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Removal of tar and particulate from gasification process using pre-coating technology

바이오매스 가스화 공정의 생성가스 중 타르 및 입자 제거를 위한 pre-coating 기술 연구

  • Received : 2019.08.08
  • Accepted : 2019.12.06
  • Published : 2019.12.31
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Abstract

Due to the depletion and environmental problems of fossil fuel, biomass has arisen as an alternative energy source. Biomass is a renewable and carbon-neutral source. However, it is moister and has lower energy density. Therefore, biomass needs thermal chemical conversion processes like gasification, and it does not only produce a flammable gas, called 'syngas', which consists of CO, H2, and CH4, but also some unwanted byproducts such as tars and some particulates. These contaminants are condensed and foul in pipelines, combustion chamber and turbine, causing a deterioration in efficiency. Thus this work attempted to find a method to remove tars and particles from syngas with a filter which adopts a pre-coating technology for preventing blockage of the filter medium. Hydrated limestone powder and activated carbon(wood char) powder were used as the pre-coat materials. The removal efficiency of the tars was 86 % and 80 % with activated carbon(wood char) coating and hydrated limestone coating, respectively.

화석연료의 고갈 및 지구 온난화 등 환경문제에 대응하기 위해 세계는 화석연료를 대신할 에너지에 대한 연구를 진행하였고, 그중 바이오매스가 대체에너지로써 주목받고 있다. 바이오매스는 재생 가능하고 탄소 중립(carbon neutral)적인 특성이 있으나 수분함량이 많고 낮은 에너지밀도를 가지므로 에너지 생산 시스템에 이용하기 위해서는 열화학적 변환 공정이 필요하다. 그중 하나인 가스화는 바이오매스로부터 수소, 일산화탄소, 메탄 등으로 구성된 합성가스(syngas)를 생성시켜 연료로써 이용할 수 있도록 해준다. 그러나 가스화 과정 중에 발생되는 타르와 입자상 물질은 배관, 연소 엔진, 발전 터빈 등에서 막힘 현상을 일으켜 공정 효율을 감소시키는 문제를 야기하므로 제거가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 가스화 공정에서 발생되는 타르를 비롯한 입자물질에 대해 제거 효율이 뛰어난 필터를 사용하였으며, 타르로부터 필터 눈 막힘 현상을 방지하기 위해 pre-coating 기술을 적용하였다. pre-coating에 사용된 물질로써는 소석회와 활성탄(wood char)을 사용하였으며, 타르 및 입자에 대한 제거효율이 소석회 코팅의 경우 86 %, 활성탄(wood char)의 경우 80 %로 나타났다.

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