• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.1483-1493
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• 2018

Recently, more power facilities are needed to cope with the increasing electric demand. However, the additional construction of generators, transmission and distribution installations is not easy because of environmental problems and citizen's complaints. Under this circumstance, a microgrid system with distributed renewable resources emerges as an alternative of the traditional power systems. Moreover, the configuration of power system changes with more DC loads and more DC installations. This paper is written to introduce an idea of a genetic algorithm-based solution to determine the optimal capacity of the distributed generators depending on the types of system configuration: AC-link, DC-link and Hybrid-link types. In this paper, photovoltaic, wind turbine, energy storage system and diesel generator are considered as distributed generators and the feasibility of the proposed algorithm is verified by comparing the calculated capacity of each distributed resource with HOMER simulation results for 3 types of system configuration.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.117-118
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 독립형 직류 배전망 구성에 이용될 수 있는 태양광 발전 시스템 및 ESS(Energy Storage System)를 이용한 하이브리드형 분산 전원 시스템의 구성 일례를 제시한다. 제안된 시스템의 전력회로는 태양광 발전 시스템용 PCS에는 직렬 공진 탱크를 가지는 절연형 풀브리지 방식, ESS용 PCS에는 비절연형 양방향 컨버터로 구성되었다. 태양광 PCS의 제어방식으로는 전류 제어기가 사용되었으며, ESS 용 PCS에는 비집중식 제어방식이 적용 되었다. 제안된 방식의 타당성을 검증하기 위해 100[kW]급 태양광 시스템, 100[kW]급 ESS를 기반으로 하이브리드 시스템을 구현하고 직류 계통 전압 제어 특성, 부하급변에 대한 전력분담 제어 실험결과를 제시하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.1-7
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• 2009

Use of the PV(photovoltaic) generation system is increased in such areas as remote mountain places or islands at which electrical energy is not serviced. The stand alone PV system is required the power storage products such as battery, fly wheel and super capacitor. Several lead storage batteries are connected in series to get high voltages. The life of lead storage battery is shortened when over charge or over discharge takes place. So, it is needed to control batteries not to be overcharged or be discharged deeply. Voltage of each battery was ignored in former control methods in which overall voltage was used to control charge or discharge battery. In this study, the charging and discharging voltage variations of sealed lead storage batteries with l2V/l.2A were investigated step by step experiments. The results of the test show that one should consider and specify the state of each battery to prevent overcharge or deep discharge. With the basis of the experiments, we designed a monitoring unit to monitor battery voltages simultaneously using micro-controller. The unit measures voltage of 20 batteries simultaneously and displays data on the color LCD monitor with curved line graph. It also sends data to PC using the RS232C communication port. The designed unit was adapted to stand alone PV system with 1kW capacity and lead storage batteries are connected to the PV generation system. The number of lead storage batteries was 10 in series and 12V/250Ah each. Resistive load with 3kW was used for discharging.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.68-69
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 독립형 태양광 시스템의 설계에서 배터리 용량 선정 방식에 관련하여 부하손실확률(LLP: Loss of Load Probability)이 0 인 기준을 토대로 시스템 무정전 전력공급을 위한 시행 착오법을 제안하였으며 시스템의 수명주기비용(LCC: Life Cycle Cost)을 분석하여 기존 시스템에 비해 경제성을 높이고자 한다. 제안한 방식의 검증을 위하여 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2000.07a
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• pp.665-669
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• 2000

Recently the problem of energy branch become worse increasingly. Therefore many researches about new energy source are processing in several places around are processing in several places around the world. Especially solar energy has many advantages like as purity and infinity. Photovoltaic(PV) system can be classified into two types : One is stand alone type and the other is utility interactive one. Utility interactive type PV system need some technology that Maximum peak power tracking(MPPT) and Anti-islanding and Active Power filter(APF). For APF operation dc-link voltage should be high to supply sufficient output current which needed for harmonic current compensation so usually DC-DC converter is used for boost. In this paper DC-DC converter for PV system and controller for dc-link voltage control are analyzed and designed.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.692-697
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• 2001

Of two photovoltaic systems such as stand-alone type and utility interactive one, the utility interactive systems are so valuable for power peak-cut particularly in summer season. For the maximum power point tracking(MPPT) by which the generating energy can be maximized, many control methods have been reported up to now. To overcome the disadvantages of the conventional ones, a new MPPT algorithm is proposed which can improve both tracking ability and generating efficiency of photo voltaic system without chopper.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.11-18
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• 2015

This paper proposes a high-efficiency 3-kW hybrid ESS with emergency power supply. The proposed system enables efficient use of power from photovoltaic (PV) cells and energy storage system (ESS). The proposed system can operate as an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) when grid fault occurs, providing seamless transfer from grid-connected mode to stand-alone mode. The LLC converter for PV achieves ZVS turn-on of switches and ZCS turn-off of diodes, and the isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter for ESS achieves ZCS turn-off regardless of load condition, resulting in high efficiency. The efficiency and performance of the proposed hybrid ESS has been verified by a 3-kW prototype.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.1318-1328
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• 2015

The photovoltaic (PV) power conditioning system for small-scale applications has gained significant interest in the past few decades. However, the standalone mode of operation has been rarely approached. This paper presents a two-stage multi-level micro-inverter topology that considers the different operation modes. A multi-output flyback converter provides both the DC-Link voltage balancing for the multi-level inverter side and maximum power point tracking control in grid connection mode in the PV stage. A modified H-bridge multi-level inverter topology is included for the AC output stage. The multi-level inverter lowers the total harmonic distortion and overall ratings of the power semiconductor switches. The proposed micro-inverter topology can help to decrease the size and cost of the PV system. Transient analysis and controller design of this micro-inverter have been proposed for stand-alone and grid-connected modes. Finally, the system performance was verified using a 120 W hardware prototype.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.68-69
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• 2010

자립 운전시 전력조절기는 일반적으로 태양광 발전에서 사용을 할 경우 부하에 의해 출력이 결정되어 최대전력 추종을 할 수 없는 구조로 되어있다. 본 연구에서는 자립 운전시의 태양광 발전시스템이 안정적인 최대전력 추종을 할 수 있도록 에너지 저장장치가 결합된 구조를 제안하였다. 이러한 구조에서는 태양광 발전의 전력 손실을 줄이고 또한 태양광 발전 전력이 부족할 경우에서도 부하 측의 안정적인 동작을 보장하기 위하여 에너지 저장장치와 DC-DC 양방향 컨버터를 이용한다. 에너지 저장장치의 한 예로 슈퍼커패시터를 충 방전함으로써 태양광 발전 에너지에 의한 안정적인 출력을 낼 수 있고, 태양광 발전 전력의 효율적인 사용을 위한 전력조절 시스템의 아키텍처를 제안하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07e
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• pp.149-153
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• 2003

This paper presents a current-source-inverter based on a buck-boost configuration and its application for residential photovoltaic system. The proposed circuit has five switches. Among them, only one switch acts as chopping, and the other determine the polarity of output; therefore, it can reduce the switching loss. Because the input inductor current is operated on the discontinuous conduction mode, high power factor can be achieved without additional input current controller. So the overall system shows a simple structure. The operational modes are analysed in depth, and then it was verified through the experimental results using a 150 [W] prototype equipped with digital signal processor TMS320F241.