• 한국가스학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1997.09a
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• pp.154-161
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• 1997

• 한국가스학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.59-66
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• 2002

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.89-101
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• 2015

The sour gas is natural gas containing components such as hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide that form acids when mixed with water. Element sulfur precipitates from sour gas when reservoir pressure and temperature decrease. According to the International Energy Agency, about 43% of the world's natural gas reserves(2,580 tcf or 73.057 tcm), excluding North America, are sour. The sour gas is often derived from the Germanic word 'sauer or acidic' and the etymology referred to as 'sour'. Sour gas requires special handling and infrastructure because it contains significant amounts of hydrogen sulphide, making it highly corrosive, flammable and explosive, and there fore more costly and dangerous to process. So the business of sour gas is affected by two important factors: the economic value of the gas, and the methods used in its production. According to be analyzed in the academic literature to sour gas(2000~2014) by the program of 'web of science', the research activities 145 papers in sour gas.

• Clean Technology
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.51-58
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• 2010

Methane was produced from the anaerobic digestion of marine macro-algae. Elemental analysis was first performed to estimate the theoretical methane production of three macro-algae (Undaria pinnatifida, Laminaria japonica, Hizikia fusiformis). Three algae were found to contain C 34 ~ 36%, H 5%, O 37 ~ 43%, N 2 ~ 4%, S 0.4 ~ 0.7%, and ash 14~21%, and the theoretical methane content was in the range of 56 ~ 60%, which can produce 442 ~ 568 mL $CH_4$ per g of volatile solid (VS). Using the biological methane potential (BMP) test, we found that L. japonica resulted in the highest yield of methane (52%). Moreover, various operational conditions, such as algae amount, pH, salinity, particle size, and pre-treatment, were investigated in order to find an optimal condition of anaerobic digestion. At pH 8.0, the autoclaved L. japonica (5g VS/200 mL), when used without washing salt, produced 268.5 mL/g VS which is 65% of the theoretical methane productions. Furthermore, using a CSTR (with the working volume of 7 L out of the total volume of 10 L), we have successfully operated the reactor for 65 days and obtained maximum methane production rate of 1.4 L/day with purity of 70%.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.169-205
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• 2021

This study quantitatively analyzes the impact of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction policies on the global economy. To this end, we develop a multi-national and multi-industry static computational general equilibrium model that includes three components-GHG emissions from production, disutility due to GHG emissions, and governments' GHG emissions reduction policies. Then we calibrate the model with the relevant data and solve for the equlibrium using the most recent methodology (exact hat algebra). We find that the strengthening of unilateral GHG emissions reduction policies for each country reduces carbon emissions from domestic producers, but does not necessarily reduce global carbon emissions as production is relocated to other countries. On the other hand, we can reduce GHG emissions when all major countries simultaneously implement the strengthened reduction policies proposed by the OECD (2016). Our results imply that aligned reduction efforts of major countries are necessary to reduce global GHG emissions.

• 한국석유지질학회:학술대회논문집
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• autumn
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• pp.28-46
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• 2001

Natural gas is a mixture of hydrocarbon gases and impurities such as nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, and carbon dioxide and a clean energy producing no pollution materials for combustion. Currently, the demand of the natural gas is rapidly increasing due to worldwide environmental problems. According to Hubbert's study in the past, the natural gas was predicted as rapidly depleted resources, and then the results led to high gas price and limitation of usage during 1980s. Afterward, the study of natural gas resources based on geology identified the additional natural gas resources that were not considered in Hubbert's study. They are unconventional gas, additional resources in the existed reservoirs, and natural gas in deep subsurface areas. Such additional resouces made the future of natural gas bright and pormised low and stable gas price in the future. Deep natural gas is defined as the gas existing at or below 15,000ft$(4,752{\cal}m)$ in depth from the surface. According to the study from the U.S. Geological Survey(USGS) in 1995, 1,412 TCF of technically recoverable natural gas was remained to be discovered or developed in the onshore of United States. A significant part of that resource base, 114 TCF, exists at deep sedimentary basins, and it shows wide distribution with various geological environments. In 1995, the deep gas contributed to $6.7\% of total supply amount of natural gas in the United States and is expected to be $18.7\% by 201.5. However, the development of the deep gas is a high risky business due to expensive investment and high portion of dry holes, although it is developed. Thus, for developing the deep gas economically, it is necessary to overcome many technical challenges. In this paper, for increasing success rate of the deep gas, 1) geologic and compositional characteristics, and production cost have been analyzed according to depth, 2) technical problems related to deep gas production have been summarized, and 3) finally future study areas for increasing application of the deep gas have been suggested. For reference, this paper was written based on the study results from USGS and Gas Research Institute(GRI), for the United States is doing the most active R&D in the deep gas area, and thus, has many reliable data.

• Nuclear industry
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• v.25 no.8 s.270
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• pp.21-26
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• 2005

최근에 발효된 기후 변화 협약에 대처할 수 있는 청정 에너지원으로서 수소가 큰 기대를 받고 있다. 이에 따라 미국을 비롯한 선진국들은 수소 생산과 수소 활용을 위한 기술 개발을 적극적으로 추진하고 있다. 수소 생산 방법으로서는 탄화수소에 고온의 수증기를 불어넣어 수소를 분리해 내는 증기개질법이 현재로서는 가장 효율적인 방법으로 알려져 있으며, 고온가스로(HTGR)가 가장 경제적인 열원으로 대두되고 있다. 중국은 2020년까지 3000만kW의 신규 원자력발전소(주로 PWR) 건설을 계획하고 있으며, 발전과 수소 생산을 위한 열을 동시에 공급할 수 있는 고온가스로의 상용화 개발 프로그램을 추진중이다. 2005년 3월호에 게재된 중국의 HTGR 개발 관련 기사를 소개한다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.1-11
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• 2016

Production data from hydraulically fractured well in coalbed methane (CBM) reservoirs was analyzed using decl ine curve analysis (DCA), flow regime analysis, and flowing material balance to forecast the production performance and to determine estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) and timing for applying the DCA. To generate synthetic production data, reservoir models were built based on the CBM propertie of the Appalachian Basin, USA. Production data analysis shows that the transient flow (TF) occurs for 6~16 years and then the boundary dominated flow (BDF) was reached. In the TF period, it is impossible to forecast the production performance due to the significant errors between predicted data and synthetic data. The prediction can be conducted using the production data of more than a year after reached BDF with EUR error of approximately 5%.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.8 no.3 s.24
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• pp.16-23
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• 2004

A membrane reactor concept, which combines the typical characteristics of chemical reaction with separation process, has been analyzed and simulated in this study. The advantages of the use of a membrane reactor include chemical equilibrium shift towards higher reactant conversion and purer product than the traditional reactors. A membrane reactor model which incorporates a catalytic reaction zone and a separation membrane is proposed. The water-gas shift reaction to produce hydrogen was chosen as a model reaction to be investigated. The membrane reactor is divided into smaller parts by number of n and each part (named cell), which contains both reaction and product separation function is modeled. One of the membrane outlet streams is connected to the next cell, which is repeated up to the last cell. The simulation results can be used for various purposes including decision of optimum operating condition and membrane reactor design.

• Nuclear industry
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.13-27
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• 2018

재생에너지의 활용 가능성이 제한적이고 인구 밀도가 높은 대한민국의 현실을 놓고 볼 때, 원자력은 온실가스 배출 및 공해를 줄이면서도 충분한 전력을 생산하여 공급해줄 수 있는 가장 신뢰할만한 발전 수단이다. 그러나 한국 정부는 원전과 석탄발전소를 단계적으로 폐쇄하고 이를 대체하기 위해서 다양한 재생에너지를 늘리겠다는 정책을 확고하게 고수하고 있다. 그렇지만 에너지 생산 수단을 전환하겠다는 이 정책의 주요 목표는 액화천연가스(LNG) 발전을 대체 수단으로 삼고 있다. 그 이유는 다른 재생에너지들의 대규모 생산 수단을 개발하는 데는 기술적이고 경제적인 난제들이 걸림돌이 되기 때문이다. 그러므로 미래의 에너지 정책을 결정하기에 앞서, 에너지 전환 정책의 구체적인 사항들을 확실한 근거에 기반해서 검토한 후 계획을 수립하는 것이 매우 중요한 일이다. 이 문제에 관해서 우리는 다음과 같은 점들을 검토하였다 (1) 한국이 처해 있는 기술적 경제적인 제약을 전제로 한 재생에너지원의 개발에 대한 정부의 역할, (2) 가스 발전으로 인해 발생할 수 있는 환경적이며 경제적인 문제점들, (3) 원전정책을 지속함으로써 얻을 수 있는 이점과 원전 유지에 대한 장애물. 위와 같은 세 가지 사항을 검토한 결과, 한국이 지니고 있는 지리적 경제적인 제약과 함께 탄소 배출로 인해 발생하는 비용까지 효과적으로 줄여야 한다는 점 등을 감안할 때 천연가스 발전으로 집중하겠다는 한국의 미래 에너지 정책은 친환경적이지 못함은 물론 경제적이지도 않기 때문에 적정한 비율의 재생에너지를 포함하는 원전 정책을 지속하는 것만이 현실적인 성공 가능성이 가장 높다고 보는 것이 우리의 결론이다.