• 한국재료학회지
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• 제23권11호
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• pp.643-648
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• 2013

Activated carbon (AC) was synthesized from rice husks using the chemical activation method with KOH, NaOH, a combination of (NaOH + $Na_2CO_3$), and a combination of (KOH + $K_2CO_3$) as the chemical activating reagents. The activated carbon with the highest surface area (around $2000m^2/g$) and high porosity, which allows the absorption of a large number of ions, was applied as electrode material in electric double layer capacitors (EDLCs). The AC for EDLC electrodes is required to have a high surface area and an optimal pore size distribution; these are important to attain high specific capacitance of the EDLC electrodes. The electrodes were fabricated by compounding the rice husk activated carbons with super-P and mixed with polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) at a weight ratio of 83:10:7. AC electrodes and nickel foams were assembled with potassium hydroxide (KOH) solution as the electrolyte. Electrochemical measurements were carried out with a three electrode cell using 6 M KOH as electrolyte and Hg/HgO as the reference electrode. The specific capacitance strongly depends on the pore structure; the highest specific capacitance was 179 F/g, obtained for the AC with the highest specific surface area. Additionally, different activation times, levels of heating, and chemical reagents were used to compare and determine the optimal parameters for obtaining high surface area of the activated carbon.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.228-238
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• 2010

There is an increasing interest in research to help overcome the energy crisis that has been focused on energy storage applications in various parts of power systems. Energy storage systems are good at enhancing the reliability or improving the efficiency of a power system by creating a time gap between the generation and the consumption of power. As a contribution to the various applications of storage devices, this paper describes a novel algorithm that determines the power and storage capacity of selected energy storage devices in order to improve upon railroad system efficiency. The algorithm is also demonstrated by means of simulation studies for the Korean railroad lines now in service. A part of this novel algorithm includes the DC railroad powerflow algorithm that considers the mobility of railroad vehicles, which is necessary because the electric railroad system has a distinct distribution system where the location and power of vehicles are not fixed values. In order to derive a more accurate powerflow result, this algorithm has been designed to consider the rail voltage as well as the feeder voltage for calculating the vehicle voltage. By applying the resultant control scheme, the charging or discharging within a specific voltage boundary, energy savings and a substation voltage stabilization using storage devices are achieved at the same time.

• KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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• 제3B권3호
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• pp.147-154
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• 2003

This paper presents a high-frequency boost type ZVS-PWM chopper-fed DC-DC power converter with a single active auxiliary edge-resonant snubber at the load stage which can be designed for power conditioners such as solar photovoltaic generation, fuel cell generation, battery and super capacitor energy storages. Its principle operation in steady-state is described in addition to a prototype setup. The experimental results of boost type ZVS-PWM chopper proposed here, are evaluated and verified with a practical design model in terms of its switching voltage and current waveforms, the switching v-i trajectory and the temperature performance of IGBT module, the actual power conversion efficiency, and the EMI of radiated and conducted emissions, and then discussed and compared with the hard switching scheme from an experimental point of view. Finally, this paper proposes a practical method to suppress parasitic oscillation due to the active auxiliary resonant switch at ZCS turn-off mode transition with the aid of an additional lossless clamping diode loop, and can be reduced the EMI conducted emission.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제65권7호
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• pp.1151-1160
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• 2016

In recent years, the energy storage systems such as LiB, NaS, RFB(Redox-Flow Battery), Super- capacitor, pumped hydro storage, flywheel, CAES(Compressed Air Energy Storage) and so on have received great attention as practical solutions for the power supply problems. They can be used for various purpose of peak shaving, load leveling and frequency regulation, according to the characteristics of each ESS(energy storage system). This paper will focus at 1 MWh RFB system, which is being developed through the original technology project of energy material. The output of ESS is mainly characterized by C-rate, which means that the total rated capacity of battery will be delivered in 1 hour. And it is a very important factor in the ESS operation scheduling. There can be several options according to the operation intervals 15, 30 and 60minutes. The operation scheduling is based on the optimization to minimize the daily electricity cost. This paper analyzes the cost-saving effects by the each operating time-interval in case that the RFB ESS is optimally scheduled for peak shaving and load leveling.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.204-211
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• 2021

We report, synthesis of high surface area composite carbon aerogel using additive based polymerization technique by incorporating graphitic porous carbon as additive. This additive was separately prepared using sol-gel polymerization of resorcinol-furfuraldehyde in iso-propyl alcohol medium at much above the routine gelation temperature to yield porous carbon (CA-IPA) having graphitic layered morphology. CA-IPA exhibited a unique combination of meso-pore dominated surface area (~ 700 m²/g) and good conductivity of ~ 300 S/m. The composite carbon aerogel (CCA) was synthesized by traditional aqueous medium based resorcinol-formaldehyde gelation with CA-IPA as additive. The presence of CA-IPA favored enhanced meso-porosity as well as contributed to improvement in bulk conductivity. Based on the surface area characteristics, CCA-8 composition having 8% additive was found to be optimum. It showed specific surface area of ~ 2056 m²/g, mesopore area of 827 m²/g and electrical conductivity of 180 S/m. The electrode formed with CCA-8 showed improved electrochemical behavior, with specific capacitance of 148 F/g & ESR < 1 Ω, making it a better choice as super capacitor for energy storage applications.

• 공업화학
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.243-249
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• 2006

전기이중층 커패시터 및 리튬이온 2차전지의 compact화 하기 위하여 격리막과 전해질의 기능을 동시에 갖는 겔 전해질에 대한 연구가 광범위하게 진행되어 왔다. 본 연구는 고분자 겔 전해질에 다량의 기공을 형성하여 전해질의 함침성을 높이기 위해 물리적 특성이 우수한 고분자 지지체 P(VdF-co-HFP)/PVP에 개공제 PVP를 이용하였으며, 가소제 PC와 EC, 그리고 지지전해질 $TEABF_4$를 이용하여 고분자 겔 전해질을 제조하였다. 분말활성탄 BP-20과 MSP-20, 전도성 개량제 Super P 및 결합제 P(VdF-co-HFP)와 PVP를 사용한 전극과 결합하여 단위셀을 제작하였고, 고분자 겔 전해질과 단위셀의 전기화학적 특성을 고찰하였다. PVP 첨가량에 따른 고분자 겔 전해질의 이온전도도는 7 wt%일 때 가장 우수한 이온전도도를 보였으나, 단위셀을 구성하여 전기화학적 특성을 분석한 결과 AC-ESR은 3 wt%일 때 가장 우수하였다. 또한 단위셀을 구성하여 전기화학적 특성 분석 결과 PC : EC = 33 : 33 wt%일 때 가장 우수하였다. 또한 PC를 단독 사용시 보다 PC와 EC의 혼합물을 가소제로 사용하였을 때 비정전용량 등 전기화학적 특성이 높았다. 고분자 겔 전해질의 두께에 따른 이온전도도는 $20{\mu}m$일때 가장 우수한 결과를 보였으나, 단위셀을 구성하여 전기화학적 특성 분석 결과 $50{\mu}m$일 때 가장 우수한 사이클 특성을 나타내었다. 고분자 겔 전해질과 전극사이를 열 압착한 단위셀은 31.41 F/g의 높은 비정전용량과 안정한 전기화학적 특성을 나타내었다. 따라서 P(VdF-co-HFP : PVP = 20 : 3 및 PC : EC = 44 : 22 wt%로 제조된 EDLC용 고분자 겔 전해질의 최적 조성비는 23 : 66 : 11 wt%이었으며, 두께 $50{\mu}m$일 때 $3.17{\times}10^{-3}S/cm$의 이온전도도를 나타내었다. 이 때 단위셀의 전기화학적 특성은 DC-ESR $2.69{\Omega}$, 비정전용량 28 F/g 및 쿨롱 효율 100%이었다.