• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제30권8호
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• pp.756-763
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• 2006

PEMFC has several technical problems such as water management, long term stability and performance degradation as. PEMFC has been studied not only to solve water management, but also to generate power in stable manner to system by using a hybrid system with auxiliary energy storage device. The purpose of this study is to couple PEMFC with supercapacitor to make a hybrid system and to design and test control strategies for stable power generation in case of changing output power. The polarization curve and dynamic behaviors while changing power were investigated to find out characteristics of PEMFC stack. A DC/DC converter was fabricated in order to increase fuel cell and supercapacitor voltage and to charge supercapacitor. We found that the operation strategy 2 was recommended to the system because of solving water management problem and increasing the dynamic behavior.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.31-34
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• 2007

Fuel cell with high electric efficiency has many probabilities of commercial use. Especially, polymer electrolyte or proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) which is a low operating temperature and has less influence on $CO_2$ concentration is considered the power generation system of small building and household. We calculated the optimal operational plans of 1 kW household PEMFC power system based on daily electric and heat demand patterns of various size of apartments. Calculated results show that the economic feasibility of PEMFC power system is very sensitive to the cost policy of electricity and natural gas.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2006년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.536-538
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• 2006

In this paper, an DC/DC converter system has been proposed, which is suitable for fuel cell based power generation systems. The proposed converter system has outstanding advantages over the conventional dc-dc converters with respect to high efficiency and high power density. The developed converter system has been experimentally tested with using DSP PWM controller so that the performance of the proposed converter could be effectively examined and the validity of the converter could be verified.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2006년도 제37회 하계학술대회 논문집 B
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• pp.1000-1001
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• 2006

In this paper, an DC/DC converter system has been proposed, which is suitable for fuel cell based power generation systems. The proposed converter system has outstanding advantages over the conventional dc-dc converters with respect to high efficiency and high power density. The developed converter system has been experimentally tested with using DSP PWM controller so that the performance of the proposed converter could be effectively examined and the validity of the converter could be verified.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.113-118
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• 2011

Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle (FCHV) is one of the most promising candidates for the next generation of transportation. It has many outstanding advantages such as higher energy efficiency and much lower emissions than internal combustion engine vehicles. It also has the ability of recovering braking energy. In order to design an FCHV drive train, we need to determine the size of the electric motor, the Fuel Cell System (FCS), and the battery. In this paper, the methodology for the sizing of these components is introduced based on the driveability constraints of the FCHV. A power management strategy is also presented because the battery energy capacity depends on it. The warm-up time of the FCS is also considered in the power management strategy and the simulation result is compared to that without considering the warm-up time.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회B
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• pp.2144-2148
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• 2008

Kerosene-driven solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system with reformer, desulfurizer and after-burner was mainly developed for this study. Originally the system was developed for 1kW class SOFC system for residential power generation (RPG) application. As a preliminary study of 1kW class SOFC system operation, a short stack was applied to the system. The short stack consists of 7 cells of $10cm{\times}10cm$ area and was operated at $720^{\circ}C$. The effect of anode inlet gas composition to stack performance was investigated. Firstly, I-V characteristics of SOFC with different fuel of kerosene and hydrogen were studied. Secondly $CH_4$ internal reforming was performed at various anode inlet gas compositions of $H_2$, $CH_4$ and $H_2O$. Through these experiments the effects of each anode inlet gas component to stack performance were analyzed and the significant operating parameters were iscussed.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.491-496
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• 2017

The hydrogen($H_2$) is promising energy carrier of renewable energy in the microgrid system such as small village and military base due to its high energy density, pure emission and convenient transportation. $H_2$ can be generated by photocatalytic water splitting, gasification of biomass and water electrolysis driven by solar cell or wind turbine. Solid oxide electrolysis cells(SOECs) are the most efficient way to mass production due to high operating temperature improving the electrode kinetics and reducing the electrolyte resistance. The SOECs are consist of nickel-yttria stabilized zirconia(NiO-YSZ) fuel electrode / YSZ electrolyte / lanthanum strontium manganite-YSZ(LSM-YSZ) air electrode due to similarity to Solid Oxide Fuel Cells(SOFCs). The Ni-YSZ most widely used fuel electrode shows several problems at SOEC mode such as degradation of the fuel electrode because of Ni particle's redox reaction and agglomeration. Therefore Ni-YSZ need to be replaced to an alternative fuel electrode material. In this study, We studied on the Double perovskite $PrBrMnO_{5+{\delta}}$(PBMO) due to its high electric conductivity, catalytic activity and electrochemical stability. PBMO was impregnated into the scaffold electrolyte $La_{0.8}Sr_{0.2}Ga_{0.85}Mg_{0.15}O_{3-{\delta}}$(LSGM) to be synthesized at low temperature for avoiding secondary phase generated when it exposed to high temperature. The Half cell test was conducted at SOECs and SOFCs modes.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제36권11호
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• pp.753-757
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• 2014

산화전극부 전극은 단순히 전자를 받아 전달할 수 있는 역할 뿐만 아니라 공극이 많아 표면적이 큰 구조로 미생물을 고정화할 수 있는 표면적을 제공할 수 있어야 한다. 미생물의 수가 많을수록 폐수처리 효율과 전류발생을 높일 수 있기 때문이다. 따라서 전극은 미생물연료전지의 효율을 높일 수 있는 중요한 역할을 하는 인자 중의 하나이다. 본 연구는 미생물연료전지에 사용하는 고가의 흑연펠트를 스텐철사 타래(철 수세미)로 대체할 수 있는지 알아보기 위한 것이다. 이 연구에 사용된 가축분뇨는 전처리를 거친 후 유기오염물질(COD)로 500 mg/L로 희석한 것을 이용하였고, 이때 전류 발생은 스텐철사 타래를 적용하였을 때 약 5% 정도 낮았지만 큰 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 유기오염물질(COD)의 감소는 스텐철사 타래를 이용하였을 때 88.3%이었으며, 흑연펠트를 사용하였을 때 82.4%로 스텐철사 타래의 제거율이 더 높게 나타났다. 암모니아성 질소 이온의 경우는 두 경우 모두 반응시간에 따라 농도 변화가 거의 없는 것으로 나타났다. 이 결과 스텐철사 타래를 적용하였을 때 전류발생이나 수처리 측면 모두 효과가 유사하거나 더 좋은 결과를 보였으며, 초기 시스템을 구축하는 비용을 약 1/50 정도로 줄일 수 있는 것으로 예상되어. 흑연펠트 대체제로 적용이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2010

이온교환막 연료전지는 전세계적인 에너지 고갈 문제와 온실효과에 대한 대응책의 하나이다. 특히, 이온교환막 연료전지는 전기화학반응에 의해 전기를 생산함과 동시에 열을 발생하기 때문에 가정용으로 적용하기에 적당하다. 가정용 연료전지의 열관리 목적은 연료전지가 최적조건에서 운전할 수 있도록 적절히 온도를 제어해 주는 것으로, 본 연구에서는 부하 변화 시 가정용 연료전지 시스템의 응답 특성과 열관리 특성을 알아보기 위한 해석 모델을 개발하였다. 열관리 해석 모델은 연료전지의 온도를 조절하기 위한 펌프와 열교환기로 구성된 1차측, 주택에 온수를 공급하기 위한 탱크와 펌프 계통의 2차 측으로 구성되었다. 부하를 순차적으로 증가시킬 때와 감소시킬 때를 구분하여 열관리 계통의 응답특성 을 확인하였다. 결과적으로 탱크의 초기 승온에 많은 시간이 소요되기 때문에 부하를 다단으로 오랜 시 간 동안 서서히 증가시키면서 시스템 응답 특성을 확인하였다. 또한, 본 연구에서는 가정용 연료전지의 부하 변화시의 열관리 특성을 고려한 운전 전략에 대해서도 조사하였다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.303-310
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• 2023

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are a bioelectrochemical system where electrochemically active bacteria convert organic waste into electricity. Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and chitosan (CS) are polymers that have been studied as potential alternative ion exchange membranes to Nafion for many electrochemical systems. This study examined the optimal mixing ratio of PVA and chitosan CS in a PVA:CS composite membrane for MFC applications. PVA:CS composite membranes with 1:1, 2:1, and 3:1 ratios were synthesized and tested. The water uptake and ion exchange capacity, Fourier transform infrared spectra, and scanning electron microscopy images were analyzed to determine the physicochemical properties of PVA:CS membranes. The prepared membranes were applied to the ion exchange membrane of the MFC system, and their effects on the electrochemical performance were evaluated. These results showed that the composite membrane with a 3:1 (PVA:CS) ratio showed comparable performance to the commercialized Nafion membrane and produced more electricity than the other synthesized membranes. The PVA:CS membrane implemented MFCs produced a maximum power density of 0.026 mW cm^-2 from organic waste with stable performance. Therefore, it can be applied to a cost-effective MFC system.