• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.606-619
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• 2018

This study focuses on the performance of hydrogen energy based hybrid system in terms of system reliability of electricity generation. With this aim to evaluate the off-grid system of photovoltaic (PV), wind turbine, electrolyzer, fuelcell, $H_2$ tank and storage batteries, 14 different sites in South Korea are simulated using HOMER. Performance analysis includes simulation on the different sites, verification of operational behaviors on regional and seasonal basis, and comparison among a control group. The result shows that the generation performance of hydrogen powered fuelcell is greatly affected by geographical change rather than seasonal effect. In addition, as the latitude of the hybrid systems location decrease, renewable power output and penetration ratio (%) increase under constant electrical load. Therefore, the hydrogen based hybrid system creates the stability of electricity generation, which best suits in the southern part of South Korea.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.10c
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• pp.218-220
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• 2008

Urban air quality, including carbon-dioxide emissions, and national energy security are related issues affecting the rail industry and transportation sector as a whole. They are related by the fact that (in the United States) 97-98% of the energy for the transport sector is based on oil, and more than 60% is imported. A fuelcell locomotive combines the environmental advantages of a catenary-electric locomotive with the higher overall energy efficiency and lower infrastructure costs of a diesel-electric. Catenaryelectric locomotives, when viewed as only one component of a distributed machine that includes an electricity-generating plant and transmission lines, are the least energy-efficient locomotive type. The natural fuel for a fuelcell is hydrogen, which can be produced from many renewable energies and nuclear energy, and thus a hydrogen-fuelcell locomotive will not depend on imported oil for its energy supply. This paper proposes a base models of Hybrid fuel cell/IPT railway vehicle power system, the necessary of this research.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1998.07b
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• pp.712-714
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• 1998

Fuel cell systems offer high energy efficiencies for transportation application. In addition, they can use alcohols and alternative fuels as the fuel, while producing little or no noxious emissions. Fuel cell-powered vehicles should be competitive in performance characteristics and in capital and maintenance costs with internal combustion engine vehicles. The objective of the present study is to design a fuelcell/battery powered vehicles to analyze technical feasibity.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.63 no.1
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• pp.184-190
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• 2014

Fuel cell power system, unlike conventional energy sources, converts chemical energy into electrical energy through electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen. In recent years, railway field as well as mobile fuel cell power system is being studying actively with development of hydrogen storage technologies. This paper presents the feasibility study on small-scale prototype electric railway vehicle application using fuel cell generation system. it is confirmed that proposed fuelcell-battery hybrid system shows good response characteristic about speed and torque based on design of parameter on system. Also as results of response for proposed system modeling, it show that powering mode and braking mode of system is controlled by switching devices of converters.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.07g
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• pp.3141-3143
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• 1999

Fuel cell systems offer high energy efficiencies for transportation application. In addition, they can use alcohols and alternative fuels as the fuel, while producing little or no noxious emissions. Fuel cell-powered energy source should be competitive in performance characteristics and in capital and maintenance costs with internal combustion engine systems. From computer simulation program, battery and fuel cell energy output and total power profile, motor power, battery energy output, fuel cell energy output. It simulates the performance of fuelcell/battery powered energy source operation over any user inputted transit route cycle, and provides performance criteria through user specifications for preliminary design consideration.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.397-403
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• 2013

The demand for eco-friendly and higher fuel economy vehicles has helped develop eco-friendly and fuel-efficient vehicles such as hybrid vehicles. In a hybrid vehicle, the change in the battery charge after driving should be added to the fuel consumption as the equivalent fuel usage based on its own characteristics. Thus, the fuel efficiency of a hybrid vehicle cannot be improved simply by increasing the battery capacity. In this study, I attempt to improve the total fuel economy of a hybrid vehicle, including the equivalent fuel consumption, by modeling a fuel cell hybrid vehicle using Matlab Simulink, analyzing the usage zone of the fuel cell with the existing control strategy, and optimizing the power distribution of the battery and fuel cell in the main usage zone of the fuel cell.

• New & Renewable Energy
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• v.3 no.2 s.10
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• pp.60-67
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• 2007

This paper describes the design and integration of the wind-fuel cell hybrid system. The hybrid system components included a wind turbine, an electrolyzer (for generation of H2), a PEMFC (Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell), hydrogen storage tank and BOP (Balance of Plant) system. The energy input is entirely provided by a wind turbine. A DC-DC converter controls the power input to the electrolyzer, which produces hydrogen and oxygen form water. The hydrogen used the fuel for the PEMFC. Hydrogen may be produced and stored in high pressure tank by hydrogen gas booster system. Wind conditions are changing with time of day, season and year. So, wind power is a variable energy source. The main purpose with these WT-FC hybrid system is to store hydrogen by electrolysis of water when wind conditions are good and release the stored hydrog en to supply the fuelcell when wind is low.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.332-335
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• 2006

전극 전해질 복합체가 하나로 구성된 단위전지는 전기출력이 낮아 원하는 전기출력을 얻기 위하여 단위전지를 여러 장 직렬로 쌓아 스택을 구성하여야 한다. 본 연구에서는 400W급 직접메탄을 연료전지 스택을 제조하여, 운전 조건의 최적화를 위한 실험을 수행하였고, 한국형 휴머노이드 로봇인 Hubo에 적용하여 그 동특성을 평가하였다. 0.8M 메탄을 용액은 260 ml/min의 유량을, 공기는 42LPM을 스택에 주입하여 400W의 성능을 나타내었다. 연료전지 스택의 온도와 전압의 편차는 작았으며 정상 운전시스템의 온도는 약 $70^{\circ}C$를 유지하였다. 로봇의 필요 전력이 높을 경우, 배터리와 연료전지가 동시에 부하 변동에 대응하였다 방전된 배터리는 로봇의 필요 전력이 낮아질 경우, 충전되어 이후의 방전 상황에 대비하였다. 연료전지 시스템 적용 결과 로봇의 성공적인 운전을 확인할 수 있었다.