Power Electronics for Advanced Renewable Systems Laboratory
Prof. Katherine Kim and graduate students Hyunji Lee and Kyoungjun Kwon attended IFEEC 2017-ECCE Asia in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on June 3-7, 2017. Hyunji Lee presented her research paper on “Differential Power Processing Converter Design for Photovoltaic-Powered Charging Bag” as shown below.
Kyoungjun Kwon also presented his research paper on “Photovoltaic Panel Configuration Study for Tube-Enclosed Transportation Systems” as shown below.
Kyoungjun Kwon, Junyoung Yeom and Katherine A. Kim, “Photovoltaic Panel Configuration Study for Tube-Enclosed Transportation Systems,” in Proc. Int. Future Energy Electronics Conf., June 2017, pp. 1-6. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Katherine A. Kim, Yu-Chen Liu, Ming-Cheng Chen, and Huang-Jen Chiu,“Opening the Box: Survey of High Power Density Inverter Techniques From the Little Box Challenge,” CPSS Transactions on Power Electronics and Applications, vol.2, no.2, pp.131-139, Jun. 2017. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Katherine A. Kim, Konstantina Mentesidi, and Yongheng Yang, “Ch. 2: Solar Power Sources: PV, Concentrated PV, and Concentrated Solar Power,” in Renewable Energy Devices and Systems with Simulations in MATLAB® and ANSYS®, Frede Blaabjerg and Dan M. Ionel, Eds. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2017, pp. 17-40. (CRC Press Link)
Young-Tae Jeon, Hyunji Lee, Katherine A. Kim, and Joung-Hu Park, “Least Power Point Tracking Method for Photovoltaic Differential Power Processing Systems,” IEEE Trans. Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 1941-1951, Mar. 2017. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Prof. Jun Moon (PI) and Prof. Katherine Kim (Co-PI) were honored to receive one of the 2016 Republic of Korea Science Technology and Research (ROKST&R) Projects from Lockheed Martin. The project research topic is on “Optimal Distributed Control of Unmanned Vehicle Groups.” More information on the ROKST&R projects can be found here.
Xuan Hung Mai presented a poster on “Electric-Thermal Photovoltaic Model Characteristics Validation” on November 15 in the Photovoltaics and Solar Thermal Technical Session (see photo below).
Xuan Hung Mai, Jee-Hoon Jung, and Katherine A. Kim, “Electric-Thermal Photovoltaic Model Characteristics Validation,” in Proc. Int. Conf. on Sustainable Energy Technologies, Nov. 2016, pp. 208-213. (IEEE Xplore Link)
PEARS Lab undergraduate student HoeJeong Jeong received the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers (KIEE) Best Student Award for 2016. The award was presented by Prof. Katherine A. Kim and Prof. Jeehoon Jung of the School of ECE at UNIST.
Prof. Katherine Kim and graduate student Kyoungjun Kwon attended the Symposium on Semiconductor Power Conversion (S2PC) in Nagaoka, Japan on October 14-16, 2016. Prof. Katherine Kim gave a presentation on “Differential Power Processing Converter Techniques for Emerging Photovoltaic Applications” (see photo below).
Kyoungjun Kwon presented a poster on “Buck Converter Development for Charging and Characterization of Low-Power Battery Cells” (see photo below).
Hyeun-Tae Cho received the B.S degree in ECE in 2016 and M.S. degree in ECE in 2018 from the Electrical and Computer Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST). His main research interests are power factor correction (PFC) converter design and analysis. His extra activities are listening to music and E-sports.
Papers:
PELS/IAS/IES Taipei Joint Symposium Group Photo
Additional photos: http://pelab.et.ntust.edu.tw/PELS,IAS,IES%20Taipei%20Joint%20Symposium_2016.html
Xuan Hung Mai and Katherine A. Kim, “Electric-Thermal Photovoltaic Model Validation Using Real-Time Simulations,” in Proc. KIPE Power Electronics Annual Conf., July 2016, pp. 357-358. (DBpia Link)
Kyoungjun Kwon and Katherine A. Kim, “Efficiency Analysis for Differential Power Processing Converter Configurations in Photovoltaic Electric Vehicles,” in Proc. KIPE Power Electronics Annual Conf., July 2016, pp. 215-216.
권경준, 김예린, “태양광 발전차량의 차동전력 조절기 배열에 따른 효율분석,” 전력전자학회 전력전자학술대회 논문집, 2016.7, pp. 215-216. (DBpia Link)
Hyunji Lee and Katherine A. Kim, “Differential Power Processing Converter Design for a Photovoltaic-Powered Bag,” in Proc. KIPE Power Electronics Annual Conf., July 2016, pp. 175-176.
이현지, 김예린, “Differential Power Processing 컨버터를 적용한 PV 충전 가방,” 전력전자학회 전력전자학술대회 논문집, 2016.7, pp. 175-176. (DBpia Link)
Hyunji Lee and Katherine A. Kim, “Differential Power Processing Converter Design for Photovoltaic Wearable Applications,” in Proc. Int. Power Electronics and Motion Control Conf., May 2016, pp. 463-468. (IEEE Xplore Link)
Prof. Katherine Kim gave a career development talk at the IEEE PELS Women in Engineering breakfast entitled “Impedance Matching your Power Electronics Career” and served as a Session Chair for the “Smart Grid Technologies I” Session.
Prof. Katherine Kim attended the Applied Power Electronics Conference 2016 in Long Beach, CA, USA in March 2016.
Prof. Kim and Prof. Jeehoon Jung (UNIST, Electrical and Computer Engineering) gave a Professional Education Seminar on “Photovoltaic Modeling and Why it Matters for Power Electronics.”
At the IEEE PELS Women in Engineering breakfast, Prof. Katherine Kim gave a career advice talk entitled “Impedance Matching your Power Electronics Career” and served as a Session Chair for the “Renewable Energy Systems” technical session.
Kyoungjun Kwon received the Bachelor of Science degree from Pusan National University in 2016. He majored in electrical engineering. He received the Masters of Science degree in electrical and computer engineering from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in February 2018. He is currently an Engineer at LG in Korea. His research interests are DC-DC converters and inverters for photovoltaic Applications.
Papers:
Katherine A. Kim, Gab-Su Seo, Bo-Hyung Cho, and Philip T. Krein, “Photovoltaic Hot-Spot Detection for Solar Panel Substrings Using AC Parameter Characterization,” IEEE Trans. Power Electronics, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 1121-1130, Feb. 2016. (IEEE Xplore Link)
