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A Review of Electrochemical Hydrogen Compressor Technology

전기화학적 수소 압축기 기술

  • KIM, SANG-KYUNG (Hydrogen Research Department, Korea Institute of Energy Research)
  • 김상경 (한국에너지기술연구원 수소연구단)
  • Received : 2020.11.09
  • Accepted : 2020.12.30
  • Published : 2020.12.30
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Abstract

There is growing interest worldwide in a hydrogen economy that uses hydrogen as an energy medium instead of hydrocarbon-based fossil fuels as a way to combat climate change. Since hydrogen has a very low energy density per unit volume at room temperature, hydrogen must be compressed and stored in order to use as an energy carrier. There are mechanical and non-mechanical methods for compressing hydrogen. The mechanical method has disadvantages such as high energy consumption, durability problems of moving parts, hydrogen contamination by lubricants, and noise. Among the non-mechanical compression methods, electrochemical compression consumes less energy and can compress hydrogen with high purity. In this paper, research trends are reviewed, focusing on research papers on electrochemical hydrogen compression technology, and future research directions are suggested.

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