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Geometrically Inhomogeneous Random Configuration Effects of Pt/C Catalysts on Catalyst Utilization in PEM Fuel Cells (연료전지 촉매층 내 촉매활성도에 대한 탄소지지 백금 촉매의 기하학적 비등방성 효과에 관한 연구)

  • Shin, Seungho;Kim, Ah-Reum;Jung, Hye-Mi;Um, Sukkee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.31 no.10
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    • pp.955-965
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    • 2014
  • Transport phenomena of reactant and product are directly linked to intrinsic inhomogeneous random configurations of catalyst layer (CL) that consist of ionomer, carbon-supported catalyst (Pt/C), and pores. Hence, electrochemically active surface area (ECSA) of Pt/C is dominated by geometrical morphology of mass transport path. Undoubtedly these ECSAs are key factor of total fuel cell efficiency. In this study, non-deterministic micro-scale CLs were randomly generated by Monte Carlo method and implemented with the percolation process. To ensure valid inference about Pt/C catalyst utilization, 600 samples were chosen as the number of necessary samples with 95% confidence level. Statistic results of 600 samples generated under particular condition (20vol% Pt/C, 30vol% ionomer, 50vol% pore, and 20nm particle diameter) reveal only 18.2%~81.0% of Pt/C can construct ECSAs with mean value of 53.8%. This study indicates that the catalyst utilization in fuel cell CLs cannot be identical notwithstanding the same design condition.

The Efficiency of NOx Reduction by Regeneration and Wash Coating of Spent RHDM Catalyst (폐 RHDM 촉매의 재생 후 워시코팅에 의한 NOx 저감 효율)

  • Na, Woo-jin;Park, Hea-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.876-885
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    • 2018
  • Utilization of spent RHDM(Residue Hydrodemetallation) catalyst as de-NOx SCR(Selective Catalytic Reduction) catalyst was studied by conducting by heptane cleaning and high-temperature roasting for removal of deposited carbon and sulfur. Followed by oxalic acid leaching was carried out for controlling excess vanadium deposited on spent RHDM catalyst in search of appropriate vanadium loadings for the best SCR performance and the leaching conditions are 5~15wt% concentration of oxalic acid and 5min leaching time at $50^{\circ}C$ with the ultra-sonic agitator. De-NOx activities of prepared and commercial SCR catalyst were measured by the atmospheric SCR catalyst performance test unit, their residual content were also carried out by ICP, C&S Analysis and XRF. Acid leaching (AL-10) catalyst showed the highest de-NOx efficiency of all prepared catalysts and the de-NOx efficiency over wash coated catalyst(WC-AL-10) was equivalent to that of commercial SCR catalyst. Therefore the possibility of using as SCR catalyst for each application by adjusting treatment conditions of spent RHDM catalyst was found and further research will be needed in detail for the its commercialization.

Development of a Novel Process to produce Biodiesel and its use as fuel in CI Engine performance study

  • Mishra, Prasheet;Lakshmi, D.V.N.;Sahu, D.K.;Das, Ratnakar
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.154-161
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    • 2015
  • A novel process has successfully been developed by overcoming major difficulties through the elimination of number of process steps involved in the Classical Transesterification reaction during the preparation of Fatty Acid Methyl/Ethyl Ester (FAME.FAEE) called biodiesel. The Classical process with cost intensive process steps such as the utilization of excess alcohol, needing downstream distillation for the recovery and reutilization of excess alcohol/cosolvent, unrecoverable homogenous catalyst which consumes vast quantity of fresh distilled water during the purification of the product and downstream waste water treatment before its safe disposal to the surface water body. The Novel Process FAME/FAEE is produced from any vegetable oil irrespective of edible or inedible variety using sonication energy. The novelty of the finding is the use of only theoretical quantity of alcohol along with a co-solvent and reduced quantity of homogeneous catalyst. Under this condition neither the homogeneous catalyst goes to the FAME layer nor is the distillation needed. The same ester also has been prepared in high pressure high temperature reactor without using catalyst at sub critical temperature. The quality of prepared biodiesel without involving any purification step meets the ASTM standards. Blended Biodiesel with Common Diesel Fuel (CDF) and FAME is prepared, characterized and used as fuel in the Kirloskar make CI Engines. The evaluation of the engine performance result of pure CDF, B05 biodiesel, B10 biodiesel of all types of biodiesel prepared by using the feedstock of Soybean (Glycine max) and Karanja (Pongamia pinnate) oil along with their mixed oil provides useful information such as brake power, brake thermal efficiency, brake specific fuel consumption, etc, and established it as ideal fuel for unmodified CI engine.

A Study on the Characteristic of Conversion Efficiency for Three-way Catalyst in Hydrogen-Natural Gas Blend Fueled Engine (수소-천연가스 혼합연료 엔진의 삼원촉매 전환효율 특성 연구)

  • Park, Cheol-Woong;Yi, Ui-Hyung;Kim, Chang-Gi;Lee, Janghee
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.23-30
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    • 2016
  • The conventional natural gas engine realized lean combustion for the improved efficiency. However, in order to cope with exhaust gas regulations enforced gradually, the interest has shifted at the stoichiometric mixture combustion system. The stoichiometric mixture combustion method has the advantage of a three-way catalyst utilization whose purification efficiency is high, but the problem of thermal durability and the fuel economy remains as a challenge. Hydrogen-natural gas blend fuel (HCNG) can increase the rate of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) because the hydrogen increases burning speed and lean flammability limit. The increase in the EGR rate can have a positive impact on heat resistance of the engine due to the decreased combustion temperature, and further can increase the compression ratio for efficient combustion. In this study, to minimize the exhaust emission developed HCNG engine with stoichiometric combustion method, developed three-way catalyst was applied to evaluate the conversion characteristics. The tests were carried out during the steady state and transient operating conditions, and the results were compared for both the conventional and proto-three-way catalyst of HCNG engine for city buses.

Peroxopolyoxotungsten-based Ionic Hybrid as a Highly Efficient Recyclable Catalyst for Epoxidation of Vegetable oil with H2O2

  • Wu, Jianghao;Jiang, Pingping;Qin, Xiaojie;Ye, Yuanyuan;Leng, Yan
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.35 no.6
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    • pp.1675-1680
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    • 2014
  • A peroxopolyoxotungsten-based ionic hybrid was synthesized by anion-change of peroxopolyoxometalate (POM) $PW_4O{_{24}}^{3-}$ with dicationic long-chain alkyl imidazolium ionic liquids. The characterization was conducted by FT-IR, TGA, $^1H$-NMR and CHN Elemental analyses. Its catalytic performance was evaluated by the epoxidation of soybean oil with $H_2O_2$ under solvent-free condition, including testing of organic cations influence, catalytic reusability and reaction conditions. The catalyst was proved to be a highly efficient recyclable catalyst for epoxidation of various vegetable oils with $H_2O_2$, showing high $H_2O_2$ utilization efficiency, high catalytic activity, convenient recovery and good reuse ability.

An Experimental Study on the Reaction Characteristics of Anode offgas Catalytic Combustor for 25kW MCFC Systems (25 kW급 MCFC 배가스 촉매연소기의 실험적 연소특성)

  • Lee, Sang Min;Woo, Hyuntack;Ahn, Kook Young
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.11a
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    • pp.92.1-92.1
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    • 2011
  • Anode off-gas of high temperature fuel cells such as MCFC contains a significant amount of combustible components like hydrogen, carbon monoxide and methane according to fuel utilization ratio of the fuel cell stack. Thus, it is important to fully burn anode off-gas and utilize the generated heat in order to increase system efficiency and reduce emissions as well. In the present study, 25 kW catalytic combustor has been developed for the application to a load-following 300kW MCFC system. Mixing and combustion characteristics have been experimentally investigated with the catalytic combustor. Since the performance of catalytic combustor directly depends on the combustion catalyst, this study has been focused on the experimental investigation on the combustion characteristics of multiple catalysts having different structures and compositions. Results show that the exhaust emissions are highly dependent on the catalyst loading and the ratio of catalytic components. Test results at load-following conditions are also shown in the present study.

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A Study on Improvement of OLTP Server Sizing Method (OLTP서버 규모산정방식의 개선에 관한 연구)

  • Ra, Jong-Hei;Choi, Kwang-Don
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.185-195
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    • 2009
  • Hardware sizing is determinated by an increasing rate of operated business and characteristic of adapted technology which are imported systems. Because it is very difficult for intuitive decision of hardware sizing's appropriateness. But in sprite of difficulty, for maximizing the utilization of information resource and the effect of information investment in public sector are need to correctness hardware sizing. In this paper, we proposed hardware sizing method for OLTP server that is make up It's faults of proper proposal method. Our study certainly will act as a catalyst for higher investment-efficiency of future information systems in public sector.

Advancements in High-Efficiency Ammonia Synthesis Technology: A Key Solution for Green Hydrogen Storage in the Carbon-Neutral Era (청정 수소 저장을 위한 고효율, 저탄소 배출 암모니아 합성기술 동향)

  • Weonjun Jeong;Jintae Kim;Kanghee Cho
    • Clean Technology
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.71-93
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    • 2024
  • Recently, the establishment of a hydrogen-based economy and the utilization of low-carbon energy sources, particularly for shipping and power generation, have been in high demand in order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. In particular, ammonia is gaining renewed attention because it is capable of serving as a key facilitator for high-efficiency green hydrogen storage and transportation and it is also capable of serving as a low-carbon energy source. Although ammonia can be synthesized through the Haber-Bosch process, the high energy consumption and carbon emissions associated with this process result in minimal carbon reduction. To address the critical drawbacks of the traditional Haber-Bosch process, various thermochemical synthesis methods have been developed recently, allowing for the synthesis of ammonia with lower carbon emissions and a higher energy efficiency. Research is also progressing in the development of high-performance catalyst materials that are capable of demonstrating sufficient ammonia synthesis performance under milder process conditions compared to conventional methods. Additionally, a variety of different processes such as chemical-looping ammonia synthesis, plasma synthesis, and mechanochemical synthesis are being applied diversely. This review aims to provide a detailed overview of the emerging ammonia synthesis technologies that have been developed to effectively store green hydrogen for future applications.

Honeycomb-structured Fe2O3 Catalysts for Low-temperature CO Oxidation (산화철 허니컴 구조 촉매를 활용한 일산화탄소 저온 산화반응 연구)

  • Lee, Donghun;Uhm, Sunghyun
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.151-154
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    • 2019
  • We report the effective fabrication processes for more practical monolith catalysts consisting of washcoated alumina on a cordierite honeycomb monolith (CHM) and iron oxides nanoparticles in the alumina prepared by a simple dry coating method. It is confirmed that iron oxide nanoparticles were well deposited into the mesopore of washcoated alumina which is formed on the corner wall of honeycomb channel, and the effect of annealing temperature was evaluated for carbon monoxide oxidation catalysts. $Fe_2O_3/{\gamma}-Al_2O_3/CHM$ catalysts annealed at $350^{\circ}C$ exhibited the most enhanced catalytic activity, 100% conversion efficiency at more than $200^{\circ}C$ operating temperature.