• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.60 no.6
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• pp.433-440
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• 2023

This study aims to establish safety zones for bunkering operations of hydrogen propulsion ships in coastal areas through risk assessment and evaluate their validity. Using a 350 kW-class ferry operating in Busan Port as the subject of analysis, with quantitative risk assessment based on accident consequence and frequency analysis, along with a social risk assessment considering population density. The results of the risk assessment indicate that all scenarios were within acceptable risk criteria and ALARP region. The most critical accident scenarios involve complete hose rupture during bunkering, resulting in jet flames (Frequency: 2.76E-06, Fatalities: 9.81) and vapor cloud explosions (Frequency: 1.33E-08, Fatalities: 14.24). For the recommended safety zone criteria in the 6% hose cross-sectional area leakage scenario, It could be appropriate criteria considering overall risk level and safety zones criteria for hydrogen vehicle refueling stations. This research contributes to establishing safety zone for bunkering operations of hydrogen propulsion ships through risk assessment and provides valuable technical guidelines.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.162-168
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• 2023

The fast refueling process of compressed hydrogen has an important impact on the filling efficiency and safety. With the development and use of hydrogen energy, the demand for precision measurement of filling hydrogen thermodynamic parameters is also increasing. In this paper, the compressibility factor calculation model of high-pressure hydrogen gas was studied, and the basic equation of state and thermo-physical parameters were calculated. The hydrogen density data provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology was compared with the calculation results of each model. Results show that at a pressure of 0.1-100 MPa and a temperature of 233-363 K, the calculation accuracy of the Zheng-Li equation of state was less than 0.5%. In the range of 0.1-70 MPa, the accuracy of Redich-Kwong equation is less than 3%. The hydrogen pressure more influences on the compressibility factor than the hydrogen temperature does. Using the Zheng-Li equation of state to calculate the compressibility factor of on-board high pressure hydrogen can obtain high accuracy.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.152-161
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• 2024

In this study, a fuel cell system for future defense unmanned vehicles was designed and validated. A Co/Al₂O₃-Ni foam catalyst for NaBH₄ hydrolysis was characterized using several analytical methods. A NaBH₄ hydrogen generation system with the Co/Al₂O₃-Ni foam catalyst continuously generated hydrogen at elevated reaction temperatures. The fuel cell system with the NaBH₄ hydrogen generation system was designed and tested. The performance of the fuel cell system was comparable to that of the fuel cell system using pure hydrogen. Therefore, the fuel cell system with the NaBH₄ hydrogen generation system is a suitable power source for future defense unmanned vehicles owing to its easy refueling and simple system.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.19-29
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• 2021

Due to the climate changing, the world's countries are tightening regulations on CO2 and air pollutants emission to solve them. In addition, eco friendly vehicles is increasing to replace automobiles in internal combustion engine. Recently, the government is supporting the expansion of hydrogen refueling infrastructure and localization of core equipment in refueling facilities according to the hydrogen economy road map. In this study, design of the Excess flow limiting device in FCEV cylinder valve using by finite element analysis and performed performance tests on prototype. Major test results as hydrostatic strength, continued operation, operation, pressure impulse, leakage showed that the excess flow limiting device meets the performance requirements according to ISO 12619-2 and ISO 12619-11.

• Prospectives of Industrial Chemistry
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.36-51
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• 2021

오늘날 수소는 화석연료와 다르게 친환경 측면, 신사업 창출 및 국내 에너지 안보 확대 측면에서 미래에너지원으로 각광받고 있다. 이에 따라 세계 유수의 자동차 기업들이 궁극의 차량이라는 수소전기차 기술 개발 및 상용화에 주력하고 있으며 각국은 자국의 수소인프라의 핵심인 수소충전소 구축 전략을 강화하고 있다. 또한 수소전기차 초기 보급을 활성화하기 위해 국가 지원하에 수소충전소 공급을 적극 추진하고 있다. 전 세계적으로 500개 이상의 수소충전소가 건설, 운영 및 계획되고 있다. 국내에서도 수소전기차, 수소버스 및 수소트럭 등 보급 계획과 더불어 이에 필요한 수소충전소 공급 로드맵을 연도별로 발표하는 등 수송분야에 수소 에너지 도입이 강력하게 진행되고 있다. 그러나 우리나라 수소충전소 구축에 필요한 설비 등은 아직 자체 조달이 거의 이루어지지 않아 많은 설비 및 부품들이 국외 도입에 따른 여러 문제점들로 인해 어렵게 구축된 많은 수소충전소 운영이 원활하지 않은 상황이다. 따라서 국내외 수소충전소 구축 현황 및 계획에 대해 정리 및 분석하여 국내의 수소충전소 구축 및 운영에 대한 이슈들을 알아보고 해결해야 할 과제는 어떤 것이 있는지 알아보고자 한다.

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.10 no.3 s.30
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• pp.9-18
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• 2005

During a hypothetical severe accident in a nuclear power plant (NPP), hydrogen is generated by the active reaction of fuel-cladding and steam in the reactor pressure vessel and released with steam into the containment. In order to mitigate hydrogen hazards possibly occurred in the NPP containment, hydrogen mitigation system (HMS) is usually adopted. The design of the next generation NPP (APR1400) designed in Korea specifies 26 passive autocatalytic recombiners and 10 igniters installed in the containment for the hydrogen mitigation. in this study, the analysis of the hydrogen and steam behavior during a total lose of feed water (TLOFW) accident in the APR1400 containment has been conducted by using the CFD code GASFLOW. During the accident, a huge amount of hot water, steam, and hydrogen is released in the in-containment refueling water storage tank (IRWST). The current design of the APR1400 includes flap-type dampers at the IRWST vents which are operated depending on the pressure difference between inside and outside of the IRWST. it was found that the flaps strongly affects the flow structure of the steam and hydrogen in the containment. The possibilities of a flame acceleration and transition from deflagration to detonation (DDT) were evaluated by using Sigma-Lambda criteria. Numerical results indicate the DDT possibility could be heavily reduced in the IRWST compartment when the flaps are installed.

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.75-86
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• 2012

We developed a preliminary CFD analysis methodology to predict a pressure build up due to hydrogen flame acceleration in the APR1400 IRWST on the basis of CFD analysis results for test data of hydrogen flame acceleration in a scaled-down test facility performed by Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. We found out that ANSYS CFX-13 with a combustion model of the so-called turbulent flame closure and a model constant of A = 5.0, a grid model with a hexahedral cell length of 5.0 mm, and a time step size of $1.0{\times}10^{-5}$ s can be a useful tool to predict the pressure build up due to the hydrogen flame acceleration in the test results. Through the comparison of the simulated results with the test results, we found out that the proposed CFD analysis methodology enables us to predict the peak pressure within an error range of about ${\pm}29%$ for the hydrogen concentration of 19.5%. However, the error ranges of the peak pressure for the hydrogen concentration of 15.4% and 18.6% were about 66% and 51%, respectively. To reduce the error ranges in case of the hydrogen concentration of 15.4% and 18.6%, some uncertainties of the test conditions should be clarified. In addition, an investigation for a possibility of flame extinction in the test results should be performed.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.29-34
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• 2019

In this study, a quantitative risk assessment was carried out for a hydrogen complex station. The complex fueling station to be evaluated was hydrogen-LPG, and the components of each station were analyzed and the risk was evaluated. The final risk is assessed by individual and societal risks, taking into account the impact of damage and the frequency of accidents. As a result of individual risk calculation for the hydrogen-LPG fueling station that is the subject of this study, the hydrogen-LPG type fueling station does not show the unacceptable hazardous area (> 1 × 10E-3) proposed by HSE. The level of individual risk for both the public and the worker is within acceptable limits. In societal risk assessment, the model to be interpreted shows the distribution of risks in an acceptable range(ALARP, As Low As Reasonably Practicable). To ensure improved safety, we recommend regular inspections and checks for high-risk hydrogen reservoirs, dispensers, tube trailer leaks, and LPG vapor recovery lines.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.30-36
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• 2022

In commercial transactions of energy sources using hydrogen charging stations, high-accuracy flow meters are needed to prevent accidents such as overcharging due to inaccurate measurements and to ensure transparency in hydrogen commercial transactions through accurate measurements. This research developed a Corioli-type flowmeter prototype and conducted a risk assessment to prevent accidents during a process change comparison experiment for existing charging stations to verify the measurement performance. A process change section was defined for the installation of measurement facilities for empirical experiments and HAZOP was conducted. In addition, JSA was also conducted to secure the safety of experimenters, such as preventing valve mis-opening during empirical experiments. Measures were established to improve the risk factors derived through HAZOP, and work procedures were established to minimize human errors and ensure the safety of workers through JSA. The design change and system manufacturing for the installation of the metering system were completed by reflecting the risk assessment results, and safety could be confirmed through the performance comparison test of the developed meter prototype. The developed prototype flow meter showed a total of 30 flow measurements under the operating conditions of 70 MPa, and the average error was -1.58% to 3.96%. Such a metering error was analyzed to have the same performance as a flow meter installed and operated for commercial use.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.25-28
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• 2006

수소는 청정에너지로서 미래에너지의 대안으로 여겨지고 있기 때문에 수소에너지 관련 기술은 미래 국가 경쟁력을 좌우할 것으로 예상되며 이러한 수소에너지의 핵심인 수소스테이션 관련 기술은 국가연료전지 시장을 비롯한 수소자동차 사업 전반에 커다란 영향을 미칠 것으로 예상되고 있다. 이에 따라 전 세계적으로 수소에너지를 차세대 에너지원으로 개발하기 위하여 전력을 다하고 있으며, 수소연료전지자동차 개발과 아울러 수소스테이션 개발에 대한 인프라 구축 및 실증연구가 본격적으로 이루어지고 있다. 국내에서도 가스공사를 비롯한 에너지 관련 기업에서 수소스테이션 건설이 추진되고 있으며, 본 연구에서도 수소인프라 구축의 일환으로 추진되고 있는 수소스테이션 개발 현황에 대하여 논의하고자 한다.