• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.151-160
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• 2009

Natural gas combustion characteristics of mass produced oxygen carrier particles were investigated in a batch type bubbling fluidized bed reactor. Five particles, NiO/bentonite, OCN601-650, OCN702-1100, OCN703-950, OCN703-1100 were used as oxygen carrier particles. Natural gas and air were used as reactants for reduction and oxidation, respectively. During reduction reaction, high fuel conversion and high $CO_2$ selectivity were achieved for most of oxygen carriers. During oxidation, NO emission was very low. These results indicate that inherent $CO_2$ separation and low NOx combustion are feasible for the natural gas fueled chemical-looping combustion system. Among the five oxygen carriers, OCN703-1100 particle was selected as the best candidate for demonstration of long-term operation in large-scale chemical-looping combustor from the viewpoints of fuel conversion, $CO_2$ selectivity, $CH_4$ concentration, and CO concentration.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.45-54
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• 2009

Reduction reactivity and carbon deposition characteristics of three oxygen carrier particles(OCN01, OCN02, OCN03) have been investigated by using hydrogen, methane, syngas, and natural gas as fuels. For all particles, the maximum conversion, the oxygen transfer capacity, and the degree of carbon deposition increased as the reactive carbon contents increased. The reduction rate and the oxygen transfer rate increased as the moles of required oxygen per input gas increased. The change of maximum conversion, reduction rate, oxygen transfer capacity, oxygen transfer rate and degree of carbon deposition for different fuels can be explained consistently by using parameters such as the reactive carbon contents and the moles of require oxygen per input gas.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.315-321
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• 2017

A combustion chamber is designed and fabricated for studying the combustion characteristics of counterflow flames at elevated pressure and establishing the fundamental combustion database of counterflow flames. The combustion chamber design aims to allow the maximum operating pressure of 11 bar and be able to conduct flame visualization and the measurements of flame extinction limits, flame temperature and combustion emissions at elevated pressure. Preliminary tests for counterflow nonpremixed $CH_4-NH_3-N_2$/air flames at 1-3 bar have been conducted, and the results confirm the proper operation of the designed chamber.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.19 no.7
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• pp.1702-1708
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• 1995

Owing to the serious problem of hydrocarbon fuel such as environmental pollution, the development of alternative fuel is very urgent. To adopt hydrogen to the internal combustion engine, a solenoid-drive type in-cylinder injection system was constructed. The injection system was installed to the single cylinder research engine, and the engine performance and the emission of citric oxide were tested upon the fuel-air equivalence ratio and the spark timing. In the case of in-cylinder injection system, hydrogen is injected after the intake valve is close, so it is possible to operate the engine without the back fire and the fall of its volumetric efficiency. In the region of the fuel-air equivalence ratio below 0.5, hydrogen and air aren't well mixed and the thermal efficiency is lowered, so the nozzle should be designed to inject hydrogen uniformly into the combustion chamber. In the region of the fuel-air equivalence ratio above 0.7,the fuel-air mixture burns very fast and the amount of citric oxide emission increases rapidly, so the spark timing should be retarded as compared with MBT.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.129-139
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• 2002

From the view of the environmental protection against the use of fossil fuels, a great of efforts have been exerted to find an alternative energy source. Hydrogen may become an alternative. However the product species of the hydrogen flame is only $H_2O$, which emits only non-luminous radiation so the radiation from it is much smaller than that for a hydrocarbon flame. In this study, the authors designed and fabricated a laboratory scale test furnace to study thermal characteristics of hydrogen-air diffusion flame. In addition, the effects of addition of reacting as well as non-reacting solid particles were experimentally investigated. Among the total heat flux to the wall, about 75% was occupied by radiation while 25 % by convection. When the aluminum oxide ($Al_2O_3$) particles were added, the radiative heat flux was reduced due to heat blockage effects. On the other hand, the total as well as the radiative heat flux was increased when the carbon particles were seeded, since the overall temperature increased. The effects of swirl and excess air ratio were also examined.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.878-883
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• 2011

Effect of flow uniformity on the reaction characteristics of a catalytic combustor for high temperature fuel cell system has been experimentally investigated in the present study. One of the most important factor in designing catalytic combustion is to avoid hot spot in catalysts. In this regard, it is very important to secure flow uniformity of combustor inlet. A couple of perforated plates were applied at the front of catalyst region as flow uniformity device with minimal pressure drop. Results show that the velocity and temperature profile became more uniform when applying the flow uniformity device. CO and $CH_4$ emissions at the combustor exit were decreased and the average exit temperature was slightly increased with the flow uniformity device.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.158-165
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• 2006

In order to provide the database for designing microcombustors, the combustion characteristics of premixed methane and propane air microflames at normal and elevated temperatures and atmospheric pressure generated on a microtube were studied experimentally and computationally. The stability limits of premixed microflames and the propensity of the microflames near the stability limits were experimentally determined, while the structure of the microflame at the fuel-leanest limit was obtained using a two-dimensional CFD simulation with a reduced kinetic mechanism. For all the microflames, the stability limits were observed only in the fuel-rich region. Results also show substantial extension of stability limits with elevated temperature that is realistic condition for micro fuel processing and significant fuel dilution immediately near the tube exit due to a low Peclet number times Lewis number effect.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.638-641
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• 2005

수소는 자원이 무한하고 청결한 에너지이다. 수소는 무공해 청정 대체연료로 사용될 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 풍부한 자원으로부터 얻을 수 있다. 수소에너지는 물을 분해하여 얻거나 화석연료를 수증기개질 또는 부분산화 시킴으로써 얻을 수가 있다. 수소에너지는 1차 에너지를 변환시켜 얻을 수 있는 2차 에너지로서 환경에 대한 부하가 거의 없어 향후 화석연료를 대체할 수 있는 가장 가능성이 높은 에너지이며, 연료전지의 상용화를 앞두고 있어 중요성이 더욱 증대되고 있다. 수소를 생산하는 방법 중 가장 이상적인 방법으로는 물분해함으로써 수소를 제조하는 방법이 있다. 그러나 물분해에 의한 수소생산은 제조비용이 비싸 경제성이 떨어진다는 점과 수소의 대량생산에 필요한 기술확보가 여의치 않아 어렵다. 그러므로 수소를 저 비용으로 대량 생산할 수 있는 수소 제조 기술의 확보가 선행되어야 할 것이다. 현재 상용화되어 있는 수소제조방법은 거의 석유나 천연가스의 수증기 개질에 의한 수소 제조 방법이다. 그러나 이러한 방법은 유해 환경 물질인 CO나 $CO_2$를 배출하는 단점을 지니고 있다. 이러한 단점을 보완키 위한 수소 제조공정의 대안 중 하나는 탄화수소연료의 수소와 탄소로의 직접분해에 의한 수소생산이다. 이 중 원하는 생성물인 수소 외에 부산물이 카본이 동시에 얻을 수 있는 메탄분해에 의한 수소생산방법은 생산된 수소의 약 15%만 연소시킴으로서 필요한 에너지를 공급할 수 있으며, 동시에 지구온난화의 주범인 CO 또는 $CO_2$가 생성되지 않는 장점이 있다. 하지만 메탄을 분해하기 위해서는 매우 높은 에너지가 필요로 하게 된다. 이에 반해 프로판은 메탄보다 낮은 열원에서 분해할 수 있는 장점을 지니고 있다. 본 연구에서는 메탄보다 분해하기 쉬운 프로판을 직접 분해하여 수소를 생산하고자 하였다. 프로판 직접분해반응는 $500\sim750^{\circ}C$의 온도 범위에서 이루어 졌으며, 촉매로서는 국내에서 생산되는 상용촉매인 카본블랙을 이용하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.19-26
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• 2011

In order to investigate the effect of fuel injection hole configuration within the scramjet combustor, experiment and quasi-one-dimensional analysis was performed. And the results were compared with experiment and analysis result which were performed in 2008 with same facility and test condition. Fuel injection hole size was decreased and quantity was increased. However the depth of fuel penetration and flow quantity of fuel were maintained. As a test result, combustion performance was increased significantly with no-cavity injector and slightly with plain-cavity. However, combustion performance with zigzag-cavity was decreased.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.134-137
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• 2009

Combustion tests of a low thrust rocket engine was performed to get combustion characteristics, which used a high concentrated hydrogen peroxide and kerosene as the oxidizer and fuel. The engine consisted of multi injector(six coaxial swirl injectors), chamber, nozzle and catalyst ignition system. The test was carried out by changing O/F ratio from 3.8 to 11.0. The experimental results showed that combustion efficiency was highest at O/F ratio from 5 to 6 and pressure fluctuations of all the range were lower than 5%.