• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2009

Bio-oil has attracted considerable interest as one of the promising renewable energy resources because it can be used as a feedstock in conventional petroleum refineries for the production of high value chemicals or next-generation hydrocarbon fuels. Currently, catalytic vapor cracking is considered the most potential upgrading method for stabilization of bio-oil, which is a pre-process required prior to feeding bio-oil into refineries. This review introduces the recent research and development trends on bio-oil upgrading via catalytic vapor cracking, focusing on catalysts and upgrading methods used.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.274-282
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• 2004

This study focused on the development of high performance catalyst for autothermal reforming (ATR) of gasoline to produce hydrogen. The ATR was carried out over MgO/Al2O3 supported metal catalysts prepared under various experimental conditions. The catalysts before and after reaction were characterized by N2-physisorption, CO-chemisorption, SEM and XRD. The performance of supported multi-metal catalysts were better than that of supported mono-metal catalysts. Especially, it was observed that the conversion of iso-octane over prepared Ni/Fe/MgO/Al2O3 catalyst was 99.9 % comparable with commercial catalyst (ICI) and the selectivity of hydrogen over the prepared catalyst was 65% higher than ICI catalyst. Furthermore, it was identified that the sulfur tolerance of prepared catalyst was much better than ICI catalyst based on the ATR reaction of iso-octane containing sulfur of 100 ppm. Therefore, Ni/Fe/MgO/Al2O3 catalyst can be applied for a fuel reformer, hydrogen station and on-board reformer in furl cell powered vehicles.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.112.1-112.1
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• 2010

수소경제사회를 위한 수소인프라 구축에서 가장 중요한 부분이 현지설치형 수소스테이션이라고 하겠다. 이러한 수소스테이션은 일본, 미국, 유럽 등 선진각국에서 2015년에 상용화를 계획한 수소연료전지자동차의 보급에 필요불가결한 설비이므로 이들 지역을 중심으로 수요가 발생할 것으로 보인다. 선진국에서는 수소연료전지자동차의 경우 상용화가 이루어지면 2020년경 그 비율은 전체 자동차의 약 5% 수준을 점유할 것으로 보고 있다. 현재 국내에서도 정부주관으로 2015년부터 보급 목표로 수소연료전지차 모니터링연구가 수행되고 있다. 이에 따라 이미 외국 설비를 중심으로 수소스테이션 실증연구가 이루어졌으며, 각 기업체 및 연구기관에서 개질기, 고압압축기, 디스펜서 등 많은 요소기술 개발에 박차를 가하고 있으며, 이 결과로 향후 수소스테이션 국산화에 많은 기여를 할 것으로 사료된다. 아울러 이번 연구는 수소스테이션의 핵심부분인 수소스테이션용 제어로직을 개발하고 시뮬레이터를 제작한 결과에 대해 발표하고자 한다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.17-20
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• 2008

HYOSUNG manufactured and tested 1kW class PEFC systems to generate electrical and thermal energy for each residential usage. In particular, HYOSUNG developed power conditioning system that performs over 91% electrical conversion ratio specified in 1kW class PEFC systems. Prior to system integration, we tested each performances of components to derive control issues from it. In addition, we have been developing the adequate simulator to describe and predict system performance. In this paper, we verified HYOSUNG's 1kW class PEFC systems are valid for residential energy sources by testing the characteristics of systems and performances of main components.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.45 no.6
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• pp.656-662
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• 2007

Fuel reformer using plasma and shift reactor for CO oxidation were designed and manufactured as $H_2$ supply device to operate a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). $H_2$ selectivity was increased by non-thermal plasma reformer using GlidArc discharge with Ni catalyst simultaneously. Shift reactor was consisted of steam generator, low temperature shifter, high temperature shifter and preferential oxidation reactor. Parametric screening studies of fuel reformer were conducted, in which there were the variations of the catalyst temperature, gas component ratio, total gas ratio and input power. and parametric screening studies of shift reactor were conducted, in which there were the variations of the air flow rate, stema flow rate and temperature. When the $O_2/C$ ratio was 0.64, total gas flow rate was 14.2 l/min, catalytic reactor temperature was $672^{\circ}C$ and input power 1.1 kJ/L, the production of $H_2$ was maximized 41.1%. And $CH_4$ conversion rate, $H_2$ yield and reformer energy density were 88.7%, 54% and 35.2% respectively. When the $O_2/C$ ratio was 0.3 in the PrOx reactor, steam flow ratio was 2.8 in the HTS, and temperature were 475, 314, 260, $235^{\circ}C$ in the HTS, LTS, PrOx, the conversion of CO was optimized conditions of shift reactor using simulated reformate gas. Preheat time of the reactor using plasma was 30 min, component of reformed gas from shift reactor were $H_2$ 38%, CO<10 ppm, $N_2$ 36%, $CO_2$ 21% and $CH_4$ 4%.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.411-426
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• 2022

Energy plays a significant role in modern lifestyle because of our extensive reliance over energy-operating devices. Therefore, there is a need for alternative and green energy resources that can fulfill the energy demand. For this, fuel cell (FCs) especially anion exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs) have gained tremendous attention over the other (FCs) due to their fast reaction kinetics without using noble catalyst and allow to use of cheaper polymers with high performance. But lack of highly conductive, chemically, and mechanically stable anion exchange membrane (AEM) still main obstacle to the development of high performance AEMFCs. Therefore, graphene-based polymer composite membranes came into the existence as AEMs for the FCs. The exceptional properties of the graphene help to improve the performance of AEMs. Still, there are lot of challenges in the graphene derivatives based AEMs because of their high tendency of agglomeration in polymer matrix which reduced their potential. To overcome this issue surface modification of graphene derivatives is necessary to restrict their agglomeration and conserved their potential features that can help to improve the performance of AEM. Therefore, this review focus on the surface modification of graphene derivatives and their role in the fabrication of AEMs for the FCs.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.169-174
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• 2009

In the study, the effect of the ultrasonic energy in transportational diesel fuel on the engine performance and exhaust emission has been investigated for indirect injection diesel engine. It was tested to estimated change of engine performance and exhaust emission characteristics for the transportational diesel fuels and the reforming fuels which was irradiated by the ultrasonic energy. The results of the study may be concluded as follows; By the irradiation of ultrasonic energy on the diesel fuel, cylinder pressure, heat release rate and engine power were increased but bsfc, mass fraction burned, and smoke were reduced. Also, the combustion was more stabilized and became complete and NOx was increased.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.11-18
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• 2011

The geometrically similar swiss roll reactors of different physical sizes were tested with the aim of independently determining the effects of Re and Da. It is found that the difference between catalytic and non-catalytic combustions extinction limits are narrowed as scale decreases. In addition to assess the importance of fuel chemistry, different families of fuels including alkanes and ethers were tested. From these results the effect of scale and fuel type on microscale reactor performance and implications for practical micro combustion devices are discussed.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.91.1-91.1
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• 2011

고체산화물 연료전지(Solid Oxide Fuel Cell이하 SOFC)는 연료가 갖는 화학에너지를 연소과정 없이, 공기와 H2, CO, CH4와 같은 환원성 가스를 공급받아 $600{\sim}1000^{\circ}C$에서 전기화학적 반응을 통하여 직접 전기를 얻는 방식이다. SOFC는 $700^{\circ}C$ 이상의 고온에서 고체산화물이 연료와 공기가 반응하여 전기와 열을 동시에 생산하기 때문에 carnot cycle의 제한을 받지 않아 발전효율이 40% 이상으로 고효율이고, NOx 및 SOx를 배출하지 않아 무공해이며, moving parts가 없어 소음이 나지 않고, 건설과 증설이 지역이나 기후 조건에 제약 없이 용이하고, 다양한 용량이 가능하며, 고가의 백금 촉매를 사용하지 않으며, 수소, 석탄가스, 천연가스 등의 연료를 사용할 수 있는 장점이 있음, 또한 다향한 형태로 제작할 수 있으며 전해질이 고체에서 전해질 손실 및 보충에 문제가 없고 타 연료전지에 비해 개질기가 필요 없어 발전시스템이 간단하고 경량화가 가능하다. 전사법은 paste를 제작하여 전사용지에 Screen printing하여 건조 후 coating하는 방법으로 기존의 여러 coating 방법보다 제작이 용이하고 소재의 크기, 두께조절이 간편하며, 구성층의 표면조도나 굴곡에 대응이 용이한 방법이다. 본 실험에서는 paste 제조, 전사법을 이용하여 Anode, AFL, Electrolyte, CFL, Cathode전사지를 제작하고 이를 세라믹 평관형 지지체에 변수로 두께 조건별 Coating 한 후 $1400^{\circ}C$ 소결을 진행하여 SEM 분석으로 미세구조 관찰, 출력특성 및 Impedance을 확인하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.7
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• pp.689-696
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• 2010

The Because of its high thermal efficiency, the direct injection (DI) diesel engine has emerged as a promising potential candidate in the field of transportation. However, the amount of nitrogen oxides ($NO_x$) increases in the local high-temperature regions and that of particulate matter (PM) increases in the diffusion flame region during diesel combustion. In the de-$NO_x$ system the Lean $NO_x$ Trap (LNT) catalyst is used, which absorbs $NO_x$ under lean exhaust gas conditions and releases it in rich conditions. This technology can provide a high $NO_x$-conversion efficiency, but the right amount of reducing agent should be supplied to the catalytic converter at the right time. In this research, the emission characteristics of a diesel engine equipped with a micro-reformer that acts as a reductants-supplying equipment were investigated using an LNT system, and the effects of the exhaust-gas temperature were also studied.