• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.553-561
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• 2012

Existing energy sources convert chemical energy into mechanical energy, while fuel cell directly generates electricity through an electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. Therefore, it has a lot of strong points such as high efficiency, zero emission, and etc. In addition, with the development of hydrogen preservation technique, some companies have been researching and releasing portable fuel cell power packs for specific applications like military equipment, automobile, and so on. However, there are some drawbacks to the fuel cell, high cost and slow dynamic response. In order to compensate these weak points, auxiliary energy storages could be applied to the fuel cell system. In this paper, the optimum structure for a 150W portable fuel cell power pack with a battery pack is selected considering the specification of the system, and the design process of main parts is described in detail. Here, main objectives are compact size, simple control, high efficiency, and low cost. Then, an automatic mode change algorithm, which converts the operating mode depending on the states of fuel cell stack, battery pack, and load, is introduced. Finally, performance of the designed prototype using the automatic mode change control is verified through experiments.

• 멤브레인
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.326-334
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 고분자전해질 연료전지의 연료가습을 위하여 막 증발법을 적용한 막가습기를 제작하여 특징과 성능을 알아보았다. 막가습기 내부 물의 온도를 $30{\sim}60^{\circ}C$, 연료기체의 유속을 300~3,000 mL/min, 막 가닥수를 10, 50, 100 가닥으로 변화 하였을 때 결과를 dew point로 나타내었다. 그 결과 $60^{\circ}C$일 때 $51.19^{\circ}C$, 900 mL/min일 때 $54.22^{\circ}C$, 100 가닥일 때 $60.03^{\circ}C$로 연료 가습성능이 가장 좋았다. 특히, 막 가습기 물질 전달식의 모델링을 통해 연료전지에 적용할 때 막 가습기 공경 크기에 따른 반응기체의 가습량을 예측하는 것이 가능하였다. 100 W급 스택에 적용하였을 때, 전압과 출력값이 변화되지 않고 안정적으로 작동하였으며 제작한 막 가습기는 기존 기포가습기보다 부피는 훨씬 작으면서도 가습 성능은 우수한 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제37권9호
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• pp.815-821
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• 2013

고분자 전해질 연료전지(이하 PEMFC) 시스템의 효율과 수명은 유입되는 공기의 습도에 직접적인 영향을 받는다. 그러므로 공기는 정상 운전조건에서 적절한 습도를 유지시켜 주어야 한다. 하지만 가습 장치의 특성들에 대해서는 연구가 부족한 상태이다. 본 연구에서는 정상상태에서 다양한 입구조건에 따른 막 가습기의 수분전달 특성을 알아보기 위해 실험을 수행하였다. 실험에 이용할 평판형 막 가습기를 제작하였으며, 실험에 적합한 환경을 조성하였다. 우선 일정한 온도 조건하에서 막을 통과하는 수분 전달 능력을 실험하였고 이후 다양한 입구 조건에 따른 수분 전달 특성을 알아보았다. 본 실험에서 사용된 입구조건의 변수는 건공기와 습공기의 유량, 작동온도, 작동압력 및 유동배열이 있으며 각각의 입구 조건이 가습기의 성능에 미치는 영향을 논의하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.449-454
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• 2006

Neutron imaging technique was used to investigate the water distribution and movement in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) at HANARO, KAERI. The Feasibility tests were performed in the first and second exposure rooms at the neutron radiography facility (NRF) at HANARO in order to check the ability of each exposure room, respectively. The feasibility test apparatus was composed of water and pressurized air before making up the actual test apparatus. Due to the low neutron intensity in the second exposure room, the exposure time was too long to investigate the transient phenomena of PEMFC. Although the exposure time was improved to 0.1 sec in the first exposure room, it was difficult to discriminate detail water movement at the channel due to the high noise level. Therefore, the experimental setup must be optimized according to the test conditions. Water discharge characteristics were investigated under different flow field geometries by using feasibility test apparatus and the neutron imaging technique. The water discharge characteristics of a 3-parallel serpentine are superior to those of a 1-parallel serpentine, but water at Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) was not removed, regardless of the flow field type.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.95.2-95.2
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• 2011

In order to achieve high performance and low cost for commercial applications, the development of membrane electrode assemblies (MEA), in which the electrochemical reactions actually occur, must be optimized. Expensive platinum is currently used as an electrochemical catalyst due to its high activity. Although various platinum alloys and non-platinum catalysts are under development, their stabilities and catalytic activities, especially in terms of the oxygen reduction (ORR), render them currently unsuitable for practical use. Therefore, it is important to decrease platinum loading by optimizing the catalysts and electrode microstructure. In this study, we prepared several different MEAs (non-uniform Nafion$^{(R)}$ ionomer loading electrode) which have dual catalyst layers to find the optimal Nafion$^{(R)}$ ionomer distribution in the electrodes. We changed Nafion$^{(R)}$ ionomer content in the layers to find the ideal composition of the binder and Pt/C in the electrode. For MEAs with various ionomer contents in the anodes and cathodes, the electrochemical activity (activation overpotential) and the mass transport properties (concentration overpotential) were analyzed and correlated with the single cell performance. The dual catalyst layers MEA showed higher cell performance than uniformly fabricated MEA, especially at the high current density region.

• 에너지공학
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.132-145
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• 2014

수소연료전지자동차(FCV)의 냉온기동, 가속, 주행성능, 수소연료충전시간, 및 항속거리 등의 기술 항목들은 2015-2020년경의 수요자요구를 충족하는 것으로 보인다. 그러나 짧은 내구성, 높은 가격 및 부족한 수소공급인프라 등은 본격적인 FCV 상용화를 위하여 극복해야 할 과제이다. 가격저감 및 내구성 향상 등 연료전지자동차의 상용화를 위하여 개발되고 있는 기술과제들을 중심으로 수소연료전지자동차의 기술동향을 분석한다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.341-344
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• 2009

In this paper, protective function evaluation was conducted to determine the performance and safety of a power conditioning system(PCS) for 1kW residential fuel cell system. It is essential to have a power quality, grid-connection and safety of PCS. Even though it is under 500ms by KGS-A410 standard, it is shown a rapid response time of 25ms from input under-voltage test. In terms of output over/under-voltage test, it is shown 29.15 and 79.4ms. Especially using anti-islanding test, it is shown all times under 100ms for combination cases of real and reactive power. We confirmed a rapid response characteristics and safety of PCS. The results of this evaluation are being used to develop a new test protocols of PCS.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2009년도 제33회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.278-281
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• 2009

소형 정찰 UAV의 새로운 동력원으로 적용하고자 하는 연료전지 시스템의 경량화를 위한 연구로 알루미늄 분리판의 성능을 측정하였다. 흑연 분리판과의 성능 비교를 통해 알루미늄 분리판이 흑연 분리판에 비해 무게 대비 높은 성능을 보이는 것을 확인하였다. 작동온도에 따른 성능 변화를 확인하기 위해 40 / 50 / $60^{\circ}C$의 작동온도에서 알루미늄 단위 전지의 성능을 측정한 결과 건조한 반응기체의 경우 일반적인 작동온도 보다 비교적 낮은 $40^{\circ}C$에서 가장 좋은 성능을 보이는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.147-151
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• 2007

A serpentine channel geometry often used in a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell has a strong pressure gradient between adjacent channels in specific regions. The pressure gradient helps some amount of reactant gas penetrate through a gas diffusion layer(GDL). As a result, the overall serpentine flow structure is slightly different from intention of a designer. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of serpentine flow structure on current density distribution. By using a commercial code, STAR-CD, a numerical simulation is performed to analyze the fuel cell with relatively high aspect ratio active area. To increase the accuracy of the numerical simulation, GDL permeabilities are measured with various compression conditions. Three-dimensional flow field and current density distribution are calculated. For the verification of the numerical simulation results, water condensation process in the cathode channel is observed through a transparent bipolar plate. The result of this study shows that the region of relatively low current density corresponds to that of dropwise condensation in cathode channels.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.283-291
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• 2011

Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) use the bipolar plate of various materials between electrolyte and contact electrode for the stable hydrogen ion exchange activation. The bipolar plate of various materials has representatively graphite and stainless steel. Specially, stainless steels have advantage for low cost and high product rate. In this study, SUS 316 was effectively coated with 600 nm thick F-doped tin oxide (SnOx:F) by electron cyclotron resonance-metal organic chemical vapor deposition and investigated in simulated fuel cell bipolar plates. The results showed that an F-doped tin oxide (SnOx:F) coating enhanced the corrosion resistance of the alloys in fuel cell bipolar plates, though the substrate steel has a significant influence on the behavior of the coating. Coating SUS 316 for fuel cell bipolar plates steel further improved the already excellent corrosion resistance of this material. After coating, the increased ICR values of the coated steels compared to those of the fresh steels. The SnOx:F coating seems to add an additional resistance to the native air-formed film on these stainless steels.