• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.97.1-97.1
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• 2011

Dimethyl ether (DME) is an attractive fuel as a hydrogen carrier for mobile PEMFC applications. However, its reforming technologies are rarely studied especially by using autothermal reforming (ATR) method. This work explored the impact of operating conditions to the performance of DME ATR. Temperature, Steam to carbon ratio(SCR), Oxygen to carbon ratio(OCR) and Gas hourly space velocity(GHSV) were considered as the operating conditions. As results, conversion efficiency was increased as the temperature increased, but saturated around $700^{\circ}C$. There was no significant effect of SCR on conversion efficiency, but high SCR led reactions in endothermic manner. High OCR substantially suppressed conversion efficiency, but it helped to sustain the temperature by stimulating exothermic reactions. Conversion efficiency was decreased as GHSV increased. The optimized operating conditions was suggested: $700^{\circ}C$, SCR of 1.5, OCR of 0.45 and GHSV below 15000/h and conversion efficiency was ~85% at the conditions.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회B
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• pp.1996-2000
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• 2008

In autothermal reforming reaction, oxygen to carbon ratio (OCR) and steam to carbon ratio (SCR) are significant factors, which control temperature and carbon deposition into the reactor. The OCR is more sensitive than the SCR to affect the temperature distribution and reforming efficiency. In conventional operation, hydrocarbon fuel, steam, and oxygen was homogeneously mixed and injected into the reactor in order to get hydrogen-rich gas. The temperature was abruptly raised due to fast oxidation reaction in the former part of the reactor. Deactivation of packed catalysts can be accelerated there. In the present study, therefore, the effect of the oxygen distribution is introduced and investigated to suppress the carbon deposition and to maintain the reactor in the mild operating temperature (e.g., $700{\sim}800^{\circ}C$). In order to investigate the effect numerically, the following models are adopted; heterogeneous reaction model and two-medium model for heat balance.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2023

In this study, an efficient one-dimensional model was developed for predicting microchannel steam/methane reformers with thin washcoat catalyst layers with a focus on low-pressure reforming conditions suitable for distributed hydrogen production systems for fuel cell applications. The governing equations for steam/methane mixture gas flowing through the microchannel reformer were derived considering the species conservation with reforming reactions and energy conservation with external convective heat supply. The reaction rates for the developed model were simply determined through the catalyst effectiveness factor correlations instead of performing complicated calculations for the steam/methane reforming process occurring inside the washcoat catalyst layers. The accuracy of the developed was verified by comparing the results obtained herein with those obtained by the detailed computational fluid dynamics calculation for the same microchannel reformer.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2005년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.6
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• pp.611-612
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• 2005

Fuel cells is proved that potential energy is greater than the existing power generation. In this paper, we describe a principle of fuel cell which is used for next generation portable battery and brief characteristic of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) that used for portable appliances by miniaturization of polymer electrolyte fuel cell. Lastly we describe about research investment for fuel cells.

• 공업화학
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.652-659
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• 1999

메탄을 연료로 한 직접 내부개질형 용융탄산염 연료전지의 anode전극위치에 따른 개질 촉매의 피독 현상을 규명하였다. 수증기-탄소 비를 2.5로 고정시킨 후 운전전압 0.75 V, 전류밀도 $140mA/cm^2$을 유지하면서 24시간 운전중인 연료전지를 정지시키고 anode전극 내, 가스흐름 방향으로 입구, 중간 및 출구 부분에 충전된 촉매를 채취하여 탄소와 전해질 성분인 리튬과 칼륨의 피독 정도를 분석하였고 운전시간 100시간 후, 같은 방법으로 촉매를 분석하였다. 그 결과, 운전시간 24시간 경과 후 촉매의 리튬과 칼륨의 피독량은 입구부에서 0.27 wt%, 중간부에서 0.23 wt% 출구부에서 1.59 wt%로 출구부에 충전된 촉매 피독량이 제일 높았지만 100시간 경과 후 촉매의 피독량은 입구부에서 가장 높았다. 이러한 결과는 직접 내부개질형 연료전지의 성능 모사를 통한 전극 내 위치별 반응속도와 이에 따른 촉매의 역할로 설명이 가능하였다. 전지의 성능 모사 결과 전극 내 메탄-수증기 개질 반응은 입구 부분 30%까지 초기 메탄 유입량의 90%가 반응하여 이 부분에 충전된 촉매가 가장 많이 사용되고 전극반응도 가장 활발하게 일어나 입구부 촉매의 탄소와 전해질 피독량이 높았고 운전 시간에 따른 피독 정도가 가장 빨랐다. 전극 내 출구부는 가장 높은 온도분포를 보이고 있어 상대적으로 전해질 증발이 많아져 운전 초기부터 촉매의 전해질 피독이 빠르게 일어나지만 개질 반응과 전극 반응은 상대적으로 적게 진행되어 촉매의 피독 속도는 크지 않았다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.19-22
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• 2007

In this study, we investigated operating characteristics of natural gas fuel processor for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The fuel processor consists of a natural gas reformer, a water-gas shift reactor, a heat-exchanger and a burner, in which the overall integrated volume is exactly(exceptionally) small, namely, about 10L except outer insulation. The producted hydrogen is $1Nm^3/hr$ and the maximum thermal efficiency is ${\sim}76%$(low heating value) at full operating load. A compact and highly efficient $1Nm^3/hr$ class natural gas fuel processor was developed at UNISON is an advantage for application in residential PEMFCs co-generation systems.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.602-608
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• 2014

저탄소 친환경 대체 에너지의 한 분야인 수소에너지는 화석연료의 개질 및 물의 전기분해 등 다양한 방법을 통해 얻어진다. 수소를 연료로 사용하는 연료전지인 PEMFC용 1kW급 평판형 수소생산시스템을 자체 개발하였다. FEMFC는 CO에 의한 오염에 민감하므로 공급되는 개질가스 중에 CO 농도는 10ppm 이하로 제거되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 다양한 실험조건에서 $H_2$ 및 CO의 농도를 측정하여 최적의 운전조건을 확립하였다. 결과적으로 A/F ratio ${\alpha}=1.3$, STR temperature 1023K, S/C ratio 3, and $PrOx1{\cdot}2$ 30cc/min에서 최적임을 확인하였다. 또한 PrOx 2단이 CO 농도를 줄이는데 더욱 효과적임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.14-21
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• 2006

In this study, syngas which is reformed from fossil fuel and has hydrogen as a major component, was added to a gasoline engine to improve combustion stability and exhaust emissions of idle state. Syngas fraction of the total supplied fuel varied to 0 %, 25 %, 50 % with various ignition timing and excess air ratio. Combustion stability, exhaust emissions, fuel consumption and exhaust gas temperature were measured to investigate the effects of syngas addition on idle performance. Results showed that syngas has ability to widely extend lean operation limit and ignition retard range with dramatical reduction of engine out emissions. It is supposed that the usage of syngas in the internal combustion engine is an effective solution to meet the future strict emission regulations.

• 공업화학
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.535-546
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• 1992

The molten carbonate fuel cell(MCFC) has been under Intensive development for the last decade as a second generation fuel cell. The advantages of the MCFC over the phophoric acid fuel cell are higher efficiency, its ability to accept CO and $H_2$ as a fuel, lower material costs, and high operating temperature making internal reforming possible. These features, along with low atmospheric emissions, will open up a significant market as an attractive means of developing highly efficient power plant. This article reviews a status of the MCFC research and development, a principle of the MCFC, and cell and stack technology including the status of electrodes, matrices and electrolytes. Several technical difficulties which must be resolved to be commercialized art mainly focused.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국연소학회 2014년도 제49회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 초록집
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• pp.145-146
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• 2014