• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.502-508
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• 2002

See-through hollow cathode glow discharge cell has been developed for the trace analysis of metal ions. The systems consists of new glow discharge cell improved the cooling system. In the case of previous type of hollow cathode glow discharge cell, it had been utilized for the trace analysis of metal ions but it had a problem that the plasma becomes unstable by air-cooled device. In this study, the modified hollow cathode glow discharge cell has been developed in order to minimize the problem associated with the air-cooled device. thus the stability of the plasma with water-cooling device has been improved and also the higher plasma temperature has been measured. The fundamental characteristics of modified systems have been investigated. And the discharge parameters, such as discharge pressure, material, and diameter of cathode, have been studied to find optimum discharge conditions.

• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.567-571
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• 2008

PEM Fuel Cell operation mode can be classified into dead-end mode or open mode by whether the outlet port is blocked or not. Generally, dead-end type fuel cell has some merits on the pressure drop and system efficiency because it can generate more power than the open type fuel cell due to high operating pressure condition. However, the periodic purging process should be done for removing water which is formed as product of a reaction in the gas diffusion layer. In this study, cathode side dead-end type operation has been conducted. Moreover, pulsating flow generator at the outlet of cathode side has been suggested for increasing the period to purge the formed water because the pulsating flow can make formed water scattered uniformly over the whole channel. As a result, the purging period with pulsation increased by 1.5-2 times longer than that without pulsating.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.69-69
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• 2019

The distillation of liquid cathode is necessary to separate cadmium from the actinide elements in the pyroprocessing since the actinide deposits are dissolved or precipitated in a liquid cathode. It is very important to avoid a splattering of cadmium during evaporation due to the high vapor pressure. Several methods have been proposed to lower the splattering of cadmium during distillation. One of the important methods is an installation of crucible cover on the distillation crucible. A multi-layer porous round cover was proposed to avoid a cadmium splattering in our previous study. In this study, the effect of crucible cover on the cadmium distillation was examined to develop a splatter shield. Various surrogates were used for the actinides in the cadmium. The surrogates such as bismuth, zirconia, and tungsten don't evaporate at the operational temperature of the Cd distiller due to their low vapor pressures. The distillation experiments were carried out in a crucible equipped with cover and in a crucible without cover. About 40 grams of Cd was distilled at a reduced pressure for two hours at various temperatures. The mixture of the cadmium and the surrogate was heated at $470{\sim}620^{\circ}C$. Most of the bismuth remained in the crucible equipped with cover after distillation under $580^{\circ}C$ for two hours, whereas small amount of bismuth decreased in the crucible without cover above $580^{\circ}C$. The liquid bismuth escaped with liquid cadmium drop from the crucible without cover. It seems that the crucible cover played a role to prevent the splash of the liquid cadmium drop. The effect of the cover was not clear for the tungsten or zirconia surrogate since the surrogates remained as a solid powder at the experimental temperature. From the results of this work, it can be concluded that the crucible cover can be used to minimize the deposit loss by prevention of escape of liquid drop from the crucible during distillation of liquid cathode.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.103-103
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• 2018

The liquid cathode processing is necessary to separate cadmium from the actinide elements in the pyroprocessing since the actinide deposits are dissolved or precipitated in a liquid cathode. Distillation process was employed for the cathode processing owing to the compactness. It is very important to avoid a splattering of cadmium during evaporation due to the high vapor pressure. Several methods have been proposed to lower the splattering of cadmium during distillation. A multi-layer porous round cover was proposed to avoid a cadmium splattering in our previous study. In this study, distillation behavior of $Cd-ZrO_2$ and Cd - Bi systems were investigated to examine a multi-layer porous round cover for the development of the cadmium splatter shield of distillation crucible. It was designed that the cadmium vapor can be released through the holes of the shield, whereas liquid drops can be collected in the multiple hemisphere. The cover was made with three stainless steel round plates with a diameter of 33.50 mm. The distance between the hemispheres and the diameter of the holes are 10 and 1 mm, respectively. Bismuth or zirconium oxide powder was used as a surrogate for the actinide elements. About 40 grams of Cd was distilled at a reduced pressure for two hours at various temperatures. The mixture of the cadmium and the surrogate was distilled at 470, 570 and $620^{\circ}C$ in the crucible with the cover. Most of the bismuth or zirconia remained in the crucible after distillation at 470 and $570^{\circ}C$ for two hours. It was considered that the crucible cover hindered the splattering of the liquid cadmium from the distillation crucible. A considerable amount of the surrogate material reduced after distillation at $620^{\circ}C$ due to the splattering of the liquid cadmium. The low temperature is favorable to avoid a liquid cadmium splattering during distillation. However, the optimum temperature for the cadmium distillation should be decided further, since the evaporation rate decreases with a decreasing temperature.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.08a
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• pp.261-261
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• 2012

This paper presents the understandings carried out for the installation of the hydrogen reservoir of the multi-gap pseudospark switch under developing for the accelerator applications. As a cold cold cathode switch, the pseudospark switch could replace the thyratron switch which has hot cathode and being used well currently in the high power field such as laser and accelerator applications. Especially in the klystron modulator, the key component is a switch which mostly defines the jitter and the instability of the modulator system. To get the less jitter and the instability, we need to find proper range of the pressure for the gas discharge inside gas switch. This could be achieved by the understanding of the characteristic of the nonevaporable getter (NEG) which is used as a hydrogen reservoir for the switch. Therefore we verified the characteristics of the NEG (St 172, Saes) and its installation in the switch. Finally we controlled the getter to find best pressure point for the pseudospark switch.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.288-297
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• 2009

A serpentine channel geometry often used in a fuel cell has a strong pressure gradient between adjacent channels in specific regions. The pressure gradient helps some amount of reactant gas penetrate through a gas diffusion layer(GDL). As a result, the overall serpentine flow structure is slightly different from the intention of a designer. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of serpentine flow structure on current density distribution. By using a commercial code, STAR-CD, a numerical simulation is performed to analyze the fuel cell with high aspect ratio of active area. To increase the accuracy of the numerical simulation, GDL permeabilities are measured with various compressive forces. Three-dimensional flow field and current density distribution are calculated. For the verification of the numerical simulation results, water condensation process in the cathode channel is observed through a transparent bipolar plate. The result of this study shows that the region of relatively low current density corresponds that of dropwise condensation in cathode channels.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.147-151
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• 2007

A serpentine channel geometry often used in a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell has a strong pressure gradient between adjacent channels in specific regions. The pressure gradient helps some amount of reactant gas penetrate through a gas diffusion layer(GDL). As a result, the overall serpentine flow structure is slightly different from intention of a designer. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of serpentine flow structure on current density distribution. By using a commercial code, STAR-CD, a numerical simulation is performed to analyze the fuel cell with relatively high aspect ratio active area. To increase the accuracy of the numerical simulation, GDL permeabilities are measured with various compression conditions. Three-dimensional flow field and current density distribution are calculated. For the verification of the numerical simulation results, water condensation process in the cathode channel is observed through a transparent bipolar plate. The result of this study shows that the region of relatively low current density corresponds to that of dropwise condensation in cathode channels.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.484-492
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• 2012

The TMS(Thermal Management System) heater in a fuel cell vehicle has been developed to prevent a decline of fuel cell durability and cold start durability. Main functions of the COD(Cathode Oxygen Depletion) heater are depletion of oxygen in a cathode as heat energy and consumption of electric power for rapid warming up of a fuel cell stack. This paper covers subjects including the design specification of a heater, heater controller for detection of overheat and reliability assessment including coolant pressure cycle test of a heater. To verify the design concept, burst pressure and deformation analysis of plastic housing were carried out. Also, temperature distribution analysis of heater surface and coolant inside of housing were carried out to verify the design concept. By designing the plastic housing instead of a steel housing, the 30% weight lightening and 50% cost reduction were attained. A module-based design of a TMS system including a heater or reducing the watt density of a heater is a problem to be solved in the near future work.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.63-63
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• 2000

Deep submicron device contact hole에서의 bottom step coverage의 향상 및 SALICIDE공정의 필요성에 의해 collimated sputtering 및 ionized sputtering 등의 다양한 증착방법이 연구되어왔다. 반도체소자의 고집적화 및 미세화에 따라서 기존의 증착방법보다 더 높은 throughput을 가진 새로운 증착방법의 필요성이 대두되고 있다. Collimated sputtering방식으로 증착한 박막의 경우에는 증착속도가 느리고 collimator의 사용기간에 따른 공정조건의 변화가 단점으로 작용하였고 새로이 ionzied sputtering방식이 개발되었다. ionzied sputtering방식은 증착되는 금속 입자를 이온화시키고 기판에 바이어스를 걸어서 증착되는 입자의 방향성 및 증착속도의 향상을 얻을 수 있었다. 하지만 고집적도가 더욱 증가함에 따라서 더 높은 박막의 증착속도, bottom step coverage의 향상, 방향성의 향상과 더불어 증착되는 입자의 이온화 율의 증가 및 기존의 증착방식에 의한 박막보다 향상된 물성을 가진 박막증착의 필요성에 의해 hollow cathode magnetron sputtering방식이 연구되었다. HCM방식으로 titanium 박막을 증착하여 collimated sputtering 및 ionize sputtering 방식으로 증착한 titanium 박막과 물성을 비교해서 증착방식에 따른 박막물성의 차이를 연구하였다. 증착전에 기판온도는 30$0^{\circ}C$를 유지하였고 base pressure는 5.0$\times$10-9torr, working pressure는 5.7m torr로 유지하였다. power는 30kW를 가하여 50nm두께의 titanium박막을 증착하였다. 증착된 박막의 미세구조는 TEM 및 XRD로 분석하였다. HCM방식으로 증착한 titanium박막은 5nm두께의 비정질 층이 관찰되었고 ionized sputtering방식으로 증착한 titatnium박막에서 나타나는 것으로 보고된 silicon (002)와 titanium (0002) eledtron diffraction spot사이의 (10-10)spot은 관찰되지 않았다. 박막은 크고 작은 grain의 연속적 분포를 가졌고 HCM방식으로 증착한 titanium박막의 in-plane grain size가 다른 증착방식으로 증착한 박막에 비해 크게 관찰됨을 Plan-view TEM 분석을 통해서 확인되었다.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.215-221
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• 1992

This research is aimed at developing(110) preferred TiS2 cathode films and glass typed solid electro-lytes which have high ionic migrations and low electron conductivities for thin secondary solid batteries. To obtain preferred oriented TiS2 thin films on a substrate by CVD method using TiCl4 and H2S gases three factors of heating temperature, inner pressure of furnace and TiCl4/H2S gas mole fraction were ex-amined systematically. To obtain solid films of Li2O-B2O3-SiO2 electrolytes by r.f. sputtering for thin proto-type batteries of Li/Li2O-B2O3-SiO2TiS2, sputtering conditions were examined. TiS2 cathode films showed columnar structure, namely c axis oriented parallely. At low pressure of reaction chamber and low heating temperature, surface of smooth TiS2 films couldd be obtained. Ionic conductivity of Li2O-B2O3-SiO2 films manufactured by r.f. magnetron sputtering were 3$\times$10-7$\Omega$-1cm-1 and electron conductivities were 10-11$\Omega$-1cm-1. Open cell voltage of thin lithium batteries were 2.32V with a designed prototype cell.