Patents by Inventor Woo-Kyu CHAE

Woo-Kyu CHAE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10951033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling the frequency of a stand-alone microgrid wherein an energy storage device of the stand-alone microgrid is operated as a main power source by controlling a battery power conditioning system (PCS) of the stand-alone microgrid in a constant voltage constant frequency (CVCF) mode. According to the present invention, it is possible to operate the frequency stably while considering the fuel cost and power generation efficiency of a stand-alone microgrid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Woo-Kyu Chae, Hak-Ju Lee, Jung-Sung Park, Jong-Nam Weon, Jun-Bo Sim
  • Patent number: 10879701
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a power conditioning system (PCS) efficiency-considered microgrid operation device comprising: a scheduling unit for scheduling outputs of a controllable load, a battery, and an emergency internal combustion generator operated in a microgrid; and an operation control unit for controlling the operation of the battery, the emergency internal combustion generator, and the controllable load according to charging/discharging of the battery, the output or the emergency internal combustion generator, and the output of the controllable load, which have been scheduled by the scheduling unit, wherein the scheduling unit schedules charging/discharging by considering the efficiency of a PCS such that a mate of charge (SOC) of the battery is maintained within a preset range. According to the present invention, the microgrid can be efficiently operated by considering the charging/discharging efficiency of the PCS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Woo-Kyu Chae, Hak-Ju Lee, Jung-Sung Park, Jong-Nam Weon, Jun-Bo Sim
  • Publication number: 20190207376
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method for switching a line short-circuit fault section in an inverter-based stand-alone microgrid, the system comprising: multiple intelligent switchgears disposed on a line in a stand-alone microgrid so as to control opening or closing of the line; a battery inverter having a built-in current limiter so as to limit a current output therefrom; and an operating system for receiving short-circuit fault information of the line from the multiple intelligent switchgears, determining a fault section, and controlling the battery inverter to limit the output current. The present invention can quickly and accurately switch a line short-circuit fault section occurring in a stand-alone microgrid which does not include separate cutoff equipment such as a recloser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Jong-Nam WEON, Woo-Kyu CHAE, Hak-Ju LEE, Jung-Sung PARK, Jun-Bo SIM
  • Publication number: 20190181644
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a power conditioning system (PCS) efficiency-considered microgrid operation device comprising: a scheduling unit for scheduling outputs of a controllable load, a battery, and an emergency internal combustion generator operated in a microgrid; and an operation control unit for controlling the operation of the battery, the emergency internal combustion generator, and the controllable load according to charging/discharging of the battery, the output of the emergency internal combustion generator, and the output of the controllable load, which have been scheduled, by the scheduling unit, wherein the scheduling unit schedules charging/discharging by considering the efficiency of a PCS such that a state of charge (SOC) of the battery is maintained within a preset range. According to the present invention, the microgrid can be efficiently operated by considering the charging/discharging efficiency of the PCS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Woo-Kyu CHAE, Hak-Ju LEE, Jung-Sung PARK, Jong-Nam WEON, Jun-Bo SIM
  • Publication number: 20190181643
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling the frequency of a stand-alone microgrid wherein an energy storage device of the stand-alone microgrid is operated as a main power source by controlling a battery power conditioning system (PCS) of the stand-alone microgrid in a constant voltage constant frequency (CVCF) mode. According to the present invention, it is possible to operate the frequency stably while considering the fuel cost and power generation efficiency of a stand-alone microgrid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Woo-Kyu CHAE, Hak-Ju LEE, Jung-Sung PARK, Jong-Nam WEON, Jun-Bo SIM
  • Patent number: 10291023
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an inverter device for a microgrid, and a method for controlling the same, the inverter device including: a waveform detector detecting a voltage waveform and a current waveform applied to a load; a control unit determining whether a sine wave appears based on the detected voltage waveform and the detected current waveform and performing voltage control or low order harmonic compensation depending on a determination result; and a switch generating a voltage waveform in a form of the sine wave by being turned on/off depending on a control signal received from the control unit and supplying the generated voltage waveform in the form of the sine wave to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Woo-Kyu Chae, Hak-Ju Lee, Jong-Nam Won, Il-Keun Song, Jung-Sung Park, Sung-Wook Hwang
  • Publication number: 20180248371
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an inverter device for a microgrid, and a method for controlling the same, the inverter device including: a waveform detector detecting a voltage waveform and a current waveform applied to a load; a control unit determining whether a sine wave appears based on the detected voltage waveform and the detected current waveform and performing voltage control or low order harmonic compensation depending on a determination result; and a switch generating a voltage waveform in a form of the sine wave by being turned on/off depending on a control signal received from the control unit and supplying the generated voltage waveform in the form of the sine wave to the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Woo-Kyu CHAE, Hak-Ju LEE, Jong-Nam WON, Il-Keun SONG, Jung-Sung PARK, Sung-Wook HWANG