• 한국안전학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2021

Hydrogen is considered a cleaner energy source than fossil fuels. As a result, the use of hydrogen in daily life and economic industries is expected to increase. However, the use of hydrogen energy is currently limited because of safety issues. The rate of combustion of the hydrogen mixture is about seven times higher than that of hydrocarbon fuels. The hydrogen mixture is highly flammable and has a low minimum ignition energy. Therefore, it presents considerable risks for fire and explosions in all areas of hydrogen manufacturing, transportation, storage, and use. In this study, the auto-ignition characteristics of hydrogen were investigated numerically for diluted hydrogen mixtures. Auto-ignition temperature, a critical property predicting the fire and explosion risk in hydrogen combustion, was determined in well-stirred reactors. When N₂ and CO₂ were used to dilute the hydrogen/air mixture, the ignition delay time increased with increasing dilution ratios in both cases. The CO₂-diluted mixtures exhibited a longer ignition delay than the N₂-diluted mixtures. We also confirmed that lower initial ignition temperatures increased the ignition delay times at 950 K and above. Overall, the auto-ignition characteristics, such as the concentrations of participating species and ignition delay times, were primarily affected by the initial temperature of the mixture.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.18-24
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• 2022

Hydrogen is a clean fuel and is used in many applications in power systems such as fuel cells. It has unique properties such as wide flammability, high burning velocity, and difficulty to liquefy, which lead to critical safety issues. Fire and explosion are the most frequently occurring accidents and one of the major reasons is autoignition. In the ignition process, the chemistry of hydrogen combustion depends mainly on radical pools, and the temperature at which chain-branching and terminating rates are equal is called the crossover temperature. This study addresses the homogeneous autoignition of diluted hydrogen-air mixtures to investigate the effects of dilution on the crossover temperature to prevent explosions in the future. The new criterion for crossover temperature is introduced by only hydrogen radicals to adjust more simply. The detailed calculations indicate that the crossover temperatures are low at high dilutions of carbon dioxide and nitrogen because the concentrations of active radicals are reduced when an inert gas is added. This result is expected to contribute to hydrogen safety and realize a hydrogen society in the future.

• Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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• 제73권12호
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• pp.1884-1888
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• 2018

We have employed electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy and magnetization measurements in order to study the effect of Al-incorporation on the magnetic interactions in ZnO:Mn diluted magnetic semiconductors. Al-doping is shown to decrease the antiferromagnetic correlation and to increase the ferromagnetic interaction, which is attributed to the hydrogen-mediated ferromagnetic Mn complexes in our Mn-doped ZnO samples.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2009년도 제33회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.242-245
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• 2009

희석된 동축공기 수소 난류확산화염에서 연료의 구성이 화염 길이에 미치는 영향에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 화염의 길이는 동축공기와 연료 제트의 속도비의 함수로 표현하였고, 이론적 예측과 비교하였다. 네 조건의 연료 구성에 대해 연구를 수행하였다. 동축공기 제트 화염의 길이 예측을 위해 near-field concept에서의 유효 직경을 이용한 스케일링 관계식을 유도하였다. 실험 결과 가시 화염의 길이는 이론적 예측과 크게 일치하였다. 여러 연료 조건에서의 희석된 수소 제트의 화염에서도 스케일링 분석은 유효하였다.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국연소학회 1997년도 제15회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 논문집
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• pp.77-87
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• 1997

The axisymmetric Navier-Stokes model together with detailed chemical kinetics and variable transport properties has been applied to analyze the effects of the multidimensional flow on the flame characteristics in the nitrogen-diluted hydrogen counterflow nonpremixed flame. Computations are performed for two nozzle exit area-averaged velocities. Effects of multidimensional flow and strain rate on the near-extinction structure of the highly diluted hydrogen flames are discussed in detail.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.41-47
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• 2024

The study aims to investigate the effects of various diluents on hydrogen mixtures through numerical analysis, utilizing a detailed reaction mechanism to enhance hydrogen ignition safety. Besides nitrogen and carbon dioxide used in previous studies, argon, helium, and water vapor were considered as diluents for analyzing the ignition reaction characteristics, with physical and chemical characteristics examined separately. The ignition delay time increased proportionally with the dilution concentration when argon and helium were diluted in the hydrogen mixture, indicating the dominant influence of physical properties, such as specific heat. However, in an initial temperature region < 1000 K, dilution enhances chemical reactions, leading to OH formation from HO₂ and H₂O₂. When diluting with H₂O, the ignition delay time consistently increases with increasing dilution concentrations within the investigated initial temperature range. This trend is attributed to the high-temperature region during the ignition process, where the H radical reduction is predominant, thereby inhibiting reactions during ignition. Additionally, the ignition delay time significantly increases with H₂O dilution compared to that of other diluents. This observation leads to the conclusion that chemical reactions during autoignition exert a more significant role alongside the physical effects.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2012년도 춘계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.338-339
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• 2012

This study examined the friction and wear behavior of diamond-like carbon (DLC) films deposited from a radio frequency glow discharge using a hydrogen diluted benzene gas mixture. The DLC films were deposited on Si (100) and polished stainless steel substrates by r.f.-PACVD at hydrogen to benzene ratios, or the hydrogen dilution ratio, ranging from 0 to 2.0. The wear test was carried out in both ambient and aqueous environments using a home-made ball-on-disk type wear rig. The stability of the DLC coating in an aqueous environment was improved by diluting the benzene precursor gas with hydrogen, suggesting that hydrogen dilution during the deposition of DLC films suppress the initiation of defects in the film and improved the adhesion of the coating to the interface.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.171-181
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• 2007

Blending effects of hydrogen and water vapor on flame structure and NOx emission behavior are numerically studied with detailed chemistry in methane-air counterflow diffusion flames. The composition of fuel is systematically changed from pure methane and pure hydrogen to the blending fuels of methane-hydrogen-water vapor through the molar addition of $H_2O$. Flame structure is changed considerably for hydrogen-blending methane flames and hydrogen-blending methane flames diluted with water vapor in comparison to pure methane flame. These complicated changes of flame structures also affect NOx emission behavior considerably. The changes of thermal NO and Fenimore NO are analyzed for various combinations of the fuel composition. Importantly contributing reaction steps to thermal NO and Fenimore NO are addressed in pure methane, hydrogen-blending methane flames, and hydrogen-blending methane flames diluted with water vapor.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2003년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.320-325
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• 2003

Acoustic-Pressure Response of diluted hydrogen-air diffusion flames is investigated numerically by adopting a fully unsteady analysis of flame structures. In the low-pressure regime, the amplification index remains low and constant at low frequencies. As acoustic frequency increases, finite-rate chemistry is enhanced through a nonlinear accumulation of heat release rate, leading to a high amplification index. Finally, the flame responses decrease at high frequency due to the response lag of the transport zone. For a medium-pressure operation and low-frequency excitation, the amplification index is low and constant. It then decreases at moderate frequencies. As frequency increases further, the amplification index increases appreciably due to an intense accumulation effect.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2012년도 제38회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.149-152
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• 2012

본 논문은 연료전지 UAV의 친환경 추진 시스템을 위한 통합형 수소 공급 시스템 연구에 대해 기술하고 있다. 고체 상태 $NaBH_4$를 직접 분해하기 위해 희석된 염산을 사용하였다. 안정적인 수소 공급을 위해 자체 수소 가압형 반응기와 압력 레귤레이터를 적용하였다. 컨셉 실증과 성능 검증을 위해 고체 상태 $NaBH_4$를 직접 분해하는 통합형 수소 공급 시스템의 시제품을 설계하였다.