• 한국전기화학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.59-59
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• 2003

• 한국전기화학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.33-33
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• 2004

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.69-79
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• 2004

To correctly simulate performance characteristics of fuel cells with a modeling method, various physical and chemical phenomena must be considered in fuel cells. In this study, performance characteristics of planar solid oxide fuel cells were simulated by a commercial CFD code, CFD-ACE+. Through simultaneous considerations for mass transfer, heat transfer and charge movement according to electrochemical reactions in the 3-dimensional planar SOFC unit stack, we could successfully predict performance characteristics of solid oxide fuel cells under operation for structural and progress variables. In other words, we solved mass fraction distribution of reactants and products for diffusion and movement, and investigated qualitative and quantitative analysis for performance characteristics in the SOFC unit stack through internal temperature distribution and polarization curve for electrical characteristics. Through this study, we could effectively predict performance characteristics with variables in the unit stack of planar SOFCs and present systematic approach for SOFCs under operation by computer simulation.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.9-14
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• 2019

Liquid and solid fuels currently in use have various pros and cons. As a result, researches are dedicated to produce a new form of fuel that utilizes the advantages and overcomes weakness of conventional fuels. In the present study, a new method for making solidified ethanol fuel is introduced, and its preliminary properties and combustion characteristic are observed. The solidified ethanol fuel was made through the production of agarose hydrogel, and its subsequent soaking into pure ethanol. The properties of the solidified ethanol fuel were quantitatively and qualitatively observed, and its validity and applicability discussed.

• Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.17-25
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• 2009

세계의 모든 나라가 화석연료를 대체하는 태양광, 풍력 등의 그린에너지 기술개발에 주력하고 있으며, 한편으로는 에너지의 효율제고 및 재생을 위하여 폐기물로부터의 자원순환을 이룩하는 폐기에너지 회수에도 많은 노력을 기울이고 있다. 그 하나의 방편이 버려지는 쓰레기에서 에너지를 회수하는 고형재생연료인 RDF(생활폐기물 고형연료 제품, Refuse Derived Fuel) 생산이다. 우리나라에서는 유일하게 강원도 원주시에서 하루 80톤을 생산하고 있으며 아직은 기술도입 초기단계에 있는 가연성폐기물의 연료화 기술이다. RDF의 특성은 불연성 성분이 제거된 일반 가연물을 분쇄하여 압출성형 가공한 펠릿형상의 고체연료로서의 열적 특성이 우수하나 화재안전 측면에서는 제조 및 취급공정에서의 일반적인 가연물 화재위험성을 가지고 있고, 저장과정에서는 축열발열에 의한 자연발화 위험성이 상존하며, 저장형태, 특히 사이로의 경우 구조특성으로 인하여 화재진압도 쉽지않다. 본 논문에서는 일본의 RDF 화재사례를 중심으로 그 화재 위험 특성과 안전대책을 고찰하고자 한다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.134-134
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• 2009

발전용 연료전지의 경쟁상황이 점점 치열해지고 있는 상황에서 경쟁력을 확보하기 위해서는 현재 상용화되어 있는 2세대 연료전지인 MCFC 관련 기술을 최대한 빨리 확보하고, 전세계적으로 R&D 단계에 있는 3세대 연료전지인 SOFC 관련 기술을 독자적으로 수행하여 가장 먼저 상용화하여야 할 것이다. 본 논문에서는 그 동안 MCFC 관련 사업 역량 및 응용 기술의 확보를 위하여 포스코 그룹이 수행한 사업 및 R&D 내용을 정리하고, 향후 SOFC 기술의 상용화를 위한 포스코 그룹의 전략을 발표하고자 한다. 또한 그 동안 SOFC 연구가 시스템 개발 위주로 진행되어 옴에 따른 문제점을 지적하고, SOFC 시스템 기술을 뒷받침할 수 있는 부품/소재 개발과 관련한 포스코파워의 연구 결과를 요약 발표하도록 한다.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2015.12a
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• pp.313-313
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• 2015

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.331-334
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• 2009

An air-independent propulsion (AIP) system based on fuel cell technologies was developed for space and underwater applications in the present study. Hydrogen peroxide was selected as an oxidizer for space and underwater power applications where air independence is a must. Catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide was used to generate oxygen and water. The pure oxygen was provided to a fuel cell and the water was stored separately. Sodium borohydride in the solid state was used as a hydrogen source in the present study. Pure hydrogen can be generated by a catalytic hydrolysis reaction. A fuel cell system was fabricated to validate the fuel cell based air-independent power system and was evaluated at the various conditions.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.526-529
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• 2008

The effect of air impurities on PEMFC performances were studied using electrochemical analysis, such as OCV monitoring, polarization, constant current operation, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The nitrogen dioxide in air lowered the operation voltage at 1 A/$cm^2$ by 160 mV (10 ppm) and 227 mV (100 ppm), while the carbon monoxide effect was relatively not significant (30 mV at 100 ppm). For both nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide, the performances were largely recovered when pure air was provided again. Further study for additional air impurities and simulated air are under progress to provide fundamental data for the design of fuel cell vehicles.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.27-38
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• 2009

To investigate the feasibility of refuse derived fuels (RDFs) combined of sewage sludge and combustible wastes such as substitutive fuels instead of a stone coal, several different RDFs made with different mixtures of sewage sludge and combustible wastes were analyzed by various experiments. The combustion characteristics for the RDFs were investigated by analyzing fuel gases, and heating values were also measured by a bomb calorimeter. The fundamental properties such as moisture contents, ratios of combustible materials, amounts of ashes, heavy metals, ratios of each chemical elements and heating values were analyzed in accordance with mixing ratios of wt(%) for researching the characteristics of the RDFs. $RDF_{k-1}$ was made of mixing materials which were dried sewage sludge, food wastes and combustible wastes. $RDF_{k-2}$ was made of mixing materials which were peat-moss, tar and sewage sludge. Combustion experiments were carried out at the optimal conditions which were m=2 under air-fuel condition and $850^{\circ}C$. The retention times in the combustor were set at 5, 10 and 15minutes. 50 g of RDFs was put in the combustor for each experiments. The ranges for heating values of $RDF_{k-1}$ with different mixing ratios were from 6,900 kcal/kg to 8120 kcal/kg. The ranges for heating values of $RDF_{k-2}$ with different mixing ratios were from 4,014 kcal/kg to 8,050 kcal/kg. As a result of this study, the heating values, moisture contents, components of chemical elements and mixing ratios of the materials in RDFs had big effects on the efficiency of the combustion. In $RDF_{k-1}$, the higher amounts of combustible wastes in the mixtures, the higher heating values, concentrations of $C_xH_y$ and amounts of ashes were produced. In $RDF_{k-2}$, the higher tar amounts in the mixtures caused the higher heating values, amounts of ashes, concentrations of CO gas and CxHy.