• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.40-43
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• 2007

The performance of PEMFC stack can be improved significantly by optimizing the design and operating conditions. As a result, the performance of daily operation showed slight deviation (0.02-0.9%) after accumulated DSS operation for 500 hrs but the stack performance was stable. Therefore, it is confirmed that it would be improved the life-time of stack and operation reliability for the commercialization of PEMFC system.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.187-189
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• 2008

화석연료의 고갈과 에너지 공급의 불안정성을 극복하기 위하여 화석연료를 대체할 수 있는 신 재생에너지의 개발이 시급하다. 특히 우리나라는 화석에너지의 수입 의존도가 97% 이상을 상회하고 선진국 대비 4배 이상의 에너지소비증가율을 보이는 우리나라에서는 장기적인 에너지 수급정책의 수립과 신 재생에너지 개발이 절실히 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 신 재생에너지중 세계에서 가장 각광받고있는 연료전지 시스템 중 PEMFC 즉 고분자 연료전지의 직접 설치 구동과 구동특성을 파악하는데 목적을 두고 연구를 진행하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.435-436
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• 2014

최근 대용량 PCS(Power Conditioning System)는 신재생에너지, 에너지저장장치 등의 다양한 산업 분야에서 수요가 증가하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 신재생에너지 분야에서 대용량 시스템으로 발전용 에너지원으로 사용되는 2.8MW 연료전지 시스템의 수랭형 PCS 개발을 위하여 수랭식 IGBT Stack 및 냉각 장치를 설계, 제작하여 열적 안정성을 실험을 통하여 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.142-143
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• 2012

EBOP(Electrical Balance of Plant)는 연료전지 출력인 DC 전원을 전력변환기술을 이용하여 계통 전원에 연계하는 계통 연계형 PCU 시스템이다. EBOP는 연료전지의 DC 전압 특성을 고려하여 인버터를 설계하여야 안정적인 전력 제어가 가능하다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.528-529
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• 2012

연료전지는 매우 늦은 응답속도를 가지므로 부하 증가시 Li-Ion 배터리나 슈퍼 커패시터 같은 별도의 에너지 저장장치로부터 필요한 전류를 공급받도록 구성되는데 이들 사이에서 전력전달을 위해 DC-DC 컨버터가 필수적으로 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 상태평균화 기법과 PWM 스위치 모델을 사용하여 DC-DC 컨버터를 해석하고 시뮬레이션 하였다. 또한 배터리 등가회로를 구성해서 배터리 등가 임피던스를 고려한 이중루프 제어기를 설계하고 정전류/정전압 충전모드 시뮬레이션을 통해 효과를 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.590-591
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 150W급 휴대용 연료전지 Power pack의 사양을 고려한 최적 설계과정을 제시하고, 제작된 시작품을 이용하여 제안된 모드전환 제어 알고리즘을 검증한다. 연료전지, 배터리 및 부하의 상태를 가정하여, 다양한 시나리오에 따른 운전모드 변경 시, 출력전압 제어 성능을 확인한다. 또한, 전부하 영역에서 시스템 효율을 측정하여 효율 성능을 확인한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.139-148
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• 2013

In this study, an ejector was designed to recirculate the anodic off-gas of SOFC, and a parametric study of the system performance was conducted at various ejector entrainment ratios. Aspen Plus, a chemical engineering program, was used to calculate the operational conditions of the ejector. To minimize the calculation load of the CFD and to ensure the global optimum, a genetic algorithm and Kriging model were used for the optimization. The optimization results showed that the dominant design variables of the sonic ejector are the throat diameter and the first flow nozzle position. The designed ejector has enough flexibility for different operating conditions of a 1-kW SOFC system. When the ejector was applied to the SOFC, it reduced 56% of the steam and 8.4% of the fuel compared to the reference case.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.20-31
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• 2007

Material characteristics and lifetime evaluation are very important in design procedure to assure the safety and reliability of the rubber components. In this paper, the NBR compound was prepared by sulfur-cure system, and was used in predicting the lifetime of rubber gasket made by the compound. The accelerated material aging was investigated at different temperatures at 120, 140 and $160^{\circ}C$ and aging time from 3 hours to 600 hours at 5, 6, 7 vol %. of $H_2SO_4$ concentrations The rubber strips were placed in acid solution using pyrex g1ass tube. Both ends of pyrex g1ass tube were sealed to avoid evaporation of solution during heating at given time. The material test and accelerated acid-heat aging test were carried out to predict the useful life of NBR rubber gasket for a fuel cell stack. In order to investigate the effects of acid-heat aging on the properties of the NBR, tensile strength, elongation at break, hardness and crosslink-density were measured. The tensile strength decreases as the $H_2SO_4$ concentrations and temperature increase. Results were evaluated using Arrhenius equation.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.509-515
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• 2014

At the fuel processing system (FPS) of fuel cell vehicle, hydrogen recirculation blower (HRB) is used for the recirculation of remained hydrogen after reaction. In this paper, noise and vibration improvement of HRB is studied by changing design and control. It is checked the campbell diagram and critical speed for stability of rotor, and housing stiffness is improved using simulation of frequency response function (FRF). A method is suggested that can decrease the unbalance amount of the rotor and impeller which main source of noise and vibration. In order to reduce the noise during deceleration of blower, electrical braking is applied and tested the risk impact of durability. Founded the optimum switching frequency of the motor control, and reduced the idle rpm by increasing of aerodynamic performance. The superiority of paper is proved by measurement of the improved product's noise and vibration.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.9-20
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• 2007

Design study on the Gas Turbine High Temperature Reactor 300-Cogeneration (GTHTR300C) aiming at producing both electricity by a gas turbine and hydrogen by a thermochemical water splitting method (IS process method) has been conducted. It is expected to be one of the most attractive systems to provide hydrogen for fuel cell vehicles after 2030. The GTHTR300C employs a block type Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) with thermal power of 600MW and outlet coolant temperature of $950^{\circ}C$. The intermediate heat exchanger (IHX) and the gas turbine are arranged in series in the primary circuit. The IHX transfers the heat of 170MW to the secondary system used for hydrogen production. The balance of the reactor thermal power is used for electricity generation. The GTHTR300C is designed based on the existing technologies of the High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) and helium turbine power conversion and on the technologies whose development have been well under way for IS hydrogen production process so as to minimize cost and risk of deployment. This paper describes the original design features focusing on the plant layout and plant cycle of the GTHTR300C together with present development status of the GTHTR300, IHX, etc. Also, the advantage of the GTHTR300C is presented.