• 전기화학회지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.155-161
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• 2005

상용 CFD 프로그램인 FLUENT v5.3을 이용하여 용융탄산염 연료전지 스택의 수치 모사를 행하였다. FLUENT에 포함되어 있는 보존식들을 이용하면서, 사용자 정의함수를 이용하여 포함시킨 코드를 통해 전기화학적 반응과 부반응인 수성가스전이반응에 의한 질량과 가스 조성 변화 및 열이동을 고려하여 정확한 계산 결과를 얻고자 하였다. 모사에 사용된 스택은 6kW급과 25kW급 스택으로 각각 20개와 40개의 단위전지를 수직으로 적층한 형태이며 스택내로 주입되는 가스는 coflow형태로 각각의 채널을 흘러가게 설계되어 있다. 모사를 통해 알아본 스택 내 압력분포는 가스 흐름방향으로 압력강하가 일어나며 anode 채널보다 cathode 채널에서의 압력차가 더 크게 나타났다. 채널 내 속도분포는 전극 반응에 의한 질량 및 부피변화로 인해 anode 채널에서는 가스흐름 방향으로 속도가 증가하는 반면 cathode 채널에서는 속도가 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 스택 내 온도분포는 가스 흐름방향으로 증가하는 경향을 보였고, 계산결과와 실험결과가 대체로 일치함을 확인할 수 있었다. 수성가스전이반응을 포함한 모델과 그렇지 않은 모델을 비교한 결과 가스의 주입구 부분에서는 수성가스전이반응에 의해 흡열 반응이, 출구 부분에서는 발열반응이 일어나고, 이로 인해 입구와 출구의 온도차가 더 커짐을 확인하였다. 따라서 상용화 스택인 수백 kW급 이상의 대형 스택을 모사하기 위해서는 수성가스전이반응을 고려해야할 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국가스학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가스학회 2006년도 추계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.153-156
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• 2006

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.731-734
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• 2009

KIER has been developed a compact and highly efficient fuel processor which is one of the key component of the residential PEM fuel cells system. The fuel processor uses methane steam reforming to convert natural gas to a mixture of water, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and unreacted methane. Then carbon monoxide is converted to carbon dioxide in water-gas-shift reactor and preferential oxidation reactor. A start-up time of the fuel processor is about 1h and CO concentration among the final product is maintained less than 5 vol. ppm. To achieve high thermal efficiency of 80% on a LHV basis, an optimal thermal network was designed. Internal heat exchange of the fuel processor is so efficient that the temperature of the reformed gas and the flue gas at the exit of the fuel processor remains less than $100^{\circ}C$. A compact design considering a mixing and distribution of the feed was applied to reduce the reactor volume. The current volume of the fuel processor is 17L with insulation.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.162-167
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• 2024

Fossil fuels have been main energy source to people. However, enormous amount of CO₂ was emitted over the world , resulting in global climate crisis today. Recently, solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) is getting attention as an effective way for producing H₂, a clean energy resource for the future. Also, SOEC could be applicable to reverse water-gas shift reaction process due to its high-temperature operating condition. Here, SOEC system was utilized for both H₂ production and CO₂ reduction process, allowing product gas composition change by controlling operating conditions.

• 청정기술
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2023

To investigate the effects of Mg addition at different aging times and temperatures, Cu/MgO/Al₂O₃ catalysts were synthesized for the low-temperature water gas shift (LT-WGS) reaction. The co-precipitation method was employed to prepare the catalysts with a fixed Cu amount of 30 mol% and varied amounts of Mg/Al. Synthesized catalysts were characterized using XRD, BET, and H₂-TPR analysis. Among the prepared catalysts, the highest CO conversion was achieved by the Cu/MgO/Al₂O₃ catalyst (30/40/30 mol%) with a 60 ℃ aging temperature and a 24 h aging time under a CO₂-rich feed gas. Due to it having the lowest reduction temperature and a good dispersion of CuO, the catalyst exhibited around 65% CO conversion with a gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) of 14,089 h-1 at 300 ℃. However, it has been noted that aging temperatures greater or less than 60 ℃ and aging times longer than 24 h had an adverse impact, resulting in a lower surface area and a higher reduction temperature bulk-CuO phase, leading to lower catalytic activity. The main findings of this study confirmed that one of the main factors determining catalytic activity is the ease of reducibility in the absence of bulk-like CuO species. Finally, the long-term test revealed that the catalytic activity and stability remained constant under a high concentration of CO₂ in the feed gas for 19 h with an average CO conversion of 61.83%.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2017

Cu/Mn/Ce catalysts for water gas shift (WGS) reaction were synthesized by urea-nitrate combustion method with the fixed molar ratio of Cu/Mn as 1:4 and 1:1 with the doping concentration of Ce from 0.3 to 0.8 mol%. The prepared catalysts were characterized with SEM, BET, XRD, XPS, $H_2$-TPR, $CO_2$ TPD, $N_2O$ chemisorption analysis. The catalytic activity tests were carried out at a GHSV of $28,000h^{-1}$ and a temperature range of 200 to $400^{\circ}C$. The Cu/Mn(CM) catalysts formed Cu-Mn mixed oxide of spinel structure ($Cu_{1.5}Mn_{1.5}O_4$) and manganese oxides ($MnO_x$). However, when a small amount of Ce was doped, the growth of $Cu_{1.5}Mn_{1.5}O_4$ was inhibited and the degree of Cu dispersion were increased. Also, the doping of Ce on the CM catalyst reduced the reduction temperature and the base site to induce the active site of the catalyst to be exposed on the catalyst surface. From the XPS analysis, it was confirmed that maintaining the oxidation state of Cu appropriately was a main factor in the WGS reaction. Consequently, Ce as support and dopant in the water gas shift reaction catalysts exhibited the enhanced catalytic activities on CM catalysts. We found that proper amount of Ce by preparing catalysts with different Cu/Mn ratios.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.543-549
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• 2013

In this study, $La_{0.9}Sr_{0.1}Cr_{0.7}M_{0.3}O_{3{\pm}{\delta}}$ (M=Mn, Ru, Fe, Ni) were prepared by sol-gel method and water gas shift reaction with simulated coal-derived syngas between $400{\sim}650^{\circ}C$ was conducted to evaluate the catalytic activity of prepared catalysts. Physico-chemical properties were characterized by XRD, BET, SEM-EDS and TPR. The formation of perovskite crystallite, $LaCrO_3$ was confirmed and the highest surface area was measured with $La_{0.9}Sr_{0.1}Cr_{0.7}Mn_{0.3}O_{3{\pm}{\delta}}$. Equilibrium conversion of CO above $550^{\circ}C$ was achieved except $La_{0.9}Sr_{0.1}Cr_{0.7}Fe_{0.3}O_{3{\pm}{\delta}}$. and methanation reaction was carried out as side reaction of water gas shift reaction with $La_{0.9}Sr_{0.1}Cr_{0.7}Ni_{0.3}O_{3{\pm}{\delta}}$ and $La_{0.9}Sr_{0.1}Cr_{0.7}Ru_{0.3}O_{3{\pm}{\delta}}$. Conclusively, $La_{0.9}Sr_{0.1}Cr_{0.7}M_n{0.3}O_{3{\pm}{\delta}}$ was the most suitable catalyst of water gas shift reaction above $500^{\circ}C$ for CO conversion and hydrogen production.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.89-95
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• 2015

Pollution emission control of the 20th century, for transportation energy, are being enhanced, and then as alternative to this, because hydrogen emit only water gas emissions to be environmentally friendly energy, so hydrogen as a sustainable clean energy is in the limelight. Used in compressed natural gas engines to mix hydrogen and natural gas in both domestic and international technology development and demonstration is being carried out. The hydrogen-compressed natural gas(HCNG) charging infrastructure can be used to build a hydrogen infrastructure in the transitional aspects of a future hydrogen economy society. In this paper, for a demonstration of HCNG charging infrastructure we made and operated a $30Nm^3/h$ hydrogen generating unit and analyzed the result of the operation. We was identified the operating conditions of a reforming reactor and water gas shift reactor from an analysis result, the thermal efficiency was calculated according to the operating conditions of the total hydrogen production process.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.339-344
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• 2018

The Cu loading of a cubic $Ce_{0.8}Zr_{0.2}O_2$-supported Cu catalyst was optimized for a single-stage water gas shift (WGS) reaction. The catalyst was prepared by a co-precipitation method, and the WGS reaction was performed at a gas hourly space velocity of $150,494h^{-1}$. The results revealed that an 80 wt% $Cu-Ce_{0.8}Zr_{0.2}O_2$ catalyst exhibits excellent catalytic performance and 100% $CO_2$ selectivity ($X_{CO}=27%$ at $240^{\circ}C$ for 100 h). The high activity of 80 wt% $Cu-Ce_{0.8}Zr_{0.2}O_2$ catalyst is attributed to the presence of abundant surface Cu atoms and the low activation energy of the resultant process.

• 청정기술
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2022

미활용 저급자원인 석유코크스를 대상으로 고순도의 수소 생산을 위한 수성가스전이반응에 적용가능성을 확인하기 위하여 Cu/ZnO/MgO/Al₂O₃ (CZMA) 촉매를 공침법을 사용하여 제조하였다. 제조된 촉매는 BET, H₂-TPR을 사용하여 분석되었다. 촉매의 반응성 테스트는 고농도의 CO를 포함하는 합성가스로부터 단일 Low Temperature Shift 반응을 거치는 경우와 High Temperature Shift 반응을 거친 후 스팀의 응축 없이 즉시 LTS 반응을 거치는 두 가지의 경우를 비교 및 분석하였다. 두 조건에서 steam/CO 비, 유량 및 유속, 온도에 따른 반응특성을 확인하였다. 전환된 저농도의 CO와 스팀이 응축 없이 LTS로 즉시 주입되는 경우 많은 양의 스팀이 존재함에도 불구하고 대부분의 조건에서 다소 낮은 CO 전환율을 나타냈다. 또한 steam/CO비, 온도 및 유속에 대한 영향이 크게 나타나 최적의 조업조건을 결정하기에 추가적인 분석이 요구되었다. 반면, 고농도의 CO 기체를 포함하는 조건에서는 탄소침적 또는 촉매의 활성 저하가 나타나지 않았으며 대부분의 조건에서 높은 CO 전환율을 나타내었다. 결론적으로 Cu/ZnO/MgO/Al₂O₃ 촉매를 적용하여 고농도의 CO를 포함하는 합성가스 조성에서 적절한 조업조건을 적용시키면 단일 LTS 반응을 적용해도 고농도의 CO를 CO₂로 충분히 전환 가능함을 확인하였다.