• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.11a
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• pp.123-124
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• 2017

Cascaded NPC/H-Bridge(CNHB) 컨버터는 전압 레벨 증가의 용이성 및 고효율 양방향 토폴로지로써 대전력 및 고전압 전력변환장치에 널리 사용되고 있다. 하지만 과도상태 및 정상상태에서의 단상으로 구성된 각 DC-link의 전압변동은 DC-link의 커패시턴스 증가 및 출력 전력의 품질을 저하시킨다. 이에 본 논문은 CNHB 컨버터의 정상상태 특성과 동특성 개선을 위하여 PI제어와 모델예측제어를 혼합한 제어기법을 제안한다. 제안한 기법의 타당성은 PSIM 9.1.4 시뮬레이션을 이용하여 검증한다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.333-342
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• 2020

Power exchanges between the grid and the battery through a bidirectional DC-DC converter are essential for DC microgrid systems. In general, the battery is charged when the grid is connected, and the system is powered by the battery when the grid is disconnected. In this mode transition, the saturation of the voltage controller slows down output response and produces large transient errors in DC link voltage. To solve this problem, a novel anti-windup design is proposed to improve anti-windup performance further. The proposed method stabilizes DC bus voltage through a wider range of battery voltage with faster transition compared with that of conventional methods. The proposed method is verified through an experimental setup composed of a 125 W laboratory-scale DC microgrid system.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.27 no.10
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• pp.59-68
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• 2013

This paper proposes the boost type bidirectional DC/DC converter with high efficiency for electric vehicle using an interleave method. This interleave method can reduce the system size because it reduces the ripple of output voltage and input current with no add to extra filter. Proposed system is consist of two converters and applies to interleaved method through phase shift to each converter. And it implements the high boost through voltage double and series construction of output port. Also, it reduces the price and increases the efficiency as operating the ZCS by leakage inductance of transformer and capacitor of voltage double with not add special reactor. Proposed DC/DC converter using interleave method is proved the validity through the result of PSIM simulation and experiment of 5kW DC/DC converter.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.82-90
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• 2015

This paper proposes an efficient bi-directional DC/DC converter topology using multi-phase interleaved method for power storage system. The proposed converter topology is used for a power storage system using a vanadium redox flow battery(VRFB) and is configured to enable bidirectional power flow for charging and discharging of VRFB. Proposed DC/DC converter of the 4 leg method is reduced to 1/4 times the rating of the reactor and the power semiconductor device so can be reduce the system size. Also, proposed topology is obtained the effect of four times the switching frequency as compared to the conventional converter in each leg with a 90 degree phase shift 4 leg method. This can suppress the reduction of the life of the secondary battery because it is possible to reduce the current ripple in accordance with the charging and discharging of VRFB and may increase the efficiency of the entire system. In this paper, it proposed bidirectional high-efficiency DC/DC converter topology Using multi-phase interleaved method and proved the validity through simulations and experiments.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.65-72
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• 2016

This paper discussed the LCL-type & Isolated bidirectional dc-dc converter(BDC) with dual full bridge inverter. In order to verify the analysis of the BDC, Experimental prototype has been designed and implemented to supply constant voltage regardless of loads and proposed a method to select switching frequency that depended on two inductors' inductance ratio and transformer parameters. The proposed converter has been composed of LCL resonant network with unit inductance ratio ($L_r/L_f$=1) and then operated with fixed duty, 50% duty ratio and fixed frequency. There are some characteristics that input voltage and output voltage of the BDC is nearly identical and zero voltage turn-on switching is possible in forward and reverse mode. Finally, it has been showed that BDC is possible to commutate operating mode normally and provide constant output voltage in selected switching frequency.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.389-390
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• 2015

This paper proposes renewable energy system related with flow battery system which is divided into two system, converter and inverter. The Interleaved Boost Converter circuit was used for DC - DC Converter and Full-Bridge Inverter was used for Grid connected Inverter. This paper design each system and uses methods to operate converter and inverter in high efficiency.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.223-224
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• 2015

도시철도에서 사용하는 전력공급 장치는 대부분 다이오드를 이용하여 전차선(DC)에 공급하고 있으며, 다이오드 특성상 단방향 전력공급이 가능하기 때문에 전동차의 회생제동으로 발생하는 회생 전력을 재사용 할 수 없는 단점을 가지고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 전동차에서 발생하는 회생전력을 교류 모선으로 환원시켜주기 위하여 사이리스터를 이용한 양방향 더블컨버터를 제안한다. 더블컨버터의 제어 목적은 전차선의 부하에 따라 전압을 일정하게 유지시키면서 부하 조건에 따라 안정적인 모드 전환을 하는 것이다. 이를 위하여 더블컨버터의 병렬로 운전을 통하여 순차적인 모드 전환을 위한 알고리즘을 더블컨버터 시뮬레이션을 적용하여 검증하였다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.403-411
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• 2013

This paper proposes an isolated bidirectional three-phase push-pull dc-dc converter for high power application such as eco-friendly vehicles, renewable energy systems, energy storage systems, and solid-state transformers. The proposed converter achieves ZVS turn-on of all switches and volume of passive components is small by an effect of three-phase interleaving. The proposed converter has identical switching pattern for both boost and buck mode, and therefore can provide seamless characteristic at the mode transition. A 3kW prototype of the proposed converter has been built and tested to verify the validity of the proposed operation.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.67 no.4
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• pp.531-537
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• 2018

This paper propose a bidirectional dc-to-dc converter employing dual inductor for current ripple reduction. Conventional bidirectional dc-to-dc converter uses a single inductor for two different modes; boost and buck; therefore it is difficult to satisfy the optimized inductance value for each mode. To improve this problem, the proposed converter adds two switches, a diode, and one inductor. By proper switching of the additional switch, the proposed converter operates with a inductor in boost mode, but it works with dual inductor in buck mode. Hence in both modes the proposed bidirectional converter can be operated with optimized inductance values. Most of all the optimized inductance in buck mode can reduce the current ripple and its effective value(rms), which are directly related to the temperature increase resulted in short lifetime of battery. To verify the validity of the proposed approach, we first analyzes the operation of the proposed converter theoretically, and implement computer-aided simulations and experiments using a prototype.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.434-441
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• 2016

This paper deals with transformer turns ratio design with the consideration of loss minimization in isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter. Generally, the rms value of current, magnitude of current at switching instance, and duty ratio of a converter vary according to the turns ratio of an isolation transformer in the converter under the same voltages and output power level. Therefore, the transformer turns ratio has an effect on the total loss in a converter. The switching and conduction losses of IGBTs and MOSFETs consisting of dual-active bridge converter are analyzed, and iron and copper losses in an isolation transformer and inductor are calculated. Total losses are calculated and measured in cases of four different transformer turns ratios through simulation and experiment with 3-kW converter, and an optimum turns ratio that provides minimum losses is found. The usefulness of the proposed transformer turns ratio design approach is verified through simulation and experimental results.