• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.488-498
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• 2014

This paper presents an implementation of selective harmonic elimination (SHE) modulation for a single-phase 13-level transistor-clamped H-bridge (TCHB) based cascaded multilevel inverter. To determine the optimum switching angle of the SHE equations, the Newton-Raphson method is used in solving the transcendental equation describing the fundamental and harmonic components. The proposed SHE scheme used the relationship between the angles and a sinusoidal reference waveform based on voltage-angle equal criteria. The proposed SHE scheme is evaluated through simulation and experimental results. The digital modulator based-SHE scheme using a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) is described and has been implemented on an Altera DE2 board. The proposed SHE is efficient in eliminating the $3^{rd}$, $5^{th}$, $7^{th}$, $9^{th}$ and $11^{th}$ order harmonics, which validates the analytical results. From the results, it can be seen that the adopted 13-level inverter produces a higher quality with a better harmonic profile and sinusoidal shape of the stepped output waveform.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.56-69
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• 2018

In this paper, an improved Space Vector Modulation (SVM) based fault tolerant operation on a nine-level Cascaded H-Bridge (CHB) inverter with an additional backup circuit is proposed. Any type of fault in a power converter may result in a power interruption and productivity loss. Three different faults on H-bridge modules in all three phases based on the SVM approach are investigated with diagrams. Any fault in an inverter phase creates an unbalanced output voltage, which can lead to instability in the system. An additional auxiliary unit is connected in series to the three phase cascaded H-bridge circuit. With the help of this and the redundant switching states in SVM, the CHB inverter produces a balanced output with low harmonic distortion. This ensures high DC bus utilization under numerous fault conditions in three phases, which improves the system reliability. Simulation results are presented on three phase nine-level inverter with the automatic fault detection algorithm in the MATLAB/SIMULINK software tool, and experimental results are presented with DSP on five-level inverter to validate the practicality of the proposed SVM fault tolerance strategy on a CHB inverter with an auxiliary circuit.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.43-49
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• 1998

본 논문은 퍼지를 이용한 디지탈식 제어기를 고주파 유도 가열기의 전력 조절을 위해 IGBT를 사용한 위상 전이(Phase-Shift) 펄스폭 변조(PWM)와 펄스 주파수 변조(PFM)가 조절되는 공진 고주파 인버터를 응용한 유도가열기를 설명한다. 이는 실제로 산업 현장에서 20/$_{KHZ}$~500$_{KHZ}$ 유도 가열 및 유도 용해 전원 장치용으로 쓰인다. 위상 전이(Phase-Shift) PWM 정전력 조절 기술을 바탕으로한 적응 주파수 추종 기법은 스위칭 손실을 최소화하고 전력조절을 용이하게 하기 위해 소개 되어 졌다. IGBT를 사용하여 실험적으로 만들어진 실험장치는 성공적으로 논증과 토의가 되어졌다.어졌다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.2128-2147
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• 2021

Cognitive radio systems are being implemented recently to tackle spectrum underutilization problems and aid efficient data traffic. Spectrum sensing is the crucial step in cognitive applications in which cognitive user detects the presence of primary user (PU) in a particular channel thereby switching to another channel for continuous transmission. In cognitive radio systems, the capacity to precisely identify the primary user's signal is essential to secondary user so as to use idle licensed spectrum. Based on the inherent capability, a new spectrum sensing technique is proposed in this paper to identify all types of primary user signals in a cognitive radio condition. Hence, a spectrum sensing algorithm using improved convolutional neural network and long short-term memory (CNN-LSTM) is presented. The principle used in our approach is simulated annealing that discovers reasonable number of neurons for each layer of a completely associated deep neural network to tackle the streamlining issue. The probability of detection is considered as the determining parameter to find the efficiency of the proposed algorithm. Experiments are carried under different signal to noise ratio to indicate better performance of the proposed algorithm. The PU signal will have an associated modulation format and hence identifying the presence of a modulation format itself establishes the presence of PU signal.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.660-669
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• 2015

This paper presents a control scheme with a focus on the combination of phase disposition pulse width modulation (PDPWM) and DC capacitor voltage control for a chopper-cell based modular multilevel converter (MMC) for the purpose of eliminating the time-consuming voltage sorting algorithm and complex voltage balancing regulators. In this paper, the convergence of the DC capacitor voltages within one arm is realized by charging the minimum voltage module and discharging the maximum voltage module during each switching cycle with the assistances of MAX/MIN capacitor voltage detection and PDPWM signals exchanging. The process of voltage balancing control introduces no extra switching commutation, which is helpful in reducing power loss and improving system efficiency. Additionally, the proposed control scheme also possess the merit of a simple executing procedure in application. Simulation and experimental results indicates that the MMC circuit together with the proposed method functions very well in balancing the DC capacitor voltage and improving system efficiency even under transient states.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.261-270
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• 2015

In this paper, the Optimal Harmonic Stepped Waveform (OHSW) method is proposed in order to eliminate the selective harmonic orders available at the output of cascaded multilevel inverter (CMLI) fed by solar photovoltaic (SPV). This technique is used to solve the harmonic elimination equations based on stepped waveform analysis in order to obtain the optimal switching angles which in turn reduce the Total Harmonic Distortion (THD). The OHSW method considers the output voltage waveform as four equal symmetries in each half cycle. In the proposed method, a solar fed fifteen level cascaded multilevel is considered where the magnitude of six numbers of harmonic orders is reduced. A programmable pulse generator is developed to carry the switching angles directly to the semiconductor switches obtained as a result of OHSW analysis. Simulations are carried out in MATLAB/Simulink in which a separate model is developed for solar photovoltaic which serves as the input for cascaded multilevel inverter. A 3kWp solar plant with multilevel inverter system is implemented in hardware to show the effectiveness of the proposed system. Based on the observation the OHSW method provides the reduced THD thereby improving power quality in renewable energy applications.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2001년도 Proceedings ICPE 01 2001 International Conference on Power Electronics
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• pp.683-686
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• 2001

This paper presents a novel prototype of the utility­interactive voltage source type sinewave pulse modulated power inverter using a high-frequency flyback transformer link. The proposed power conditioner circuit for the solar photovoltaic generation and small scale fuel cell has an isolation function due to the safety of the power processing system, which is more cost effective and acceptable for the small-scale distributed renewal energy conditioning and processing systems. The discontinuous current mode(DCM) of this power processing conversion circuit is applied to implement a simple circuit topology and pulse modulated control scheme. Its operation principle is described on the basis of simulation evaluations and theoretical considerations. The simulation results obtained herein prove that the proposed inverter outputs with sinusoidal waveforms and unity power factor currents are synchronized to the main voltage in utility power source grid. In this paper, the soft switching topology of high­frequency linked sinewave pulse modulation inverter is proposed and discussed.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.255-262
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• 2011

This paper proposes a grid-tied power conditioning system for fuel cell, which consists of three-phase current-fed DC-DC converter and three-phase PWM inverter. The three-phase current-fed DC-DC converter boosts fuel cell voltage of 26-48 V up to 400 V with zero-voltage switching (ZVS) scheme, while the three-phase PWM(Pulse Width Modulation) inverter controls the active and reactive power supplied to the grid. The operation of the proposed power conditioning system with fuel cell model is verified through simulations with PSCAD/EMTDC software. The feasibility of hardware implementation is verified through experimental works with a laboratory prototype with 1.2 kW proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell stack. The proposed power conditioning system can be commercialized to interconnect the fuel cell with the power grid.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.556-563
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• 2001

본 논문에서는, 기존의 PWM 방식의 컨버터와 공진형 컨버터의 단점을 보완하면서 이들의 장점을 가지는 새로운 형태의 ZCT 벅 컨버터를 소개한다. 제안한 회로는 기존의 벅 컨버터에 보조화를 추가하여 주 스위치와 다이로드의 스위칭천이 순간에만 소프트 스위칭 조건을 제공함으로써 전체적인 동작은 벅 컨버터와 동일하게 된다. 아울러 보조회로에서의 부가적인 손실은 존재하지 않는다. 본 논문에서는 제안된 회로의 동작을 분석하고 이를 바탕으로 보조회로에서의 소자값 결정에 도움이 되는 설계 방식을 제공한다. 또한 제안한 회로의 동작 및 유용성을 확인하기 위하여 실험을 행하였다.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.297-302
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• 2002

유도전동기의 직접 토크 제어방식은 구조가 간단하여 구현이 용이하고, 빠른 토크 응답성을 갖는 것을 특징으로 견인용 유도전동기의 추동시스템 등에 그 응용분야를 넓혀가고 있다. 그러나 히스테리시스 제어기를 사용하여 출력전압을 결정하는 기존의 직접 토크 제어방식에서는 인버터의 스위칭 주파수가 히스테리시스 밴드 폭과 운전조건에 따라 가변하고 토크맥동이 발생하는 문제점이 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 인버터의 스위칭 주파수를 일정하게 유지하고 저속 및 고속 운전영역에서 전동기의 토크 및 고정자 전류 맥등을 저감하기 위한 목적으로 고정자 자속 제어개념과 공간전압벡터 P%에 의한 새로운 직접 토크 제어방식을 제안하였다. 시뮬레이션과 실험을 통해 제안한 알고리즘의 타당성을 입증하였다.