• 한국안전학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2018

This paper is analyzed for the thermal characteristics(1 year) of the 6 components(DC breaker, DC filter(including capacitor and discharge resistance), IGBT(Insulated gate bipolar mode transistor), AC filter, AC breaker, etc.) of a photovoltaic power generation-based PCS(Power conditioning system) below 20 kW. Among the modules, the discharge resistance included in the DC filter indicated the highest heat at $125^{\circ}C$, and such heat resulting from the discharge resistance had an influence on the IGBT installed on the rear side the board. Therefore, risk priority through risk priority number(RPN) of FMEA(Failure modes and effects analysis) sheet is conducted for classification into top 10 %. According to thermal characteristics and FMEA, it is necessary to pay attention to not only the in-house defects found in the IGBT, but also the conductive heat caused by the discharge resistance. Since it is possible that animal, dust and others can be accumulated within the PCS, it is possible that the heat resulting from the discharge resistance may cause fire. Accordingly, there are two options that can be used: installing a heat sink while designing the discharge resistance, and designing the discharge resistance in a structure capable of avoiding heat conduction through setting a separation distance between discharge resistance and IGBT. This data can be used as the data for conducting a comparative analysis of abnormal signals in the process of developing a safety device for solar electricity-based photovoltaic power generation systems, as the data for examining the fire accidents caused by each module, and as the field data for setting component management priorities.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.881-893
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• 2019

This paper proposes a practical sliding-mode controller design for shaping the impedances of cascaded boost-converter power decoupling circuits for reducing the second order harmonic ripple in photovoltaic (PV) current. The cascaded double-boost converter, when used as power decoupling circuit, has some advantages in terms of a high step-up voltage-ratio, a small number of switches and a better efficiency when compared to conventional topologies. From these features, it can be seen that this topology is suitable for residential (PV) rooftop systems. However, a robust controller design capable of rejecting double frequency inverter ripple from passing to the (PV) source is a challenge. The design constraints are related to the principle of the impedance-shaping technique to maximize the output impedance of the input-side boost converter, to block the double frequency PV current ripple component, and to prevent it from passing to the source without degrading the system dynamic responses. The design has a small recovery time in the presence of transients with a low overshoot or undershoot. Moreover, the proposed controller ensures that the ripple component swings freely within a voltage-gap between the (PV) and the DC-link voltages by the small capacitance of the auxiliary DC-link for electrolytic-capacitor elimination. The second boost controls the main DC-link voltage tightly within a satisfactory ripple range. The inverter controller performs maximum power point tracking (MPPT) for the input voltage source using ripple correlation control (RCC). The robustness of the proposed control was verified by varying system parameters under different load conditions. Finally, the proposed controller was verified by simulation and experimental results.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제23권2_1호
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• pp.115-124
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• 2020

In wireless power transfer (WPT) system, the conventional compensation topologies only can provide a constant current (CC) or constant voltage (CV) output under their resonant conditions. It is difficult to meet the CC and CV hybrid charging requirements without any other schemes. In this study, a switching hybrid topology (SHT) is proposed for CC and CV electric vehicle (EV) battery charging. By utilizing an additional capacitor and two AC switches (ACSs), a double-side LCC (DS-LCC) and an inductor and double capacitors-series (LCC-S) topologies are combined. According to the specified CC and CV charging profile, the CC and CV charging modes can be flexibly converted by the two additional ACSs. In addition, zero phase angle (ZPA) also can be achieved in both charging modes. In this method, because the operating frequency is fixed, without using PWM control, and only a small number of devices are added, it has the benefits of low-cost, easy-controllability and high efficiency. A 3.3-kW experimental prototype is configured to verify the proposed switching hybrid charger. The maximum DC efficiencies (at 3.3-kW) of the proposed SHT is 92.58%.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.331-340
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• 2008

교류 $50{\sim}100\;kHz$의 고주파와 수 kV의 고전압으로 구동되는 냉음극 형광램프의 전류 및 전압을 계측하는 방법을 조사하였다. 고 전압 측에 설치되는 프로브 자체의 임피던스 영향으로 램프의 휘도가 변화하고 누설 전류가 발생하여 정확한 전류 및 전압의 계측이 어렵다. 따라서 프로브의 임피던스와 누설 전류를 고려한 회로 분석을 통하여 올바른 계측 방법을 제시하였다. 프로브 설치로 휘도 변화 시, 인버터에 입력되는 DC 전압을 조정하여 램프의 특정 휘도를 유지하여 계측한다. 램프 전류($I_G$)는 접지 측에서 전류 프로브나 고주파 전류계로 계측하며, 전압은 고 전압 측에 설치한 전압 프로브로 계측한다. 램프 전압($V_C$)은 고전압이 인가되는 냉음극과 안전 캐패시터 사이에서 계측하며, 인버터의 출력 전압(VI)은 안전 캐패시터와 인버터 출력단 사이에서 계측한다. 램프 전압($V_C$)과 램프 전류($I_G$)의 위상차가 없기 때문에, 램프 자체의 순수 소모 전력은 램프 전압($V_C$)와 램프 전류($I_G$)의 곱이다. 인버터의 출력 전압($V_I$)과 램프 전류($I_G$)의 위상차($\theta$)는 전압 프로브의 용량성 임피던스로 인하여 계측값이 부정확하며, 회로의 분석에서 얻어진 $cos{\theta}=V_C/V_I$로부터 위상차를 얻을 수 있다.