• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.20-30
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• 2013

This paper presents a soft switching DC/DC converter for high voltage application. The interleaved pulse-width modulation (PWM) scheme is used to reduce the ripple current at the output capacitor and the size of output inductors. Two converter cells are connected in series at the high voltage side to reduce the voltage stresses of the active switches. Thus, the voltage stress of each switch is clamped at one half of the input voltage. On the other hand, the output sides of two converter cells are connected in parallel to achieve the load current sharing and reduce the current stress of output inductors. In each converter cell, a half-bridge converter with the asymmetrical PWM scheme is adopted to control power switches and to regulate the output voltage at a desired voltage level. Based on the resonant behavior by the output capacitance of power switches and the transformer leakage inductance, active switches can be turned on at zero voltage switching (ZVS) during the transition interval. Thus, the switching losses of power MOSFETs are reduced. The current doubler rectifier is used at the secondary side to partially cancel ripple current. Therefore, the root-mean-square (rms) current at output capacitor is reduced. The proposed converter can be applied for high input voltage applications such as a three-phase 380V utility system. Finally, experiments based on a laboratory prototype with 960W (24V/40A) rated power are provided to demonstrate the performance of proposed converter.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Information Technology
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• v.17 no.7
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• pp.31-45
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• 2019

The core technologies for intelligent services today are deep learning, that is neural networks, and parallel and distributed processing technologies such as GPU parallel computing and big data. However, for intelligent services and knowledge sharing services through globally shared ontologies in the future, there is a technology that is better than the neural networks for representing and reasoning knowledge. It is a knowledge representation of IF-THEN in RIF or SWRL, which is the standard rule language of the Semantic Web, and can be inferred efficiently using the rete algorithm. However, when the number of rules processed by the rete algorithm running on a single computer is 100,000, its performance becomes very poor with several tens of minutes, and there is an obvious limitation. Therefore, in this paper, we analyze the past and current studies on parallel and distributed processing of rete algorithm, and examine what aspects should be considered to implement an efficient rete algorithm.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.1658-1671
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• 2017

To address the inaccurate load demand sharing problems among parallel inverter-interfaced voltage-controlled distributed generation (DG) units in islanded microgrids (MGs) with different DG power ratings and mismatched feeder impedances, an enhanced voltage control scheme based on the active compensation of circulating voltage drops is proposed in this paper. Using the proposed strategy, reactive power and harmonic currents are shared accurately and proportionally without knowledge of the feeder impedances. Since the proposed local controller consists of two well-separated fundamental and harmonic voltage control branches, the reactive power and harmonic currents can be independently shared without having a remarkable effect on the amplitude or quality of the DGs voltage, even if nonlinear (harmonic) loads are directly connected at the output terminals of the units. In addition, accurate load sharing can also be attained when the plug-and-play performance of DGs and various loading conditions are applied to MGs. The effects of communication failures and latency on the performance of the proposed strategy are also explored. The design process of the proposed control system is presented in detail and comprehensive simulation studies on a three-phase MG are provided to validate the effectiveness of the proposed control method.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.07a
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• pp.85-86
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• 2016

본 논문은 스위칭 주파수 스펙트럼 분석에 기반한 모듈형 병렬 양방향 DC-DC 컨버터의 전류분배 제어방법을 제안한다. 병렬 DC-DC 컨버터 각 모듈의 전류분배 균일도 향상은 동작안정성 확보, 효율 및 신뢰성 향상을 위해 매우 중요한 요소이다. 드룹 제어의 적용을 통해 별도의 통신연결 없이 각 병렬모듈간 전류 분배량 제어가 가능하지만, 선로 저항의 차이나 측정 소자의 편차가 발생할 경우 각 모듈간 균일한 전류분배가 어려운 문제가 존재한다. 각 모듈간 전류분배를 위해 각 개별모듈의 입력 전류에 존재하는 스위칭 주파수 성분만을 분석하여 병렬 모듈 사이의 전류분배 차이를 검출하고, 그 차이를 최소화 하도록 드룹 이득을 단계적으로 조절하는 제어 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 제어 알고리즘은 에너지 저장장치와 연계된 380V급 DC 배전 시스템 모델을 대상으로 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.237-240
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• 2004

For the paralleled operation of DC/DC converters, the current sharing between each modules is the most important for the reliability of the power system. Interleaving method is commonly used with many paralleling schemes for the reduction of the ripple in the output voltage of paralleled converters and there are many commercial IC for interleaving application appliable. But for all of them, it is impossible to detect the number of module in operating and then change the phase of them automatically. In this paper, a novel paralleling method is proposed for the converter parallel operation, which detects the number of modules in active and sets the phases of PWM signals applied to each modules autonomously. This can greatly improve the output voltage ripple and reliability of the system. The expandibility of modular number can be done very easily by just adding several parts.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.779-786
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• 2011

This paper presents a soft switching converter to achieve the functions of zero voltage switching (ZVS) turn-on for the power switches and dc voltage step-up. Two circuit modules are connected in parallel in order to achieve load current sharing and to reduce the size of the transformer core. An active snubber is connected between two transformers in order to absorb the energy stored in the leakage and magnetizing inductances and to limit the voltage stresses across the switches. During the commutation stage of the two complementary switches, the output capacitance of the two switches and the leakage inductance of the transformers are resonant. Thus, the power switches can be turned on under ZVS. No output filter inductor is used in the proposed converter and the voltage stresses of the output diodes is clamped to the output voltage. The circuit configuration, the operation principles and the design considerations are presented. Finally, laboratory experiments with a 340W prototype, verifying the effectiveness of the proposed converter, are described.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.54-56
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• 2018

본 논문은 평균 전류 분담 기법을 적용한 UPS(Uninterruptible Power Supply) 시스템의 병렬 운전 기법을 제안한다. 각각의 UPS는 전류 정보를 공유하기 위하여 CAN 통신을 사용하며, 이중 루프 방식의 전압, 전류제어기로 구성되어 있다. UPS의 전류 분담 성능을 내부 전류 제어기의 피드백 전류인 인덕터 전류, 커패시터 전류 그리고 통신 시지연에 따라 영향을 분석하고 3상 30kVA급 UPS에 적용하여 그 유효성을 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.369-370
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• 2010

토카막(Tokamak)형 핵융합실험장치의 초전도전자석 전원공급장치는 수 kV, 수십 kA의 대전력 직류전원를 얻기 위한 ac-dc 컨버터가 필요하다. 이와 같은 고전압, 대전류 사양을 얻기 위하여 일반적으로 thyristor ac-dc 컨버터를 사용하며, 필요한 전류사양을 충족하기 위하여 다수의 대전류용 thyristor 소자를 병렬로 연결하여 각 암(arm)의 스위치를 구성한다. 이와 같이 다수의 반도체 스위치 소자를 병렬로 연결하여 사용하는 경우에는 각 단위 소자별 전압강하, 직렬회로 임피던스 및 전류 경로 차이 등의 이유로 균등한 전류 배분을 얻기가 쉽지 않다. 본 논문에서는 각 암(arm)마다 8개씩의 대전류 thyristor 를 병렬로 연결 구성하여 제작한 시작품 단상 컨버터에 대한 전류배분 실험을 실시하고 그 결과를 분석 및 정리한다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.61 no.10
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• pp.1542-1547
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• 2012

Asynchronous phenomenon occurs on the synchronous generators under power system when a generator's amplitude of electromagnetic force, phase angle, frequency and waveform etc become different from those of other synchronous generators which can follow instantly varying speed of turbine. Because the amplitude of electromagnetic force, phase frequency and waveform differ from those of other generators with which are to be put into parallel operation due to the change of excitation condition for load sharing and the sharing load change, if reactive current in the internal circuit circulates among generators, the efficiency varies and the stator winding of generators are overheated by resistance loss. When calculation method of protection settings and logic for protection of generator asynchronization will be recommended, a distance relay scheme is commonly used for backup protection. This scheme, called a step distance protection, is comprised of 3 steps for graded zones having different operating time. As for the conventional step distance protection scheme, zone 2 can exceed the ordinary coverage excessively in case of a transformer protection relay especially. In this case, there can be overlapped protection area from a backup protection relay and, therefore, malfunctions can occur when any fault occurs in the overlapped protection area. Distance relays and overcurrent relays are used for backup protection generally, and both relays have normally this problem, the maloperation, caused by a fault in the overlapped protection area. Corresponding to an IEEE standard, this problem can be solved with the modification of the operating time. On the other hand, in Korea, zones are modified to cope with this problem in some specific conditions. These two methods may not be obvious to handle this problem correctly because these methods, modifying the common rules, can cause another coordination problem. To overcome asynchronizing protection, this paper describes an improved backup protection coordination scheme using a new logic that will be suggested.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.60 no.11
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• pp.2000-2006
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• 2011

Asynchronous phenomenon occurs on the synchronous generators under power system when a generator's amplitude of electromagnetic force, phase angle, frequency and waveform etc become different from those of other synchronous generators which can follow instantly varying speed of turbine. Because the amplitude of electromagnetic force, phase frequency and waveform differ from those of other generators with which are to be put into parallel operation due to the change of excitation condition for load sharing and the sharing load change, if reactive current in the internal circuit circulates among generators, the efficiency varies and the stator winding of generators are overheated by resistance loss. Where calculation method of protection settings and Logic for Protection of Generator Asynchronization will be recommended, A distance relay scheme is commonly used for backup protection. This scheme, called a step distance protection, is comprised of 3 steps for graded zones having different operating time. As for the conventional step distance protection scheme, Zone 2 can exceed the ordinary coverage excessively in case of a transformer protection relay especially. In this case, there can be overlapped protection area from a backup protection relay and, therefore, malfunctions can occur when any fault occurs in the overlapped protection area. Distance relays and overcurrent relays are used for backup protection generally, and both relays have normally this problem, the maloperation, caused by a fault in the overlapped protection area. Corresponding to an IEEE standard, this problem can be solved with the modification of the operating time. On the other hand, in Korea, zones are modified to cope with this problem in some specific conditions. These two methods may not be obvious to handle this problem correctly because these methods, modifying the common rules, can cause another coordination problem. To overcome asynchronizing protection this paper describes an improved backup protection coordination scheme using a new Logic that will be suggested.