• Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.167-180
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• 2013

A capstone design is regarded as one of cap courses in undergraduate engineering education because it requires most prerequisites and makes students experience real engineering design processes. There have been case studies to show how this subject should be organized, practiced, and optimized. This study shows one of the case studies by focusing offshore wind power, one of newly recognized renewable energy resources, especially targeting for the design of wind turbine foundation and submarine power cable protectors mainly because of current energy and global warming crisis. To pinpoint engineering design, the students'activities during the project and design procedures are monitored, evaluated, and recommended; hence, core factors are addressed to develop successful aim, theory, practice, and other necessities. These factors include creative problem solving abilities; recognition of engineering curriculum; selection of project theme based on significance, ripple effect, and education purpose; team organization by the full brain model; systematization of project process; realization of engineering design; and synthesis of evaluation. In the end, the aftermath and future works are discussed.

• Journal of international Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems
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• v.1 no.3
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• pp.384-390
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• 2012

This paper proposes a fault diagnosis method of the line-to-line voltage sensors in 3-phase AC/DC pulse width modulation (PWM) converters. The line-to-line voltage sensors are an essential device to obtain the information of the grid voltages for controlling the 3-phase AC/DC PWM converters. If the line-to-line voltage sensors are mismeasured by various faults, the voltage sensors can obtain wrong information of the grid voltage. It has an adverse effect on the control of the converter. Therefore, the converter causes the unbalance input AC current and the DC-link voltage ripple in the 3-phase AC/DC PWM converter. Hence, fast fault detection and fault tolerant control are needed. In this paper, the fault diagnosis method is proposed and verified through simulations and experiments.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.13-19
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to examine the cause of damage to electrolytic capacitors and to present the heat generation mechanism in order to prevent the occurrence of similar problems. From the analysis results of electrolytic capacitors collected from accident sites, the fire causing area can be limited to the primary power supply for the initial accident. From the tests performed by applying overvoltage, surge, etc., it is thought that the fuse, varistor, etc., are not directly related to the accidents that occurred. The analysis of the characteristics using a switching regulator showed that the charge and discharge characteristics fell short of standard values. In addition, it is thought that heated electrolytic capacitors caused thermal stress to nearby resistances, elements, etc. It can be seen that the heat generation is governed by the over-ripple current, application of AC overvoltage, surge input, internal temperature increase, defective airtightness, etc. Therefore, when designing an electrolytic capacitor, it is necessary to comprehensively consider the correct polarity arrangement, appropriate voltage application, correct connection of equivalent series resistance(ESR) and equivalent series inductance(SEL), rapid charge and discharge control, sufficient margin of dielectric tangent, etc.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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• v.64 no.1
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• pp.29-34
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• 2015

DC bus electrolytic capacitors are used in variety of equipments as smoothing element of the power converters because it has high capacitance for its size and low price. It is responsible for frequent breakdowns of many static converters and inverter drive systems. Therefore it is important to diagnosis monitoring the condition of an electrolytic capacitor in real-time to predict the failure of power converter. In this paper, the on-line remote diagnosis monitoring system for DC BUS electrolytic capacitors of power converter using low-cost type Zigbee communication modules is developed. To estimate the health status of the capacitor, the equivalent series resistor(ESR) of the component has to be determined. The capacitor ESR is estimated by using RMS computation using AC coupling method of DC link ripple voltage/current. The Zigbee communication-based experimental results show that the proposed remote DC capacitor diagnosis monitoring system can be applied to DC/DC converter and UPS successfully.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.304-315
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• 2013

In this paper, analysis of cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter in DTC-SVM (Direct Torque Control-Space Vector Modulation) based induction motor drive for FCEV (Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle) is presented. Cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter uses multiple series units of H-bridge power cells to achieve medium-voltage operation and low harmonic distortion. In FCEV, a fuel cell stack is used as the major source of electric power moreover the battery and/or ultra-capacitor is used to assist the fuel cell. These sources are suitable for utilizing in cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter. The drive control strategy is based on DTC-SVM technique. In this scheme, first, stator voltage vector is calculated and then realized by SVM method. Contribution of multilevel inverter to the DTC-SVM scheme is led to achieve high performance motor drive. Simulations are carried out in Matlab-Simulink. Five-level and nine-level inverters are applied in 3hp FCEV induction motor drive for analysis the multilevel inverter. Each H-bridge is implemented using one fuel cell and battery. Good dynamic control and low ripple in the torque and the flux as well as distortion decrease in voltage and current profiles, demonstrate the great performance of multilevel inverter in DTC-SVM induction motor drive for vehicle application.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.216-218
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• 2018

Weinberg 컨버터는 입출력 전류 리플이 작아 필터 사이즈가 작고, 스위치 및 다이오드가 소프트 스위칭을 하여 높은 효율을 갖는 장점으로 인해 정지궤도 위성용 배터리 방전 조절기와(Battery Discharge Regulator, BDR) 같이 높은 전력밀도 및 높은 효율을 요구하는 제품에 유용한 승압형 컨버터이다. 최근 정지궤도 위성의 큰 전력 요구사양에 맞춰 버스 전압 사양이 커지면서 Weinberg 컨버터는 몇 가지 문제점을 갖게 되었다. 첫째 다이오드의 큰 순 방향 전압 강하로 인해 도통 손실이 증가한다. 둘째 다이오드의 기생 커패시터와 누설 인덕턴스간의 공진으로 인한 전압 맥동이 심화되면서 EMI 특성이 악화된다. 셋째 스위치 턴-오프 시 발생하는 큰 출력 전류 스파이크로 인해 출력 필터 크기가 커진다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제점을 개선하기 위해 추가 스위치 및 커패시터를 이용해 다이오드 차단시 그 전압을 기존보다 크게 낮춤으로 써 도통 손실 개선 및 EMI 특성 개선을 하는 방법을 제안한다. 또한, 출력 필터 사이즈 저감을 위해 출력 전류 리플을 줄일 수 있는 추가 스위치의 적절한 구동 방법에 대해 제안한다. 제안하는 컨버터는 더욱 높은 전력 밀도 및 효율을 얻을 수 있어 차세대 정지궤도 위성용 BDR에 적합하다. 본 컨버터는 100V/750W의 출력전압/전력을 갖는 시작품을 통해 그 유효성을 검증하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.13 no.7
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• pp.149-156
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• 2008

In this paper, we develope the Exhibition Grounds Management System utilizing the ubiquitous computing which integrates the RFID ubiquitous main technology, existing use technology Bar-code, the Mobile communication technology for IT main technology field. The developed system consists of the program for exhibition information. the visitor registration program, manager program and mobile program for the visitor's current location inquiry and the exhibition management. This system is realized and designed based on database, web program, mobile program, wireless telecommunication technology. The automation technology utilizing the developed RFID system and the Exhibition Grounds Management System integrated with the wireless packet telecommunication using the mobile telecommunication technology could have a ripple effect on whole information industrial application fields.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.41-52
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• 2013

In the current condition of seeking eco-friendly development, Green Building Certification Criteria can reduce environment burden that is able to be arose in life cycles of buildings. Moreover, it is a great help to induce to constructing pleasant environment. The ripple effect that also improves saving of energy and resources of the whole country, and green-house gases reduction effect and environment friendliness of other buildings can be expected by promoting eco-friendly education facilities which accounts for a great part of public buildings in comparison with other buildings. In this study, analysis of old and new indicators' contrast and contents in Green Building Certification, and post evaluation of education facilities and interviews on authorities were proceeded for improving evaluation indicator of each item in Green Building Certification Criteria. As a result, it analyzed problems in terms of institution and operations management, and drew implications accordingly. In addition, it has a significance in that it proposes improvements of substantively applicable indicators with high applicability.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.63 no.5
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• pp.615-621
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• 2014

With development of electrical power system, the DC distribution system has been considered as a promising technology to be used in the future smart distribution system. Among the various components comprising the DC distribution system, the bi-directional DC/DC converter is one of the most important equipment to interconnect between main power system and various renewable resources such as photovoltaic power generation, wind power generation, and electrical vehicles. In this paper, a bi-directional DC/DC converter based on three-phases interleaved method which is effective to reduce ripple of input current and output voltage is modeled using ElectroMagnetic Transient Program(EMTP), and the verification of modeled bi-directional DC/DC converter is conducted.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.202-215
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• 2015

This paper investigates the stability and performance of model predictive controlled active-front-end (AFE) rectifiers for energy storage systems, which has been increasingly applied in power distribution sectors and in renewable energy sources to ensure an uninterruptable power supply. The model predictive control (MPC) algorithm utilizes the discrete behavior of power converters to determine appropriate switching states by defining a cost function. The stability of the MPC algorithm is analyzed with the discrete z-domain response and the nonlinear simulation model. The results confirms that the control method of the active-front-end (AFE) rectifier is stable, and that is operates with an infinite gain margin and a very fast dynamic response. Moreover, the performance of the MPC controlled AFE rectifier is verified with a 3.0 kW experimental system. This shows that the MPC controlled AFE rectifier operates with a unity power factor, an acceptable THD (4.0 %) level for the input current and a very low DC voltage ripple. Finally, an efficiency comparison is performed between the MPC and the VOC-based PWM controllers for AFE rectifiers. This comparison demonstrates the effectiveness of the MPC controller.