• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.13 no.1 s.38
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• pp.57-61
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• 2006

Fuel cells are direct current (DC) power generators. They generate electricity through an electrochemical process that converts the energy stored in a fuel directly into electricity. Fuel cells have many benefits, which produce no particulate matter, nitrogen or sulfur oxides. And they have few moving parts and produce little or no noise. When fueled by hydrogen, they yield only heat and water as byproducts. Their wide application can reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and foreign sources of petroleum. This paper is studied on a high efficiency power conditioning system (PCS) applied to the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) generation system. This paper is designed to a novel PCS circuit topology of high efficiency. Some experimental results of the proposed PCS is confirmed to the validity of the analytical results.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.124-132
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• 2018

The supply of renewable energy has become more vigorous due to Paris Agreement. In Korea, supply policies of renewable energy is being promoted with priority given to public buildings, so, the supply of fuel cell system that are relatively easy to install in buildings is expected to expand, so it is important that study on anti-islanding evaluation of grid-connected power conditioning system(PCS) for fuel cell. In this study, we consider that KGS AB934 PC53 in domestic certification standard of PCS for fuel cell correspond with abroad standard and analyze anti-islanding evaluation that important safety performance when connected grid. Additionally, we constructed a prototype for anti-islanding evaluation of PCS for fuel cell connected in parallel and carried out the demonstration evaluation, so, we have conducted ways that ensure safety performance in accordance with the circumstances where several fuel cell systems are installed.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.07a
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• pp.332-333
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• 2010

The 5kW SOFC(Solid Oxide Fuel Cell) System is composed to 3kW parallel Fuel Cell. We propose to the parallel control of 5kW PCS in the unbalance condition of fuel cell. The developed 5kW PCS can be found control ability of DC/DC converters in the operating conditions of the unbalanced parallel operation. It is verify to the control characteristics by simulation and experiment.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.153-156
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• 2007

This paper presents the design, development and performance of a power conditioning system (PCS) for application to a 250kW Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell (MCFC) generation system. A DSP controller was used to control the dc-dc and dc-ac converter operation for grid connection and power injection to the grid. The controller must also supervise the total PCS operation while communicating with the fuel cell system controller. A control method for parallel operation of dc-dc converters was proposed and verified. A 250kW prototype was successfully built and tested. Experimental performances are compared to minimum target requirements of the PCS for MCFC.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.04b
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• pp.266-268
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• 2009

In this paper, authors deal with a power conditioning system (PCS) of high efficiency for a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) generation system. Fuel cells are a direct current (DC) power generators. They generate electricity through an electrochemical process that converts the energy stored in a fuel directly into electricity. Fuel cells have many benefits, which produce no particulate matter, nitrogen or sulfur oxides. And they have few moving parts and produce little or no noise. When fueled by hydrogen, they yield only heat and water as byproducts. Their wide application can reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and foreign sources of petroleum. This paper studies on a novel PCS circuit topology of high efficiency using in PEMFC generation system The controlling switches in the PCS is operated to soft switching. Some digital simulation results and experimental results for the proposed PCS is confirmed to the validity of the analytical results.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.405-414
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• 2011

Recently, the development of several hundreds of kW scale PCS for fuel cell generation is required as commercialization process of distributed generation systems using high temperature fuel cells such as MCFC begins. This paper proposes and optimized topology suitable for MCFC fuel cell generation system and LCL filter design method considering voltage quality of local loads such as MBOP. An interleaving technique is applied to step-up DC-DC converter, optimized number of phases is determined considering efficiency and volume. Also, a LCL filter design method is proposed considering quality of current injected to the grid as well as that of voltage across the local load. The proposed PCS system is validated through reduced 1kW prototype.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.530-532
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• 2007

This paper presents the design, development and performance of a power conditioning system (PCS) for application to a 250kW Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell (MCFC) generation system. A DSP controller was used to control the dc-dc and dc-ac converter operation for grid connection and power injection to the grid. The controller must also supervise the total PCS operation while communicating with the fuel cell system controller. A control method for parallel operation of dc-dc converters was proposed and verified. A 250kW prototype was successfully built and tested. Experimental performances are compared to minimum target requirements of the PCS for MCFC.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07b
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• pp.1784-1787
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• 2005

This paper presents the development and testing of a power conditioning system(PCS) for application to a 100kW Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell(MCFC) generation system. The MCFC generation system is a part of a four year government funded research project that began in 2001. This paper presents the results of various tests and performance verification of the 100kW PCS using a DC power system that simulates the DC output of the MCFC fuel cell. Performance of the DC/DC, DC/AC converters were verified, and basic control functions such as grid connection, protection and characteristics of each components were tested. The tests were performed under light load and rated load conditions to verify the operation efficiency, power quality effects, and stability of the PCS.

• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.80-85
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• 2008

A PVIB(Photovoltaic in Building) system is united by a constituent outer covering and can expect dual effects that reduce expenses for the establishment of a PV system. It is a profitable technology because it does not need a building as it is a stand alone PV system. This paper presents design, operational features analysis, and PCS(Power Conditioning System) of grid-connected 30kW PVIB set up on the library of Dongshin University. For a sustainable photovoltaic system in this area, the data of the PVIB system are collected and analyzed by monitoring system using LabView. PCS of the grid-connected PVIB system, also, is designed for optimal operation with characteristics suggested in this paper.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.10c
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• pp.256-257
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 연료전지용 PCS 설계 및 시뮬레이션 시 연료전지의 비선형 전원 특성에 의한 영향을 확인하기 위하여 고분자 전해질 연료전지 (PEMFC) 스택을 전기화학 방정식을 기반으로 모델링한다. 모델링된 연료전지 전원을 부스트 컨버터의 입력으로 활용하여 시뮬레이션을 수행한다.