• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.112-117
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• 2017

This research discusses the correlation about fire mechanism based on real fire cases. Electric power condenser failure mechanism is classified into 7 steps and fire mechanism is classified into 12 steps. In the 5th step, the procedure of operating a protection channel of a protection relay was identical in the case of the failure and fire. As the fire occurrence mechanism was applied from the 6th step, internal pressure was increased because of gas generation produced by internal combustion phenomenon and arc. This caused explosion in 10st step of fire occurrence mechanism. In 11th step, the flame such as arc gushed out with insulating oil which caused fire and leaded to second accident. This kind of step correlation could play an important part to examine fire.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.85-87
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• 2003

본 논문은 2기 5모선 모의계통에 3상 단락고장을 발생시킬 경우, 해당 모선에서 각 차단기가 분담하는 고장전류를 PSCAD/EMTBC3.0을 이용하여 분석한 결과이다. 적용된 차단기 개극시간(Contact Parting Time, CPT) 및 아크시간(Arc Time) 등은 실제 차단기 제작사(효성, 현대중공업 및 LG산전)들로부터 조사/수집하여 적용하였으며, 적용 대상계통은 PSS/E 분석결과와 비교/검토하여 검증하였다. 이는 기존 혹은 신설 차단기 적정 차단용량을 선정하는데도 활용가능 할 것으로 보인다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.57 no.3
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• pp.494-500
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• 2008

This paper presents the analyzed result of the series arc fault current by using the discrete wavelet transform. The series arcing is caused by a loose connection in series with the load circuit. The series arc current is limited to a moderate value by the resistance of the device connected to the circuit, such as an appliance or a lighting system. The amount of energy in the sparks from the series arcing is less than in the case of parallel arcing but only a few amps are enough to be a fire hazard. Therefore, it is hard to detect the distinctive difference between a normal current and a intermittent arc current. This paper, presents the variation of the ratio of peak values and RMS values of the series arc fault current, and proposes the novel series arc fault detecting method by using the discrete wavelet transform. Loads such as a CFL lamp, a vacuum cleaner, a personal computer, and a television, which has the very similar normal current with the arc current, were selected to confirm the novel method.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.263-264
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• 2011

최근 들어 디지털 제품의 급증으로 인해 직류를 사용하는 부하가 증가하고, 직류 배전망에 대한 관심이 높아 지고 있다. 하지만 직류는 교류와 다르게 직류 배전시 부하의 단락 사고가 발생하면 지속적으로 아크전압이 발생하는 문제가 있기 때문에 차단이 어렵다. 인체의 안전과 전력설비 및 기기의 안전성을 확보하기 위해서는 고장전류로부터 계통을 보호하기 위한 차단기술이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 효과 적인 직류 차단에 대하여 실험적으로 연구하였다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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• v.58 no.3
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• pp.362-368
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• 2009

Electrical fires have been occurred continuously in spite of installing ELB. Therefore the concern with the electrical arc-fault that cause the fire has growing. This paper measured series arc fault currents by the method of arc generator test in UL standard 1699. The used analysis methods in this paper are three different ways using DWT(discrete wavelet transform) those are frequently used for the arc fault current signal analysis. The arc fault detection probability is 100 % by method using noise-energy/shoulder-duration ratio of approximation coefficient. As these results, the variation of noise-energy and shoulder-duration ratio of approximation coefficient are founded important factors for the analysis of arc fault.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.11b
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• pp.50-52
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• 2002

Distance relays need accurate current and voltage for determining the trip ignition. Therefore we must analyze nonlinear phenomena which cause distortion in signals first of all. This paper presents the effect of some distortion(arcing fault and current transformer saturation) in power system. The saturation of a current transformer distorts input current of a distance relay and arcing faults make current and voltage to be changed. This paper describes modeling methods of a current transformer and arcing faults, and describes the simulation result of two distance relay algorithms (discrete fourier transform and modified differential equation methods)

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.125-134
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• 1988

The feasibility for improving the cooling rates and mechanical properties of wet welding process is experimentally investigated by using new developed underwater wet electrodes and H.T. steel plates. Main results of this experimental study can be summarized as follows; 1) By shielding around weld arc surrounding, the cooling rates resulting from wet welds with developed electrodes on TMCP steel plates can be lower than of non-shielded wet welds. 2)A high quality of mechanical properties of wet welds on TMCP steel plates can be obtained with shielded weld arc surrounding.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.57 no.8
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• pp.1470-1477
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• 2008

In this paper, a new detection method of series arc-fault signals occurring at the wiring of home appliances is proposed. The discrete wavelet transform was used for the numerical analysis of the variation rate in peak, RMS, noise energy, shoulder of the arc-fault current wave. As a results, the arc distinction threshold value of these variation rates was about 0.1 in most cases. The arc-fault current of the loads with the active PFC circuit showed a high rate of variation in noise energy and shoulder, but arc-fault current of the loads without the active PFC circuit showed a high rate of variation in peak and RMS. The arc fault current in resistive loads showed a high rate of variation in shoulder.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.417-418
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• 2012

최근 들어 디지털 제품의 급증으로 인해 직류를 사용하는 부하가 증가하고, 태양광, 풍력발전 등의 직류를 생산하는 신재생에너지원의 발달로 인하여 부하에 직류를 직접 공급 할 수 있게 되었다. 직류배전은 가전기기 내부의 전력 변환단계를 줄임으로써 교류배전에 비해 에너지 변환 효율을 높일 수 있는 장점이 있다. 하지만 직류는 교류와 다르게 고장 전류의 차단이 어렵다. 본 논문은 유도성 부하에서 효과적인 직류차단을 위한 자기소호회로와 아크전압 억제회로를 제안하고 실험을 통하여 그 효과를 검증하였다.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.1069-1074
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• 2020

Since DC has no zero point, an arc occurs when the DC circuit breaker performs a shutdown operation. In this case, a fatal accident may occur in the circuit breaker or in the grid, depending on the magnitude of the arc. Therefore, the shutdown performance and the reliability of the circuit breaker are important in the commercialization of HVDC. In this study, a superconducting LC circuit breaker was proposed to improve the performance and the reliability of the DC circuit breaker. The superconducting LC circuit breaker applied a superconducting coil to the inductor of the existing LC circuit breaker. Other than limiting the initial fault current, it also creates a stable zero point in the event of a fault current. To verify this, simulation was performed through EMTDC/PSCAD. Furthermore, the superconducting LC circuit breaker was compared with the LC circuit breaker with a normal coil. As a result, it was found that the LC circuit breaker with the superconducting coil limited the initial fault current further by approximately 12 kA compared to the LC circuit breaker with a normal coil. This reduced the arc extinguish time by approximately 0.16 sec, thereby decreasing the elctrical power burden on the circuit breaker.