• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.65 no.2
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• pp.239-246
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• 2016

In recent years, the power demand has been increasing steadily and the occurrence of maximum power demand has been moving from the summer season to the winter season in Korea. And since the control of electric power supply and demand is more important under those situations, a micro-grid system began to emerge as a keyword for the sTable operation of electric power system. A micro-gird power system is composed of various kinds of distributed generators(DG) such as small diesel generator, wind turbine, photo-voltaic generator and energy storage system(ESS). This paper introduces a method to determine the optimal capacities of the distributed generators which are installed in a stand-alone type of microgrid power system based on the fundamental proportion of diesel generator. At first, the fundamental proportion of diesel generator will be determined by changing from 0 to 50 percent. And then we will optimize the capacities of renewable energy resources and ESS according to load patterns. Lastly, after recalculating the capacity of ESS with consideration for SOC constraints, the optimal capacities of distributed generators will be decided.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.27 no.7
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• pp.417-427
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• 2014

Renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and hydro provides utilizing renewable power and reduce the using fossil fuels. On the other hand, it is too critical to apply power system due to the intermittent nature of renewable energy sources, the continuous fluctuations of the power load, and the storage with high energy density. Energy storage system, including pumped-hydroelectric energy storage, compressed-air energy storage, superconducting magnetic energy storage, and electrochemical devices like batteries, supercapacitors and others have shown that solve some of the challenges. In this paper, we review the current state of applications of energy storage systems, and atomic layer deposition technology, graphene materials on the energy storage systems and processes.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.1223-1234
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• 2018

In this paper, a new three-port multidirectional DC-DC converter is proposed for integrating an energy storage system (ESS) to a bipolar DC microgrid (BPDCMG). The proposed converter provides a voltage-balancing function for the BPDCMG and adjusts the charge of the ESS. Thanks to the multi-functional operation of the proposed converter, the conversion stages of the system are reduced. In addition, the efficiency and weight of the system are improved. Therefore, this converter has a significant capability when it comes to use in portable BPDCMGs such as electric DC ships. The converter modes are analyzed and small-signal models of the converter in each of the independent modes are extracted. Finally, comprehensive simulation studies are carried out and a BPDCMG laboratory prototype is implemented in order to verify the performance of the proposed voltage balancer using the burst mode control scheme.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.1319-1322
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• 2015

일반적으로 이차전지를 이용한 에너지 저장 시스템(ESS, Energy Storage System)과 전기 자동차(EV, Electric Vehicle)에 사용되는 전지(Battery)는 용량에 따라 직 병렬로 수십 개에서 수 만개의 배터리가 사용되기도 한다. 이러한 많은 배터리를 제어하고 관리하기 위해 필요한 것이 배터리 관리 시스템(BMS, Battery Management System)이다. 이러한 BMS는 ESS(Energy Storage System, 에너지저장시스템)의 핵심부품으로서, 관련업계에서는 새로운 기술 개발에 박차를 가하고 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 최근 개발되고 있는 AC 임피던스를 이용한 SOH 예측 기능을 검증할 수 있는 DSP(Digital Signal Processing) Platform 기반으로 Master-Slave 형태의 BMS를 개발하였으며, Master-Slave간에는 CAN 통신을 이용하여 제어성, 확장성을 용이하게 함으로써, 새로운 SOH 알고리즘 구현 및 성능 검증을 손 쉽게 구현할 수 있게 되었다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.117-118
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 독립형 직류 배전망 구성에 이용될 수 있는 태양광 발전 시스템 및 ESS(Energy Storage System)를 이용한 하이브리드형 분산 전원 시스템의 구성 일례를 제시한다. 제안된 시스템의 전력회로는 태양광 발전 시스템용 PCS에는 직렬 공진 탱크를 가지는 절연형 풀브리지 방식, ESS용 PCS에는 비절연형 양방향 컨버터로 구성되었다. 태양광 PCS의 제어방식으로는 전류 제어기가 사용되었으며, ESS 용 PCS에는 비집중식 제어방식이 적용 되었다. 제안된 방식의 타당성을 검증하기 위해 100[kW]급 태양광 시스템, 100[kW]급 ESS를 기반으로 하이브리드 시스템을 구현하고 직류 계통 전압 제어 특성, 부하급변에 대한 전력분담 제어 실험결과를 제시하였다.

• Journal of Climate Change Research
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.217-229
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• 2016

Increased evidences reveal that the global climate change adversely affect on the environment. Smart grid system is one of the ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the electricity generation sector. Since 2013, Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has installed smart grid station in KEPCO office buildings. The goal of this paper is two folds. One is to quantify the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions through smart grid stations installed in KEPCO office buildings as a part of pilot project. Among components of smart grid stations, this research focused on the photovoltaic power system (PV) and energy storage system (ESS). The other is to estimate the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions when PV is applied on individual houses. Results show that greenhouse gas emissions reduce 5.8~11.3% of the emissions generated through the electricity usage after PV is applied in KEPCO office buildings. The greenhouse gas emissions reduction from ESS is not apparent. When PV of 200~500 W is installed in individual houses, annual greenhouse gas emission reduction in 2016 is expected to be approximately $2.2{\sim}5.4million\;tCO_2-eq$, equivalent to 6~15% of greenhouse gas emissions through the electricity usage in the house hold sector. The saving of annual electricity cost in the individual house through PV of 200 W and 500 W is expected to be 47~179 thous and KRW and 123~451 thousand KRW, respectively. Results analyzed in this study show the environmental effect of the smart grid station. In addition, the results can be further used as guidance in implementing similar projects.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.240-248
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• 2014

It is DC power that Output of renewable energy being recently developed and researched. Also, demand of DC power will expect to proliferate due to increase of digital load. Thus, DC distribution system providing high quality of power and reliability has emerged as a new distribution system. If the conventional distribution systems are substituted by proposed DC distribution system, the output of renewable energy can be connected with distribution systems under minimum power conversion. Therefore, in the event of connection with DC load, it can construct an efficient distribution system. In this paper, the integrated parallel operation of power conversion module for DC distribution system is proposed. Also, this paper proposed modularization of power conversion devices for DC distribution system and power control for parallel operation of large capacity system. DC distribution system consists of three power conversion modules such as AC/DC power conversion module 2 set, ESS module 1 set. DC distribution system controls suitable operation depending on the status of the DC power distribution system and load. Integrated operation of these systems is verified by simulation and experiment results.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.123-129
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• 2014

This paper suggests that it provides a electricity management system for wasting electricity, from power demand growth environments. This Energy management system based on ICT(Information & Communication Technology) can control Smart Power Outlet connecting to this system with Web Browser and Android phone, anytime, anywhere. Through analysis of acquisition data from them, this proposed system can monitor and control power consumption efficiently. This system was organized mesh network of Smart Power Outlet, gateway by wireless Zigbee, and ESS(Energy Saving System) by TCP/IP beyond existing limit of communication distance and space.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.191-196
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• 2019

In the case of urban railway facilities, the power supply should be maintained for the safe movement of passengers in communication facilities, disaster prevention facilities and boarding area security because of the confusion when power supply is cut off due to the nature of public transportation. In addition, considering that the number of trains is running on the urban railway line, it is necessary to operate at least 30 minutes for the bus stop and at least 1 hour for the communication and disaster prevention facilities. Therefore, it is essential to supply emergency power source to maintain stable operation of induction lamp and smoke exhaust system because main power is cut off in order to prevent further spread due to fire in case of the history of urban railway section or vehicle fires. Recently, UPS(Uninterruptible Power Supply) function to prevent power outage in emergency, emergency power generation combined with ESS function which saves electricity at nighttime price time, A hybrid power storage system with a UPS function.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.111-118
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• 2017

The increased diversity of different types of energy sources requires moving towards smart distribution networks. This paper proposes a probabilistic DG (distributed generation) units planning model to determine technology type, capacity and location of DG units while simultaneously allocating ESS (energy storage systems) based on pre-determined capacities. This problem is studied in a wind integrated power system considering loads, prices and wind power generation uncertainties. A suitable method for DG unit planning will reduce costs and improve reliability concerns. Objective function is a cost function that minimizes DG investment and operational cost, purchased energy costs from upstream networks, the defined cost to reliability index, energy losses and the investment and degradation costs of ESS. Electrical load is a time variable and the model simulates a typical radial network successfully. The proposed model was solved using the DICOPT solver under GAMS optimization software.