• 공업화학
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.86-91
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• 2008

다양한 고무 충전제가 연료전지 스택용 가스켓의 재료로서의 적합성 및 스택체결에 있어 미치는 영향을 살펴보기 위하여, 카본블랙 및 실리카계 충전제를 사용하여 고무를 배합하였다. 이렇게 배합된 고무재료를 PEMFC (polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell)의 구동환경을 고려하여 열과 상대유에 대한 장기평가를 실시하였다. 가스켓에 가장 요구되는 압축 영구 줄음율은, 1000 h까지의 장기평가에서도 15% 이하의 우수한 특성을 보였다. 다양한 충전제를 사용한 배합한 고무재료로 가스켓을 제작하고, 체결시 가스켓과 가스켓 사이의 밀봉력을 FEM (finite element method)을 실시하여 최소 0.2 MPa에서 최대 2.5 MPa일 것으로 예측되었다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.150-157
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• 2003

In this paper, the large deformation of hollow silicon rubber gasket is treated. The frictional contact occurs between groove and the outer part of hollow gasket, and the frictional self-contact exists in the inner parts of hollow gasket. The silicon rubber has the nonlinear elastic behavior and its material property is approximately incompressible. Hence, the stress analysis requires an existence of a strain energy function, which is usually defined in terms of invariants or stretch ratio such as generalized Mooney-Rivlin and Ogden model. Considering large compressive deformation and friction, Mooney-Rivlin 3rd model and Coulomb's friction model are assumed. The numerical analysis is obtained by the commercial finite element program MARC. But, due to large deformation, the elements degenerate in the inner parts of hollow gasket. This means that the analysis of subsequent increments is carried out with a very poor mesh. In order to continue the analysis with a sufficient accuracy, it is necessary to use new finite element modeling by remesh. Experiments are also performed to show the validity of present method. As a conclusion, numerical results by this research have good agreements with experiments.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제59권10호
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• pp.1770-1775
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• 2010

An acceleration life test for rubber gasket of pole transformer was performed. The Arrhenius method was applied as an accelerated degradation test. The failure mode was considered as an elongation, and the failure mechanism is counted as a heat. It is found that both the current material(NBR: Nitrile Butadiene Rubber) and recommended alternative material(HNBR: Hydrogenated Nitrile Butadiene Rubber) have the same Weibull distribution as a life characteristic. For life expectation 95% reliability level of characteristic life is used at using temperature. The test results for NBR and HNBR are 7.7 years and 28.0 years on $50^{\circ}C$ of using temperature, respectively.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제26권10호
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• pp.2044-2051
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• 2002

In this paper, the deformed shape, the contact forces and the load-displacement curves of the real hollow gasket made of silicon rubber are analyzed using a commercial finite element program MARC. In the numerical analysis, the silicon rubber is assumed to have the properties of the geometric and material nonlinearity and the incompressibility, and the hyperelastic constitutive relations of that material are represented by the generalized Mooney-Rivlin and Ogden models. The outer frictional contact between the hollow gasket and the groove of rigid container and the inner self-contact of the hollow gasket are taken into account in the course of numerical computation. Experiments are also performed to obtain the material data for numerical computation and to show the validity of the mechanical deformation of the hollow gasket, resulting in good agreements between them.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.315-323
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• 2007

The present manuscript deals with the prediction of the lifetime of NBR compound based rubber gaskets for use as fuel cells. The material was investigated at 120, 140 and $160^{\circ}C$, with aging times from 3 to 600 h and increasing $H_2SO_4$ concentrations of 5, 6, 7 and 10 vol%. Both material and accelerated acid-heat aging tests were carried out to predict the useful life of the NBR rubber gasket for use as a fuel cell stack. To investigate the effects of acid-heat aging on the performance characteristics of the gaskets, the properties of the NBR rubber, such as crosslink density and elongation at break, were studied. The hardness of the NBR rubber was found to decrease with decreasing acid concentration at both $120\;and\;140^{\circ}C$, but at $160^{\circ}C$, the hardness of the NBR rubber increased abruptly in a very short time at different acid concentrations. The tensile strength and elongation at break were found to decrease with increases in both the $H_2SO_4$ concentration & temperature. The observed experimental results were evaluated using the Arrhenius equation.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.47-51
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• 2007

The present paper reports the life time prediction of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene rubber (NBR) fuel cell gasket materials as a function of operational variables like acid concentration, ageing time and temperature. Both material and accelerated acid-heat aging tests were carried out to predict the useful life of the NBR rubber gasket for use as a fuel cell stack. The acid ageing of the gasket compounds has been investigated at 120, 140 and $160^{\circ}C$, with aging times from 3 to 600 h and increasing acid ($H_2SO_4$) concentrations of 5, 6, 7 and 10 vol%. Material characteristics the gas compound such as cross-link density, tensile strength and elongation at break were studied. The hardness of the NBR rubber was found to decrease with decreasing acid concentration at both 120 and $140^{\circ}C$, but at $160^{\circ}C$ interestingly the hardness of the NBR rubber increased abruptly in a very short time at different acid concentrations. The tensile strength and elongation at break were found to decrease with increase in both the acid concentrate ion & temperature. The life time of the compounds were evaluated using the Arrhenius equation.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.254-258
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• 2012

자동차 엔진 개스킷용 아크릴 고무(ACM)의 재료 특성과 수명 예측에 관하여 연구하였다. 클로린 가교사이트를 포함하는 ACM (Chlorine Cure-Site ACM)과 카르복실기 가교사이트를 포함하는 ACM (Carboxyl Cure-Site ACM)을 이용하여 최적상태의 배합물을 제작하여 특성을 살펴보았다. 엔진용 개스킷의 주요한 특성인 열과, 엔진오일에서의 압축영구줄음율을 시험 평가한 결과 Carboxyl Cure-Site ACM 배합물이 상대적으로 더 우수한 것으로 나타났다. Carboxyl Cure-Site ACM 고무 재료에 대한 수명을 예측하기 위해 가속열노화시험을 수행하여 시간-온도 환산식인 아레니우스(Arrhenius) 관계식을 구하였다.

• 한국신뢰성학회지:신뢰성응용연구
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.213-235
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• 2010

In this paper, we carried out an accelerated degradation test that is commonly used to predict characteristics life of rubber gaskets for a pole transformer. The potential failure mode applied for the test is rubber elongation and the corresponding failure mechanism is heat. From the result, we found that Weibull distribution is the fatigue life distribution in NBR and H-NBR. After estimating characteristics life in commonly used temperature, the average life span of $B_{50}$ in NBR is 7.7 years under $50^{\circ}C$ and the life span in H-NBR is 28 years.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.90.1-90.1
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• 2010

The design and fabrication of a metallic bipolar plate-gasket assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEMFCs) is defined. This bipolar plate-gasket assembly was prepared by inserting a previously prepared bipolar plate in the specially designed gasket mold. For this aim, a proprietary fluoro-silicone based rubber was injected directly into the bipolar plate borders. Gaskets obtained like this showed the chemically / physically stable and the good sealibilty in typically operating PEM fuel cell conditions. And also, this bipolar plate-gasket assembly shows lots of advantages with respect to traditional PEMFCs stack assembling systems: useful application to automative stacking due to easy handling, reduced fabrication time, possibility of quality control and failed elements substitution. This bipolar plate-gasket assembly was evaluated in the short fuel cell stack and met the leakage requirement for normal operation both in short-term and in long-term operation. Especially, it was confirmed that this gasket could be applied successfully even in the high pressure FEM fuel cell systems(over 2.0 bar in absolute pressure).

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.20-31
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• 2007

고무의 안정성과 신뢰성 확보를 위해 재료 특성과 수명 평가는 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 연료전지용 고무 가스켓으로 사용되는 황으로 가황한 NBR compound의 수명을 예측하였다. 5, 6, 7 vol% 황산농도에서 120, 140, $160^{\circ}C$ 온도로 각각 3시간에서 600시간까지 가속 노화시험을 하였다. 고무를 황산용액 안에 침지시키기 위해 pyrex glass tube를 사용하였다. 그리고 가열 시간 동안 용액의 증발을 막기 위하여 pyrex glass tube 양쪽 끝을 막았다. 연료전지용 가스켓인 NBR 고무의 수명을 예측하기 위하여 가속 산-열 노화시험 후 물성 실험을 하였으며 산-열 노화시험에서 물리적 특성의 영향을 연구하기 위하여 인장강도, 신장율, 경도, 가교밀도를 측정하였다. 인장강도는 황산농도와 온도가 증가함에 따라서 감소되었는데 이 결과로 Arrhenius 식을 유도하여 수명을 평가하였다.