• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.103-111
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• 2021

Among transport vehicles, Special Vehicles (SVs) are seriously exposed to energy and environmental problems. In particular, elevator cars used when moving objects in high-rise buildings increase the engine's rotational speed (radian per second: RPM). At this time, when the vehicle accelerates rapidly while idling, energy consumption increases explosively along with the engine speed, and a lot of soot is generated. The purpose of this paper is to develop a bi-directional DC-DC converter for control of vehicle power and secondary battery used in an elevated ladder vehicle (EC) used in the moving industry. As a result of this paper, the performance test of the converter was conducted. The charging/discharging state of the converter was simulated using DC power supply and DC electronic load, and a performance experiment was conducted to measure the input/output power of the converter through a power meter. Through this experimental result, it was confirmed that the efficiency was more than 92% in Buck mode and Boost mode at maximum 1.2kW output.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.76-82
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• 2017

Since the introduction of electronically controlled engines and electric propulsion ships, the need for an uninterruptible power supply for emergency power supply devices that use batteries has gained importance. The bidirectional converter in such emergency power supply devices is a crucial component. This paper proposes, a topology for an improved DC-DC bidirectional converter that is characterized by a high voltage conversion ratio and low voltage stress of switches. To confirm the performance of the converter, a computer simulation was executed with PSIM software. The conversion ratio of the proposed converter was found to be four times higher than the conventional boost converter in step-up mode and one-fourth that of the conventional buck converter in step-down mode, and the voltage stress of the switches was one-fourth of the high-side voltage. Moreover, the proposed converter was confirmed to be able to distribute equal currents between two interleaved modules without using any extra current-sharing control method because of the charge balance of its blocking capacitors.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.910-911
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 새로운 형태의 삼상 절연형 부스트 컨버터를 제안한다. 이 컨버터는 삼상구조의 특성에 의하여 큰 전력을 취급할 수 있고 전류 연속모드 작동에 의한 실효 전류 값이 작아져 전체적인 도통손실이 줄어든다. 또한, 각 입력 부스트 인덕터의 인터리브 동작으로 입력전류 리플이 작아짐과 더불어 실효 동작주파수가 증가함에 따라 필터부품의 크기도 줄어든다. 이러한 장점들은 연료전지의 전력변환기로서의 적용에 적합하다. 각 부스트 컨버터의 출력은 삼상 변압기를 통하여 합쳐지고 이 변압기를 통하여 입출력간 절연과 승압이 이루어진다. 전체 효율은 평균 96 %이며, 이는 도통손실의 감소와 능동클램프의 적용에 의한 스위칭 손실 감소의 결과로 판단된다. 제안된 컨버터와 삼상 PWM 스위칭 방식을 구간별로 해석하였고 시뮬레이션 하였다. 또한, 500 W 급 하드웨어로 구현 및 실험을 통하여 설계를 검증하고 그 결과를 분석을 하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.926-927
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• 2015

인터리브드 부스터 컨버터는 주로 대용량 정격에 사용되며, 출력전류 리플저감으로 인한 커패시터 수명증가, EMI 감소 등의 장점이 있다. 하지만 모듈의 사이즈가 커지며, 회로 내에 존재하는 소자들의 임피던스 성분들의 비대칭으로 각 상의 전류 불평형 문제가 발생할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 입력 저전압 대전류 사양의 부스터 컨버터 시제품을 제작하여 기존의 인터리브드 부스터 컨버터와의 비교 분석을 통해 각 상의 전류 불평형 및 사이즈 문제 등을 개선한다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.18-20
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• 2018

This paper proposes a new pair of Active Snubber Cells (ASCs) which can fully provide soft switching for a Floating-output Double Boost Converter (FDBC). Besides that, the introduced ASCs are applicable for all basic DC-DC converters. Main switches of the FDBC turn on and off with ZVS. However, the main diodes are ZCS turned off. Furthermore Snubber switches are turned on and off with ZCS and ZVS respectively. It worthy to mention also that the soft switching for snubber diodes of the presented cells is achieved. A 1.5kW, 100kHz prototype of the FDBC with the proposed ASCs was built and evaluated; and the maximum attained efficiency is 97.3%.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.78-79
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 스위칭 손실을 저감한 고주파 인터리브드 토템폴 브리지리스 부스트 PFC 컨버터를 제안한다. 인터리브드 토템폴 브리지리스 부스트 PFC 컨버터는 하드 스위칭 동작을 하기 때문에 큰 스위칭 손실을 가지며, 고주파에서의 동작이 제한된다. 제안하는 컨버터는 수동 소자인 인덕터가 추가된 구조이며, 추가 인덕터의 에너지를 이용해 영전압 스위칭을 할 수 있다. 그 결과, 스위칭 손실이 저감되고 고주파 동작이 가능해진다. 또한 기존에 설계된 회로와 제어단을 그대로 유지할 수 있다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.629-638
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• 2016

This paper proposes a State-of-Charge (SOC) balancing control of Battery Power Modules (BPMs) for a modularized battery for Electric Vehicles (EVs) without additional balancing circuits. The BPMs are substituted with the single converter in EVs located between the battery and the inverter. The BPM is composed of a two-phase interleaved boost converter with battery modules. The discharge current of each battery module can be controlled individually by using the BPM to achieve a balanced state as well as increased utilization of the battery capacity. Also, an SOC balancing method is proposed to reduce the equalization time, which satisfies the regulation of a constant DC-link voltage and a demand of the output power. The proposed system and the SOC balancing method are verified through simulation and experiment.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.66 no.2
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• pp.328-338
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• 2017

In this paper, a zero torque control scheme adopting current sharing function (CSF) used in integrated Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) drive with DC battery charger is proposed. The proposed control scheme is able to achieve the keeping position (KP), zero torque (ZT) and power factor correction (PFC) at the same time with a simple novel current sharing function algorithm. The proposed CSF makes the proper reference for each phase windings of SRM to satisfy the total charging current of the battery with zero torque output to hold still position with power factor correction, and the copper loss minimization during of battery charging is also achieved during this process. Based on these, CSFs can be used without any recalculation of the optimal current at every sampling time. In this proposed integrated battery charger system, the cost effective, volume and weight reduction and power enlargement is realized by function multiplexing of the motor winding and asymmetric SR converter. By using the phase winding as large inductors for charging process, and taking the asymmetric SR converter as an interleaved converter with boost mode operation, the EV can be charged effectively and successfully with minimum integral system. In this integral system, there is a position sliding mode controller used to overcome any uncertainty such as mutual inductance or DC offset current sensor. Power factor correction and voltage adaption are obtained with three-phase buck type converter (or current source rectifier) that is cascaded with conventional SRM, one for wide input and output voltage range. The practicability is validated by the simulation and experimental results by using a laboratory 3-hp SRM setup based on TI TMS320F28335 platform.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.26-32
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• 2022

This paper proposes a power system that includes a 120k W fuel cell DC-DC converter (FDC) and 30 kW bidirectional DC-DC converter (BHDC) for a 150 kW fuel-cell vehicle. With a high DC link voltage of 800 V, the efficiency and power density of the power electronic components are improved. Through the modular design of FDC and BHDC, electric components are shared, resulting in reduced mass production costs. The switching frequency of 30 kHz of full SiC devices and optimal design of coupled inductor reduce the volume, achieving a power density of 8.3 kW/L. Furthermore, a synergetic operation strategy using variable limiter control of FDC and BHDC was proposed to efficiently operate the fuel cell vehicle considering the fuel cell stack efficiency according to the load. Finally, the performance of the prototype was verified by Highway Fuel Economy Driving Schedule testing, EMI test, and the linked operation between FDC and BHDC. The full load efficiencies of the FDC and BHDC prototypes are 98.47% and 98.74%, respectively.