• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2010

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) have been under development for a variety of power generation applications. Power system sizes considered range from small watt-size units (e.g., 50-W portable devices) to very large multi-megawatt systems (e.g., 500-MW base load power plants). Because of the reversibility of its operation, the SOFC has also been developed to operate under reverse or electrolysis mode for hydrogen production from steam (In this case, the cell is referred to as solid oxide electrolysis cell or SOEC.). Potential applications for the SOEC include on-site and large-scale hydrogen production. One critical requirement for practical uses of these systems is long-term performance stability under specified operating conditions. Intrinsic material properties and operating environments can have significant effects on cell performance stability, thus performance degradation rate. This paper discusses potential applications of the SOFC/SOEC, technological status and current research and development (R&D) direction, and certain aspects of long-term performance degradation in the operation of SOFCs/SOECs for power generation/hydrogen production.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2012

A PHE (Process Heat Exchanger) is a key component required to transfer heat energy of $950^{\circ}C$ generated in a VHTR (Very High Temperature Reactor) to the chemical reaction that yields a large quantity of hydrogen. A small-scale PHE prototype made of Hastelloy-X is being tested in a small-scale gas loop at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. In order to properly evaluate the high-temperature structural integrity of the small-scale PHE prototype, it is very important to impose a proper constraint condition on its structural analysis model. For this effort, we tried to impose several constraint conditions on the structural analysis model and consequently fixed a proper and effective displacement constraints.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.48-53
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• 2011

A PHE (Process Heat Exchanger) is a key component required to transfer heat energy of $950^{\circ}C$ generated in a VHTR (Very High Temperature Reactor) to the chemical reaction that yields a large quantity of hydrogen. A small-scale PHE prototype made of Hastelloy-X is being tested in a small-scale gas loop at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. In this study, as a part of the evaluation on the high-temperature structural integrity of the small-scale PHE prototype, we carried out macroscopic high-temperature structural analysis of the small-scale PHE prototype under the gas loop test conditions considering the pipeline stiffness.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2012

A PHE (Process Heat Exchanger) in a nuclear hydrogen system is a key component required to transfer heat energy of $950^{\circ}C$ generated in a VHTR (Very High Temperature Reactor) to a chemical reaction that yields a large quantity of hydrogen. Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute has established a small-scale gas loop for the performance test on VHTR components and recently has manufactured a medium-scale PHE prototype made of Hastelloy-X. A performance test on the PHE prototype is scheduled in the gas loop. In this study, high-temperature structural analysis modeling, and macroscopic thermal and structural analysis of the medium-scale PHE prototype by imposing the established displacement boundary constraints in the previous research were carried out under the gas loop test condition. The results obtained in this study will be compared with performance test results.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2012

A PHE (Process Heat Exchanger) in a nuclear hydrogen system is a key component required to transfer heat energy of $950^{\circ}C$ generated in a VHTR (Very High Temperature gas cooled Reactor) to the chemical reaction that yields a large quantity of hydrogen. A small-scale PHE prototype made of Hastelloy-X is being tested in a small-scale gas loop at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. Previous research on the high-temperature structural analysis of the small-scale PHE prototype had been performed only using parent material properties. In this study, high-temperature structural analysis using weld properties in weld zone was performed and the analysis results compared with the previous research.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.7-16
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• 2024

본 연구에서는 대규모 수소 저장을 위한 암염 공동(salt cavern) 저장 공법의 기술 특성과 현장사례 분석을 수행하였다. 암염 공동 저장 방식은 공동을 구성하는 암염(rock salt)의 낮은 공극률(porosity)과 투과도(permeability)로 인해 누출이 잘 일어나지 않고, 운영을 위한 쿠션 가스(cushion gas)의 양이 적어 타 공법 대비 효과적인 수소 저장이 가능하다. 암염-수소 간 화학적 반응이 거의 일어나지 않으며 다수의 주입/배출 사이클을 수행할 수 있어 피크 쉐이빙(peak shaving) 및 단주기 저장에 효과적이다. 공동은 크게 침출(leaching), 염수제거(debrining), 충진(filling)의 3단계로 형성되며 누출 실험을 통해 공동의 안정성을 평가한다. 현재 영국과 미국 Texas 주의 4개소에서 주변 지역의 산업 수요를 충당하기 위한 현장 적용이 이루어지고 있으며, 독일, 프랑스와 같은 유럽 지역에서 에너지 저장을 위한 암염 공동 운영을 준비하고 있다. 본 연구 결과는 향후 수소 저장 프로젝트 설계를 위한 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.559-567
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• 2011

This paper deals with an economic evaluation of domestic low-temperature water electrolysis hydrogen production. We evaluate the economic feasibility of on-site hydrogen fueling stations with the hydrogen production capacity of 30 $Nm^3/hr$ by the alkaline and the polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis. The hydrogen production prices of the alkaline water electrolysis, the polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis, and the steam methane reforming hydrogen fueling stations with the hydrogen production capacity of 30 $Nm^3/hr$ were estimated as 18,403 $won/kgH_2$, 22,945 $won/kgH_2$, 21,412 $won/kgH_2$, respectively. Domestic alkaline water electrolysis hydrogen production is evaluated as economical for small on-site hydrogen fueling stations, and we need to further study the economic evaluation of low-temperature water electrolysis hydrogen production for medium and large scale on-site hydrogen fueling stations.

• 에너지공학
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.170-180
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 증기개질 방식으로 천연가스와 납사를 연료로 하여 수소를 생산하는 국내 분산형 수소충전소의 규모의 경제성 문제를 다루었다. 분산형 수소충전소의 수소 생산규모는 $30\;Nm^3/hr,\;100\;Nm^3/hr,\;300\;Nm^3/hr$ 등을 분석대상으로 하였다. 분산형 수소충전소의 초기투자비 및 연간운영비, 수소 판매가격 등을 주요변수로 하는 전통적인 경제성 분석모형을 수립하였으며 수소 판매가격과 할인율을 대상으로 민감도 분석을 수행하였다. 천연가스를 원료로 하는 수소충전소의 수소가격은 $30\;Nm^3/hr,\;100\;Nm^3/hr,\;300\;Nm^3/hr$ 등의 생산규모에 대하여 각기 18,472원/kg, 10,686원/kg, 7,758원/kg이며, 천연가스 대신에 납사를 사용하여도 거의 비슷한 수소 가격을 갖는 것으로 추정되었다. 현 시점에서 $300\;Nm^3/hr$ 이하의 수소충전소는 경제성이 부족한 것으로 나타났으며, 이러한 경제성 분석결과는 향후에 분산형 수소충전소를 건설할 때 중대형 생산규모 이상의 수소충전소를 중심으로 보급하는 것이 바람직한 방안인 것을 시사하고 있다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.228.2-228.2
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• 2010

In this work, the hydrogen production costs of the nuclear energy sources are estimated in the necessary input data on a Korean specific basis. G4-ECONS was appropriately modified to calculate the cost for hydrogen production of HTE process with Very High Temperature nuclear Reactor (VHTR) as a thermal energy source rather than the LUEC (Levelized Unit Electricity Cost). The general ground rules and assumptions follow G4-ECONS. Through a preliminary study of cost estimates, we wished to evaluate the economic potential for hydrogen produced from nuclear energy, and, in addition, to promptly estimate the hydrogen production costs for an updated input data for capital costs. The estimated costs presented in this paper show that hydrogen production by the VHTR could be competitive with current techniques of hydrogen production from fossil fuels if $CO_2$ capture and sequestration is required. Nuclear production of hydrogen would allow large-scale production of hydrogen at economic prices while avoiding the release of $CO_2$. Nuclear production of hydrogen could thus become the enabling technology for the hydrogen economy. The major factors that would affect the cost of hydrogen were also discussed.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.249-258
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• 2002

Thermochemical water-splitting IS(Iodine-Sulfur) process has been investigating for large-scale hydrogen production. For the construction of an efficient process scheme, two kinds of membrane technologies are under investigating to improve the hydrogen producing HI decomposition step. One is a concentration of HI in quasi-azeotropic HIx ($HI-H_2O-I_2$) solution by elecro-electrodialysis. It was confirmed that HI concentrated from the $HI-H_2O-I_2$ solution with a molar ratio of 1:5:1 at $80^{\circ}C$. The other is a membrane reactor to enhance the one-pass conversion of thermal decomposition reaction of gaseous hydrogen iodide (HI). It was found from the simulation study that the conversion of over 0.9 would be attainable using the membrane reactor using the gas permeation properties of the prepared silica hydrogen permselective membrane by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Design criterion of the membrane reactor was also discussed.