• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.83-84
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• 2008

Voltage fluctuation, also known as flicker, is a power quality problem caused by nonlinear loads like electric arc furnace. Since it is interpreted as a variation of the supplied electrical energy, it causes the residential customers to feel much annoyed visually through the lamps. Due to the statistical nature of IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) short-term flicker severity index, Pst, it is not feasible to pre-evaluate the flicker level using the transient power system simulators such as Sim Power System in Matlab/Simulink. So this paper presents not only how to design the Matlab/Simulink IEC flickermeter to yield the Pst value, which considering electric distribution environments of South Korea, but also how to mitigate the voltage flicker at the Point of Common Coupling (PCC). In order to achieve this, the flicker mitigation efficiencies of various compensating devices, such as Static Var Compensator (SVC), STATCOM will be applied and compared. The simulated result demonstrates which compensating equipment is the most efficient method to mitigate the flicker phenomenon.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.408-409
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• 2015

한국전력공사에서는 2015년 4월말 기준 808개의 변전소를 운전 중에 있다. 변압기 용량으로 보면 299,734MVA에 달하고 있으며, 매년 증가하는 전력수요에 맞추어 신규 변전소 건설과 더불어 변전설비가 계속하여 확충되고 있다. 또한, 계절별 및 시간대별 부하변동에 따른 변전소 모선의 전압변동에 대응하기 위하여 Sh.C(Shunt Condenser), Sh.R(Shunt Reactor), SVC(Static Var Compensator) 등 다양한 무효전력보상 및 조절 설비들이 지속적으로 설치되고 있다. 이들 무효전력보상 설비들은 주로 변전소 모선에 전용 차단기를 통하여 연결되어 운전되고 있으며, 전용 차단기는 매일 시간대별 부하변동에 대응하여 개폐빈도가 많은 다빈도 차단기로서 잦은 개폐조작에 따른 내구성이 필요하며 변전소 모선전압을 기준전압 범위 이내로 안정적으로 유지하기 위한 신뢰성이 요구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 345kV Sh.R 개폐용 동일유형의 345kV 50kA 1점절 다빈도 차단기에서 차단조작시 발생한 차단부 절연파괴 고장의 원인을 분석하고 재발방지를 위한 대책에 대하여 논하였다.

• The Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.101-107
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• 1996

This paper proposed the voltage compensation analysis method in distribution system by EMTP. SVC (Static Var Compensator) of the thyristor controlled reactor type is used for compensation system. EMTP(E1ectr-o Magnetic Transient Program) model of SVC is proposed to analysis the voltage improvement characteristics at the high voltage system bus. It is composed with three parts ; rms detector, voltage regulator and gate pulse generator. The control signal of TCR is determined by rms value which was measured in system. As the result of EMTP simulation, all of the SVC characteristics like TCR current, firing pulse and bus voltage is very reliable. This method could be used to analysis the planning and the operation of compensation system in the large scale factory.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.65 no.5
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• pp.760-768
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• 2016

Recently, as one of the policies for carbon free operation method of independent power system replacing diesel generator with renewable energy such as wind power and photovoltaic(PV) system has been presented. Therefore, this paper proposes an operation algorithm and modeling of independent power system by considering CVCF(constant voltage constant frequency) ESS(energy storage system) for constant frequency and voltage, LC(load control) ESS for demand and supply balancing and SVC(static var compensator) for reactive power compensation. From the simulation results based on the various operation scenario, it is confirmed that proposed operation algorithm and modeling may contribute stable operation and carbon free in independent power system.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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• v.51 no.7
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• pp.317-326
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• 2002

In this paper, a methodology for optimal PI supplementary controller using the modified genetic algorithm has been proposed to the oscillation damping in HDVC transmission system. These study processes are summarized as the formulation for load flow calculation in HVDC transmission system with SVC, the investigations on the basic control in HVDC system, the mathematical modeling for dynamic characteristics analyses, and the optimal design of MGA based PI controller generation the supplementary control signal of SVC. Its properties were verified through a series of computer simulations including dynamic stability. It means that the application of MGA-PI controller in HVDC transmission system can contribute the propriety to the improvement of the stability in HVDC transmission system and the design of MGA-OI controller has been proved indispensible when applied to HVDC transmission system.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.62 no.1
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• pp.8-20
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• 2013

This paper deals with the concept design of HVDC system for controlling AC network reactive power. HVDC system can control active power and reactive power and the control concept of reactive power is similar to SVC(Static Var Compensator). Reactive power is controlled by adjusting firing angle of HVDC system under the condition that AC filters are switched. Reactive power depends on AC voltage condition, considering the steady-state and transient state to maintain the stable operation of AC network in the viewpoint of voltage stability. Therefore, in the design stage of HVDC, the reactive power required in the AC network must be considered. For the calculation of operation angle in HVDC system, the expected reactive power demand and supply status is examined at each AC system bus. The required reactive power affects the determination of the operation angle of HVDC. That is, the range of "control deadband" of operation angle should have the capability supplying the required reactive power. Finally, the reactive power control concepts is applied to 1GW BTB Pyeongtaek-Dangjin HVDC system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2004.07a
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• pp.280-283
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• 2004

This paper discribes the design concept, fabrication process and measuring result of 2.5kV Gate Commutated Thyristor devices. Integrated gate commutated thyristors(IGCTs) is the new power semiconductor device used for high power inverter, converter, static var compensator(SVC) etc. Most of the ordinary GTOs(gate turn-off thyristors) are designed as non-punch-through(NPT) concept; i.e. the electric field is reduced to zero within the N-base region. In this paper, we propose transparent anode structure for fast turn-off characteristics. And also, to reach high breakdown voltage, we used 2-stage bevel structure. Bevel angle is very important for high power devices, such as thyristor structure devices. For cathode topology, we designed 430 cathode fingers. Each finger has designed $200{\mu}m$ width and $2600{\mu}m$ length. The breakdown voltage between cathode and anode contact of this fabricated GCT device is 2,715V.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.624-631
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• 2011

In this paper, the RCF method is used in sensitivity analysis problems of the discrete power systems including both series FACTS equipments such as TCSC in transmission lines and generator controllers such as Exciter and PSS in generator terminal. To apply the RCF method in small signal stability problems of discrete power systems, state transition equations of controllers and TCSC are derived and the sensitivity calculation algorithm using state transition equations in discrete time domain is devised. The results of eigenvalue analysis showed that the variations of eigenvalues after periodic switching operations of TCSC can be calculated exactly by the RCF method and the change of firing angles in TCSC have important effect to determine the stability of power systems.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.45-53
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• 2003

This paper presents a study on the power factor improvement of V47- 660 [kW] Wind Turbine Generation System (WTGS) in Jeju wind farm, as a model system in this paper. In this system, the power factor correction is controlled by the conventional method with power condensor banks. Also, this system has only four bank steps, and each one capacitor bank step is cut in every one second when the generator has been cut in. This means that it is difficult to compensate the reactive power exactly according to the variation of them. Actually, model system has very low power factor in the area of low wind speed, which is almost from 4 to 6 [m/s]. This is caused by the power factor correction using power condenser bank. To improve the power factor in the area of low wind speed, we used the static var compensator(SVC) using current controlled PWM power converter using IGBT switching device. Finally, to verify the proposed method, the results of computer simulation using Psim program are presented to support the discussions.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.179-190
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• 2010

This paper describes a new stochastic heuristic algorithm in engineering problem optimization especially in power system applications. An improved particle swarm optimization (PSO) called adaptive particle swarm optimization (APSO), mixed with simulated annealing (SA), is introduced and referred to as APSO-SA. This algorithm uses a novel PSO algorithm (APSO) to increase the convergence rate and incorporate the ability of SA to avoid being trapped in a local optimum. The APSO-SA algorithm efficiency is verified using some benchmark functions. This paper presents the application of APSO-SA to find the optimal location, type and size of flexible AC transmission system devices. Two types of FACTS devices, the thyristor controlled series capacitor (TCSC) and the static VAR compensator (SVC), are considered. The main objectives of the presented method are increasing the voltage stability index and over load factor, decreasing the cost of investment and total real power losses in the power system. In this regard, two cases are considered: single-type devices (same type of FACTS devices) and multi-type devices (combination of TCSC, SVC). Using the proposed method, the locations, type and sizes of FACTS devices are obtained to reach the optimal objective function. The APSO-SA is used to solve the above non.linear programming optimization problem for better accuracy and fast convergence and its results are compared with results of conventional PSO. The presented method expands the search space, improves performance and accelerates to the speed convergence, in comparison with the conventional PSO algorithm. The optimization results are compared with the standard PSO method. This comparison confirms the efficiency and validity of the proposed method. The proposed approach is examined and tested on IEEE 14 bus systems by MATLAB software. Numerical results demonstrate that the APSO-SA is fast and has a much lower computational cost.