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Variable Structure PWM Controller for Highly Efficient PV Inverters

  • Oh, Seong-Jin;SunWoo, Myoung-Ho
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • 제9권6호
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    • pp.866-873
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    • 2009
  • In general, the output voltage level of a PV array varies widely at various irradiances and temperatures. The MPP (Maximum Power Point) range of a medium- or high-power PV PCS is normally 450~830Vdc or 300~600Vdc. This means the PV PCS should operate in a wide range of modulation indexes. The PV PCS should satisfy the harmonic current requirement that the TDD (Total demand distortion) shall not exceed 5%. This paper proposes a new PWM control method for a medium- or high-power PV PCS which increases the efficiency of power conversion in all operation ranges with acceptable harmonic ripple currents. This paper compares and analyzes appropriate PWM schemes for the PV PCS in the view points of conversion efficiency and current harmonics.

High-Efficiency Polymer-Titanium Oxide Hybrid Solar Cells

  • Lee, Kwang-Hee
    • 한국고분자학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국고분자학회 2006년도 IUPAC International Symposium on Advanced Polymers for Emerging Technologies
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    • pp.186-186
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    • 2006
  • We report a new architecture for high efficiency polymer solar cells introducing a new concept of 'optical spacer' with new material. By implementing a novel solution-based titanium oxide ($TiO_{x}$) layer between the active layer and the electron collecting Al electrode, we invented a way to increase ${\sim}50\;%$ in power conversion efficiency compared to conventional polymer solar cells. Now the new devices exhibit ${\sim}6\;%$ power conversion efficiency, which is the highest value reported to date for a polymer based photovoltaic cell. The $TiO_{x}$ layer increases the efficiency by modifying the spatial distribution of the light intensity inside the device, thereby creating more photogenerated charge carriers in the bulk heterojunction layer.

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An Input-Powered High-Efficiency Interface Circuit with Zero Standby Power in Energy Harvesting Systems

  • Li, Yani;Zhu, Zhangming;Yang, Yintang;Zhang, Chaolin
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • 제15권4호
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    • pp.1131-1138
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    • 2015
  • This study presents an input-powered high-efficiency interface circuit for energy harvesting systems, and introduces a zero standby power design to reduce power consumption significantly while removing the external power supply. This interface circuit is composed of two stages. The first stage voltage doubler uses a positive feedback control loop to improve considerably the conversion speed and efficiency, and boost the output voltage. The second stage active diode adopts a common-grid operational amplifier (op-amp) to remove the influence of offset voltage in the traditional comparator, which eliminates leakage current and broadens bandwidth with low power consumption. The system supplies itself with the harvested energy, which enables it to enter the zero standby mode near the zero crossing points of the input current. Thereafter, high system efficiency and stability are achieved, which saves power consumption. The validity and feasibility of this design is verified by the simulation results based on the 65 nm CMOS process. The minimum input voltage is down to 0.3 V, the maximum voltage efficiency is 99.6% with a DC output current of 75.6 μA, the maximum power efficiency is 98.2% with a DC output current of 40.4 μA, and the maximum output power is 60.48 μW. The power loss of the entire interface circuit is only 18.65 μW, among which, the op-amp consumes only 2.65 μW.

고압 나트륨 램프 구동용 전력변환장치의 역률 개선 (Power Factor improvement of Power Conversion Equipment for High Pressure Sodium Lamps)

  • 이상현;서기영;이현우;이수흠;문상필
    • 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한전기학회 2002년도 춘계학술대회 논문집 전기기기 및 에너지변환시스템부문
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    • pp.147-150
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    • 2002
  • HPSL(High Pressure Sodium lamp)have attracted much attention in recent years, because they offer high luminous efficiency and very long life. Recently, AC-DC converters have been widely as power factor improvement circuits in the power conversion equipment An application of the ZVT-PWM(Zero Voltage Transition Pulse Width Modulation) boost converter, which has great advantage on miniaturization and high power density, to the power factor improvement circuit of the HPSL inverter are described to identify the power factor correction characteristics of the inverter. In this paper the series-parallel resonant inverter(electronic ballast) for driving a HPS lamp is discussed. Finally, a power factor corrector is cascaded in front of the electronic ballast. Consequently, a high power factor above 0.99 and low THD on the line current can be achieved.

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Optimized Design of Bi-Directional Dual Active Bridge Converter for Low-Voltage Battery Charger

  • Jeong, Dong-Keun;Ryu, Myung-Hyo;Kim, Heung-Geun;Kim, Hee-Je
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • 제14권3호
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    • pp.468-477
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    • 2014
  • This study proposes an optimized design of a dual active bridge converter for a low-voltage charger in a military uninterrupted power supply (UPS) system. The dual active bridge converter is among various bi-directional DC/DC converters that possess a high-efficiency isolated bi-directional converter. In the general design, the zero-voltage switching(ZVS) region is reduced when the battery voltage is high. By contrast, efficiency is low because of high conduction losses when the battery voltage is low. Variable switching frequency is applied to increase the ZVS region and the power conversion efficiency, depending on battery voltage changes. At the same duty, the same power is obtained regardless of the battery voltage using the variable switching frequency. The proposed method is applied to a 5 kW prototype dual active bridge converter, and the experimental results are analyzed and verified.

인버터 저항용접기의 전력효율 향상을 위한 AC/DC 컨버터 설계에 관한 연구 (A Study on AC/DC Converter Design of High Efficiency for Inverter Resistance Welder)

  • 곽동걸;정원석;강우철
    • 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 전력전자학회 2016년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.40-41
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    • 2016
  • The inverter resistance welder requires AC/DC converter of high efficiency because the converter changes a commercial ac power source to low voltage dc power source. Harmonic components that occur in the conversion process of converter decrease system power factor and deal great damage in electric power system. To improve such problems, this paper proposes a high efficiency AC/DC converter for inverter resistance welder. The switching devices in the proposed converter are operated by soft switching technique using a new quasi-resonant circuit. As a result, the proposed AC/DC converter obtains low switching power loss and high efficiency.

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Exergy analysis of R717 high-efficiency OTEC power cycle for the efficiency and pressure drop in main components

  • Yoon, Jung-In;Son, Chang-Hyo;Yang, Dong-Il;Kim, Hyeon-Uk;Kim, Hyeon-Ju;Lee, Ho-Saeng
    • 동력기계공학회지
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    • 제17권5호
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    • pp.52-57
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, an analysis on exergy efficiency of high-efficiency R717 OTEC power system for the efficiency and pressure drop in main components were investigated theoretically in order to optimize the design for the operating parameters of this system. The operating parameters considered in this study include turbine and pump efficiency, and pressure drop in a condenser and evaporator, respectively. As the turbine efficiency of R717 OTEC power system increases, the exergy efficiency of this system increases. But pressure drop in the evaporator of R717 OTEC power system increases, the exergy efficiency of this system decreases, respectively. And, in case of exergy efficiency of this OTEC system, the turbine efficiency and pressure drop in a condenser on R717 OTEC power system is the largest and the lowest among operation parameters, respectively.

대전력 응용을 위한 새로운 ZVZCS PWM 컨버어터 (New ZVZCS PWM Converter For High Power Application)

  • 류홍제;조정구;유동욱;임근희
    • 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한전기학회 1996년도 하계학술대회 논문집 A
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    • pp.521-524
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    • 1996
  • A new zero voltage and nero current switching(ZVZCS) full bridge(FB) PWM converter b proposed to improve the performance of the previously presented ZVZCS-FB-PWM converters [7,8]. By adding a secondary active clamp and controlling the clamp switch moderately, ZVS(for leading-leg switches) are ZCS(for lagging-leg switches) are achieved without nay lossy components, the reverie avalanche break down of leading-leg IGBTs[7] or the saturable reactor in the primary[8]. Many advantages including simple circuit topology, high efficiency, and low cost mate the new converter attractive for high voltage and high power(> 10 kW) applications. The principle of operation is explained and analyzed. The features and design considerations of the new converter are also illustrated and verified on an 1.8 kW, 100 kHz IGBT based experimental circuit.

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A Novel Utility AC Frequency to High Frequency AC Power Converter with Boosted Half-Bridge Single Stage Circuit Arrangement

  • Saha, Bishwajit;Kwon, Soon-Kurl;Koh, Hee-Seog;Lee, Hyun-Woo;Nakaoka, Mutsuo
    • 한국조명전기설비학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국조명전기설비학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.387-390
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    • 2006
  • This paper presents a novel soft-switching PWM utility frequency AC to high frequency AC power conversion circuit Incorporating boost-half-bridge inverter topology, which is more suitable and acceptable for cost effective consumer induction heating applications. The operating principle and the operation modes are presented using the switching mode and the operating voltage and current waveforms. The performances of this high-frequency inverter using the latest IGBTs are illustrated, which includes high frequency power regulation and actual efficiency characteristics based on zero voltage soft switching (ZVS) operation ranges and the power dissipation as compared with those of the previously developed high-frequency inverter. In addition, a dual mode control scheme of this high frequency inverter based on asymmetrical pulse width modulation (PWM) and pulse density modulation (PDM) control scheme is discussed in this paper in order to extend the soft switching operation ranges and to improve the power conversion efficiency at the low power settings. The power converter practical effectiveness is substantially proved based on experimental results from practical design example.

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Passive Lossless Snubbers Using the Coupled Inductor Method for the Soft Switching Capability of Boost PFC Rectifiers

  • Kim, Ho-Sung;Baek, Ju-Won;Ryu, Myung-Hyo;Kim, Jong-Hyun;Jung, Jee-Hoon
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • 제15권2호
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    • pp.366-377
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    • 2015
  • In order to minimize switching losses for high power applications, a boost PFC rectifier with a novel passive lossless snubber circuit is proposed. The proposed lossless snubber is composed of coupled inductors merged into a boost inductor. This method compared with conventional methods does not need additional inductor cores and it reduces extra costs to implement a soft switching circuit. Especially, the proposed circuit can reduce the reverse recovery current of output diode rectifiers due to the coupling effect of the inductor. During turn-on and turn-off operating modes, the proposed PFC converter operates under soft switching conditions with high power conversion efficiency. In addition, the performance improvement and analysis of the operating effects of the coupled inductors were also presented and verified with a 3.3 kW prototype rectifier.