• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.455-458
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• 2006

최근 들어 고체산화물 연료전지(SOFC) 기술이 급성장함에 따라 고온 수증기 전기분해(HTE) 기술이 물로부터 수소를 대량으로 제조할 수 있는 환경 친화적인 기술로 주목 받고 있다 고온 수증기 전기분해는 기존의 액상 전기분해보다 총 에너지 요구량이 작고 전기분해에 필요한 최소의 전기에너지가 온도가 증가할수록 감소하며 고온 수증기 전기분해에 요구되는 에너지의 일부를 전기에너지 대신 열의 형태로 공급이 가능하여 보다 높은 효율을 기대할 수 있다. 따라서 off peak시 기저부하전력을 이용하고, 공정의 열원으로 고온가스의 폐열, 천연가스의 부분산화 반응열 또는 고온 가스원자로의 폐열을 활용하면 SOFC 이용 고온 수증기 전기분해 공정은 수소경제사회에서 요구되는 수소를 대량으로 제조할 수 있는 경제적인 공정이 될 것이다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2009

Nuclear hydrogen production using high temperature heat of a very high temperature reactor(VHTR) is one of the most attractive ways of mass hydrogen production without greenhouse gas emission. In many countries, sulfur-iodine(S-I) thermochemical process and high temperature steam electrolysis(HTSE) process are being investigated. In such processes, corrosion behavior of Intermediate heat exchanger materials are the most critical issues. Especially in a HTSE system, several heat exchangers will be facing hot steam conditions. In this paper, the status of high temperature corrosion researches in hot steam and supercritical water conditions are reviewed in view of the implication to HTSE conditions. Based on the review, test condition and plan of the hot steam corrosion of the candidate materials are formulated and described in some details along with the schematics of the test set-up. The test results and subsequent evaluation will be used in development of a interface system between the HTSE hydrogen production system and the VHTR.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.07c
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• pp.1820-1822
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 반도체 제조공정에서 발생하는 $CF_4$의 분해와 제거를 위하여 3상 교류 플라즈마 토치를 제작하고, 플라즈마를 발생시켜 $CF_4$제거 가능성과 이에 따른 문제점에 대해 알아보았다. 매우 강하고 안정한 C-F 결합을 깨고 $CF_4$가스를 분해하기 위해서는 1100[$^{\circ}C$]정도의 고온이 필요한데, 본 실험의 플라즈마 플레임의 경우 $CF_4$가스를 열분해 광분해 시키기에는 충분한 온도와 에너지를 가지고 있다고 사료된다. 하지만 고온의 플라즈마와 토치 내부의 복잡한 유동과 고온의 플라즈마에 의한 전극의 융삭문제는 플라즈마를 연속적으로 발생시켜 $CF_4$가스의 제거효율을 높이기 위해서는 필히 개선해야 할 문제점인 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.15 no.2 s.46
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• pp.127-137
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• 2006

To resolve the environmental and economics problems of fossil fuel energy, a hydrogen economy is promoted in many developed countries. Massive production of hydrogen using a nuclear power is a practical way to feed fuel required for the hydrogen economy. The author introduces a very high temperature reactor and its development status. He also reviews recent achievements and directions of research in hydrogen production process, such as sulfur-iodine thermochemical cycle, sulfur hybrid cycle, and high temperature electrolysis.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.228.2-228.2
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• 2010

In this work, the hydrogen production costs of the nuclear energy sources are estimated in the necessary input data on a Korean specific basis. G4-ECONS was appropriately modified to calculate the cost for hydrogen production of HTE process with Very High Temperature nuclear Reactor (VHTR) as a thermal energy source rather than the LUEC (Levelized Unit Electricity Cost). The general ground rules and assumptions follow G4-ECONS. Through a preliminary study of cost estimates, we wished to evaluate the economic potential for hydrogen produced from nuclear energy, and, in addition, to promptly estimate the hydrogen production costs for an updated input data for capital costs. The estimated costs presented in this paper show that hydrogen production by the VHTR could be competitive with current techniques of hydrogen production from fossil fuels if $CO_2$ capture and sequestration is required. Nuclear production of hydrogen would allow large-scale production of hydrogen at economic prices while avoiding the release of $CO_2$. Nuclear production of hydrogen could thus become the enabling technology for the hydrogen economy. The major factors that would affect the cost of hydrogen were also discussed.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.416-423
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• 2009

High-temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) using solid oxide cell is a challenging method for highly efficient large-scale hydrogen production as a reversible process of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). The overall efficiency of the HTSE hydrogen and synthesis gas production system was analyzed thermo-electrochemically. A thermo-electrochemical model for the hydrogen and synthesis gas production system with solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) and very high temperature gas-cooled reactor (VHTR) was established. Sensitivity analyses with regard to the system were performed to investigate the quantitative effects of key parameters on the overall efficiency of the production system. The overall efficiency with SOEC and VHTR was expected to reach a maximum of 58% for the hydrogen production system and to 62% for synthesis gas production system by improving electrical efficiency, steam utilization rate, waste heat recovery rate, electrolysis efficiency, and thermal efficiency. Therefore, overall efficiency of the synthesis production system has higher efficiency than that of the hydrogen production system.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.641-648
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• 2011

KEPRI (KEPCO Research Institute) designed and operated the lab-scale high temperature electrolysis (HTE) system for hydrogen production with $10{\times}10cm^2$ 5-cell stack at $750^{\circ}C$. The electrolysis cell consists of Ni-YSZ steam/hydrogen electrode, YSZ electrolyte and LSCF based perovskite as air side electrode. The active area of one cell is 92.16 $cm^2$. The hydrogen production system was operated for 2664 hours and the performance of electrolysis stack was measured by means of current variation with from 6 A to 28 A. The maximum hydrogen production rate and current efficiency was 47.33 NL/hr and 80.90% at 28 A, respectively. As the applied current increased, hydrogen production rate, current efficiency and the degradation rate of stack were increased respectively. From the result of stack performance, optimum operation current of this system was 24 A, considering current efficiencies and cell degradations.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2016.11a
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• pp.190.2-190.2
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• 2016

청정에너지 개발은 화석연료를 대체하기 위하여 꾸준한 관심을 받고 있다. 많은 대체에너지중 수소는 그 반응물이 순수한 물로써 환경오염이 없다. 기존의 수소를 얻어내는 방법은 메탄을 고온 고압에서 수증기와 반응시켜 얻는데 이 때 이산화탄소가 생성이 된다. 전기화학적 물분해 방법은 물을 수소와 산소로 선택적으로 분해시킬 수 있는 방법이다. $TiO_2$는 전기적으로 합성할 때 표면의 구조제어가 쉽고 열역학적, 화학적 안정성이 높아 자체의 높은 밴드갭(3.0~3.2 eV)에도 불구하고 산업적으로 염소분해 전극으로써 사용되고 있으며 최근에는 물분해 전극으로도 적용하는 연구가 진행되고 있다. 전기화학적 물분해 반응을 위해서는 높은 과전압이 요구되므로 산업적으로 이용하기 위해 전도성을 향상시키기 위한 연구가 필요하다. 낮은 전압에서도 물을 분해할 수 있는 촉매제의 도핑이 연구되고 있으나 대부분 촉매로 사용되는 금속은 루테늄과 이리듐 등의 귀금속이다. 본 연구에서는 저가촉매로써 몰리브덴을 도핑한 후 농도별 성능을 비교하였다. 전극의 성능비교를 위해 각 촉매의 농도별로 다른 전해질 농도조건에서 성능비교실험을 진행하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.419-427
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• 2011

The characteristics for hydrogen production and the thermochemical properties of high temperature steam electrolysis(HTSE) device have been numerically analyzed in a two-dimension, steady-state with using the COMSOL $Multiphysics^{(R)}$. The main parameters for the calculation are applied voltage, ASR(Area-specific Resistance), temperature and pressure of the inlet gas flow. The results showed that thermal-neutral voltage was 1.2454 V and rather than the cell temperature increases or decreases with increasing applied voltage by thermal-neutral voltage starting this voltage the temperature in high voltage tended to rise and temperature in the low voltage tended to fall. And with, increasing the values of ASR, temperature inside the cell and the hydrogen production rate were decreased.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.477-486
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• 2017

Hydrogen is one of energy storage systems, which could be transfer from electric energy to chemical energy or from chemical energy to electric energy, and is as an energy carrier. Water electrolysis is being investigating as one of the hydrogen production methods. Recently, water electrolysis receive attention for the element technology in PTG (power to gas) and PTL (power to liquid) system. In this paper, it was explained the principle and type for the water electrolysis, and recent research review for the alkaline water electrolysis.