• Clean Technology
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.265-272
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• 2001

본 연구는 지구 온난화 현상의 주원인이 되는 $CO_2$ 를 화력발전소 연도가스로부터 분리 회수하기 위한 PSA 공정 개발용 기초자료를 습득하기 위하여 실시하였다. 연도가스와 유사한 조건하에서 국내에서 제조된 활성탄을 이용하여 이산화탄소 및 밸런스를 이루고 있는 질소 가스의 흡착평형 및 흡착속도 실험을 실시하였으며, 분석을 위하여 자체 제작한 장치(부피측정법) 및 TGA 장치를 각각 사용하였다. 이 연구에서 획득한 흡착등온선으로부터 사용된 흡착제가 이산화탄소의 분리에 적절한지 판단할 수 있었다. 또한, TGA에 의해 측정된 흡착속도 자료는 향후 사용될 흡착탑의 파과곡선 예측에 사용될 수 있다. 연구결과로부터 다음과 같은 사실을 알 수 있었다. 첫째, 낮은 흡착온도 일수록 흡착량이 많고 빠른 흡착속도를 나타내었다. 둘째, 압력이 높아질수록 흡착량은 증가하였다. 셋째, SGT활성탄이 SGA-100 및 SGP-100활성탄 보다 다소 많은 흡착량과 빠른 흡착속도를 보였다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.54 no.2
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• pp.239-247
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• 2016

This study aims to examine absorption characteristics of toluene, isopropyl alcohol (IPA), ethyl acetate (EA), and ternary-compounds, all of which are widely used in industrial processes, by means of four types of commercial activated carbon substances. It turned out that among the three types of volatile organic compounds, the breakthrough point of activated carbon and that of IPA, whose affinity was the lowest, were the lowest, and then that of EA and that of toluene in the order. With the breakthrough point of IPA, which was the shortest, as the standard, changes in the breakthrough points of unary-compounds, binary-compounds, and ternary-compounds were examined. As a result, it turned out that the larger the number of elements, the lower the breakthrough point. This resulted from competitive adsorption, that is, substitution of substances with a low level of affinity with those with a high level of affinity. Hence, the adsorption of toluene-IPA-EA and ternary-compounds require a design of the activated carbon bed based on the breakthrough of IPA, and in the design of activated carbon beds in actual industries as well, a substance whose level of affinity is the lowest needs to be the standard.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.21 no.7
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• pp.64-70
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• 2022

The aim of this study is to improve the purification efficiency of odor gas by increasing the contact area between an odor gas and adsorbent. To analyze the flow in the adsorption tower, the flow characteristics in the hollow activated carbon-adsorption tower are identified by applying the loss model, which is a porous flow analysis model. The flow characteristics are investigated for pressure loss, velocity distribution, turbulent kinetic energy, and residence time distribution. The results show that the hollow adsorption tower performs better than the solid adsorption tower in terms of pressure loss and performance. The inner diameter of the hollow region inside the adsorption tower is 0.64 m (Di/Do = 0.37). Furthermore, the adsorbent performance is unaffected even when adsorbent stages are installed to replace the adsorbent.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.91-99
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• 2007

It was intended in this study to investigate the effects of various parameters on the chemical reaction or mass transfer yield in a tubular-type nuclear waste treatment equipment. Since such equipments, as a tubular reactor, multistage solvent extractor, and adsorption column, accompany chemical reaction or mass transfer along the fluid-flowing direction, mathematical modeling for each equipment was carried out first. Then their behaviors of the chemical reaction or mass transfer were predicted through computer simulations. The inherent major parameters for each equipment were chosen and their sensitivities. affecting the reaction or mass transfer yield were analyzed. For the tubular reactor, the effects of axial diffusion coefficient and reaction rate constant on the reaction yield were investigated. As for the multistage solvent extractor, the backmixing of continuous phase and the distribution coefficient between fluid and solvent were considered as the major parameters affecting the extraction yield as well as concentration profiles throughout the axial direction of the extractor. For the adsorption column, the equilibrium constant between fluid and adsorbent surface, and the overall mass transfer coefficient between the two phases were taken as the major factors that affect the adsorption rate.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.653-660
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• 1996

For oxygen PSA process development, adsorbed amount of oxygen and nitrogen on various adsorbents were measured corresponding Langmuir isotherm parameters were measured. A reasonable adsorbent for oxygen process was selected based on the effective adsorbed amount. The PSA process consists of adsorption, desorption, pressurization, purging and pressure equilization steps. Adsorption pressure was about 2 atm and desorption pressure was between 120 torr to 400torr. Cycle time of 2-bed PSA process was 80 seconds and that of 3-bed oxygen PSA process was 180 seconds. In order to compare and analyze operation characteristics and economic feasibilities of 2-bed and 3-bed oxygen PSA processes, productivity, oxygen concentration and recovery were compared and the effect of purge and pressurization steps on the performance of PSA processes were analyzed. For the commercial scale oxygen PSA process, capital and electricity cost were estimated. In the range of $O_2$ production less than $700Nm^3/hr$, the 2-bed process is conformed more feasible in economic view point.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.50 no.3
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• pp.516-521
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• 2012

This study developed a simple model to investigate effects of important operating parameters on performance of a bubbling-bed adsorber and regenerator system collecting $CO_2$ from flue gas. The chemical reaction rate was used with mean particles residence time of a reactor to determine the extent of conversion in both adsorber and regenerator reactors. Effects of process parameters - temperature, gas velocity, solid circulation rate, moisture content of feed gas - on $CO_2$ capture efficiency were investigated in a laboratory scale process. The $CO_2$ capture efficiency decreased with increasing temperature or gas velocity of the adsorber. However, it increased with increasing the moisture content of the flue gas or the regenerator temperature. The calculated $CO_2$ capture efficiency agreed to the measured value reasonably well. However the present model did not agree well to the effect of the solid circulation rate on $CO_2$ capture efficiency. Better understanding on contact efficiency between gas and particles was needed to interpret the effect properly.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.384-388
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• 2000

일반적으로 흡착분리공정 기술개발은 대략 3단계의 과정을 거치게 되는데 흡착제의 선정, 흡착탑의 거동해석, 연속공정 구성 및 운전으로 이루어진다. 이중 흡착제의 선정은 대상 혼합물에 어떤 흡착제를 사용하여 효율적인 분리 결과를 얻을 수 있는가를 결정하는 기초단계이면서도 가장 중요한 과정이다. 이를 위해 여러 흡착제에 대한 흡착평형량과 이로부터 얻어지는 선택도, 흡착열, 그리고 흡착질과 흡착제 사이의 물질전달저항과 흡착제의 기공 분포도, 기공부피, 기공율, 비표면적, 충전 밀도(Bulk Density), 파쇄 강도 및 마모저항 등과 같은 물리적 특성을 종합적으로 비교 검토하여 흡착제를 선택하여야 한다. (중략)

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.48 no.6
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• pp.768-775
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• 2010

Adsorption dynamics of ethane/ethylene mixture gas and desorption dynamics during the displacement desorption with propane as a desorbent in the column filled with faujasite adsorbent were investigated experimentally and theoretically. The simulation that adopted heat and mass balance and an ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST) for the multicomponent adsorption equilibrium well predicted the experimental breakthrough curves of the adsorption and desorption. At the adsorption breakthrough experiments, roll-ups of ethane increased as the adsorption pressure increased and the adsorption temperature decreased. During the displacement desorption with propane in the column saturated with ethane/ethylene mixture gas, almost 100% of ethylene was obtained for a certain time interval. The adsorption strength of the desorbent greatly affected the adsorption and re-adsorption dynamics of ethylene. The re-adsorption capacity for ethylene has been greatly reduced when iso-propane, which is stronger desorbent than propane, was used as desorbent. It was found from the simulation that the performance of the displacement desorption process would be superior when the ratio of ${(q_s{\times}b)}_{C_2H_4}/{(q_s{\times}b)}_{C_3H_s}$ was 0.83, that is, the adsorption strengths of ethylene and the desorbent were similar.

• Clean Technology
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.33-38
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• 2010

The characteristics of desorption reaction and the heating values of used activated carbons collected from the companies of Shiwha/Banwal industrial complex were investigated. The desorption characteristics of used activated carbons were analyzed based on the data obtained from a thermogravimetric analyzer. The activation energies and reaction orders for desorption reaction of used activated carbons were calculated by employing Freeman-Carroll method. Heating values of volatile organic compounds(VOC) desorbed from used activated carbons were estimated based on the data obtained from a total hydrocarbon analyzer. It was found that the reaction orders of desorption of used activated carbons were 0.1~0.8, their desorption activation energies, 6.9~26.4 kJ/mol, and VOC heating values, 0.4~10.7 kcal/kg.

• 수도
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• v.23 no.6 s.81
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• pp.30-35
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• 1996

조류의 성장에 기인하여 대청호로부터 발생된 이취미와 천연유기물질의 제거를 위해 활성탄 흡착에 관한 파일롯 플랜트연구를 수행하였다. 대청호원수의 용존유기물질 농도는 1.5-3.5mg/1으로 나타났고, 이취미를 유발시킨 주 성분인 Geosmin농도는 가을에 60ng/1 이상이 검출되었다. 이는 8월말부터 발생하기 시작하여 10월말 까지 지속되었다. 이는 8월말부터 발생하기 시작하여 10월말 까지 지속되었다. 한국수자원공사 대청수도내 파일롯 플랜트는 재래식정수처리 시스템에 오존산화공정, 4개의 입상활성탄 흡착탑으로 구성되었다. 공탑체류시간(EBCT) 15분 이상에서, 이취미 발생기간동안 GAC 3지와 4지에서 이취미는 완전히 제거되었다. 활성탄 원료 종류별 DOC제거를 위한 파일롯연구에서 석탄계 활성탄으로 충진한 GAC 3지와 4지는 운전 3개월 후에 파괴되기 시작하였고, 이 후 4개월의 운전동안 약 40-50%의 일정한 제거효율을 보여주었다. 야자계 활성탄으로 충진된 GAC 2지는 2개월의 운전 후에 완전히 파괴되었다.