• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.247-252
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• 2002

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.158.2-158.2
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• 2011

DME is acronym of dimethyl ether, which is spotlighted as an ideal fuel to produce hydrogen due to its high hydrogen/carbon ratio, high energy density and easiness to carry. In this research, we calculated thermodynamic hydrogen (or syngas) yield from DME autothermal reforming and compared to other fuels. The reforming efficiency was about 80% above $700^{\circ}C$. Lower OCR has higher reforming efficiency but, it requires additional heat supply since the reactions are endothermic. SCR has no significant effect on the reforming efficiency. The optimized condition is $700^{\circ}C$, SCR 1.5, OCR 0.45 without additional heat supply. Comparing to other commercial gaseous fuels (methane and propane), DME has higher selectivity of $H_2O$ and $CO_2$ than the others due to the oxygen atom in the molecule. To apply DME autothermal reforming to real system, a proper catalyst is required. Therefore, it is performed the experiment comparing various novel metal catalysts based on CGO. Experiments were performed at calculated condition. The composition of product was measured and reforming efficiency was calculated. The catalysts have similar efficiency at high temperature(${\sim}800^{\circ}C$) but, CGO-Ru has the highest efficiency at low temperature ($600^{\circ}C$).

• 공업화학
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.176-182
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• 2012

메탄 개질반응($CH_4$ reforming)은 온실가스($CH_4$와 $CO_2$)를 합성가스(CO, $H_2$)로 전환시켜 온실가스를 자원화 한다는 점에서 활발하게 연구가 진행되고 있다. 그러나 촉매 비활성화와 고온 반응으로 인해 아직 상업화된 공정이 없는 상황이다. 본 연구에서는 Co, Ru, Zr 금속과 담지체로 $SiO_2$를 이용해 Co-Ru-Zr-Si (CRZS)촉매를 제조하고 이를 성형하여 메탄개질반응 특성을 연구하고, 공정 개발을 위한 기초 자료를 얻고자 하였다. 성형촉매의 특성을 알아보기 위해 XRD, BET 그리고 EDS로 분석하였고, 메탄 및 이산화탄소 전환율은 GC (TCD detector)로 분석하였다. 또한 반응속도론적 연구로 부터 반응속도상수를 구하였으며 반응물의 물질전달영향을 받지 않는 촉매크기를 선정하였다. 선정된 성형촉매는 $850^{\circ}C$, 720 h에서도 활성을 유지하였다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.700-704
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• 2009

GTL(gas-to-liquid) 합성유 제조용 SCR(steam carbon dioxide reforming) 공정의 시뮬레이션 연구를 수행하였다. 온도 및 $CH_4/steam/CO_2$ 반응물 비와 같은 변수를 바꾸어 가면서 SCR 공정을 위한 최적 운전조건을 살펴보았다. 공정 시뮬레이션을 위해 Aspen Plus를 사용하였다. 또한 정상상태 가정하의 열역학적 물성치 계산을 위해 Aspen Plus의 RSK (Redlich-Kwong-Soave) 상태방정식을 사용하였다. FT 공정을 위한$H_2/CO$ 비, $CH_4$ 전환율, $CO_2$ 전환율을 살펴봄으로써 최적의 온도와 최적의 반응물 비를 결정하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과, SCR reformer 촉매층 출구 최적온도는 상압에서 $850^{\circ}C$ 였으며, 이 온도에서 $CH_4$ 전환율은 99%, $CO_2$ 전환율은 49%로 계산되었고, $CH_4/steam/CO_2$ 최적 반응물 비율은 1.0/1.6/0.7로 나타났다.

• 융복합기술연구소 논문집
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.19-23
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• 2022

Interest in hydrogen production to respond to climate change is increasing. Until now, hydrogen has been mainly produced through the SMR (Steam Methane Reforming) process using natural gas. A large amount of CO₂ is emitted in the hydrogen production process through SMR, and the gas flow including CO₂ generated in the SMR process has different characteristics for each emission source, so it is important to apply a suitable CO₂ capture process. In the case of PSA tail gas or synthesis gas, the applicability of an amine-based process has been confirmed or demonstrated close to a commercial level. However, in the case of the flue gas generated from the reformer, it is still difficult to apply the conventional amine-based process because the partial pressure of CO₂ is relatively low. Energy-saving innovative absorbents such as phase separation absorbents can be a solution to these difficulties.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.669-673
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• 2002

Ni catalyst (Ni: 15 wt%) supported on precalcined SiO2 has been investigated in reforming reactions of methane to synthesis gas. The catalyst exhibited fairly good activity and stability in partial oxidation of methane (POM), whereas it deactivated in steam reforming of methane (SRM). Pulse reaction results of CH4, O2, and CH4/O2 revealed that Ni/SiO2 has high capability to dissociate methane. The results also revealed that both CH4 and O2 are activated on the surface of metallic Ni, and then surface carbon species react with adsorbed oxygen to produce CO and CO2 depending on the bond strength of the oxygen species on the catalyst surface.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.184-187
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• 2007

Hydrogen could be produced from any substance containing hydrogen atoms, such as water, hydrocarbon (HC) fuels, acids or bases. Hydrocarbon fuels couold be converted to hydrogen-rich gas through reforming process for hydrogen production. Even though fuel cell have high efficiency with pure hydrogen from gas tank, it is more beneficial to generate hydrogen from city gas (mainly methane) in residential application such as domestic or office environments. Thus hydrogen is generated by reforming process using hydrocarbon. Unfortunately, the reforming process for hydrogen production is accompanied with unavoidable impurities. Impurities such as CO, $CO_2$, $H_2S$, $NH_3$, and $CH_4$ in hydrogen could cause negative effects on fuel cell performance. Those effects are kinetic losses due to poisoning of electrode catalysts, ohmic losses due to proton conductivity reduction including membrane and catalyst ionomer layers, and mass transport losses due to degrading catalyst layer structure and hydrophobic property. Hydrogen produced from reformer eventually contains around 73% of $H_2$, 20% or less of $CO_2$, 5.8% of less of $N_2$, or 2% less of $CH_4$, and 10ppm or less of CO. Most impurities are removed using pressure swing adsorption (PSA) process to get high purity hydrogen. However, high purity hydrogen production requires high operation cost of reforming process. The effect of carbon dioxide on fuel cell performance was investigated in this experiment. The performance of PEM fuel cell was investigated using current vs. potential experiment, long run (10 hr) test, and electrochemical impedance measurement when the concentrations of carbon dioxide were 10%, 20% and 30%. Also, the concentration of impurity supplied to the fuel cell was verified by gas chromatography (GC).

• 공업화학
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• 제9권7호
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• pp.1070-1078
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• 1998

농축상을 포함한 다원 반응계의 Gibbs Free Energy 최소화 계산을 수행하여 이산화탄소 개질반응에 대한 열역학적 분석을 수행하였으며, $Al_2O_3$, $La_2O_3$, ZSM-5, MCM-41, 그리고 KIT-1의 담체에 담지된 니켈 촉매와 상업용 개질 촉매 ICI 46-1상에서 이산화탄소에 의한 메탄의 개질 반응 실험을 수행하였다. 메탄의 이산화탄소에 의한 개질반응 열역학 계산은 $CH_4$, $CO_2$, CO, $H_2$, $H_2O$, C계에서 수행하는 것이 바람직하였고, 수증기나 산소의 첨가 효과는 이산화탄소의 개질 반응 기여도를 감소시키는 것으로 예상되었다. Ni/ZSM-5, Ni/MCM-41, Ni/KIT-1등 실리케이트 계열의 분자체 담체에 니켈을 담지시킨 촉매가 메탄과 이산화탄소의 전화율이 우수하며, 일산화탄소 수율도 높은 것을 알 수 있었다. 이산화탄소 개질 반응에 대한 코크의 침적은 칼슘 산화물을 첨가함으로써 감소되었으며, 10% Ni과 3% Ca를 담지시킨 Ni/Ca/KIT-1 촉매가 20시간 동안 $650^{\circ}C$ 이상에서 평형 전화율에 근접한 이산화탄소와 메탄의 전화율을 나타냄이 확인되었다. 또한 상대적으로 높은 공간 속도에도 우수한 활성을 나타내었다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.323-328
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• 2006

본 논문의 목적은 부채꼴방전(GlidArc) 플라즈마 개질을 이용하여 프로판으로부터 카본블랙의 형성이 없는 합성가스 생산을 위한 개질특성과 최적 운전조건을 연구하였다. 또한 수소 생산 및 프로판 전환율을 항상시키기 위해 반응기 내의 촉매반응 영역에 13 wt%의 니켈촉매를 충진하여 수증기 몰 비, 이산화탄소 몰 비, 입력 전력, 주입 유량 변화의 변수별 연구를 수행하였다. 그 결과, 수증기 몰 비, 이산화탄소 몰 비, 입력 전력, 주입 유량이 각각 1.86, 0.48, 1.37 kW, 14 L/min일 때 프로판 전환율이 62.6%로 최적이었다. 위의 조건에서 합성가스의 건가스 기준에 농도는 $H_2\;44.4%,\;CO\;18.2%,\;CH_4\;11.2%,\;C_2H_2\;2.0%,\;C_3H_6\;1.6%,\;C_2H_4\;0.6%,\;C_3H_4$ 0.4%이며, 이산화탄소 전환율은 29.2%, 합성가스 내의 $H_2/CO$ 농도 비는 2.4이다.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2012년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.58.2-58.2
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• 2012

Heavy hydrocarbon reforming is a core technology for "Dirty energy smart". Heavy hydrocarbons are components of fossil fuels, biomass, coke oven gas and etc. Heavy hydrocarbon reforming converts the fuels into $H_2$-rich syngas. And then $H_2$-rich syngas is used for the production of electricity, synthetic fuels and petrochemicals. Energy can be used efficiently and obtained from various sources by using $H_2$-rich syngas from heavy hydrocarbon reforming. Especially, the key point of "Dirty energy smart" is using "dirty fuel" which is wasted in an inefficient way. New energy conversion laboratory of KAIST has been researched diesel reforming for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) as a part of "Dirty energy smart". Diesel is heavy hydrocarbon fuels which has higher carbon number than natural gas, kerosene and gasoline. Diesel reforming has difficulties due to the evaporation of fuels and coke formation. Nevertheless, diesel reforming technology is directly applied to "Dirty fuel" because diesel has the similar chemical properties with "Dirty fuel". On the other hand, SOFC has advantages on high efficiency and wasted heat recovery. Nippon oil Co. of Japan recently commercializes 700We class SOFC system using city gas. Considering the market situation, the development of diesel reformer has a great ripple effect. SOFC system can be applied to auxiliary power unit and distributed power generation. In addition, "Dirty energy smart" can be realized by applying diesel reforming technology to "Dirty fuel". As well as material developments, multidirectional approaches are required to reform heavy hydrocarbon fuels and use $H_2$-rich gas in SOFC. Gd doped ceria (CGO, $Ce_{1-x}Gd_xO_{2-y}$) has been researched for not only electrolyte materials but also catalysts supports. In addition, catalysts infiltrated electrode over porous $La_{0.8}Sr_{0.2}Ga_{0.8}Mg_{0.2}O_3-{\delta}$ and catalyst deposition at three phase boundary are being investigated to improve the performance of SOFC. On the other hand, nozzle for diesel atomization and post-reforming for light-hydrocarbons removal are examples of solving material problems in multidirectional approaches. Likewise, multidirectional approaches are necessary to realize "Dirty energy smart" like reforming "Dirty fuel" for SOFC.