• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.189-202
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• 2012

An Oscillating Water Column (OWC) wave generation system uses the air flow induced by the vertical motion of water column in the air chamber as a driving force of turbine. It is well known that OWC is one of the most efficient devices to harness wave power. This study estimated the air flow velocity from the time variation of the water level fluctuation in the air chamber under regular wave conditions using 3-dimensional numerical irregular wave tank (3D-NIT) model that can simulate the 3-dimensional irregular wave field. The applicability of the 3D-NIT model was validated by comparing numerically predicted air flow velocities with hydraulic experimental results. In addition, the characteristics of air flow frequency spectrum variation due to the incident frequency spectrum change, and the variations of frequency spectrum and wave reflection due to the existence of converter inside the air chamber were discussed. It is found that the phase difference exists in between the air flow velocity and the water level fluctuation inside the air chamber, and the peak frequency of the spectrum in water level fluctuation is amplified by the resonance in the air chamber.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.367-368
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• 2014

This paper investigates characteristics of high power semiconductor device losses in 5MW-class Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG) Medium Voltage (MV) wind turbines. High power semiconductor device of press-pack type IGCT of 6.5kV is considered in this paper. Analysis is performed based on neutral point clamped (NPC) 3-level back-to-back type voltage source converter (VSC) supplied from grid voltage of 4160V. This paper describes total loss distribution at worst case under inverter and rectifier operating mode for the power semiconductor switches. The loss analysis is confirmed through PLECS simulations. In addition, the loss factors due to di/dt snubber and ac input filter are presented. The investigation result shows that IGCT type semiconductor devices generate the total efficiency of 97.74% under the rated condition.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.359-360
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• 2015

10kV IGCT has been recently developed and has the potential to push wind turbine systems to higher power and voltage rating. Converters employing IGCTs need snubber and OVP circuit to limit the rate of rise of current and peak over voltage across IGCT during turn on and off state respectively. The conventional RCD snubber which is used in such power converter dissipates a significant amount of power. In order to reduce the amount of energy lost by conventional RCD snubber, this paper proposes an isolated inductor snubber circuit that not only meets all of the IGCTs characteristics during on and off-state but also significantly saves the power loss. Loss analysis of conventional di/dt snubber and OVP circuit is performed for the 3-level NPC type back-to-back VSC supplied from grid voltage of 6.9kV. In comparison with the conventional snubber, isolated inductor snubber has a fewer number of components and improved efficiency leading to a reliable and efficient wind turbine systems.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.11a
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• pp.25-26
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• 2017

본 논문은 양극성 직류배전망 연계를 위한 3-level NPC AC/DC 컨버터 제어 시 PI제어와 연산량 감소 모델예측제어를 혼합한 제어 기법을 제안한다. 이를 통해 기존에 비해 향상된 동특성을 확인할 수 있다. 제안하는 제어 기법을 PSIM 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2019.11a
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• pp.222-223
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• 2019

3-Level 부스터 컨버터는 기존의 부스터 컨버터에 비해 인덕터의 크기를 줄이고, 더 낮은 전류리플을 취할 수 있다는 장점이 있다. 그러나 스위치의 동작은 Duty가 0.5 이상과 이하일때에 따라 달라진다. 이에 본 토폴로지의 제어기를 설계하기 위해서는 Duty가 0.5 이상일때와 이하일때의 두가지 경우의 상태로 토폴로지를 분석한 뒤 소신호 모델링을 할 필요가 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 경우에 따라 두가지의 상태 평균화 방정식을 세우고, 이를 비교한뒤 소신호 모델링을 통해 제어기를 설계한다. 또한 상단과 하단 커패시터에서 생기는 전압 불균형을 개선하기 위해 Duty를 보상하여 전압 불평형을 개선하는 제어 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 컨트롤러는 PSIM 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증된다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2019.07a
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• pp.186-188
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• 2019

현재 신재생에너지 발전원은 계속 증가되고 있으며, 발전기의 용량 또한 점점 증가하고 있다. 늘어나는 신재생에너지 발전원에 의해 계통 연계의 중요성이 증대되고 있고 아울러 계통에서 발생할 수 있는 여러 가지 사고로 인한 발전기의 PCS의 고장에 대한 문제 또한 중요해지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 신재생발전원의 용량이 증가함에 따라서 각 스위치의 전기적 스트레스를 줄일 수 있는 3-level NPC 타입의 컨버터회로를 기반으로 이중 전류 제어기를 이용하였고, 계통 사고시에도 강인한 위상 추종 특성을 가지는 DDSRF(Decoupled Double Synchronous Reference Frame 이하 DDSRF)방식의 PPL을 채택하여 시뮬레이션을 진행하였다. 현재 계통의 사고에 의한 사고전압은 ABC 분류에 의해서 크게 A~G 타입으로 나타내고 있다. 본 논문에서는 각 타입별 사고전압의 불평형 지수(Imbalance Factor, 이하 IF)에 따른 중성점 전류의 고조파 성분을 분석하여 도식화 하고자 한다. 이는 계통사고 발생 시 계통연계형 컨버터의 제어 및 계통탈락 여부에 활용 할 수 있을 것으로 예상된다.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.77-86
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• 2009

A wavelet Electrocardiogram(ECG) detector and its analog-to-digital converter(ADC) for low-power implantable cardiac pacemakers are presented in this paper. The proposed wavelet-based ECG detector consists of a wavelet decomposer with wavelet filter banks, a QRS complex detector of hypothesis testing with wavelet-demodulated ECG signals, and a noise detector with zero-crossing points. To achieve high-detection performance with low-power consumption, the multi-scaled product algorithm and soft-threshold algorithm are efficiently exploited. To further reduce the power dissipation, a low-power ADC, which is based on a Successive Approximation Register(SAR) architecture with an on/off-time controlled comparator and passive sample and hold, is also presented. Our algorithmic and architectural level approaches are implemented and fabricated in standard $0.35{\mu}m$ CMOS technology. The testchip shows a good detection accuracy of 99.32% and very low-power consumption of $19.02{\mu}W$ with 3-V supply voltage.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.391-400
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• 2008

Multi-pulse topology of converters using elementary six-pulse GTO - VSC (gate turn off based voltage source converter) operated under fundamental frequency switching (FFS) control is widely adopted in high power rating static synchronous compensators (STATCOM). Practically, a 48-pulse ($6{\times}8$ pulse) configuration is used with the phase angle control algorithm employing proportional and integral (PI) control methodology. These kinds of controllers, for example the ${\pm}80MVAR$ compensator at Inuyama switching station, KEPCO, Japan, employs two stages of magnetics viz. intermediate transformers (as many as VSCs) and a main coupling transformer to minimize harmonics distortion in the line and to achieve a desired operational efficiency. The magnetic circuit needs altogether nine transformers of which eight are phase shifting transformers (PST) used in the intermediate stage, each rating equal to or more than one eighth of the compensator rating, and the other one is the main coupling transformer having a power rating equal to that of the compensator. In this paper, a two-level 48-pulse ${\pm}100MVAR$ STATCOM is proposed where eight, six-pulse GTO-VSC are employed and magnetics is simplified to single-stage using four transformers of which three are PSTs and the other is a normal transformer. Thus, it reduces the magnetics to half of the value needed in the commercially available compensator. By adopting the simple PI-controllers, the model is simulated in a MATLAB environment by SimPowerSystems toolbox for voltage regulation in the transmission system. The simulation results show that the THD levels in line voltage and current are well below the limiting values specified in the IEEE Std 519-1992 for harmonic control in electrical power systems. The controller performance is observed reasonably well during capacitive and inductive modes of operation.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.11a
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• pp.145-146
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• 2017

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2013.07a
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• pp.386-387
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• 2013

This paper provides a comparison of high power semiconductor devices in 5MW-class Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG) Medium Voltage (MV) wind turbines. High power semiconductor devices of IGBT module type, IGBT press-pack type, and IGCT of both 4.5kV and 6.5kV are considered in this paper. Benchmarking is performed based on neutral-point clamed 3-level back-to-back type voltage source converter supplied from grid voltage of 4160V. The feasible number of semiconductor devices in parallel is designed through the loss analysis considering both conduction and switching losses under the given operating conditions of 5MW-class PMSG wind turbines, particularly for the application in offshore wind farms. The loss analysis is confirmed through PLECS simulations. The comparison result shows that IGBT press-pack type semiconductor device has the highest efficiency and IGCT has the lowest cost factor considering the necessary auxiliary components.