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Current lead is a device that connects the power supply and superconducting magnets. High temperature superconductor (HTS) has lower thermal conductivity and higher current density than normal metal. For these reasons, the heat load can be reduced by replacing the normal metal of the current lead with the HTS. Conventional HTS current lead has same cross- sectional area in the axial direction. However, this is over-designed at the cold-end (4.2 K) in terms of current. The heat load can be reduced by reducing this part because the heat load is proportional to the cross-sectional area. Therefore, in this paper, heat load was calculated from the heat diffusion equation of HTS current leads with uniform and non-uniform cross-sectional areas. The cross- sectional area of the warm-end (65K) is designed considering burnout time when cooling system failure occurs. In cold-end, Joule heat and heat load due to current conduction occurs at the same time, so the cross-sectional area where the sum of the two heat is minimum is obtained. As a result of simulation, current leads for KSTAR TF coils with uniform and non-uniform cross-sectional areas were designed, and it was confirmed that the non-uniform cross-sectional areas could further reduce the heat load.

Commercial eddy current dynamometers control the torque of rotating body, power supply machine, with the field coil current being operated as a braking force. In this paper, we studied the relation between field coil current and torque load of eddy current dynamometer. By the torque measuring analysis of eddy current dynamometer it is linear relation between the brake force measured from a torque meter which is installed at the case of dynamometer and the multiplied shaft rpm by the squares of field coil current (N$\times$I$^2$). To prove the relation, it was experimented and showed that the torque operated by the rotating body can be measured with the shaft rpm and the field coil current of the eddy current dynamometer. This result shows a possibility that eddy current dynamometer can measure the torque of rotating body without a torque measuring device. such as load cell.

본 논문은 6.78 MHz무선전력전송 송신기의 전송 효율을 높이고 송수신 코일 간격 변화에도 안정적 특성을 확보하기 위해 전류 모드 클래스 D 전력증폭기를 설계한다. 선형증폭기의 이론적인 효율을 제한하는 트랜지스터의 기생 커패시터 성분에 의한 손실을 적게 만들어 전력증폭기의 효율을 향상시킨다. 회로 설계 시뮬레이터를 이용하여 고효율 증폭기를 설계하고 부하 임피던스 변화에 따른 전력 출력, 효율 특성을 시뮬레이션하여 검증하였다. 시뮬레이션에서 DC 바이어스 30 V일 때 42.1 dBm의 출력과 95%의 효율을 갖도록 설계하였다. 전력증폭기를 제작하여 42.1 dBm (16 W)의 출력에서 91%의 효율을 보였다. 드론 무선전력전송에 적용될 송수신 코일을 제작하였으며, 송수신 코일 간격에 따른 부하변화에 따라 전력부가효율이 최대 88% 이고 출력전력 $42.1dBm{\pm}1.7dB$의 특성을 나타내었다.

This paper has designed a current mode class D power amplifier to increase the transmission efficiency of a 6.78 MHz wireless power transfer (WPT) transmitter and to ensure stable characteristics even when the transmitting and receiving coil intervals change. By reducing the loss due to the parasitic capacitor component of the transistor, which limits the theoretical efficiency of the linear amplifier, this research has improved the efficiency of the power amplifier. The circuit design simulator was used to design the high efficiency amplifier, and the power output and efficiency characteristics according to the load impedance change have been simulated and verified. In the simulation, 42.1 dBm output and 95% efficiency was designed at DC bias 30 V. The power amplifier was fabricated and showed 91% efficiency at the output of 42.1 dBm (16 W). The transmitting and receiving coils were fabricated for wireless power transfer of the drone, and the maximum power added efficiency was 88% and the output power was $42.1dBm{\pm}1.7dB$ according to the load change causing from the coil intervals.

발전소에서 설치 운영 중이 전력 케이블 시스템에서 사고가 발생함으로써 초래되는 경제적 손실은 매우 클 뿐만이 아니라, 원상 복구하는 데 많은 시간과 비용이 필요하다. 이를 대비하기 위하여 사고를 예측하고 방지하는 기술 이 필요하다. 우리는 발전소에서 운전 중인 케이블의 절연 저항을 측정하기 위하여 부하 전류와 온도와의 상관 관계를 확인 하였고, 진단 데이터를 분석 평가함으로써 케이블 시스템의 열화 상태를 파악하여 사고가 발생하기 전에 케이블 교체를 할 수 시기를 예측하게 하였다. 이 논문에서 우리는 운전 중인 6.6 kV 케이블에서 부하 전류가 수명에 미치는 영향에 대하여 연구한 결과를 소개한다. 케이블의 부하에 전류가 흐르면, 도체에 열이 발생하게 되고 케이블의 수명이 감소된다. 케이블의 부하 전류가 수명에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위하여 수명 이론을 적용함으로써 절연저항 및 전류 측정 장치를 개발하여 운전 중인 케이블에 설치하였다.

The economic losses resulted from the accident in the power cables at the power station is not only huge but also requires a great amount of time and expenses to restore to the former condition. In order to prevent these, it is necessary to invent and apply a technique to expect and prevent the accidents. In order to measure insulation resistances of power cables in operation, we derived the relations between load current and temperature. By analyzing data obtained from our measuring equipments, we showed the expected time to change deteriorated cables before accident occurs. We present a result of our study on the effects of the load current on lifetime of 6.6 kV cable systems in operation. With the current flowing through the load of the cable a heat is generated reducing the lifetime of the cable. In order to find out the effect of load current on the lifetime of cable systems, we applied the lifetime theory to the development of two equipments to measure insulation resistance and current of cable systems in operation.

화력 발전소의 터빈 발전기에서 생산된 전기를 운반하기 위하여 부하 측에 설치된 케이블은 XLPE 케이블(또 는 CV케이블)이다. 사고 발생시 저압 시스템을 포함하는 대부분의 설비들에 정전사고가 발생하여 막대한 경제적 손실 을 초래한다. 설계부터 시공 및 관리를 더욱 철저히 해야 한다. 설치환경 및 사용 조건 부하량 등에 따라 차이가 있겠 지만, 증설과정, 부적절한 설계 등으로 인하여 케이블의 단면적이 부족할 경우가 발생하며, 운전 전류에 의하여 초과된 허용온도는 케이블의 열화 상태를 초래한다. 우리는 케이블의 사고를 체계적으로 감시 및 예방하기 위한 측정 장비를 개발, 한국서부발전 주식회사(Korean Western Power Co. Ltd.)에 설치하여 활선상태에서 케이블에 흐르는 부하전류 를 측정하였다. 이 논문에서 우리는 케이블에 흐르는 부하전류를 측정하고, 측정된 부하전류에 의한 부하특성의 파악 및 IEC규정에 의한 허용전류와 비교하여 케이블의 도체온도를 파악하기 위한 기초자료를 제시한다.

The cables installed to deliver high electric power from a generator at a thermoelectric power station are XLPE (or CV) cables. Depending on the installation and usage conditions, the cables in operation start deteriorating from the time of initial operation. Some cables can cause accidents due to faulty construction or other environmental factors. In order to prevent cable accidents, regular auditing of power cables is required. We have invented a measuring device for systematic surveillance and prevention of accidents, and installed the device at Korean Western Power Co. Ltd. which measures load currents through the cables. In this paper, we present the load current measured using our device, analyze the load characteristics by measures current, compare the ampacity defined by IEC standard, and present a basic data to obtain the temperature of cable conductors.

산업의 발전과 더불어 전력에 대한 수요량이 증가하고 있다. 이에 따라 전기의 생산 및 송전 용량이 커지고 시설이 대규모화될 뿐만이 아니라 높은 신뢰성으로써 동작할 것을 요구받고 있다. 전기의 생산 및 공급 과정에서 요구 되는 높은 신뢰성은 산업 사회의 필수적인 요소라고 할 수 있다. 설비의 사고 및 정전 사고 등은 높은 전기적 의존을 가진 고도 산업 사회에 막대한 경제적 손실 및 장애를 가져다준다. 이 논문에서 운전 중 케이블의 부하 전류와 수명과 의 상관 관계에 대한 기초 연구를 제시한다. 본 연구를 위하여, 절연 저항과 부하 전류를 측정하기 위한 CT와 온도 측 정 장치를 운전 중인 6.6 kV 케이블 시스템에 설치하였다. 측정 장치는 동작한지 약 20년이 경과한 케이블 시스템에 설치･운영 중이다. 대부분 케이블의 절연 저항은 한계 이상의 값을 나타내었으므로, 잔여 케이블 수명을 발견하기 어려 웠으며, 부하 전류는 거의 변동이 없는 시스템이었다. 주변 온도는 15～25℃로서 변동폭은 매우 적었다.

With the development of industry these days, the demand for electric power increases and the larger capacity for power transfer is required. The scales of facilities should become larger; and the relative systems are required to operate with a higher degree of reliability. Therefore, stabilization of electric power systems is an important issue. The high degree of reliability required in the process of production and supply of electric power is an essential part of industrial society. Accident such as blackouts causes a hugh amount of economic losses to the high-tech industrial society dependent upon electric power. This paper is about the basic study of the relations between the load current and lifetime of power cables in operation. In order to do the research, we installed a current transformer and an equipment for measuring temperature at the 6.6. kV cables in operation. The two equipments have been installed on the cable systems in operation for the last 20 years. Since the insulation resistance of most of the cables showed the value larger than the threshold, it was not easy to tell the remaining lifetime of cables. The load current of the cables was almost constant. The surrunding temperature was 15~25℃, little variation of temperature values.

본 논문에서는 current detection 구조로 인하여 load regulation의 변화를 향상시킨 LDO를 제안하였다. 제안된 LDO 레귤레이터는 출력단에 제안된 current detection 회로를 추가하였다. 그로인하여 출력에 부하전류에 따른 전압 값의 regulation을 향상시켜 기존 LDO 레귤레이터보다 load Regulation의 변화량을 향상시켰다. 제안한 current detection 구조를 사용하여 부하전류의 변화에 따른 출력 변화를 약 60 % 가량 향상시킬 수 있었다. Cadence의 Virtuoso, Spectre 시뮬레이션을 사용하여 특성을 시뮬레이션 및 검증하였다.

In this paper, we propose an LDO that improves the load regulation change due to the current detection structure. The proposed LDO regulator adds the proposed current detection circuit to the output stage. Thereby to improve the load regulation of the delta value coming in on the output has a voltage value of an improved load Regulation characteristics than conventional LDO regulator. Using the proposed current detection structure, it was possible to improve the output change according to the change of the load current by about 60%. The proposed circuit has been simulated and verified characteristics by using a Spectre, Virtuoso simulation of Cadence.

본 논문에서는 PSR(Primary Side Regulator)에 적용 가능한 새로운 방식의 부하 전류 예측 알고리즘을 제안한다. 기존의 부하 전류 예측 방식은 DCM(Discontinuous Conduction Mode) 및 BCM(Boundary Conduction Mode) 동작만이 가능하다. 하지만 제안된 방식은 Power Balance Rule을 적용한 간단한 알고리즘을 통해 CCM(Continuous Conduction Mode) 동작에서도 정확한 부하 전류 예측이 가능하다. 따라서 높은 출력을 요구하는 어플리케이션에서 고효율 달성에 유리하고, CC(Constant Current) 제어가 우수하다. 제안 알고리즘의 우수성과 신뢰성 검증을 위하여 12W급 플라이백 컨버터의 시작품을 제작하였고, 이를 이용한 실험 결과를 바탕으로 타당성을 확인한다.

A load current sensorless control strategy using an optimized observer is designed for a three-phase online transformer-based UPS. A closed-loop observer containing state feedback is constructed based on the improved state space model of the inverter circuit. A simple feedback matrix design method is then applied to the observer according to the dead-beat control law, and the load current feedforward control scheme is reconstructed using the proposed observer. This control strategy can save three load current sensors, reduce the THD of the output voltage, and improve dynamic performance. The effectiveness of this strategy is verified by conducting simulation and experiment in a 10 kVA UPS.

Eddy current brakes are electromechanical devices used as variable mechanical loads for testing electrical machines. Accurate modeling of eddy current loss is an important t factor for optimum design of eddy brake systems. In this second part, we propose novel formulations of eddy current loss in novel claw-pole eddy brake system. The proposed model for eddy current loss in novel claw-pole eddy brake system depends on the size of the claw poles. Also, in this paper, the flux density is measured by using the magnetic circuit of the novel claw pole. The model results are compared with experimental results and they are found to be in good agreement.

The free surface resolution in current load calculations increases costs significantly when using computational fluid dynamics (CFD), even though the small Froude number of a dynamic positioning (DP) vessel suggests minimal wave effects. This study examined the impact of including and excluding the water-air interface in CFD simulations to identify a more efficient method for load computation. For each current condition, this study analyzed two virtual domains: one modeled the free surface using the Volume of Fluid method, while the other treated the free surface as a symmetry plane based on the double body assumption. The Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) algorithm with the Shear Stress Transport k-ω model was used, and the results were validated against the empirical formula and experimental data. These findings showed that the free surface had a negligible effect on the resulting hydrodynamic force at the targeted low Froude numbers. Despite this, implementing free-surface modeling costs a hundred times more than the simulations using the steady RANS approach. The substantial increase was mainly due to the low convergence rate of the unsteady solver for a low-propagating flow. The study enhanced the credibility of the steady RANS solver without free-surface resolution in numerically calculating the current load on a DP vessel.

Providing variable load for testing a motor in high speed conditions is usually a difficult task. The eddy current brake can be used in application of load testing of motors. This paper deals with construction of a novel claw pole eddy current brake which is employed as a load for a DC counter rotating motor (CRM). These kinds of motors have two inner and outer shafts that rotate in opposite directions simultaneously, which are particularly suitable for under water propulsion systems. The prototype 45KW eddy current brake consists of two parts. One of them is installed on the inner shaft of the 60KW DC CRM and the other one is installed on its outer shaft. The simulation and experimental results with prototype brakes are also analyzed by using MATLAB/Simulink and the operational characteristic of the brake is demonstrated as a function of the motor speed and current of the magnetic poles.

The traditional V-I droop control is commonly used to realize current sharing among distributed generators (DGs). Provided that the influence of line resistance cannot be neglected, there exists a trade-of between voltage deviation and current sharing accuracy when designing the droop coefficient. An adaptive nonlinear droop control in the DC power system with constant power load (CPL) is proposed in this paper to achieve accurate current sharing among source converters and reduce the DC bus voltage deviation. In the proposed method, the output current is shared among neighboring source converters via a low-bandwidth communication (LBC) network to adaptively adjust the dynamic regulation coefficient, which is equivalent to the droop coefficient adjustment. The correctness and effectiveness of the proposed method have been preliminarily verified via the simulation of two source converters and a single CPL based on Matlab/Simulink and further validated by the hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) experiment based on Real-Time Laboratory (RTLab) and DSP F28335 with the LBC network implemented by enhanced controlled area network (eCAN) in DSP F28335.

Tidal-current power is now recognized as a clean power resource. The turbine blade is the fundamental component of a tidal current power turbine. The kinetic energy available within a tidal current can be converted into rotational power by turbine blades. While in service, turbine blades are generally subjected to cyclic fatigue loading due to their rotation and the rotor-tower interaction. Predicting the fatigue life under a hydrodynamic fatigue load is very important to prevent blade failure while in service. To predict the fatigue life, hydrodynamic load data should be acquired. In this study, the vibration characteristics were analyzed based on three-dimensional unsteady simulations to obtain the cyclic fatigue load. Our results can be applied to the fatigue design of horizontal-axis tidal turbines.

In this work, an accurate analysis of low frequency current ripple in residential fuel cell power generation systems is performed based on the proposed residential load model and its unique operation algorithm. Rather than using a constant dc voltage source, a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) model is implemented in this research so that a system-level analysis considering the fuel cell stack, power conditioning system (PCS), and the actual load is possible. Using the attained results, a comparative study regarding the discrepancies of low frequency current ripple between a simple resistor load and a realistic residential load is performed. The data indicate that the low frequency current ripple of the proposed residential load model is increased by more than a factor of two when compared to the low frequency current ripple of a simple resistor load under identical conditions. Theoretical analysis, simulation data, and experimental results are provided, along with a model of the load usage pattern of low frequency current ripples.

This paper presents the two lossless auxiliary inducors-assisted voltage source type half bridge(single ended push pull:SEPP) series resonant high frequency inverter for induction heated fixing roller in copy and printing machines. The simple high-frequency inverter treated here can completely achieve stable zero current soft switching (ZCS) commutation forwide its output power regulation ranges and load variations under constant high frequency pulse density modulation (PDM) scheme. Its transient and steady state operatprinciple is originally described and discussed for a constant high-frequency PDM control strategy under a stable ZCS operation commutation, together with its output effective power regulation charactertics-based on the high frequency PDM strategy. The experimenoperating performances of this voltage source SEPP ZCS-PDM series resonant high frequency inverter using IGBTs are illustrated as compared with computer simulation results and experimenones. Its power losses analysis and actual efficiency are evaluated and discussed on the basis of simulation and experimental results. The feasible effectiveness of this high frequency inverter appliimplemented here is proved from the practical point of view.

This paper presents a simplified model-predictive current control (MPCC) strategy to eliminate the common mode voltage (CMV) and reduce current harmonics for a dual five-phase voltage source inverter (VSI)-fed open-end load supplied by a single DC source. To eliminate CMV and reduce the current harmonics, 21 virtual voltage vectors were developed as an input control set for the proposed MPCC strategy. In each sampling interval, among the 21 virtual voltage vectors, five virtual voltage vectors were determined according to the position information of the desired voltage vector. Then they were evaluated by a new cost function to choose the best voltage vector. Therefore, the computational burden is significantly reduced since the current prediction calculations are omitted, and the cost function calculations are reduced to 5. The validity of the proposed strategy has been verified by simulation and experimental results.

The systematic and effective design method of a Class-D current-source resonant inverter for use in an induction cooker with zero-ripple line current is presented. The design procedure is based on the principle of the Class-D current-source resonant inverter with a simplified load network model that is a parallel equivalent circuit. An induction load characterization is obtained from a large-signal excitation test-bench based on parallel load network, which is the key to an accurate design for the induction cooker system. Accordingly, the proposed scheme provides a systematic, precise, and feasible solution than the existing design method based on series-parallel load network under low-signal excitation. Moreover, a zero-ripple condition of utility-line input current is naturally preserved without any extra circuit or control. Meanwhile, a differential-mode input electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter can be eliminated, high power quality in utility-line can be obtained, and a standard-recovery diode of bridge-rectifier can be employed. The step-by-step design procedure explained with design example. The devices stress and power loss analysis of induction cooker with a parallel load network under large-signal excitation are described. A 2,500-W laboratory prototype was developed for $220-V_{rms}/50-Hz$ utility-line to verify the theoretical analysis. An efficiency of the prototype is 96% at full load.