• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2020

As hydrogen utilization becomes more active recently, a large amount of hydrogen should be supplied safely. Among the three supply methods, liquefied hydrogen, which is an optimal method of storage and transportation convenience and high safety, has a low temperature of -253℃, which is complicated by the liquefaction process and consumes a lot of electricity, resulting in high operating costs. In order to reduce the electrical energy required for liquefaction and to raise the efficiency, hydrogen is cooled by using a mixed refrigerant in a precooling step. The electricity required for the precooling process of the mixed refrigerant can be reduced by using the cold energy of LNG. Actually, LNG cold energy is used in refrigeration warehouse and air liquefaction separation process, and a lot of power reduction is achieved. The purpose of this study is to replace the electric power by using LNG cold energy instead of the electric air-cooler to lower the temperature of the hydrogen and refrigerant that are increased due to the compression in the hydrogen liquefaction process. The required energy was obtained by simulating mixed refrigerant (MR) hydrogen liquefaction system with LNG cold heat and electric system. In addition, the power replacement rate of the electric process were obtained with the pressure, the temperature of LNG, the rate of latent heat utilization, and the hydrogen liquefaction capacity, Therefore, optimization of the hydrogen liquefaction system using LNG cold energy was carried out.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.227-235
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• 2012

Finding an alternative fuel and reducing environmental pollution are the main goals for future internal combustion engines. The purpose of this study is to obtain low-emission and high-efficiency by hydrogen enriched LPG fuel in constant volume chamber. An experimental study was carried out to obtain fundamental data for the combustion and emission characteristics of pre-mixed hydrogen and LPG in a constant volume chamber (CVC) with various fractions of hydrogen-LPG blends. To maintain equal heating value of fuel blend, the amount of LPG was decreased as hydrogen was gradually added. Exhaust emissions were measured using a HORIBA exhaust gas analyzer for various fractions of hydrogen-LPG blends. The results showed that the rapid combustion duration was shortened, and the rate of heat release elevated as the hydrogen fraction in the fuel blend was increased. Moreover, the maximum rate of pressure rise also increased. These phenomena were attributed to the burning velocity which increased exponentially with the increased hydrogen fraction in the $H_2$-LPG fuel blend. Exhaust HC and $CO_2$ concentrations decreased, while NOX emission increased with an increase in the hydrogen fraction in the fuel blend. Our results could facilitate the application of hydrogen and LPG as a fuel in the current fossil hydrocarbon-based economy and the strict emission regulations in internal combustion engines.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.367-376
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• 2008

To obtain the data of the pressure loss and differential pressure at the inside of the stack that was composed of 126 cells with 7,500 cm2 electrode area, 75kW molten carbonate fuel cell system has been operated. Computational fluid dynamics was applied to estimate reactions and thermal fluid behavior inside of the stack that was adopted with internal manifold type separator. The pressure loss coefficient K showed 72.29 to 84.01 in anode and 6.34 to 8.75 in cathode at low part of cells at the inside of 75 kW MCFC stack respectively. Meanwhile, the pressure loss coefficient of the higher part of cells at the interior of the stack showed 15.36 and 56.44 in anode and cathode respectively. These results mean that there is no big total pressure difference between anode and cathode at the inner part of 75 kW MCFC stack. This result will be reflected in 250kW MCFC system design.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.363-371
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• 2020

Recently, the technologies to utilize the cold energy of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have attracted significant attention. In this paper, thermodynamic performance analysis of combined cycles consisting of ammonia Rankine cycle (AWR) and organic Rankine cycle (ORC) with LNG Rankine cycle to recover low-grade heat source and the cold energy of LNG. The mathematical models are developed and the effects of the important system parameters such as turbine inlet pressure, ammonia mass fraction, working fluid on the system performance are systematically investigated. The results show that the thermal efficiency of AWR-LNG cycle is higher but the total power production of ORC-LNG cycle is higher.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2003년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1665-1667
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• 2003

Recently, a breaking capacity increases with breaking method using gas pressure from ablation materials in low voltage circuit breakers. In this paper, we investigated arc quenching materials with spectroscopic method. Especially, Hydrogen spectrum was investigated because its dielectric characteristics are better than other gases. We selected two arc quenching materials, UP and PA6, that use in circuit breakers. They had hydrogen spectrums, but PA6 was better than UP in the qualitative aspect.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.109-117
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• 2011

Since the thermal performance of cycles for use of low-temperature source is low if a pure working fluid is used, the cycles using ammonia-water binary mixture as a working fluid has attracted much attention over past two decades. Recently, several commercial power plants using Kalina cycles have been built and being operated successfully. In this work thermodynamic performance of Kalina cycles using ammonia-water mixture as a working fluid is investigated for the purpose of extracting maximum power from low-temperature energy source. Special attention is paid to the effect of system parameters such as concentration of ammonia and turbine inlet pressure on the characteristics of the system. Results show that the system performance is influenced sensitively by the ammonia concentration, and the role of the performance of heat exchangers is crucial.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.279-286
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• 2020

In this article, we develop a reactive distillation (RD) column configuration for the production of hydrogen. This RD column is in the HI decomposition section of the sulphur - iodine (SI) thermochemical cycle, in which HI decomposition and H₂ separation take place simultaneously. The section plays a major role in high hydrogen production efficiency (that depends on reaction conversion and separation efficiency) of the SI cycle. In the column simulation, the rigorous thermodynamic phase equilibrium and reaction kinetic model are used. The tuning parameters involved in phase equilibrium model are dependent on interactive components and system temperature. For kinetic model, parameter values are adopted from the Aspen flowsheet simulator. Interestingly, there is no side reaction (e.g., solvation reaction, electrolyte decomposition and polyiodide formation) considered aiming to make the proposed model simple that leads to a challenging prediction. The process parameters are determined on the basis of optimal hydrogen production as reflux ratio = 0.87, total number of stages = 19 and feeding point at 8th stage. With this, the column operates at a reasonably low pressure (i.e., 8 bar) and produces hydrogen in the distillate with a desired composition (H₂ = 9.18 mol%, H₂O = 88.27 mol% and HI = 2.54 mol%). Finally, the results are compared with other model simulations. It is observed that the proposed scheme leads to consume a reasonably low energy requirement of 327 MJ/kmol of H₂.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.77-82
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• 1990

To investigate the effect of strains heat effect and thermal energy on the intrinsic degradation of $LaNi_5$, the changes of P-C-Isotherm curves under the condition of mainly applied one of the above factors were investigated. The revesible hydrogen storage capacity decreased by means of the hydrogenation at high temperature without cyclings or pressure induced cyclings with low thermal energy. The degree of degradation was more severe as the heat of hydrogenation reaction increased. Thus the intrinsic degradation of $LaNi_5$ depended upon lattice strain as well as thermal energy.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제31A권4호
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• pp.63-69
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• 1994

The Ultrahigh Vacuum Electron Cyclotron Resonance Chemical Vapor Deposition(UHV-ECRCVD) system whose base pressure is 1${\times}10^{9}$ torr has been constructed. In-situ cleaning prior to the epitaxial growth was carried out at 56$0^{\circ}C$ by ECR generated uniform hydrogen plasma whose density is $10^{10}/cm{3}$. The natural oxide was effectively removed without damage by applying positive DC bias(+10V) to the substrate. RHEED(Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction) analysis has been used to confirm the removal of the surgace oxide and the streaky 2$\times$1 reconstruction of the Si surface, and the suppression of the substrate damage is anaylized by X-TEM(cross-sectional Transmission Electron Microscopy). Surface cleaning technique by ECR hydrogen plasma confirmed good quality epitaxial growth at low temperature.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.679-688
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• 1994

본 연구에서는 UASB 반응조의 형상변화에 따른 입상슬러지의 물리 화학적 및 형태학적인 특성이 조사되었다. 또한 반응조내의 수소분압의 크기에 따른 반응조운전의 안정성이 조사되었다. 수소분압이 높게 유지된 수정개발된 UASB 반응조의 경우가 상대적으로 수소분압이 낮게 유지된 일반적인 UASB 반응조의 경우에 비해 입상슬러지의 침전성 및 미생물보유능이 더 우수하게 나타났다. 입상슬러지의 형성과 그 안정성에 수소분압이 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 입상슬러지의 화학적 조성식은 일반적인 UASB 반응조와 수정개발된 UASB 반응조가 각각 $C_7H_{12}O_{4.6}N$과 $C_5H_9O_3N$으로, 일반적인 미생물의 경험식인 $C_5H_7O_2N$과는 상이하게 나타났다. 특히 수정개발된 UASB 반응조의 경우 입상슬러지내에 질소성분이 일반적인 혐기성 미생물보다 높게 나타나, 입상슬러지의 발생기작으로서 polypeptide계 체외폴리머의 존재가능성을 보여주고 있다. 전자현미경을 이용한 형태화적 특성조사결과, 일반적인 반응조의 경우와는 달리 수소분압이 높게 유지된 수정개발된 UASB 반응조의 경우 입상슬러지의 표면에서는 Methanobrevibactor arboriphilus와 같은 크기와 형태를 한 수소이용메탄균의 성장이 다발을 이루며 관찰되었는데, 이러한 현상은 입상슬러지의 형성 메커니즘을 뒷받침해주고 있다. 우수한 입상슬러지의 형성을 위해서는 상대적인 수소분압의 크기에 따른 효과적인 상분리가 이루어져, acetogens과 수소이용메탄균들간의 공생관계가 잘 유지되도록 해주어야 할 것으로 사료된다. 수정개발된 UASB 반응조가 일반적인 UASB 반응조에 비하여 수소이용메탄균의 성장에 더욱 효과적인 환경을 제공하는 것으로 판단되며, 입상슬러지의 경영성과 반응조 전체의 유기물질 제거효율 뿐만 아니라, 운전의 안정성 측면에서도 더 우수한 것으로 사료된다.