• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.479-484
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• 2009

The effect of anode gas channel height on gas diffusion and cell performance in a 100 $cm^2$ class molten carbonate single cell is investigated. Single cell separators with three different channel height are used. The effect of the gas channel height on the distribution of the reactive gas concentration is evaluated by the two-dimensional concentration diffusion equation. The overpotential caused by concentration drop with different channel height is estimated by the voltage decay related to diffusion of reactants, well known as concentration polarization, using limiting current density. The estimation could have the possibility to identify the reactant mass transfer polarization in the complicate factors of the overall electrodes.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.419-424
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• 2010

The 125kW external reforming (ER) type molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) system for developing a commercial prototype has been operated at Boryeong thermal power plant site since the end of 2009. The system consists of 125kW stack with $10,000 cm^2$ effective area, mechanical balance of plant (MBOP) with anode recycle system, and electrical balance of plant (EBOP). The 125kW MCFC stack installed in December, 2009 has been operated from January, 2010 after 20 days pre-treatment. The stack open circuit voltage (OCV) was 214V at initial load operation, which approaches the thermodynamically theoretical voltage. The stack voltage remained stable range from 160V to 180V at the maximum generating power of 120 kW DC. The stack has been operated for 3,270 hours and operated at rated power for 1,200 hours.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.147-154
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• 2019

In this study, effects of flow types and size of molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs) were investigated using CFD simulation. In the simulation, the current collector of MCFCs were assumed to be an porous media. With the area of $0.09m^2$, the effect of flow types such as Co-flow, Counter-flow, Cross-flow were studied. After that the effect of the size and flow direction was studied. Among three-flow types, MCFCs with co-flow type shows more uniform distribution and current density distribution.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.363-371
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• 2022

In this study, the operation characteristics of the internal reforming type molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) were studied using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis according to the steam to carbon ratio (S/C ratio), operating temperature, and gas utilization. From the simulation results, the distribution of gas composition due to the electrochemical reaction and the reforming reaction was predicted. The internal reforming type showed a lower temperature difference than the external reforming type MCFC. As the operating temperature decreased, less hydrogen was produced and the performance of the fuel cell also decreased. As the gas utilization rate decreased, more gas was injected into the same reaction area, and thus the performance of the fuel cell increased.

• Solar Energy
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.65-77
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• 1996

The operating thermal chracteristics of direct contact liquid-ice heat exchanger was experimentally investigated. In this paper, The effects of Ice Packing Factor(IPF), the inlet temperature and the flow rate of Heat Transfer Fluid(HTF) were stuided in the liquid-ice heat exchanger. Thermal stratification in liquid-ice heat exchanger was established clearly and faster at the higher inlet temperature and flow rate of HTF. At the end of melting of the lower flow rate is cleared the thermal stratification in liquid-ice heat exchanger. The temperature stratification is long with higher value of IPF of liquid-ice heat exchanger. The mean temperature of liquid-ice storage was changed rapidly with increasing flow rate and inlet temperature of HTF. The gradiant of ratio of total energy to latent energy was found higher with increasing inlet temperature and flow rate.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.8 no.7
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• pp.648-652
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• 1998

TIG remelting was performed to harden the surface of automobile earn shaft. Multipass remelting was conducted in longitudinal direction under argon gas atmosphere. The microstructure of as-east earn shaft was gray iron which consisted of flake graphite and pearlitic matrix. The remelted area had microstructue of both fine pearlite and ledeburite structure that consisted of globular austenite and $Fe_3C$. Hardness for as-cast earn shaft had HRc 25~28, however it increased at remelted area to HRc 53~55. Black line was found at heat affected zone next to the fusion line, that is remelt area of previous pass, during multipass remelting. Black line was identified as graphite, which was transformed from $Fe_3C$. in the ledeburite structure. It is observed that all graphites were nucleated at $Fe_3C$. and matrix interface. High density energy laser remelting process was also applied to verify whether black line could be eliminated. However, black line was still existed as observed in TIG remelting process. Regraphitization was simulated on the ledeburitic structure specimen using Gleeble 1500 with conditions of 1100 and 100$0^{\circ}C$ for 0.5, I, 3, 5 and 1Osee. From the fact that graphite was formed even at the simulation condition of 100$0^{\circ}C$ for 0.5sec, it is seen that regraphitization is an inevitable phenomenon generated whatever processes used during multipass overlap remelting.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.81-87
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• 2002

원자로계통 전체가 원자로 용기안에 일체형으로 내장되었으며 열ㆍ에너지 수송회로와 물질ㆍ방사선 수송회로가 각각 분리, 혼합된 복합 원자력에너지시스템인 250MW$_{th}$ 실증로급 AMBIDEXTER (Advanced Molten-salt Break-even Inherently-safe Dual-missioning Experimental and TEst Reactor)는 부의 핵연료 반응도로 인한 고유안전성과 핵확산 방지, 폐기물 감축, 핵연료 경제성 및 자원 이용의 효율성을 갖춘 원자로로서 현재 아주대학교에 서 개념 설계중이다.(중략)

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.115-121
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• 1995

As the metal transfer in the GMAW process affects the weld quality and productivity, the mechanism of molten formation and detachment has been investigated at various welding conditions. The force balance and pinch instability models have been widely used to analyze the metal transfer in the globular and spray modes, respectively A new approach is proposed in this work by minimizing the energy of molten drop system. Effects of the surface tension, gravity, electromagnetic and drag forces are considered with no presumed molten drop geometry. Effects of various welding conditions on the metal transfer are explained. The results show that the proposed mode can be applied to the globular and spray transfer modes. When compared with other models, results of the proposed model show better agreements with the available experimental data, which demonstrates the validity of the present model.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.39-44
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• 1994

질화붕소를 스프레이코팅한 흑연과 용융 알미늄간의 진공에서의 반응기구를 여러 가지 분석장치 를 이용하여 조사하였다. 계면에 형성된 화합물층은 잘 정의된 형태를 보였으며 Al4C3 와 Al8B4C7의 혼 합상이 흑연바로 위에 형성되었고 그위는 주로 AIN층으로 이루어져 있었다. 이러한 화합물의 생성과정 과 반응기구를 자유에너지 관점에서 논의하였다. 이러한 방법으로 흑연 보우트를 제조하여 알미늄 증발 에 이용하였을 경우 매우 안정적인 증발 양상을 보였으며 $0.6mu$m/min 이상의 매우 높은 증발율을 얻을 수 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 제조원가가 저렴하고 (TiB2 BN 보우트의 약 1/100)전자빔 증발에 의해 형 성된 피막과 비교하여 손색이 없는 피막을 얻을 수 있어 새로운 저항가열 증발원으로서의 이용 가능성 을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.122-128
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• 1997

초전도체의 임계온도를 높이는 연구들이 수행되어 임계온도가 액체질소의 비등점(77K)보다 높은 산화물 고온 초전도체가 1986년에 발견되었고, 최근에는 $10^4A/cm^2$이상의 임계전류밀도를 갖는 덩어리형 고온 초전도체가 용융공정을 통해 개발되었으며, 산화물 고온 초전도체 $YBa_2 Cu_3 O_{7-y}$은 산소 조성이 7에 가까우며 임계온도가 95K로서 현재 가장 많이 사용되고 있다. 응용 분야로서는 수송분야, 의료분야, 전력분야, 그리고 기초과학분야등이 있고, 향후 상온 초전도체의 출현으로 인한 응용범위의 확대는 획기적일 것으로 예측되어 진다. 이중에 10$^{-8}$이하의 마찰계수를 갖는 초전도 마그네틱 베어링을 플라이휠 같은 에너지 저장장치에 적용시키는 연구가 국내외적으로 진행되고 있다. 여러 선진국에서는 용융공정된 초전도체를 이용하여 실험단계적인 플라이휠의 설계, 제작 및 성능실험을 진행중이거나 완성하였고, 제2단계 목표로서 실용화를 위한 대규모 플라이휠의 설계와 제작에 대한 연구가 진행중이다.