• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.73-79
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• 2001

This paper describes the simple single phase air-conditioner of power factor correction (PFC) circuit. By adopting PFC in the rectifier, we can reduce harmonic into power line, improve the efficiency and lower the total system cost compared to conventional inviter only. Also, system performance is improved by stabilizing the output voltage of PFC. To improve the current waveform of diode rectifiers, we propose a new operating principle for the voltage diode rectifiers. A circuit design method is shown by experimentation and confirmed simulation. It explained that compared conventional pulse-width modulated (PWM) inverter with half pulse-width modulated (HPWM) inverter HPWM inverter. Proposed HPWM inverter eliminated dead-time by lowering switching loss and holding over-shooting.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.144-151
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• 1999

본 논문에서는 IEC 61000-3-2와 같은 고조파 전류 국제규제에 만족하기 위해서 인버터 에어컨을 위한 고역률 단상능동정류가(SAR) [4-6]를 적용하였다. 입력전류의 왜곡을 최소화하고 FA5331, UC3854, ML4821 등과 같은 제어IC를 적용하기 위해서 입력전압 및 전류에 대한 새롭고 적절한 검출회로를 제안하였다. 효율 및 가격의 관점에서 SAR를 인버터 에어컨에 적용하기 위한 두가지 방법이 있다. 이런 두가지 방식에 대해서 수동소자의 선정방법을 제시하였다. 결정된 소자들을 사용하여 SAR 효율의 증가 여부를 확인하기 위해서 손실분석을 행하였다. 3kW급의 이러한 두가지 방식에 대한 프로트형 SAR회로를 제작하고 실험결과를 통해서 역률제어능력을 갖는 회로의 동작과 성능을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.683-686
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• 1998

In this paper, the power factor correction (PFC) system for inverter air-conditioner that has not only good harmonic characteristics but also cost down-merit compared with the conventional inverter type is proposed. The detail design procedures to get cost-down merits are introduced. And it is shown that the PFC system performances also can be improved by the virtue of the stabilization of output voltage. The proto type system is implemented and tested to virify the additional good performances of the proposed system, and its simulation and experimental results are presented.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 1998.07a
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• pp.31-34
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• 1998

In this paper, a Single-phase Active Rectifier(SAR) with high power factor capability for inverter air-conditioner is adopted for satisfying the international standards of input current harmonics, IEC 1000-3-2. Comparing the conventional boost power factor correction circuit, one diode drop is reduced in the power flow path of the SAR circuit, so the system efficiency is improved. To apply the control IC, such as UC3854, ML4821 and so forth, to the SAR, the adequate sensing circuits are proposed. The design rules of passive components and two control loops are also presented. The prototype SAR circuit with 3㎾ power consumption is builted and tested to verify the operation of the proposed circuit.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.677-682
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• 1998

A Single-phase Active Rectifier (SAR) [4-6] with high power factor capability is adopted to satisfy the international harmonic current standards such as IEC 1000-3-2. To minimize the input current distortion and to apply the control IC, such as FA5331, UC3854, ML4821 and so forth, the new adequate sensing circuits of the input voltage and current are proposed. There are tow methods applicable the SAR to inverter air-conditioner from the viewpoint of both efficiency and cost. The selecting methods of the passive components are presented for the two approaches. Using the determined components, the loss analyses are carried out. The prototype SAR circuits of these two approaches with 3kW power consumption are built and the operation and performance of the circuits with power factor correction capability are verified through the experimental results.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.154-162
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• 2007

In this paper, we propose a new AC-DC converter control method to comply with harmonics regulation(IEC 61000-3) effective for the inverter system of an air conditioner whose power consumption is less than 2,500W. There are many different ways of AC-DC converter control, but this paper focuses on the converter control method that is adopting an input reactor with low cost silicon steel core to strengthen cost competitiveness of the manufacturer. The proposed control method controls input current every half cycle of the line frequency to get unit power factor and at the same time to reduce switching loss of devices and acoustic noise from reactor. This kind of converter is known as a Partial Switching Converter(PSC). In this study, theoretical analysis of the PSC has been performed using Matlab/Simulink while a 16-bit micro-processor based converter has been used to perform the experimental analysis. In the theoretical analysis, electrical circuit models and equations of the PSC are derived and simulated. In the experiments, micro-processor controls input current to keep the power factor above 0.95 by reducing the phase difference between input voltage and current and at the same time to maintain a reference DC-link voltage against voltage drop which depends on DC-link load. Therefore it becomes possible to comply with harmonic regulations while the power factor is maximized by optimizing the time of current flow through the input reactor for every half cycle of line frequency.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.183-190
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• 2004

This paper proposes a methodology to solve problems upon the circuit design applied to inductor load by applying a circuit to improve power factor with is partial switching PFC module to the power supply system for cooling/heating inverter air conditioner and by designing an input power section in compliance with IEC555-2 on the basis of better input power factor and minimized harmonic components of current. On the other hand, this paper suggested how to control the increase of output voltage along with tぉw current waves and partial switching PFC circuit as well, which can provide the output as twice as input voltage This study applied a method to control the compressors of air conditioner by means of increased the voltage applicable to compressor motor by lowering switching number conclusively, it could solve questions about efficiency, economics, electronic noise and so forth. and so that the reasonable voltage for running moor could be set up along with lower power consumption of air conditioner than estimated It was demonstrated that total sum of energy efficiency to operate system was increased to the extent of valid level. And all this merits and appropriateness was proved by computer simulation and experience.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.190-193
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• 2003

This paper Proposes 40 [KVA] rated SIV(Static Inverter) system for Light Rail Transit. The SIV Provide power of a fluorescent light in the car, Air-conditioner. and other equipments. To control output voltage it is used voltage control loop for constant voltage control and simultaneously used current control loop for instantaneous control at load changing. The Performance of SIV system will be verified by experimental results.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.522-527
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• 2002

This paper proposes 40 [KVA] rated SW(Static Inverter) system for Light Rail Transit. The SIV provide power of a fluorescent light in the car, Air-conditioner, and other equipments. To control output voltage it is used voltage control loop for constant voltage control and simultaneously used current control loop for instantaneous control at load changing. The performance of SW system will be verified by experimental results.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1996.10b
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• pp.1213-1216
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• 1996

This paper describes a precise temperature control method for refrigerating and air conditioning systems. The control technique is based on the optimal servo control design method and the control algorithm is implemented on a personal computer. To control the precise temperature, two actuators such as an inverter for the compressor speed control and a stepping motor for regulating the expansion valve are used. The superheat and evaporator temperatures are chosen as the system output. So a multivariable system which has two inputs and two outputs to be controlled. The complicative model is identified by using an ARX(Auto Regressive eXogenous) model and the controller is designed by using the Matlab software.