• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.55 no.4
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• pp.548-555
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• 2017

This study investigated the influence of air staging on combustion and NOx emission in a tangential-firing boiler at a 560 MWe capacity. For air staging, the stoichiometric ratio (SR) for the burner zone was varied from 0.995 to 0.94 while the overall value was fixed at 1.2. The temperature and heat flux in the burner zone and upper furnace corresponded to the distribution of SR, while the total boiler efficiency remained similar. The NOx emission at the furnace exit was reduced by up to 20% when the SR in the burner zone decreased to 0.94. However, the amount of unburned carbon and slagging propensity was not noticeably influenced by the changes in the SR of the burner zone. Therefore, it was favorable to lower the SR of the burner zone for reduction of NOx emission.

• Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.333-348
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• 2020

The present review dealt with the state-of-art on utilization of coal bottom ash in cement-based concrete and mortar. Two types of bottom ashes generated from pulverized coal combustion and circulating fluidized-bed combustion systems have been considered. The production process, chemical and physical characteristics of both ashes, and the methodology of utilization in various cement composites are summarized. The effect of bottom ash on various properties of concrete, such as workability, strength, and durability, were reviewed from the literature. In addition, the environmental and economic aspects of utilizing bottom ash in concrete are analyzed to explore the perspectives of bottom ash utilization, and through this, the future of the utilization was considered. The effect of bottom ash on the performance of concrete and mortar was greatly depended on the condition, pretreatment, and processing of the ash. Additional processing such as crushing might contribute to stimulating the utilization in this field. In particular, if economic support is possible in terms of policy, utilization rate is expected to be improved.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.78.1-78.1
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• 2011

분포지역과 매장량이 한정되어 있는 석유에 비하여 석탄은 가채년수가 길고 세계 전역에 널리 분포되어 있으므로 향후 안정적인 에너지 공급으로 각광받고 있다. 석탄을 이용하여 CWM을 제조하는 기술은 석유에 비하여 저장, 수송, 분진 비산등의 문제점을 개선하여 위하여 1980년대부터 석탄 물 혼 합연료(Coal-Water Mixture)의 기술개발을 위한 연구가 진행되었다. 이는 미분탄(유연탄)에 30%정도의 물과 약간의 첨가제를 혼합하여 유체화하여 수송성은 액체연료와 같고 연소성은 석탄의 성상을 갖는 특징을 가지게 된다. 본 연구에서는 당센터에서 보유하고 있는 습식 분류층 가스화장치에 적용하기 위한 CWM(Coal Water Mixture)제조 특성을 연구하였다. 습식 석탄 가스화기에 사용되는 CWM은 미분되어진 석탄과 물, 첨가제를 일정비율로 혼합하여 사용하게 된다. 이때 공급되어지는 미분의 입도와 분쇄 형태에 따른 입자 형태, 입자의 분포에 따라서 CWM의 특성이 각각 다르게 나타나게 된다. 이때 만들어진 CWM의 농도와 점도 특성에 따라서 버너의 성능 및 가스화기 운전 조건등에 많은 영향을 미치게 된다. 습식 석탄 가스화에 적용된 예정인 대상탄을 대상으로 하여 석탄분쇄 형태에 따른 CWM의 제조 특성을 실험하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.9-17
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• 2009

In this paper, we describe a flow meter system for pulverized coal developed for the pulverizer-burner system of a boiler or blast furnace, which uses the density and the velocity of the granule flow. The granule flow density is measured by a sensor that detects the capacitance from the electrode on the surface of the piping system. The velocity of granule flow can be calculated using the distance between two pairs of built-in sensors in the flow direction, the time obtained from the sampling cycle using the correlation method between two waveforms of the sensors. The flow rate is calculated from the density and velocity of the granule flow. The reliability and accuracy of the flow meter system has been verified by comparing the data with the weight measured from a load-cell.

• Plant Journal
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.35-41
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• 2018

Considering the recent government policy toward North Korea and situation of power facilities in North Korea, it will be necessary to prepare for the consumption of the anthracite coal from Korea in coal-fired power plants. In this study, the anthracite co-fired tests in 500 MW thermal power plants were conducted with varying the main operation conditions, such as anthracite injection position in the boiler, coal fineness and combustion air flow, to investigate the effects on the generation of unburned carbon. It was confirmed that the generation of unburned carbon was remarkably reduced when the anthracite coal was injected into the boiler low burner with a relatively long residence time in the main combustion region, and that the increase of the coal fineness proportional to the combustion reaction surface area also reduces the generation of unburned carbon. An increase in the combustion air flow, which increase the combustion reactivity, also contributes to the reduction of unburned carbon. It is possible to maintain the unburned carbon generation below 5 % of the ash recycling quality by controlling the above operating conditions for the given mixing rate of anthracite, and the priority of changing the operating conditions within the test range is the highest for anthracite coal injection position.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.433-441
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• 1992

Chemical composition and fusibility of coal ash were measured for 23 Korean anthracite coals. The relationship between chemical properties and fusion temperature of coal ash was investigated. The slagging and fouling in firing the pulverized coal for boiler was assessed for the coal samples. It was found that most ashes contained more than 80% of $SiO_2$ and $Al_2O_3$ whereas less than 1% of $Na_2O$. And also fusion temperature of ashes occured relatively higher for Korean coals. Therefore it can be predictable that the slagging and fouling formation has a little problem in a pulverized coal firing system. A base/acid ratio did show a good correlation with fusion temperature for these coal ashes.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.75-81
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• 1999

석탄가스화 복합발전기술은 석탄과 산화제의 부분 연소 반응 및 가스화 반응을 통하여 가스 생성 후 불순물을 용이하게 분리할 수 있으므로 기존의 미분탄 발전 방식에 비해 대기 오염물질인 H$_2$S 및 NH$_3$ 등의 SOx, NOx 등의 발생량을 저감시킬 뿐만 아니라 발전 효율이 높아 $CO_2$ 발생량도 줄일 수 있는 장점이 있다.(중략)

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.24 no.10
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• pp.1368-1379
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• 2000

A numerical study on swirling pulverized coal combustion in an axisymmetric enclosure is carried out by applying the 2-phase weighted sum of gray gases model (WSGGM) approach with the discrete ordinate method (DOM) to model the radiative heat transfer equation. In the radiative transfer equation, the same polynomial equation and coefficients for weighting factors as those for gas are adopted for the coal/char particles as a function of partial pressure and particle temperature. The Eulerian balance equations for mass, momentum, energy, and species mass fractions are adopted with the standard and RNG k-${\varepsilon}$ turbulence model, whereas the Lagrangian approach is used for the particulate phase. The eddy-dissipation model is employed for the reaction rate for gaseous mixture, and the single-step and two-step first-order reaction model for the devolatilization process for coal. Special attention is given to establish the thermal boundary conditions on radiative transfer equation By comparing the numerical results with experimental ones, the radiation model used here is confirmed and found to provide an alternative for simulating the radiative transfer.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2008.11b
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• pp.3163-3168
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• 2008

Pulverized coal (PC) has become an important auxiliary fuel in the iron and steel industry since the technique of pulverized coal injection (PCI) system was developed for iron making. Combustion efficiencies of pulverized coal in blowpipes and tuyeres under various operational are numerically predicted to recognize the performance with the locations of nozzles in a blast furnace. A variety of parameters including the pulverized coal quantities, oxygen amounts, inlet temperature of the tuyeres and mass flow rate of coal carrier gas are taken into consideration. Also In order to develop more efficient than existing coal injection system, this study applies a flame measurement system using a charge couple device (CCD) camera and frame grabber. And it has used algorithms of auto sampling from flame shape information and composed the device for location control of PCI. This study find to further improve the blast furnace performance by the control of PCI locations.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.38 no.10
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• pp.807-815
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• 2014

This study was performed using a laminar flow reactor that could replicate the combustion environment of pulverized coal in a blast furnace. Since a pulverized coal injection system was developed for iron making, the combustion characteristics of pulverized coal have been important in the iron and steel industry. The flame structure, particle temperature, and exhaust gas were investigated for different types of coal. The results of this study demonstrated that the combustion characteristics of coal are influenced by several properties of individual coals. In particular, the CO emission and volatile matter content of individual coals were found to have a strong influence on their combustion characteristics. Thus, this study found the properties of the coals to be significant and focused on the particle temperature and CO and $CO_2$ emissions.