Research Publications
Research on Power Electronics and Photovoltaics
Journal Articles
Katherine A. Kim
, Chenyang Xu, Lei Jin, and Philip T. Krein.
Dynamic photovoltaic model incorporating capacitive and reverse-bias characteristics
.
IEEE J. Photovoltaics
, 3(4):134-1341, October 2013.
Pradeep S. Shenoy,
Katherine A. Kim
, Brian B. Johnson, and Philip T. Krein.
Differential power processing for increased energy production and reliability of photovoltaic systems
.
IEEE Trans. Power Electron.
28(6):2968-2979, June 2013.
Conference Proceedings
Katherine A. Kim
and Philip T. Krein.
Hot spotting and second breakdown effects on reverse I-V characteristics for mono-crystalline Si photovoltaics
.
Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congr. Expo.
, pages 1007-1014, September 2013.
Katherine A. Kim
and Philip T. Krein.
Photovoltaic hot spot analysis for cells with various reverse-bias characteristics through electrical and thermal simulation
.
Proc. IEEE Workshop Control Modeling Power Electron.
, pages 1-8, June 2013.
Katherine A. Kim
, Philip T. Krein, Gab-Su Seo, and Bo-Hyung Cho.
Photovoltaic ac parameter characterization for dynamic partial shading and hot spot detection
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Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electron. Conf.
, pages 109-115, March 2013.
Shibin Qin,
Katherine A. Kim
, and Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski.
Laboratory emulation of a photovoltaic module for controllable insolation and realistic dynamic performance
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Proc. IEEE Power Energy Conf. Illinois
, pages 23-29, Feb. 2013.
Katherine A. Kim
, Pradeep S. Shenoy, and Philip T. Krein.
Photovoltaic differential power converter trade-offs as a consequence of panel variation
.
Proc. IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electron.
, June 2012.
Pradeep S. Shenoy,
Katherine A. Kim
, and Philip T. Krein.
Comparative analysis of differential power conversion architectures and controls for solar photovoltaics
.
Proc. IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electron.
, June 2012.
Pradeep S. Shenoy,
Katherine A. Kim
, Philip T. Krein, and Patrick L. Chapman.
Differential power processing for efficiency and performance leaps in utility-scale photovoltaics
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Proc. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conf.
, pages 1357-1361, June 2012.
Katherine A. Kim
, Sutchaya Lertburapa, Chenyang Xu, and Philip T. Krein.
Efficiency and cost trade-offs for designing module integrated converter photovoltaic systems
.
Proc. IEEE Power Energy Conf. Illinois
, February 2012.
Katherine A. Kim
, Ran M. Li, and Philip T. Krein.
Voltage-offset resistive control for dc-dc converters in photovoltaic applications
.
Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electron. Conf.
, pages 2045-2052, February 2012.
Katherine A. Kim
, Philip T. Krein, Jay J. Lee, Hyunsu Bae, and Bo-Hyung Cho.
Irradiance and temperature transient sensitivity analysis for photovoltaic control
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Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Power Electron.
, pages 393-400, June 2011.
Ali M. Bazzi,
Katherine A. Kim
, Brian B. Johnson, Philip T. Krein, and Alejandro Domínguez-García.
Fault impacts on solar power unit reliability
.
Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electron. Conf.
, pages 1223-1231, March 2011.
Katherine A. Kim
and Philip T. Krein.
Photovoltaic converter module configurations for maximum power point operation
.
Proc. IEEE Power Energy Conf. Illinois
, pages 77-82, February 2010.
Thesis
Katherine A. Kim
Voltage-offset resistive control for photovoltaics
. Master's thesis. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, December 2011.