• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.65-75
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• 2022

Recently, the possibility of fire and explosion due to hydrogen leakage and the resulting risk are increasing since the operating pressure of the electrolysis increases. This study performed the hazardous area classification in accordance with KS C IEC 60079-10-1 and KGS GC101 in consideration of the general operating conditions of the electrolysis. In addition, in order to achieve a To Non-hazardous, an appropriate ventilation rate was estimated to maintain a concentration of less than 25 % of the lower explosive limit. As a result, it was reviewed that the electrolysis is classified as an hazardous area when only natural ventilation is applied, and a huge amount of ventilation is required to classify it as a non-hazardous area.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.61 no.1
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• pp.19-25
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• 2023

Although a lot of research and development has been conducted on the performance improvement of PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) water electrolysis, the research on durability is still in early stage. This study investigated effect of temperature on the water electrolysis durability when driving temperature of the PEM water electrolysis was increased to improve performance. Voltage change, I-V, CV (Cyclic Voltammetry), LSV (Linear Sweep Voltammetry), Impedance, and FER (Fluoride Emission Rate) were measured while driving under a constant current condition in a temperature range of 50~80 ℃. As the operating temperature increased, the degradation rate increased. At 50~65 ℃, the degradation of the IrO₂ electrocatalyst mainly affected the durability of the PEM water electrolysis cell. At 80 ℃, the polymer membrane and electrode degradation proceeded similarly, and the short resistance decreased to 1.0 kΩ·cm² or less, and the performance decreased to about 1/3 of the initial stage after 144 hours of operation due to the shorting phenomenon.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.56-63
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• 2023

The development of renewable energy technologies, such as solar, wave, and wind power, has led to the diversification of water electrolysis technologies, which can be easily coupled with renewable energy sources in terms of economics and scale. Water electrolysis technologies can be classified into three types based on operating temperature: low-temperature (<100 ℃), medium-temperature (300-700 ℃), and high-temperature (>700 ℃). It can also be classified by the type of electrolyte membrane used in the system. However, the concepts of thermodynamic and thermo-neutral voltages calculations and are very important factors in the evaluation of energy consumption and efficiency of water electrolysis technologies, are often confused. This review aims to contribute to a better understanding of the calculation of operating voltage and efficiency of PEM water electrolysis technologies and to clarify the differences between thermodynamic voltage and thermo-neutral voltage.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.101-104
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• 2007

700 $^{\circ}C$이상의 온도에서 실시되는 고온수전해는 다가오는 수소경제시대의 주요한 수소제조기 술로 주목되고 있다. 이 연구에서는 Ni보다 전기전도도가 우수하고 가격이 저렴한 Cu를 사용하여 고온수 전해 수소극용 Cu/YSZ 복합체를 기계적합금법에 의해 제조하여 미세구조를 관찰하였고 Cu/YSZ를 수소전극으로 한 반전지를 제조하여 수조제조 실험을 실시하였다. Cu/YSZ 복합체는 Cu와 YSZ를 6:4(vol%)의 조성비로 유성밀을 사용하여 400 rpm으로 24시간 동안 실시하여 제조하였다. 고에너지 볼밀 후 500 nm이하의 나노크기의 복합체가 제조되었으며 Cu입자에 YSZ가 고르게 분포되어 있었다. 수은압입법으로 측정한 기공률은 70%이고 기공크기는 평균 0.5 ${\mu}m$으로 미세한 기공으로 이루어져 있었다. 제조된 Cu/YSZ 복합체를 수소전극으로 한 반전지를 제조하여 수소제조 실험을 실시한 결과 Ni/YSZ 전극보다 수소제조 성능이 우수한 것으로 나타났다. Cu의 높은 열팽창계수와 낮은 녹는점을 보완하면 우수한 고온수전해용 전극재료로 사용될 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.1265-1267
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• 2006

현재 ISO 에서는 공구제조업체에서 해당 공구의 수전달 진동을 측정하여 제시하도록 하는 규격을 제정 중에 있으며, 이를 위해서는 공구에서 발생하는 진동과 영향을 평가하는 기술이 확보되어야 하며, 이 과정에서 측정 불확도 수준을 결정하는 것이 매우 중요하다고 하겠다. 본 연구에서는 동력 공구 작업시 작업자의 손으로 전달되는 진동을 측정하고 그 영향을 평가함에 있어서 발생할 수 있는 불확도를 분석하였다. 먼저, ISO 5349 규격을 적용함에 있어서 존재하는 불확도 인자들을 분류하고, 각 인자들이 어느 정도 수준의 불확도를 발생시키는지 시험을 통해서 확인하고 분석하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.46-46
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• 2014

알칼리 수전해는 신재생에너지를 이용하여 오염물질 없이 효율적으로 수소를 생산할 수 있는 방법 중의 하나이다. 알칼리 수전해 시스템의 산화전극으로 불용성전극이 많이 사용되고 있으나 높은 과전압과 제조 공정이 복잡한 문제점을 가지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 전기변색을 이용해 짙은 파란색의 $TiO_2$ 나노튜브를 알칼리 수전해 시스템의 산화전극으로 이용하고자 하였다. 양극산화법을 이용해 $TiO_2$ 나노튜브를 만드는 과정에서 양극산화 시간과 인가전압에 따라 Blue $TiO_2$의 산소발생반응(Oxygen evolution reaction, OER) 활성 변화를 측정하였고 나노튜브 길이가 길고 직경이 클수록 OER활성과 내구성이 향상되는 것을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.2044-2045
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• 2007

코로나 발생은 전극의 첨점이 형성되어 전극에 전계가 집중될 경우 불균질성에 의한 방전이다. 수용가용 154kV 인류형 클램프 말단의 전선처리는 코로나 발생을 가속시켜 전력손실, 노이즈 발생 등의 영향을 미친다. 본 연구에서는 수용가용 154kV 수전설비용 자기애자 (Porcelain Insulator)와 가공선로(Overhead Line)의 지지용 금구사이에서 발생하는 코로나 특성을 고찰하였다, 일반적 방법으로 확인 되지않는 코로나를 UV Image 이용하여 애자의 소손 위험성 및 상태를 제시하였으며, 유한요소법(FEMLAB)을 이용하여 나전선의 길이별로 전계분포에 의한 위험성을 제시하였다. 수전설비의 설치조건 및 금구류의 유지보수 및 안전성 향상에 활용될 것으로 기대한다.

• JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL WORLD
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• no.2 s.122
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• pp.23-27
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• 1987

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.1-9
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• 2020

In recent days, fuel cell has received attention from the world as an alternative power source to hydrocarbon used in automobile engines. With the industrial advances of fuel cell, There have been a lot of researches actively conducted to find a way of generating hydrogen. Among many hydrogen production methods, Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell(SOEC) is not only a basic way but also environment-friendly method to produce hydrogen gas. Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell has lower electrical energy demands and high thermal efficiency since it is possible to operate under high temperature and high pressure conditions. For these reasons, experimental researches as well as studies on numerical modeling for Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell have been under way. However, studies on numerical modeling are relatively less enough than experimental accomplishments and have limited performance prediction, which mostly is considered as a result from inadequate effects of electrochemical properties by temperature and pressure. In this study, various experimental studies of commercial Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) composed of Ni-YSZ (40wt%, Ni-60 wt% YSZ)/8-YSZ (TOSOH, TZ8Y)/LSM (La_0.9Sr_0.1MnO₃) was utilized for improving effectiveness of SOEC model. After numerically analyzing effects of electrochemical properties according to operating temperature, causing the largest deviation between experiments and simulation are that Charge Transfer Coefficient (CTC), exchange current density, diffusion coefficient, electrical conductivity in SOEC. Analyzing temperature effect on parameter used in overpotential model is conducted for modeling of SOEC. cross-validation method is adopted for application of various MEA and evaluating feasibility of model. As a result, the study confirm that the numerical model of SOEC based on structured process of effectiveness evaluation makes performance prediction better.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.65-75
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• 2018

The wind energy produced at night is being discarded because of the excess power generated at night compared to daytime. To solve this problem, In this study, we analyzed the evaluation contents for evaluation of domestic and overseas water electrolysis systems and drew contents for safety performance contents test of the water electrolysis system based on the evaluation contents. The test contents produced the efficiency measurement test, the hydrogen generated pressure test, and the hydrogen purity test. And the safety performance evaluation of the alkaline water electrolysis system of $5Nm^3/hr$ was performed based on the results. As a result, the hydrogen generation was calculated as $5.10Nm^3/hr$ and the stack efficiency was $4.97kWh/Nm^3$. The purity of the hydrogen generated was 99.993% and it was confirmed that it produced high purity hydrogen. I think will help us assess and build safety performance of water electrolysis systems in the future.