• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.584-589
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• 2022

For DC-AC power conversion from a high-voltage photovoltaic panel to a single-phase grid, the two-stage transformerless inverter with a buck-boost converter followed by a full-bridge inverter is widely used. To avoid an excessive leakage current due to the large parasitic capacitance of the photovoltaic panel, the full-bridge inverter can only adopt the bipolar PWM which results in much higher power loss compared to the unipolar PWM. In order to overcome such a poor efficiency, this paper proposes a new topology in which an IGBT and a diode for circuit isolation are added to the buck-boost converter. The proposed circuit isolation method allows the unipolar PWM in the full-bridge inverter without any increase in the leakage current so that the overall efficiency can be improved. The validity of the proposed solution is verified by computer simulation and power loss calculation.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.70-71
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• 2017

This paper presents a new cascaded boost multilevel converter topology for distributed generation (DG) systems. Most of DG systems, such as photovoltaic (PV), wind turbine and fuel cells, normally require the complex structure power converters, which makes the system expensive, complex and hard to control. However, the proposed converter topology can generate a much higher output voltage just by using the standard low-voltage switch devices and low voltage DC-sources in a simplified structure, also enhancing the reliability of the switch devices. Simulation and experimental results with a 1.2kW system are presented to validate the proposed topology and control method.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.07a
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• pp.215-216
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• 2016

최근 전기자동차(EV)의 수요가 높아짐에 따라, 그와 관련된 연구가 많이 진행되고 있다. 특히 기존 EV dc-bus에 쉽게 결합할 수 있는 photovoltaic-전기자동차(PV-EV)의 개발이 진행되었지만, 낮은 시스템 효율로 인해 상용화에 어려움을 겪었다. PV-EV의 특성상 태양광 시스템이 불균일한 태양빛의 변화에 노출되기 때문에, 차동전력 조절기(differential power processing (DPP) 컨버터)가 없는 기존의 시스템에서는 시스템 효율이 매우 저하된다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해, 본 연구에서 차동전력 조절기가 적용된 PV-EV 시스템을 제안하였다. 본 논문에서는 차동전력 조절기 시스템의 새로운 배열인 DPP to Load 배열을 제안하며 기존의 차동전력 조절기 시스템 배열과 비교분석 하였다. 또한 각각의 차동전력 조절기 배열에서 태양빛의 세기, 보조 부하의 크기, 컨버터의 효율을 변화시키며 각 배열의 시스템 효율을 비교하였다. 주어진 대부분의 조건에서 가장 높은 시스템 효율을 보여준 배열은 Isolated bus 배열 이었다. 맑은 날, 모든 컨버터의 효율은 85%, 보조부하가 250 W라고 가정하였을 때, Isolated bus 배열은 가장 높은 시스템 효율인 74%의 효율을 나타내었다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.2004-2012
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• 2014

Energy storage devices are necessary to obtain stable utilization of renewable energy sources. When black-out occurs, distributed renewable power sources with energy storage devices can operate under standalone mode as uninterruptable power supply. This paper proposes a dynamic response analysis with small-signal modeling for the standalone operation of a photovoltaic power generation system that includes a bidirectional charger/discharger with a battery. Furthermore, it proposes a DC-link voltage controller design of the entire power conditioning system, using the storage current under standalone operation. The purpose of this controller is to guarantee the stable operation of the renewable source and the storage subsystem, with the power conversion of a very efficient bypass-type PCS. This paper presents the operating principle and design guidelines of the proposed scheme, along with performance analysis and simulation. Finally, a hardware prototype of 1-kW power conditioning system with an energy storage device is implemented, for experimental verification of the proposed converter system.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.238-243
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• 2003

The solar cells should be operated at the maximum power point because its output characteristics are greatly fluctuated on the variation of insolation, temperature and load. The output power of solar cell is DC, therefore it is necessary to install an inverter among electric power converts. The inverter have to supply a sinusoidal current and voltage to the load and the interactive utility line. In the paper, the proposes a photovoltaic system designed with a step up chopper and single phase PWM voltage source inverter. Synchronous signal and control signal was processed by microprocessor for stable modulation. The step up chopper operates in continuous mode by adjusting the duty ratio so that the photovoltaic system tracks the maximum power point of solar cell without any influence on the variation of insolation and temperature because solar cell has typical dropping character. The single phase PWM voltage source inverter consists of complex type of electric power converter to compensate for the defect, that is, solar cell cannot be developed continuously by connecting with the source of electric power, from 10 to $20\%$. The single phase PWM voltage source inverter operates in situation that its output voltage is in same phase with the utility voltage. The inverter supplies an ac power with high factor and low level of harmonics to the load and the utility power system.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.439-440
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 발생전압이 충전전압보다 높은 경우는 Buck 컨버터로 동작하고 발생전압이 충전전압보다 낮은 경우 Boost 컨버터로 동작하는 모드 자체를 독립적으로 구현할 수 있는 새로운 형태의 DC-DC 컨버터를 제안함으로서 시비율 변화를 줄여 인덕터의 전류 리플을 줄임으로서 효율을 개선하고자 한다.

• KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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• v.11B no.4
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• pp.169-174
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• 2001

A novel simulation scheme of transient phenomenon for the photovoltaic (PV) generation system under the real weather conditions has been proposed in this paper. A grid connected PV array is simulated using PSCAD/EMTDC. The transient changes of the output current of PV array under the real weather conditions is described and the output current of DC/AC converter flowing through the utility power network is also analyzed with the PWM switching width. Moreover, the MPPT control of PV generation system is combined to the system during the simulation for the comparison purposes of the control schemes. The outcome of the simulation demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed simulation scheme. The result shows that the cost effective verifying for the efficiency or availability and stability of PV generation systems and the comparison research of various control schemes like MPPT under the same real whether conditions are eventually possible.

• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2012.03a
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• pp.325-330
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• 2012

A single-phase PVPCS(photovoltaic power conditioning system) that contains a single phase dc-ac inverter tends to draw an ac ripple current at twice the out frequency. Such a ripple current may shorten passive elements life span and worsen output current THD. As a result, it may reduce the efficiency of the whole PVPCS system. In this paper, the ripple current propagation is analyzed, and two methods to reduce the ripple current are proposed. Firslyt, this paper presents notch filter with IP voltage controller to reject specific current ripple in single-phase PVPCS. The notch filter can be designed that suppress just only specific frequency component and no phase delay. The proposed notch filter can suppress output command signal in the ripple bandwidth for reducing output current THD. Secondly, for reducing specific current ripple, the other method is feed-forward compensation to incorporate a current control loop in the dc-dc converter. The proposed notch filter and feed-forward compensation method have been verified with computer simulation and simulation results obtained demonstrate the validity of the proposed control scheme.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.07a
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• pp.293-294
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• 2016

태양광 발전 시스템은 그 필요성이 늘어남에 따라 다양한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 기존에 태양광 발전 제어 방식인 스트링 방식이나, 마이크로 컨버터 같은 방식 이외에도 그늘짐 등으로 인해 발생한 태양광 모듈의 전력 차이만을 부담하는 컨버터를 이용한 차동 전력 조절 방식도 연구가 되고 있다. 차동 전력조절기는 담당하는 전력이 적고, 스트링 컨버터를 통해 많은 전력이 전달이 되어 기존의 방식 보다 효율이 높다. 하지만, 태양광 모듈 MPPT 전압으로 부터 DC_link 전압만큼의 승압이 필요하다. 따라서, 고승압, 고효율 컨버터를 차동 전력 조절기로 사용을 하면 기존의 차동 전력 방식보다 더 나은 동작 특성을 가질 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 차동 전력 조절기로 고승압의 컨버터 토폴로지를 사용하여, 기존의 방식보다 고효율을 유지하면서 차동 전력 조절기의 기능을 수행하는 구조를 제안한다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.997-1006
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• 2018

This paper proposes a transformerless photovoltaic (PV) power converter system based on the DC/AC boost inverter, which can solve the leakage current and second-order ripple power issues in single-phase grid-connected PV inverters. In the proposed topology, the leakage current can be decreased remarkably since most of the common-mode currents flow through the output capacitor, by-passing parasitic capacitors, and grounding resistors. In addition, the inherent ripple power component in the single-phase grid inverter can be suppressed without adding any extra components. Therefore, bulky electrolytic capacitors can be replaced by small film capacitors. The effectiveness of the proposed topology has been verified by simulation and experimental results for a 1-kW PV PCS.