• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.10
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• pp.885-891
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• 2010

Thermal management is important for enhancing the performance and durability of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and is taken into account in the design of PEMFCs. In general, cooling pates with circulating liquid coolant (water) are inserted between several unit cells to exhaust the reaction heat from PEMFCs. In this study, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were performed to characterize the uniform cooling performance of parallel multipass serpentine flow fields (MPSFFs) that were used as coolant flow channels in PEMFCs. The cooling performances of conventional serpentine and parallel flow fields were also evaluated for the purpose of comparison. The CFD results showed that the use of parallel MPSFFs can help reduce the temperature nonuniformity, and thus, can favorably enhance the performance and durability of PEMFCs.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.898-910
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• 1995

기존경수로 핵연료의 연소도를 크게 증가시키는 고연소도 핵연료 및 미래형 핵연료에서는 연료봉의 축방향 조사성장이 증가하게 되고 이와 같이 증가된 축방향 연료봉 성장을 수용하기 위해서는 상.하단 고정체 사이의 간격이 더 필요하게 된다. 이 요구되는 상.하단고정체 사이의 축방향 공간을 얻기 위하여 기존 국산핵연료 하단고정체 유로판 및 이물질여과 하단고정체에 대하여 응력강도를 기준으로 두께최적화 계산을 수행하였다. 계산은 범용 유한요소 코드인 ANSYS 코드를 이용하였다. 이 두께 최적화에 의해 기존의 국산 17$\times$17 경수로 핵연료의 하단고정체에서는 지지 Leg의 폭과 길이를 증가시킴으로써 유로판의 두께 감소를 약 5.1mm 줄일 수 있음을 알 수 있고, DRBEP용 하단고정체에서는 약 4.6mm의 두께 감소가 가능한 것으로 해석되었다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.14-16
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• 2008

자동차 구동용 연료전지 스택에 적용된 분리판에 대하여 연료전지 내부의 수분분포 및 농도를 측정할 수 있는 중성자 가시화 기법을 이용하여 구조진단을 실시하여 유로의 분기부 및 180도 회전부의 수분 응축과 같은 국부적인 Flooding 현상과 분리판의 반응면적 전체에 대한 불균일한 수분분포를 확인하였다. 신규 개발 스택에 적용된 분리판은 이러한 구조진단 결과를 바탕으로 변형된 유로 도입을 통한 180도 회전부 제거, 냉각수 입구와 인접한 부분에서 교차하게 되는 수소 출구 부분의 수분응축에 의한 Flooding 현상을 완화하기 위한 냉각수 유로를 적용하여 중성자 가시화 기법을 통하여 동일한 가습조건에서 부하에 따른 분리판 반응면적 전체에 대한 수분분포를 조사하였다.

• Journal of Power System Engineering
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.26-31
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• 2007

통신용 전자기기에서 대부분의 열은 증폭기에서 발생한다. 일반적으로 증폭기를 냉각하기 위하여 공랭식을 사용하여 발생하는 많은 열을 냉각하였다. 그러나 전통적인 방법은 고성능 콤팩트화 되어가는 추세에서 발열되는 열을 충분히 냉각하기는 부족하다. 본 논문은 고발열 전자부품 냉각을 위해서 수냉식 방법을 사용하였다. 열전달 효율을 높이기 위하여 냉각판에 직접 냉각수를 흐르게하여 접촉저항을 줄였다. 그리고 냉각판의 유로에 대한 배열과 유량의 비의 효과를 조사하였다. 연구를 수행한 결과, 다음과 같은 결론을 얻을 수 있었다. 냉각수 순환량이 $3{\iota}/min$인 경우, 유로 직경이 8 mm일 때의 냉각 성능이 10 mm일 때보다 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 냉각수 순환량이 $3{\iota}/min$인 경우, 유로 직경이 8 mm일 때의 발열 소자 표면 온도 분포가 더욱 안정적으로 나타났으며, 상하부에 설치된 발열 소자 표면 온도가 더 낮게 나타났다. 동일한 유로 직경의 냉각판에서, 열유속 증가에 따른 냉각수의 전열 성능 증가로 인해 전체 발열량의 증가율보다 발열 소자의 온도 증가율이 낮게 나타났다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.25-35
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• 2012

An endwall boundary layer fence technique was adapted to improve the aerothermal environment of a gas turbine passage. The shape optimization of the fence was performed to maximize the improvement. The turbine passage was simulated by a $90^{\circ}$ turning duct (ReD=360,000). The main purpose of the present investigation was to focus on finding a endwall boundary layer fence with minimum total pressure loss in the passage and heat transfer coefficient on the endwall of the duct. Anothor objective function was to minimize the area on the endwall of the duct. An approximate optimization method was used for the investigation to secure the computational efficiency. Results indicated that a significant improvement in aerodynamic environment can be achieved through the application of the fence. Improvement of the thermal environment was smaller than that of the aerodynamic enviroment.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.186.1-186
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• 2001

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.406-413
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• 2011

This paper presents the shape optimization of a nonaxisymmetric endwall and endwall boundary layer fence which improve the aerothermal environment of a gas turbine passage. The endwall and fence methods were used simultaneously. The turbine passage was simulated by a $90^{\circ}$ turning duct ($Re_D$=360,000). The main purpose of the present investigation was to focus on finding a nonaxisymmetric endwall and boundary layer fence with minimum total pressure loss in the passage and heat transfer coefficient on the endwall of the duct. An approximate optimization method was used for the investigation to secure the computational efficiency. Results indicated that a significant improvement in aerothermal environment can be achieved through the application of a nonaxisymmetric endwall and boundary layer fence.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.618-623
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• 2022

The bipolar plate is a key component of the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) that transfers reactants and electrons, discharges water and heat as by-products, and serves as a mechanical support for the membrane electrode assembly (MEA). Therefore, the flow field structure of the bipolar plate plays an important role in improving fuel cell performance. In this study, PEMFC performance was investigated with copper foams with different compressibility ratios applied to cathode bipolar plates using a 25 cm² unit cell. The total resistance decreased as the compressibility ratio of the metal foams increased, and, in particular, the charge transfer and mass transfer resistance were significantly improved compared to the serpentine flow field, lowering voltage loss in medium and high current density region. In the case of pressurized air reactant flow with serpentine structure, fuel cell performance was similar to that of a compressed metal foam flow field (S3) up to the medium current density region, but low performance appeared in the high current density region due to flow field structure limitations.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.442-448
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• 2021

Flow field is an important parameter for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) performance to have an effect on the reactant supply, heat and water diffusion, and contact resistance. In this study, PEMFC performance was investigated using Cu foam flow field at the cathode of 25 cm² unit cell. Polarization curve and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy were performed at different pressure and relative humidity conditions. The Cu foam showed lower cell performance than that of serpentine type due to its high ohmic resistance, but lower activation and concentration loss due to the even reactant distribution of porous structure. Cu foam has the advantage of effective water transport because of its hydrophobicity. However, it showed low membrane hydration at low humidity condition. The metal foam flow field could improve fuel cell performance with a uniform pressure distribution and effective water management, so future research on the properties of metal foam should be conducted to reduce electrical resistance of bipolar plate.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.417-424
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• 2011

A fuel assembly consists of five major components, i.e., a top end piece (TEP), a bottom end piece (BEP), spacer grids (SGs), guide tubes (GTs) and an instrumentation tube (IT); in addition, it also includes fuel rods (FRs). The TEP/BEP should satisfy stress intensity limits according to the conditions A and B of ASME, Section III, Division 1-Subsection NB. In a dual-cooled fuel assembly, the array and position of fuel rods are different from those in a conventional PWR fuel assembly; these changes are necessary for achieving power uprating. The flow plates of the TEP and BEP have to be modified accordingly. The pattern and shape of the flow holes were newly designed. To verify the strength compatibility, the Tresca stress limit according to the ASME code was investigated in the case of an axial load of 22.241 kN. In this paper, the stress linearization procedure for strength evaluation of a newly designed TEP is presented.