• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.160-165
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• 2009

연료전지 분리판은 연료전지 스택을 구성하는 부품 중에서 가장 많은 수량이 사용되는 부품의 하나로서 연료전지의 출력밀도(Power Density, W/L), 비출력(Specific Power, W/kg) 및 가격($/kWe) 관점에서 가능한 저가의 소재 및 제조공정으로 경량, 박형화가 이루어져야 하는 핵심 부품이다. 이러한 저가의 경량, 박형화 분리판 개발의 전제조건은 연료전지 스택에서 요구하는 다양한 물성, 장기수명 및 신뢰성은 나타내는 내구성을 만족해야 하는 것이다. 이렇듯 연료전지 분리판은 다음과 같은 요구 조건을 만족해야 한다. 높은 전기전도도, 전기화학적 부식 저항성, 화학적 안전성, 가스 기밀성, 기계적 강도 및 가공성 등이라 하겠다. 본 연구에서는 분리판의 요구 조건을 만족할 수 있는 분리판을 제작하기 위하여 고분자 복합소재(PCB; Printed Circuit Board)를 이용하여 전기도금을 통해 Cu/Au(1st PCB 분리판)과 Cu/Ni/Au(2st PCB 분리판)을 코팅하여 분리판을 제작하였다. 제조된 분리판을 이용하여, 접촉저항, 부식특성, 가스 기밀성, 기계적 강도를 분석하였으며, 단위전지를 제작 하여 상용 Graphite 분리판과 성능을 비교분석하였다.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.589-602
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• 2024

Thermoelectric generator (TEG) generally do not have high heat conversion efficiencies. The performance of a thermoelectric generator module depends on the shape of the legs as well as the properties of the material and the number of legs. In this study, the leg shapes of thermoelectric elements are modeled into various geometric structures such as cylinder and cube shaped to efficiently harvest waste heat, and the electrical characteristics are compared numerically. The temperature gradient and power generation according to the bridge shape are found to be highest at the existing Cube shape. As a result of comparing the power generation using the cooling effect, the Cone shape was the highest in natural convection and the Hourglass shape was highest in forced convection. Research results confirm that geometry can affect the efficiency of thermoelectric generators.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.367-372
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• 2018

Defects in aging infrastructures such as pre-stressed concrete bridges and cable bridges can cause a collapse of the entire structure. Defects, however, are often located inside of the structures that they are not visible from the outside. For example, in PSC bridges, because reinforcement steels are encased by exterior covers, corrosion and void on the reinforcement steel cannot be detected with a visual inspection. Therefore, in this paper, a new non-destructive evaluation(NDE) method that can detect defects inside of structures is presented. The new method utilizes sending of electrical signals, a method often utilized in electrical engineering to detect any discontinuities on power cables. In order to confirm the applicability and accuracy of the method, some experiments were conducted in the laboratory. And to overcome the hardship of conducting experiments on real structures due to their enormous size, simualtions were conudcted using a commercial program, COMSOL. The results of the experiments were analyzed and compared to confirm the accuracy of the simualtions.