• Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.40 no.6
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• pp.79-88
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• 1998

This study was conducted to measure the moisture content of soil using RF impedance in the range of 1 to 30MHz. Considering the water potential flow in the soils, two types of sensor such as parallel cylinder and perpendicular plate type were fabricated and tested. The capacitance and resistance of sonsors for soil samples having moisture content range of 2 to 27% were measured by Q-meter (HP4342). The higher soil moisture content was and the larger soil bulk density was, the more the capacitance of sensors increased. To eliminate the effect of bulk density on measuring soil moisture content using RF impedance, two kinds of model having the density independent functions such as the ratio of capacitance change to conductance change and weight of water and dry soils respectively were developed and estimated by regression analysis.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.187-189
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• 2003

This paper presents new service restoration algorithm to deal with multiple faults such as main transformer fault, whole substation fault and simultaneous faults. The most important consideration of restoration planning for multiple outage areas is efficient use of redundant backup feeders. The proposed algorithm tries to restore all outage loads using outage area ordering method and tie switch exchange method that are newly proposed in this paper.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.427-429
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• 2003

The reliability performance of distribution networks will be enhanced with the installation of application programs including feeder reconfiguration program for loss minimization and optimization of system capacity. Although the basic functions of remote monitoring and remote control provide no measurable cost benefit the suite of application programs developed and now being commissioned by KEPCO, the future will continue to offer this utility with substantial savings in system operational costs, improve system reliability and customer service.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.143-151
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• 2000

Electric power distribution feeders are susceptible to faults caused by a variety of situations such as adverse weather conditions, tree contacts, equipment failure, accidents, etc. Distribution circuit faults result in a number of problems related to the reliability of service and customer power quality. In the distribution line, the permanent interruption of customer service resulting from a blown fuse or a recloser lockout was the only factor which was used to determine service reliability. On underground distribution line, the serving of cables by earth-moving equipment is a prevalent cause of faults and the most cable faults quickly develop into bolted current. we introduce th multi-circuit breaker coordination methods in the Underground Distribution Line.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.07c
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• pp.841-843
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• 1998

The second project of the development of distribution automation system was started recently in Korea. We will use two algorithms for feeder automation in this project. The one is Yes/No logic and it will be applied in large city. Yes/No logic determined the faulty section by fault current following information of the fault indicators of each switches. The other is automatic closing process of switches, and it will be applied in rural area. In the latter method, each switches close systematically, and it can find and separate the faulty section, the computer system treats only the feeder reconfiguration finally.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.07c
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• pp.861-863
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• 1998

F.I(Fault Indicator) is equipped in automatic switchs for Distibution Automation System(DAS), and plays important role of providing the information for picking out a fault section. The restrictive sentence that F.I doesn't react for the inrush current is in the F.I specification. Nevertheless F.I has sometimes mal-functioned on the DAS in Kang-Dong branch office of KEPCO for latest 2 years. This Paper Proved the causes of the mal-function, and proposed the new F.I specification and operation methods against the mal-function causes.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.07c
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• pp.964-966
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• 1998

The TC curve of recloser which used in KEPCO's distribution line is a little different in a pattern with the TC curve of sub-station OCR. So it sometimes fails in protection coordination. And the recloser sometimes does mis-open/close owing to the inrush current of CB reclosing when a fault occurred on the source-side of the recloser. The mis-open/close is another trouble maker. This Paper Present a new delay TC curve of recloser which has the same pattern with the TC curve of OCR, and a new instantaneous TC curve of recloser which doesn't mal-function to the inrush current. In addition, this paper present another two TC curves for the serial positioning of 2 reclosers. So we accomplished the simple protection coordination of OCR-recloser-fuse.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.07c
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• pp.932-934
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• 1998

Electric power distribution feeders are susceptible to faults caused by a variety of situations such as adverse weather conditions, tree contacts, equipment failure, accidents, etc. Distribution circuit faults result in a number of problems related to the reliability of service and customer power quality. In the past, the permanent interruption of customer service resulting from a blown fuse or a recloser lockout was the only factor which was used to determine service reliability. So we developed KODAS(Korea Distribution Automation System) with successful and had fieid-testing of Distribution Automation System in last three years at Kang-dong Branch Office. In performing the project, KEPRI has gained valuable experience, through dealing with many difficult problem. This paper is depicted about the circuit breaker coordination problems in the Underground for the Distribution Automation Feeder.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.61 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2012

Five smart grid projects was started with large scale at Jeju Island in South Korea from 2009, and smart-grid test-bed was started in Nov. 2010. The five projects are Smart Power Grid (SPG), Smart Renewable (SR), Smart Transportation (ST), Smart Place (SP) and Smart Electric Service (SES). Korea government constructed the smart grid public relations center at Nov. 2010 in Jeju Island and there will be continued the field operation and interface testing among five smart gird projects until May. 2013.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.58 no.11
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• pp.2079-2088
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• 2009

The optimal operation in distribution system is to select tie switches considering important elements(Load balance, Loss minimization, Voltage drop, Restoration index..) in distribution system. Optimal Tie Switches Selection is very important in operation of distribution system because that is closely related with efficiency and reliability. In this paper, a new algorithm considering important elements is proposed to find optimal location of tie switches. In the case study, the proposed algorithm has been testified using real distribution network of KEPCO for verifying algorithm and complex network for applying future distribution network.