• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.473-474
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2007.06a
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• pp.733-734
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• 2007

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.13-21
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• 2016

In this paper we are trying to explain the effect of temperature on polymer membrane exchange water electrolysis (PEMWE) and polymer membrane exchange fuel cell (PEMFC) simultaneously. A comprehensive studying approach is proposed and applied to a 50Watt PEM fuel cell system in the laboratory. The monitoring process is carried out through wireless LoRa node and gateway network concept. In this experiment, temperature sensor measure the temperature level of electrolyzer, fuel cell stack and $H_2$ storage tank and transmitted the measured value of data to the management control unit (MCU) through the individual node and gateway of each PEMWE and PEMFC. In MCU we can monitor the temperature and its effect on the performance of the fuel cell system and control it to keep the lower heating value to increase the efficiency of the fuel cell system. And we also proposed a mathematical model and operation algorithm for PEMWE and PEMFC. In this model, PEMWE gives higher efficiency at lower heating level where as PEMFC gives higher efficiency at higher heating value. In order to increase the performance of the fuel cell system, we are going to monitor, communicate and control the temperature and pressure of PEMWE and PEMFC by installing these systems in a building of university which is located in the southern part of Korea.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.32 no.7
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• pp.558-565
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• 2008

Solid oxide fuel cell(SOFC) has a higher fuel flexibility than low temperature fuel cells, such as polymer electrolyte fuel cell(PEMFC) and phosphoric acid fuel cell(PAFC). SOFCs also use CO and $CH_4$ as a fuel, because SOFCs are hot enough to allow the CH4 steam reformation(SR) reaction and water-gas shift(WGS) reaction occur within the SOFC stack itself. Diesel is a good candidate for SOFC system fuel because diesel reformate gas include a higher degree of CO and $CH_4$ concentration than other hydrocarbon(methane, butane, etc.) reformate gas. Selection of catalyst for autothermalr reforming of diesel was performed in this paper, and characteristics of reforming performance between packed-bed and microchannel catalyst are compared for SOFC system. The mesh-typed microchannel catalyst also investigated for diesel ATR operation for 1kW-class SOFC system. 1kW-class diesel microchannel ATR was continuously operated about 30 hours and its reforming efficiency was achieved nearly 55%.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.93-96
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• 2009

In the cathode channel of a PEM fuel cell, the local concentration of oxygen near the gas diffusion layer (GDL) decreases in streamwise direction due to chemical reactions, which degrades the efficiency of the oxygen consumption and overall fuel cell efficiency. We numerically studied the influence of the swirling flow generated by a slanted groove mixer (SGM) on the concentration distribution of oxygen. We found that the swirling flow can increase the concentration of oxygen near the GDL, and subsequently improves the oxygen consumption rate.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2008.11b
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• pp.2390-2395
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• 2008

The water droplet motion in an air flow microchannel with pores through which water emerges is studied numerically by solving the equations governing the conservation of mass and momentum. The gas-liquid interface is tracked by a level set method which is based on a sharp-interface representation for accurately imposing the matching conditions at the interface and is modified to implement the contact angle conditions on the wall and pores. The numerical results show that the droplet growth and detachment pattern depend significantly on the contact angle and inlet air velocity. Also, the dynamic interaction between the droplets growing on multiple pores is investigated. The pore arrangement subject to droplet merging is found to be not effective for water removal.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.30 no.12 s.255
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• pp.1196-1202
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• 2006

A MEMS methanol reformer was fabricated and its performance was evaluated in the present study. Catalytic steam reforming of methanol was selected because the process had been widely applied in macro scale reformers. Conventional Cu/ZnO catalyst that was prepared by co-precipitation method to give the highest coating quality was used. The reactor structure was made by bonding three layers of glass wafers. The internal structure of the wafer was fabricated by the wet-etching process that resulted in a high aspect ratio. The internal surface of the reactor was coated by catalyst and individual wafers were fusion-bonded to form the reactor structure. The internal volume of the microfabricated reactor was $0.3cm^3$ and the reactor produced exhaust gas with hydrogen concentration at 73%. The production rate of hydrogen was 4.16 ml/hr that could generate power of 350 mW in a typical PEM fuel cell.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.48-58
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• 2008

에너지 하베스팅 기술은 자연의 빛에너지, 인간 신체 또는 연소형 엔진으로부터의 저온 폐열에너지, 휴대용 기기 탑재/부착장치의 미세 진동에너지, 인간의 신체활동(걷거나 뛰는)으로 인한 소산에너지 등을 흡수하여 에너지 하베스팅 소자 기술을 이용하여 전기에너지로 변환, 전자 기기의 전력으로 사용하는 환경에너지 재생형 에너지원이라 할 수 있다. 유비쿼터스의 정보화 시대에는 휴대형 정보기기 등이 필수적인 기기가 될 것인데 여기에 사용되는 전력 에너지원은 소형.집적화된 기술이 필수적이다. 이때 MEMS 기술은 에너지 하베스팅 기술의 소형.집적화 기술에 크게 기여하고 극복해야 할 기술에 핵심적인 기술로 사용된다. MEMS 기술이 사용되는 대표적인 에너지 하베스터 기술인 마이크로 연료전지, 마이크로 히터 엔진, Piezoelectric MPG 기술 등을 소개하였다.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2001

전력 사업 구조 개편과 전력계통 신뢰도에 대한 우려 증대, 풍부하고 저렴한 천연가스, 새로운 대기 오염 규제, 부정전전원의 가치 증대로 인하여 분산형 발전의 수요가 증가하고 있다. 본고에서는 미국의 사례를 중심으로 분사형 전원의 현황을 개략적으로 살펴보고 핵심기술인 왕복동엔진, 가스터빈, 마이크로터빈, 연료전지, 태양광발전 기술들의 특징, 장점, 경제성 등을 서술하고 이 기술들의 활용범위 및 분산형 시스템으로서의 적합성에 대하여 논하며 관련 연구개발, 기존 전력망과의 연계, 문제점과 전망에 대해서 살펴보고자 한다.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.199-205
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• 2014

The integration of FC (Fuel Cell) and GSHP (Ground Source Heat Pump) hybrid system could produce a synergistic advantage in thermal and electric way. This study intends to analyse the economical aspect of a FC integrated GSHP hybrid system compared to the conventional system which is consisted with a boiler and a chiller. Based on the hourly simulation, the study indicated that GSHP system and FC+GSHP hybrid system could reduce the energy consumption on a building. The method of the economic assessment has been based on IEA ECBCS Annex 54 Subtask C SPB(Simple Payback) method. The SPB was calculated using the economic balanced year of the alternative system over the conventional (reference) system. The SPB of the alternative systems (GSHP and FC+GSHP) with 50% initial incentive was 4.06 and 26.73 year respectively while the SPB without initial incentive of systems was 10.71 and 57.76 year.