• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.20-25
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• 2011

The purpose of this work is an experimental investigation of combustion and emission characteristics in DI diesel engine applied high EGR rate as a method of low-temperature combustion. In order to analyze the effect of EGR rate variation, a single-cylinder DI diesel engine was operated under various EGR rate conditions. In addition, injection timing was variously controlled to investigate the effect of injection timing in DI diesel engine using the cooled-EGR system. The NOx emissions were decreased in accordance with the increase of EGR rate. On the contrary, soot emissions were generally increased under applied EGR conditions. However, soot emissions were decreased in a few injection timings under high EGR rate conditions. The EGR results show that the ignition delay were increased by decreased oxygen concentrations in combustion chamber under the high EGR rate.

• Journal of ILASS-Korea
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.206-211
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• 2008

In this research, combustion and spray characteristics were investigated experimentally in a constant volume chamber by applying bio-diesel fuel to a common-rail system in which precise control is available for utilizing environmentally friendly properties of bio-diesel fuel. The experiment was conducted at fuel temperatures $20^{\circ}C$ and $-20^{\circ}C$ to investigate combustion characteristics of bio-diesel fuel provoking problems in fluidity specially in a low temperature. For the visualization, the experiment was carried out under various conditions of ambient pressure, injection pressure and fuel temperature. The test was made by three different types of diesel fuels, conventional diesel, BD20 and BD100. In summary, this research aims to investigate combustion characteristics in the application of bio-diesel fuels and compare the results with performance of conventional diesel fuel. This experimental data may provide fundamentals of spray and combustion of bio-diesel fuels at a low temperature and contribute to the development of bio-diesel engines in future.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.414-419
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• 2006

Effects of water vapor, hydrocarbons, and CO, which are inevitably included in exhaust gases of combustion, on a combined $De-NO_{x}$ process of non-thermal plasma and $NH_{3}$ SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) have been investigated. Test results showed that fast SCR reaction enhanced $De-NO_{x}$ rate under the low temperature conditions, $150{\sim}200^{\circ}C$ The present test, however, showed that the role of the fast SCR reaction can be significantly suppressed by addition of hydrocarbons in a non-thermal plasma reactor. Detailed investigation verified that such suppressed role of the fast SCR reaction could be caused by the $NO_{2}/NO_{x}$ ratio modified by aldehydes produced from hydrocarbons in a non-thermal plasma reactor. In addition, the present study was confirmed that the effects of water vapor and CO were not noticeable compared with the hydrocarbon effects.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.878-883
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• 1998

The methane combustion reaction was conducted over Pb-ZSM-5 catalysts. ZSM-5 synthesized at low temperature and atomospheric pressure was used as a support. The change of methane conversion with $SiO_2/Al_2O_3$ molar ratio was tested. The methane conversions of the synthesized Pb-ZSM-5 catalyst was compared with those of a commercial Pd-ZSM-5(PQ Co.) and $PdO/{\gamma}-Al_2O_3$. The methane conversion increased with the decrease in $SiO_2/Al_2O_3$ molar ratio. The combustion rate of methane also increased with the decrease in $SiO_2/Al_2O_3$ molar ratio. The synthesized Pb-ZSM-5 showed better methane conversion than that of the commercial one. It is found that a crucial factor in methane combustion reaction is oxygen adsorption strength on the catalysts.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.9-17
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• 2016

In this study, a method for CO reduction using char-coal combustions was developed with lignin and glycerin as combustion improvers. The relationship between CO emission and the combustion improvers was confirmed by measuring the CO concentration. The experiment to determine the combustion characteristics was conducted using glycerin, which shows high combustibility at low temperatures, impregnated with lignin, which has a specific surface area. The combustibility, volatility, and CO concentration were measured using thermo-gravimetric analysis(TGA), and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS). This study presents the optimal CO reduction ratio, which occurred when the combustible material contained a 20% blend of combustion improvers. This resulted in a 20-30% CO reduction rate compared to that achieved with normal char-coal.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.149-156
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• 2021

A kraft recovery boiler produces steam for power generation by the combustion of black liquor from the kraft pulping process. Since saturated steam became superheated in a superheater above the furnace, it is important to increase the heat exchange efficiency for the superheated steam production and power generation. A nose arch at the bottom of the superheater is important for blocking radiation from the furnace which causes corrosion of the superheater. But the nose arch is the main reason for creating a recirculation region and then decreasing the heat exchange efficiency by holding cold flue gas after the heat transfer to saturated steam. In this study, the size of recirculation region and the temperature of flue gas at the outlet were analyzed by the nose arch structure using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). As a result, when the nose arch angle changed from 106.5° (case 1) to 150° (case4), the recirculation region of flue gas decreased and the heat exchange efficiency between the flue gas and the steam increased by 10.3%.

• Nuclear industry
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• no.9_10 s.9
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• pp.38-40
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• 1982

스웨덴의 원자로 marker Asea-Atom사는 지역난방(DH)용 원자로로 SECURE를 개발했다. 이 원자로는 (1) 저온도, 저압력, (2) 본질적인 안전성(기술적 안전시스템에 의하지 않은)에 의해 로의 정지${\cdot}$냉각이 어떠한 상황아래에서도 보증된다, (3) 사고시에 운전원에 의한 조작을 필요로 하지 않는다, (4) 출력밀도가 낮기 때문에 핵분열생성물질의 방출 우려가 적다는 등의 특징을 가지며 그 안전성으로 인해 도시부근에 위치할 수 있으며 또한 경제적으로도 석유나 석탄을 연소시키는 boiler보다 훨씬 유리하다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.197-201
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• 2002

최근 산업의 발달과 더불어 대기오염 물질이 증가되는 반면에 쾌적한 환경에 대한 욕구로 환경 규제기준이 강화되고 있다. 특히 화석연료를 연소시킬 때 배출되는 질소산화물은 산성비, 호흡기질환, 도시의 스모그 현상 등을 일으키는 주범으로 1999년부터 배출 규제치가 강화되었다. 따라서 경제적이고 효율적인 유해 배가스 처리기술들의 개발 필요성이 대두되고 있다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.471-472
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• 2003

국민의 보건의식이 높아짐에 따라서, 병원에서 배출되는 감염성 폐기물의 안정적 처리에 대한 요구가 높아지고 있다. 감염성 폐기물 처리방법으로는 가압멸균과 산화소각 및 건류소각이 있는데, 본 연구 목적은 100％멸균이 보장되는 중형 산화소각을 설계하고 이의 운영특성을 파악하는데 있다. 감염성 폐기물은 일정규격의 상자에 담아서 배출되며, 저온에서 이송과 저장이 이루어지며, 소각로 투입시에도 상자를 파손하지 않고 투입되어야 하는 등의 엄격한 규정에 따라서 소각하여야 한다. 본 연구는 이러한 감염성 폐기물처리 법규 및 감염성 폐기물의 연소 특성을 파악하여 소각로 설계의 기본자료로 활용하였다. (중략)

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.88-94
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• 2012

One of the effective ways to reduce both $NO_x$ and PM at the same time in a diesel CI engine is to operate the engine in low temperature combustion (LTC) regimes. In general, two strategies are used to realize the LTC operation-dilution controlled LTC and late injection LTC - and in this study, the former approach was used. In the dilution controlled regime, LTC is achieved by supplying a large amount of EGR to the cylinder. The significant EGR gas increases the heat capacity of in-cylinder charge mixture while decreasing oxygen concentration of the charge, activating low temperature oxidation reaction and lowering PM and $NO_x$ emissions. However, use of high EGR levels also deteriorates combustion efficiency and engine power output. Therefore, it is widely considered to use increased intake pressure as a way to resolve this issue. In this study, the effects of intake pressure variations on performance and emission characteristics of a single cylinder diesel engine operated in LTC regimes were examined. LTC operation was achieved in less than 8% $O_2$ concentration and thus a simultaneous reduction of both PM and $NO_x$ emission was confirmed. As intake pressure increased, combustion efficiency was improved so that THC and CO emissions were decreased. A shift of the peak Soot location was also observed to lower $O_2$ concentration while $NO_x$ levels were kept nearly zero. In addition, an elevation of intake pressure enhanced engine power output as well as indicated thermal efficiency in LTC regimes. All these results suggested that LTC operation range can be extended and emissions can be further reduced by adjusting intake pressure.