• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.53 no.4
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• pp.234-234
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• 2004

Measuring ground resistance has been a popular method of evaluation of the grounding electrode performance. If some portions of grounding electrodes are lost by corrosion, aging or other reasons, consequent deteriotation of the grounding performance would be resulted. It is one of the reasons why it is required to evaluate the performance of grounding systems regularly. However, in case of the electric facilities with multi-grounded system such as power substations with multi-grounded overhead ground wires and/or distribution line neutrals, it is practically difficult to disconnect neutrals or skywires from the substation grounding mesh for the ground resistance measurement. In this paper, a method for the grounding performance measurement of multi-grounded systems, which is based on the measuring ground current distributions, has been proposed. A field test results has shown the validity of the proposed test method.

• KIEE International Transactions on Electrophysics and Applications
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• v.3C no.6
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• pp.224-229
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• 2003

An ultra high frequency (UHF) coupler possessing ultra wide band (UWB) characteristics ranging from hundreds of MHz to several GHz is desirable for the detection of the partial discharge (PD) pulses because the pulses propagate with rise time shorter than one nanosecond in a gas-insulated substation (GIS). Thus, the authors have proposed a log-periodic antenna for GIS PD detection. Various parameters of the coupler such as frequency bandwidth, coupler gain, radiation pattern, and coupler geometry were considered throughout the simulations. The experiments for the detection characteristics of the coupler were carried out in the mock-up GIS chamber. The results indicated that the detection characteristics of the coupler are dependent on the installation angle of the coupler, the position of the coupler in the hand hole and the existence of the spacer.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.07c
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• pp.1039-1041
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• 1998

This paper presents a practical fuzzy expert system to diagnose various faults occurred in local power systems. This integrated system can diagnose all faults occurred in a transmission network and substations. In this paper. the fuzzy reasoning of the diagnostic process is discussed in detail. The discrimination of false operations and non-operations of protective devices as well as the fault identification scheme are also analyzed together with the fuzzy inference process.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.360-362
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• 2003

In operation of distribution system, DGs(Distributed Generations) are installed as an alternative of extension and establishment of substations, transmission and distribution lines according to increasing power demand. Optimal capacity and allocation of DGs improve power quality and reliability. This paper proposes a method for determining the optimal number, size and allocation of DGs needed to minimize operation cost of distribution system. Capacity of DGs for economic operation of distribution system can be estimated by the load growth and line capacity during operation planning duration. DG allocations are determined to minimize total cost with failure rate and annual reliability cost of each load point using GA(Genetic Algorithm).

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.45 no.6
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• pp.821-835
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• 2013

The acceleration that the electrical equipment experiences on a structure can be several times the ground acceleration. Currently, substation support structures are being designed according to ASCE (Substation Structure Design Guide 2008), without any consideration about effects of these structures on dynamic behavior of mounted equipment. In this paper, a parametric study is implemented in order to improve seismic design of candlestick substation structures based on this design guide. To do this, dynamic amplification factor (DAF) of different candlestick support-equipment combinations is evaluated and compared to the target DAF presented in IEEE STD 693 (2006). Based on this procedure, a new criterion is developed to restrict maximum acceleration at support-equipment intersection.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.13-18
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• 2009

Because the existing Human-Machine Interface (HMI) for the conventional substation cannot dynamically indicate the configuration information of the Substation Automation System (SAS). In this paper, an intelligent station HMI is proposed for IEC 61850 based substation. The program of the proposed HMI not only can automatically generate the layout of single line diagram, but can also indicate the communication network and functions of IEDs by reading SCL files. It greatly helps monitor the operation status, communication network and each IED dynamically, such as failure detection in SAS. Furthermore, this paper presents the possibility of developing new software for SAS with the full use of IEC 61850-6. Once the software is complete, there is no need to change it when the substation is upgraded or when it is migrated to other IEC 61850 based substations, which is a cost-effective solution.

• KIEE International Transactions on Power Engineering
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• v.5A no.1
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• pp.9-15
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• 2005

In the operation of distribution systems, DGs (Distributed Generations) are installed as an alternative to extension and the establishment of substations, transmission and distribution lines according to the increasing power demand. In the operation planning of DGs, determining optimal capacity and allocation achieves economical profitability and improves the reliability of power distribution systems. This paper proposes a determining method for the optimal number, size and allocation of DGs in order to minimize the operation costs of distribution systems. Capacity and allocation of DGs for economical operation planning duration are determined to minimize total cost composed with power buying cost, operation cost of DGs, loss cost and outage cost using the GA (Genetic Algorithm).

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07c
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• pp.1615-1617
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• 2003

건설 중인 한국전력공사 765 kV 신태백 및 신가평변전소 GIS에 적용한 UHF 부분방전 센서의 사양을 제시하고 이에 대한 설명을 하였다. 또한 765 kV GIS에 센서를 취부하여 시험을 통해 센서의 주파수 특성시험과 감도 특성시험을 하였다. 아울러 센서성능을 측정하는 데에 필요한 장치와 회로를 보였고 시험결과를 이용하여 한전 사양을 충족시키는 방안을 제시하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.97-99
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• 2003

This paper deals with optimal voltage regulation methods of line voltage regulator(SVR : Step Voltage Regulator) in power distribution systems. In order to deliver suitable voltages to as many customers as possible, the optimal sending voltage of SVR should be decided by the effective operation of voltage regulators at the distribution feeders and substations. In this paper, a new voltage regulation method based on the existing method is presented and an optimal coordination method of multiple voltage regulators is extended. The results from a case study show that the proposed methods can be a practical tool for the voltage regulation in distribution systems.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1993.07a
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• pp.424-426
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• 1993

Main function of distribution automation system can be summarized as feeder automation, telemetering, load control and facility information management. But in most cases, one or two of the above mentioned functions are developed in one distribution automation system. Which function to be developed in the automation system depends on the distribution system's characteristics. The title KODAS means $\underline{KO}$rea $\underline{D}$istribution $\underline{A}$utomation $\underline{S}$ystem. Management Korea for KODAS is central control station of distribution system, which is composed of several substations. This paper describes computer system, software tools, data base design data acqusition scheme and information flow.