• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.134-137
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• 2019

A wide-bandwidth current controller is required for fast charging/discharging of super capacitor applications. Peak current mode is generally used to accomplish fast charging/discharging because this mode has fast response characteristics. However, the peak current mode control must have a slope compensation function to restrain sub-harmonics oscillation. The slope must be changed accordingly if the controlled output voltage is varied. However, changing the slope for every changed output voltage is not easy. The other solution, selecting the slope as the maximum value, causes a slow response problem to occur. Therefore, we propose a hybrid mode controller that uses a peak current and a newly specified valley current. Through the proposed hybrid mode control, the sub-harmonic oscillation does not occur when the duty is larger than 0.5 because of the fast response.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.141-149
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• 2021

In the field of electric vehicles and AGVs, wireless power transfer (WPT) charging systems have been developed recently because of its convenience, reliability, and positive environmental impact due to cable and cord elimination. In this study, we propose a WPT charging system using a single stage AC-DC converter that can be reduced in size and weight and thus can ensure convenience. The proposed single-stage AC-DC converter can control a wide output voltage (36-54 VDC) within coupling ranges by using the variable link voltage applied to the WPT resonant circuit through phase-shifted modulation at a fixed switching frequency. Moreover, the input power factor and total harmonic distortion can be improved by using the proposed converter. A 1 kW prototype that can operate with an air gap range of 40-50 mm is fabricated and validated through experimental results and analysis.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.143-144
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 전기자동차 배터리 충방전용 3상 인터리브드 양방향 DC-DC 컨버터의 소프트 스위칭에 대해 다루었다. 양방향 DC-DC 컨버터의 한쪽 단자는 계통과 연결된 PWM 컨버터의 DC-link단과 연결되고, 다른 한쪽 단자는 배터리에 연결된다. 양방향 DC-DC 컨버터의 소프트스위칭에 대해 기술한 다음 인덕터의 권선 저항이 소프트 스위칭 동작에 미치는 영향을 분석하였으며, 시뮬레이션을 통하여 제안한 방식의 타당성을 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.11c
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• pp.108-111
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• 2007

A novel voltage sag compensator with hi-directional DC/DC converter of Electric double layer capacitor is proposed. Recently, the double-layer capacitor which is drawn attention as a new energy storage element has a lot of advantage such as no maintenance, long lifetime and quick charge/discharge characteristics with large current. This DC/DC converter is used to control the charging current to the double-layer capacitor and also used to keep the DC link voltage constant for discharge of the double-layer capacitor. Therefore, the proposed DC/DC converter has the high-efficiency controller, dynamic compensator of voltage sag is driven by this converter. Finally, experimental results show the validity of the control scheme and the ability of the dynamic voltage compensator.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.15-16
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• 2013

전기자동차용 급속 충전기에서 전력변환 효율은 절연형 DC-DC 컨버터에 의해 좌우된다. 이때 DC-DC 컨버터의 출력 전압 범위가 넓기 때문에 기존의 3레벨 컨버터를 사용할 경우 충전전압이 낮을 때 순환전류가 커지는 문제점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 넓은 충전전압범위를 갖는 전기자동차용 급속충전기를 위한 3레벨 DC-DC 컨버터의 하이브리드 스위칭 기법을 제안한다. 제안한 하이브리드 스위칭 기법은 충전전압이 낮을 때 순환전류를 줄일 수 있어 주로 낮은 배터리 전압에서 동작하는 CC충전 모드 시 도통 손실을 줄일 수 있다. 또한 커플인덕터를 사용하여 순환전류를 줄이고 Lagging Lag 스위치의 ZCS 턴오프를 성취시켜 손실을 줄일 수 있다. 기존의 스위칭 방법과 하이브리드 스위칭 기법에 따른 손실을 비교하여 제안한 스위칭 기법의 타당성을 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2004.07a
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• pp.325-329
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• 2004

본 논문은 하이브리드 전기자동차의 12V보조배터리 충전용 DC-DC 컨버터의 최적설계에 관한 것으로 하이브리드 전기자동차의 특성상 DC-DC 컨버터는 최대부하의 $30\%\~70\%$ 정도의 비교적 낮은 부하영역에서 주로 동작하므로 이에 따른 적절한 설계가 요구된다. 따라서 DC-DC 컨버터의 주 동작영역에서 효율이 높도록 주요 설계요소인 스위칭 주파수와 고주파 변압기의 누설인덕턴스를 적절히 선정하고 코아의 윈도우 면적을 최소화하는 최적설계에 관한 연구이다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.280-289
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• 2015

A high-efficiency full-bridge DC-DC converter with a current-doubler rectifier and an asymmetric pulse-width modulation is proposed. Through the asymmetric pulse-width modulation, the proposed converter achieves zero-voltage switching of power switches without the circulating currents. The proposed converter reduces the output current ripple through the current-doubler rectifier. A control strategy is suggested for the proposed converter to charge battery banks. A constant current and constant voltage charging is performed. The proposed converter achieved a higher efficiency compared with the conventional full-bridge DC-DC converter with a phase-shift modulation. The performance of the proposed converter is evaluated by the experimental results for a 1.0 kW prototype circuit.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.64 no.9
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• pp.1306-1314
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• 2015

This paper deals with a switching method of a three-phase interleaved bidirectional DC-DC converter to obtain high efficiency in wide load range. The proposed soft-switching method provides ZVS and ZCS at turn-on, and ZVS at turn-off of the switch as well as considerably reduced conduction loss in light load. Simulation and experiment are carried out with a bidirectional DC-DC converter having the power rating of 3 [kW], and those results show the validity of the proposed switching method.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.879-891
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• 2018

A bidirectional dc-dc converter is used in battery energy storage systems owing to the growing requirements of a charging and discharging mode of battery. The magnetic coupling of output or input inductors in parallel-connected multi modules of a bidirectional dc-dc converter is often utilized to reduce the peak-to-peak ripple size of the inductor current. This study proposes a novel design guideline to achieve minimal ripple size of the inductor current under bidirectional power flow. The newly proposed design guideline of optimized coupling factor is applicable to the buck and boost operation modes of a bidirectional dc-dc converter. Therefore, the coupling factor value of the coupled inductor does not have to be optimized separately for buck and boost operation modes. This new observation is explained using the theoretical model of coupled inductor and confirmed through simulation and experimental test.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.03b
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• pp.666-669
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• 2008

Droplet in miniaturized microfluidic systems have received much focused attention recently. In this work, electrical charging phenomenon of a conducting water droplet on the electrode under the dc electric field is studied and using this phenomenon droplet actuation method for microreactor applications is experimentally demonstrated. To find effects of key factors, the effects of electric field, medium viscosity, and droplet size are investigated. A scaling law of charging for the conducting droplet is derived from the experimental results. Unlike the case of a perfect conductor, the estimated amount of electrical charge ($Q_{est}$) of a water droplet is proportional to the 1.59 power of the droplet radius (R) and the 1.33 power of the electric field strength (E). (For a spherical perfect conductor, Q is proportional to R2 and E.) It is thought that the differences are mainly due to incomplete charging of a water droplet resulted from the combined effect of electrochemical reaction at electrode and the relatively low conductivity of water. Using this phenomenon, we demonstrate the transport of the charged droplet and fusion of two oppositely-charged droplets. When electric field is subjected sequentially on the electrode, the charged droplet is transported on the electrode. For the visualization of fusion of charged droplets, the precipitation reaction is used. When subjected to a DC voltage, two droplets charged are moving and merging toward each other due to the Coulombic force and chemical reaction is simultaneously occurred by coalescence of droplets. It may be due to the interchange effect of charge. It is shown that the droplet can be used for microreactor where transporting, merging etc. of reagents constitute unit operation.