• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2021

Water electrolysis technology, which generates hydrogen using renewable energy resources, has recently attracted great attention. Especially, the polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis system has several advantages over other water electrolysis technologies, such as high efficiency, low operating temperature, and optimal operating point. Since research that analyzes performance characteristics using test bench have high cost and long test time, however, model based approach is very important. Therefore, in this study, a system model for water electrolysis dynamics of a polymer electrolyte membrane was developed based on MATLAB/Simulink®. The water electrolysis system developed in this study can take into account the heat and mass transfer characteristics in the cell with the load variation. In particular, the performance of the system according to the stack temperature control can be analyzed and evaluated. As a result, the developed water electrolysis system can analyze water pump dynamics and hydrogen generation according to temperature dynamics by reflecting the dynamics of temperature.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.234-242
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• 2009

This study was attempted to develop surface washing-system of ginseng. The effect of sterilization, washing and keeping freshness of ginseng through analyzing unit process were examined to establish optimal condition for washing system. Surface washing method of fresh ginseng used two way and full cone spray type. Sterilization was used at $2^{\circ}C$ water with electrolysis water of 50 and 80 ppm. Ginseng was sterilized with electrolysis water during 30 and 60 s, dehydrated during 1 min and dried during 1min at 30 and $50^{\circ}C$. Hardness of surface-washed ginseng showed good result on 1 min spraying time with 80 ppm electrolysis water at $10^{\circ}C$ storage. Ginseng with 80 ppm electrolysis water was sterilized better with $1.05{\times}103$. There are no changes with 0% on appearance quality at 80 ppm electrolysis.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.1385-1391
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• 2015

A water reuse system was designed for a demonstration plant by combining fiber filtration and electrolysis. A discharged dye wastewater after treated with biomedia was used in this study. It was found that an additional removal of suspended solids (SS) was feasible with 2-stage filtration while electrolysis was not effective. Also, $COD_{cr}$ and $COD_{Mn}$ were not removed with 2 -stage filtration but electrolysis resulted in about 26.9% additional removal. This indicates that electrolysis play an important role in organic removal. Removal of T-N and T-P was negligible with 1 and 2-stage fiber filtration and low-level electrolyte. However, with 2000 ppm of electrolyte, their removal efficiencies were about 83.1 and 60%, respectively, suggesting that the removal rates are well associated with the electrolyte concentrations. With high-level electrolyte, colority was removed about 82% while chlorine ions were removed only about 10%. Therefore, to treat underground water containing high-level salinity in the follow-up study, based on the results in this paper, a combined system with selection of additional unit process and reverse osmosis will be designed.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.601-609
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• 2017

Hydrogen is a clean, endlessly produced energy and it is easy to store and transfer. So, hydrogen is regarded as next generation energy. Among various ways for hydrogen production, the way to produce hydrogen by water electrolysis can effectively respond to fossil fuel's depletion or climate change. As interest in hydrogen has increased, related research has been actively conducted in many countries. In this study, we analyzed the performance characteristics and safety of water electrolysis system. In this study, we analyzed the performance characteristics and safety of water electrolysis system. The items for safety performance evaluation of the water electrolysis system were derived through analysis of international regulations, codes, and standards on hydrogen. Also, a prototype of the overall safety performance evaluation station was designed and developed. The demonstration test was performed with a prototype $10Nm^3/h$ class water electrolysis system that operated stably under various pressure conditions while measuring the stack and system efficiency. At 0.7MPa, the efficiency of the alkaline water electrolysis stack and the system that used in this study was 76.3% and 49.8% respectively. Through the GC analysis in produced $H_2$, the $N_2$ (5,157ppm) and $O_2$ (1,646 ppm) among Ar, $O_2$, $N_2$, CO and $CO_2$ confirmed as main impurities. It can be possible that the result of this study can apply to establish the safety standards for the hydrogen production system by water electrolysis.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.264-270
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• 2006

In this research, volume reduction of activated sludge using electrolysis was studied to find an optimum condition using lab scale experiments. Wasted sludge was treated by electrolysis with controlling current density, chloride concentration, electrode distance, and reaction time. Volume of return sludge was reduced by 9.79% in average while maximum was 16.7%. Sludge volume reduction efficiency was affected by current density and reaction time. It was reversely proportional to the electrode distance. Especially current density was effective on the system performance significantly. Electric conductivity, salinity and COD were increased by electrolysis implying sludge disintegrated and converted to COD in part. An empirical equation for total solid removal efficiency by electrolysis was proposed by multiple linear regression analysis as: $TS_{rem}$(%) = 5.534 ${\times}$ current density (A/l) + 0.178 ${\times}$ reaction time (m) + 2.758.

• 멤브레인
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.433-442
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 수전해용 ionomer의 분자동역학 전산모사 모델 제작을 위하여, 과량의 물 분자가 존재하는 수전해 시스템의 특성을 반영한 ionomer 모델을 제작한 후, 기존 연료전지용 전해질막 전산모사 조건에 맞춰 제작한 ionomer 모델과 비교하였다. 최종적으로 얻어진 모델은 과불소계 ionomer의 중요 특징 중 하나인 명확한 상분리 및 수화채널이 관찰되었으며, 과량의 물 및 높은 운전 온도 조건에서도 물에 녹지 않고 안정된 구조를 나타내었다. 제조된 ionomer 모델에서는 과량의 물분자로 인한 이온 희석 효과로 이온 전달 성능 감소가 나타났으며, 반대로 수소 기체의 투과는 더 증가할 것으로 분석되었다. 따라서 이러한 수전해 시스템의 특성을 반영한 수전해용 ionomer 분자 구조 설계 전략이 필요하고, 분자동역학 전산모사 연구 시에도 이를 감안한 수전해용 ionomer 모델 제작이 필요하다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.331-337
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• 2017

Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis (PEMWE) is one of the most popular and widely used methods for hydrogen production. PEMWE contributes to eco-friendly system via its energy storage system application, hence making it environmentally friendly to use. However, its main drawback is contamination of proton exchange membrane during water electrolysis. Existing cation such as magnesium, calcium and the likes are the cause for membrane contamination. As a result, the cation contamination give rise to degradation of performance of electrolysis and the reverse electrolysis is effective method to remove cation.

• 공업화학
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.389-398
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• 2019

수소에너지는 화석연료의 사용으로 인해 나타나는 기후변화의 문제를 해결할 수 있는 방안일 뿐 아니라 산업용 전력 생산, 자동차용 연료 등을 위한 대체가능한 에너지로 인식되고 있다. 수소제조 방법 중 물의 전기분해를 이용한 방법이 가장 효율적이고 실용적인 방법으로 여겨지고 있으며, 수소를 물로부터 직접 제조하는 방법은 화석연료 이용 제조 방법과 비교하여 보았을 때 지구환경 오염물질인 메탄, 이산화탄소 등의 배출이 없다. 본 총설은 수소제조 방법 중 하나인 물 전기분해의 종류인 알칼리 수전해(alkaline water electrolysis, AWE), 고분자전해질막 수전해(polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis, PEMWE)에 대해서 분석하고 최근 연구 중인 탄화수소 전해질막의 동향 및 전해질막의 문제점인 크로스오버현상에 대해 설명하였다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.477-486
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• 2017

수소는 산업용 전력생산, 자동차용 연료 등을 위한 대체가능한 에너지 담체로 인식되고 있다. 미래 저탄소 에너지 시스템에서 에너지 저장은 전력 수요에 유연하지 않거나 간헐적인 공급의 균형을 이루기 위한 중추적인 역할을 담당할 수 있을 것이다. 수소는 에너지 담체로서 전기에너지를 화학에너지로, 화학에너지를 전기에너지로 변환할 수 있는 에너지 저장 방법 중의 하나이다. 수소제조 방법 중에서, 특히, 물의 전기분해를 이용한 방법은 신재생 에너지원과의 접목을 고려할 때 가장 효율적이고 실용적인 방법으로 여겨지고 있다. 물 전기분해 수소제조 기술은 전기를 이용하여 수소를 물로부터 직접 제조하는 방법으로, 화석연료 이용 제조방법과 비교하여 수소를 제조할 때 지구환경 오염물질인 이산화탄소의 배출이 없다. 수소제조 방법 중의 하나인 물 전기분해의 원리와 물 전기분해의 종류인 알칼리 수전해(AWE, alkaline water electrolysis), 고분자 전해질막 수전해(PEMWE, polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis), 고온 수증기 전기분해(HTSE, high temperature steam electrolysis)에 대하여 분석하고자 하였다. 물 전기분해는 수소제조 방법의 하나로 연구가 진행되고 있으며, 최근에는 PTG (power to gas)와 PTL (power to liquid) 시스템의 요소기술로도 주목을 받고 있다. 본 총설에서는 물 전기분해에 대한 원리와 종류, 특히 알칼리 수전해에 대한 최근 연구동향에 대해 설명하였다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.302-312
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• 2019

The voltage produced from the salinity gradient in reverse electrodialysis (RED) increases proportionally with the number of cell pairs of alternating cation and anion exchange membranes. Large-scale RED systems consisting of hundreds of cell pairs exhibit high voltage of more than 10 V, which is sufficient to utilize water electrolysis as the electrode reaction even though there is no specific strategy for minimizing the overpotential of water electrolysis. Moreover, hydrogen gas can be simultaneously obtained as surplus energy from the electrochemical reduction of water at the cathode if the RED system is equipped with proper venting and collecting facilities. Therefore, RED-driven water electrolysis system can be a promising solution not only for sustainable electric power but also for eco-friendly hydrogen production with high purity without $CO_2$ emission. The RED system in this study includes a high membrane voltage from more than 50 cells, neutral-pH water as the electrolyte, and an artificial NaCl solution as the feed water, which are more universal, economical, and eco-friendly conditions than previous studies on RED with hydrogen production. We measure the amount of hydrogen produced at maximum power of the RED system using a batch-type electrode chamber with a gas bag and evaluate the interrelation between the electric power and hydrogen energy with varied cell pairs. A hydrogen production rate of $1.1{\times}10^{-4}mol\;cm^{-2}h^{-1}$ is obtained, which is larger than previously reported values for RED system with simultaneous hydrogen production.