• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.1986-1995
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• 2018

In this paper, a novel neutral-point voltage balancing scheme for NPC three-level inverters using carrier-based sinusoidal pulse width modulation (SPWM) method is developed. The new modulation approach, based on the obtained expressions of zero sequence voltage in all six sectors, can significantly suppress the low-frequency voltage oscillation in the neutral point at high modulation index and achieve a fast voltage-balancing dynamic performance. The implementation of the proposed method is very simple. Another attractive feature is that the scheme can stably control any voltage difference between the two dc-link capacitors within a certain range without using any extra hardware. Furthermore, the presented scheme is also applicable to the single-phase NPC three-level inverter. It can maintain the neutral-point voltage balance at full modulation index and improve the voltage-balancing dynamic performance of the single-phase NPC three-level inverter. The performance of the proposed strategy and its benefits over other previous techniques are verified experimentally.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.194-201
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• 2014

To increase the capacity of secondary cells, an appropriate serial composition of the battery modules is essential. The unbalance that may occur due to the series connection in such a serial composition is the main cause for declines in the efficiency and performance of batteries. Various studies have been conducted on the use of a passive or active topology to eliminate the unbalance from the series circuit of battery modules. Most topologies consist of a complex structure in which the Battery Management System (BMS) detects the voltage of each module and establishes the voltage balancing in the independent electrical power converters installed on each module by comparing the module voltage. This study proposes a new magnetic flux sharing type DC/DC converter topology in order to remove voltage unbalances from batteries. The proposed topology is characterized by a design in which all of the DC/DC convertor outputs connected to the modules converge into a single transformer. In this structure, by taking a form in which all of the battery balancing type converters share magnetic flux through a single harmonic wave transformer, all of the converter voltages automatically converge to the same voltage. This paper attempts to analyze the dynamic properties of the proposed circuit by using a Programmable Synthesizer Interface Module (PSIM), which is useful for power electronics analysis, while also attempting to demonstrate the validity of the proposed circuit through experimental results.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.109-119
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• 2005

This paper deals with the performance analysis of static compensator (STATCOM) based voltage regulator for self­excited induction generators (SEIGs) supplying balanced/unbalanced and linear/ non-linear loads. In practice, most of the loads are linear. But the presence of non-linear loads in some applications injects harmonics into the generating system. Because an SEIG is a weak isolated system, these harmonics have a great effect on its performance. Additionally, SEIG's offer poor voltage regulation and require an adjustable reactive power source to maintain a constant terminal voltage under a varying load. A three-phase insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) based current controlled voltage source inverter (CC- VSI) known as STATCOM is used for harmonic elimination. It also provides the required reactive power an SEIG needs to maintain a constant terminal voltage under varying loads. A dynamic model of an SEIG-STATCOM system with the ability to simulate varying loads has been developed using a stationary d-q axes reference frame. This enables us to predict the behavior of the system under transient conditions. The simulated results show that by using a STATCOM based voltage regulator the SEIG terminal voltage can be maintained constant and free from harmonics under linear/non linear and balanced/unbalanced loads.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.451-459
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• 2022

Recently, in accordance with the demand for a large capacity of a secondary battery according to an increase in the demand for energy storage devices, a modular series battery configuration is essential. Accordingly, various cell balancing techniques have been proposed to prevent high efficiency and performance degradation of the battery. In this paper, propose a battery voltage balancing topology consisting of a flyback DC/DC converter type of a SIMO (Single-Input-Multiple Output) two-switch configuration for a series battery configuration. The proposed topology shows a structure in which a DC/DC converter connected to each module and a battery cell share one transformer. The topology cell balancing operation is a principle in which the voltage balancing converter of the battery converges to the same value through a transformer that shares a magnetic flux with the cells constituting the module through a single high-frequency transformer. In this paper, the dynamic characteristics analysis of the proposed circuit using PSIM was based and it was verified through experiments on one module.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2016

We proposed a load unbalancing scheduling method for energy-efficient multi-core embedded systems considering DVFS (Dynamic Voltage/Frequency Scaling) power consumption and task characteristics. It is a new kind of scheduler which combines load balancing and load unbalancing technique. The purpose of the method is to effectively utilize energy without much effect in performance. In this paper, we conduct experiments on energy consumption and performance using the previous load balancing and unbalancing techniques and our proposed technique. The proposed technique reduced energy consumption more than 13.7% when compared to other algorithms. As a result, the proposed technique shows low energy consumption without much decline in the performance and is adequate for energy-efficient multi-core embedded systems.

• 정보과학회 컴퓨팅의 실제 논문지
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.483-491
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• 2014

현대의 컴퓨터 시스템에서는 동적 전압/주파수 조정(DVFS: Dynamic Voltage/Frequency Scaling) 기법을 이용하여 성능과 전력 소모의 균형을 이루도록 한다. DVFS 정책의 유용성은 높아진 주파수에 따른 소모 전력에 대한 성능 향상 정도에 달려있다. 특히 메모리 I/O가 많은 응용의 경우 CPU 주파수 상승에 비례하여 성능이 향상되지 않는 경우가 많다. 본 논문에서는 메모리 접근 빈도에 기반하여 CPU 주파수 조정의 상한을 결정하도록 하였다. 명령어 당 메모리 접근(최종 수준 캐시 미스) 빈도에 따라 CPU 주파수 상향으로 인한 성능 향상이 제한되는 것을 실험으로 확인하고, 성능 향상의 이득이 작아지는 CPU 주파수를 제시하도록 한다. 본 논문의 기법을 적용한 실험 결과는 메모리 접근 빈도가 높은 응용에 대하여 30% 이상의 에너지 효율 상승이 있음을 보인다.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.107-113
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 3-레벨 PWM 인버터식 STATCOM의 동특성 해석과 직류측 상.하단 캐패시터 전압의 분균등을 보상하기 위한 제어 시스템을 설계하여 시뮬레이션과 축소모형 실험에 의한 성능 해석에 관하여 기술하였다. STATCOM과 전력 계통을 등가회로로 표현하여 회로 방정식을 유도하고 수리모형을 도출하여 전체 회로의 동적 특성을 분석하고, 고안된 제어 시스템의 성능해석은 Marlab을 이용한 시뮬에리션과 축소모형 실험을 통해 검증하였는데, 검증결과 고안된 제어시스템은 무효전력 보상과 직류측 상.하단 캐패시터 전압의 불균등을 해소하는 우수한 성능을 갖는 것을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.259-267
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• 2008

Power quality improvement in a three-phase four-wire system is achieved using a new topology of DSTATCOM (distribution static compensator) consisting of a star/delta transformer with a tertiary winding and a three-leg VSC (voltage source converter). This new topology of DSTATCOM is proposed for power factor correction or voltage regulation along with harmonic elimination, load balancing and neutral current compensation. A tertiary winding is introduced in each phase for a delta connected secondary in addition to the star-star windings and this delta connected winding is responsible for neutral current compensation. The dynamic performance of the proposed DSTATCOM system is demonstrated using MATLAB with its Simulink and Power System Blockset (PSB) toolboxes under varying loads. The capacitor supported DC bus of the DSTATCOM is regulated to the reference voltage under varying loads.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제32권1B호
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• pp.17-21
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 멀티미디어 네트워크상에서 우선순위가 높은 서비스의 QoS를 보장하며 동시에 프로세서의 에너지 효율을 최대화하는 적응적 온라인 프로세서 관리기법을 제안하였다. 이 기법은 현재 네트워크의 트래픽 상황을 기반으로 하여 실시간으로 프로세서를 관리한다. 제안된 방법의 가장 큰 특징은 상호 상충하는 다양한 성능 메트릭들 사이에 적정한 균형을 이루어 안정적으로 시스템을 운영하는데 있다. 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통하여 기존에 제안된 프로세서 관리기법에 비해 본 논문에서 제안된 방법이 다양한 트래픽 상황에서 우수한 성능을 가지는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.1625-1636
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• 2017

A power electronic transformer (PET) based on the cascaded H-bridge (CHB) and the isolated bidirectional DC/DC converter (IBDC) is capable of accommodating a large scale battery energy storage system (BESS) in the medium-voltage grid, and is referred to as a power electronic transformer based battery energy storage system (PET-BESS). This paper investigates the PET-BESS and proposes a coordinative control strategy for it. In the proposed method, the CHB controls the power flow and the battery state-of-charge (SOC) balancing, while the IBDC maintains the dc-link voltages with feedforward implementation of the power reference and the switch status of the CHB. State-feedback and linear quadratic Riccati (LQR) methods have been adopted in the CHB to control the grid current, active power and reactive power. A hybrid PWM modulating method is utilized to achieve SOC balancing, where battery SOC sorting is involved. The feedforward path of the power reference and the CHB switch status substantially reduces the dc-link voltage fluctuations under dynamic power variations. The effectiveness of the proposed control has been verified both by simulation and experimental results. The performance of the PET-BESS under bidirectional power flow has been improved, and the battery SOC values have been adjusted to converge.