초록
폐목재의 가스화에서는 타르의 생성을 동반하는 데, 이 때 발생하는 타르는 관막힘, 장치의 fouling 등의 많은 문제를 일으킨다. 본 실험에서는 타르의 저감을 위해 이중 가스화기의 상부반응기에 활성탄을 첨가하였고 상부반응기 온도와 equivalence ratio 변화에 따른 producer gas의 특성(조성, 타르 함량, 저위발열량)을 고찰하였다. 상부반응기의 온도변화에 따른 영향을 고찰하기 위해서 743, 793, $838^{\circ}C$에서 실험을 수행하였으며, equivalence ratio의 영향을 알아보고자 추가적으로 equivalence ratio를 0.17로 변화시켜 비교실험을 하였다. 모든 실험에서 생성된 producer gas 내의 타르함량은 $2mg/Nm^3$ 이하로 매우 적었고, producer gas 의 최대 저위발열량(LHV)은 약 $10MJ/Nm^3$ 이상으로 전형적인 air가스화의 저위발열량($3\sim6MJ/Nm^3$)보다 높은 값을 나타내었다.
During the biomass gasification, tar generation is typically accompanied, which causes many problems, such as pipe plugging and equipment fouling. In the experiments, activated carbon was applied to the upper reactor of the two-stage gasifier in order to remove the tar generated during gasification. In addition, the effects of the upper-reactor temperature and equivalence ratio on the producer gas characteristics (composition, tar content and lower heating value) were investigated. To investigate the effect of the upper reactor-temperature, experiments were performed at 743, 793, $838^{\circ}C$, respectively. To examine the influence of the equivalence ratio, a comparison experiment was carried out at a equivalence ratio of 0.17. In all experiments, tar contents in the producer gases were below $2mg/Nm^3$. The maximum LHV of the producer gas was above $10MJ/Nm^3$, which is much higher than the typical LHV($3\sim6MJ/Nm^3$) in the air gasification of biomass.
