• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제27권7호
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• pp.963-972
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• 2003

Performance characteristics of the planar-type solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) are investigated by the analysis of flow fields coupled with heat and mass transfer phenomena in anode and cathode channels. For these purposes, performance analysis of the SOFC is conducted based on electrochemical reaction phenomena in electrodes and electrolyte coupled with flow fields in anode and cathode channels. In the present study, the isothermal model adopted in the previous paper prepared by the same authors is extended to the non-isothermal model by solving energy equation additionally with momentum and mass transfer equations using CFD technique. It is found that the difference between isothermal and non-isothermal models come from non-uniform temperature distribution along anode and cathode electrodes by solving energy equation in non-isothermal model. Non-uniform temperature distribution in non-isothermal model contributes to the increase of average temperature of the fuel cell and influences its performance characteristics.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.144-154
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• 2016

HT-PEMFC (high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell) using PA (phosphoric acid) doped PBI (polybenzimidazole) membrane has been researched for extending the lifetime. However, the existing work on durability of HT-PEMFC focuses on identifying degradation causes of lab scale. The short life time of HT-PEMFC is still the problem for its commercialization. In this paper, an operating method to maximize life time of 5kW HT-PEMFC stack are proposed. The proposed method includes major steps such as minimization of OCV (Open Circuit Voltage) exposure, control of the proper stack temperature, and N2 purging for the stack. This long life operating method was based on the fragmentary results of degradation from previous research works. Experimentally, the 5 kW homemade HT-PEMFC stack was operated for a long time based on the proposed method and the stack successfully can operate within the desired degradation rate for the target life time.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.326-329
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• 2005

Proton exchange membrane (PEM) should be sufficiently hydrated with proper water management to maintain a good ionic conductivity and performance of a PEM fuel cell. However. cathode flooding resulting from excess water can impede the transport of reactants and hence deteriorate the fuel cell performance. For the PEM fuel cell to be commercially viable as vehicle or portable applications, the flooding on the cathode side should be minimized during the fuel cell operation. In this study, visualization technique was applied to understand the cathode flooding phenomena on the cathode side of a PEM fuel cell. To this end. a transparent PEM unit fuel cell wi th an act ive area of $25cm^2$ was designed and manufactured to allow for the visualization of cathode channel with performance characteristics. Two-phase flow resulting from the electro-chemical reaction of fuel cell was investigated experimentally. The images photographed by CCD camera with cell operating temperatures $(30\~50^{\circ}C)$ were presented. Results indicated that the flooding on the cathode side first occurs near the exit of cathode channel. As the operating temperature of fuel cell increases. it was found that liquid water droplets tend to evaporate easily and it can have an influence on lowering the flooding level. It is expected that this study can effectively contribute to the detailed researches on modeling water transport of an operating PEM fuel cell including two-phase flow phenomena.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.462-471
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• 2022

In this study, the electrochemical impedance characteristics of CO₂/H₂O co-reduction to produce CO/H₂ syngas were investigated in a low-temperature single cell. The effect of the operating conditions on the single-cell performance was evaluated at different feed concentrations and cell voltages, and the corresponding electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) data were collected and analyzed. The Nyquist plots exhibited two semicircles with separated characteristic frequencies of approximately 1 kHz and tens of Hz. The high-frequency semicircles, which depend only on the catholyte concentration, could be correlated to the charge transfer processes in competitive CO₂ reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions at the cathodes. The EIS characteristics of the CO₂/H₂O co-reduction single cell could be explained by the equivalent circuit suggested in this study. In this circuit, the cathodic mass transfer and anodic charge transfer processes are collectively represented by a parallel combination of resistance and a constant phase element to show low-frequency semicircles. Through nonlinear fitting using the equivalent circuit, the parameters for each electrochemical element, such as polarization resistances for high- and low-frequency processes, could be quantified as functions of feed concentration and cell voltage.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.186-192
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• 2013

In order to reduce the costs and to improve the durability of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), the operating temperature should be decreased while the power density is maintained as much as possible. However, lowering the operating temperature increases the cathode interfacial polarization resistances dramatically, limiting the performance of low-temperature SOFC at especially purely electronic conducting cathode. To improve cathode performance at low temperature, the number of reaction sites for the oxygen reduction should be increased by using a mixed ionic and electronic conducting (MIEC) material. In this study, anode-supported fuel cells with two different thicknesses of the MIEC cathode were fabricated and tested at various operating temperatures. The anode supported cell with $32.5{\mu}m$-thick BSCFZn-LSCF cathode layer showed much lower polarization resistance than that with $3.2{\mu}m$ thick cahtode and higher power density especially at low temperature. The effects of cathode layer thickness on the electrochemical performance are discussed with analysis of impedance spectra.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.34-40
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• 1985

분자선 에퍼택시 (MBE)방법을 이용하여 (100) GaAs웨이퍼 위에 GaAs에퍼충을 성장시켜 성장된 충에 대한 여러가지 특성을 조사 ·분석하였다. 분자선 에피택시 방법을 이용하여 CaAs에퍼층을 만들 때에는 기판온도와 As와 Ca의 분자선 밀도비 (As/Ga)가 가장 큰 영향을 미친다. 본 실험에서는 좋은 표면상태를 얻기 위해 480℃∼650℃로 유지시키고 As cell의 온도를 230℃, Ga eel함 온도를 917℃로 고정시켜 As와 Ga의 분자선 밀도비를 5∼10 이상으로 유지시켰다. 제작된 GaAs에피층의 표면상태를 SIMS (Seconde,y ion Mass ipectoscopy), AES(Auger Electron Spectroscopy) , SEM (Scanning Elect.on Mic,oscopy) , RHEED (Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction) 등으로 조사한 결과 기판온도가 540℃일 때 가장 좋은 표면상태를 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 RH-EED관찰 결과 As 안정화된 표면을 관측할 수 있었으며 SIMS로 depth-Profile을 해 본 곁과, Ca 보다 As가 불안정함을 알았다. 또한 반선 회절 검사결과에서 기판온도가 520℃일때와 540℃일때 (400), (200)면에 단결정이 형성되었음을 알 수 있었다.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.104-113
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• 2015

This paper focuses on a temperature effects on a PV panel which has been installed in Thailand. The main objective is cleaning PV panels and reduce temperature of PV panel by water injects from waterway and experimental results of PV power what it is difference. This project is designed by PLC control system which water injects and control PV temperature, In addition, this project consists of hardware and software such as water pump, water injection and PLC control has been automatically and it can be control system manually. The automatic control system is working when PV temperature rises up over 45 degree Celsius after that the pumping machine would inject water to the surface of PV panels and it must be stop when the PV panel temperature comes down less than 45 degree Celsius. The result of actual experimental found that the control system has been done correctly under specify condition. The experimental has been shown electrical data before and after water injects on PV system found that the electrical power a bit increases and The energy has been taken from PV panel less than energy consumption equipment of control system which taken to operate the water injecting system.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.153-156
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• 2009

Low temperature methane steam reforming to produce $H_2$ for fuel cells has been calculated thermodynamically considering both heat loss of the reformer and unreacted $H_2$ in fuel cell stack. According to the thermodynamic equilibrium analysis, it is possible to operate methane steam reforming at low temperatures. A scheme for the low temperature methane steam reforming to produce $H_2$ for fuel cells by burning both unconverted $CH_4$ and $H_2$ to supply the heat for steam methane reforming has been proposed. The calculated value of the heat balance temperature is strongly dependent upon the amount of unreacted $H_2$ and heat loss of the reformer. If unreacted $H_2$ increases, less methane is required because unreacted $H_2$ can be burned to supply the heat. As a consequence, it is suitable to increase the reaction temperature for getting higher $CH_4$ conversion and more $H_2$ for fuel cell stack. If heat loss increases from the reformer, it is necessary to supply more heat for the endothermic methane steam reforming reaction from burning unconverted $CH_4$, resulting in decreasing the reforming temperature. Experimentally, it has been confirmed that low temperature methane steam reforming is possible with stable activity.

• 에너지공학
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2020

최근 탄화수소를 에너지원으로 사용하는 엔진을 대체할 동력원으로 연료 전지가 주목을 받게 되면서 수소 생산 기술에 대한 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 수소를 생산하는 다양한 방법 중에 고체 산화물 수전해 시스템(SOEC)은 수소를 생산하기 위한 기초적이고, 친환경적인 방법이다. 고체 산화물 수전해 시스템은 고온, 고압 조건에서 운전이 가능하여 낮은 에너지 수요와 높은 열효율을 지니기 때문에 실험적인 연구가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 하지만 실험적인 연구 성과에 비해 수치모델 연구는 비교적 부진하다. 이에 대한 원인으로 기존의 수치모델이 온도와 압력의 변화에 따른 성능 예측의 유효성이 상당히 낮기 때문으로 판단하였다. 이에 본 연구에서는 고체 산화물 수전해 시스템의 셀 성능 예측의 유효성을 높일 수 있는 방안을 제시하기 위해서 Patterened Ni-YSZ cermet electrode(40 wt%, Ni-60 wt% YSZ)/8-YSZ (TOSOH, TZ8Y)/LSM (La_0.9Sr_0.1MnO₃)로 구성된 상용 막-극 접합체의 기존의 연구 데이터를 활용하였다. 온도에 따른 전기화학적 특성의 영향을 수치적으로 분석한 결과, 유효성에 가장 큰 편차를 가져오는 변수들은 charge transfer coefficient(CTC), exchange current density, diffusion coefficient, electrical conductivity인 것으로 나타났다. 온도와 압력에 따른 해당 변수들의 영향 및 경향성을 분석하여 과전압 모델을 제시하였다. 다양한 모델의 적용과 타당성을 확보하기 위해서 교차-검증이 도입되었다. 그 결과, 체계화된 유효성 검증 과정에 기초한 고체 산화물 수전해 시스템의 수치 모델은 뛰어난 성능의 예측 결과를 보여주었다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회B
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• pp.3423-3428
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• 2007

This paper shows that inlet humidity condition at cathode side is one of dominant parameters affecting the performance of PEMFC. To investigate effects of inlet humidity condition, the performance measurements were conducted for a single PEMFC with two operating variables : cathode relative humidity and dry condition in anode dry. The fuel cell employed for the experiments is a unit PEMFC with a 25$Cm^2$, Nafion$^(R)$112 membrane. As a result of this study, the cell performance is getting higher by increasing inlet humidity condition at cathode side. The cell performance is different from each operating temperature an it has maximum30% higher than dry condition at 60$^{\circ}C$ operating temperature with 80% relative humidity.