• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.173-182
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• 2014

Dimethyl ether (DME) is a new clean fuel as an environmentally-being energy resources. DME has similar characteristics to those of LPG and can be substituted Diesel fuel. KOGAS has investigated and developed new innovative DME synthesis process from synthesis gas with KOGAS's own technologies. KOGAS had finished the construction of 10ton/day DME demonstration plant in 2008, we have established the basic design of commercial plant which can produce 3,000ton/day DME. Specifically, an economic model for a commercial DME project will be presented. It accounts for all the major cost factors that are considered in a commercial scale project as the model input for performing cash flow analysis, after which key economic indicators are produced including the internal rate of return (IRR), net present value (NPV). Sensitivity analysis is performed to identify dominant cost factors to the project economics and quantify their impact. The inputs to the economic analysis will be based on representative cost factors from the commercial-scale design of KOGAS' direct DME process supplemented by literature data. Case study results will be presented based on recent commercialization projects.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한연소학회 2003년도 제27회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 논문집
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• pp.231-236
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• 2003

HCCI(Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition) combustion is an advanced combustion process explained as a homogeneously premixed charge of a fuel where air is admitted into the cylinder and compression ignited. It has possibility to reduce NOx by spontaneous auto-ignition at multiple points that allows very lean combustion resulting in low combustion temperatures. Particulate matters (PM) could be also reduced by the homogeneous combustion and no fuel-rich zones. Injection timing is extremely advanced to achieve homogeneous charge where a diesel fuel could not be vaporized sufficiently due to low pressure and low temperature condition. Also the over-penetration could be a severe problem. The small injection angle and multi-hole injectors were applied to solve these problems. Dimethyl ether (DME) as an altenative fuel was also applied to relive the bad vaporization problem associated with early injection of diesel fuel. Neat DME has a very high cetane rating and high vapor pressure. Contained oxygen reduces soot during the combustion. Experimental result shows DME can be easily operated in an HCCI engine. PM shows almost zero value and NOx is reduced more than 90% compared to direct-injection diesel engine operating mode but problem of early ignition needs more investigation.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.17-24
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• 2010

The objective of this work is to analyze the macroscopic behavior of spray and injection characteristics on the DME blended biodiesel at different mixing ratios by using spray visualization and injection rate measurement system. The spray images were analyzed to a spray tip penetration, a spray cone angle and a spray area distribution at various mixing ratio of DME by weight. The influence of different injection pressure and ambient pressure on the fuel spray characteristics are investigated for the various injection parameters. In order to analyze the injection characteristics of test fuels, the fuel injection rate is measured at various blending ratio. The variation of viscosity of the blended fuel by the mixing of DME fuel shows the improved effect of spray developments. Also, it was found that the injection quantities of high blended ratio were larger than that of lower blended fuel. Also, higher blending fuel showed a faster evaporation than that of mixing ratio of test fuel because kinetic viscosity was changed by blending ratio.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국연소학회 2012년도 제45회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 초록집
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• pp.207-209
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• 2012

The present experiment was conducted to measure the unstretched laminar burning velocity and cellular instability of DME-air and syngas (in steps of 25 %) added DME-air premixed flames using propagating spherical flame. The experimental results were discussed in two focuses which are effects of syngas fraction and initial pressure on Markstein length, unstretched laminar burning velocities, and cellular instability. The flame instability was evaluated by the Markstein length and cellularity which is caused by diffusional-thermal instability and hydrodynamic instability.

• 한국가스학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가스학회 2005년도 추계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.83-87
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• 2005

The kinetics of the direct synthesis of DME was studied under different conditions over a temperature range of $220\~280^{\circ}C$, syngas ratio $1.2\~ 3.0$ All experiment were carried out over hybrid catalyst, composed to a methanol synthesis catalyst (Cu/ZnO/$Al_2O_3$) and a dehydration Catalyst ($\gamma$-Al_2O_3$) The observed reaction rate qualitatively follows a Langmiur-Hinshellwood type of reaction mechanism. Such a mechanism is considered with three reaction, methanol synthesis, methanol dehydration and water gas shift reaction. From a surface reaction with dissociative adsorption of hydrogen, methanol and water, individual reaction rate was determined

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.190-196
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• 2017

The aim of this work is to investigate the combustion and exhaust emission characteristics of low-temperature combustion (LTC) at various EGR test conditions using a single cylinder common-rail diesel engine. In high EGR rate combustion mode with DME fuel, 30% (${\Phi}=0.61$) and 50% (${\Phi}=0.86$) of EGR were respectively examined, and then the combustion, exhaust emissions, nano-particle characteristics of each cases were measured. From these results, it revealed that The ignition delay and combustion duration are prolonged as the increase of EGR rate. In addition, at an advanced injection timing (BTDC $30^{\circ}$), ignition delays were fairly increased because the dilution effect of EGR and also low charge in-cylinder temperature created a lean mixture, thus decreased the peak release rate.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.44-50
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• 2012

The present study was conducted to investigate the flame instability(evaluated by Markstein length and cellular instability) and laminar burning velocity in a constant volume combustion chamber at room temperature and elevated pressure up to 0.3 MPa to suggest the possibility of utilizing mixtures of syngas added DME-air premixed flames in internal combustion engines. The experimentally measured laminar burning velocities were compared to predictions calculated the PREMIX code with Zhao reaction mechanism. Discussions were made on effects of syngas addition into DME-Air premixed flames through evaluating laminar burning velocity, Markstein length, and cellular instability. Particular concerns are focused on cellular instability caused by hydrodynamic instability and diffusive-thermal instability.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.161.1-161.1
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• 2010

대표적인 에너지원인 석유는 매장량 및 매장지역이 한정되어 있으며, 환경오염, 연료공급 등의 문제를 안고 있다. 에너지의 대부분을 수입하고 있는 우리나라는 경제성장 및 소득수준 향상으로 에너지 소비량이 증가하면서, 국제유가 상승은 국가 경제에도 큰 악영향을 미치고 있다. 이러한 상황에서 화석연료인 석유를 대체하기 위하여 최근 차세대 대체에너지에 대한 관심이 높아지면서 청정연료인 디메틸에테르(Dimethyl Ether : DME)의 사용방안에 대한 기술개발이 활발히 진행되고 있다. 정부(지식경제부)에서는 DME 보급을 위한 기본계획에서 3단계의 보급계획에 따라 2013년까지 DME를 상용화하겠다는 목표를 발표한바 있다. 그래서 2007년부터 2009년까지 2년간 정부 주관 하에 한국가스공사 등이 1단계 DME 보급을 위한 실증연구를 수행하였다. 1단계 실증연구를 통해 DME-LPG 혼합연료에 대한 품질 및 안전기준을 마련하였으며, DME를 일반 가정 및 상업용으로 시범보급 할 수 있는 특례고시가 2009년 11월에 제정되었다. 현재 제정된 DME-LPG 시범보급 특례고시에 따라 2009년 12월부터 2011년 11월까지 2년간 2단계 시범보급 연구가 진행되고 있다. 2단계 시범보급연구에서는 한국가스공사외 3개 기관이 함께 참여하여 연구를 수행하고 있다. 시범보급에서는 DME-LPG 혼합연료를 일반 가정 및 상업용으로 직접 소비자에게 시범적으로 보급하는 만큼, DME-LPG 혼합연료가 LPG 연료에 비해서 연소효율이 어느 정도 수준인지를 비교하는 것이 매우 중요한 사항이므로 본 실험에서는 가정 및 상업용으로 사용되는 연소기기를 대상으로 LPG 및 DME-LPG 혼합연료에 대해 연소효율을 측정하는 실험을 수행하였다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.83-90
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• 2014

The main purpose of the study is to investigate the ideal manner and ratio to inject gasoline and DME simultaneously into intake port, and moreover to confirm the characteristics of combustion and emission of engine. Experimental conditions are 1200 rpm, compression ratio 8.5, intake air temperature (383 K). Internal cylinder pressure was collected to confirm the characteristics of combustion in order to calculate the heat release rate in the cylinder. In addition, HORIBA (MEXA 7100) which was possible analyzing emissions (NOx, CO, HC) was used. Vanguard gasoline engine (23HP386447) was used in this experiment. The result show that fuel design (DME-Gasoline) leads to the decrease of low temperature heat release, which is a benefit for higher-load on the HCCI engine. Also, IMEP and the indicated thermal efficiency increase with combustion-phasing retard, and these observations can be explained by considering the control of low temperature oxidation of DME.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2011

본 연구는 DME-바이오디젤 혼합연료의 분무 및 연소, 배기 특성을 바이오디젤과 비교한 실험적 연구이며 실험연료는 바이오디젤 (BD100)과 중량 기준으로 DME를 20% 혼합한 DME-바이오디젤 혼합연료 (B-DME20)이다. 거시적 분무 특성을 연구하기 위하여 분무 이미지로부터 분무도달거리, 분무각을 측정하였으며, 연소 및 배기 특성은 단기통 직접 분사식 압축착화 기관을 이용하여 분석하였다. 실험결과 바이오디젤과 DME-바이오디젤 혼합연료는 분사율에서는 큰 차이가 없었지만 혼합연료의 경우에 착화지연기간이 짧고 연소압력이 높았으며soot 배출물이 현저하게 줄어들었다.