• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.45-53
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• 2013

Fuel cell power system is one of the most promising energy source for the alternative energy because it has unique advantages such as high energy density, no power drop during operation, and feasible to make compact size. However, due to very low response time, fuel cell is difficult to correspond to drastic load changes and start-up operation. For solving these problem, fuel cell power system must include energy storage device such as Li-Poly battery or super capacitor. Therefore, bi-directional DC-DC converter must be required for this storage device and fuel cell-PCS control. This paper presents a design and modeling of the bi-directional DC/DC converter. Firstly, we present modeling the boost and buck mode of the bi-directional converter through both PWM switch model and state space averaging technique. Secondly, in order to minimize output ripple and transient response overshoot, we have two identical DC-DC converters interleaved and adopt two-loop voltage-current controller. The proposed bi-directional DC-DC converter's modeling method and control design have been verified with computer simulation and experimentation.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.421-429
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 100 kW급 연료전지 시스템의 운영을 위한 공정 및 CFD 모델링을 진행하였다. 공정 모델링을 통해 연료전지 각 단위 공정에 유입되는 유량을 도출하였으며 수소로 전환되지 않는 디젤의 환류량을 도출하였다. 디젤의 환류를 고려한 새로운 유입 유량 조건을 이용해 CFD 해석을 진행한 결과, 환류 디젤이 없는 것으로 가정한 이전 연구결과에 비해 더 짧은 유입시간과 비슷한 시간의 처리시간을 가지는 이점이 있음을 확인하였다. 6기의 탈황 반응기를 이용해 100 kW급 연료전지를 가동시키는데 필요한 TSA 탈황 시스템 구성을 완료하였으며 전체 TSA 공정 운영을 위한 운용 방안을 도출하였다. 반응기 사이의 열 전달 해석을 통해 저온의 탈황공정과 고온의 재생공정 간의 열 간섭이 크지 않음을 확인하였다. 본 연구결과는 연료전지 시스템의 효율화에 기여할 것이며, 도출된 탈황모듈의 설계는 연료전지 시스템뿐만 아니라 청정 석유화학산업의 기초가 될 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.92-96
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• 2003

Feul-Cell system consists of fuel reformer, stack and energy translator. Among these parts, stack is a core part which produces electricity directly. In order to set a stack module, fabrication of appropriate stack, design of water flow path in stack and control of coolant are needed. Especially, oater or air is used as a coolant to dissipate heat. The different temperature of each electric cell after cooling affects the performance of the stack. Therefore, it is necessary that the relationship between coolant hearing rate, width of stack, properties of stack, and the shape of water flow path must be understood. For the optimal design, the computational simulation by CFD-ACE has been conducted and the resulting database has been constructed.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.408-421
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• 2008

In this paper, the parallel operation for a FC generation system is introduced and designed in order to increase the capacity for the distributed generation of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) system. The equipment is the type that is used by parallel operated PEMFC generation systems which have two PEMFC systems, two dc/dc boost converters with shared dc link, and a grid-connected dc/ac inverter for embedded generation. The system requirement for the purpose of parallel operated generation using PEMFC system is also described. Aspects related to the mechanical (MBOP) and electrical (EBOP) component, size, and system complexity of the distributed generation system, it is explained in order to design an optimal distributed generation system using PEMFC. The optimal controller design for the parallel operation of the converter is suggested and informative simulations and experimental results are provided.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.442-449
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• 2018

Research on High temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cell (HT-PEMFC) has actively been conducted all over the world. Since the HT-PEMFC can be operated at a high temperature of $120-180^{\circ}C$ using phosphoric acid-doped polybenzimidazole (PBI) electrolyte membrane, it has considerable advantages over conventional PEMFC in terms of operating conditions and system efficiency. However, If the thermal distribution is not uniform in the stack unit, degradation due to local reaction and deterioration of lifetime are difficult to prevent. The thin plate separator reduces the volume of the fuel cell stack and improves heat transfer, consequently, enhancing the cooling effect. In this paper, a large area flow field of thin plate separator for HT-PEMFC is designed and sub-stack is fabricated. We have studied stack performance evaluation under various operating conditions and it has been verified that the proposed design can achieve acceptable stack performance at a wide operating range.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2004

최근, 연료전지는 새로운 발전시스템으로 주목받고 있다. 연료전지는 저전압/대전류의 전기적 특성을 가진다. 그러므로 일반 상용부하에 적용하기 위해서는 승압용 컨버터와 인버터가 필요하다. 제안된 시스템은 연료전지의 전압을 380[Vdc]로 승압하기 위한 절연형 DC-DC 컨버터와 단상 220[Vac]로 변환하기 위한 LC 필터를 가진 PWM 인버터로 구성된다. 또한, 연료전지 발전시스템용 양방향 DC-DC 컨버터는 부하 응답 특성을 개선시키기 위하여 구성하였다. 본 논문에서는 풀 브리지 컨버터와 단상 인버터를 설계하고 제작하였으며, 시뮬레이션과 실험을 통해 연료전지 발전 시스템이 분산전원에 적용이 가능함을 보여준다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제58권2호
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• pp.314-321
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• 2009

In this paper, the robust nonlinear observer will be developed for PEM fuel cell system. Nonlinear model of PEM fuel cell system is introduced to study the design problems of observer. Sliding mode observer is designed to estimate the cathode and anode pressures of PEMFC system. And a nonlinear state observer is also designed to estimate the other states such as supply manifold pressure, Oxygen pressure, Hydrogen pressure, return manifold pressure, etc. The validity of the proposed observer will be verified by using Lyapunov's stability analysis method.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.542-550
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• 2021

As the application of multirotor grows, the demands for multirotor that can fly longer and load more are increasing. Hydrogen has a high energy density, so it can satisfy these demands when used in multirotor. In order to design hydrogen fueled multirotor that satisfies the desired flight time and payload, it is important to calculate the specifications of a fuel cell, battery, and hydrogen storage system. This paper contains detailed information on various energy systems used in multirotor and fuel cell powered multirotor research trends. This study proposed a sizing calculation method that meets the target flight time and payload using thrust and power equations. It has been explained how the two equations derive the particular specifications. The specifications of the multirotor were derived by assuming a payload of 50 kg and a flight time of 1 hour. In addition, the effects of the values of the fuel cell, hydrogen storage system, and motor propeller were analyzed.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.87.1-87.1
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• 2011

The residential Fuel Cell system has high efficiency of 85% with transferring natural gas to electrical power and heat, directly and it is a friendly environmental new technology in that $CO_2$ emission can reduce 40% compared with conventional power generator and boiler. The residential fuel cell system consists of two main parts which have electrical and hot storage units. The electrical unit contains a fuel processor, a stack, an inverter, a control unit and balance of plant(BOP), and the cogeneration unit has heat exchanger, hot water tank, and auxiliaries. 5kW class fuel process was developed and tested from 2009, it was evaluated for long-term durability and reliability test including with improvement in optimal operation logic. Stack development was crried out through improvement of design and evaluation protocol. Development of system controller was successfully accomplished through strenuous efforts and original control logic was optimized in 5kW class PEMFC system. In addition, we have been focused on development of system process and assembly technology, which bring about excellent improvement of reliability of system. The 5kW class PEMFC system was operated under dynamic conditions for 1,000 hours and it showed a good performance of total efficiency and durability.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.694-702
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• 2014

One of the most important devices in an underwater vessel is a propulsion system. It should be a quiet and efficient system for stealthy operations in the large mission area. Hence lead-acid battery system has been used to supply the energy to electric motor. Recent technological developments and improvements, such as polymer electrolyte membrane(PEM) fuel cell and lithium polymer battery and have created the potential to improve overall power and propulsion performance. An underwater vessel always starts their mission with a limited energy and is not easy to refuel. Therefore design of energy elements, such as fuel cell and battery, and their load distribution are important to increase the maximum operating time of underwater vessel. In this paper, the lead-acid battery/PEM fuel cell and lithium polymer battery/PEM fuel cell were suggested as propulsion system and their performances were analyzed by modeling and simulation using Matlab/Simulink. Each model concentrated on representing the characteristics of energy element depending on demand current. As a result the effect of load distribution between battery and fuel cell was evaluated and the operation time of each propulsion system was able to be estimated exactly.