• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.61-66
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• 2022

This study is to increase the surface area and maximize the effect of the catalyst by coating a nanometersized metal catalyst material on the anode layer using atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology. ALD process is known to produce uniform films with well-controlled thickness at the atomic level on substrates. We measured the performance by coating metals (Ni) on Ni/YSZ, which is the most widely known anode material for solid oxide fuel cells. ALD coatings began to show a decrease in cell performance over 3 nm coatings.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1997.06a
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• pp.89-102
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• 1997

대향류 확산 화염의 매연 생성 특성에 대한 실험적 연구가 수행되었으며, 그 결과 에틸렌 ($C_2H_4$)-프로판($C_3H_8$) 혼합 연료의 경우 매연 생성 상승 효과 (synergistic effect)가 관측되었다. 프로판과 에틸렌의 PAH 생성 양상이 상이하게 나타났으며, 소량의 프로판을 에틸렌 확산 화염에 첨가할 경우 순수 연료에 비하여 매연 및 PAH (다중 고리 방향족 탄화수소; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon) 생성이 증대되었다. 단조적으로 변화하는 아세틸렌($C_2H_2$) 농도와 단열 화염 온도를 고려할 때, 이러한 결과는 HACA (H-abstraction-$C_2H_2$-addition) 반응만으로는 확산 화염에서의 매연 발생 및 성장을 설명할 수 없음을 의미한다. 수치해석과 실험 결과의 비교로부터 초기 PAH의 생성 과정을 규명하였으며 이 과정에서 C3 화학종의 재결합 반웅이 매우 중요함을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한, 이러한 C3 화학종과 C2 화학종의 상호 보완적인 역할에 의하여 에틸렌-프로판 혼합 연료에서 매연 생성이 증대됨을 밝혔다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.461-462
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• 2017

가장 대표적인 연료전지인 고분자 전해질 연료전지(PEMFC; polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell)은 두 개의 전극으로 이루어지며, 각 전극(electrode)에 공급되는 수소(anode)와 공기(cathode)의 원활한 반응을 위해 촉매(catalyst)로서 백금(Pt)을 사용한다. 이 때, 촉매의 실험 조건에 따라 연료전지 두 전극의 반응이 달라지므로 촉매의 가변성 즉, 가변적인 전극 조건에 따른 전기화학적 특성이 면밀히 분석되어야 한다. 그러므로, 본 논문에서는 촉매의 변화에 기인한 가변적인 전극 특성에 따른 연료전지의 전기화학적 특성 분석을 실시하였다.

• Prospectives of Industrial Chemistry
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.20-34
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• 2019

수소경제 시대의 도래와 함께 연료전지에 관한 연구가 크게 주목받고 있다. 그중 실험적으로 분석이 어려운 부분에 관하여 비용과 시간이 요구되는 실험적인 방법을 배제할 수 있는 모델링 기법인 전산유체역학(computational flow dynamics, CFD)이 큰 관심을 받고 있다. 연료전지의 연구에 주로 사용되는 전산유체역학에 관한 연구는 열분포, 유체의 흐름, 각종 반응물의 농도, 그리고 전기화학반응 등의 실험적인 분석이 현실적으로 불가능한 부분의 분석으로 통하여 실험을 줄이고도 많은 결과를 얻을 수 있는 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 본 기고문에서는 전산유체역학을 이용한 연료전지 내부에서 벌어지고 있는 각종 유체, 열, 전기화학반응 등에 관한 연구동향을 소개하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2022.06a
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• pp.141-142
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• 2022

열화란 윤활유의 물리적, 화학적 성질이 변하면서 성능이 저하되는 현상을 말합니다. 물리적 변화는 연료유, 수분, 금속 등 이물질 혼입으로 발생되며 화학적 변화는 산화 현상이 대표적이며 슬러지 등을 발생합니다. 해경 경비함정은 장시간 항해, 해상조건등에 따라 엔진의 부하변동이 많습니다. 따라서 윤활유의 역할이 매우 중요합니다. 그러나 연료혼입 등으로 윤활유가 열화되면서 수명이 단축되게 됩니다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 대표적 물리적 변화의 요인인 연료혼입를 실험적으로 고찰하고자 윤활유에 연료를 일정비율로 혼합하여 물성시험 등을 수행하였습니다. 실험결과 동점도는 윤활유에 점도가 낮은 연료유 혼입량이 증가함에 따라 점진적으로 감소하는 경향을 보였습니다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.87-90
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• 2007

Fuel cell power system was developed for high-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Liquid chemical hydride was selected as a fuel due to its high energy density. Liquid storage of the fuel is an ideal alternative solution of the existing compressed hydrogen storage. The fueling system that extracts hydrogen from chemical hydride consists of catalytic reactor, micro-pump, fuel cartridge, separator, and controller. The fuel cell power system including the fueling system and the fuel cell that generates electricity was integrated into a proposed UAV. The performance verification of the fuel cell power system was performed to use as a power plant of the UAV.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.9-14
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• 2019

Liquid and solid fuels currently in use have various pros and cons. As a result, researches are dedicated to produce a new form of fuel that utilizes the advantages and overcomes weakness of conventional fuels. In the present study, a new method for making solidified ethanol fuel is introduced, and its preliminary properties and combustion characteristic are observed. The solidified ethanol fuel was made through the production of agarose hydrogel, and its subsequent soaking into pure ethanol. The properties of the solidified ethanol fuel were quantitatively and qualitatively observed, and its validity and applicability discussed.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.61 no.2
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• pp.296-301
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• 2023

Solid oxide fuel cell has received more attention recently due to the fuel flexibility via internal reforming. Commonly used Ni/YSZ anode, however, can be easily deactivated by carbon coking in hydrocarbon fuels. The carbon deposition problem can minimize by developing alternative perovskite anode. This study is focused on improving conductivity and catalytic activity of the perovskite anode by introducing rGO (reduced graphene oxide). Sr_0.92Y_0.08TiO₃(SYT) anode with perovskite structure was synthesized with 1wt% of rGO. The presence of rGO during anode fabricating process and cell operation is confirmed through XPS and Raman analysis. The maximum power density of rGO/SYT anode improved to 3 times in H₂ and 6 times in CH₄ comparing to that of SYT anode due to the high electrical conductivity and good catalytic activity for CH₄.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.4 no.1 s.9
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• pp.40-48
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• 2000

A fuel cell is an electrochemical device continuously converting the chemical energy in a fuel and an oxidant to electrical energy by going through an essentially invariant electrode-electrolyte system. Phosphoric acid fuel cell employs concentrated phosphoric acid as an electrolyte. The cell stack in the fuel cell, which is the most important part of the fuel cell system, is made up of anode where oxidation of the fuel occurs cathode where reduction of the oxidant occurs; and electrolyte, to separate the anode and cathode and to conduct the ions between them. Fuel cell performance is associated with many parameters such as operating and design parameters associated with the system configuration. In order to understand the design concepts of the phosphoric fuel cell and predict it's performance, we have here introduced the simulation of the fuel-cell stack which is core component and modeled in a 3-dimensional grid space. The concentration of reactants and products, and the temperature distributions according to the flow rates of an oxidant are computed by the help of a computational fluid dynamic code, i.e., FLUENT.

• 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.