• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2019.07a
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• pp.479-480
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• 2019

전압형 MMC HVDC 시스템은 다수의 서브모듈이 직렬로 구성되어 있으며, 서브모듈 내부의 고전압 반도체 소자는 수 kV로 스위칭 된다. 이때 발생하는 dV/dt에 의해 많은 고주파 성분의 과도노이즈가 전자파 방사 문제를 야기 시킨다. 본 논문에서는 HVDC 시스템의 전자파 노이즈 분석을 위해 1개의 서브모듈에 대한 측정 및 측정 결과를 바탕으로 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션 모델링을 진행하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.461-462
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• 2015

The government on Jeju Special Self-governing Province has a policy named 'Carbon Free Island Jeju by 2030'. The main purpose in this policy is to install wind power system with the total capacity of 1.35 GW by 2020. When the demand load on Jeju Island power system is lower than entire output power, a lot of dump power will be produced from the large-scale wind farms. It will be able to cause the wind power limit on Jeju Island. Consequently, the additional power facility must be installed to ensure stable power system operation in Jeju Island and increase wind power limit. From this point, this paper proposes the installation of MMC-HVDC, which can supply power in real time in the desired direction. The effectiveness of MMC-HVDC based on measured data of Jeju Island power system will be verified by using PSCAD/EMTDC simulation program.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.242-252
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• 2017

This paper deals with the blocking of DC-fault current during DC cable short-circuit conditions in HVDC (High-Voltage DC) transmission systems utilizing Modular Multilevel Converters (MMCs), where a new SubModule (SM) topology circuit for the MMC is proposed. In this SM circuit, an additional Insulated-Gate Bipolar Translator (IGBT) is required to be connected at the output terminal of a conventional SM with a half-bridge structure, hereafter referred to as HBSM, where the anti-parallel diodes of additional IGBTs are used to block current from the grid to the DC-link side. Compared with the existing MMCs based on full-bridge (FB) SMs, the hybrid topologies of HBSM and FBSM, and the clamp-double SMs, the proposed topology offers a lower cost and lower power loss while the fault current blocking capability in the DC short-circuit conditions is still provided. The effectiveness of the proposed topology has been validated by simulation results obtained from a 300-kV 300-MW HVDC transmission system and experimental results from a down-scaled HVDC system in the laboratory.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.17-23
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• 2020

This paper proposes a simulation model using an equivalent circuit for the development of an MMC system. The MMC has been chosen as the most suitable topology for high voltage power transmission, such as a voltage-type HVDC, and it has dozens to hundreds of sub-modules in the form of a half-bridge or full-bridge connected in series. A simulation study is essential for the development of an MMC algorithm. On the other hand, it is virtually impossible to construct and implement MMC simulation models, including hundreds or thousands of switching devices. Therefore, this paper presents an MMC equivalent model, which is easily expandable and implemented by modeling the dynamic characteristics. The voltage and current equation of the equivalent circuit was calculated using the direction of the arm current and switching signal. The model was implemented on Matlab/Simulink. In this paper, to show the validity of the model developed using Matlab/Simulink, the simulation results of a five-level MMC using the real switching element and the proposed equivalent model are shown. The validity of the proposed model was verified by showing that the current and voltage waveform in the two models match each other.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.1208-1217
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• 2019

The life-cycle prediction of the sub-module which is the unit system of MMC is very important from the viewpoint of maintenance and economic feasibility of HVDC system. However, the life-cycle prediction that considers only the type, number and combination of parts is a generalized result that does not take into account the operating condition of the sub-module, and may significantly differ from the life-cycle of the actual one. Therefore, we design a fault tree for the purpose of reflecting the operation characteristics of the full-bridge sub-module and apply the MIL-HDBK-217F to the failure rate of the basic event to predict the life-cycle of the full-bridge sub-module. It compares the life-cycle expectancy of the conventional failure rate analysis with the proposed fault-tree analysis and compares the lifetime according to whether the redundancy of the full-bridge sub-module is considered.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2020.08a
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• pp.259-260
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• 2020

모듈화 멀티레벨 컨버터 (modular multilevel converter, MMC)는 고압직류송전(high-voltage direct current, HVDC)에 대한 기술이 발전함에 따라서 이와 관련된 전력변환 장치로써 많은 연구되어지고 있다. 10kV 이하로 구현되는 중압직류송전(medium-volatge direct current, MVDC) 시스템 및 모터 드라이브에 이용되는 MMC의 경우에는 수백 개의 직렬 서브모듈로 구성된 MMC가 사용되는 HVDC와 다르기 때문에 여러 모듈레이션 방식에서의 다른 장단점을 가지게 된다. 본 논문에서는 전력전자 시뮬레이션 툴인 PSIM을 이용하여 여러가지 모듈레이션의 MVDC으로의 적용에 있어서의 장단점을 분석한다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2020.08a
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• pp.409-410
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 MMC 기반 HVDC 시스템용 밸브 성능시험회로에서 서브모듈(Sub Module) 커패시터 전압보다 낮은 전원전압을 사용하여 밸브(Valve) 단위의 서브모듈을 시험 할 수 있는 기법을 제안한다. 기존의 성능시험회로는 시험 전류를 만들기 위해 서브모듈 커패시터 전압보다 큰 DC 전원을 필요로 한다. DC 파워 서플라이는 성능시험회로의 가격의 대부분을 차지하므로 고전압 출력 DC 파워 서플라이의 사용은 시험회로 가격 상승의 주된 원인이 된다. 때문에 낮은 DC 전원 전압을 사용함으로 시험회로의 전반적인 가격을 낮출 수 있다. 시뮬레이션을 통하여 제안하는 시험회로의 타당성을 검증하였다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.65 no.10
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• pp.1655-1663
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• 2016

Recently the researches on Modular Multi-level Converter (MMC) are being highlighted because high quality and efficient power transmission are key issues in the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission system. This paper proposes an improved pre-charging method for the sub-module capacitors in MMC that operates in Nearest Level Control (NLC) modulation. The proposed method does not require additional circuits or Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) techniques. The feasibility of proposed method was verified through computer simulations for a scaled 3-phase 10kVA MMC with 12 sub-modules per each arm. Hardware experiments with a scaled prototype were performed in the lab to confirm the simulation results.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.1752-1762
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• 2016

To achieve higher reliability in the modular multilevel converters (MMC) for HVDC transmission systems, the internal condition of the DC capacitors of the submodules (SM) needs to be monitored regularly. For an online estimation of the SM capacitance, a controlled AC current with double the fundamental frequency is injected into the circulating current loop of the MMC, which results in current and voltage ripples in the SM capacitors. The capacitor currents are calculated from the arm currents and their switching states. By processing these AC voltage and current components with digital filters, their capacitances are estimated by a recursive least square (RLS) algorithm. The validity of the proposed scheme has been verified by simulation results for a 300-MW, 300-kV HVDC system. In addition, its feasibility has been verified by experimental results obtained with a reduced-scale prototype. It has been shown that the estimation errors for both the simulation and experimental tests are 1.32% at maximum.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.389-390
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• 2014

고압직류송전 (High Voltage Direct Current, HVDC) 시스템의 모듈형 멀티레벨 컨버터 (Modular Multilevel Converter, MMC)는 EMT (Electromagnetic Transients) 시뮬레이션으로 구현 시 많은 연산시간을 요구하므로 시간 단축을 위한 가속설계가 반드시 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 스위칭 함수를 이용한 등가 모델을 이용하여 각 암을 하나의 전압원으로 단순화하였다. 본 가속모델의 유효성을 검증하기 위해 PSCAD/EMTDC에서 제공하는 반도체 스위치를 이용한 모델과 비교하여 시뮬레이션 수행시간을 비교하였다.