• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.618-626
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• 2011

Solar cell is one of the most important new renewable energy for future energy generation. This paper presents a novel two stage DC/DC converter topology for PV PCSs. The proposed converter consists of an interleaved boost converter and a two-tank LLC resonant converter which is connected in parallel in primary and series in secondary. The main idea of this topology is that the system can achieve either unilateral or bilateral operations due to the input voltage level of the PV module, which leads to a better performance. The operating schemes on the proposed converter are analyzed and described. A 2.2kW prototype product is built, tested and verified.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.14-21
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• 2009

The demand and installation for photovoltaic system(namely, PV) has grown steadily in Korea. However, the PV system has a various economic viability according to the PV system characteristic variables such as inverter efficiency, miscellaneous power conditioning losses, azimuth and slope of PV array, PV tracking mode, and so on. The other variables are the monthly consumed electric energy and economic related factor such as initial cost, government subsidy, maintenance cost, inflation rate, energy cost escalation rate, discount rate, etc. Therefore, this study is to present economic evaluation of PV system with those concerned factors by calculating internal rate of return, year-to-positive cash flow and net present value indices.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.916-921
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• 2004

This paper describes microprocessor-based control of photovoltaic power conditioning system. where the microprocessor is responsible for control of output power in accordance with the generated array DC power. The microprocessor includes the control algorithm of maximum power point tracking and converter control algorithm. In this power, we have designed a MPPT(Maximum Power Point Tracker) algorithm with environment factors and a PWM(Pulse Width Modulation) algorithm for high efficiency. The controller has been tested in the laboratory with the power conditioner and shows excellent performance.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.07a
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• pp.399-400
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 고전력 밀도 및 저가형으로 구현이 가능한 새로운 구조의 계통 연계형 태양광 인버터 시스템을 제안한다. 제안된 시스템은 태양전지의 최대 전력점 추종기능과 배터리의 충 방전 기능을 통합하여 기존 3단 구성을 2단으로 줄임으로써 시스템 제작단가가 낮아지고 고전력 밀도 구성이 가능하다. 제안 시스템의 우수성과 신뢰성 검증을 위하여 1.5kW급 PV PCS 시작품을 제작하고 이를 이용한 실험결과를 바탕으로 제안 시스템의 타당성을 검증한다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.22-28
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• 2006

Establishment of practicalization technologies is becoming more important as dissemination of domestic PV system has been increased. To improve performance through PV system optimization, this paper presents loss factors analysis of PV system based on results of field operational test. Also, as simulation results are compared with actual operational ones, the main loss factors of PV system due to performance degradation are reviewed.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.219-221
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• 2006

This paper presents the performance results of 50kW grid-connected PV (Photovoltaic) system for monitoring periods. Form these performance monitoring results, the PV system performance has been evaluated and analyzed for component perspective (PV array and power conditioning unit) and global perspective (system efficiency, capacity factor, and electrical power energy and power quality etc.).

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2003.07b
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• pp.516-519
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• 2003

3kW photovoltaic (PV) systems and data acquisition system are constructed for performance analysis of PV system at field demonstration test center (FDTC) of Korea. As climatic and irradiation conditions are varied, the performance characteristics of PV system are collected and analyzed in data acquisition system. From these results, the performances of gird-connected power conditioning system (PCS) fur PV system have been evaluated and analyzed. Furthermore, performance indices of grid-connected PCS e.g. output power, efficiency, loss factor, and the other index at the site are reviewed.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07b
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• pp.1165-1166
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• 2006

This paper presents performance monitoring results of large scale photovoltaic (PV) system supported by general dissemination & regional energy program in korea government polices for new and renewable energy resources. 80kW PV system and monitoring system is constructed and monitored PV system performance to observe the overall effect of environmental conditions on their operation characteristics. The PV system performance has been evaluated and analyzed for component perspective (PV array and power conditioning unit) and global perspective (system efficiency, capacity factor, and electrical power energy and power quality etc.) for six month monitoring periods.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.253-254
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 고 전력밀도 및 저가형으로 구성 가능한 새로운 구조의 계통 연계형 태양광 인버터 시스템을 제안한다. 제안 시스템은 태양전지의 최대 전력점 추종기능과 배터리의 충 방전 기능을 단일 전력단으로 구성함으로써, 고 전력밀도 및 저가격형 시스템 구성이 가능하다. 또한, 제안 시스템은 배터리를 링크 캐패시터에 직렬 연결함으로써 링크 캐패시터의 전압 스트레스를 배터리 전압만큼 저감할 수 있으므로 가격저감 효과가 크다. 최종적으로 제안 시스템의 우수성과 신뢰성 검증을 위하여 1.5kW급 태양광 인버터 시스템의 시작품을 제작하였고, 이를 이용한 실험결과를 바탕으로 제안 시스템의 타당성을 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• summer
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• pp.1544-1546
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• 2004

This paper describes the element of solar cell's characteristics, photovoltaic system and solar tracking through experiment. Furthermore, it proposes the experiment results of the PV system is contained solar modules, power conditioning system and the solar tracking system using air compress charging energy The experimental results show that the PV system is always operated at maximum power of solar cells and tracking the sun in order to generate efficiently power generation and propose a capability of its application.