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Numerical Analysis of the Effects of Ship Motion on Hydrogen Release and Dispersion in an Enclosed Area
Jan 2022
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Hydrogen is an alternative to conventional heavy marine fuel oil following the initial strategy of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Although hydrogen energy has many advantages (zero-emission high efficiency and low noise) it has considerable fire and explosion risks due to its thermal and chemical characteristics (wide flammable concentration range and low ignition energy). Thus safety is a key Read More
Volumetric Analysis Technique for Analyzing the Transport Properties of Hydrogen Gas in Cylindrical-shaped Rubbery Polymers
Mar 2021
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We report volumetric analysis techniques to analyze the transport properties of hydrogen dissolved in cylindrical-shaped polymers. The techniques utilize the volume measurement of the released hydrogen from rubber by gas collection in a graduated cylinder after charging sample with high-pressure hydrogen and subsequent decompression. We further improve the graduated cylinder with some modifications such as reading the electrical capacitance of Read More
Advanced Sizing Methodology for a Multi-Mode eVTOL UAV Powered by a Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Battery
Jan 2022
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A critical drawback of battery-powered eVTOL UAVs is their limited range and endurance and this drawback could be solved by using a combination of hydrogen fuel cells and batteries. The objective of this paper is to develop a sizing methodology for the lift+cruise-type eVTOL UAV powered by a hydrogen fuel cell and battery. This paper presents the constraints analysis method for forward flight/VTOL multi-mode UAV the regression model for electri Read More
Prediction of Hydrogen Concentration in Containment During Severe Accidents Using Fuzzy Neural Network
Jan 2015
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Recently severe accidents in nuclear power plants (NPPs) have become a global concern. The aim of this paper is to predict the hydrogen buildup within containment resulting from severe accidents. The prediction was based on NPPs of an optimized power reactor 1000. The increase in the hydrogen concentration in severe accidents is one of the major factors that threaten the integrity of the containment. A method using a fuzzy neural networ Read More
Risk Assessment Method Combining Independent Protection Layers (IPL) of Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) and RISKCURVES Software: Case Study of Hydrogen Refueling Stations in Urban Areas
Jul 2021
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The commercialization of eco-friendly hydrogen vehicles has elicited attempts to expand hydrogen refueling stations in urban areas; however safety measures to reduce the risk of jet fires have not been established. The RISKCURVES software was used to evaluate the individual and societal risks of hydrogen refueling stations in urban areas and the F–N (Frequency–Number of fatalities) curve was used to compare whether the safety measure Read More
Evaluation Techniques of Hydrogen Permeation in Sealing Rubber Materials
Dec 2020
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Three techniques for determining the hydrogen permeation properties of rubber samples were developed based on the volumetric and gravimetric measurements of released H2 gas after sample decompression. These methods include gas chromatography (GC) by thermal desorption analysis (TDA) volumetric collection (VC) measurement of hydrogen by graduated cylinder and gravimetric (GM) measurement by electronic balance. By measur Read More
UV Assisted on Titanium Doped Electrode for Hydrogen Evolution from Artificial Wastewater
Jul 2018
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Formaldehyde (H2CO) is the harmful chemical that used in variety of industries. However there are many difficulties to treat discharged H2CO in the wastewater. Hydrogen energy is arising as a one of the renewable energy that can replace fossil fuel. Many researches have been conducted on hydrogen production from electrolysis using expensive metal electrodes and catalysts such as platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd). However they are expensive Read More
Numerical Analysis for Hydrogen Flame Acceleration during a Severe Accident in the APR1400 Containment Using a Multi-Dimensional Hydrogen Analysis System
Nov 2020
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Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) established a multi-dimensional hydrogen analysis system to evaluate hydrogen release distribution and combustion in the containment of a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) using MAAP GASFLOW and COM3D. In particular KAERI developed an analysis methodology for a hydrogen flame acceleration on the basis of the COM3D validation results against measured data of the hydrogen combustion tests in the ENAC Read More
Simulator Development of Virtual Experience and Accident Scenarios of Hydrogen Stations for Safety
Sep 2007
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Nowadays 4 type hydrogen stations have been demonstrated in Korea for preparing hydrogen economy. This simulator is consists of virtual experience modules and virtual accident scenarios of 4 type hydrogen stations. Virtual experience modules show the performance properties through a movie or a virtual reality technology. Also they provide an explanation of hydrogen station equipment and a guide for operators immediately after the accide Read More
Effect of Copper Cobalt Oxide Composition on Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts for Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis
Nov 2020
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Copper cobalt oxide nanoparticles (CCO NPs) were synthesized as an oxygen evolution electrocatalyst via a simple co-precipitation method with the composition being controlled by altering the precursor ratio to 1:1 1:2 and 1:3 (Cu:Co) to investigate the effects of composition changes. The effect of the ratio of Cu2+/Co3+ and the degree of oxidation during the co-precipitation and annealing steps on the crystal structure morphology and electroca Read More
Layered Transition Metal Selenophosphites for Visible Light Photoelectrochemical Production of Hydrogen
Jun 2021
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The growing consumption of global energy has posed serious challenges to environmental protection and energy supplies. A promising solution is via introducing clean and sustainable energy sources including photoelectrochemical hydrogen fuel production. 2D materials such as transition metal trichalcogenphosphites (MPCh3) are gaining more and more interest for their potential as photocatalysts. Crystals of transition metal selenophosp Read More
Potential Liquid-Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) Systems: A Review on Recent Progress
Nov 2020
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The depletion of fossil fuels and rising global warming challenges encourage to find safe and viable energy storage and delivery technologies. Hydrogen is a clean efficient energy carrier in various mobile fuel-cell applications and owned no adverse effects on the environment and human health. However hydrogen storage is considered a bottleneck problem for the progress of the hydrogen economy. Liquid-organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs) are organic subs Read More
Development and Future Scope of Renewable Energy and Energy Storage Systems
May 2022
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This review study attempts to summarize available energy storage systems in order to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy. Inefficient energy storage systems have been shown to function as a deterrent to the implementation of sustainable development. It is therefore critical to conduct a thorough examination of existing and soon-to-be-developed energy storage technologies. Various scholarly publications in the fields of energy storage syste Read More
Preference Structure on the Design of Hydrogen Refueling Stations to Activate Energy Transition
Aug 2020
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As a countermeasure to the greenhouse gas problem the world is focusing on alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs). The most prominent alternatives are battery electric vehicles (BEV) and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). This study examines FCEVs especially considering hydrogen refueling stations to fill the gap in the research. Many studies suggest the important impact that infrastructure has on the diffusion of AFVs but they do not provide quantitative pref Read More
Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Conventional and Alternative Vehicles: Predictions Based on Energy Policy Analysis in South Korea
Mar 2020
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This paper compares the well-to-wheel (WTW) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of representative vehicle types–internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV) hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) battery electric vehicle (BEV) and fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV)–in the future (2030) based on a WTW analysis for the present (2017) and an analysis of various energy policies that could affect future emissions. South Korea was selected a Read More
Bench-Scale Steam Reforming of Methane for Hydrogen Production
Jul 2019
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The effects of reaction parameters including reaction temperature and space velocity on hydrogen production via steam reforming of methane (SRM) were investigated using lab- and bench-scale reactors to identify critical factors for the design of large-scale processes. Based on thermodynamic and kinetic data obtained using the lab-scale reactor a series of SRM reactions were performed using a pelletized catalyst in the bench-scale reactor with a hydrog Read More
Synthesis of Spherical V-Nb-Mo-Ta-W High-Entropy Alloy Powder Using Hydrogen Embrittlement and Spheroidization by Thermal Plasma
Dec 2019
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V-Nb-Mo-Ta-W high-entropy alloy (HEA) one of the refractory HEAs is considered as a next-generation structural material for ultra-high temperature uses. Refractory HEAs have low castability and machinability due to their high melting temperature and low thermal conductivity. Thus powder metallurgy becomes a promising method for fabricating components with refractory HEAs. Therefore in this study we fabricated spherical V-Nb-Mo-Ta-W HEA powder u Read More
Comparison of Solutions for a Liquid Pool Spreading Model with Continuous and Instantaneous Spills
Sep 2013
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In this study a solution for a liquid pool spreading model with a continuous spill is compared with that for a liquid pool spreading model with an instantaneous spill under the same total release volume. As reducing spill time in completely releasing liquid from a tank it is evaluated whether the solution for a continuous spill approaches to that for an instantaneous spill or not. Also effects of the viscous term in the liquid pool spreading model with contin Read More
Hydrogen Embrittlement Behavior of 18Ni 300 Maraging Steel Produced by Selective Laser Melting
Jul 2019
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A study was performed to investigate the hydrogen embrittlement behavior of 18-Ni 300 maraging steel produced by selective laser melting and subjected to different heat treatment strategies. Hydrogen was pre-charged into the tensile samples by an electro-chemical method at the constant current density of 1 A m−2 and 50 A m−2 for 48 h at room temperature. Charged and uncharged specimens were subjected to tensile tests and the hydrogen concentr Read More
MELCOR Analysis of a SPARC Experiment for Spray-PAR Interaction During a Hydrogen Release
Oct 2020
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A series of experiments were performed in the SPARC (spray-aerosol-recombiner-combustion) test facility to simulate a hydrogen mitigation system with the actuation of a PAR (passive auto-catalytic re-combiner) and spray system. In this study the SPARC-SPRAY-PAR (SSP1) experiment is chosen to benchmark the MELCOR (a lumped-parameter code for severe accident analysis) predictions against test data. For this purpose firstly we prepared the base input Read More
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