• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.12-16
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• 2007

Temperature control of an autothermal methanol reforming reactor which uses the copper-zinc oxide catalyst was studied. Temperature at 1cm below the hot-spot point in the reactor was used for the controlled variable, and the air flow rate was used for the manipulated variable. A first order plus time delay model was identified and controller parameters were obtained by applying the IMC-PI tuning rule to the identified model. With this controller, we could control the reforming reactor temperature within ${\pm}5^{\circ}C$ over 100 hours. Change of the hot-spot point due to the catalyst degradation was investigated and it could be used to design an adaptive controller.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.493-499
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• 2010

Steam reforming (SR) of glycerol, a main by-product of manufacturing process of bio-diesel, for the production of hydrogen was investigated over the Ni-based catalysts. The Ni-based catalysts were prepared by an impregnation method, and characterized by $N_2$ physisorption, CO chemisorption, XRD and TEM techniques. It was found that the Ni/${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ catalyst showed higher conversion and catalytic stability for the carbon formation than the other catalysts in the steam reforming of glycerol under the tested conditions. The results suggest that the steam reforming of glycerol over modified Ni/${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ catalyst minimized carbon formation can be applied in hydrogen station for fuel-cell powered vehicles and fuel processor for stationary and portable fuel cells.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.487-490
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• 2008

Temperature programmed oxidation (TPO) is used to characterize coke species deposited on commercial nickel catalyst, C11-PR during propane pre-reforming. Propane pre-reforming performed under various condition, S/C from 1.5 to 2.5 and temperature from $350^{\circ}C$ to $450^{\circ}C$. There are three kinds of coke species detected by TPO: (i) reactive coke, (ii) coke deposited on metal site and (iii) coke deposited on acid support. Coke deposited on metal and support are minimized although reactive coke is generated at temperature of $400^{\circ}C$ and S/C of 2.0. Reactive coke is expected to remove easily below temperature of $200^{\circ}C$. Therefore, optimized pre-reforming condition for propane is $400^{\circ}C$ and S/C of 2.0.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.203-206
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• 2009

Agglomeration of catalysts is known as one of the major degradation mechanisms. Reforming of liquid fuel, which requires high temperature over $800^{\circ}C$, accelerates agglomeration of catalysts. In this work, The effects of agglomeration on catalysts activity in partial oxidation reforming conditions were investigated. Metal supported catalysts(Pt-CGO, Ru-CGO) were compared to perovskite-structured catalysts(NECS-P1, NECS-P2). High thermal stability of perovskite-structured catalysts was reported. Micro-reactor installed in electric furnace was used. its Temperature was raised from $800^{\circ}C$ to $1000^{\circ}C$ to accelerate agglomeration effect. To measure rate of agglomeration, BET analysis and CO pulse chemisorption were conducted on catalysts exposed to $1100^{\circ}C$. Metal supported catalysts showed degradation at $1000^{\circ}C$ and The rates were different according to metal supported. On the other hand perovskite-structured catalysts showed no degradation at $1000^{\circ}C$.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.89-92
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• 2006

수소에너지는 화석연료 사용의 증가로 인한 환경오염 및 자원고갈의 문제점을 해결해 줄 수 있는 미래의 청정한 에너지이다. 현재 주 에너지원인 화석연료의 사용에 의하여 배출된 오염물질이 지구온난화와 같은 문제점들을 일으킨다. 이러한 문제점들을 없애줄 수 있는 대안 중 하나가 수소에너지이다. 수소에너지는 자원이 풍부하며 연소시에 오염물질이 배출되지 않는 장점이 있다. 수소에너지는 수소를 연소시켜서 얻는 에너지로써, 수소를 태우면 같은 무게의 가솔린 보다 3배나 많은 에너지를 방출한다. 수소를 생산하는 방법 중 가장 이상적인 방법은 물을 분해하는 방법이다. 그러나 이 방법은 수소를 대량으로 생산하기에는 아직 기술에 대한 확보가 되어있질 않으며, 경제성도 떨어진다는 단점이 있다. 현재 많이 쓰이는 방법 중 탄화수소류의 메탄을 수증기 개질하는 방법이 있다. 메탄 수증기 개질방법은 환경오염물질인 CO나 $CO_2$를 배출한다는 것과 높은 열원이 필요하다 본 연구에서는 C-H결합에너지가 낮아 메탄보다 분해하기 쉬운 부탄의 직접분해로 수소를 생산하고자 한다. 부탄 직접분해는 환경오염물질인 CO나 $CO_2$가 발생되지 않는 장점이 있다. 부탄 분해반응은 $500{\sim}1100^{\circ}C$의 범위에서 이루어 졌으며, 촉매는 탄소계인 카본블랙을 사용하였고, 촉매의 성능을 비교하기 위하여 열분해반응이 동시에 수행되었다.

• 한국전기화학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.07a
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• pp.43-48
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• 2002

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1999.04a
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• pp.135-138
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• 1999

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.40-48
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• 2001

디젤엔진에 적합한 환경 친화적 연료로 평가받고 있는 디메틸에테르(DME)를 기존의 메탄올 탈수화에 의한 간접법 대신 합성 가스로부터 직접 합성법으로 제조하였다. 합성가스에서 메탄올을 합성하는 경우에 비해 화학 평형 상의 이점 때문에 DME를 합성하는 것이 경제적이며 이는 실험 결과와 일치하였다. 기상 반응기에서 메탄올 탈수촉매의 부가에 의한 메탄올 환산 생산량은 메탄올 합성촉매에 의한 생산량에 비해 두 배 이상의 증가를 보인다. 메탄올 탈수촉매를 Cu로 개질한 효과는 없었으며, 메탄올 탈수촉매로서 순수 감마알루미나가 가장 우수한 반응성을 보였다. 반응 조건이 25$0^{\circ}C$, 30atm일 때 고려된 GHSV 범위에서 촉매 적정 혼합비는 7:3, 합성 가스의 조성비는 $H_2$/CO=1일 때 가장 좋은 선택도와 수율을 나타내었다.

• 한국가스학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.225-230
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• 2001

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.228-232
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• 2010

In this paper, various operating parameters of stream reforming process from methane in preconverter for MCFC is studied by numerical method. Commercial code is used to simulated the porous catalyst with user subroutine to model three dominant chemical reactions which are Stream Reforming(SR), Water-Gas Shift(WGS), and Direct Stram Reforming(DSR). The hydrogen production is tested with different wall temperature, Gas Hourly Space Velocity(GHSV), and different reactor shapes.