• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.102-108
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• 2011

Characteristics of hydrogen production from various food wastes in anaerobic batch reactors were evaluated to assess the energy potential of organic wastes. Organic wastes which were used in this study were scallion as vegetable, apple as fruit, rice as grain and pork as meat. Ultimate hydrogen yield of scallion, apple, rice and pork were 0.46, 0.47, 0.62 and $0.05mol\;H_2/mol\;hexose$, respectively. On the other hand, hydrogen production rates of scallion, apple, rice and pork were 0.013, 0.021, 0.014 and $0.005mol\;H_2/mol\;hexose/h$, respectively. These results indicated that anaerobic hydrogen fermentation from food waste except for meat was effective in removing organic material as well as producing renewable energy. Volatile fatty acids increased as hydraulic retention time was increased. In the hydrogen fermentation, acidification degree of rice was measured as the highest rate of 75.8% whereas pork was found as the lowest rate of 35.2%.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.63-120
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• 2003

연료에 포함되어 있는 수소와 산소의 전기화학적 반응을 통해 연속적으로 전기와 열을 동시에 생산. 축전지(Battery)가 아닌 무공해, 고효율의 발전기임. 미국에서 우주선용으로 개발되었고 60년대 후반부터 에너지 기술로의 개발이 추진되어 실용화 단계에 있는 2000년대의 신 에너지기술.(중략)

• KSBB Journal
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.243-255
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• 1993

In this study, it was observed that hydrogen Productivity varied with stirrer speed, bead radius, input glucose concentration and dilution rate in a continuous stirred tank reactor in which immobilized R. rubrum KS-301 was used as a hydrogen-producing bacterium The mass transfer resistance due to cell immobilization was also studied. In order to estimate an effectiveness factor, Des of glucose was first obtained, which was subsequently represented by the correlation equation between Dos and Xb, As a result external mass transfer resistance could be neglected for stirrer speeds greater than 400rpn With bead radius increasing, the hydrogen productivity and internal effectiveness factor decreased. With input 91ucose concentration increasing, the hydrogen productivity and interval and external effectiveness factor increased. Although an Internal effectiveness factor was not affected, hydrogen productivity Increased with dilution rate increasing. An overall effectiveness factor remained nearly constant for the dilution rates investigate4 but increased with input 91ucose concentration increasing.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.49 no.11
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• pp.45-51
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• 2009

한국원자력연구원의 다목적 연구용 원자로, 하나로는 중성자 이용 물성 연구 등 다양한 분야에 사용되며, 중성자는 녹색기술 관련 소재의 생산과 특성 분석에 매우 유용한 도구이다. 중성자 도핑을 이용하여 생산되는 반도체는 그린 카에 사용되는 전력 소자에 활용되고 있다. 중성자 산란 실험 장치들은 이차전지 재료와 수소저장 물질의 물성 연구에 활용되고 있다. 중성자 비파괴 검사 장치는 연료전지의 성능 연구에 활용되고 있다. 고속중성자를 이용하여 스위칭 소자의 특성을 개선하는 기술과 장치가 구축되면 전력 소자의 효율 증대에 기여할 것이다.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.595-603
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• 2010

This paper deals with an economic evaluation of domestic window type photoelectrochemical hydrogen production utilizing solar cells. We make some sensitivity analysis of hydrogen production prices by changing the values of input factors such as the initial capital cost, the solar to hydrogen conversion efficiency, and the system duration time. The hydrogen production price of the window type photoelectrochemical system was estimated as 1,168,972 won/$kgH_2$. It is expected that hydrogen production cost can be reduced to 47,601 won/$kgH_2$ if the solar to hydrogen conversion efficiency is increased to 14%, the system duration time is increased to 20,000 hours, and the initial capital cost is decreased to 25% of the current level. We also evaluate the hydrogen production cost of the water electrolysis using the electricity produced by solar cells. The corresponding hydrogen production cost was estimated as 37,838 won/$kgH_2$. The photoelectrochemical hydrogen production is evaluated as uneconomical at this time, and we need to enhance the solar to hydrogen conversion efficiency and the system duration time as well as to reduce prices of the system facilities.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.436-445
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• 2005

석탄가스화는 화석연료인 석탄을 기존의 공해물질 발생을 90% 이상 줄이면서 고효율로 활용할 수 있는 방법이다. 3톤/일급 pilot급 석탄가스화 설비에서 생산된 CO와 수소가 주성분인 합성가스를 소형 LPG 엔진과 중형 천연가스 엔진에 연계시켜 발전시스템을 구성하였으며 전기생산까지 구현하였다. 합성가스의 고온 집진과 탈황을 자체기술로 구현하여 합성가스내 $H_2S$와 COS 성분들을 1 ppm 이하 정제와 99% 이상의 고온집진 효율을 확인하였다. 선진국들의 설비 규모에 비해서는 극히 열세인 국내 현황이지만, 고온고압의 석탄가스화로부터 탈황과 집진, 전기 생산까지 전 과정을 pilot 설비규모에서 실증하는 성과를 얻었으며 향후 전체 시스템의 최적화와 연속운전 기술의 개발로 이어진다면 중소형 석탄가스화 부분에서는 선진국과 차별화된 틈새시장 실용화 기술의 확보가 가능할 것이다.

• Prospectives of Industrial Chemistry
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.1-21
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• 2021

화석연료의 과도한 사용으로 유발된 기후변화 문제를 해결하기 위해 대체에너지의 개발에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있는 가운데 재생가능하며 친환경적인 수소에너지가 실현가능한 궁극적 대안으로 주목받고 있다. 다양한 수소 생산 기술 중 물의 전기분해를 이용한 수전해 기술은 온실가스와 같은 오염물질을 배출하지 않으며 재생에너지와 연계하여 미이용 전력을 대용량 장주기로 저장할 수 있다는 장점이 있다. 수전해 장치는 수소와 산소를 발생하는 전극과 기체의 섞임을 방지하고 이온을 전달하는 분리막으로 구성되며 그 중 분리막은 수전해 장치의 효율과 안정성을 결정짓는 핵심 부품이다. 본 총설에서는 수전해 기술 중 저온 수전해에 해당하는 알칼라인 수전해(alkaline water electrolysis), 고분자전해질막 수전해(polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis)와 음이온교환막 수전해(anion exchange membrane water electrolysis)에 사용되는 분리막에 대한 특성을 분석하고 최근 연구 동향에 대해서 다루고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.42-46
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• 2008

Even though fuel cell have high efficiency when pure hydrogen from gas tank is used as a fuel source, it is more beneficial to generate hydrogen from city gas (mainly methane) in residential application such as domestic or office environments. Thus hydrogen is generated by reforming process using hydrocarbon. Unfortunately, the reforming process for hydrogen production is accompanied with unavoidable impurities. Impurities such as CO, $CO_2$, $H_2S$, $NH_3$, $CH_4$, and $CH_4$ in hydrogen could cause negative effects on fuel cell performance. Those effects are kinetic losses due to poisoning of the electrode catalysts, ohmic losses due to proton conductivity reduction including membrane and catalyst ionomer layers, and mass transport losses due to degrading catalyst layer structure and hydrophobic property. Hydrogen produced from reformer eventually contains around 73% of $H_2$, 20% or less of $CO_2$, 5.8% of less of $N_2$, or 2% less of $CH_4$, and 10ppm or less of CO. This study is aimed at investigating the effect of carbon dioxide on fuel cell performance. The performance of PEM fuel cell was investigated using current vs. potential experiment, long run(10 hr) test, and electrochemical impedance measurement when the concentrations of carbon dioxide were 10%, 20% and 30%. Also, the concentration of impurity supplied to the fuel cell was verified by gas chromatography(GC).

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.34-39
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• 2015

This study confirmed the characteristics of hydrogen production according to electrode materials by producing non-diaphragm alkaline water electroanalyzer that can be controlled at medium temperature to produce hydrogen. As a result of the electrochemical characteristics by electrode material ($IrO_2/Ti$, $RuO_2/Ti$, Ti), the highest efficiency was found in $RuO_2/Ti$, as a result of hydrogen production experiment by electrolyte concentration, electrolyte concentration has a tendency to be proportional to hydrogen production and the condition of 30% KOH showed the highest hydrogen production as $118.9m^3/m^3/day$. In the experiment that confirmed hydrogen production according to electrode materials, in case of combination of anode ($IrO^2/Ti$) and cathode ($RuO^2/Ti$), it was $157.55m^3/m^3/day$ that showed a higher hydrogen production by around 6.97% than that of $IrO^2/Ti$ and cathode. It is presumed that the improvement of electrochemical activation of DSA electrode increases hydrogen production and influences the improvement of durability compared to the former electrode so that it enables stable alkaline water electrolysis.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.65-73
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• 2020

To reduce the hydrogen production cost through the utilizing the oxygen and improving the capacity factor of water electrolysis used to energy storage of renewable energy, the hybrid hydrogen production process which has dual operating concept of using the water electrolysis as energy storage and oxygen production process for biomass gasification was proposed. Moreover, Techno-economic analysis on this system was quantitatively performed.