• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.48-56
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• 2009

고농도 과산화수소를 산화제로 이용하는 하이브리드 로켓의 자연 점화 연구를 수행하였다. 별도의 점화기 없이 촉매 반응을 통한 과산화수소 분해가스를 파라핀 및 폴리에틸렌에 분사함으로서 점화를 하였고 연속적인 재점화 및 즉각적인 점화 특성을 확인하였다. 안정적인 연소를 위해 파라핀은 PE에 비해 높은 연소실 특성길이가 요구된 반면, 펄스 응답특성은 점화지연 13 ms, 상승시간 30 ms 로서 폴리에틸렌의 응답성에 비해 두 배 가량 빠른 특성을 보였다.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2009년도 제33회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.499-502
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• 2009

고농도 과산화수소를 산화제로 이용하는 하이브리드 로켓의 자연 점화 연구를 수행하였다. 별도의 점화기 없이 촉매 반응을 통한 과산화수소 분해가스를 파라핀 및 폴리에틸렌에 분사함으로서 점화를 하였고 연속적인 재점화 및 즉각적인 점화 특성을 확인하였다. 안정적인 연소를 위해 파라핀은 PE에 비해 높은 연소실 특성길이가 요구된 반면, 펄스 응답특성은 점화지연 13 ms, 상승시간 30 ms 로서 폴리에틸렌의 응답성에 비해 두 배 가량 빠른 특성을 보였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권12호
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• pp.4382-4394
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• 2023

Passive auto-catalytic recombiners (PARs) are widely used to mitigate a hydrogen hazard. The first step to evaluate the hydrogen safety by PARs is to obtain qualified test data of the PARs for validation of their analytical model. SPARC PAR tests SP8 and SP9 were conducted to evaluate the hydrogen recombination characteristics of a honeycomb-shaped catalyst PAR. To obtain the hydrogen recombination rate from the PAR test data, two methods, Method-1 and Method-2, introduced by the THAI project, were applied. Since a large gradient of hydrogen concentration developed during hydrogen injection can cause a large error in the hydrogen mass obtained by integrating the measured hydrogen concentrations, a gate was installed at the PAR inlet to homogenize hydrogen in the test vessel before the PAR operation in the tests. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code with a PAR model was also applied to evaluate the characteristics of the PAR recombination according to the PAR inlet conditions, and the results were compared with those from Method-1 and Method-2. It was confirmed that the recombination rates from Method-1 require a correction factor to be compatible with results from Method-2 and the CFD simulation in the case of the SPARC-PAR tests.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.36-45
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• 2011

금속분말을 환원제로 사용하는 시멘테이션에 의하여 자동차 폐촉매의 침출액과 침출잔사의 세척액으로부터 백금족 금속을 환원 석출시켜 회수하는 연구를 수행하였다. 환원제로 사용한 알루미늄, 마그네슘 그리고 아연이 백금족 금속의 시멘테이션에 미치는 영향을 조사하였으며 알루미늄을 최적 환원제로 선정하였다. 침출액에 19.3 당량의 알루미늄을 첨가하고 $50{\sim}60^{\circ}C$에서 10분간 시멘테이션을 행하였을 때 백금, 팔라듐, 로듐의 환원석출율은 각각 99.3%, 99.4%, 90.2% 정도 이었다. 또한 세척액에 알루미늄을 45 당량 투입한 후 시멘터이션 반응을 통해 백금, 팔라륨, 로듐을 각각 97%, 97%, 90% 회수할 수 있었다. 그리고 회수한 환원석출물의 금속불순물들을 질산침출로 제거함으로써 백금족 금속의 품위를 약 10% 정도 향상시킬 수 있었다.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.512-521
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• 2017

This paper reports development process of a university-based sounding rocket using simplified hybrid rocket propulsion system for low-altitude flight application. A hybrid propulsion system was tried to be designed with as few components as possible for more economical, simpler and safer propulsion system, which is essential for the small scale sounding rocket operation as a CanSat carrier. Using blow-down feeding system and catalytic ignition as combustion starter, 250 N class hybrid rocket system was composed of three components: a composite tank, valves, and a thruster. With a composite tank filled with both hydrogen peroxide($H_2O_2$) as an oxidizer and nitrogen gas($N_2$) as a pressurant, the feeding pressure was operated in blowdown mode during thruster operation. The $MnO_2/Al_2O_3$ catalyst was fabricated for propellant decomposition, and ground test of propulsion system showed the almost theoretical temperature of decomposed $H_2O_2$ at the catalyst reactor, indicating sufficient catalyst efficiency for propellant decomposition. Auto-ignition of the high density polyethylene(HDPE) fuel grain successfully occurred by the decomposed $H_2O_2$ product without additional installation of any ignition devices. Performance test result was well matched with numerical internal ballistics conducted prior to the experimental propulsion system ground test. A sounding rocket using the developed hybrid rocket was designed, fabricated, flight simulated and launch tested. Six degree-of-freedom trajectory estimation code was developed and the comparison result between expected and experimental trajectory validated the accuracy of the developed trajectory estimation code. The fabricated sounding rocket was successfully launched showing the effectiveness of the simplified hybrid rocket propulsion system.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.786-794
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• 2022

Green ammonia is a promising renewable energy carrier. Green ammonia can be used in various energy conversion devices (e.g., engine, fuel cell, etc.). Ammonia has to be fed with hydrogen for start-up and failure protection of some energy conversion devices. Ammonia can be converted into hydrogen by decomposition and partial oxidation. Especially, partial oxidation has the advantages of fast start-up, thermally self-sustaining operation and compact size. In this paper, thermodynamics, start-up and operation characteristics of ammonia partial oxidation were investigated. O₂/NH₃ ratio, ammonia flow rate and catalyst volume were varied as operation parameters. In thermodynamic analysis, ammonia conversion was maximized in the O₂/NH₃ range from 0.10 to 0.15. Ammonia partial oxidation reactor was successfully started using 12 V glow plug. At 0.13 of O₂/HN₃ ratio and 10 LPM of ammonia flow rate, ammonia partial oxidation reactor showed 90% of ammonia conversion over commercial Ru catalyst. In addition, Increasing O₂/NH₃ ratio from 0.10 to 0.13 was more effective for high ammonia conversion than increasing catalyst volume at 0.10 of O₂/NH₃.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.248-254
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• 2006

The promotion effects of noble metals upon the activity and reducibility in steam methane reforming over $Ni/MgAl_2O_4$ catalysts were investigated. While $Ni/MgAl_2O_4$ catalysts require the pre-reduction by $H_2$, the noble metal-added catalysts show high catalytic activities without pre-treatment. According to $CH_4$-TPR, the addition of noble metal makes the $Ni/MgAl_2O_4$ catalyst easily reducible. The reduction degree of NiO in the noble metal-added catalysts after using at $650^{\circ}C$ without pre-reduction was $15{\sim}20%$, and was lower than that in the $H_2$-reduced $Ni/MgAl_2O_4$ catalyst(reduction degree=27%). The enhancement of the catalytic activity over noble metal-added catalysts results from easier reducibility by addition of noble metal and the synergy effect between noble metal and Ni.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2017년도 제48회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.117-119
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 하이브리드 로켓의 자동점화를 위한 다단 방식의 촉매점화시스템에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 다단 촉매점화기의 열분해 성능을 평가하기 위해 1단 점화기에 촉매를 충전하여 예열 후, 1단 점화기와 2단 점화기에 각각 저유량과 고유량을 공급하여 실험을 진행하였다. 이때 저유량의 $N_2O$가스를 분해하여 생성된 고온의 가스로 고유량의 $N_2O$가스를 분해하였다. 실험 결과 기존 점화기보다 점화 시간이 감소되었다. 또한 1단 점화기에서 분해된 가스를 이용하여 2단 점화기에 공급된 고유량 $N_2O$가스의 분해 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.7-18
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• 2015

Objectives: Lawsone (1,4 naphthoquinone) is a non redox cycling compound that can be catalyzed by DT diaphorase (DTD) into 1,2,4-trihydroxynaphthalene (THN), which can generate reactive oxygen species by auto oxidation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the toxicity of the phytomarker 1,4 naphthoquinone and its metabolite THN by using the molecular docking program AutoDock 4. Methods: The 3D structure of ligands such as hydrogen peroxide ($H_2O_2$), nitric oxide synthase (NOS), catalase (CAT), glutathione (GSH), glutathione reductase (GR), glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate hydrogen (NADPH) were drawn using hyperchem drawing tools and minimizing the energy of all pdb files with the help of hyperchem by $MM^+$ followed by a semi-empirical (PM3) method. The docking process was studied with ligand molecules to identify suitable dockings at protein binding sites through annealing and genetic simulation algorithms. The program auto dock tools (ADT) was released as an extension suite to the python molecular viewer used to prepare proteins and ligands. Grids centered on active sites were obtained with spacings of $54{\times}55{\times}56$, and a grid spacing of 0.503 was calculated. Comparisons of Global and Local Search Methods in Drug Docking were adopted to determine parameters; a maximum number of 250,000 energy evaluations, a maximum number of generations of 27,000, and mutation and crossover rates of 0.02 and 0.8 were used. The number of docking runs was set to 10. Results: Lawsone and THN can be considered to efficiently bind with NOS, CAT, GSH, GR, G6PDH and NADPH, which has been confirmed through hydrogen bond affinity with the respective amino acids. Conclusion: Naphthoquinone derivatives of lawsone, which can be metabolized into THN by a catalyst DTD, were examined. Lawsone and THN were found to be identically potent molecules for their affinities for selected proteins.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.353-356
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• 2009

A pivotal mechanical balance of plant for 75kW class molten carbonate fuel cells comprise of a catalytic burner and an ejector which has been designed and tested in KEPRI(Korea Electric Power Research Institute). The catalytic burner, which oxidizes residual fuel in the anode tail gas, was operated at several conditions. Some problems arose due to local overheating or auto-ignition, which could limit the catalyst life. The catalytic burner was designed by considering both gas mixing and gas velocity. Test results showed that the temperature distribution is very uniform. In addition, an ejector is a fluid machinery to be utilized for mixing fluids, maintaining vacuum, and transporting them. The ejector is placed at mixing point between the anode off gas and the cathode off gas or the fresh air Several ejectors were designed and tested to form a suction on the fuel tail gas and balance the differential pressures between anode and cathode over a range of operating conditions. The tests showed that the design of the nozzle and throat played an important role in balancing the anode tail and cathode inlet gas pressures. The 75kW MCFC system built in our ejector and catalytic burner was successfully operated from Novembe, 2008 to April, 2009. It recorded the voltage of 104V at the current of 754A and reached the maximum generating power of 78.5kW DC. The results for both stand-alone and integration into another balance of plant are discussed.