• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.384-389
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• 2009

KEPRI (Korea Electric Power Research Institute) has studied planar type solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stacks using anode-supported cells and kW class co-generation systems for residential power generation. In this work, a 1 kW SOFC system consisted of a hot box part, a cold BOP (balance of plant) part, and a hot water reservoir. The hot box part contained a SOFC stack made up of 48 cells, a fuel reformer, a catalytic combustor, and heat exchangers. Thermal management and insulation system were especially designed for self-sustainable operation in that system. A cold BOP part was composed of blowers, pumps, a water trap, and system control units. When the 1 kW SOFC stack was tested using hydrogen at $750^{\circ}C$, the stack power was about $1.2\;kW_e$ at 30 A and $1.6\;kW_e$ at 50 A. Turning off an electric furnace, the SOFC system was operated using hydrogen and city gas without any external heat source. Under self-sustainable operation conditions, the stack power was about $1.3\;kW_e$ with hydrogen and $1.2\;kW_e$ with city gas respectively. The system also recuperated heat of about $1.1\;kW_{th}$ by making hot water.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제45권12호
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• pp.772-776
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• 2008

The Korea Electric Power Research Institute (KEPRI) has been developing planar solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and power systems for combined heat and power (CHP) units. The R&D work includes solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) materials investigation, design and fabrication of single cells and stacks, and kW class SOFC CHP system development. Anode supported cells composed of Ni-YSZ/FL/YSZ/LSCF were enlarged up to $15{\times}15\;cm^2$ and stacks were manufactured using $10{\times}10\;cm^2$ cells and metallic interconnects such as ferritic stainless steel. The first-generation system had a 37-cell stack and an autothermal reformer for use with city gas. The system showed maximum stack power of about $1.3\;kW_{e,DC}$ and was able to recover heat of $0.57{\sim}1.2\;kW_{th}$ depending on loaded current by making hot water. The second-generation system was composed of an improved 48-cell stack and a prereformer (or steam reformer). The thermal management subsystem design including heat exchangers and insulators was also improved. The second-generation system was successfully operated without any external heat source. Under self-sustainable operation conditions, the stack power was about $1.3\;kW_{e,DC}$ with hydrogen and $1.2\;kW_{e,DC}$ with city. The system also recuperated heat of about $1.1\;kW_{th}$ by making hot water. Recently KEPRI manufactured a 2kW class SOFC stack and a system by scaling up the second-generation 1kW system and will develop a 5kW class CHP system by 2010.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제34권10호
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• pp.907-916
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• 2010

고온형 연료전지인 MCFC 발전시스템에 가스터빈, 유기매체 랜킨 사이클, 순산소 연소 사이클 등 다양한 하부 사이클을 추가한 통합시스템들의 성능을 비교 해석하였다. MCFC 시스템의 성능과 운전조건을 바탕으로 하여 각 추가 시스템의 주요 설계 변수 변화에 따른 통합시스템의 성능 변화를 해석하였고 이로부터 각 시스템의 최적 성능을 도출하였다. 각 시스템을 비교하여 MCFC와 최적의 결합을 나타내는 시스템을 분석하였는데, MCFC/OXY 시스템이 MCFC 단독 시스템에 비하여 가장 큰 출력 증가를 나타내었으며, MCFC/GT 시스템의 효율 증가가 가장 큰 것으로 나타났다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.83-88
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• 1998

본 논문은 태양전지 연료전지 복합 전력시스랩에 대한 환경평가를 다목적함수의해 선정 보조시스템의 하나언 이상점 기법올 통하여 다루고자 한다. 그에 대한 평가는 발전소 건설에 필요한 부지량과 건설에서 해체때까지의 이산화탄소 배출량의 관점에서 이루어지며 그 결과는 기존의 화석연료 발전시스템들과 비교되어진다. 연료전지 발전은 이미 변덕스러운 날씨하에서 극심한 태양전지의 출력량 변회를 보상하기 위한 적절한 발전기술엄이 증명 되었다. 가장 적은 부지량을 필요로 하는 연료전지 발전은 태양전지 발전시스템의 과도한 부지 펼요량올 경감시 킬 수 있으며 그 태양전지-연료전지 복합 전력시스템은 건셜에서 해체때까지의 이산화탄소 배출량 면에서도 가장 적은 영향올 미치는 것으로 나타난다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.555-561
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• 2023

In this study, we proposed a standard model for the design, construction and demonstration of the technology development and substantiation of small hydrogen powered vessel in order to respond to the alternative fuel-using vessel market that requires the use of low-carbon/carbon-free fuel as a greenhouse gas reduction measure. The hydrogen fuel cell-based electric propulsion system developed through this is optimized through performance and durability tests on the land-based test site (LBTS), and the electric propulsion system applied to this result is mounted on a small hydrogen propulsion vessel and operated. Simultaneously, through the digital twin technology between the LBTS and the hydrogen-propelled vessel on the sea, the technology that can predict and diagnose the problems that can occur in the electric propulsion system of the vessel is applied to carry out the empirical study of the hydrogen-propelled vessel. In addition, we propose a commercialization model by analyzing the economic feasibility of the demonstration vessel.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1997년도 하계학술대회 논문집 A
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• pp.100-103
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• 1997

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) started a fuel cell project to develop alternative sources of electric power because of the rapid increase in power demand and global environmental problems. For the development of a molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC), KEPCO started the project in 1993 to develop a 2 kW MCFC system and finished it at the end of 1996. In this project, $ASPEN^+$ was utilized to design the 2 kW MCFC generation system. Based on this simulation, a power generation system was designed and installed for operation and a long term test of internally manifolded 2 kW class MCFC stack. This stack has 20 cells with an effective electrode area of $1000\;cm^2$. It was run at 0.84 V and $150\;mA/cm^2$ and was operated for more than 3,250 hours continuously. This paper describes the system configuration and its control and measurement units. An analysis of the stack performance, the effect of gas utilization ratio, and the stack performance requirements are also discussed.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.296-303
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• 2015

무인기 운용 환경을 고려하여 다양한 조성의 $NaBH_4$ 용액을 사용해 수소발생시스템의 성능 평가를 수행하였다. 먼저, 자발가수분해와 30분의 수소발생실험을 수행하였다. 수소의 손실, 안정한 수소 발생, $NaBO_2$의 석출, 전환 효율과 무인기의 운용을 고려하여 $NaBH_4$ 용액의 조성을 1 wt% NaOH + 25 wt% $NaBH_4$+74wt% $H_2O$로 결정하였다. 200 W급 연료전지 시스템을 위해 장시간 수소발생실험도 수행되었다. 비록 $NaBO_2$의 석출로 인해서 수소 발생률이 감소하였지만, 200 W 연료전지를 위한 수소를 3시간동안 발생(전환 효율: 87.4%)시켰다. 600 Wh의 에너지를 갖는 200 W급 연료전지 시스템의 에너지 밀도는 263 Wh/kg이었다. 기존 배터리 무인기에 비해 약 1.5배 이상의 체공 시간을 달성할 수 있다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제33권12호
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• pp.968-976
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• 2009

As the global warming becomes a serious environmental problem, studies of reducing $CO_2$ emission in power generation area are in progress all over the world. One of the carbon capture and storage(CCS) technologies is known as oxy-fuel combustion power generation system. In the oxy-fuel combustion system, the exhaust gas is mainly composed of $CO_2$ and $H_2O$. Thus, high-purity $CO_2$ can be obtained after a proper $H_2O$ removal process. In this paper, an oxy-fuel combustion cycle that recovers the waste heat of a high-temperature fuel cell is analyzed thermodynamically. Variations of characteristics of $CO_2$ and $H_2O$ mixture which is extracted from the condenser and power consumption required to obtain highly-pure $CO_2$ gas were examined according to the variation of the condensing pressure. The influence of the number of compression stages on the power consumption of the $CO_2$ capture process was analyzed, and the overall system performance was also investigated.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2010년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.261-262
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• 2010

This paper presents the design, development and performance of a power conditioning system (PCS) for application to a Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell (MCFC) for high power generation system. The controller must also supervise the total PCS operation while communicating with the fuel cell system controller. A control method for parallel operation of 250kW PCS was implemented and verified respectively. Experimental performances are compared to minimum target requirements of the PCS for MCFC respectively.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전력기술부문A
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.265-274
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• 2001

Recently, the operation of power systems has become more difficult because the peak demand load is increasing continuously and the daily load factor is getting worse and worse. Also, the consideration of deregulation and global environment in electric power industry is required. In order to overcome those problems, a study on the planning and operation in power systems of dispersed generating sources such as fuel cell systems, photovoltaic systems and wind power systems, has been performed energetically. This paper presents a method for determining an optimal operation strategy of dispersed co-generating sources, especially fuel cell generation systems, considering thermal supply as well as electric power supply. In other words, the optimal operation of those sources can be determined easily by the principle of equal incremental fuel cost and the thermal merit of those sources can be also evaluated quantitatively through Kuhn-Tucker's optimal conditions. In additions, an priority method using the comparison of total cost at the peak load time interval is presented in order ot select the optimal locations of those sources. The validity of the proposed algorithms is demonstrated using a model system.