• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.2066-2073
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• 2021

The use of nuclear reactors is a large studied possible solution for thermochemical water splitting cycles. Nevertheless, there are several problems that have to be solved. One of them is to increase the efficiency of the cycles. Hence, in this paper, a thermal energy optimization of a Sulfur-Iodine nuclear hydrogen production cycle was performed by means a heuristic method with the aim of minimizing the energy targets of the heat exchanger network at different minimum temperature differences. With this method, four different heat exchanger networks are proposed. A reduction of the energy requirements for cooling ranges between 58.9-59.8% and 52.6-53.3% heating, compared to the reference design with no heat exchanger network. With this reduction, the thermal efficiency of the cycle increased in about 10% in average compared to the reference efficiency. This improves the use of thermal energy of the cycle.

• Advanced Composite Materials
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.233-249
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• 2009

Safe installation and operation of high-pressure composite cylinders for hydrogen storage are of primary concern. It is unavoidable for the cylinders to experience temperature variation and significant thermal input during service. The maximum failure pressure that the cylinder can sustain is affected due to the dependence of composite material properties on temperature and complexity of cylinder design. Most of the analysis reported for high-pressure composite cylinders is based on simplifying assumptions and does not account for complexities like thermo-mechanical behavior and temperature dependent material properties. In the present work, a comprehensive finite element simulation tool for the design of hydrogen storage cylinder system is developed. The structural response of the cylinder is analyzed using laminated shell theory accounting for transverse shear deformation and geometric nonlinearity. A composite failure model is used to evaluate the failure pressure under various thermo-mechanical loadings. A back-propagation neural network (NNk) model is developed to predict the maximum failure pressure using the analysis results. The failure pressures predicted from NNk model are compared with those from test cases. The developed NNk model is capable of predicting the failure pressure for any given loading condition.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.130-141
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• 2022

Due to continuous climate change, greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are gradually accumulating, and various extreme weather events occurring all over the world are a serious threat to human sustainability. Countries around the world are making efforts to convert energy sources from traditional fossil fuels to renewable energy. Hydrogen energy is a clean energy source that exists infinitely on Earth, and can be used in most areas that require energy, such as power generation, transportation, commerce, and household sectors. A fuel cell, a device that produces electric and thermal energy by using hydrogen energy, is a key field to respond to climate change, and major countries around the world are spurring the development of core fuel cell technology. In this paper, research trends in China, the United States, Germany, Japan, and Korea, which have the highest number of papers related to fuel cells, are analyzed through keyword network analysis.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.35-45
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• 2022

The renewable energy based MG is becoming one of the prominent solutions for greenhouse gas and constructing less power lines. However, how to procure the economics of MG considering the CO₂ emission and utility network impact is one of major issues as the proportion of renewable resource increases. This paper proposes the feasibility study scheme of campus MG and shows that the LCOE and CO₂ emission can be reduced by utilizing the excess power and introducing hydrogen system and plus DR. For this, the three cases: (a) adding the PV and selling excess power to utility, (b) producing and selling hydrogen using excess power, and (c) participating in plus DR are considered. For each case, not only the topology and component capacity of MG to secure economic feasibility, but also CO₂ emission and utility network effects are derived. If an electrolyzer with a capacity of 400 kW participates in plus DR for 3,730hours/year, the economic feasibility is securable if plus DR settlement and hydrogen sale price are more than 7.08¢/kWh and 8.3USD/kg or 6.25¢/kWh and 8.6USD/kg, respectively. For this end, continuous technical development and policy support for hydrogen system and plus DR are required.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.728-733
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• 2023

Efforts are continuing to change from fossil fuels used to hydrogen energy society. In order to become a hydrogen society, stable production and real-life applicability are important. As a result, hydrogen generation system linked to fuel cell are being developed. Through this, it is expected that production to power generation will be possible where desired by utilizing the existing urban gas piping network. Hydrogen generation system and hydrogen fuel cell have been subjected to risk assessment and have already been commercialized, but no risk assessment has been conducted on the integrated system linking them. Therefore, it is intended to secure its safety by conducting a risk analysis on the integrated system.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.199-203
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• 2011

일차원 수소결합형 배위고분자 $[Cu^{II}(C_{13}H_{17}N_3OBr)(C_8H_5O_4)]{\cdot}2H_2O.CH_3OH$을 합성하여 단결정 X-선 회절 연구로 특성을 규명하였다. 단량체 단위는 사각평면의 중심 $Cu^{II}$를 갖고 있다. 네개의 배위자리 중 세자리는 $N_2O$-주개 세트를 갖는 Schiff 염기형 리간드 (4-bromo-2-[(2-piperazin-1-yl-ethylimino)-methyl]-phenol)가 차지하고, 네 번째 자리는 옆에 있는 테레프탈레이트 단위의 산소 원자가 차지한다. 두개의 인접한 중성분자는 분자간 N-H---O 및 O-H---N 수소결합에 의해 연결되어 이합체 쌍을 형성한다. 각 이합체 쌍은 불연속적인 물 및 메탄올 분자에 의해 수소결합으로 다시 연결되어 일차원 초분자 네트워크를 형성한다.

• 지적과 국토정보
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.83-106
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• 2021

대기오염, 지구온난화 문제 등 환경 문제의 심각성이 대두되면서 청정 연료의 관심이 커지고 있다. 그 중 수소는 기존 화석연료와는 달리 연소 시 부산물로 수분만이 발생하는 대표적인 친환경 에너지원으로 현재 다양한 분야에서 주목을 받고 있다. 물류 분야에서도 수소를 활용한 물류 네트워크를 구축하기 위해 다양한 정책적 노력이 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 이러한 수소 물류 네트워크의 구축에 있어 수소충전소의 입지 결정은 매우 중요한 문제이다. 최근 개발된 수소추진(수소연료전지) 화물차에 수소를 공급하는 충전소는 수소 기반 물류체계가 본격적으로 자리 잡는 데 있어 필수 불가결한 요소이다. 이러한 수소충전소의 최적 입지를 결정하는 선행연구는 대부분 수리적 모형에 기반한 최적화 기법만을 사용하여 수소충전소의 최적 입지를 결정하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 기존 연구의 동향과는 차별화하여 최적화 기법의 중요한 투입 변수 중 하나인 충전소 후보지에 대한 공간적 특성을 검토하는 방법으로 머신러닝 모형들을 활용하고 그 적용가능성을 확인하였다. 머신러닝은 다양한 분야에서 우수한 성과를 증명한 기법이지만 수소충전소의 최적 입지를 결정하는 연구 분야에서는 아직 적용된 바가 없다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 개별공시지가, 수소공급지와의 거리 등 전국 고속도로 휴게소와 고속도로의 무작위 지점들의 위치와 관련된 변수들을 독립변수로 선정하여 단일 머신러닝 모형과 앙상블 모형을 적용하고 그 성과를 비교하였다. 분석 결과, 랜덤포레스트(Random Forest) 모형이 가장 우수한 성과를 보였으며, 다른 모형들 또한 우수한 분류 성능을 보여 최적 입지 문제에 대해 공간적 특성을 예비적으로 검토하는 방법론으로써 머신러닝의 적용 가능성을 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 머신러닝 모형은 수소충전소의 최적 입지 결정 분야에서 향후 최적화 기법을 적용한 연구의 예비적 검토 방법론으로 널리 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.8-13
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 수소 네트워크 설비의 안전성 확보를 위한 기초연구로 파이프라인 내부에서의 수소/공기혼합기의 착화온도를 조사하였다. 착화원으로는 순간적으로 고온이 된 후 일정한 온도를 유지하는 열선을 사용하였다. 수소농도와 열선의 온도를 변화시키며 실험한 결과, 수소농도의 감소에 따라 최저착화온도도 감소하는 경향이 확인되었다. 착화를 위한 열선의 최저온도는 수소 농도 10 vol.%에서 가장 낮음이 확인되었다. 이러한 경향은 열선주변의 부력에 의한 영향이라 생각된다. 또한, 혼합기의 습도는 착화온도, 화염온도에 큰 영향을 미치는 않는 것이 확인되었다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.163-168
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• 2008

The morphology of three-dimensional (3D) cross-linked electrodeposits of copper and tin was investigated as a function of the content of metal sulfate and acetic acid in a deposition bath. The composition of copper sulfate had little effect on the overall copper network structure, whereas that of tin sulfate produced significant differences in the tin network structure. The effect of the metal sulfate content on the copper and tin network is discussed in terms of whether or not hydrogen evolution occurs on electrodeposits. In addition, the hydrophobic additive, i.e., acetic acid, which suppresses the coalescence of evolved hydrogen bubbles and thereby makes the pore size controllable, proved to be detrimental to the formation of a well-defined network structure. This led to a non-uniform or discontinuous copper network. This implies that acetic acid critically retards the electrodeposition of copper.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.307-315
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• 2023

The physical and chemical changes exhibited by high density polyethylene (HDPE) after treatment with hydrogen at a pressure of 90 MPa followed by rapid release of the hydrogen were studied. X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, thermo gravimetric analysis, and attenuated total reflectance (ATR)-fourier transform infrared (FTIR) were used for this purpose. As a result, it was found that the degree of crystallinity of HDPE decreased after hydrogen pressure treatment, while the average thickness of lamellae that constitute the crystals and the melting temperature of the crystalline region actually increased. The decomposition temperature also increased by about 3℃. In addition, it was found that the hydrogen bonding network between -OH groups in the HDPE sample was strengthened and partial chain scission occurred. These cut chains were found to be terminated by oxidative degradation such as cross-linking between chains, -C=O, -C-O, and -CHO, or by the formation of -CH₃ at the chain ends, as confirmed by ATR-FTIR.