• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.528-535
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• 2013

Most eco-friendly cars can adopt the concept of an integrated battery charger (IBC), which uses currently available motor drive systems. The IBC has a lot of strong points such as low cost and minimum space for the high voltage battery charger. On the other hand, it also has some defects caused by its structure. In this paper, the shortcomings of the conventional IBC for PHEVs with interior permanent magnet motors are discussed, and two advanced IBCs with improved performance are presented. Compared with the conventional IBC, the two advanced IBCs have plenty of strengths such as low common noise, high efficiency, simple sensing methods, etc. Then, the digital control algorithm is modified and a power loss calculation is carried out with simulation software. Finally, experimental results are provided to show the performance of the IBC systems.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.566-572
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• 2015

This study introduces an LCC resonant converter operating on a continuous conduction mode. The LCC resonant converter has the advantage of improving system efficiency, especially under the rated load condition, because it can reduce conduction loss by improving the resonance current shape and switching loss by increasing the lossless snubber capacitance. The proposed LCC resonant converter is applied to various applications, including a 60 kW EV fast charger, a 24 kJ/s high-voltage capacitor charger, and a 20 kV, 20 kW high-precision DC power supply. Experimental results prove that the proposed LCC resonant converter topology can be effectively used as a converter topology for these applications.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2013.07a
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• pp.182-183
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• 2013

In the design of the fuel cell charger, it is important to find out the suitable topology and to design the converter to guarantee the performance of the fuel cell as well as the battery. Most of the chargers developed so far have used step-down converters. However, since the small fuel cell stack can only generate a low voltage, it is required to use the step-up converter to charge the battery. In this paper, a modified non-isolated boost charger topology for the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) is proposed to meet the strict ripple requirements for the battery charge and its control method by using PI controller is detailed. The feasibility of the proposed topology and its control method is then verified by the experiments.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.24-28
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• 2010

The nuclear power Plant onsite AC electrical power sources are required to supply power to the engineering safety facility buses if the offsite power source is lost. Typically, Diesel Generators are used as the onsite power source. The 125 VAC buses are part of the onsite Class 1E AC and DC electrical power distribution system. The DC power distribution system ensure the availability of DC electrical power for system required to shutdown the reactor and maintain it in a safety condition after an anticipated operational occurrence or a postulated Design Base Accident. Recently, onsite DC power supply system trip occurs the loss of system function. To obtain the performance such as reliability and availability, we analyzed the cause of battery charger trip and described the improvement of DC power supply system reliability. Finally, we provide reliability performance criteria of charger in order to ensure the probabilistic goals for the safety of the nuclear power plants.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2001.07a
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• pp.308-311
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• 2001

Most of the battery charger for electric powered forklift truck are controlled by the method of 3-phased constant current and constant voltage. However, these chargers have several disadvantages like a large charger capacity, and a short battery life time. This paper presents a digital type battery charger based on multi-mode control adding a constant power control and several assistant controls in the conventional control. The whole control system is performed by a low cost one-chip micro-controller and completely digitize. So we can get a high precision control and a good reliability.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.535-542
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• 2017

This paper proposes a simple 3-level interleaved charger-discharger for the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) with various combinations of battery cells. The proposed converter not only improves charging and discharging efficiency, but also reduces the physical volume and the cost. Furthermore, the converter also offers the capability of the neutral point voltage, so that more stable operation can be obtained. In addition, the proposed converter significantly reduces the ripple current of the battery inductor, thereby providing an expected life extension of the battery. Experimental results for a 300kVA UPS prototype verify the validity of the proposed converter. The proposed charger-discharger is suitable for UPSs and energy storage systems (ESSs) with wide input battery voltage ranges.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1993.07a
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• pp.464-466
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• 1993

In this paper, a peak detection algorithm having high reliability is proposed. The peak detection algorithm is implemented to a charger and power control system which is applicable to home appliances or notebook PC directly. The charger and power control system is controlled by a microprocessor, M50927 (Mitzubishi), to improve cost to performance ratio. The charger algorithm is designed to be operated under optimal charge node and various protections are added tn improve the reliability of the charger.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2001.07a
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• pp.634-637
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• 2001

The proposed contactless charger employs a pair of neighboring printed circuit board windings as a contactless energy transfer device, thereby making it amenable to low-profile designs and suitable for applications to the portable telecommunication/computing electronics in which stringent requirements for height, space, and reliability have to be met. The performance of the proposed charger is confirmed with experiments on a prototype charger developed for cellular phones.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.951-958
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• 2013

This paper proposes the controller design for a stability improvement of an on-board battery charger. The system is comprised of a power factor correction (PFC) circuit and phase shift full-bridge DC-DC converter. The PFC circuit performs the control of the DC-link voltage and the input power factor. The DC-DC converter regulates the voltage and the current in the battery using the DC-link voltage. This paper proposes the design method of PI controller for the PFC circuit using a small signal model. The analysis and design of a type-three controller for the DC-DC converter is also presented. A simulation and experiment has been performed on the on-board battery charger and their results are presented to verify the validity of the proposed system.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.122-133
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• 2014

This paper deals with the rapid charger which is the mid-type between the slow and fast chargers in the aspect of charging time. In its functions, it can perform the Active Power Filter(APF) function without changing the topology besides the charging function. In addition, to perform the charging and APF function, this paper proposes the mode selection algorithm. The operation of the charger that has APF function and the mode selection algorithm are verified by the simulation and experiment.