• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1991.07a
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• pp.496-499
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• 1991

Photovoltaic system has very low energy conversion efficiency and the output characteristics of solar cell is varied by the Insolation quantity and the temperature. In order to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic system, the energy which has got from solar cell must be use maximum. In this paper, it was stimultaneous executed both MPPT control and instrumentation in order that the operating point of solar cell is located maximum power point, using the PWM inverter and micro-computer, which is for the purpose of acquiring maximum power from the solar cell. As a result, maximum power point tracking had carried out and the efficiency of photovoltaic system improved, even if insolation quantity and the temperature are varied.

• The Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.51-56
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• 1995

The transistors of single phase 3 level PWM Inverter compose output power transistors and neutral point clamping transistors, which are NPN transistors. Waveforms of driving signals for this are PWM waves for power transistors and period operating waves for neutral point clamping transistors, which signals made W-type modulation from rectangular and sine wave. The output power transistors operate at ON-time complementary and neutral point clamping transistors operate at OFF-time complementary respectively. Therefore, each transistors operate in half period at parallel. Characteristics of this inverter circuit is parallel switching method about series switching method of general inverter. As modulation of 3 level drive signals made from full-wave rectifier of sine wave and rectangular wave, which are level wave about 3 level of complementary transistor inverter. So, this circuit composed complementary operation inverter of NPN transistors only compare with PNP-NPN complementary inverter, which have high power 3 level inverter of complementary operation.

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• v.3 no.spc2
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• pp.308-314
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• 2005

Transient stabilization with voltage regulation is investigated for a synchronous generator when the mechanical power is perturbed to any unknown value within its physical bounds so that the operating point of the system shifts to an unknown point. An adaptive excitation controller is designed based on the backstepping method with tuning functions. It will be shown that the adaptive control law proposed can achieve the convergence of the system states to the new equilibrium point in correspondence with the real value of the unknown mechanical power and the regulation of the terminal voltage to the required value. Simulation results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed controller for the transient stabilization and voltage regulation.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2002.06e
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• pp.181-184
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• 2002

In this paper, an algorithm is proposed for the automatic movement of the platform on a ladder lift which operates by using hydraulic force. Experimental data of the manual movement operated by experts are acquired and analyzed. The length of movement of the platform is estimated by the number of pulses from an encoder while the platform is moving. The operating characteristics have been extracted from the data. The number of pulses varies whenever the weight of load varies. We propose a model to compensate the difference of the number of pulses. An automatic movement algorithm based on the model is proposed. The platform can start and stop smoothly at the starting point and the destination point. Experimental results show that the error distance at the destination point is less than 5 cm when the length of the ladder is 23 m.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1997.11a
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• pp.413-415
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• 1997

The solar cell has an optimum operating point to be able to get maximum power. To obtain maximum power from Photovoltaic array, potovolt aic power syste usually requres maximum power point tracking controller. The output characteristics of solar cell are nonlinear, and these characteristics vary with load solar insolation, solar cell temperature. Therefore the tracking control of maximum power point is the complicated problem. This paper presents power characteristics of residential Photovoltaic system applying a quck-boost conversion system.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.966-971
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• 1998

The studies on the photovoltaic system are extensively exhaustible and broadly available resourse as a future energy supply. In this paper, a new maximum power point tracker(MPPT) using neural network theory is proposed to improve energy conversion efficiency. The boost converter and neural network controller(NNC) were employed so that the operating point of solar cell was located at the Maximum Power Point. And the back propagation algorithm with one input layer of two inputs(E, CE) and output layer(cnntrol value) was applied to train a neural network. Simulation and experimental results show that the performance of NNC in MPPT of photovoltaic array is better than that of controller based upon the Hill Climbing Method.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.234-237
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• 2003

As the maximum power operating point (MPOP) of photovoltaic (PV) power systems changes with changing atmospheric conditions, the efficiency of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is important in PV power systems. Many MPPT techniques have been considered in the past, but techniques using microprocessors with appropriate MPPT algorithms are favored because of their flexibility and compatibility with different PV arrays. Although the efficiency of these MPPT algorithms is usually high, it drops noticeably in case of rapidly changing atmospheric conditions. In this paper, we proposed a new MPPT control method called improved perturb and observe method (ImP&O), anda simple voltage and current characteristic equation of a PV array for PV array simulator. Experimental results verify the accuracy and excellent performance of the proposed MPPT method. ImP&O algorithm is very simple, and has successful tracked the MPOP, even in case of rapidly changing atmospheric conditions.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.6-9
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• 2008

The efficiency and life time of the proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell system is critically changed with its humidity which should be maintained properly during dynamic operation. Membrane humidifier is required to regulate proper humidity level for the design point of the PEMFC system. In this study, we presented the performance of the cylindrical membrane humidifier which is operated as water-to-gas. Dry air pressure, liquid water flow temperature, and air flow rate were chosen as the operating parameters. Humidity level is expressed with dew point.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.651-652
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• 2006

In this paper, 4-way data path 128 point pipelined FFT processor with 4-way structure is proposed. The proposed FFT processor has 4-way structure in order to meet data requirement of MB-OFDM system at 132MHz operating frequency. The FFT processor is based on R4MDC and extended to suit 4-way data path. The FFT processor is designed by Verilog HDL and the gate count is about 88k.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.588-599
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• 1992

This paper describes the variable speed drive of an induction motor by the line commutated inverter, which is operated in the forced commutation mode from start-up to operating point of load commutation. A novel forced-commutation circuit is proposed in this paper. The selection range of leading condenser to decide load commutation starting point is simulated by the sampling data of a general purpose IM and a high speed IM. The experiment to drive IM by a line commutated inverter with the proposed forced commutated circuits is performed. There was no problem in driving IM from standstill to starting point of load commutation by a line commutated inverter with forced commutation.