• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 1999.05a
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• pp.229-232
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• 1999

외부개질형 MCFC 시스템에서 개질기는 시스템을 구성하는 주요장치 중의 하나이다. MCFC용 개질기는 연료전지 스택의 Anode와 Cathode에 수소 및 $CO_2$를 공급하는 역할을 담당해야 할 뿐 아니라 저발열량(500Kcal/N㎥)의 Anode 배가스를 개질반응의 열원으로 사용해야 하기 때문에 스택의 부하변화에 빠르게 대응할 수 있는 우수한 동적 응답특성이 요구되며, 열전달이 잘 이루어지는 소형이면서 간단한 구조를 가지고 있어야 한다. 이런 특징들이 MCFC용 개질기가 화학공업에 사용되는 통상의 개질기 즉, 정상상태에서 운전되는 단순한 수소공급 장치와 구별되는 중요한 차이점이며 설계시 고려해야할 제약조건이 된다.(중략)

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.137-147
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• 2000

Not only study of fuel cell performance but study of fuel cell application is very important, therefore these studies were paralleled together for the commercialization of exciting power generation. The objective of this study is to determine the characteristics of shaft power and efficiency as a function of rpm and to compare natural convection air method to forced air method. From these results, performance of forced air was better than that of natural convection air because it enables to improve mass transportation by increasing air flow rate. With decreasing shaft power, efficiency of fuel cell decreases remarkably because dc motor drives at the low range of efficiency. Fuel cell powered vehicle has to be driven considering efficiency and shaft power. It should be driven at 35-45% of efficiency and 0.55-0.75v/cell.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.646-652
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• 2022

The dead-end anode (DEA) system is a method that closes the anode outlet and supplies fuel by pressure. The DEA method could improve fuel usage and power efficiency through system simplification. However, flooding occurs due to water and nitrogen back diffusion from the cathode to the anode during the DEA operation. Flooding is a cause of decreased fuel cell performance and electrode degradation. Therefore, tthe structure and components of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) should be optimized to prevent anode flooding during DEA operation. In this study, the effect of a porous flow field with metal foam on fuel cell performance and fuel efficiency improvement was investigated in the DEA system. As a result, fuel cell performance and purge interval were improved by effective water management with a porous flow field at the cathode, and it was confirmed that cathode flow field structure affects water back-diffusion. On the other hand, the effect of the porous flow field at the anode on fuel cell performance was insignificant. Purge interval was affected by metal foam properties and shown stable performance with large cell size metal foam in the DEA system.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.94-101
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• 2015

Each of power systems of solar cell and fuel cell were configured and validated for long endurance UAV, as the preliminary research for the integration of power systems. Solar power system consisted of solar modules fabricated by solar cells of Sunpower's C60, commercial solar MPPT controller and Li-po battery, and then was validated. The re-start characteristics of hydrogen production from $NaBH_4$ hydrolysis was validated for operating the commercial fuel cell. The average voltage drop of Li-po battery in solar power system was -2.9 V/hour. The performance of re-start characteristics of $NaBH_4$ hydrolysis was stable in sequence mode of mission profile. Each of single systems were satisfied for the proposed mission profile.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.226-232
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• 2013

A compact hydrogen generation device of fuel cell system using chemical hydride storage technique was designed to fit the propulsion device requirement of a small unmanned aerial vehicle(SUAV). For high efficient, compact, and lightweight hydrogen generation control device, the Co-B catalyst hydrogen conversion rate by $NaBH_4$ aqueous solution flux is measured so that the proper amount of Co-B catalyst for maximum hydrogen generation of 100W stack was proposed. A compact hydrogen generation device is controlled by pump's on/off using its own internal pressure and consumes fuel in high efficiency through a dead-end type fuel cell. The fuel cell system has stable operation for a planed flight profile. The system operates up to maximum 7 hours and at least 4 hours for tough flight profiles.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.134-141
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• 2010

Small PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) fuel cell systems do not require humidification and have great commercialization possibilities. However, methods for controlling small PEM fuel cell stacks have not been clearly established. In this paper, a control method for small PEM fuel cell systems using a dual closed loop with a static feedforward structure is defined and realized using a DSP (Digital Signal Processor). The fundamental elements that need to be controlled in fuel cell systems include the supply of air and hydrogen, water management inside the stack, and heat management of the stack. For small PEM fuel cell stacks operated without a separate humidifier, fans are essential for air supply, heat management, and water management of the stack. A purge valve discharges surplus water from the stack. The proposed method controls the fan using double control loops to quicken transient response of the fan thereby improving the supply rate of air. Feedback control to compensate for the voltage change in fuel cell stack improves the response characteristics in fuel cell to load variations. The feasibility of proposed method was proved by the experiments with a 60W small PEM fuel cell system and operation of a notebook computer using this system.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.04c
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• pp.233-235
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 신 재생에너지원 중 큰 축을 이루고 있는 태양광과 연료전지 발전시스템을 연계하여 하이브리드 발전시스템에 대하여 제안하였다. 태양광으로부터 발생되는 전력을 이용하여 부하에 공급함과 동시에 수전해장치를 구동시키고, 수전해장치는 전기분해시 필요한 전력을 태양광으로부터 공급받아 수소를 생산하게 된다. 본 시스템은 앞으로 가정에 적용될 수 있는 분산전원용 발전시스템의 기초 연구로써 신 재생에너지의 보급확대에 큰 기여를 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.268-272
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• 2005

현재 국내 수소 관련 연구는 생산, 운반, 저장 등 공급과정의 기술과 발전, 수송 등 이용기술을 중심으로 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 현재 개발 중인 MCFC 발전설비에 대한 기술 및 비용 특성을 이용하여 LEAP모형시스템 기반의 ROK2003-H2 모형을 구축하고 정부의 '제2차 신재생에너지 기술개발 및 이용보급 기본계획$(2003\~2012)$'의 계획에 따른 수소에너지(연료전지) 보급의 에너지/환경부문 파급효과를 분석한다. 분석 대상이 되는 기술은 Molten Carbonate 연료전지를 이용한 2MW급 발전기술로, 2008년 70MW가 설치되기 시작하여 2011년까지 매년 100MW증설되어 2011년 전체 설비가 370MW에 이르는 것으로 시나리오를 구축한다. 설비의 에너지효율성은 연료전지 발전설비가 처음 도입된 2008년에는 $45\%$로 가정하고 2009년-2011년 간에 $5\%$씩 상승되어 2011년에는 $60\%$에 이를 것으로 전망한다. 분석결과에 의하면 2011년에 연료전지의 발전설비를 370MW로 확대하는 경우에 CO를 비롯한 대부분의 대기오염배출량이 감소하며, 온실가스 배출량 역시 35,433백만tC로 약 295백만tC가 감소한다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.52 no.6
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• pp.720-726
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• 2014

PEM fuel cell vehicles have been getting much attraction due to a sort of highly clean and effective transportation. The onboard fuel processor, however, is inevitably required to supply the hydrogen by conversion from some fuels since there are not enough available hydrogen stations nearby. A lot of studies have been focused on analyses of ATR reactor under the assumption of thermo-neutral condition and those of the optimized process for the minimization of energy consumption using thermal efficiency as an objective function, which doesn't guarantee the maximum hydrogen production. In this study, the analysis of optimization for 100 kW PEMFC onboard fuel processor was conducted targeting various fuels such as gasoline, LPG, diesel using newly defined hydrogen efficiency and keeping simply synthesized heat exchanger network regardless of external utilities leading to compactness and integration. Optimal result of gasoline case shows 9.43% reduction compared to previous study, which shows the newly defined objective function leads to better performance than thermal efficiency in terms of hydrogen production. The sensitivity analysis was also done for hydrogen efficiency, heat recovery of each heat exchanger, and the cost of each fuel. Finally, LPG was estimated as the most economical fuel in Korean market.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.51 no.4
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• pp.455-459
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• 2013

The fuel processor for the portable fuel cell includes multi-step processes consisting of hydrogen generator, heat generator and several CO clean-up stages. One of requirements of the fuel processor for portable fuel cell system is a rapid start-up time. Especially, the warm-up time for WGS reactor is crucial factors for total start-up time. In this paper, active heating protocol, which is the heating protocol of WGS reactor supplied by the oxidation of CO rich reformate in the initial stage, is used for a rapid start-up. The air stream fed to the inlet of WGS reactor rapidly oxidize the CO rich reformate in the WGS reactor. Therefore, CO concentration in reformate quickly stabilized at the desired concentration without CO surges.