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Process gas purification using cyclone recirculation and cooling process

싸이클론 재순환, 냉각공정을 이용한 공정가스 정제 연구

  • Kim, Ju-Hoe (Department of Applied Environmental Science, Kyunghee University) ;
  • Jo, Woo-Jin (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology) ;
  • Choi, Young-Tae (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology) ;
  • Jo, Young-Min (Department of Applied Environmental Science, Kyunghee University) ;
  • Kim, Sang-Bum (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)
  • Received : 2017.10.11
  • Accepted : 2018.01.05
  • Published : 2018.01.31

Abstract

Renewable energy has been of interests in the area of modern alternative fuels. Biogas is produced in waste landfill sites through anaerobic digestion processes, including hydrolysis, acidogenesis, organic acid fermentation (acetogenesis), and methane fermentation (methanogenesis). High contents of fine dust and moisture limited its utilization for direct combustion, town gas and vehicle fuel. Thus, this study proposed a new design for a cooling device using a centrifugal cyclone for simultaneous removal of fine dust and moisture as a pretreatment in the purification processes. A heat exchanger and an ID fan, which are installed inside and outside of the cyclone, in order to cool the humid gas below the freezing point and form a foggy mist. Such an atmosphere enhanced to capture fine dust as recirculating the cold mist flow. The water removal rate was 80.8% at a relative humidity of 95%, and the particle removal efficiency was 98.3% for $2.5{\mu}m$. Simultaneous removal efficiency was 70.8% and 99.6% for particle and moisture respectively.

화석 연료의 고갈과 온난화 현상으로 인해 새로운 에너지원에 대한 관심이 급증하고 있다. 그 중에서 바이오가스는 유기성 폐기물 및 바이오매스를 혐기성 소화과정인 가수분해(hydrolysis), 산발효(acidogenesis), 유기산발효(acetogenesis), 메탄발효(methanogenesis)의 단계를 거쳐 발생되기 때문에 친환경적인 에너지자원으로 각광받고 있다. 그러나 바이오가스는 기존의 정제설비로는 제거할 수 없는 높은 미세분진 및 수분 함량으로 인해, 직접연소, 도시가스, 자동차용 연료 등 효율적인 이용을 위해서 정제시스템이 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구는 미세분진과 수분을 동시에 제거할 수 있는 정제과정의 전처리 방법으로써 원심력을 이용하는 냉각공정을 설계하였다. 원심력을 이용하여 분진을 제거하는 Cyclone 내 외부에 열교환기와 ID fan을 구성하여 주입되는 가스를 어는점 이하로 냉각시킴으로써 물안개를 형성시켜 분진입자를 제거하고, 일부 가스를 ID fan을 이용하여 재순환시켜 제거하는 고효율 냉각제어공정을 개발하였다. 수분제거는 유량(25~150L/min) 및 상대습도(60~95%)의 조건에서 시험하였다. 수분제거율은 상대습도 $95{\pm}5%$일 때 평균 80.8%, 입자제거율은 입자크기 $2.5{\mu}m$에서 평균 99.78%의 제거효율을 보였고, 수분과 입자의 동시제거효율은 수분 70.86%, 입자 99.67%의 평균값을 보여주었다.

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