• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2000년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.355-359
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• 2000

This paper deal with the harmonic reduction technique in three-phase square-wave inverter system formed by single-phase inverter. To reduce the harmonics six single-phase inverters are used for forming multi-phase inverter and zig-zag connected output transformer for eliminating the harmonic 6(2k-1)$\pm$1 orders. And an ac filter is furnished at output side. Computer simulations show that the THD of the output voltage can be reduced immensely.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.623-630
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• 2009

This paper proposes a filter design guideline for grid-connected single-phase inverters. By analyzing the instantaneous voltage applied to the filter inductor, the switching ripple current through the filter inductor can be precisely calculated. Therefore, filter inductance can be designed accurately, which guaranties that the switching ripple current will be under the target value. The proposed filter design method is verified by experiment.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.837-845
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• 2011

This paper proposes phase current reconstruction techniques for two-phase two-leg and two-phase four-leg inverters using a single current sensor. In the proposed methods, one phase current is sampled simultaneously with a particular branch current by using only one current sensor, and then current reconstruction algorithms are applied to extract the information on two phase currents from the sensor output. The sampled current information is periodically updated at the peak and the valley of the triangular carrier waveform in each switching cycle of pulse-width modulation (PWM). The voltage vector spaces where the phase currents can be reconstructed are evaluated. Compared to the existing method using two individual current sensors in two phases, the proposed schemes can save implementation cost since it is possible to remove one current sensor. In addition, the proposed methods are free from gain discrepancy issues between two current sensors. Simulations and experiments show excellent current reconstruction performance of the proposed methods.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제58권3호
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• pp.523-530
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• 2009

This paper presents a study on a small scale single-phase UPFC preliminary researches on power quality compensating schemes of electrical railway. As the UPFC is very complicated power-electronic system consisting of grid-connected transformers, four single phase inverters interconnected with dc-link capacitors and various electrical apparatuses, multiple controllers and control algorithms are needed, and entire UPFC has been modelled in the form of block diagrams and simulated by using Simulink. The main purpose of the compensating system is to manage reactive and active powers with the four single phase inverters, so, the control effort has been focused on the power flow control and has been realized through the hysteresis current control of the single phase inverters. And transport-delayed PLL with additional delay-time compensating term has been used to synchronize a grid voltage and the simulation results have shown that the compensating term could improve PLL performance under some frequency variation of the voltage.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.1517-1523
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• 2015

The wavelet PWM (WPWM) technique has been applied in two-level inverters successfully, but directly applying the WPWM technique to three-level inverters is impossible. This paper proposes a WPWM technique suitable for a single-phase three-level inverter. The work analyzes the control strategy with the WPWM and obtains the design of its parameters. Compared with the SPWM technique for a single-phase three-level inverter under the same conditions, the WPWM can obtain high magnitudes of the output fundamental frequency component, low total harmonic distortion, and simpler digital implementation. The feasibility experiment is given to verify of the proposed WPWM technique.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.364-371
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• 2007

본 논문은 단상하프브릿지 구조를 갖는 계통연계형 전압형 PWM 인버터를 위한 필터설계를 목적으로 한다. 단상하프브릿지 전압형 PWM 인버터의 교류출력단 전압과 계통전압의 관계를 분석하여 필터 인덕터에 순시적으로 인가되는 전압의 특징적인 관계를 정성적 및 정량적으로 파악하였다. 또한 교류출력단 전압의 분석을 기초로 하여 필터인덕터에 흐르는 스위칭리플전류의 크기를 정량적으로 구하였다. 이러한 분석을 기초로 하여 계통주입전류의 기본파성분에 대한 스위칭리플전류의 비율을 평가함수로 하는 필터인덕터의 설계법을 제시하였다. 제안된 설계방법을 시뮬레이션 및 실험을 통하여 검증한다.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.346-353
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• 2007

본 논문은 단상풀브릿지 구조를 갖는 계통연계형 전압형 PWM 인버터를 위한 필터설계를 목적으로 한다. 단상풀브릿지 전압형 PWM 인버터의 교류출력단 전압과 계통전압의 관계를 분석하여 필터인덕터에 순시적으로 인가되는 전압의 특징적인 관계를 정성적 및 정량적으로 파악하였다. 교류출력단 전압의 분석을 기초로 하여 필터인덕터에 흐르는 스위칭리플전류의 크기를 정량적으로 구하였다. 이러한 분석을 기초로 하여 계통주입전류의 기본파성분에 대한 리플전류의 비율을 평가함수로 하는 필터인덕터의 설계법을 제시하였다. 제안된 설계방법을 시뮬레이션 및 실험을 통하여 검증하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.498-511
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• 2016

This paper presents a single-phase five-level inverter controlled by two novel pulse width modulation (PWM) switching techniques. The proposed PWM techniques are designed based on minimum switching power loss and minimum total harmonic distortion (THD). In a single-phase five-level inverter employing six switches, the first proposed PWM technique requires four switches to operate at switching frequency and two other switches to operate at line frequency. The second proposed PWM technique requires only two switches to operate at switching frequency and the rest of the switches to operate at line frequency. Compared with conventional PWM techniques for single-phase five-level inverters, the proposed PWM techniques offer high efficiency and low harmonic components in the output voltage. The validity of the proposed PWM switching techniques in controlling single-phase five-level inverters to regulate load voltage is verified experimentally using a 100 V, 500 W laboratory prototype controlled by dspace 1103.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.56-62
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• 2022

In this paper, the effect of pulse width modulation methods on thermal loadings and power losses of single-phase five-level NPC inverters for photovoltaic systems are analyzed. The pulse width modulation methods affect the power losses of the NPC inverters and thus lead to different thermal loadings of NPC inverters. To identify the reliability-critical power device with respect to thermal stress, the thermal loadings of I- and T-type NPC inverters are analyzed by applying the unipolar pulse modulation method. Then, the effect of the discontinuous pulse width modulation method on power losses and thermal loadings of power devices of I- and T-type NPC inverters are analyzed. Finally, the operation of NPC inverters applying the discontinuous pulse modulation method is confirmed by experiments. The results show that the discontinuous pulse modulation method is able to improve the reliability of NPC inverters by reducing thermal loadings of reliability-critical power devices and it is more effective for T-type NPC inverters than I-type NPC inverters.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.221-227
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• 2022

The reliability improvement of PV systems is an important factor in reducing the cost of PV energy because it is closely related to the annual energy production as well as the maintenance cost of PV systems. The reliability of PV inverters plays a key role in the reliability of PV systems because it is regarded as one of the most reliable critical parts of PV systems. The lifetime evaluation of PV inverters considering the mission profile in the design phase plays an important role in reliability design to ensure the required lifetime of PV inverters. In this paper, the lifetime of representative single-phase T-type and I-type NPC inverters are comparatively evaluated by considering the mission profile of a PV system recorded at Iza, Spain. Furthermore, the effect of the pulse width modulation methods on the lifetime is also discussed. The lifetime evaluation of PV inverters is performed at the component-level first and then the system level by considering all power devices.