• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2024

Hydrogen is emerging as an essential material for carbon neutrality. In particular, Korea needs 22.9 million tons of imported clean hydrogen by 2050 to achieve carbon neutrality. However, a large amount of carbon is emitted during the import process, and market regulations are being discussed. This research estimates the carbon emissions of importing green hydrogen from Vietnam, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates to Korea, and calculates imported green hydrogen prices under carbon emission market regulations.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.322-330
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• 2008

This paper deals with an economic evaluation of domestic photobiological hydrogen production. We evaluate the economic feasibility of domestic photobiological hydrogen production utilizing green algae and cyanobacteria. In addition, we make some sensitivity analysis of hydrogen production prices by changing the values of input factors such as the price of a photo-bioreactor and the value of solar to hydrogen efficiency. The estimated hydrogen production price of the two-step indirect biophotolysis was 12,099won/kg$H_2$. It is expected that the hydrogen production price by the two-step indirect biophotolysis can be reduced to 2,143won/kg$H_2$ if the solar to hydrogen efficiency is increased to 10% and the price of a photo-bioreactor is decreased to $25/$m^2$. The two-step indirect biophotolysis is evaluated as uneconomical at this time, and we need to enhance the solar to hydrogen efficiency and to reduce the prices of the photo-bioreactor and system facilities.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.645-668
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• 2022

발전, 수송, 저장, 산업공정 등 에너지 사용 전반에서 탄소중립의 중요한 수단으로 수소에너지가 부각되고 있다. 연료전지 발전소는 수소 생태계에서 가장 빠르게 보급되고 있으며 2050 탄소중립 구현을 위한 핵심적인 발전원 중 하나이다. 하지만 연료전지 발전소의 수익에 영향을 미치는 전력도매가격(SMP)과 신재생에너지 공급인증서(REC) 가격의 높은 변동성은 잠재적 사업자들의 투자시기를 지연시켜 보급에 걸림돌로 작동하고 있다. 본 연구는 실물옵션 방법론을 적용하여 비가역적인 연료전지 발전소의 투자결정에 있어서 SMP와 REC 가격 이중 불확실성이 투자임계가격 수준에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 분석하였다. 분석 내용은 다음의 3가지로 요약된다. 첫째, 현행 신재생에너지 공급의무화제도(RPS)하에서 사업자에게 전가되는 이중가격 불확실성은 결정론적 가격 대비 투자임계가격을 상당히 증가시켜 현재 가격 수준에서 경제성이 없는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, REC 가격 변동성을 현재의 절반으로 경감하는 것은 REC 가중치를 한 단위 추가로 부여하는 것 만큼의 투자임계가격 하락 효과를 유발하였다. 셋째, 기존 부생수소 기반 연료전지와 함께 그레이 수소, 그린 수소 기반 투자임계가격을 분석하였으며, 그레이 수소의 경우 탄소배출권 비용이 적용될 경우 그린 수소와 경제성이 상당 부분 좁혀지는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구 결과는 현행 RPS 제도가 연료전지 발전소 보급에 저해요소로 작동하며, 보다 비용 효율적이고 안정적인 수소 생태계 구축을 위해서는 정책보완이 필요함을 시사한다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.616-622
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• 2022

At the present time, interest in hydrogen is increasingly growing worldwide to tackle climate change. Korea also takes an action by announcing the first hydrogen economy implementation basic plan with the import targets of 22.9 million tons of hydrogen from oversea in 2050. To achieve this plan, it is very essential to establish an overseas hydrogen supply chain. In this paper, the study estimates the import price for hydrogen into basic scenario and comprehensive scenario, and also analyses economic feasibility considering price of the each technology.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.279-286
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• 2017

Korea government decides to build one hundred hydrogen refueling stations (HRS) until 2020 and tries to disseminate HRS and boosts HRS market in korea. Naepo HRS in chungnam province has been operated for last one full year of 2016 and recorded 2,520 times full charge for the hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles and total 6,016 kg hydrogen fueling for the 25 units of hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles. Raw fuel of hydrogen from tube trailer measured by pressure, converting into weight of hydrogen and shows 19.6% surplus with final charged weight by dispenser. This result is caused measuring errors. Measured charged errors between dispenser and Mass flow meter was determined 13.13%.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.63-68
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• 2017

A black nickel oxide powder, one of the commercial nickel oxide ores, was reduced by hydrogen gas in a batch-type fluidized-bed reactor in a temperature range of 350 to $500^{\circ}C$ and in a residence time range of 5 to 120 min. The hydrogen reduction behavior of the black nickel oxide was found to be somewhat different from that of green nickel oxide ore. For the black nickel oxide, the maximum temperature (below which nickel oxide particles can be reduced without any agglomeration) was significantly lower than that observed for the green nickel oxide. In addition, the best curve fittings of the Avrami model were obtained at higher values of the overall rate constant "k" and at lower values of the exponent "m", compared to those values for the green nickel oxide. It may be inferred from these results that the hydrogen reduction rate of the black nickel oxide is faster than that of the green nickel oxide in the early stages, but the situation reverses in the later stages. For the black nickel oxide ore, in spite of the low temperature sintering, it was possible to achieve a high degree fluidized-bed reduction at lower temperatures and at lower gas consumption rates than was possible for the green nickel oxide. In this regard, the use of black nickel oxide is expected to yield a benefit if its ore price is sufficiently lower than that of the green nickel oxide.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.660-673
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• 2022

In achieving carbon neutrality and the hydrogen economy, the estimation of H₂ cost is critical in terms of CCU technologies. This study analyzes LCOH of hydrogen produced by the carbon utilization unit with methane reforming and CO₂ from thermal power plant. LCOH for H₂ made with CO is estimated in three ways of Joint Cost Allocations with financial performance risk assessment. Regarding cost analysis, the zero value of LCOH is $6,003/ton. We found that the CCU technology has economic feasibility in terms of profitability. The sensitivity analysis result shows that the input ratio is more influential to the LCOH than other variables. Risk analysis presents the baseline price of zero value of LCOH - $8,408/ton, which is higher than the cost analysis - $6,003/ton. Mainly, the price variability of natural gas primarily affects the LCOH. The study has significant value in analyzing the financial performance risks as well as the cost of H₂ produced by a Plasma-based CCU system.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.137-143
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• 2021

As an electrochemical water electrolysis for green hydrogen production, both polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) and alkaline electrolyte are being developed extensively in various countries. The PEM electrolyzer with high current density (above 2 A/cm²) has the advantage of being able to design a simple structure. Also, it is known that it has high response to electrical output fluctuations. However, the cost problem of major components is the most important issue that a PEM electrolyzer must overcome. Instantly, there are platinum group metal (PGM)-based electrocatalysts, fluorine-based polyfluoro sulfuric acid (PFSA) membrane, Ti felt (porous transport layer, PTL) and so on. Another challenging issue is productivity. A securing outstanding productivity brings price benefits of the electrolytic cells. From this point of view, we conducted basic studies on manufacturing electrode and membrane electrode assembly (MEA) for PEM electrolyzer production.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.58-63
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• 2009

세계적으로 강화되는 오염물질 배출규제와 유가의 급등은 미래 수송수단의 변화를 가져올 것으로 예상된다. 새로운 대체에너지가 나타나기 까지는 화석연료를 대체할 에너지원으로 수소가 가장 유력하다. 가까운 미래의 항공기는 수소 가스터빈엔진이나 연료전지와 같은 동력장치를 사용할 것으로 과학자들은 예측하고 있다. 향후 연료전지 동력 항공기가 실현되기 위해서는 동력밀도가 높은 연료전지, 고압의 기체 또는 액체상태의 수소연료저장 장치, 그리고 경량의 고효율 전기모터가 개발되어야 한다.