• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2018.07a
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• pp.442-443
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 스위칭 기법에 따른 MMC HVDC 시스템의 고조파 특성을 분석하여, 그 결과를 소개하였다. MMC 토폴로지 기반의 VSC HVDC는 SM(Sub-Module)을 다수를 직렬 연결하여, 이를 개별 제어함으로 써 스위칭 기법에 따라 동일한 수의 SM을 가지고 출력전압의 레벨수를 조정하여 고조파 특성을 개선할 수 있다. (주) 효성에서는 행원 풍력단지에 구축한 20MW HVDC 시스템의 고조파 특성을 분석하기 위하여, 각각 11-level과 21-level의 출력전압을 형성하여 성능 시험을 진행하였다. 본 논문에서는 PSC PWM 방식을 이용하여 출력전압 Level 형성에 따른 고조파 특성 시험에 대한 결과를 소개하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.1367-1379
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• 2015

A hybrid HVDC system that is composed of line commutated converter (LCC) at the rectifier side and voltage source converter (VSC) in series with LCC at the inverter side is studied in this paper. The start-up strategy, DC fault ride-through capability, and fault recovery strategy for the hybrid HVDC system are proposed. The steady state and dynamic performances under start-up, AC fault, and DC fault scenarios are analyzed based on a bipolar hybrid HVDC system. Furthermore, the immunity of the LCC inverter in hybrid HVDC to commutation failure is investigated. The simulation results in PSCAD/EMTDC show that the hybrid HVDC system exhibits favorable steady state and dynamic performances, in particular, low susceptibility to commutation failure, excellent DC fault ride-through, and fast fault recovery capability. Results also indicate that the hybrid HVDC system can be a good alternative for large-capacity power transmission over a long distance byoverhead line.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2020.08a
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• pp.395-396
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• 2020

HVDC(High Voltage Direct Current) 시스템은 무효전력의 독립적인 제어가 가능하여 계통의 안정적인 연계가 가능하다. 또한, 멀티 터미널 DC grid 구성이 가능해 다수의 계통을 통합 연계할 수 있는 장점이 있다. HVDC 시스템은 단위 유닛인 서브모듈로 구성된 MMC(Modular Multi-level Converter) 구조를 갖으며 밸브 단위로 시스템이 구성된다. VSC(Voltage Source Converter) 밸브는 IEC 62501 기반의 규격을 바탕으로 하드웨어 설계의 건전성과 성능을 확인할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 (주)효성이 개발중인 200MW 모듈형 멀티레벨 컨버터 밸브 단위의 성능과 설계의 건전성을 확인하기 위해 밸브단위 운전시험 회로를 구성하였으며, 운전 시험 결과를 분석하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2020.08a
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• pp.322-323
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 전압형 HVDC MMC용 서브모듈을 시험하기 위해 개발된 3kV, 1000A급 서브모듈 시험장치 개발을 제시한다. 제안하는 시스템은 실제 전압형 MMC 서브모듈 운전환경과 동일한 조건의 전압 및 전류를 모의하기 위한 회로구조와 제어 방식을 적용하였다. 또한, 제안하는 시스템은 MMC의 이상적인 동작뿐만 아니라 운용 중 발생하는 전류왜곡을 모사하여 실 운전 상황을 동일하게 모의하고, 서브모듈의 스위칭 동작으로 인하여 발생하는 커패시터 전류의 불연속성을 3kV, 1000A급 서브모듈 시험장치 시작품을 통해 구현하였다. 또한, HILS로 구현된 전압형 HVDC MMC에서 서브모듈의 동작 특성과 비교하여 그 타당성을 검증하였다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.1471-1481
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• 2014

This paper presents the new power dissipation model of individual switching device in a high-level modular multilevel converter (MMC), which can be mostly used in voltage sourced converter (VSC) based high-voltage direct current (HVDC) system and flexible AC transmission system (FACTS). Also, the voltage balancing method based on sorting algorithm is newly proposed to advance the MMC functionalities by effectively adjusting switching variations of the sub-module (SM). The proposed power dissipation model does not fully calculate the average power dissipation for numerous switching devices in an arm module. Instead, it estimates the power dissipation of every switching element based on the inherent operational principle of SM in MMC. In other words, the power dissipation is computed in every single switching event by using the polynomial curve fitting model with minimum computational efforts and high accuracy, which are required to manage the large number of SMs. After estimating the value of power dissipation, the thermal condition of every switching element is considered in the case of external disturbance. Then, the arm modeling for high-level MMC and its control scheme is implemented with the electromagnetic transient simulation program. Finally, the case study for applying to the MMC based HVDC system is carried out to select the appropriate insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) module in a steady-state, as well as to estimate the proper thermal condition of every switching element in a transient state.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.274-275
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• 2011

Fault current problems is considered a serious issue in the power system because large fault currents not only cause many side effects to the equipments of power system but also lead to severe problems, such as blackouts. This paper deals with the structural analysis and 3-phase fault current stability of the future Seoul metropolitan power system. The simulation composition and analysis are performed with the 4th KEPCO power supply planning data using PSS/e. Through the results of the simulations, it can be observed that the future Seoul metropolitan system results in a fault current which exceeds the circuit breaker (CB) rate. This unremovable fault current can cause critical damage to power system. To resolve the problem, the algorithm for the application of Voltage Sourced Converter Back-to-Back High Voltage Direct Current (VSC BTB HVDC) is being proposed. where the most suitable location for solving fault current problem in Seoul metropolitan area is being implemented.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.71-72
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• 2014

This paper presents a method to find the fault location on the DC cables for the HVDC transmission systems which utilizes a hybrid topology of the diode rectifier and the voltage-source converter (VSC) in the wind farm (WF) side. First, the DC-cable fault occurring in this HVDC system is analyzed in detail. Then, the DC-cable fault location is detected from the two relative voltages located on the same section of the cable, which are estimated from a pair of DC-cable voltage and current measurements. The effectiveness of the method is verified by the simulation results.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.103-104
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• 2015

전압형 HVDC 시스템은 다수의 모듈로 구성되며, 각각의 모듈은 DC/DC 컨버터, 게이트 드라이버, 커패시터, 그리고 IGBT 등의 소자로 구성된다. 각 모듈의 가동율 및 신뢰도 평가를 통해 멀티모듈형 컨버터의 고장율을 평가하였으며, 정상상태 운전조건에 필요한 모듈에 추가적으로 모듈전압 및 유지보수기간에 따라 필요한 모듈의 수량을 설계하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.331-332
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• 2015

Since $20^{th}$ century, along with the rapid industrial advancement, the concentrated urban development in specific large cities have made people migrate to those cities, thus causing problems in the power system stability. In case of Korea, more than 40% of the power system demand comes from the consumers in Seoul Metropolitan area and the rate is expected to increase. With the continuous increase of power demand, in order to meet the demand for system reliability improvement, the power system was multi-looped for reliability enhancement, the problem of fault current happened. In this situation, there are several methods for fault current reduction likes current limiting reactor, replacing circuit breaker, splitting busses, etc. But these methods reached its limit, power system needs more fundamental solutions such as grid segmentation. In this paper, we assume grid segmentation already has been progressed using VSC BTB HVDC. Then, this paper discusses operating point of HVDC in metropolitan area considering loss minimization and handy flow control. The simulation is proceeded on 2027 KEPCO system.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.461-462
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• 2015

The government on Jeju Special Self-governing Province has a policy named 'Carbon Free Island Jeju by 2030'. The main purpose in this policy is to install wind power system with the total capacity of 1.35 GW by 2020. When the demand load on Jeju Island power system is lower than entire output power, a lot of dump power will be produced from the large-scale wind farms. It will be able to cause the wind power limit on Jeju Island. Consequently, the additional power facility must be installed to ensure stable power system operation in Jeju Island and increase wind power limit. From this point, this paper proposes the installation of MMC-HVDC, which can supply power in real time in the desired direction. The effectiveness of MMC-HVDC based on measured data of Jeju Island power system will be verified by using PSCAD/EMTDC simulation program.