• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.1259-1269
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• 2019

PV system performance is dependent on different irradiations and temperature values in addition to the capability of the employed PV inverter / maximum power point tracker (MPPT) circuit or algorithm. Therefore, it would be appropriate to use a PV simulator capable of producing identical repeatable conditions regardless of the weather to evaluate the performance of inverter / MPPT circuits and algorithms. In accordance with this purpose, a photovoltaic (PV) array simulator is presented in this paper. The simulator is designed to generate current-voltage (I-V) and power-voltage (P-V) curves of a PV panel. Series connected cascaded modules constitute the basic part of the simulator. This feature also allows for the modeling of PV arrays since the number of modules can be increased and high voltage values can be reached with the simulator. In addition, the curves obtained at the simulator output become similar to the actual curves of sample PV panels with an increase in the number of modules. In order to show the validity of the proposed simulator, it was simulated for various situations such as panels under full irradiance and partial shading conditions. After completing simulations, experiments were realized to support the simulation study. Both simulation and experimental results show that the proposed simulator will be very useful for researchers to carry out PV studies under laboratory conditions.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.103-106
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• 2009

In this paper, the implemented photovoltaic array simulator is the power supply based on a common photovoltaic characteristic. This simulator is consisted of a common DC power supply and PC for controlling output. User can select the number of PV modules and solar radiation energy and then can get output whatever user wants. This simulator is a very helpful system to PV generating test and unexpensive than the existing PV simulators.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.1123-1130
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• 2018

Voltage stabilization is an essential component of power quality in low voltage DC (LVDC) microgrid. The microgrid demands the interconnection of a number of small distributed power resources, including variable renewable generators. Therefore, the voltage can be maintained in a stable manner through the control of these distributed generators. In this study, we did research on the new advanced operating method for a photovoltaic (PV) simulator in order to achieve interconnection to a bipolar LVDC microgrid. The validity of this voltage stabilization method, using the distributed generators, is experimentally verified. The test LVDC microgrid is configured by connecting the developed PV simulator and DC load, DC line, and AC/DC rectifier for connecting the main AC grid. The new advanced control method is applied to the developed PV simulator for the bipolar LVDC grid in order to stabilize the gird voltage. Using simulation results, the stabilization of the grid voltage by PV simulator using the proposed control method is confirmed the through the simulation results in various operation scenarios.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2007

In this paper, we analyzed the elements of measurement uncertainty on electrical performance test which are the most important things in photovoltaic module performance test. Repeating the performance test by 6 men, the measurement uncertainty could be calculated. In this experiment, Solar Simulator (A-Class pulse type) used for domestic certificate test of PV module is Pasan IIIb (Balval, Switzerland). The possible elements of the measurement uncertain that could effect electrical performance test of PV module are reference cell, spectrum correction, error from measurement repetition, test condition, stability and uniformity of artificial solar simulator. To find the measurement uncertainty, 6 men repeated the test by 10 times. And the results were that numerical average value was 124.44W and measurement uncertainty was $124.44W{\pm}0.36W$ with 95% confidence level for 125W PV module(KD-5125).

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2006년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.7
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• pp.5-7
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• 2006

In this paper, we analyzed the elements of measurement uncertainty on electrical performance test which are the most important things in photovoltaic module performance test. Repeating the performance test by 6 men, the measurement uncertainty could be calculated. In this experiment, Solar Simulator (A-Class pulse type) used for domestic certificate test of PV module is Pasan IIIb (Balval, Switzerland). The possible elements of the measurement uncertain that could effect electrical performance test of PV module are reference cell, spectrum correction, error from measurement repetition, test condition, stability and uniformity of artificial solar simulator. To find the measurement uncertainty, 6 men repeated the test by 10 times. And the results were that numerical average value was 124.44W and measurement uncertainty was $124.44W{\pm}0.75W$ with 95% confidence level for 125W PV module.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제61권3호
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• pp.361-366
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• 2012

This paper analyzes the THD(Total Harmonics Distortion) according to output power fluctuation of photovoltaic(PV) systems using real time simulator. For being close to reality, the PV system including inverter and MPPT(Maximum Power Point Tracking) which composed of closed-loop using real-time simulator are modeled. The change of irradiance and temperature of PV module is modeled to consider the change of weather. The various simulations according to the weather conditions are performed and THD is calculated at each condition. In this paper, the results by off-line simulation are compared with the ones of real time simulation.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.1018-1025
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• 2015

This paper proposes a methodological scheme for the photovoltaic (PV) simulator design. With the advantages of a digital controller system, linear interpolation is proposed for precise fitting with higher computational efficiency. A novel control strategy that directly tackles two different duty cycles is proposed and implemented to achieve a full-range operation including short circuit (SC) and open circuit (OC) conditions. Systematic design procedures for both hardware and algorithm are explained, and a prototype is built. Experimental results confirm an accurate steady state performance under different load conditions, including SC and OC. This low power apparatus can be adopted for PV education and research with a limited budget.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2005

This paper summarizes the results of these efforts by offering a photovoltaic system structure in 50kW middle scale applications installed in Cho-sun University dormitory roof. The combination of photovoltaic system components are interconnected and system monitoring system will be summarized for the purpose of the increasing safety in this article. This paper describes configuration of utility interactive photovoltaic system which generated electric power supplies to dormitory. In order to installing the middle or large scale photovoltaic system, It must investigated the optimal design of system, compute quantity of power generation, economic rate of return and so on. In this paper represent 50kW utility photovoltaic system examination and developed simulation results. The performance of photovoltaic system has been evaluated and analyzed with simulation. The results obtained in this research will be much useful to prior investigation for installing utility interactive photovoltaic system.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.259-264
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• 2003

Photovoltaic (PV) array, which is generally installed outside, has the possibility of being damaged by high voltage due to lightning. primarily because the electrical characteristics of PV array have not been fully identified by lightning yet, there is a very important issue whether PV array should be connected with a ground or not. In this paper, a basic model of PV array is provided considering the PV cell's barrier capacitance and ground capacitance for analysis of electrical characteristics by lightning.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.444-453
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• 2017

기존 RTDS를 이용한 PV PHIL(Power-Hardware-In-Loop) Simulator는 확장성과 유연성의 문제로 인하여 일반 DC Amplifier를 이용한 많은 연구가 진행되었으나, PV Inverter와 연계할 경우에 과도 상태의 출력이 발생하여 안정성과 PV Inverter의 성능 개선이 불가능하였다. 따라서, 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 본 논문에서는 PV PHILS의 출력 성능 향상과 안정적인 운영이 이루어질 수 있는 제어 알고리즘을 제안한다. 즉, 이 제어 알고리즘은 DC Amplifier의 전기적 출력 특성을 극복하기 위해 정전압(CV), 정전류(CC) 상태에 따라 전압, 전류의 목표 값을 제어하고 각 장치별 특성 고려한 Multi-rate 기반의 특성을 갖는다. 먼저, PV Array의 수학적인 모델링과 DC Amplifier 그리고 DC 전력측정용 Isolated 장치와 통합하여 실시간 처리 기반의 장치로 구성하였고, 제안한 알고리즘이 적용된 PV PHILS와 실제 계통에 연계된 PV Inverter를 이용한 성능시험을 통해서, 그 결과가 기존 방법에 대비해 우수성 및 유용성을 입증하였다.