• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.369-376
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• 2017

Temperature and humidity regulations of an open-cathode PEM fuel cell with balance of plant (BOP) are developed in this study. The axial fan, a bubble humidifier, set of solenoid valves and a controller are used to perform temperature and humidity control simultaneously. A fuzzy controller is designed, and it shows its superiority in real-time controlling for strong non-linear dynamical fuel cell system. The axial fan speed is used for temperature control and solenoid valve on/off signal of the bubble humidifier is used for humidity control. The axial fan speed is controlled to keep the fuel cell temperature within the desired point. Meanwhile, the bubble humidifier is utilized to moisture hydrogen to manage the water content of membrane. The results show that the proposed fuzzy controller effectively increases the output power of 10% for a PEM fuel cell.

• Advances in Energy Research
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.21-31
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• 2014

The use of a microporous membrane along with Au/C catalyst for direct glycerol alkaline fuel cell was investigated. In comparison with Nafion 112, the microporous Celgard 3401 membrane provides a better cell performance due to the lower ionic resistance as confirmed by impedance spectra. The single cell using Au/C as anode catalyst prepared by using PVA protection techniques provided a higher maximum power density than the single cell with commercial PtRu/C at $18.65mW\;cm^{-2}$ The short-term current decay studies show a better stability of Au/C single cell. The higher activity of Au/C over PtRu/C was owing to the lower activation loss of Awe. The magnitude of current decay indicates a low problem of glycerol crossover from anode to cathode side. The similar performance of single cell with and without humudification at cathode points out an adequate transport of water through the microporous membrane.

• 한국에너지공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국에너지공학회 2003년도 추계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.71-74
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• 2003

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2005년도 제17회 워크샵 및 추계학술대회
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• pp.541-544
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• 2005

This study presents the integrated modeling approach to simulate the proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell system for vehicle application. The fuel cell system consisting of stack and balance of plant (BOP) was simulated with MATLAB/Simulink environment to estimate the maximum system power and investigate the effect of BOP component sizing on system performance and efficiency. The PEM fuel cell stack model was established by using a semi-empirical modeling. To maximize the net efficiency of fuel cel1 system, multi-variable optimization code was adopted. Using this method the optimized operating values were obtained according to various system net power levels. The fuel cell model established was co-linked to AVL CRUISE, a vehicle simulation package. Through the vehicle simulation software, the fuel economy of fuel cell powered electric vehicle for two types of driving cycles was presented and compared. It is expected that this study tan be effectively employed in the basic BOP component sizing and in establishing system operation map with respect to net power level of fuel cell system.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.222-230
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 능동 연료전지 시뮬레이터를 적용한 3㎾급 연료전지 발전시스템을 제안하였다 제안된 연료전지 시뮬레이터는 실제 고체고분자형 연료전지(PEMFC)의 출력 전압, 출력 전류특성을 만들어내며, 이러한 전체 시스템의 효율적인 동작과 동 특성을 실험하였다. 본 논문에서는 제안된 시뮬레이터의 전체적인 구성도와 동작원리를 나타내었고, 연료전지 시스템의 제작 및 설계에 대해서 자세히 다루었다. 또한 제안된 시스템은 시뮬레이션과 실험결과를 통하여 검증하였다.

• 한국위험물학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.77-86
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• 2018

Interest in renewable energy is increasing for eco-friendly use of energy, and fuel cells are being used in various ways such as houses and buildings as power generation methods that have low emissions such as $NO_X$ and $CO_2$. As the supply of fuel cells expands, more and more boilers are installed in the existing buildings, but safety management is not being performed properly. Therefore, in this study, a prior study was conducted on the status of fuel cell-boiler complex installation and related criteria, and the risk factors were analyzed according to the installation environment and structure. Based on these standards, the safety performance of the fuel cell-boiler combined installation is assessed by conducting a demonstration using the starting product of the simulated operation to derive the installation criteria (proposal) for the fuel cell-boiler combined installation. The installation criteria (proposal) include the construction and connection method of the piping according to the fuel cell-boiler complex installation.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.523-530
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• 2019

For the low-Pt electrodes for polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEMFCs), the optimization of ionomer content for anode catalyst layers was carried out. A commercial catalyst of 20 wt.% Pt/C was used instead of 50 wt.% Pt/C which is commonly used for PEMFCs. The ionomer content varies from 0.6 to 1.2 based on ionomer to carbon ratio (I/C) and the catalyst layer is formed over the electrolyte by the ultrasonic spray process. Evaluation of the prepared MEA in the unit cell showed that the optimal ionomer content of the air electrode was 0.8 on the I/C basis, while the hydrogen electrode was optimal at the relatively high ionomer content of 1.0. In addition, a large difference in cell performance was observed when the ionomer content of the hydrogen electrode was changed. Increasing the ionomer content from 0.6 to 1.0 by I/C in a hydrogen electrode with 0.05 mg/㎠ platinum loading resulted in more than double cell performance improvements on a 0.6 V. Through the analysis of various electrochemical properties in the single cell, it was assumed that the change in ionomer content of the hydrogen electrode affects the water flow between the hydrogen and air electrodes bounded by the membrane in the cell, which affects the overall performance of the cell. A more specific study will be carried out to understand the water flow mechanism in the future, and this study will show that the optimization process of hydrogen electrode can also be a very important cell design variable for the low-Pt and high-performance MEA.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.112-119
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• 2022

Molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs) are environmentally friendly, large-capacity power generation devices operated at approximately 650℃. If MCFCs are to be commercialized by improving their competitiveness, their cell life should be increased by operating them at lower temperatures. However, a decrease in the operating temperature causes a reduction in the cell performance because of the reduction in the electrochemical reaction rate. The cell performance can be improved by introducing a coating on the cathode of the cell. A coating with a high surface area expands the triple phase boundaries (TPBs) where the gas and electrolyte meet on the electrode surface. And the expansion of TPBs enhances the oxygen reduction reaction of the cathode. Therefore, the cell performance can be improved by increasing the reaction area, which can be achieved by coating nanosized LiCoO₂ particles on the cathode. However, although a coating improves the cell performance, a thick coating makes gas difficult to diffuse into the pore of the coating and thus reduces the cell performance. In addition, LiCoO₂-coated cathode cell exhibits stable cell performance because the coating layer maintains a uniform thickness under MCFC operating conditions. Therefore, the performance and stability of MCFCs can be improved by applying a LiCoO₂ coating with an appropriate thickness on the cathode.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.211-217
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• 2016

The fuel cell based auxiliary power unit (APU) is promising for power source of armed vehicles due to its silence and high efficiency. Especially, the on board hydrogen generation and fed to fuel cell system was core technology of this power system. In this study, we analyzed the performance of the Auto thermal reactor (ATR) that produce the hydrogen from the fuel, integrated High temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cell (HT-PEFC) by Aspen plus software. The fuel was designed as a n-dodecane for analysis of military fuel (JP-8).

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.314-318
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 고분자 전해질 연료전지(PEMFC)의 연료로 새롭게 제안된 개미산을 이용한 직접 개미산 연료전지 시스템에서 우수한 성능을 구현하기 위해서 촉매를 개발하고, EDS와 SEM을 사용하여 촉매의 특성을 분석하였다. 또한, 단일전지 실험을 통하여 기존 상용 촉매와 성능을 비교하였다. 본 연구에서 개발된 Pt-Pd 촉매는 SEM 분석 결과 입자의 크기가 균일하고 조밀한 분포를 나타내었다. 촉매의 종류에 따른 연료전지의 성능실험에서 Pd의 함량 비율이 높을수록 전지의 성능이 우수하였으며, 특히 Pd black은 산화가스로 산소를 사용하였을 경우 상온에서 $130mW/cm^2$ 의 최대전력밀도를 나타냈다. 또한, Pt-Pd 촉매도 우수한 성능을 보였으며, 특히 Pt와 Pd의 비율이 1:1일 때 산화가스로 산소를 사용하였을 경우 상온에서 $120mW/cm^2$의 최대전력밀도를 나타냈다. 시스템의 운전온도를 $60^{\circ}C$까지 증가 시켰을 때, 전지의 성능은 촉매의 반응활성 증가로 크게 증가하였으나, 막의 최고 활성 영역인 $50{\sim}60^{\circ}C$ 범위에서는 운전온도가 전지의 성능에 큰 영향을 미치지 않았다.