• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.23-31
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• 2024

This paper addresses the enhancement of long-endurance solar-powered aircraft through the integration of a rechargeable battery and Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) controller. Traditional long-endurance aircraft often rely on non-renewable energy sourcessuch as batteries orjetfuel, contributing to carbon emissions. The proposed system aims to mitigate these environmental impacts by harnessing solar energy and efficiently managing its storage and utilization. The MPPT controller optimizes the power output of photovoltaic cells, enabling simultaneous charging and discharging of the battery for propulsion and servo control. A prototype is presented to illustrate the practical implementation and functionality of the proposed design, marking a promising step towards more sustainable and enduring solar-powered flight.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.04c
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• pp.131-133
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• 2008

In this paper, the control method of extracting maximum power from the seaflow energy is proposed. This Paper describes a variable speed seaflow generation system with Permanent magnet synchronous motor, bridge rectifier, buck-boost converter and Fuzzy controller. In this Proposed seaflow generation system, the duty ratio of buck-boost converter is controlled by the fuzzy controller. An advantage of MPPT control method presented in this paper don't need to use the characteristic of seaflow turbine at various seaflow speed and measure the tidal speed and the rotating speed of tidal turbine. Therefore, the Proposed system has the characteristics of lower cost, higher efficiency and lower complexity. The effectiveness of algorithm is simulated based on Matlab Simulink.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.412-415
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• 2015

This paper presents a MPPT(Maximum Power Point Tracking) control CMOS interface circuit for vibration energy harvesting. The proposed circuit consists of an AC-DC converter, MPPT Controller, DC-DC boost converter and PMU(Power Management Unit). The AC-DC converter rectifies the AC signals from vibration devices(PZT). MPPT controller is employed to harvest the maximum power from the PZT and increase efficiency of overall system. The DC-DC boost converter generates a boosted and regulated output at a predefined level and provides energy to load using PMU. A full-wave rectifier using active diodes is used as the AC-DC converter for high efficiency, and a schottky diode type DC-DC boost converter is used for a simple control circuitry. The proposed circuit has been designed in a 0.35um CMOS process. The chip area is $950um{\times}920um$.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.53-59
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• 2007

Now, the study is activity that the energy market depending on a fossil fuel tend to change different way. In middle of the study compositive use of renewable energy(fuel cell and wind power, solar cell, etc.) is dispersion power system which concern is increasing. But in the case of generation of electric wind power system is changeable to be turbulence and wind and win speed are changeable in several seconds, so making the best of wind energy the MPPT that role in this case is important. In this paper suggest a MPPT which is making a use of information of wind speed and turning speed, windmill, electric power but it is simpler than former way. We could verify that a proposed controller working at the highest point of electric power when wind speed is regular speed and changable speed through the simulation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2014.10a
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• pp.581-584
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• 2014

In this paper, a micro-scale photovoltaic(PV) energy harvesting system is proposed where an MPPT(Maximum Power Point Tracking) control is implemented using an energy distribution technique. Miniature PV cells output very low energy and low voltages, and thus, they cannot be used to directly power the MPPT controller. In the proposed system, a start-up circuit boosts an internal Vcp, and the boosted Vcp is used to operate the internal MPPT control block. When the Vcp reaches a predefined value, a detector circuit makes the start-up block turn off and provide a power converter with the energy from the PV cell. When the Vcp decreases such that the MPPT controller can not be operated, the energy transferred to the power converter is blocked and the start-up circuit is reactivated. In this way, the MPPT function is achieved by alternately operating the start-up circuit and the power converter using the energy distribution technique, and the harvested energy is transferred to a load through a PMU(Power Management Unit). The proposed circuit is designed in a 0.35um CMOS process and its functionality has been verified through extensive simulations. The designed chip area including pads is $1430um{\times}1110um$.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.155-157
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• 2005

This paper shows how to design a MPPT control of PV system using neural network PI self tuning. The conventional self-tuning methods have the voltage control problem of nonlinear PV system which can't adapt against any kinds of noise or operation circumstances. In this paper, supposed to solve these problem to PI parameters controller algorithm using ANN. In the proposed algorithm, the parameters of the controller were adjusted to reduce by on-line system the error of the output voltage of DC-DC chopper. In this process, EBPA NN was constituted to an output error value of a DC-DC chopper and conspired an input and output. The performance of the self-tuning controller is compared with that of the PI controller tuned by conventional method. The effectiveness of the proposed control method is verified thought the Matlab Simulink.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2014.10a
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• pp.577-580
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• 2014

In this paper an auto-switching dual-input energy harvesting circuit is proposed. Since the maximum power points of a thermoelectric generator(TEG) output and a vibration device(PEG) output is 1/2 of their open-circuit voltage, an identical MPPT controller can be used for both energy sources. The proposed circuit monitors the outputs of the TEG and PEG, and chooses the energy source generating a higher output using an auto-switching controller, and then harvests the maximum power from the selected device using a MPPT controller. The harvested energy is boosted through a charge pump and stored in a storage capacitor. The stored energy is provided to a load through a PMU(Power Management Unit). The proposed circuit is designed in a $0.35{\mu}m$ CMOS process and its functionality has been verified through extensive simulations. The designed chip occupies $1.4mm{\times}1.2mm$ including pads.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.140-141
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• 2011

본 논문은 MPPT가 가능한 세 개의 단상 인버터를 삼상(3상 4선) 인버터로 구성하고, 부하 종단의 역조 방지 검출 장비와 연동 운전하여 전체 시스템의 역조 및 역률 제어가 가능한 태양광 발전 시스템 개발에 대한 것이다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.250-251
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• 2010

본 연구는 수평축(horizontal axis) 풍력 터빈에 의해서 수직축 발전기를 운전하는 구조 및 그 운전 방식에 관한 것으로서 바람에 의해 수평축 터빈 로터로 입력된 회전력을 기계적으로 두 개의 수직축 회전 성분으로 변환하여 이들로부터 전기 에너지를 얻어내고 필요에 따라 터빈 날개가 바람이 부는 방향을 향하도록 yaw-axis 제어를 하는 기술에 관한 것이다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2019.07a
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• pp.489-490
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 태양광 벅 컨버터 제어기에 P&O 알고리즘을 이용하면서 MPPT 알고리즘의 추적 속도를 올리기 위한 최적 태양전지 전압 제어기 설계방법에 대해 제안한다. 제안된 제어기에서는 외부 루프의 MPPT 제어기의 수행 속도를 얼마나 빠르게 하는지에 대한 이론적인 방법을 제시하고 업데이트 주기를 0.1[sec] 이하로 줄이는 것을 목표로 전압제어기는 오버슈트가 업고, 빠른 상승시간을 갖도록 설계하여 MPPT 제어기의 추적 속도를 향상시키는 제어기법을 제안하고, 설계된 제어기 이득을 PSIM 시뮬레이션을 통해 제어기 성능을 검증한다.