• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.43-50
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• 2009

This paper deals with a novel solid state controller (NSSC) for an isolated asynchronous generator (IAG) feeding 3-phase 4-wire loads driven by constant power prime movers, such as uncontrolled pico hydro turbines. AC capacitor banks are used to meet the reactive power requirement of the asynchronous generator. The proposed NSSC is realized using a set of IGBTs (Insulated gate bipolar junction transistors) based current controlled 2-leg voltage source converters (CC- VSC) and a DC chopper at its DC bus, which keeps the generated voltage and frequency constant in spite of changes in consumer loads. The neutral point of the load is created using aT-configuration of the transformers. The IAG system is modeled in MATLAB along with Simulink and PSB (power system block set) toolboxes. The simulated results are presented to demonstrate the capability of the isolated generating system consisting of NSSC and IAG driven by uncontrolled pico hydro turbine and feeding 3-phase 4-wire loads.

• KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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• v.3B no.1
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• pp.10-15
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• 2003

This paper presents the digital computer performance evaluations of the three-phase self-excited induction generator (SEIG) driven by the variable speed prime mover such as the wind turbine using the nodal admittance approach steady-state frequency domain analysis with the experimental results. The three-phase SEIG setup is implemented for small-scale rural renewable energy utilizations. The experimental performance results give a good agreement with those ones obtained from the digital computer simulation. Furthermore, a feedback closed-loop voltage regulation of the three-phase SEIG as a power conditioner which is driven by a variable speed prime mover employing the static VAR compensator (SVC) circuit composed of the thyristor phase controlled reactor (TCR) and the thyristor switched capacitor(TSC) is designed and considered herein for the wind-turbine driven the power conditioner. To validate the effectiveness of the SVC-based voltage regulator of the terminal voltage of the three-phase SEIG, an inductive load parameter disturbances in stand-alone are applied and characterized in this paper. In the stand-alone power utilization system, the terminal voltage response and thyristor triggering angle response of the TCR are plotted graphically. The simulation and the experimental results prove the effectiveness and validity of the proposed SVC which is controlled by the Pl controller in terms of fast response and high performances of the three-phase SEIG driven directly by the rural renewable energy utilization like a variable-speed prime mover.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.29-35
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• 2011

In this paper, an integrated simulation model for designing multi-agent system based DEMS (distributed energy management system) in stand-alone micro-grid system is proposed. In the design of the EMS(energy management system), the multi-agent based DEMS are more effective than conventional centralized EMS, but it is difficult to design the DEMS by general design tools for power system because of various states of a microgrid system during operation of stand-alone mode. Also, since performance test of the DEMS using a real system is inefficient, an integrated simulation model is required for designing an effective multi-agent system based DEMS. The proposed model consists of Matlab/SimPowerSystems based simulation model of the microgrid system and the Multi-agnet based DEMS designed by Matlab/StateFlow tool. In order to show the effect of the proposed model, the model outputs are analyzed for specified operation conditions.

• Journal of Power System Engineering
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.41-47
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• 2018

This paper analyzes the output characteristics of a self excited induction generator with isolated mode according to change of its speeds and loads for building a hybrid electric propulsion system in special purpose ships by using power take off. The induction generators are being considered as an alternative choice to the well-developed generators because of their lower unit cost, inherent ruggedness, operational and maintenance simplicity. However, the generator working by stand alone has a few problems that the reactive power is required to establish the air gap magnetic flux, and the induced voltage and magnetizing current fluctuate when the load is varied. In spite of its advantages, basic design data of the capacitor bank and behaviors of the output characteristics of the generator are not sufficient for the system. Based on the operating condition(speed range of main engine) of the target boat, a reduced experimental equipment system was constructed to analyze the output characteristics of the SEIG. And a suitable capacitor bank of a stand-alone generator and its output characteristics under various loads was investigated in detail through these experiments. According to the experimental result, it was confirmed that the capacitor bank should be $70{\mu}F{\sim}100{\mu}F$, and the proper SEIG induced voltage should be DC 80 V ~ 250 V in order to storage electrical energy into a battery.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• summer
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• pp.1537-1539
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• 2004

This paper introduces a supplementary module reducing the standby-power of Power Line Communication(PLC) modem, one of the network equipments that take up much of the stand-by power. This supplementary module consists of three parts, such as a compare part, a control part, and a switch part. This supplementary module controls the power going from the power supply element into PLC modem, which brings about the effect of standby-power reduction. It is assured that over $30\%$ standby-power reduction is estimated when we applied this module to a low-speedy PLC control modem.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2004.07a
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• pp.296-299
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• 2004

This paper introduces a supplementary module reducing tile standby-power of Power Line Communication(PLC) modem, one of the network equipments that take up much of tile stand-by power. This supplementary module consists of three parts, such as a compare part, a control part, and a switch part. This supplementary module controls the power going from the power supply element into PLC modem, which brings about the effect of standby-power reduction. It is assured that over 30% standby-power reduction is estimated when we applied this module to a low-speedy PLC control modem.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2002.07b
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• pp.1034-1037
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• 2002

A switched-capacitor(SC) type DC-DC converter having capability of integrated circuit fabrication have been marked for the application of mobile equipments. Especially, a ring type SC power supply is featured by the flexible and dynamic voltage conversion ratio change. In this paper, an improvement of the gate driving techniques is proposed for high power efficiency and less area occupation on the chip. Furthermore, its power-saving operation in the stand-by state is proposed. The three-capacitors ring type power supply is really designed and discussed. As results, the simulation results shows the high efficiency of 92.1%, and the higher output put voltage of 10.5 V compared with conventional one of 8.6 V.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.362-368
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• 2001

The goal of this paper is development ofa DSP based three phase power quality analyzer. Power analysis algorithm is a correlation function and it is accomplished using stand alone type TMS320C31 DSP(digital signal processor)board. Results of power analysis are displayed by LCD and D/A converter on the proposed system. Finally, this paper also goes on to discuss the performance of an instrument prototype, compared with one of those foreign models, both in terms of accuracy and speed of measurement.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.141-148
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• 2012

The power system of leisure ship has a character of stand-alone type, so it continuously checks the usable power. Especially, the leisure ship using renewable energy needs to adjust the power consumption of loads according to the usable power. Also, the important loads of leisure ship are different by operation mode. However, current power management system doesnot consider such character. This paper studied load management system of the SPMS(Smart Power Management System) and composed using the smart plug. The SPMS controls the loads depending on a user's pattern and character through variable priority number control. This control algorithm was verified through simulation of assumed user and situation using LabVIEW.

• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.31 no.A
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• pp.123-128
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• 2011

In this study, procedures, a power performance testing system of Wind Turbine System Research Center of Kangwon National University is introduced. Test prodedures and results are presented on a stand-alone vertical-axis 200W wind turbine manufactured by Geum-Poong Energy Inc.. Power performance test is performed according to IEC standard. The test results are compared with the power performance standard. Also, the effects of normalization and disturbed sectors are considered.