• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2000.07a
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• pp.351-354
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• 2000

This paper deals with the voltage amplitude control in inverter systems which can regenerate the excessive DC power from DC bus line to AC supply in substations for traction systems. To maintain the magnitude of output fundamental voltage constant in spite of the variation of input DC voltage inverters are operated in symmetrical $\alpha$-conduction mode with the range of $120^{\circ}$<$\alpha$<$180^{\circ}$ To match the output voltage of the inverter systems with AC supply voltage harmonic reduction techniques are also investigated. Computer simulations are carried out to verify the validity of the proposed systems.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2008.11b
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• pp.1213-1219
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• 2008

The deterioration analysis of electric systems in diesel electric locomotives, which were used for over 30 years, was performed to understand current wear and safety information. The electric systems include electric generation, traction motors, control units, high-voltage cables, and wires. In this investigation, various types of performance testing, such as insulation resistance measurement and degradation tests, were conducted to assess the degree of current deterioration. Moreover, an infrared camera was employed to verify abnormal heating in cables and wires. In this paper, the new techniques for evaluation of deterioration in electric systems have been introduced.

• KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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• v.11B no.3
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• pp.64-69
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• 2001

Energy recovery in the regenerative region is very important when SRM is used in traction drive, This is to reduce en-ergy loss during mechanical braking and/or to have a high efficiency drive during braking To control excitation voltage in motor operation and regenerative voltage in the generator operation in the SRM multi-level voltage control is effective The paper sug-gests multi-level inverter which is useful for motoring and regenerative operation in SRM

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.203-211
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• 2017

This paper provides a numerical solution for multiple confocal elliptic dissimilar cylinders. In the problem, the inner elliptic notch is under the traction free condition. The medium is composed of many confocal elliptic dissimilar cylinders. The transfer matrix method is used to study the continuity condition for the stress and displacement along the interfaces. Two cases, or the infinite matrix case and the finite matrix case, are studied in this paper. In the former case, the remote tension is applied in y- direction. In the latter case, the normal loading is applied along the exterior elliptic contour. For two cases, several numerical results are provided.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.120-124
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• 2004

Computer aided simulation is an essential part in planning, design, and operation of railway systems. To determine the adequate performance and specification of railway system, it is necessary to calculate train performances such as distance, speed, power during train's running. This paper presents result of train performance simulation using the program that developed for Korea high speed train. To verify result of simulation, we have compared that with experiment data.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.242-248
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• 2007

In this paper, the basic requirements of catenary in railroad traction is explained. Three different types of catenary suspension systems for different terrains, environments and high speed / low speed trains are presented. The essential requirements of catenary such as reliability, cost effectiveness, maintenance and ruggedness requirements are discussed. The catenary materials and safety problems associated in it are dealt.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.109-122
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• 2011

The production capacity of EV models should be sufficient to achieve the goal of one million EVs by 2015. Large-Format lithium-ion battery are expected to find a prominent role as ideal electrochemical storage systems in traction power train for sustainable vehicles such as all-electric vehicles. This review focuses first on the present status of production lithium-ion battery technology and cooperative relations of between battery and EV makers, then on its near future development.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.66 no.4
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• pp.733-739
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• 2017

Research on fuel cell systems attracting attention as an environmentally friendly energy source has been actively conducted. And research is being conducted on railway vehicles that use direct current power generated by a fuel cell as an energy source. In this paper, a two-phase interleaved bidirectional DC-DC converter has been proposed which can supply electric energy of a battery to a traction motor during powering and charge the battery with regenerative energy during braking. Therefore, the topology of the energy storage system applied to the railway vehicle was analyzed, and the simulation was performed by constructing the power conversion system by this topology. Experiments were also conducted through hardware design and fabrication based on the simulation analysis results, and the validity of the hardware implementation was verified.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.480-489
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• 2016

A novel hybrid carrier-based pulse width modulation (CBPWM) scheme that combines unipolar and dipolar modulations is proposed for single-phase three-level rectifiers, which are widely applied in railway traction drive systems. The proposed CBPWM method can satisfy the volt-second balancing principle in the complete modulation index region through overmodulation compensation. The modulation scheme features two modulation modes: unipolar and dipolar. The operation range limits of these modulation modes can be modified by changing the separation coefficient. In comparison with the traditional unipolar CBPWM, the proposed hybrid CBPWM scheme can provide advantageous features, such as lower high-order harmonic distortion of the line current and better utilization of switching frequency. The separation coefficient value is optimized to achieve the maximum utilization of these advantages. The experimental results verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed hybrid CBPWM scheme.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.208-209
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• 2007

The measurement system is composed of the industrial computers installed in the console and the measurement racks mounted on each car. It is utilized to accumulate the data by the communication card and the optical cable. The optical cable and power cable are coupled at the connector located in joint of train to make easy to disconnect car each other. The signal conditioner is designed to choose and to extend the channel for each sensor readily, In this study, the programs for measurement and analysis were also developed to understand the traction system characteristics of TTX. Using this measurement system, we studied that acceleration test, re-powering test and gradually powering test. From the test results, we saw the performances of the traction systems are normal.