• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.47 no.2
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• pp.195-198
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• 2010

It has been considered to apply GDC ($Gd_{0.1}Ce_{0.9}O_{1-X}$) for low-temperature SOFC electrolytes because it has higher ionic conductivity than YSZ at low temperature. However, open circuit voltage with using GDC ($Gd_{0.1}Ce_{0.9}O_{1-X}$) electrolyte in SOFCs, becomes lower than using YSZ (8 mol% Yttria stabilized Zirconia) electrolyte because GDC has electronic conductivity. In this work, the effect of changing GDC electrolyte thickness on the open circuit voltage has been investigated. Ni-GDC anode-supported unit cells were fabricated as follows. Mixed NiO-GDC powders were pressed and pre-sintered at $1200^{\circ}C$. And then, GDC electrolyte material was dip-coated on the anode and sintered at $1400^{\circ}C$. Finally the LSCF-GDC cathode material was screen-printed on the electrolyte and sintered at $1000^{\circ}C$. Electrolyte thickness was controlled by the number of dip-coating times. Open circuit voltage was measured depending on electrolyte thickness at $650^{\circ}C$ and found that the thicker GDC electrolyte was, the better OCV was.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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• v.58 no.4
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• pp.592-596
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• 2009

DAFC(direct alcohol fuel cell) takes the same structure and operational principle with PEMFC(Proton exchange membrane fuel cell). However, DAFC, which uses liquid alcohol instead of hydrogen as fuel, is able to be used as a portable power for small-scaled electronic devices such as MP3, PMP, and mobile phone because alcohol is quite convenient steady-state compound to carry and store it. This paper presents the OCV(open circuit voltage) characteristics of the cases which are alcohol species and different weight rate of ethanol, respectively. The OCV of methanol fuel cell is slightly higher 0.2V than ethanol one, and 8% wt. rate ethanol is rated as the most appropriate fuel for DAFC.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2019.07a
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• pp.47-49
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• 2019

본 논문은 노화로 인하여 감소하는 전기자동차용 배터리의 전류 용량을 실시간으로 추정하는 SOH (State-of-health) 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안하는 알고리즘은 노화에 따른 OCV (Open circuit voltage) 곡선의 변화 경향을 분석하고, 저주파 통과 필터를 이용하여 추정된 OCV를 기반으로 전류 용량 및 SOH를 산출한다. 알고리즘을 검증하기 위하여 전기자동차용 배터리를 이용한 실험 및 시뮬레이션을 진행한다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.241-248
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• 2021

A battery state-of-health (SOH) estimation algorithm using a machine learning-based linear regression method is proposed for estimating battery aging. The proposed algorithm analyzes the change trend of the open-circuit voltage (OCV) curve, which is a parameter related to SOH. At this time, a section with high linearity of the SOH and OCV curves is selected and used for SOH estimation. The SOH of the aged battery is estimated according to the selected interval using a machine learning-based linear regression method. The performance of the proposed battery SOH estimation algorithm is verified through experiments and simulations using battery packs for electric vehicles.

• IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.126-131
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• 2015

When a battery is discharging, the battery's current and terminal voltage must both be measured to estimate its state of charge (SOC). If the SOC can be estimated by using only the current or voltage, hardware costs will decrease. This paper proposes an SOC estimation algorithm that needs to measure only the terminal voltage while a battery is discharging. The battery's SOC can be deduced from its open circuit voltage (OCV) through the relationship between SOC and OCV. But when the battery is discharging, it is not possible to measure the OCV due to the voltage drop in the battery's internal resistance (IRdrop). The proposed algorithm calculates OCV by estimating IRdrop using a dynamic terminal voltage measurement. This paper confirms the results of applying the algorithm in a hardware environment via algorithm binarization. To evaluate the algorithm, a Simulink battery model based on actual values was used.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.45 no.4
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• pp.345-350
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• 2007

During PEMFC operation, OCV(open circuit voltage) and low humidity conditions accelerate the degradation of perfluorosulfonic acid membrane. There have been no studies that clearly explain why these conditions accelerate the membrane degradation. In this study, the hydrogen permeability through the membrane, I-V polarization of MEA, fluoride emission rate(FER) and $H_2O_2$ concentration in condensed water were measured during cell operation under OCV and low relative humidity(RH). The experimental results were evaluated with oxygen radical mechanism the most commonly known for membrane degradation. It seems that low RH of anode is a good condition for $H{\cdot}$ radical formation on the Pt catalyst and the OCV condition accelerate the $H{\cdot}$ to form $HO_2{\cdot}$ radical attacking the polymer membrane.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.77-82
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• 2022

During etching process of PCB, the electroplated copper line and seed layer copper have different etching rates and it caused the over etching of copper line as well as undercut of lines. In this research, the effects of etchants composition on copper etching characteristics were investigated. The optimum concentration of hydrogen peroxide and sulfuric acid of etchants were obtained using polarization and OCV (open circuit voltage) analysis for both rolled copper and electroplated copper. The inhibiting effects of different inhibitors were investigated using OCV and ZRA (zero resistance ammeter) analysis. The galvanic current between electroplated copper and seed layer copper were measured using ZRA method. Inhibitors for least galvanic current could be chosen based on galvanic coupling in ZRA analysis.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.463-464
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• 2017

다른 리튬계열 전지와 달리, 인산철($LiFePO_4$) 배터리는 중간 동작 영역에서 개방전압(OCV; open-circuit voltage)의 히스테리시스(hysteresis) 영역이 존재한다. 그러므로, 인산철 배터리 관리시스템, 특히 충전상태(SOC; state-of-charge)와 수명상태(SOH; state-of-health)의 정확한 모니터링을 위해서는 OCV의 정밀성이 요구된다. 본 논문에서는, 충전 및 방전 OCV-SOC의 SOC 간격에 따른 인산철 배터리의 SOH를 비교하기 위해 전기적 등가회로 모델(ECM; electrical-circuit modeling)적응제어 알고리즘 기반 실시간 내부저항(DCIR; direct current internal resistance)을 모니터링 하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.181-186
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• 2010

This paper presents a new method for the estimation of State of Charge (SOC) for NiMH batteries. Among the conventional methods to estimate SOC, Coulomb Counting is widely used, but this method is not precise due to error integration. Another method that has been proposed to estimate SOC is by using a measurement of the Open Circuit Voltage (OCV). This method is found to be a precise one for SOC estimation. In NiMH batteries, the hysteresis characteristic of OCV is very strong compared to other type of batteries. Another characteristic of NiMH battery to be considered is that the OCV of a NiMH battery under discharging mode is lower than it is under charging mode. In this paper, the OCV is modeled by a simple method based on a hyperbolic function which well known as Takacs’s model. The OCV model is then used for SOC estimation. Although the model is simple, the error is within 10%.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.28 no.11
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• pp.77-83
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• 2014

The Estimation of State of Charge(SOC) for batteries is an important aspect of a Battery Management System(BMS). A method for estimating the SOC is proposed in order to overcome the individual disadvantages of the current integral and Open Circuit Voltage(OCV) estimation methods by combining them using Extended Kalman filter(EKF). The non-linear characteristics of the Li-Ion RC battery model used in this study is also solved through EKF. The proposed method is simulated in a Matlab environment with a Li-Ion Kokam battery (3.7V, 1,500mAh). Results showed that there is an improvement in the estimation error when using the proposed model compared to the conventional current integral method.