• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.389-397
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• 2017

A control scheme for stand-alone inverters that utilizes an inductor current observer (ICO) is proposed. The proposed method measures disturbance load currents using a current sensor and it estimates the inductor current using the ICO. The filter parameter mismatch effect is analyzed to confirm the ICO's controllability. The ICO and controllers are designed in a continuous-time domain and transferred to a discrete-time domain with a digital delay. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the ICO using a 5-kVA single-phase stand-alone inverter prototype. The experimental results demonstrate that the observed current matches the actual current and that the proposed method can archive a less than 2.4% total harmonic distortion (THD) sinusoidal output waveform under nonlinear load conditions.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.701-710
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• 2017

This paper presents a five-level PWM inverter using series and parallel connection of voltage sources. The alternative connection is done by an auxiliary circuit consisted of a switch, three diodes, and two batteries. The auxiliary circuit is located between input dc voltage source and H-bridge cell. Thanks to the auxiliary circuit, the proposed inverter synthesizes five-level output voltage in an effective way. Topologically both batteries are charged and discharged in the same rate, so it does not need to apply battery voltage balancing control method. Theoretical analysis of the proposed inverter is verified by computer-aided simulation and experiment based on a prototype of 1kW.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.07a
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• pp.127-128
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 모듈형 멀티레벨 컨버터(Modular Multi-level Converter)의 전고조파 왜곡률(Total Harmonic Distortion)을 개선하기 위한 새로운 모듈레이션 기법에 대해서 기술하고 있다. 제안하는 모듈레이션 기법의 타당성을 검증하기 위해 PSCAD/EMTDC 소프트웨어를 이용하여 시뮬레이션을 수행하였으며, 한 암당 12개의 서브모듈로 구성된 모듈형 멀티레벨컨버터 모델을 개발하였다. 이를 통하여 제안하고자하는 옵셋 전압 방식의 모듈레이션 기법을 적용하고 타당성을 분석하였다. 또한 시뮬레이션을 통해 분석한 내용을 실험적으로 검증하기 위해 10kVA 용량의 하드웨어 축소모형을 제작하고 실험을 실시하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.07a
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• pp.103-104
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• 2016

기존 Cascade H-bridge 인버터 토폴로지는 커패시터나 다이오드가 없이 스위치로 구성되어 있으며, 필터 없이 정현파와 유사하게 구현할 수 있다. 또한 출력전압 레벨이 높을수록 정현파와 유사하게 되어 고주파가 줄어들며, 각 셀을 직렬로 연결하면 입력전압보다 높은 출력전압 갖는다. 본 논문에서는 기존 Cascade H-bridge 인버터와 NPC(Neutral Point Clamped)가 결합한 Cascade H-bridge NPC 인버터를 제안하였다. Cascade H-bridge NPC 인버터는 기존 Cascade H-bridge 인버터 특성과 유사하며, Cascade H-bridge 인버터와 NPC 인버터의 장점을 가지고 있다. Cascade H-bridge 인버터와 Cascade H-bridge NPC 인버터를 시뮬레이션 통해 THD(Total Harmonic Distortion) 비교분석하였고 시뮬레이션은 PSIM 9.1.4을 가지고 검증하였다.

• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.25 no.B
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• pp.195-202
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• 2005

The rectifier characteristics and the quality of the input current worsens with the increase of unbalances or harmonics of the supply voltages. Rectifier input current harmonics interfere with proper power system operation, reduce rectifier power factor, and limit the power available from a given source. It is of importance to select appropriately the rectifier's output filter inductance to determine the rectifier input current waveform, the input current harmonics, and the power factor. This paper presents a quantitative analysis of single and three phase rectifier input current harmonics, total harmonic distortion, and power factor as a function of the output filter inductance under balanced and unbalanced conditions. Also, its performance under the supply voltage including harmonics be investigated. These results provide a reference for selecting reasonable rectifier's output filter inductance for given harmonics or power factor criterion.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1997.07f
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• pp.2259-2261
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• 1997

In this paper, control scheme of the three phase VSI(Voltage Source Inverter) for 200KVA UPS is described. The proposed controller is designed to robust against parameter variations, disturbances and load change using PI controller. The switching pattern is determined to Ramp Comparison Method. The inverter provides pure sinusoidal output voltage with very low THD (Total Harmonic Distortion). Finally, the performance of the proposed inverter is shown by experimental result.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1996.07a
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• pp.543-545
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• 1996

In this paper, a voltage and current control scheme of a three-phase voltage source inverter for UPS is described. The inverter provides pure sinusoidal output voltage with very low THD(Total Harmonic Distortion). The proposed controller is designed to robust against the load change, parameter variations, and disturbances using PI controller. The switching pattern is determined to Space Vector Modulation. Finally, the performance of the proposed inverter is shown and discussed by simulation.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.151-154
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• 2001

In this paper, a two-level switching algorithm of the deadbeat to control PWM inverter is proposed. A modified algorithm of the deadbeat is suitable for the UPS system. Two levels in the pulse pattern are used. This scheme allows the use of higher switching frequency for a given computation time delay, which results in lower total harmonic distortion at the output. The proposed control scheme is implemented using TMS320F240 DSP chip for controlling on inverter.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07b
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• pp.771-772
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• 2006

Recently, Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor(IPMSM) is widely used in the industry applications such as power train for hybrid vehicles and compressor motors of air-conditioner due to its high power density and wide speed range. In designing motors, pole slot combination should be chosen properly according to the use of the motor and driving method in the initial design stage, accordingly there have been many researches about pole slot combination. As a part of the studies, this paper presents a comparison of characteristics of concentrated winding IPMSM, such as back-emf, Total Harmonic Distortion(THD) and core losses for each pole slot combination. By comparing the characteristics of each model, this paper can be a guide or reference in determining pole slot combination in the initial design stage.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.6 no.6
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• pp.769-775
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• 2011

Custom power devices such as dynamic voltage restorer (DVR) and DSTATCOM are used to improve the power quality in distribution systems. These devices require real power to compensate the deep voltage sag during sufficient time. An interline DVR (IDVR) consists of several DVRs in different feeders. In this paper, a neural network is proposed to control the IDVR performance to achieve optimal mitigation of voltage sags, swell, and unbalance, as well as improvement of dynamic performance. Three multilayer perceptron neural networks are used to identify and regulate the dynamics of the voltage on sensitive load. A backpropagation algorithm trains this type of network. The proposed controller provides optimal mitigation of voltage dynamic. Simulation is carried out by MATLAB/Simulink, demonstrating that the proposed controller has fast response with lower total harmonic distortion.