국립 부경대학교

부경대, ‘한국형 수소공급망 설계 플랫폼’ 개발한다
- 유준 교수 연구팀, 과기정통부 기초연구사업 선정

국립부경대학교(총장 장영수)가 인공지능(AI)을 기반으로 한국형 수소 공급망 설계 플랫폼 개발에 나서 관심을 모은다.

부경대는 유준 교수(화학공학과) 연구팀을 주관으로 과학기술정보통신부의 2021년도 기초연구실 신규과제에 선정됐다고 20일 밝혔다.

부경대는 경희대, 이화여대, 울산테크노파크, (사)한국수소산업협회 등과 공동으로 2024년까지 11억 원을 지원받아 ‘지속가능 AI 기반 실시간 동적 한국형 수소 공급망 설계 플랫폼 개발’ 연구를 추진한다.

이번 연구의 목표는 차세대 연료로 주목받은 수소의 생산, 저장, 운송, 공급 등 수소공급망 전 과정에 대한 최적화 모델을 실시간으로 설계하는 플랫폼을 개발하는 것이다.

이 플랫폼이 개발되면 수소공급망 전 과정의 데이터를 활용해 수소 생산기지를 어디에 어느 정도 규모로 지어야 하고 어떻게 생산해야 하는지, 어떤 방법과 경로로 운송해야 하는지, 수소 충전소는 어디에 위치해야 하는지 등에 대한 최적 결과를 온라인(웹)으로 실시간 도출할 수 있게 된다.

특히 인공지능 기반 동적 수소공급망 설계를 실시간화하고, 공급망 비즈니스 모델을 분석하는 웹기반 플랫폼 개발은 국내는 물론 세계적으로 처음으로 시도되는 연구다.

부경대 연구팀은 이번 연구에서 경상남북도를 연구대상으로 GIS(지리정보체계)를 이용, 읍면동 단위까지 고도로 정밀한 한국형 수소공급망 설계 플랫폼을 개발한다는 계획이다.

유준 연구책임교수는 “수소경제 활성화와 국가 에너지 전환의 관점에서는 수소 공급 전 과정의 인프라 확보와 운영 등 공급망 설계가 매우 중요하다.”라면서, “이번 연구로 효율적인 수소기술 육성정책 및 투자 전략을 제시하고, 궁극적으로 비용 효율적인 에너지 전환 정책 수립에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.”라고 말했다. <부경투데이>

PKNU, develops a ‘Korean hydrogen supply chain designing platform’.

- Professor Jay Liu's research team, selected for the basic research program under MSIT

Pukyong National University (President Jang Young-Soo) is attracting public attention for participating in the development of a Korean hydrogen supply chain designing platform based on artificial intelligence (AI).

Pukyong National University announced on the 20th that the university was selected as a home for a new task, the Basic Research Laboratory in the year 2021, by the Ministry of Science and ICT under the supervision of Professor Jay Liu's (Dept. of Chemical Engineering) research team.

Pukyong National University, in collaboration with Kyunghee University, Ewha Womans University, Ulsan Technopark, and the Korea Hydrogen Industry Association (KHIA), will receive 1.1 billion won by 2024 to promote the development of a 'Sustainable AI-based Real-Time Dynamic Korean Hydrogen Supply Chain Designing platform'.

The goal of this study is to develop a platform that designs an optimization model for the entire hydrogen supply chain, including production, storage, transportation, and supply management in real-time, which has been attracting attention as a next-generation fuel.

If this platform is developed, we can derive optimal results online (web) in real-time, it will use data from the entire hydrogen supply chain to determine where to produce and at what scale, how to build a hydrogen production base, how to produce it, what method and route it should be transported, and where the hydrogen charging station should be located.

Above all, the development of a web-based platform that utilizes a real-time artificial intelligence-based dynamic hydrogen supply chain design and analyzes supply chain business models is the first research attempted in Korea as well as in the world.

In this study, the Pukyong National University's research team plans to develop a Korean hydrogen supply network platform with high-level accuracy to the eup, myeon and dong (neighborhood administrative areas) regions using GIS (Geographical Information System) as a research target in South and North Gyeongsang Province.

Jay Liu, the chief professor responsible for the research said, "From the point of view of the revitalization of the hydrogen economy and national energy transition, I think that supply chain design, such as securing and operating the infrastructure for the entire hydrogen supply process, is very important," he added, "I expect that this research will be able to develop an efficient hydrogen technology nurturing policy and investment strategy, and ultimately contribute to the establishment of cost-effective energy conversion policies." <Pukyong Today>