• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.240-249
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• 2018

Individual DC voltage balance problem is an inherent issue for cascaded H-bridge (CHB) based converter. When the CHB-based static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) is operating at zero current mode, the software-based individual DC voltage balancing control techniques may not work because of the infinitesimal output current. However, the different power losses of each cell would lead to the individual DC voltages unbalance. The uneven power losses on the local supplied cell-controllers (including the control circuit and drive circuit) would especially cause the divergence of individual DC voltages, due to their characteristic as constant power loads. To solve this problem, this paper proposes an adaptive voltage balancing module which is designed in the cell-controller board with small size and low cost circuits. It is controlled to make the power loss of the cell a constant resistance load, thus the DC voltages are balanced in zero current mode. Field test in a 10kV STATCOM confirms the performance of the proposed method.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.29-38
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• 2017

This paper presents a study on the state-of-charge (SOC) reference based active cell balancing in real-time. The optimal references of SOC are determined by using the proposed active cell balancing system with the bidirectional DC/DC converters via the dual active bridge (DAB) type. Then, the energies between cells can be balanced by the power flow control of DAB based bidirectional DC/DC converters. That is, it provides the effective management of battery by transferring energy from the strong cell to the weak one until the cell voltages are equalized to the same level and therefore improving the additional charging capacity of battery. In particular, the cell aging of battery and power loss caused from energy transfer are considered. The performances of proposed active cell balancing system are evaluated by an electromagnetic transient program (EMTP) simulation. Then, the experimental prototype is implemented in hardware to verify the usefulness of proposed system.

• 한국실천공학교육학회논문지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.20-27
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• 2013

카운터 밸런싱은 산업현장에서 중량물을 들어 올리거나 운반하는 경우에 부하의 기하학적 형상에 따라 액추에이터에 작용하는 부하가 저항상태로부터 오버러닝 상태로 변화될 때 부하를 안전하게 제어하는 기술이다. 산업현장에서 매우 빈번히 사용되는 기술임에도 불구하고 국내 외에서 설계의 기준이나 실습장치가 없다. 이에, 본 연구에서는 카운터 밸런싱 실습장치 개발에 필요한 아이디어를 내고, 시스템 모델링과 시뮬레이션을 통하여 설계 파라미터를 도출하고 시제품을 제작하여 이 아이디어를 구현하였으며 실험을 통하여 본 실습장치의 유용성을 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통해 개발된 실습장치를 활용하면 학생들이 산업현장에서 만나게 될 카운터 밸런싱 장치의 이해에 큰 도움을 줄 것이라고 기대된다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.1986-1995
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• 2018

In this paper, a novel neutral-point voltage balancing scheme for NPC three-level inverters using carrier-based sinusoidal pulse width modulation (SPWM) method is developed. The new modulation approach, based on the obtained expressions of zero sequence voltage in all six sectors, can significantly suppress the low-frequency voltage oscillation in the neutral point at high modulation index and achieve a fast voltage-balancing dynamic performance. The implementation of the proposed method is very simple. Another attractive feature is that the scheme can stably control any voltage difference between the two dc-link capacitors within a certain range without using any extra hardware. Furthermore, the presented scheme is also applicable to the single-phase NPC three-level inverter. It can maintain the neutral-point voltage balance at full modulation index and improve the voltage-balancing dynamic performance of the single-phase NPC three-level inverter. The performance of the proposed strategy and its benefits over other previous techniques are verified experimentally.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.348-355
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• 2022

A bipolar DC distribution system suffers from an imbalance in voltages when asymmetric loads are connected at the outputs. Dedicated voltage balancers are required to address the imbalance in bipolar voltage levels. However, additional components eventually increase the cost and decrease the efficiency and power density of the system. Therefore, to deal with the imbalance in output voltages without adding any extra components, this study presents a coupled inductor-based voltage balancing technique with a dual-output CLL resonant converter. The proposed coupled inductor does not require extra magnetic components to balance the output voltages because it is the result of resonant inductors of the CLL tank circuit. It can also avoid complex control schemes applied to voltage balancing. Moreover, with the proposed coupled inductor, the CLL converter acquires good features including zero voltage and zero current switching. Detailed analysis of the proposed coupled inductor is presented with different load conditions. A 3.6-kW hardware prototype was built and tested to validate the performance of the proposed coupled inductor-based voltage balancing technique.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1047-1054
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• 2022

네트워크 장비의 하드웨어 영역과 소프트웨어 영역을 분리하고 오픈소스 기반의 소프트웨어를 사용하여 네트워크를 정의하는 차세대 네트워크 기술인 SDN의 등장으로 기존 네트워크 체계가 가지고 있던 복잡성과 확장성의 문제를 해결하고 저비용으로 사용자의 환경과 요구조건에 맞춤형 네트워크 구성이 가능해졌다. 하지만, 컨트롤러와 스위치 간에 발생하는 많은 제어 통신으로 인한 네트워크의 부하가 발생할 수 있다는 구조적 단점을 가지고 있어 이를 효과적으로 해결하기 위한 네트워크 부하분산에 대한 많은 연구가 선행되었다. 특히 플로우 테이블과 관련된 부하분산 기법의 기존 연구에서는 플로우 엔트리에 대한 고려 없이 진행된 연구가 많아서 플로우 수가 많아지게 되면 패킷 처리속도가 떨어져 오히려 부하를 가중시키는 결과를 가져오기도 했는데, 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위해 실시간으로 플로우를 모니터링하고 동적 플로우 관리 기법을 적용하여 플로우 수를 적정 수준으로 조절하면서도 높은 패킷 처리속도를 유지할 수 있는 새로운 네트워크 부하분산 기법을 제안한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.414-435
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• 2017

As network adaptive streaming technology becomes increasingly common, transport protocol also becomes important in guaranteeing the quality of multimedia streaming. At the same time, because of the appearance of high-quality video such as Ultra High Definition (UHD), preventing buffering as well as preserving high quality while deploying a streaming service becomes important. The Internet Engineering Task Force recently published Multipath TCP (MPTCP). MPTCP improves the maximum transmission rate by simultaneously transmitting data over different paths with multiple TCP subflows. However, MPTCP cannot preserve high quality, because the MPTCP subflows slowly increase the transmission rate, and upon detecting a packet loss, drastically halve the transmission rate. In this paper, we propose a new multipath congestion control scheme for high-quality multimedia streaming. The proposed scheme preserves high quality of video by adaptively adjusting the increasing parameter of subflows according to the network status. The proposed scheme also increases network efficiency by providing load balancing and stability, and by supporting fairness with single-flow congestion control schemes.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.861-871
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• 2016

With high penetration of renewable energies, power electronic transformers (PETs) will be one of the most important infrastructures in the future power delivery and management system. In this study, an isolated bidirectional modular multilevel DC/DC converter is proposed for PET applications. A modular multilevel structure is adopted as switching valves to sustain medium voltages to achieve modular design and high reliability. Only one high-frequency transformer is used in the proposed converter, which significantly simplifies the circuit and galvanic insulation design. A dual-phase-shift modulation strategy is proposed to regulate the output power and achieve a simple voltage balancing control. A down-scaled (2 kW/20 kHz) prototype is constructed to demonstrate the proposed converter and verify the control strategy. The experimental results comply with the theoretical analysis well, with the highest power efficiency reaching 97.6%.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.11-17
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• 2010

The developed control valves, installed on the hot water distribution manifolds for the floor heating system, consist of the balancing valves and the shut-off valves. The balancing valve was designed to improve the flow control performance and to reduce the noise emitted from the valve by modification of the general V port. The port of the shut-off valve was designed with two ceramic plates, working by rotating upper plate, to improve the duration and to reduce the noise. For the evaluation of the new valves, the flow rate was measured and noise level test was carried out. The test results showed that the error of the flow rate accuracy test for the flow balance of each manifold circuit was less than ${\pm}3%$ and the noise level was less than 35 dB(A).

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.255-260
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• 2019

A pendubot is a representative example of an underactuated system that has fewer actuators than the degree of freedom of the system. In this study, the characteristics of the pendubot are first reviewed; each part is then designed using Solidworks by dividing the pendubot into three parts: the base frame, first link frame, and second link frame. These three parts are then imported into the Simulink environment via a STEP file format, which is the standard protocol used in data exchange between CAD applications. A 3D model of the pendubot is then constructed using Simscape, and the usefulness of the 3D model is validated by a comparison with a dynamic equation derived using the Lagrangian formulation. A linearized model around an upright equilibrium position is finally obtained, and a sliding mode controller is designed based on the linear quadratic regulator. Simulation results showed that the designed controller effectively maintained upright balance of the pendubot in the presence of disturbance.