• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2013

Breakdown characteristics of air in the vertical arrangement of line conductor and plane electrode in case of combustion flame on the plane electrode are examined by the application of AC. and DC voltages to the gap. In order to investigate the effect of paraffin flame on the breakdown characteristics of air, flashover voltages are measured according to the variation of the gap length and the horizontal distance between the flame and the line conductor. As the result of the experiment, flashover voltages are substantially lowered down to 29.8% in case of the AC voltage, and 16.1% in case of the negative DC voltage, when in the presence of the flame. from 100% when in the absence of flame. Flashover voltages of air in the range of smaller than 3㎝ at the horizontal distance are increased in the proportion of the gap length and the horizontal distance in case of both AC and negative DC voltages. But before the flashover occurs, the flame is extinguished by such corona wind that is produced from the line conductor when the gap length and the horizontal distance reach to a certain degree. The effect of relative air density and the phenomenon of thermal ionization are analysed as the reduction factors of flashover voltages, due to high temperature of the flame.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.95-103
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• 2007

동적 전압 조절(Dynamic voltage scaling, DVS) 기법은 가장 효과적이면서 가장 잘 알려진 전력 관리 기법 중 하나이다. DVS가 효율적인 여유 시간(Slack time) 분배 방법, 전압 할당 방법 등 다양한 방면에서 연구되었지만, 전압 변경 가능 프로세서 이외의 장치들에 대한 영향은 제대로 연구되지 못했다. DC-DC 변환기는 오늘날 대부분의 내장형 시스템에서 내부 장치들을 위한 다양한 값의 공급 전압 생성 및 전압 안정화 기능을 제공하는 중요한 역할을 하고 있으며, 특히 공급 전압의 계속적인 변경이 필요한 DVS를 적용하기 위해서는 필수적인 구성 요소이다. 이 논문에서는 DC-DC 변환기의 전력 소모를 포함한 시스템의 에너지 소모에 대해 분석하고 이를 바탕으로 DC-DC 변환기를 포함하는 시스템 또는 이와 유사한 형태의 에너지 소모 특성을 가지는 시스템에서 에너지 소모를 최소화하는 새로운 에너지 최적 오프라인 DVS 스케줄링 알고리즘을 제안하고, 실험 결과를 통해 제안된 알고리즘이 어떤 종류의 설정에서도 기존의 DVS 알고리즘보다 더 적은 에너지 소모의 스케줄을 생성함을 보여준다.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.293-301
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 정류용 브릿지 다이오드가 없는 고효율 하프 브릿지 AC-DC 컨버터를 제안한다. 제안하는 컨버터는 비대칭 펄스 폭 변조 방식의 하프 브릿지 DC-DC 컨버터와 정류용 브릿지 다이오드가 없는 역률 개선 회로가 통합된 회로 구조를 지닌다. 제안하는 컨버터는 정류용 브릿지 다이오드를 사용하지 않고 교류 입력 전압으로부터 절연된 직류 출력 전압을 공급한다. 간단한 회로 구조와 함께 도통 손실을 줄일 수 있다. 또한 스위칭 소자들의 영전압 스위칭을 통하여 스위칭 손실을 줄일 수 있다. 두 개의 직렬 연결된 트랜스포머를 구비함으로서 프로파일을 낮추고 전력밀도를 높일 수 있다. 250 W (48 V / 5.2 A) 회로 설계 및 실험을 통하여 제안된 컨버터의 성능을 $90 \;V_{rms}$ 교류 입력 전압에 대하여 입증하였다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2006년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.381-383
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• 2006

A novel online capacitance estimation method for a DC-link capacitor in a three-phase AC/DC/AC PWM converter is proposed. A controlled AC voltage with a lower frequency than the line frequency is Injected into the DC-link voltage, which then causes AC power ripples at the DC output side. By extracting the AC voltage and power components on the DC output side using digital filters, the capacitance can then be calculated using the recursive least squares method. The proposed method can be simply implemented with only software and no additional hardware. Experimental results confirm that the estimation error is less than 0.2%.

• KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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• 제5B권4호
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• pp.366-373
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• 2005

This paper presents two new circuit topologies of the dc busline side active resonant snubber assisted voltage source high frequency link soft switching PWM full-bridge dc-dc power converters acceptable for either utility ac 200V-rms or ac 400V-rms input grid. These high frequency switching dc-dc converters proposed in this paper are composed of a typical voltage source-fed full-bridge PWM inverter, high frequency transformer with center tap, high frequency diode rectifier with inductor input filter and dc busline side series switches with the aid of a dc busline parallel capacitive lossless snubber. All the active switches in the full-bridge arms as well as dc busline snubber can achieve ZCS turn-on and ZVS turn-off transition commutation with the aid of a transformer leakage inductive component and consequently the total switching power losses can be effectively reduced. So that, a high switching frequency operation of IGBTs in the voltage source full bridge inverter can be actually designed more than about 20 kHz. It is confirmed that the more the switching frequency of full-bridge soft switching inverter increases, the more soft switching PWM dc-dc converter with a high frequency transformer link has remarkable advantages for its power conversion efficiency and power density implementations as compared with the conventional hard switching PWM inverter type dc-dc power converter. The effectiveness of these new dc-dc power converter topologies can be proved to be more suitable for low voltage and large current dc-dc power supply as arc welding equipment from a practical point of view.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.181-190
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• 2007

This paper presents a novel circuit topology of a DC bus line series switch and parallel snubbing capacitor-assisted soft-switching PWM full-bridge inverter type DC-DC power converter with a high frequency planar transformer link, which is newly developed for high performance arc welding machines in industry. The proposed DC-DC power converter circuit is based upon a voltage source-fed H type full-bridge soft-switching PWM inverter with a high frequency transformer. This DC-DC power converter has a single power semiconductor switching device in series with an input DC low side rail and loss less snubbing capacitor in parallel with the inverter bridge legs. All the active power switches in the full-bridge arms and DC bus line can achieve ZCS turn-on and ZVS turn-off transition commutation. Consequently, the total switching power losses occurred at turn-off switching transition of these power semiconductor devices; IGBTs can be reduced even in higher switching frequency bands ranging from 20 kHz to 100 kHz. The switching frequency of this DC-DC power converter using IGBT power modules can be realized at 60 kHz. It is proved experimentally by power loss analysis that the more the switching frequency increases, the more the proposed DC-DC power converter can achieve a higher control response performance and size miniaturization. The practical and inherent effectiveness of the new DC-DC converter topology proposed here is actually confirmed for low voltage and large current DC-DC power supplies (32V, 300A) for TIG arc welding applications in industry.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.88-97
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• 2012

This paper presents a method for the digital control of a high power factor AC/DC converter employing the power balance control technique to achieve a fast response of the output voltage control. To avoid the effects of an output voltage ripple in the voltage control loop, the average output voltage is sampled and used as a feedback signal for the output voltage controller. The proposed control technique was verified by simulations using MATLAB/Simulink and its implementation was realized by a dsPIC30F4011 digital signal processor to control a CUK topology AC/DC converter with a 48V output voltage and a 250 W output power. The experimental results agree with the simulation results. The proposed control technique achieves a fast transient response with a lower line current distortion than is achieved when using a conventional proportional-integral controller and the power balance control technique with the conventional sampling method.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2007

This paper proposes a new capacitance estimation scheme for a DC-link capacitor in a three-phase AC/DC/AC PWM converter. A controlled AC voltage with a lower frequency than the line frequency is injected into the DC-link voltage, which then causes AC power ripples at the DC side. By extracting the AC voltage and power components on the DC output side using digital filters, the capacitance can then be calculated using the Support Vector Regression (SVR). By training of SVR, a function which relates a given input (capacitor's power) and its corresponding output (capacitance value) can be derived. This function is used to predict outputs for given inputs that are not included in the training set. The proposed method does not require the information of DC-link current and can be simply implemented with only software and no additional hardware. Experimental results confirm that the estimation error is less than 0.16%.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1996년도 하계학술대회 논문집 A
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• pp.385-387
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• 1996

A novel two stage soft-switching ac-to-dc convener with power factor correction is proposed. The proposed convener provides zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) condition to main switch of boost pre-regulator without auxiliary switch. Comparing to the conventional two stage approach(ZVS-PWM boost rectifier followed by off-line ZVS dc-dc step down converter), the proposed approach is simple and reducing EMI noise problem. A new simple DC-linked energy feedback circuit provides zero-voltage-switching condition to boost pre-regulator without imposing additional voltage and current stresses and loss of PWM capability. Operational principle, analysis, control of the proposed converter together with the simulation results of 1KW prototype are presented.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2009년도 제40회 하계학술대회
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• pp.961_962
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• 2009

A novel, two-inductor, interleaved power-factor-corrected (PFC) boost converter that exhibits voltage-doubler characteristic when it operates with a duty cycle greater than 0.5 is introduced. The voltage-doubler characteristic of the proposed converter makes it quite suitable for universal-line (90~265VRMS) PFC applications. Because the proposed PFC boost rectifier operates as a voltage doubler at low line, its low-line range efficiency is greatly improved compared to that of its conventional counterpart. The performance of the proposed PFC rectifier was evaluated on an experimental 300W PFC prototype.