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Numerical and Experimental Study on the Coal Reaction in an Entrained Flow Gasifier

습식분류층 석탄가스화기 수치해석 및 실험적 연구

  • Kim, Hey-Suk (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Choi, Seung-Hee (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Hwang, Min-Jung (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Song, Woo-Young (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Shin, Mi-Soo (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Jang, Dong-Soon (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Yun, Sang-June (Fossil Energy & Environmental Research Dept. Korea Institute of Energy Research) ;
  • Choi, Young-Chan (Fossil Energy & Environmental Research Dept. Korea Institute of Energy Research) ;
  • Lee, Gae-Goo (Fossil Energy & Environmental Research Dept. Korea Institute of Energy Research)
  • Received : 2009.08.26
  • Accepted : 2010.01.29
  • Published : 2010.02.28
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Abstract

The numerical modeling of a coal gasification reaction occurring in an entrained flow coal gasifier is presented in this study. The purposes of this study are to develop a reliable evaluation method of coal gasifier not only for the basic design but also further system operation optimization using a CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics) method. The coal gasification reaction consists of a series of reaction processes such as water evaporation, coal devolatilization, heterogeneous char reactions, and coal-off gaseous reaction in two-phase, turbulent and radiation participating media. Both numerical and experimental studies are made for the 1.0 ton/day entrained flow coal gasifier installed in the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER). The comprehensive computer program in this study is made basically using commercial CFD program by implementing several subroutines necessary for gasification process, which include Eddy-Breakup model together with the harmonic mean approach for turbulent reaction. Further Lagrangian approach in particle trajectory is adopted with the consideration of turbulent effect caused by the non-linearity of drag force, etc. The program developed is successfully evaluated against experimental data such as profiles of temperature and gaseous species concentration together with the cold gas efficiency. Further intensive investigation has been made in terms of the size distribution of pulverized coal particle, the slurry concentration, and the design parameters of gasifier. These parameters considered in this study are compared and evaluated each other through the calculated syngas production rate and cold gas efficiency, appearing to directly affect gasification performance. Considering the complexity of entrained coal gasification, even if the results of this study looks physically reasonable and consistent in parametric study, more efforts of elaborating modeling together with the systematic evaluation against experimental data are necessary for the development of an reliable design tool using CFD method.

석탄 가스화 반응을 모델링하여 습식분류층 석탄 가스화기의 반응특성에 대한 수치해석적 연구를 수행하였다. 본 연구의 목적은 신뢰성 있는 수치해석기술을 이용하여 가스화 장치의 기본설계와 더불어 최적 운전조건의 설정에 있다. 석탄 가스화 반응은 복사가 관여하는 고체와 기체의 이상 난류반응으로서 수증기 증발로부터 휘발화, 촤와 가스의 반응 등 일련의 연소반응의 구조를 가진다. 본 연구에서는 실험과 수치해석적인 방법을 병행하여 연구를 수행하였으며 한국에너지기술연구원에 설치된 1톤 규모의 실험용 가스화기를 대상으로 하였다. 본 연구에서는 기본적으로 상용프로그램을 사용하였으며 석탄 가스화 반응해석에 필요한 여러 서브루틴을 개발하여 해석하였다. 세부 반응 서브루틴의 난류반응은 기본적으로 에디붕괴모델에서 화학적 반응속도의 개념을 조화평균의 형태로 사용하였다. 그리고 석탄입자궤적은 라그란지안 접근방식을 선택하였으며 입자의 궤적 계산에서 저항력에 나타나는 난류비선형적인 문제에 대한 모델도 고려하였다. 이와 같이 개발된 프로그램은 실험에서 얻어진 가스농도와 온도분포 그리고 냉가스 효율 등의 자료들과 비교하여 성능을 일차적으로 검토하였다. 석탄의 입자크기분포, 석탄 슬러리 농도, 그리고 가스화기의 형상변화는 가스화 성능에 직접적으로 영향을 주며 이를 합성가스 생성량과 냉가스 효율을 통해 비교 검토하였다. 본 연구 결과가 비록 물리적으로 타당하고 변수연구의 일관성을 보여주나 기류층 석탄가스화 반응장치의 복잡성을 고려하여 볼 때 보다 많은 실험결과에 대한 정교한 모델검증 노력이 신뢰성 있는 프로그램의 완성에 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

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