• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.226-231
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• 2008

Cu/Fe/$Al_2O_3$ granules with various sizes have been prepared by a combination of sol-gel and oil drop method for the use in sulfur trioxide decomposition, a subcycle in thermochemical sulfur-iodine cycle to split water in the hydrogen and oxygen. The size of composite granules have been mainly changed by the flow-rate of the gel mixture before dropping in the synthesis. The structural properties of the samples were comparable with granule size. In the reaction, the catalytic activity was enhanced by decreasing size in the entire reaction temperature ranges.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권10호
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• pp.1275-1284
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• 2009

A directly heated $SO_3$ decomposer for the sulfur-iodine and hybrid-sulfur processes has been introduced and analyzed using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code CFX 11. The use of a directly heated decomposition reactor in conjunction with a very high temperature reactor (VHTR) allows for higher decomposition reactor operating temperatures. However, the high temperatures and strongly corrosive operating conditions associated with $SO_3$ decomposition present challenges for the structural materials of decomposition reactors. In order to resolve these problems, we have designed a directly heated $SO_3$ decomposer using RA330 alloy as a structural material and have performed a CFD analysis of the design based on the finite rate chemistry model. The CFD results show the maximum temperature of the structural material could be maintained sufficiently below 1073 K, which is considered the target temperature for RA 330. The CFD simulations also indicated good performance in terms of $SO_3$ decomposition for the design parameters of the present study.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.644-651
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• 1992

기체상태의 오존(0.5torr)과 삼산화황간의 반응속도를 연구하였다. 69∼150${\circ}C$ 온도영역에서, 삼산화황은 6∼12 torr의 압력 범위에서 반응시켰다. 오존과 삼산화황의 반응속도는 $CO_2$가 단독으로 존재하고 있을 때의 오존의 반응속도보다 더욱 빨리 진행되었다. 오존과 삼산화황의 분자 반응에 대한 명백한 증거는 발견되지 않았고 빠른 반응속도는 $O_3\;＋\;HX\;{\rightarrow}\;OH\;＋\;O_2\;＋\;X$로 시작되는 연쇄반응을 일으키게 하는 $SO_3$ 반응물에 포함된 불순물(HX) 때문인 것 같고 또한 삼산화황은 더 큰 충돌직경을 가지고 있어 그것이 오존의 열적분해를 더욱 더 빠르게 하는 이유인 것으로 사료된다. 제안된 오존과 삼산화황의 실험속도식; $[-d(O_3)/dt]\;=\;k_a(SO_3)(O_3)\;＋\;k_b(O_3)^{3/2}$과 반응속도 상수 ; $k_a(M^{-1} s^{-1})\;=\;(1.55\;{\pm}\;0.67)\;{\times}\;105\;e-{(9.270 {\pm}0.43)kcal/RT}$을 얻었다..

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.831-840
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• 2009

In order to evaluate the start-up behavior and to identify, through abnormal operation occurrences, the transient behaviors of the Sulfur Iodine(SI) process, which is a nuclear hydrogen process that is coupled to a Very High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor (VHTR) through an Intermediate Heat Exchanger (IHX), a dynamic simulation of the process is necessary. Perturbation of the flow rate or temperature in the inlet streams may result in various transient states. An understanding of the dynamic behavior due to these factors is able to support the conceptual design of the secondary helium loop system associated with a hydrogen production plant. Based on the mass and energy balance sheets of an electrodialysis-embedded SI process equivalent to a 200 $MW_{th}$ VHTR and a considerable thermal pathway between the SI process and the VHTR system, a dynamic simulation of the SI process was carried out for a sulfuric acid decomposition process (Second Section) that is composed of a sulfuric acid vaporizer, a sulfuric acid decomposer, and a sulfur trioxide decomposer. The dynamic behaviors of these integrated reactors according to several anticipated scenarios are evaluated and the dominant and mild factors are observed. As for the results of the simulation, all the reactors in the sulfuric acid decomposition process approach a steady state at the same time. Temperature control of the inlet helium is strictly required rather than the flow rate control of the inlet helium to keep the steady state condition in the Second Section. On the other hand, it was revealed that the changes of the inlet helium operation conditions make a great impact on the performances of $SO_3$ and $H_2SO_4$ decomposers, but no effect on the performance of the $H_2SO_4$ vaporizer.