산업이 발전함에 따라 전 세계적으로 환경오염에 대한 문제가 대두되고 있으며, 자동차 배출가스 규제도 점점 강화되고 있다. 하지만, 배출가스는 단순한 자동차만의 문제가 아닌 연료물성성분에 따른 영향도 받는 것으로 알려져 있으며, 특히, 디젤엔진의 경우 CRDI 엔진이 개발 및 상용화되면서 고성능 엔진은 고성능 연료를 필요로 하고, 그 중 대표적인 것이 연료의 윤활성으로 밝혀진바, 이에 본 연구에서는 연료물성변화가 자동차 주요부품 및 배출가스에 미치는 영향을 확인하고자 하였다. 윤활성이 취약한 연료 (651㎛/품질기준 400㎛이하)를 차량에 사용하여 고압펌프 및 인젝터, 매연저감장치 등의 파손이 발생하며, 매연 및 배출가스, 연비가 악화되는 것을 확인하였다. 또한, 파손된 매연저감장치(DPF)를 확인한 결과 철분성분이 다량 검출되었으며 이는 연료에 철분성분이 많이 함유되어 있어, 배출가스에 영향을 미쳐 매연저 감장치(DPF)의 처리능력을 초과한 입자상물질의 배출로 인한 파손으로 추정 및 확인하였다.

원자력발전소내 습식저장중인 사용후핵연료의 건식저장을 위해서는 캐니스터 내부에 사용후핵연료를 옮겨 담은 이후, 건 식저장 캐니스터 내장품이나 사용후핵연료 다발의 부식방지 및 피복관의 열화방지를 위해 모든 수분은 제거해야 한다. 캐 니스터 내부의 수분을 제거하는데 사용할 수 있는 기체강제순환 건조시스템 개발을 위한 연구개발이 진행중이다. 본 연구 에서는 기체강제순환 건조시스템 설계, 제작을 위한 예비설계를 수행하였다. 예비설계에는 캐니스터 내부 잔존수분 제거를 위한 건조사례조사, 건조관련 규격이나 표준, 건조합격기준, 건조장치구성, 현장요구분석, 습식저장중인 사용후핵연료 특성 을 포함하였다. 예비설계를 통하여 기체강제순환 건조시스템의 설계 개념도와 P&ID를 도출하였고, 이를 활용하여 건조시 스템 제작을 위한 상세설계를 수행할 것이다.

The biomethane fuel used in this study was produced from domestic biogas plants and used the same fuel currently used for CNG vehicles. The components were analyzed, and a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GC/MS) was used for component analysis. As a result of analyzing 4 peak values of them, phenethylamine, cyclotrisiloxane, cyclotetrasiloxane and cyclopentasiloxane were detected at the running times of 1.422min, 6.550min, 11.500min, and 14.833min. Most of them were composed of siloxane series, and some other components were present.

To study the effects of the gas channel wall contact angle on the behavior of a liquid water slug, numerical simulations are performed with the volume of fluid (VOF) method. Two different contact angle combinations on the side and top channel walls are selected. In comparison to the reference case, the water slug is removed faster when the hydrophobic contact angle is applied selectively in the corner section.

전세계적으로 화석연료의 과다한 사용으로 인한 지구온난화 및 고유가 시대에 직면하고 있다. 이에 따라 세계 각국은 신재생에너지 개발 및 적용을 통해 지구온난화문제와 에너지 자립화를 위한 노력을 기울이고 있다. 바이오 메탄은 실현 가능성이 가장 높은 분야의 하나로, 대부분 음식물 쓰레기 처리장, 매립지, 축산폐수 및 하폐수 처리시설에서 혐기성소화공정을 통해 얻어진다. 발생된 메탄가스를 정제하여 고순도로 이용하는 기술은 설치비가 저렴하고 운전이 편리하여 유럽을 비롯한 전세계에서 상용화되어 왔으며 IEA 자료에 의하면 고순도화 플랜트의 설치사례가 2011년 이후 급격히 증가되었다. 본 발표에서는 전세계 정제플랜트의 시장규모, 국내외 기술현황, 화학연구원에서 개발중인 분리막 정제기술의 연구를 소개하고자 한다.

Numerical simulations of liquid water droplets interacting with gas channel walls in a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell are performed with the volume of fluid (VOF) method. To investigate the effect of channel wall wettability, the contact angles of gas diffusion layer (GDL) and the side/top walls are varied as 45, 90, and 140 degrees. Two different water injection inlet locations are selected to investigate the interactions of liquid water with the different gas channel walls. As the GDL contact angle increases, the GDL surface water coverage ratio and the water volume ratio decrease. When the water injection hole is located near the side wall, the GDL surface water coverage ratio decreases and the water volume ratio increases as the contact angle of the side and top walls decreases. In conclusion, the GDL surface water coverage ratio and the water volume ratio may compete with each other to determine the fuel cell performance.

To conduct a nuclear fuel irradiation test, the inside of the nuclear fuel rod must be assembled along with the test fuel, several different parts, and sensors, and then filled with high-pressure and high-purityhelium gas. Therefore, it is necessary to develop helium gas filling techniques that can achieve exact TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) spot welding at a pin-hole of the nuclear fuel rod to fill helium gas into the nuclear fuel test rod. However, previous apparatuses do not have repeatability for TIG spot welding as they lack an electrode position control jig to exactly fix a TIG electrode in a high-pressure chamber, and they consume a large amount of helium gas. Therefore, a TIG spot welding apparatus was developed to easily and accurately conduct TIG spot welding and significantly reduce the gas consumption. In addition, the optimum welding conditions of this welding apparatus were established through various weld tests.

A numerical analysis was performed to study PEMFC performance characteristics depending on the flow direction of cathode reactant gas, cathode relative humidity, and porosity of gas diffusion layer. As cathode relative humidity decreases and porosity increases, current density increases due to better diffusion of reactant gas to cathode surface. As current density increases, power density increases initially and then decreases with its maximum located around current density value of 2.2 Amperes per square centimeter. From the analysis of current density distribution inside membrane, the counter-flow cases show more uniform profile across the membrane than the co-flow cases due to more uniform reactant gas supply.

Hydrogen has the very high heating value by comparing with other fuels and its combustion exhausts no carbon. But hydrogen causes the very high adiabatic flame temperature which generates thermal NOx. In this study, two cases of experiments were performed to compare engine characteristics. First and second cases are for only diesel combustion engine and mixed hydrogen diesel engine respectively. To verify the effect of mixed hydrogen-diesel combustion engine, the exhausted gas from modified dual fuel diesel engine was analyzed. In addition, diesel consumption per kWh for each case was estimated to validate its economic feasibility. By mixing hydrogen with 5kW brown(hydrogen-oxygen mixture) gas generator, the amount of CO(carbon mono-oxide) decreased from 330ppm to 210ppm by improving combustion and the amount of NOx increased from 390ppm to 520ppm by higher temperature of combustion chamber. Diesel consumption per kWh decreased from 450cc to 410cc but actually increased until 480cc because of the power of brown gas generator

The smoke emission of biodiesel fuel was reduced remarkably in comparison with diesel fuel, that is, it was reduced approximately 36% at 2000rpm, full load condition. And, power, torque and brake specific energy consumption showed no significant differences. However, NOx emission of biodiesel fuel was increased compared with commercial diesel fuel. Also, the effects of exhaust gas recirculation(EGR) to reduce the NOx emission has been investigated. It was found that simultaneous reduction of smoke and NOx was achieved with biodiesel fuel(20vol-%) and cooled EGR method(10∼15%).

본 연구에서는 고분자전해질 연료전지의 연료가습을 위하여 막 증발법을 적용한 막가습기를 제작하여 특징과 성능을 알아보았다. 막가습기 내부 물의 온도를 30~60℃, 연료기체의 유속을 300~3,000 mL/min, 막 가닥수를 10, 50, 100 가닥으로 변화 하였을 때 결과를 dew point로 나타내었다. 그 결과 60℃일 때 51.19℃, 900 mL/min일 때 54.22℃, 100 가닥일 때 60.03℃로 연료 가습성능이 가장 좋았다. 특히, 막 가습기 물질 전달식의 모델링을 통해 연료전지에 적용할 때 막 가습기 공경 크기에 따른 반응기체의 가습량을 예측하는 것이 가능하였다. 100 W급 스택에 적용하였을 때, 전압과 출력값이 변화되지 않고 안정적으로 작동하였으며 제작한 막 가습기는 기존 기포가습기보다 부피는 훨씬 작으면서도 가습 성능은 우수한 것을 알 수 있었다.

The quantity of the fuel gas consumed is trending upwards because it can be easily delivered but isn't deteriorated and doesn't have any environmental pollution. Though there are many advantages to use the fuel gas, it can be hesitated to consume more gas because of its explosiveness and combustibility. So paying more attentions to prevent the fuel gas accidents is required. In this paper, we examine the present situation data about the fuel gas accidents and analyze them statistically using ANOVA. we confirm that there is an acceptable difference between the mean values of accidents classified by the kind of gas, the cause, the type and the place but isn't by month. It is expected that our result can be applied as preliminary data when mapping out a strategy for preventing the fuel gas accidents.