• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.313-317
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• 2017

With the continuous increase of energy demand, low-grade coal is regarded as one of new energy sources. However, due to the high water content, the utilization efficiency of low-grade coal is not good to be used in recent conversion plants. Therefore, it requires a drying process to lower the water content in low-grade coals. Although a variety of drying experiments were conducted, drying characteristics in accordance with the pressure change has not been progressed. In this study, the flash drying characteristics of low grade coal with high moisture content (21.5 wt%) were determined in a pressurized micro-riser. The effect of operation conditions such as pressure (1-40 bar), dryer temperature ($200-600^{\circ}C$), and tube length (2-6 m) on drying ratios were investigated.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.173-182
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• 2014

Dimethyl ether (DME) is a new clean fuel as an environmentally-being energy resources. DME has similar characteristics to those of LPG and can be substituted Diesel fuel. KOGAS has investigated and developed new innovative DME synthesis process from synthesis gas with KOGAS's own technologies. KOGAS had finished the construction of 10ton/day DME demonstration plant in 2008, we have established the basic design of commercial plant which can produce 3,000ton/day DME. Specifically, an economic model for a commercial DME project will be presented. It accounts for all the major cost factors that are considered in a commercial scale project as the model input for performing cash flow analysis, after which key economic indicators are produced including the internal rate of return (IRR), net present value (NPV). Sensitivity analysis is performed to identify dominant cost factors to the project economics and quantify their impact. The inputs to the economic analysis will be based on representative cost factors from the commercial-scale design of KOGAS' direct DME process supplemented by literature data. Case study results will be presented based on recent commercialization projects.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.518-523
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• 2013

This paper describes the reduction of a hydrogen sulfide ($H_2S$) generated from a biogas plant. Micro bubble system is adopted to supply air into the water in the reaction chamber, which can increase the contact area of the supplied air to the reserving water. Two stage reaction chambers having two reaction rooms are designed and manufactured to enhance the reduction rate of a hydrogen sulfide. Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is also considered to get rid of a hydrogen sulfide. Air volume rate to the water in a reaction chamber is maintained between 0.5 and $1.0m^3/min$. Throughout experimental measurement of the concentration of a hydrogen sulfide by changing the volume of supplied air into the water, reduction rate of a hydrogen sulfide increases as air volume increases. Adding sodium hydroxide to the water with the air supply can reduce effectively a hydrogen sulfide up to 99.5% from biogas. It is noted that a hydrogen sulfide generated by a biogas plant can reduce by supplying micro bubble air and sodium hydroxide effectively.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.771-778
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• 2013

Gas hydrate (GH) process is a new desalination technology, where GH is a non- stoichiometric crystalline inclusion compounds formed by water and a number of gas molecules. Seawater GH is produced in a low temperature and a high pressure condition and they are separated from the concentrated seawater. The drawback of the GH process so far is that salt contents contained in its product does not meet the fresh water quality standard. This means that the GH process is not a standalone process for seawater desalination and it needs the help of other desalting process like reverse osmosis (RO). The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of GH process on energy saving for RO process in seawater desalination. The GH product water quality data, which were obtained from a literature, were used as input data for RO process simulation. The simulation results show that the energy saving effect by the GH process is in a range of 68 % to 81 %, which increases as the salt removal efficiency of the GH process increases. Boron (B) and total dissolved solids (TDS) concentrations of the final product of the hybrid process of GH and RO were also investigated through the RO process simulation to find relavant salt rejection efficiency of the GH process. In conclusion, the salt rejection efficiency of the GH process should exceed at least 78% in order to meet the product water quality standards and to increase the energy saving effect.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.116-116
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• 2011

바이오 가스 플랜트의 혐기소화 공정에서 발생하는 바이오 가스는 중 유해가스인 황하수소($H_2S$)는 부식성 가스로 수천 PPM농도를 함유하여, 발전기나 가스보일러로 이용하는 경우에는 $H_2S$를 제거하는 탈황공정이 반드시 필요하다. 탈황방식에는 산화철 탈황(건식 탈황)과 생물 탈황이 현재 많이 사용되고 있어나 산화철 탈황은 산화철 pellet이 유화철에 변화하면 탈황능력이 저하되어 pellet을 교환해야 하며 많은 비용이 발생한다. 생물 탈황 방식은 유황산화세균의 서식활동조건(온도, 반응시간, 산소량)확보가 반드시 필요하여 높은 운전기술을 필요로 한다. 본 연구에서는 바이오가스 전처리 기술 중 활성탄 또는 약액을 이용한 기존의 탈황정제방식보다 흡착성능이 뛰어난 이온교환섬유를 이용하여, 황화수소($H_2S$)를 95% 이상 제거할 수 있는 고효율 섬유상 이온촉매 악취제거 시스템 개발을 수행하였다. 이온교환섬유는 방사선 조사를 이용하여 부직포에 라디칼을 인위적으로 형성시켜(그라프트 중합) 양이온 또는 양이온을 교환할 수 있도록 제조된 섬유상의 흡착제로, 이온교환 섬유의 화학적 이온교환과 물리적 흡착 및 탈착반응이 동시에 발생되고, 활성탄/실리카켈 보다 흡착능력이 2~4배 높다. 또한 이온섬유의 재생기능을 이용하여 장기적 다양한 악취($H_2S$, $NH_3$, 아민계, 메르갑탄류, 알데히드 등) 및 유해가스(VOCs, NOx, SOx) 등을 95% 이상 제거할 수 있다.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.188-194
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• 2001

The process simulations are made on the IGCC power plant using heavy residue oil from refinery process. In order to model combined power block of IGCC, the present study employs the gas turbine of MS7001FA model integrated with ASU (Air Separation Unit), and considers the air extraction from gas turbine and the combustor dilution by returned nitrogen from ASU. The exhaust gas energy of gas turbine is recovered through the bottoming cycle with triple pressure HRSG (Heat Recovery Steam Generator). Clean syngas fuel of the gas turbine is assumed to be produced through Shell gasification of Visbreaker residue oil and Sulfinol-SCOT-Claus gas cleanup processes. The process optimization results show that the best efficiency of IGCC plant is achieved at 20% air extraction condition in the case without nitrogen dilution of gas turbine combustor find at the 40% with nitrogen dilution. Nitrogen dilution of combustor has very favorable and remarkable effect in reducing NOx emission level, while shifting the operation point of gas turbine to near surge point.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.36 no.8
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• pp.1010-1015
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• 2012

DME(Dimethyl ether) is the one of the massive energy sources synthesized from natural gas. KOGAS has already developed the commercial-scale production plant of DME and has been doing to obtain overseas resources to meet the domestic needs. This paper presents the DME storage tank design criteria by stress and strain analysis, and the experimental study on the evaporation phenomena of DME by thermal intake and physical rolling movement of DME FPSO or cargo vessel, because the various moving motions along with heat intake cause the evaporation of low temperature liquid. The experimental result shows that the evaporation rate was increased with larger rolling degree and higher liquid level. The rolling motion leads to evaporate about 20% increase with 15 degree rolling based on the evaporation quantity without rolling.

• Journal of the korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.10-17
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• 1981

연료의 가격이 높아지고 대체연료의 개발이 급속동로 진전되고 있는 오늘날 디이젤기관은 열효율 의향상과 장래연료에의 대응이 중요한 과제로 되어있다. 대체연료로서 유망시되고있는 석탄약화 연료, 알코호르 쉘오일(Shell Oil)등이 앞으로 싱용화되면 제업이나 플랜트의 규모에 따라서는 가격뿐만 아니라 그질에도 큰 차이가 있게되고 정도나 비중의 변화등으로 대표적인 세탄가의 저화가 예상되어서 현상 디이젤기관의 연소방식 그대로는 이에 대응 할 수 없게될 가능성이 높다. 이들에 대응하기의한 하나의 방법으로서 기관을 단열화함으로써 냉각손실을 저장시키고, 높아진 배기에너지를 축출력으로서 다시 회수하는 단열터어보 컴파운드엔진의 개념이 있다. 이 렇게 하면 열효율의 대표적인 개성과 아울러 단열화하여서, 연소실의 벽온이 높아지므로 저세 탄가 연료의 연소도 가능하게 된다. 단열기관의 착상은 1940년대 융커어스사의 2-사이클 수평 대향기관에 이미 일부 채용되었었고, 또 터어보 컴파운드에 의한 배열의 회수도 Lycoming사 R3350 엔진등에서 실용화되었던 예가 있다. 그러나 이들을 동시에 채용하여 대돌적인 연비저 강효과를 추구한 실제의 예로서는 근년 미국 육군의 위탁으로 Cummis사가 연구성과를 발효하고 있는것 뿐이다. 그리고 일본의 Komatsu사가 또한 독자적으로 단열터어보 컴파운드기관의 연 구를 하고 있다. 다음은 그 기관을 소개하고 또한 다종연료성등 단열엔진의 특성에 대하여 설명 한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.81-88
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• 2005

There have been many studies on generation equipment and plant piping, but there is no significant study result on the heat transportation pipe. As such, this study established basic theory on the compensated method among buried pipe for regional heating, and further obtained the following results by applying the conditions of AGFW and NCHPP respectively in calculation of friction and maximum installation distance for the buried pipe. Friction coefficient according to the types and physical properties of soil, friction and maximum installation distance were compared to set the application value of friction coefficient according to the location of works. Calculation formula of clay load to be applied for calculation of friction was introduced to the formula of AGFW and the formula of NCHPP that has been used in Nowon district since 1997 to determine the difference and applicability. $120^{\circ}C$ and $95^{\circ}C$ were applied in temperature difference for expansion volume to compare the arm length at the curve pipe so thai it can be reflected in the design in the future. Maximum installation distance according to thickness of pipe was compared to present the necessity of unified specification so that same kinds of pipe materials can be used for same kinds of works.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.247-247
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• 2012

기존형광등보다 에너지소비가 적고, 수명이 길다는 장점을 가진 LED소자는 조명분야뿐만 아니라 선박 및 해양플랜트시장에까지 적용분야가 확대되고 있다. 그러나 LED소자의 수명연장 및 제품신뢰성을 위해서 방열에 관한 연구가 필수적이며 특히, 해양환경적용을 위해서는 내부식성을 요구하는 방열 재료개발에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 일반적으로 방열판소재로 사용되는 알루미늄의 경우 열전도도가 우수하며, 대기 중에서 쉽게 생기는 자연산화막보다 내부식특성을 향상시키기 위해 현재 국내 외의 표면처리 방법으로 전기화학적 방법을 이용한 Anodizing기술을 적용하고 있다. 하지만, Anodizing에 사용되는 질산과 황산액을 처리하는 과정에서 유독물질을 발생시킴으로 유해물질사용제한 등 국제적으로 환경규제가 강화되고 있어 Anodizing기술의 적용이 제한적인 단점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 친환경적 기술인 Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation (PIII)방식을 사용하여 알루미늄표면에 $Al_2O_3$을 형성하였다. 최적의 산화막증착 조건을 찾기 위해 Gas Flow양, Pulse Voltage, 공정온도, 시간 등을 변수로 실험을 진행하였다. SIMS (Secondary ion mass spectroscopy)를 통해 $Al_2O_3$ 박막두께 및 Oxygen의 정량분석을 하였으며, Anodizing처리된 알루미늄시편과 열전도특성과 내부식특성을 비교하기 위해 각각 Hot Disk 열전도율측정기와 Salt water tester chamber를 사용하였다.