• Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.491-498
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• 2020

Recently, In the production line of batteries, charge and discharge tests are essential to verify battery characteristics. In this case, the battery charging uses a unidirectional AC/DC converter capable of output voltage and current control, and the discharge uses a resistive load. Since this method consumes energy during discharge, it must be replaced with a bi-directional AC/DC converter system capable of charging and discharging. Although it is difficult to replace the connected inverter part of the bi-directional AC/DC converter system due to the high cost, the spread of the solar-connected inverter rapidly increases as the current solar supply business is activated, and thereby the solar-connected type Inverter prices are plunging. If it can be used as a power converter for battery discharge without program modification of the solar-powered inverter, it will have competition. In this paper, propose a new battery discharge system using a combination of a photovoltaic DC/DC simulator and photovoltaic PCS using a battery to be used as a power converter for battery discharge without program modification of a low-cost photovoltaic inverter. In addition, propose an optimal solar characteristic curve for the stable operation of PCS. The validity of the proposed system was verified using a 500[W] class solar DC/DC simulator and a solar PCS prototype.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.222-231
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• 2017

In this paper, a new architecture for a cost-effective power conditioning systems (PCS) using a single-sourced asymmetric cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter (MLI) for photovoltaic (PV) applications is proposed. The asymmetric MLI topology has a reduced number of parts compared to the symmetrical type for the same number of voltage level. However, the modulation index threshold related to the drop in the number of levels of the inverter output is higher than that of the symmetrical MLI. This problem results in a modulation index limitation which is relatively higher than that of the symmetrical MLI. Hence, an extra voltage pre-regulator becomes a necessary component in the PCS under a wide operating bias variation. In addition to pre-stage voltage regulation for the constant MLI dc-links, another auxiliary pre-regulator should provide isolation and voltage balance among the multiple H-bridge cells in the asymmetrical MLI as well as the symmetrical ones. The proposed PCS uses a single-ended DC-DC converter topology with a coupled inductor and charge-pump circuit to satisfy all of the aforementioned requirements. Since the proposed integrated-type voltage pre-regulator circuit uses only a single MOSFET switch and a single magnetic component, the size and cost of the PCS is an optimal trade-off. In addition, the voltage balance between the separate H-bridge cells is automatically maintained by the number of turns in the coupled inductor transformer regardless of the duty cycle, which eliminates the need for an extra voltage regulator for the auxiliary H-bridge in MLIs. The voltage balance is also maintained under the discontinuous conduction mode (DCM). Thus, the PCS is also operational during light load conditions. The proposed architecture can apply the module-integrated converter (MIC) concept to perform distributed MPPT. The proposed architecture is analyzed and verified for a 7-level asymmetric MLI, using simulation results and a hardware implementation.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.292-294
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 MW급 집중배치형 태양광 발전시스템 설치 전 기상청 기상대 기후자료를 Solar Pro 시뮬레이터에 적용하여 최적의 발전 Site를 선정하는 방법을 소개하고, 그 결과를 보여준다. 국내 지역별로 일사량 및 지역 기후 특성에 따라 태양광 발전의 발전량이 차이가 남에 따라 태양광발전 사업 전 반드시 거쳐야 할 단계이다. 이를 토대로 MW급 태양광 발전시스템 설치 시 각 지역별 경제성 차이도 알아 볼 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.640-642
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• 2008

This paper presents the design, development and performance of a 250kW power conditioning system(PCS) for large scale photovoltaic power plant. The PV inverter consists of a three phase IGBT stack, L-C filter, transformer and HMI unit for monitoring. To verify the performance of the PV inverter a testing facility was designed and constructed to simulate the characteristics of the solar cell and grid.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07a
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• pp.519-520
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• 2006

In this paper, to evaluate the grid-connected 120kW class Photovoltaic(PV) system performance, as a consisted of solar cells, PCS, 150kVA transformer station. The paper address modeling and analysis of a grid-connected 120kW class photovoltaic generation system(PV system) PSCAD/EMTD and Psim. A PWM voltage source inverter(VIS) and its current control scheme have been implemented. A P&O(Perturbation and Observation) MPPT algorithms technique modeling has been simulated and analysed.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.07a
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• pp.97-98
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• 2010

현재 대용량의 태양광 발전에 사용되는 정격용량은 250kW급에 이르고 있는데, 단일 인버터로 구성되어 있지 않고 컨버터를 사용하여 구성하는 경우 단일용량으로 컨버터 250kW급을 구현하는 것은 현실적으로 정격 소자, 수동소자와 시스템의 효율 등의 문제로 인하여 그 구현에 현실적인 한계가 있다. 따라서 규격화 된 용량의 단일 전원장치를 병렬 운전함으로써 이와 같은 문제점을 해결할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 CAN 통신을 이용하여 250kW PV PCS에 적용한 DC/DC 컨버터 4대의 병렬운전 기법을 제안하고 실험을 통해 그 우수성을 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.259-260
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• 2011

디지털 제어기에 의해 동작하는 단방향 DC-DC컨버터는 불연속 전도모드 구간에서 입력전류 기준치와 평균입력전류사이에 오차가 존재하여 MPPT 추종이 부정확하고 MPPT 효율 역시 낮아진다. 따라서 본 논문은 전류제어를 하는데 전류오차율을 2%까지 최소화할 수 있는 전류게인 전향보상기법을 이용하여 DCM 구간에서도 98%이상의 MPPT효율로 MPPT 수행이 가능함을 실험으로 증명하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.59-66
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• 2019

BIPV or BAPV installation applied to building is increasing through public utility mandates enterprise. Solar PV energy generates only during the day, but if it is operated in convergence with ESS, which stores electrical energy, it can restrain the fossil energy used in buildings throughout the day. A solution is to converge with PV system and ESS. However, PV systems and ESS connected to the power grid in parallel can cause problems of electrical stability. A study was conducted on the case of failure to detect islanding operation under the parallel operation of PV generation and ESS that are connected in parallel to power grid. Experiments conducted various non-islanding detections under the operating conditions. In the experiment results, when one PCS - PV inverter or ESS inverter - was operating under the islanding condition, it stopped working within 0.5 seconds of the Korean grid standard. However, when both of PV inverter and ESS inverter were operating at the same time under the islanding situation, the anti-islanding algorithm did not operate normally and both inverters continuously supplied power to the connected RLC loads. islanding detection Algorithm developed by each inverter manufacturer has caused this phenomenon. Therefore, this paper presented a new test standard for islanding detection.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.219-221
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• 2009

태양전지 어레이(PV-array)로부터 발전되는 DC 전력을 AC로 변환시켜 계통으로 발전시키는 역할을 하는 태양광 발전 시스템용 PCS의 스위칭 회로 Topology로는 일반적으로 3상 풀브리지 회로가 사용된다. 이러한 3상 풀브리지 회로 시스템의 수명예측을 위해 DC link 단의 커패시터의 커패시턴스를 계산하여 커패시턴스의 감소정도를 이용하여 전체 시스템의 수명을 예측하게 된다. 이러한 커패시터의 상태를 추정하기 위해서는 시스템을 정지시킨 후 커패시터를 분리하여 커패시턴스를 측정하는 방법, 특정 주파수의 전류(일반적으로 저주파)를 주입하고 주입한 전류의 주파수에 해당하는 전류 및 전압을 검출하여 capacitance 연산하는 방식등이 이용된다. 시스템을 정지시킨 후 커패시터를 분리하여 커패시턴스를 측정하는 방법은 번거로우며, 전류 주입을 이용한 방식은 불필요한 고조파 전류가 계통으로 침투하는 단점을 가진다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 모듈타입 PCS 이용시 계통으로 고조파 침투가 없는 비침투 커패시턴스 계산 알고리즘을 제안한다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.1 no.4
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• pp.409-413
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• 2006

This paper deals with the design and testing of a simulator system for microgrids with distributed generations. This system is composed of a Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) and a power amplifier. The RTDS parts are operated for real time simulation for the microgrid model and the distributed generation source model. The power amplifiers are operated fur amplification of the RTDS's simulated output signal, which is a node voltage of the microgrid and distributed generation source. In this paper, we represent an RTDS system design, specification and test results of a power amplifier and simulation results of a PV (Photovoltaic) system and wind turbine system. The proposed system is applicable for development and performance testing of a PCS (Power Conversion System) for renewable energy sources.