• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.279-284
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 3차원 전산유체역학 (3-D computational fluid dynamics, CFD)을 이용하여 고체고분자전해질형연료전지 (proton exchange membrane fuel cell, PEMFC)의 기체유로에 대한 성능에 관한 전산모사를 실시하였다. 또한 이 전산모사를 통하여 유체의 농도와 압력분포, 그리고 전류밀도의 분포 등 각종 분포에 관하여 연구를 진행하였다. 본 논문에서는 단일유로와 5개의 유로를 비교분석 하였다. 그 결과 5개의 유로가 단일유로에 비하여 각종 분포들이 균일하였고, 성능 또한 월등하였다. 특히 단일유로에서는 물질전달에의한 성능저하 영역에서 매우 낮은 성능을 확인할 수 있었고 반면 5개의 유로에서는 이 부분을 극복하여 보다 높은 성능을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.258-263
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• 2010

A numerical stack model has been developed to predict the temperature at a constant-load operation of molten carbonate fuel cell stacks. For the validity of the model, the simulated results with several boundary conditions were compared in the cell temperature data obtained from 75 kW class MCFC stack operation. It was shown that the simulated results with the existing boundary condition, which the stack outlet temperature was fixed at $650^{\circ}C$, didn't match well with the measured data. On the other hand, the stack model with the outlet temperature modified by the outlet manifold temperature measured from the stack under several electric loads was found to explain the measured cell temperature distribution well. The results show that the model can be used to predict the cell temperature distribution in the stacks by the measurement of the manifold outlet temperature.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.8-15
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• 2007

Liquid water in flow channel is an important factor that limits the steady and transient performance of PEM fuel cells. A computational fluid dynamics study based on the volume-of-fluid [VOF] multi-phase model was conducted to understand the two-phase flow behavior of liquid water in cathode gas channels. The liquid water transport in $180^{\circ}{\Delta}$ bends was investigated, where the effects of surface characteristics (hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces], channel geometries (rectangular and chamfered corners], and air velocity in channel were discussed. The two-phase flow behavior of liquid water with hydrophilic channel surface and that with hydrophobic surface was found very different; liquid water preferentially flows along the corners of flow channel in hydrophilic channels while it flows in rather spherical shape in hydrophobic channels. The results showed that liquid water transport was generally enhanced when hydrophobic channel with rounded corners was used. However, the surface characteristics and channel geometries became less important when air velocity was increased over 10m/s. This study is believed to provide a useful guideline for design optimization of flow patterns or channel configurations of PEM fuel cells.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.283-290
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• 2008

In this paper, experiments with an air-breathing proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) for mobile devices were carried out according to cathode conditions. These conditions are defined by the cathode flow field plate type (the channel type, the open type) and the cathode surface direction. Single-cell and 6-cell stack were used in the experiments. The experimental results showed that the open-type cathode flow field plate gave a better performance than the small channel type. In the experiments related to the direction of the slits on the cathode flow field plate, the horizontal slit cell was better than the vertical one. With respect to the cathode surface direction, when the cathode surface is placed in the direction normal to the ground, the PEMFC generated more stable power in the mass transport loss region. Since stable power in the mass transport region is closely related to the air supply, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis for air-breathing PEMFC of different cathode surface directions was performed.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제11권8호
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• pp.199-204
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• 2013

단순한 모델링이 아닌 3차원의 정밀한 모델링을 이용하여 연료전지 내부에서의 상황을 모사하였다. 자동차 엔진, 비행기 등의 설계에 있어서 실제 실험의 횟수를 줄여주기 위하여 매우 정밀한 전산유체역학(CFD)이 사용된다. 본 연구에서는 CD-ADAPCO사의 STAR-CD를 이용하여 고체고분자전해질형 연료전지(PEMFC)의 성능을 분석하였다. PEMFC 단위전지의 형상과 유로의 흐름의 변화에 따른 성능의 영향성을 분석하였다. 그 결과 rectangular cell 의 성능이 square cell 보다 높게 나타났으며 유체흐름의 방향은 성능에 큰 영향을 미치지 못했다. 또한 공기의 과잉률에 따른 전체적인 연료전지의 성능을 비교하였으며, 또한 PEMFC 내부에서의 전류밀도의 분포에 관한 분석을 실시하여 그 결과를 비교, 분석하였다. 그 결과 flip-flow의 경우가 co-flow의 경우에 비하여 최대치와 최고치의 값의 편차가 작은 것으로 확인되어 보다 균일한 분포를 가지는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2010년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.599-606
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• 2010

This paper presents dynamic analysis of FCEV (Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle) Turbo Blower. To analyze the dynamic characteristics of Turbo Blower, finite element model which consists of solid elements is constructed. Evaluation of stress for safety of rotor sleeve due to centrifugal force, Shrink fit analysis in maximum rotation speed is performed. Rotor dynamic analysis of Turbo blower is conducted using Campbell diagram and FEA (Finite element analysis) results are compared with experimental results to evaluate of validity of finite element model. To evaluate of Structure vibration characteristics, Modal analysis and forced vibration analysis are performed through FEA and experiment.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.85.1-85.1
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• 2010

캐스케이드형 연료전지 시스템에 있어서 각 스택의 단에서 전기화학반응에 의해 생성된 물을 분리하여 적절하게 배출시켜주는 것은 스택의 성능 및 내구성 향상을 위해 매우 중요하다. 이를 위해 연료전지 스택 각 단의 상이한 조건에 맞는 기액분리기의 설계가 필요하다. 유량에 따른 기액분리기의 부피와 원활한 연료 가스와 생성수의 분리를 위한 내부구조 및 입구 속도 등의 변수들에 따라 기액분리기의 성능 뿐만 아니라 연료전지 시스템 전체의 성능에 영향을 준다. 그러나 기액분리기의 폐쇄적 구조 때문에 실험을 통해 내부의 거동 및 현상을 파악할 수 없어 앞서 언급한 변수들의 효과를 확인할 수 없는 문제점이 있다. 이에 CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics, 전산유체역학)를 활용하여 각 조건에 따른 기액분리기 내부의 현상을 파악하고 이를 통해 기액분리기 설계를 최적화하였다.

• 에너지공학
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.224-230
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• 2011

우수한 성능의 연료전지 시스템을 개발하기 위해서는 연료전지의 주변장치 및 핵심부품을 중점적으로 연구해야 한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 연료전지 시스템 내에서 배열 회수를 목적으로 사용될 원심펌프에 대해서 연구를 하였다. 본 연구를 위해 임펠러 수가 4개인 원심펌프를 설계, 제작하여 실험을 하였고, 상용모델(IWAKI) 결과와 비교, 분석하였다. 또한 임펠러 수가 4, 6, 8개인 원심펌프를 설계하여 CFD 해석기법을 통해 해석해 보았다. 실험결과와 전산해석은 동일한 조건하에 진행 되었으며 정량적인 차이를 비교 하였을 경우 30[%] 이내의 차이를 보여주었다. 또한 실험을 통해 얻어진 결과는 전산해석을 수행하는데 중요한 자료로 사용될 수 있었고 향후, 실험에 대한 정확성 향상 및 CFD 해석에서 가정한 부분을 줄인다면 더 정확한 결과를 확보할 수 있을 것이다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.57-68
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• 2016

In this study, we present the modern hybrid system based power generation for electric vehicle applications. We describe the hybrid structure of modified current source based DC - DC converters used to extract the maximum power from Photovoltaic (PV) and Fuel Cell system. Due to reduced dc-link capacitor requirement and higher reliability, the current source inverters (CSI) better compared to the voltage source based inverter. The novel control strategy includes Distributed Maximum Power Point Tracking (DMPPT) for photovoltaic (PV) and fuel cell power generation system. The proposed DC - DC converters have been analyzed in both buck and boost mode of operation under duty cycle 0.5>d, 0.5<d<1 and 0.5<d for capable electric vehicle applications. The proposed topology benefits include one common DC-AC inverter that interposes the generated power to supply the charge for the sharing of load in a system of hybrid supply with photovoltaic panels and fuel cell PEM. An improved control of Direct Torque and Flux Control (DTFC) based induction motor fed by current source converters for electric vehicle.In order to achieve better performance in terms of speed, power and miles per gallon for the expert, to accepting high regenerative braking current as well as persistent high dynamics driving performance is required. A simulation model for the hybrid power generation system based electric vehicle has been developed by using MATLAB/Simulink. The Direct Torque and Flux Control (DTFC) is planned using Xilinx ISE software tool in addition to a Modelsim 6.3 software tool that is used for simulation purposes. The FPGA based pulse generation is used to control the induction motor for electric vehicle applications. FPGA has been implemented, in order to verify the minimal error between the simulation results of MATLAB/Simulink and experimental results.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.446-454
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• 2008

The purpose of this paper is to analyze two-phase flows of the hydrogen recirculation system. Two-phase flow modeling is one of the great challenges in the classical sciences. As with most problems in engineering, the interest in two-phase flow is due to its extreme importance in various industrial applications. In hydrogen recirculation systems of fuel cell, the changes in pressure and temperature affect the phase change of mixture. Therefore, two-phase flow analysis of the hydrogen recirculation system is very important. Two-phase computation fluid dynamics (CFD) calculations, using a commercial CFD package FLUENT 6.2, were employed to calculate the gas-liquid flow. A two-phase flow calculation was conducted to solve continuity, momentum, energy equation for each phase. Then, the mass transfer between water vapor and liquid water was calculated. Through an experiment to measure production of liquid water with change of pressure, the analysis model was verified. The predictions of rate of condensed liquid water with change of pressure were within an average error of about 5%. A comparison of experimental and computed data was found to be in good agreement. The variations of performance, properties, mass fraction and two-phase flow characteristic of mixture with resepct to the fuel cell power were investigated.