• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2005

This paper presents the characteristics of leakage currents flowing through ZinC Oxide(ZnO) surge arrester blocks under mixed direct and 60 Hz alternating voltages. A mixed voltage, in which an alternating voltage is superimposed upon a direct voltage, appears on the HVDC system network. The mixed direct and alternating voltage generator with a peak open-circuit of 10 kV was designed and fabricated. The leakage currents and V-I curves for the fine and used ZnO surge arrester blocks were measured as a function of the voltage ratio k, where the voltage ratio k is defined as the ratio of the peak of alternating voltage to the peak of the mixed voltages. The resistive component in the leakage current in the low conduction region is significantly increased with increasing the voltage ratio k. The V-I characteristic curves for the mixed voltages lies between the direct and alternating characteristics, and the cross-over phenomenon in the high conduction region was appeared.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제63권3호
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• pp.395-403
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• 2014

This paper presents a new approach to improve the signal to noise ratio (SNR) for local seismic disaster preventing system in densely populated area. The seismic data measured in the local site includes various sensing noises (offset or measurement noise) and man-made/natural noises (road and rail traffic noise, rotating or hammering machinery noise, human activity noise such as walking and running, wind/atmospheric pressure-generated noise, etc.). These additive noises are different in time and frequency characters. The proposed method uses 3-stages processing to reduce these different additive noises. In the first stage, misalignment offset noise are diminished by time average processing, and then the second and third stages, coherent/incoherent noises such as man-made/natural noises are suppressed by array stacking. In addition, we derived the theoretical equation of the SNR gain improved by the proposed method. To evaluate the performance of the proposed method, computer simulations were performed with real seismic data and test equipment generated data as the input.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.737-745
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• 2013

Offshore wind farms are rapidly growing owing to their comparatively more stable wind conditions than onshore and land-based wind farms. The power capacity of offshore wind turbines has been increased to 5MW in order to capture a larger amount of wind energy, which results in an increase of each component's size. Furthermore, the weight of the marine turbine components installed in the nacelle directly influences the total mechanical design, as well as the operation and maintenance (O&M) costs. A reduction in the weight of the nacelle allows for cost-effective tower and foundation structures. On the other hand, longer transmission distances from an offshore wind turbine to the load leads to higher energy losses. In this regard, DC transmission is more useful than AC transmission in terms of efficiency because no reactive power is generated/consumed by DC transmission cables. This paper describes some of the challenges and difficulties faced in designing high-power-density power conversion systems (HPDPCSs) for offshore wind turbines. A new approach for high gain/high voltage systems is introduced using transformerless power conversion technologies. Finally, the proposed converter is evaluated in terms of step-up conversion ratio, device number, modulation, and costs.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제63권12호
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• pp.1640-1648
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• 2014

This paper proposes a switching frequency reduction method for MMC (Modular Multilevel Converter) utilizing redundancy operation of sub-module, which can offer reduction of voltage harmonics and switching loss. The feasibility of proposed method was verified through computer simulations with PSCAD/EMTDC software. Based on simulation analysis, a hardware scaled-model of 10kVA, DC-1000V MMC was designed and manufactured in the lab. Various experiments were conducted to verify the feasibility of proposed method in the actual hardware system. The hardware scaled-model can be effectively utilized for analyzing the performance of MMC according to the modulation scheme and redundancy operation.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.319-328
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• 2016

In this study, we first briefly introduce the effect of circulating current control on the modulation signal of a modular multilevel converter (MMC). The maximum modulation index is also theoretically derived. According to the optimal modulation index analysis and the model in the continuous domain, different DC-side output impedance equivalent models of MMC with/without compensating component are derived. The DC-side impedance of MMC inverter station can be regarded as a series xR + yL + zC branch in both cases. The compensating component of the maximum modulation index is also related to the DC equivalent impedance with circulating current control. The frequency characteristic of impedance for MMC, which is observed from its DC side, is analyzed. Finally, this study investigates the prediction of the DC voltage ripple transfer between two-terminal MMC high-voltage direct current systems under unbalanced conditions. The rationality and accuracy of the impedance model are verified through MATLAB/Simulink simulations and experimental results.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.468-477
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• 2014

This study proposes an optimized design of a dual active bridge converter for a low-voltage charger in a military uninterrupted power supply (UPS) system. The dual active bridge converter is among various bi-directional DC/DC converters that possess a high-efficiency isolated bi-directional converter. In the general design, the zero-voltage switching(ZVS) region is reduced when the battery voltage is high. By contrast, efficiency is low because of high conduction losses when the battery voltage is low. Variable switching frequency is applied to increase the ZVS region and the power conversion efficiency, depending on battery voltage changes. At the same duty, the same power is obtained regardless of the battery voltage using the variable switching frequency. The proposed method is applied to a 5 kW prototype dual active bridge converter, and the experimental results are analyzed and verified.

• 정보처리학회논문지:컴퓨터 및 통신 시스템
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• 제10권7호
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• pp.199-204
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• 2021

디지털변전소는 전력망 지능화를 위해 감시, 계측, 제어·보호, 운전 등 변전소를 구성하는 전력설비 기능과 통신방식을 국제표준인 IEC61850 기반으로 디지털화한 변전소를 말한다. 지능화된 운영시스템을 기반으로 효율적인 전력설비의 감시제어가 가능하며, 사고 발생 시 자동 복구 기능과 원격제어가 가능해 신속한 전력 장애 복구가 가능하다. 디지털 기술의 발달과 친환경 신재생에너지 및 전기차의 도입이 확대 되면서 직류 배전시스템의 보급이 확대될 전망이다. MVDC는 기존 송전계통에 적용되는 HVDC와 수용가에서의 LVDC 사이의 전압 레벨 및 전송용량을 갖는 직류 선로를 활용한 시스템이다. 대부분의 전력설비들이 교류 중심인 기존변전소의 기존 선로를 직류 선로로 변환하면 송전 손실 감소 및 더 큰 전류 용량이 확보된다. 디지털변전소의 프로세스 버스는 베이 레벨과 프로세스 레벨의 설치된 장치 간을 연결하는 이더넷스위치 등의 통신장비로 구성된 통신네트워크이다. 기존 디지털변전소에 MVDC 연계를 위해 프로세스 레벨을 교류부와 직류부로 나누어 두 개의 버스로 구성을 하였고 감시, 제어만 아니라 진단 IED와 연계되어 종합적으로 관리할 수 있는 시스템을 제안하였다.