• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2006

A downdraft gasifier was made of stainless steel for biomass gasification. Internal reactor had a 300 mm diameter and 8 air intakes. Three thermocouples were installed to measure the temperature inside the reactor. Three different biomass fuels were provided in the experiments to find out the effects of fuel conditions on gasification processes; charcoals, woodchips, and mixture of woodchip and charcoals. Two different experiments were conducted fer charcoal experiments, small and larger sizes of charcoal fuels. It took about 10 minutes after ignition to generate combustible producer gas when charcoal was f9d, but 20 or more minutes for woodchips. When the gasification was stabilized, the highest temperature was observed just below the combustion zone. The air flow rate for woodchip experiment was provided at 25% of a stoichiometric requirement of combustion, which was within the range of typical air flow rate fer woody biomass gasification. Carbon monoxide concentrations were also within the values reported in the previous studies, ranging 20 to 30% depending on fuel types. It could be seen that fuel size and heating value were very important parameters in biomass gasification. These parameters should be taken into account in operating and designing biomass gasifiers.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.75-80
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• 2012

Gasification is a therm-chemical conversion process to convert various solid fuels into gaseous fuels under limited supply of oxygen in high temperature environment. Considering current availability of biomass resources in this country, the gasification is more attractive than any other technologies in that the process can accept various combustible solid fuels including plastic wastes. Mixed fuels of biomass and polyethylene pellets were used in gasification experiments in this study in order to assess their potential for synthesis gas production. The results showed that higher reaction temperatures were observed in mixed fuel compared to woodchip experiments. In addition, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and methane concentrations were increased in the synthesis gas. Heating values of the synthesis gas were also higher than those from woodchip gasification. There are hundred thousand tons of agricultural plastic wastes generated in Korea every year. Co-gasification of biomass and agricultural plastic waste would provide affordable gaseous fuels in rural society.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.662-665
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• 2007

Since biomass is given the status of "renewable resource" in contrast to "exhaustible resource" e.q., fossil fuels, it plays a significant role in the sustainable development in future. We installed a downdraft gasifier for power generation from biomass materials. The biomass raw materials were wood chips with a moisture content of 18-23 wt.%, supplied at 40-50kg/h. This paper describes on the optimum gasification air ratio that is defined as the ratio of the oxygen mole supplied into the gasifier to the oxygen mole required for complete combustion for producing syngas supplied into a gas engine. The results showed that, lower heating value of the syngas was 1200 $kcal/m^3$ $_N-dry$ and cold gas efficiency of the gasification system was 72% under optimum operating conditions.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제64권5호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2022

Hydrogen can be produced by gasification of biomass and other combustible fuels. Depending on oxydant agents, syngas or producer gas compositions become quite different. Since biomass has limited amount of hydrogen including moisture in it, the hydrogen concentration in the syngas is about 15% when air is supplied for oxidant agent. Experiments were conducted to investigate the channges in hydrogen concentrations in syngas with different oxidant agent conditions, fuel conditions, and external heat supply. Allothermal reaction resulted in higher concentrations of hydrogen with the supply of steam over air, reaching over 60%. Hydrogen is produced by water-gas and water-gas shift reactions. These reactions are endothermic and require enough heat. Autothermal reaction occurred in the downdraft gasifier used in the experiment did not provide enough heat in the reactions for hydrogen production. Steam seems a more desirable oxidant agent in producing the syngas with higher concentrations of hydrogen from biomass gasifications since nitrogen is included in syngas when air is used.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.76-82
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• 2012

볏짚 톱밥과 같은 바이오매스는 석탄과 함께 사용할 수 있는 잠재력이 큰 에너지원으로 이들을 가스화공정에 적용하면 수송용 연료같은 bio-oil을 생산할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 상압의 열천칭 반응기(thermobalance)에서 톱밥, 볏짚, 갈탄, 역청탄, 무연탄의 수증기 가스화 반응특성을 수행하였으며, 가스화 온도 $600{\sim}850^{\circ}C$, 수증기 분압 30~90 kPa의 범위에서 조업변수들이 가스화반응속도에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 세 가지의 기체-고체 화학반응모델이 가스화반응의 거동을 예측하는 능력을 비교하였으며, modified volumetric reaction model을 사용하여 공정설계에 필수적인 kinetic 정보를 도출하였다. 두 가지 바이오매스와 세 가지 석탄 촤의 가스화반응성을 비교하였다. Arrhenius plot으로부터 얻어진 바이오매스와 석탄의 활성화에너지는 모두 문헌상의 범위에 속하였다. 각 연료에 대하여 수증기분압에 대한 반응차수를 결정하였으며, 가스화공정 설계의 기초데이타로서 겉보기 반응속도식을 제시하였다.

• 공업화학
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.184-192
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• 2015

석유 코크스, 바이오매스, 혼합연료들의 이산화탄소 가스화 반응성을 측정하고 비교하기 위해서 TGA (Thermogravimetric analyzer)를 이용하여 $1,100{\sim}1,400^{\circ}C$의 char-$CO_2$ 가스화 반응을 조사하였다. 기-고체반응속도 모델들에 적용하여 $1,100{\sim}1,400^{\circ}C$의 온도 영역에서의 반응 속도 상수를 구하였다. 또한 반응 속도 상수와 온도와의 관계를 Arrhenius 식에 적용하여 각 모델에서의 활성화에너지(Ea) 및 빈도 인자($K_0$)를 구하고 이를 실험값과 비교하여 석유 코크스, 바이오매스, 혼합 연료들의 이산화탄소 가스화 반응을 잘 모사하는 반응 속도식을 제시하였다. 반응온도가 증가할수록 이산화탄소 가스화에 소요되는 반응시간은 감축되었다. 또한 바이오매스와의 혼합이 증가할수록 활성화 에너지의 감소를 보여 바이오매스의 혼합이 석유 코크스의 이산화탄소 가스화 반응에 시너지 효과를 가져옴을 확인하였다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.190-199
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• 2017

Air-blown Gasification of coal and torrefied biomass mixture is conducted on fixed-bed gasifier. The various ratio (9:1, 8:2, 7:3) of coal and torrefied biomass mixture are used. The contents of $H_2$, CO in the syngas were increased with gasification temperature. Carbon conversion tend to increase with temperature and equivalence ratio (ER). However, cold gas efficiency showed maximum point in ER range of 0.26-0.36. The torrefied biomass showed highest cold gas efficiency of 67.5% at $934^{\circ}C$, ER 0.36. Gasification of 8:2 mixture showed the highest carbon conversion and cold gas efficiency and synergy effect.

• 에너지공학
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.298-302
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• 2011

In this study, Catalytic reforming with vapor and biomass gasification was simultaneously performed in a same fixed bed reactor at $600-800^{\circ}C$. Light gases were produced from reformation of the tar (fuel gases) in biomass gasification by using limonite and dolomite, as catalysts. Hydrogen and carbon dioxide are main components in light gases. Hydrogen yields increased with temperature increasing in the range of $650-800^{\circ}C$, because the water shift reaction was promoted by catalyst. The yield of hydrogen gas was increased about 160% under catalyst with the mixture of limonite and dolomite comparing to limonite only.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.89-97
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• 2008

A downdraft gasifier was manufactured for biomass gasification. The gasifier was designed based on the principles of gasification presented in previous studies. The pipes of 25mm diameter were used for both supplying air and discharging producer gas. Wood charcoals were mostly used for fuels. The concentration of CO ranged from 25 to 35%, comparable to the values presented in other studies. The temperature outside wall of the gasifier was measured up to $400^{\circ}C$, indicating a great heat loss. When glass wool was cover over the wall, some parts of wire mesh located in the bottom of the reactor were molten down. There were several modifications that should be made in order to improve its efficiency and obtain more stable continuous gasification, including insulation, reduction in pressure loss, durable bottom meshes, the optimum length of reaction part, and safety.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제36권10호
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• pp.704-710
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• 2014

바이오매스는 지구온난화에 중요한 기여자인 이산화탄소와 같은 온실가스를 해결할 수 있는 대체에너지로 간주된다. 또한 바이오매스 에너지는 열화학적 전환 공정을 통해 다양한 형태로 전환된다. 본 연구에서는 목질계 바이오매스의 가스화를 위해 연속식 가스화기를 제작하였다. 목질계 바이오매스는 폐목재를 사용하였다. 이산화탄소 가스화 실험은 가스화 온도, 함수율 그리고 주입 이산화탄소 농도 변화에 따라 진행하였다. 실험결과는 가스화 온도가 증가함에 따라 생성가스 발생량이 증가함을 보였다. 경질타르는 중질타르의 열적 분해에 의해 증가되었고, 주사현미경 분석을 통해 촤 세공형성이 발달되는 것을 확인하였다. 일산화탄소 농도는 부다 반응에 의해 이산화탄소 주입농도 증가함에 따라 증가하였다. 변수별 실험에 의해, 최적 실험 조건에서 수소와 일산화탄소는 32.91%와 48.33%가 생성되었다.