• Clean Technology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.95-100
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• 2006

Fractionation and hydrodealkylation (HDA) units, subparts of BTX plant, were thermodynamically analyzed using the notion of exergy. Exergy values were calculated as the sum of physical and chemical exergies due to the existence of chemical reactions. The analysis was based on the simulation results with the aid of real operating data. Driving and material exergy losses were separately defined and quantified. Locations and the reason of major exergy losses were identified and improvement strategies were suggested. It was noted that the exergy analysis could provide a sound base for adopting the concept of industrial ecology and developing loss prevention schemes.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.65-70
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• 2015

This research examines the removal efficiency of benzene, toluene, xylene (BTX) and total volatile organic compounds (TVOCs) by flowing VOCs, which are generated at a petrochemical complex in the Ulsan area, in a sliding arc plasma (SAP) reactor. The SAP reactor process is composed of 5 steps and the analysis was conducted using a BTX detector and TVOC measuring instrument. The removal efficiency of BTX was better at high concentration than at low concentration and the emitted TVOC concentration increased in later steps of the reactor. In addition, the removal efficiency improved, as the flow velocity increased. The maximum permissible concentration of TVOCs in the first step was about 481 ppm and showed over 94.83% efficiency when it was operated in the 2nd step at concentrations beyond 481 ppm. Therefore, there are many factors for improving the removal efficiency of SAP reactors at low concentration and measures should be prepared according to the application method for the various types of industrial reactors.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.140-145
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• 2000

BTX는 석유화학곧업에서 생산되는 방향족탄화수소 화합물의 주요 생산품목인 Benzene, Toluene, Xylene을 일컫는 말로서 석유화학공정에서 간단히 줄여서 쓰는 용어이다. 벤젠, 톨루엔, 크실렌 등은 페인트 희석제로 쓰이는 유기용매의 주성분들이며, 인체에 중독성을 나타내는 유해물질이기도 하며 소방법상에서는 인화성액체인 4류 위험물로 취급하고 있다.(중략)

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.37 no.12
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• pp.689-695
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• 2015

A biofilm filtration for the removal of gaseous pollutants has been recognized as a process with a complex interaction between the gas flow characteristics and the process operating variables. This study aims to develop an one dimensional dynamic numerical model which can be utilized as a tool for the analysis of biofilm filtration process operated in plug flow mode. Since, in a plug flow system, minor environmental changes in a gaseous unit process cause a drastic change in reaction and the interaction between the pollutants is an influencing factor, plug flow system was generalized in developing the model. For facilitation of the model development, dispersion was simplified based on the principles of material balance. Several reactions such as competition, escalation, and control between the pollutants were included in the model. The applicability of the developed model was evaluated by taking the calibration and verification steps on the experimental data performed for the removal of BTX at both low and high flow concentration. The model demonstrated a correlation coefficient ($R^2$) greater than 0.79 under all the experimental conditions except for the case of toluene at high flow condition, which suggested that this model could be used for the generalized gaseous biofilm plug flow filtration system. In addition, this model could be a useful tool in analyzing the design parameters and evaluating process efficiency of the experiments with substantial amount of complexity and diversity.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.443-444
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• 1999

악취는 냄새를 유발하는 기체상 물질이 사람의 후각을 자극하여 불쾌감이나 혐오감을 주는 상태를 말한다. 악취물질은 정유공장, 화학공장, 하수처리장, 분뇨 및 축산 폐수처리장, 매립장 등의 다양한 발생원이 있으며, 여러가지 복합된 화합물이 원인이 되어 악취를 유발한다. 단위 물질로서 황화수소(H$_2$S)는 계란 썩는 냄새, 메르캅탄(mercaptan)류는 야채 썩는 냄새, 아민류는 생선냄새 등의 특이한 냄새를 유발하며, 최저 감지값은 물질별로 상당한 차이를 나타내고 있다(이광묵, 1993).(중략)

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.121-130
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• 1995

This paper deals with modeling and simulation of an industrial benzene-toluene-xylene plant. Because the fractionation unit of benzene-toluene-xylene plant has a narrow range of boiling point and doesn't have any sidecut and side reboiler, we employed boiling point estimation method in the modeling and simulation of the plant. Soave-Redlich-Kwong equation was used in the computation of thermodynamical properties. We solved resulting nonlinear equations by using Newton-Raphson method which is known to show fast convergence. Results of simulation showed good agreement with actual plant operation data.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1991.10a
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• pp.87-92
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• 1991

A naphtha reforming process treats the feed naphtha for the production of BTX and high octane gasoline. In this paper, the development of NAFOS (Naphtha Reformer Steady-State Simulator), which is the efficient tool for the wide range of reforming process studies, is presented. NAFOS system is based on the sequential modular approach and composed of unit computation routines, physical properties data base, numerical routines, flowsheet convergence routine and user interfaces for input-output control. The developed NAFOS system has been tested by computation of the UOP Platforrming process. Simulation results of NAFOS corresponded with that of established general purpose simulator (ASPEN PLUS), and faster for the same simulation case.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.83-92
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• 2007

In view of stringent environment regulations to control the emission of green house gases and also depleting fossil fuel reserves, it is high quality desirable to develop alternative technologies to produce high quality fuels. To this end Biomass to Liquid (BTL) technology has received much attention in recent years. BTL process generally consists of gasification of biomass to produce bio-syngas, cleaning and control of $H_{2}/CO$ mole ratio of bio-syngas and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis & upgrading systems. Choren, Germany has first developed the commercial BTL process using unique gasification system i.e., Carbo-V. A new technology to remove tars and BTX has been developed by ECN in Netherlands employing a gasification system combined with OLGA technology. Several other countries including USA and Japan are showing great interest in BTL technology. Thus in view of our national energy security and also the environmental regulations, it is essential to develop alternative technologies like BTL in order to meet the increasing demand of energy though our insufficient biomass resources. In this paper we present an overview and development status of BTL-diesel technology.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.46 no.5
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• pp.1017-1022
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• 2008

Though many divided wall columns are implemented in field as energy-efficient distillation columns, its application is limited due to the difficulty of building a new column. A novel energy-efficient distillation system utilizing the existing columns is proposed here. The proposed can reduce the energy consumption by about 39% comparing with the existing system. And it is shown that the proposed improves the column operability over the existing. The tray numbers of the added columns have no significant influence on the composition of a side draw.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Resources Recycling Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.19-144
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• 2000

막대한 에너지원을 갖고 있는 고분자 폐기물은 열분해에 의하여 오일화가 가능하며 이 오일은 대체 연료유로서 사용이 가능하다. 그러나 이 연료유를 생산하기 위해서는 폐플라스틱 및 폐타이어의 경우는 공정을 서로 달리하여야 이용이 가능하며 생성유의 유질에서도 다소 차이가 있다. 올레핀계가 함유된 폐플라스틱을 열분해 오일화 하기 위해서는 분해 촉매를 사용하여야 하며 열분해유는 경유분과 d사한 성상을 갖고 있으며 폐타이어의 열분해유는 유황성분 및 BTX 분을 상당량 함유하고 있어서 경유분과는 다소 다른 성상을 갖고 있다. 또한 폐타이어 및 폐플라스틱의 열분해 기술이 사용화되기 위해서는 열분해시 발생하는 Coking 문제 극복 및 시스템에 대한 설계기술이 뒷받침되어야 한다.