• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.116-121
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• 2012

DC/DC switching power converters produce DC output voltages from different DC input sources. The converter is used in regenerative braking of DC motors to return energy back in the supply, resulting in energy savings for the systems containing frequent stops. The DC/DC converter is composed of a PWM-IC (pulse width modulation integrated circuit) controller, a MOSFET (metal-oxide semi-conductor field-effect transistor), an inductor, capacitors, and resistors, etc. PWM is applied to control and regulate the total output voltage. In this paper, radiation shows the main influence on the changes in the electrical characteristics of comparator, operational amplifier, etc. in PWM-IC. In the PWM-IC operation, the missing pulses, the changes in pulse width, and the changes of the output waveform are studied by the simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis (SPICE) and compared with experiments.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.754-760
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• 2011

In the DC traction system, a large load current of electric railcar leads to a voltage drop when a vehicle starts, and the regenerative power generated by brake system increases the catenary voltage. To minimize the voltage fluctuation during the train operation and make use of the regenerative power, several types of energy storage systems are being studied. The energy storage system that is being recently introduced consists of the supercapacitors for energy storage and the bi-direction DC/DC converter for charge/discharge control. The efficiency of the energy storage system depends on the train operation pattern. In this paper, the operation efficiency of the energy storage system was quantitatively analyzed via simulation study taking consideration of the train operation patterns. The simulation was conducted changing the headway of trains with the energy storage system that uses the bi-direction DC/DC converter and supercapacitor. The simulation results showed that the operation efficiency of the energy storage system increases as the headway increase.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.1303-1308
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• 2004

This paper proposes a reduction method for the mis-operation analysis of the DC High Speed Circuit Breaker(HSCB) in electric railway substation system. The analysis method is based on present condition of operation which is a method for accuracy level up. There is reason to operation of HSCB that it is mis-operation of fault detection relay(50F), operation of ground fault relay(64P), and trouble of electric car. A countermeasure is relay resetting through field test, induction of GTOCB(Gate Turn Off Thyristor Circuit Breaker), HSVCB(High Speed Vacuum Circuit Breaker), coordination with electric car. The results presented in the paper can be used as a reference for maintenance free in electric railway substation system.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.676-681
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• 2005

The regenerative braked cars are being introduced in DC electric railway for energy saving. There has been a recent tendency for DC traction substation with regenerative inverter to increase in number. This is strongly related to the desire for effective utilization of electric power regenerated by DC electric cars and to the aim ensuring stable operation of regenerative braking system. The regenerative inverters DC power feed back from a generative car into AC power at a substation and supplies it to distribution lines. This paper suggest the result of characteristic analysis and capacity simulation. economical analysis in the regenerative inverter system.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.705-711
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• 2005

In DC traction substation with 12-pulse diode rectifiers, the DC line voltage tends to rise above noload voltage because it can't absorb the regenerative power caused by electric brakes of train. To solve this problem, an IGBT regenerative inverter should be installed and recycles the surplus regenerative power by delivering it. to the supply grid. In this paper, the DC traction substation equipped with a IGBT regenerative inverter is studied using computer simulation. Matlab/simulink is used to simulate the operation of regenerative inverter which injects the regenerative power into the supply grid and stabilizes the DC line voltage. It is confirmed that the high quality regenerative power is delivered to the supply grid thorough computer simulation.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.86-97
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• 2006

For the design of DC traction power supply system at new Light Rail Transit(LRT) construction, it is very important to determine system configuration, location and power capacity of substation. However, a LRT system consists of a number of subsystems such as train movement, power supply and traction drives, which inevitably contains many complexities and diversities. The objective of this paper is to clarify and systematize the design procedure and its assessment for the electrification system of a LRT line. This paper discusses in detail our approach to system design and its assessment. The whole DC-feeding network configuration, characteristics of a train, and design method of substation arrangements is thoroughly investigated for the design. As a result of the investigations, the design procedure is clarified and systematized and a computer program for the design and evaluation of the system is developed using the most suitable iterative method with nodal equation. To verify the proposed design and its assessment procedure, case studies for the DC traction power supply system of a planed Korean LRT line are performed.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.07a
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• pp.50-54
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 전동차의 정차 시 발생하는 회생에너지를 Battery에 충전할 수 있는 전력 변환 장치를 제안한다. 제안된 전력 변환장치는 DC 1500~2000의 가선전압을 분압하여 저압스위칭 소자 적용하며, 고주파 절연 변압기를 적용하였다. 이를 통해 시스템의 스위칭 주파수를 상승시켜 수동 소자들의 사이즈 축소 및 비용 절감 효과를 높이고, 가선과 Battery의 전기적 절연으로 시스템의 안정성을 높였다. 또한 가선 전압 분압을 통해 입력 전압의 변화에 유동적으로 대응할 수 있으며, 시스템의 병렬 구성을 통해 용량의 확장성을 가지게 된다. 제안된 논문에서 제안된 회생에너지 전력 변환 장치는 20[kW] 회생 컨버터 모듈의 5직렬 구성을 통해 100[kW]급 회생 컨버터 유닛을 구성하였으며, 회생 컨버터 유닛을 5병렬로 구성하여 500[kW]급 회생 전력 변환시스템을 구성하였다. 제안된 회생에너지 시스템은 모의 가선 전압 장치 및 Battery 부하를 통해 시스템의 타당성을 검증 한다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.60 no.2
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• pp.285-292
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• 2011

DC traction power system is operated ungrounded so that minimize the stray current. Because the stray current is still present, a rail potential is increased. The ground faults in the DC railway systems are usually detected by a potential relay(64P). Moreover, if the rail potential goes high in the ordinary operating state because of the traction load, the potential relay would be maloperated. A presented protective relaying algorithm that can identify exactly the faulted region and can distinguish a ground fault from the potential rising of the rail is presented in this paper. This paper presents simulation technique that is very similar to the real operation situation using PSCAD/EMTDC.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.482-484
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• 2007

철도차량이 운행될 때 회생제동 구간에서는 회생에너지가 발생한다. 1500[V] DC급전시스템에서 회생된 에너지는 가선 전압을 상승시킨다. 상승된 가선전압은 급전시스템에 악영향을 주기 때문에 회생에너지를 활용하는 방법을 이용하여 가선전압을 안정화 한다. 회생에너지 활용방법의 하나인 회생에너지 저장 시스템을 적용할 때 고려해야 될 사항은 회생에너지의 발생양이다. 회생에너지의 양이 적어 활용가치가 떨어지는 구간에서는 적용하지 않기 때문에 회생량에 대한 사전 정보가 필요하다. 회생에너지의 양은 실측을 통해 얻을 수 있지만 측정을 위한 시간이나 고가의 장비를 사용해야하는 단점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 회생에너지 예측이 가능한 직류지하철 시스템의 모델링을 통해 실측시 발생하는 시간 및 비용적인 문제점을 해결할 수 있다. 회생에너지의 예측은 시뮬레이터를 이용하여 구배 및 곡선, 차량 데이터 등의 운전특성을 바탕으로 이루어진다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.9
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• pp.528-535
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• 2020

Recently, the protection coordination method of DC systems has been presented because renewable energy and distributed resources are being installed and operated in distribution systems. On the other hand, it is difficult to detect ground faults because there is no significant difference compared to a steady-state current in ungrounded IT systems, such as DC load networks and urban railways. Therefore, this paper formulates the detection principle of IMD (Insulation Monitoring Device) to use it as a protection coordination device in a DC system. Based on the signal injection method of IMD, which is analyzed by a wavelet transform, this paper presents an algorithm of detecting ground faults in a DC system in a fast and accurate manner. In addition, this paper modeled an IMD and an ungrounded DC system using the PSCAD/EMTDC S/W and performed numerical analysis of a wavelet transform with the Matlab S/W. The simulation results of a ground fault case in an ungrounded DC system showed that the proposed algorithm and modeling are useful and practical tools for detecting a ground fault in a DC system.