled oxygen plasma in a cylindrical reactor geometry are presented. Detailed electron impact reaction rates, which strongly depend on electron energy, are computed from collision cross sections of electrons with $O_2$ and O. Through the coupling of a three moment plasma model with a neutral chemistry/transport model are predicted spatiotemporal distributions of both charged species (electron, $O_2{^+}$, $O^+$, $O_2{^-}$, and $O^-$) and neutral species including ground states ($O_2$ and O) and metastables, known to play important roles in oxygen plasma, such as $O_2(a^1{\Delta}_g)$, $O_2(b^1{{\Sigma}_g}^+)$, $O(^1D)$, and $O(^1S)$. The simulation results clearly verify the existence of a double layer near sheath boundaries in the electronegative plasma.