• 전기학회논문지P
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• 제61권4호
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• pp.192-198
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• 2012

Switch losses directly affect the efficiency of power conversion systems and those have big differences according to the power consumed by load systems and the structures of power conversion circuits. In this paper, analyses for switch losses in DC link converter are performed based on the circuit structures of the DC/DC converter in photovoltaic generation system whose output power is varied according to the amount of solar radiation, temperature and partial shade on the solar modules. Boost converter is adopted as a DC link converter topology of the photovoltaic generation system and the loss analyses for the switches used in the boost converters are performed according to the circuit structures. Analyses like the things performed in this paper will be a prerequisite to designing the photovoltaic generation system whose output power is changed according to the environmental variations.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.539-546
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• 2018

최근 태양광발전시장이 급격히 증가하면서 태양전지 모듈 출력 최소화를 위한 연구에 관심이 집중되고 있다. 태양광 발전에서 부정합이 발생하면 옵티마이저의 역할이 중요하다. 기존의 시스템에서는 중앙 집중형 인버터 방식과 직렬형 마이크로인버터방식을 주로 사용되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 시스템 구성방식과 부정합으로 인한 발전효율 손실 문제를 분석하였다. 또한 음영으로 인한 부정합이 발생하게 되면 이를 개선할 수 있는 모듈 부착형 전력보상방식을 제안하였다. 제안한 모듈 부착형 옵티마이저를 구현하여 기존의 운영방식과 비교, 분석한 결과 제안한 운영방식의 효율이 크게 향상됨을 확인하였다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.196-201
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• 2015

This paper presents the impact of partial shading on $CuIn_xGa_{(1-x)}Se_2(CIGS)$ photovoltaic(PV) modules with bypass diodes. When the CIGS PV modules were partially shaded, the modules were under conditions of partial reverse bias. We investigated the characterization of the bypass diode and solar cell properties of the CIGS PV modules when these was partially shaded, comparing the results with those for a crystalline silicon module. In crystalline silicon modules, the bypass diode was operated at a partial shade modules of 1.67 % shading. This protected the crystalline silicon module from hot spot damage. In CIGS thin film modules, on the other hand, the bypass diode was not operated before 20 % shading. This caused damage because of hotspots, which occurred as wormlike defects in the CIGS thin film module. Moreover, the bypass diode adapted to the CIGS thin film module was operated fully at 60% shading, while the CIGS thin film module was not operated under these conditions. It is known that the bypass diode adapted to the CIGS thin film module operated more slowly than that of the crystalline silicon module; this bypass diode also failed to protect the module from damage. This was because of the reverse saturation current of the CIGS thin film, $1.99{\times}10^{-5}A/cm^2$, which was higher than that of crystalline silicon, $8.11{\times}10^{-7}A/cm^2$.