Abstract:
본 발명은 용융 탄산염 연료 전지 (molten carbonate fuel cell, 이하, 『MCFC』로 칭함)에 사용되는 환원전극 (cathode) 및 그의 제조 방법에 관한 것이다. 이러한 환원전극에서는 가격이 저렴하고 전기화학적 성능도 비교적 우수한 NiO가 주로 사용되지만, 이러한 NiO는 용융 탄산염 연료 전지의 전해질에 대한 비교적 큰 용해로 인하여 전지의 전기적 단락을 일으켜서 전지의 수명을 단축시키는 문제점을 안고 있었다. 따라서, 본 발명에서는 환원전극의 주재료인 NiO를 그대로 사용하면서 여기에 염기성 물질인 알칼리 토금속 산화물을 첨가하거나 함침시켜 NiO의 용해를 감소시킴으로써 통상의 MCFC용 환원전극보다 수명이 더 긴 환원전극을 제조할 수 있게 되었다.
Abstract:
본 발명은 소형 고분자 전해질 연료전지용에 사용되는 가스분배판 및 이를 이용한 분리판에 관한 것으로, 더욱 상세하게는 스텐레스스틸 등 금속을 모재로 하여 가스흐름 통로가 에칭된 소형 고분자 전해질 연료전지용 다공성 가스분배판 및 이를 포함하여 제작된 소형 고분자 전해질 연료전지용 분리판에 관한 것이다. 본 발명에 의한 소형 고분자 전해질 연료전지용 다공성 가스분배판을 포함하여 제조된 분리판은 기존의 그래파이트 분리판에 비해 박막화가 가능하고, 동시에 적정수준의 물리적 강도를 유지하여 외부 충격에 의한 파괴 염려가 없다. 또한, 본 발명에 의한 소형 고분자 전해질 연료전지용 분리판은 에칭에 의해 형성된 가스 채널의 규격이 균일하여 MEA와 접합시 접촉 저항이 감소되어 연료전지의 성능이 향상된다. 더욱이, 본 발명에 의한 소형 고분자 전해질 연료전지용 분리판은 스텐레스스틸 등 금속판을 모재로 사용하여 미세한 가스 채널을 형성시키므로, 에칭 가공시 비용과 노력을 절감시키고, 대량생산에도 용이하다. 따라서, 본 발명에 의한 소형 고분자 전해질 연료전지용 분리판을 사용하여 소형 고분자 전해질 연료전지를 구성할 경우 기존에 비해 출력 밀도, 신뢰성 및 경제성이 향상될 수 있다.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A method for preparing a soft lens is provided to obtain an unharmful soft lens for inhibiting the adsorption of proteins, thereby improving the wearing feeling and the lifetime of the lens. CONSTITUTION: The method comprises the steps of treating the surface of a contact lens with plasma to activate the surface; and grafting the protein adsorption inhibiting material represented by the formula 1 onto the surface, wherein R1 is H or methyl group; and R2 is polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, polyethylene glycol-polypropylene glycol copolymer, polyethylene glycol-polypropylene glycol-polyethylene glycol copolymer, poly(vinyl pyrrolidone), their copolymers or their mixtures. The protein adsorption inhibiting material has a molecular weight of 100-10,000. Preferably the plasma treatment is carried out by using the plasma of 1 W to 1 kW; and the grafting is carried out at a temperature of 10-100 deg.C and in the presence of sodium hydrogensulfite as an oxidizing agent.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: Provided is a process for producing a LiCoO2 coated air-electrode for a molten carbonate fuel cell(MCFC), which can prevent NiO, being a main material of the air-electrode, from dissolving in an electrolyte, therefore, can produce the air-electrode having long lifetime than the conventional air-electrode for the MCFC. CONSTITUTION: The process for producing the LiCoO2 coated air-electrode for the MCFC comprises the steps of: dissolving lithium salts and cobalt salts in water; adding a chelate agent such as polyethylene glycol to the produced water solution to produce sol; soaking a NiO electrode for the MCFC in the produced sol and forming gel on the surface of pores of the electrode; drying and calcining the electrode. And another process for producing the LiCoO2 coated air-electrode for the MCFC comprises the steps of: dissolving the lithium salts and cobalt salts in a solvent; impregnating the pores of the NiO electrode with the solution; drying and calcining the electrode.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A method for manufacturing a composite polymer electrolyte membrane for a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell is provided to manufacture a composite polymer membrane which is thin, and has high ionic conductivity and physical strength by impregnating a porous membrane with polymer electrolyte resin in a form of perfluorosulfonyl halogen compound using various methods. CONSTITUTION: The method comprises the steps of impregnating an inert porous polymer membrane with a perfluorosulfonyl halogen compound resin; and converting the impregnated perfluorosulfonyl halogen compound into sulfuric acid by sequentially treating high temperature alkaline solution, sulfuric acid solution and ultra pure water on the coated polymer membrane, wherein the porous polymer membrane has a porosity of 30 to 90%, a pore size of 0.05 to 5.0 microns and a thickness of 10 to 150 microns, and is selected from the group consisting of porous polytetrafluoro-ethylene membrane, polypropylene membrane, polyethylene membrane and polyvinylidene fluoride membrane, wherein the impregnating step is carried out in a method selected from the group consisting of a spraying, painting, tape casting, screen painting, dipping, calendering and doctor blade method at a temperature of 230 to 320 deg.C, wherein the method further comprises the steps of coating an electrolyte film on the surface of the manufactured composite electrolyte membrane and heating the electrolyte film coated composite electrolyte membrane in ultra pure water or vapor having a temperature of 80 to 150 deg.C for 1 or more hours, and wherein the electrolyte film is selected from the group consisting of perfluorosulfonyl fluoride and a polymer material in which an alkali metal ion such as sodium or potassium is substituted for perfluorosulfonic acid, perfluorocarboxylic acid, polystyrene sulfonic acid, polystyrene carboxylic acid or a mixture thereof, the coated film has a thickness of 1 to 50 microns, and the method for additionally coating the film is performed by a method selected from the group consisting of spraying, painting, tape casting, screen painting and dipping.
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PURPOSE: A thermal storage type cooling/heating system is provided, in which a thermal heating electric device and a thermal cooling electric device are incorporated into a single unit, to thereby reduce size, weight and installation cost of the system. CONSTITUTION: A system comprises a thermal storage(2) having thermal storage containers for cooling and heating operations, respectively, and a brine outlet port(13), a brine return port(12) and a refrigerant coil(11); a cooling unit(1) connected to the refrigerant coil and which cools the refrigerant circulating through the refrigerant coil; a brine circulation pump(3); a brine heater(4) for heating the brine flowing along the second circulation pipe; first and second brine circulation pipes(14,15); a bypass pipe(16) having both ends connected to the second circulation pipe so as to bypass the brine flowing along the second circulation pipe; a heat exchanger(5) installed at the bypass pipe; control valves(6,7,8); and a control unit(9). The first circulation pipe connects the brine output port of the thermal storage and the inlet port of the brine circulation pump, and the second circulation pipe connects the brine return port of the thermal storage and the outlet port of the brine circulation pump. The control unit controls the cooling unit, brine heater, brine circulation pipe, heat exchanger and the control valve in such a manner that the circulation pump, heater and cooling unit are selectively operated during the time where electric power consumption is low so as to store heat or cold heat into the thermal storage. Thus-stored heat or cold heat is used during the time where electric power consumption is high.
Abstract:
The latent heat storage material has characteristically high water- absorptive polymer added to water. The water-absorptive polymer is one crosslinked compound selected from starch- polyacrylic acid salt system, carboxymethyl cellulose system, polyacrylic acid salt system, isobutylene-maleic acid copolymer, or polyethylene oxide system. The latent heat storage material of this invention can improve the heat efficiency by suppressing supercooling of water which occurs in the pure water and gives no phase separation. And the buffing effect of polymer of the heat storage material can prevent the volume increase when water changes into ice.