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북한 전력난 해소를 위한 천연가스 이용 고체산화물 연료전지 기반 분산발전 시스템 도입에 관한 연구

A Study on the Introduction of Natural Gas-Fueled Solid Oxide Fuel Cells as Distributed Generation System for Electric Power Backup in North Korea

Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering 2021;38(4):305-314.
Published online: April 1, 2021

1 숭실대학교 기계공학부

1 School of Mechanical Engineering, Soongsil University

#E-mail: taehyunpark@ssu.ac.kr, TEL: +82-2-820-0669

*Obeen Kwon, Hyeonjin Cha and Heesoo Choi share equally first authorship

• Received: December 12, 2020   • Revised: February 8, 2021   • Accepted: February 22, 2021

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Fig. 1 Polarization curve of a SOFC stack (40 unit cells are stacked)
A Study on the Introduction of Natural Gas-Fueled Solid Oxide Fuel Cells as Distributed Generation System for Electric Power Backup in North Korea

The current state of commercialized SOFC plants39,40 (Adapted from Refs. 39 and 40 on the basis of OA)

Administrative
district
Power generation
[MW]
Gross area
[m2]
Hwaseong 19.80 7,017
Paju 8.10 2,000
Bundang 8.35 1,880

Input parameters for modeling10,26,27,31,32,41,42-45

Parameter Value Reference
Temperature [K] 873 [10]
Pressure [bar] 2.04 [26]
Anode exchange current density, j0,an
[A/cm2]
0.53 [27,31]
Cathode exchange current density, j0,ca
[A/cm2]
0.04 [32,42,43]
Charge transfer coefficient, α 0.50 [44,45]
Area specific resistance, ASRohmic [Ω·cm2] 0.04 [10]
Limiting current density, jL [A/cm2] 2.00 [10]
Leakage current density, jleak [A/cm2] 0.01 [10]
Stoichiometric factor, λ 1.2 [10]
Hydrogen yield [molH2/molCH4] 2.5 [41]

Additional power generation capacity by administrative district of North Korea

Administrative
district
Population Gross area
[km2]
Power generation
[MW]
Pyongyang 3,228,395 111 370
Rason 211,986 9 30
Nampho 1,058,736 36 120
North Pyongan 2,936,923 99 330
South Pyongan 3,302,199 114 380
North Hamgyeong 2,293,008 78 260
South Hamgyeong 3,300,022 114 380
North Hwanghae 2,550,342 87 290
South Hwanghae 2,486,829 84 280
Gangwon 1,590,356 54 180
Chagang 1,399,037 48 160
Ryanggang 774,166 27 90
Total 25,132,000 861 2,870

Annual heating value requirements of methane by the administrative district of North Korea

Administrative district Heating value [TJ/year]
Pyongyang 32,280
Rason 2,618
Nampho 10,470
North Pyongan 28,790
South Pyongan 33,153
North Hamgyeong 22,684
South Hamgyeong 33,153
North Hwanghae 25,301
South Hwanghae 24,428
Gangwon 15,704
Chagang 13,959
Ryanggang 7,852
Total 250,386
Table 1 The current state of commercialized SOFC plants39,40 (Adapted from Refs. 39 and 40 on the basis of OA)
Table 2 Input parameters for modeling10,26,27,31,32,41,42-45
Table 3 Additional power generation capacity by administrative district of North Korea
Table 4 Annual heating value requirements of methane by the administrative district of North Korea