Advanced Fuel and Regenerated Energy Laboratory

Welcome to AFREL (Advanced Fuel and Regenerated Energy Laboratory, 차세대 연료 및 에너지 재생 연구실)

 According to the data from Stanford University*, 28% of the world's energy consumption is from the transportation sector, including automotive, maritime, rail, aviation, and pipelines. Therefore, it is necessary to find a promising way to minimize its carbon footprint from the LCA (life cycle assessment) point of view. Considering the power and energy density constraints in various transportation applications, decarbonization in transportation should include both combustion-based energy conversion and electrochemical reaction, alongside electrification.

 Our research group is focusing on energy conversion by using next-generation fuels. Eventually, we hope that these efforts can be beneficial for the real application including internal combustion engine, fuel cell, and gas turbine. Theoretically, the start of our research should be at thermodynamics. But we are also interested in catalysts, combustion, fluid mechanics, and chemical kinetics - anything that can be helpful to solve our energy crisis!

 As a principal investigator, my top priority is always to enhance our research capabilities. If you are interested to join or collaborate with us, please don't hesitate to contact us. 

*https://understand-energy.stanford.edu/energy-services/energy-transportation, accessed March 6, 2025

Research Interests

•  Next-generation fuel combustion - emission reduction and its applications

•  Thermodynamic-based system modeling and analysis with catalytic reaction

•  Regenerating energy with decarbonization - carbon capture and Power-to-Fuel (e-fuel)