• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.1862-1871
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• 1996

The puopose of this paper is sto modify the current LBB criteria. The validity of current LBB criteria and current standard LBB analysis mehtod are evaluated using linear elastic fracture mechanics and elastic-plastic fracture mechanics. The results of evaluation demonstrate that the current LBB driteria are very conservative and some level of margins already exist in the standard LBB analysis method. Thus, the margin on load .root. and margin on crack size 2 can be eliminated to extend LBB application for the samller diameter pipe.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.40-45
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• 2014

This paper suggests the optimal generation dispatch algorithm for ensuring voltage stability margin considering high wind energy injection. Generally, with wind generation being installed into the power system, we would have to consider several factors such as the voltage stability margin because wind turbine generators are mostly induction machines. If the proportion of wind generation increases in the power system increases this would affect the overall stability of the system including the voltage stability. This paper considers a specific system that is composed of two areas: area 1 and area 2. It is assumed that generation cost in area 1 is relatively higher than that in area 2. From an economic point of view generation in area 1 should be decreased, however, in the stability point of view the generation in area 2 should be decreased. Since the power system is a nonlinear system, it is very difficult to find the optimal solution and the genetic algorithm is adopted to solve the objective function that is composed of a cost function and a function concerned with voltage stability constraints. For the simulations, the New England system was selected. The algorithm is implemented and Python 2.5.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.59 no.8
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• pp.1366-1373
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• 2010

Purpose of the electric power system planning and operation is to supply the electric energy to customers continuously and economically. With the mutual exclusive laws of nature between reliability and economic, finding the meeting point is very important but not easy. Commonly the probabilistic reliability indices of the electric power systems are represented with negatively. And the effectiveness of FACTS on the probabilistic reliability could not be reflected with common methods. In this paper, a method to evaluate the probabilistic arrival power at each load point is presented. With this new proposed method, probabilistic reserve margin at load points can be calculated and which can be used with positive reliability index also. Using the P-V analysis, the voltage stability is considered in reliability evaluation. It is expected that the proposed method will be useful expecially in reliability evaluation of electric power system which has voltage restriction.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.12-16
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• 2000

The mission of SSTF is test of superconducting cables for KSTAR magnets. To make realistic environment for superconductor in SSTF, background magnets are required. Cable-in-conduit conductors (CICC) are widely used for large scale superconducting magnets such as ITER and KSTAR. Main design criteria for conductor of superconducting magnets are stability, operating margin and cable cooling requirement, caused by peak field and the gradient of fields with respect to time, in system. ZERODEE which used energy balance method, is applied for the calculation of stability. To increase conductor performance, three different strands, such as HP-I, HP-II, and HP-III, are tested. The present configuration of CICC is used for main coils of background magnet in SSTF and Central Solenoid coils of KSTAR magnets.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.80-83
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• 1996

This paper develops a method for reliably estimating an UEP(Unstable Equilibrium Point) which is located in the direction of SEP(Stable Equilibrium Point)'s moving as system load is getting heavy. As power systems are getting loaded heavily, the SEP which is an operable solution, and the UEP which is occurring voltage collapse, are moving toward each other linearly. The estimated UEP is used as a good initial guess for the real UEP. The proposed method is tested by 3 bus system and Stagg 5 bus system. It is demonstrated that the proposed method is very useful for assessing system voltage stability in the case of heavy loaded power system. The result solutions are often used in conjunction with energy methods and the stability margin.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.617-623
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• 2012

In this paper, we propose a gait generation method for a quadruped robot to walk efficiently on the slope, which uses the waist joint of a quadruped robot. We derive the kinematic model of a quadruped robot with waist joint using the Denavit-Hartenberg representation method and the algebraic method. In addition, the gaits are generated based on the wave gait. In the proposed gait generation method, first in order to alleviate the mechanical restriction and the reduction of the stride, we determine the appropriate waist joint angle according to the slope degree, and then decide the location of the tiptoe of a quadruped robot by exploring the workspace. Finally, through computer simulations, we verify the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed method.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.11b
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• pp.199-201
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• 2007

This paper presents new contingency screen and ranking method using the time-domain simulation program and energy function. Since the suggested method is very simple and has fast computation time to calculate energy margin and list the contingency according to the its severity, it can be used in connection with the on-line TSA which has accurate binary search algorithm in parallel or distributed computing environment. The suggested method has been tested by appling to 3-machine and 9-bus system, and its effectiveness has been verified.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• summer
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• pp.245-247
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• 2004

Stability is an important constraint in powr system operation. A new methodolgy that reduces the need for repeated simulation to determine a transiently secure operating point is presented. at cntingency , critical generator is limited generation to prevent rotor accelation until system is secured. when energy margin is zero, generation is degermined Implementation issues and simulation results are discussed in th context of a 23-bus system

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.1780-1790
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• 2018

Voltage feed-forward control (VFFC) is widely used in LCL-type grid-tied inverters due to its advantages in terms of disturbance rejection performance and fast dynamic response. However, VFFC may worsen the stability of inverters under weak grid conditions. It is revealed in this paper that a large phase-lag in the low-frequency range is introduced by VFFC, which reduces the phase margin significantly and leads to instability. To address this problem, a novel virtual-impedance-based control, where a phase-lead is introduced into the low-frequency area to compensate for the phase lag caused by VFFC, is proposed to improve system stability. The proposed control is realized with a high-pass filter, without high-order-derivative components. It features easy implementation and good noise immunity. A detailed design procedure for the virtual impedance control is presented. Both theoretical analysis and experimental results verify the effectiveness of the control proposed.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.313-319
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• 2014

The objectives of power system operations are to preserve system stability and reliability as well as to supply proper electric power. For an activation of these objectives, voltage and reactive power should be considered. There are a number of types about reactive power sources, and an insertion of shunt capacitor banks are one of the method to support bus voltage adjacent. This paper includes the design procedure to determine the hybrid type capacitor bank configurations on power system to improve stability and reliability. This procedure includes the capacitor bank capacity calculation, reactor type selection, and reactor capacity calculation. The total capacity calculation of capacitor bank is based on the reactive power margin which is calculated through system studies such as, contingency analysis and Q-V analysis. In the second step, the reactor type and its capacity can be determined through the harmonic analysis. This paper shows that the harmonics are decreased by the proposed hybrid type capacitor bank, especially 5th and 7th harmonics.