• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.169-176
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• 2020

There is a growing interest in hydrogen energy utilization since an alternative energy development has been demanded due to the depletion of fossil fuels. Hydrogen is produced by the reforming reaction of natural gas and biogas, and the electrolysis of water. An solid oxide electrolyte cell (SOEC) is reversible system that generates hydrogen by electrolyzing the superheated steam or producing the electricity from a fuel cell by hydrogen. If the water can be converted into steam by waste heat from other processes it is more efficient for high-temperature electrolysis to convert steam directly. The reasons are based upon the more favorable thermodynamic and electrochemical kinetic conditions for the reaction. In the present study, steam at over 180℃ and 3.4 bars generated from a boiler were converted into superheated steam at over 700℃ and 3 bars using a cylindrical steam superheater as well as the waste heat of the exhaust gas at 900℃ from a solid refuse fuel combustor. Superheated steam at over 700℃ was then supplied to a high-temperature SOEC to increase the hydrogen production efficiency of water electrolysis. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis was conducted on the effects of the number of 90° elbow connector for piping, insulation types and insulation layers of pipe on the exit temperature using a commercial Fluent simulator. For two pre-heater injection method of steam inlet and ceramic wool insulation of 100 mm thickness, the highest inlet temperature of SOEC was 744℃ at 5.9 bar.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.174-178
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• 2005

선박에서 기인하는 여러 해양오염원 중에서, 연간 100억톤 이상 사용되는 밸러스트수에 의하여 야기되는 해양생태계의 교란 파괴는 심각한 문제의 하나로 대두되고 있으며, IMO에서는 밸러스트수 배출규제에 관한 국제협약을 체결 발효할 예정이다. 이러한 IMO 국제협약에 대응하기 위해서는 국내 독자적이고 환경친화적인 대응기술의 개발이 시급히 요구되고 있는 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 현재 세계적으로 개발중에 있는 밸러스트수 처리기술의 개발동향을 분석해 보고, 본 연구진이 대용량으로 해양에서 적조를 성공적으로 제거한 바 있는 실용화기술을 바탕으로, 해수전해법을 밸러스트수 처리기술에 적용하기 위하여 해수전해법의 특징 및 기본원리 등에 대한 기초 연구 및 적용가능성 등에 대한 연구를 수행하였다.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.161-176
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• 2021

In this study, the electrochemical behavior of Sm on the binary liquid Al-Ga cathode in the LiCl-KCl molten salt system is investigated. First, the co-reduction process of Sm(III)-Al(III), Sm(III)-Ga(III), and Sm(III)-Ga(III)-Al(III) on the W electrode (inert) were studied using cyclic voltammetry (CV), square-wave voltammetry (SWV) and open circuit potential (OCP) methods, respectively. It was identified that Sm(III) can be co-reduced with Al(III) or Ga(III) to form Al_zSm_y or Ga_xSm_y intermetallic compounds. Subsequently, the under-potential deposition of Sm(III) at the Al, Ga, and Al-Ga active cathode was performed to confirm the formation of Sm-based intermetallic compounds. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) analyses indicated that Ga₃Sm and Ga₆Sm intermetallic compounds were formed on the Mo grid electrode (inert) during the potentiostatic electrolysis in LiCl-KCl-SmCl₃-AlCl₃-GaCl₃ melt, while only Ga₆Sm intermetallic compound was generated on the Al-Ga alloy electrode during the galvanostatic electrolysis in LiCl-KCl-SmCl₃ melt. The electrolysis results revealed that the interaction between Sm and Ga was predominant in the Al-Ga alloy electrode, with Al only acting as an additive to lower the melting point.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.167-175
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• 2022

Background: Disinfection is essential to provide drinking water from a water source. The disinfection process mainly consists of the use of chlorine and ozone, but when chlorine is used as a disinfectant, the problem of disinfection by-products arises. In order to resolve the issue of disinfection by-products, electro-chlorination technology that produces chlorine-based disinfectants from salt water through electrochemical principles should be applied. Objectives: This study surveys the possibility of optimally producing active chlorine from synthetic NaCl solutions using an electro-chlorination system through RSM. Methods: Response surface methodology (RSM) has been used for modeling and optimizing a variety of water and wastewater treatment processes. This study surveys the possibility of optimally producing active chlorine from synthetic saline solutions using electrolysis through RSM. Various operating parameters, such as distance of electrodes, sodium chloride concentration, electrical potential, and electrolysis time were evaluated. Results: Various operating parameters, such as distance of electrodes, sodium chloride concentration, electrical potential, and electrolysis time were evaluated. A central composite design (CCD) was applied to determine the optimal experimental factors for chlorine production. Conclusions: The concentration of the synthetic NaCl solution and the distance between electrodes had the greatest influence on the generation of hypochlorite disinfectant. The closer the distance between the electrodes and the higher the concentration of the synthetic NaCl solution, the more hypochlorous acid disinfectant was produced.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.431-438
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• 2021

본 연구는 향후 보다 강화될 것으로 예측되어지는 USCG Phase II 형식승인시험을 대비하기 위해 SYBR Green I과 SYBR Gold의 염색 효율을 비교한 후 염색 효율이 높은 시약을 실제 선박평형수처리장치(electrolysis type, UV + electrolysis type)를 통과한 처리수에 적용해서 보았다. 시료의 부피가 0.5 mL ~ 2 mL, 염색 시약(Stock solution)을 100배 및 200배 희석한 조건에서 염색된 바이러스가 가장 선명하게 관찰되었다. SYBR Green I과 SYBR Gold의 염색효율은 장목한 해수조건의 실험구에서 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았지만, SYBR Gold의 노란색에 비해 SYBR Green I으로 염색된 시료에서 발현하는 녹색 형광이 보다 선명해서 관찰이 용이한 것으로 확인되었다. 선박평형수처리장치(electrolysis type, UV + electrolysis type)를 통과하지 않은 실험수 및 대조수에서의 해양 바이러스 현존량은 약 109~1010 VLP 100 mL-1 으로 확인된 반면, 처리수에서는 살아 있는 바이러스가 관찰되지 않았다. 실험수 결과를 보면, SYBR Green I은 해수, 기수, 담수 조건에서 효과적으로 염색이 되는 것으로 확인되었다. 다양한 선박평형수처리기술에 따른 추가적인 검증 및 염색 방법 개발이 필요하지만, SYBR Green I 염색법은 USCG Phase II 미국형식승인시험 바이러스 생산판별에 좋은 대안이 될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2016년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.172-172
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• 2016

The International Maritime Organization(IMO) adopted the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments in 2004 to prevent the transfer of aquatic organisms via ballast water. Forty ballast water treatment systems were granted final approval. A variety of techniques have been developed for ballast water treatment including UV treatment, indirect or direct electrolysis, ozone treatment, chemical compounds and plasma-arc method. In particular, using plasma and ozone nano-bubble treatments have been attracted in the fields. However, these treatment systems have a problem such as remained toxic substance, demand for high power source, low efficiency, ets. In this paper, we present our strilization results obtained from membrane type electrolytic-reduction treatment system The core of an electrolysis unit is an electrochemical cell, which is filled with pure water and has two electrodes connected with an external power supply. At a certain voltage, which is called critical voltage, between both electrodes, the electrodes start to produce hydrogen gas at the negatively biased electrode and oxygen gas at the positively biased electrode. The amount of gases produced per unit time is directly related to the current that passes through the electrochemical cell. From the results, we could confirm the sterilization effect of bacteria such as S. aureus, E. Coli and demonstrate the mechanism of sterilization phenomena by electrolytic-reduction treatment system.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.707-714
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• 2022

Hydrogen production using solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOEC) is a promising technology because of its efficiency, cleanness, and scalability. Especially, high-power SOEC system has received a lot of attention from researchers. This study compared and analyzed the low-power and high-power SOEC system in term of economic. By using revenue requirement method, levelized cost of hydrogen (LCOH) was calculated for comparison. In addition, the sensitivity analysis was performed to determine the dependence of hydrogen cost on input variables. The results indicated that high-power SOEC system is superior to a low-power SOEC system. In the capital cost, the stack cost is dominant in both systems, but the electricity cost is the most contributed factor to the hydrogen cost. If the high-power SOEC system combines with a nuclear power plant, the hydrogen cost can reach 3.65 $/kg when the electricity cost is 3.28 ¢/kWh and the stack cost is assumed to be 574 $/kW.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.345-351
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• 2024

The unitized regenerative fuel cell (URFC) is a method that can reduce costs and increase system simplification by unitizing a fuel cell system and a water electrolysis system. The spray method is suitable as the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) manufacturing method for URFC because it is easy to control the amount of catalyst, the size of the system is small, and economical manufacturing is possible. In this study, a numerical analysis of the effect of solution concentration on the spray method was performed to use it as basic data for the spray method to be used in MEA manufacturing. As result, as the Nafion solution concentration decreases it was found that the spray speed and the mass flow rate and the discrete phase model concentration increases and the spray range widens.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.419-427
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• 2011

고온수증기전기분해(HTSE) 장치의 수소생산 및 열 화학적 특성을 파악하고자 COMSOL $^Multiphysics^{(R)}$를 사용해 2차원 정상상태 수치해석을 실시하였다. 계산을 위한 주요 파라메터로는 작동전압, ASR(Area-specific Resistance) 및 유입가스의 온도와 압력 등이다. 해석결과 1.2454 V에서 Thermal-neutral Voltage가 나타나고, 작동 전압이 증가함에 따라 Cell의 내부 온도가 단조 증가하는 것이 아니라 Thermal-neutral Voltage를 기준으로 낮은 전압에서는 Cell의 온도가 감소하고, 높은 전압에서는 Cell의 온도가 증가하였다. 또한, ASR 값이 증가함에 따라 Cell 내부의 온도는 하강하고, 수소생산율도 낮아지는 경향을 보였다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.443-455
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 낮은 막 저항을 가지는 알칼리 수전해 시스템 적용을 위한 격리막 제조를 위하여 PPS (Polyphenylene sulfide)를 지지체로 사용하고 Polysulfone과 무기물 첨가제를 이용하여 격리막을 제조한 뒤, 지지체의 두께와 다공도에 대한 영향을 분석하였다. 지지체로 사용된 PPS 펠트를 온도(100℃, 150℃, 200℃)와 압력(1톤, 2톤, 3톤, 5톤)의 변수를 두어 압축을 진행하여 두께를 조절하고자 하였으며, 무기입자로서 친수성이 높고 내알칼리성이 뛰어난 BaTiO₃와 ZrO₂를 사용하여 polysulfone과 함께 슬러리를 제조하고 압축한 PPS 펠트 위에 캐스팅하여 다공성 격리막을 제조할 수 있었다. 전자주사현미경(SEM)을 통해 압축 조건에 따른 분리막의 모폴로지 변화를 확인하고, 기공도를 계산하였으며, 압축 조건이 증가할수록 두께와 기공도가 감소하는 경향을 확인하였다. 수전해용 격리막으로서 사용이 가능한지를 확인하기 위하여 다양한 특성 평가를 진행하였다. 기계적강도를 측정한 결과 압축 조건(온도와 압력)이 증가할수록 인장강도가 점차 증가하는 경향을 확인하였다. 최종적으로 내알칼리성 테스트를 통하여 제조한 다공성 격리막이 우수한 내알칼리성을 가지는 것을 확인하였고, I-V 테스트를 통하여 100℃와 150℃ 조건에서 압축된 막들이 기존의 압축하지 않은 막보다 낮은 전압을 가지며 성능이 향상되었다는 것을 확인하였다.