• Journal of the Korean Society of Combustion
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.32-39
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• 2012

In this study, pre-processor code based on structural behavior of coal is applied to predict yields, pyrolysis rate and compositions of volatile and char. These parameters are used in the devolatilization and char burnout sub-models as user-defined functions of commercial CFD code. The predicted characteristics of these sub-models are compared with those employing the conventional model based on experiment and validated against the measurement of a 2.1 MW swirling pulverized coal flame in a semi-industrial scale furnace. And the influence of the turbulence-chemistry interaction on pulverized coal combustion is analyzed.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.47-53
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• 2007

The laminar combustion characteristics of interacting coal particles in a convective flow are numerically investigated at particle arrangement and size difference. The numerical simulations, which use the two-step global reaction model to account for the surrounding gas effect, show the detailed interaction among the inter-space particles, undergoing devolatilization and subsequent char burning. Several parametric studies, which include the effect of the gas temperature (1700 K), high pressure(10 atm) and variation in geometrical arrangement of the particle diameter on the volatile release rate and the char combustion rate, have been carried out. The comparison indicates that the shift to the multiple particle arrangement resulted in the substantial change of the combustion characteristics and that the volatile release rate of the interacting coal particles exhibits a strong dependency on the particle spacing and size difference.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.76.2-76.2
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• 2011

석탄의 탄종별 열분해 생성물은 석탄가스화기의 뮬레이션 기법의 첫 번째 단계이며 이러한 탄종별 생성물 예측은 가스화기의 성능, 즉 가스화기 출구 가스조성, 탄소전환율, 냉가스 전환율등을 예측하는데 있어 가장 기본적이고 중요한 절차이다. 본 논문에서는 석탄가스화기내 열분해 과정을 모사할 수 있도록 석탄 성상과 가스화기 운전압력에 따라 탄종별 고온고압 열분해시의 생성물을 정량적으로 계산하는 방법을 제시하였다. Merrick(1983)의 방법을 기반으로 석탄의 성상(공업/원소분석치), 가스화기 운전압력과 몇가지 상관관계식으로부터 고온고압하 열분해 생성물을 계산하는 방법이며 이를 프로그램화하여 가스화기 시뮬레이터용 모듈로 구성할 수 있도록 하였다. 또한, 국내 수입 5개 탄종에 대하여 열분해 생성물의 조성을 구하였으며 이를 상용 열분해모델의 결과와 서로 비교하였다. 열분해 생성물 조성의 분포는 다른 상용 프로그램 결과와 부합하였으며 생성물의 발열량도 원탄의 발열량과 적합한 결과를 보여주었다.

• Clean Technology
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.288-296
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• 2023

Coal is abundantly available compared to other energy sources and is used as a versatile energy resource worldwide. To address the environmental issues stemming from conventional coal utilization, efforts are underway to develop clean coal utilization technologies, with IGCC technology being a notable example. In IGCC plants, coal is subjected to a CMD process where both drying and pulverization are achieved by supplying hot air. However, if the temperature of the supplied hot air is excessively high, it can lead to devolatilization and spontaneous combustion, thereby compromising the stable operation of the CMD process. This study aimed to measure the devolatilization and spontaneous combustion temperatures of different types of bituminous coal, and to explore their correlations with the characteristics of the coals. Six coal types exhibited devolatilization between 350 and 400 ℃, while three coal types showed devolatilization at temperatures exceeding 400 ℃. Spontaneous combustion ℃curred in one coal type below 100 ℃, six coal types between 100 and 150 ℃, and two coal types above 150 ℃. The measured initiation temperatures were compared with the coal characteristics including the oxygen, moisture, Fe₂O₃, and CaO content, the H/C ratio, and the O/C ratio to establish correlations. Regression analysis was used to calculate the regression coefficients and determination coefficients for each ignition temperature. It was found that 52.44% of the FC/VM data significantly influenced the volatile matter ignition temperature, and 59.10% of the Fe₂O₃ data significantly affected the spontaneous combustionignition temperature.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.7 no.5
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• pp.19-25
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• 1998

High temperature thermal behaviors of EAF dust by coke at initial reaction stage were studied to obtain the fundamental data of EAF dust treatment process, that is Extended Arc Plasma Furnace System called RAPID system. In this study thermal behaviors including calcination of limestone, devolatilization of EAF dust itself, and reduction & devolatilization of mixture(EAF dust : coke : limestone = 80 : 10 : 10 wt.%) were investigated as functions of reaction temperature (1000~1300$^{\circ}C$) and reaction time (3~12 min), considering the 180% equivalence of carbon reduction and 1.7 bacisity for optimum reduction and melting of EAF dust in the RAPID system. Size of sample was about below 0.1 mm for these experiments. Limestone was completely calcined at above 1100$^{\circ}C$ within 1 minutes. In the case of devolatilization of EAF dust itself, weight loss of EAF dust was about 14% at 1300$^{\circ}C$ and 12 minutes, and partial sintering and melting were found in part of sample. Weight loss of mixtures increased with increasing reaction temperature and time, about 46% weight loss in it was occurred at 1300$^{\circ}C$ and 12 minutes. From these weight losses showing devolatilization and reduction of EAF dust, the treatment time of EAF dust inside.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.51 no.1
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• pp.121-126
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• 2013

The objective of this research is to predict the TG curve of blends of bituminous coal and sub-bituminous coal during devolatilization. TSL (Thermal Shock Large) TGA was used for Experiments, and Coats-redfern method was used for reaction order calculation. Based on reaction order, sum method was verified to be suitable for a single coal, then, prediction and comparison of TG curve of coal blends was conducted using both of WSM (Weight Sum Method) and MWSM (Modified Weight Sum Method), where the latter was developed in this research. The presented experiment results and WSM & MWSM were showed to be reasonable using linear least square method. MWSM performed more accurately than WSM for the case that TG curve had different slopes and the case that sharp weight loss happened due to release of volatile matter. The results showed that it's possible to predict the thermal behavior of coal blends during devolatilization based on the thermal behavior of single coals.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Combustion
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.8-14
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• 2011

Biomass gasification is a promising technology in terms of clean energy and flexible options for end use such as heat, steam, electricity, gaseous or liquid fuels. In a gasification process, reduction of tar is very important because it can cause any mechanical problems and small tar implies high energy efficiency. However, generation and conversion mechanisms of tar have not been fully understood due to its complex nature. In this study, characteristics of tar generated from different gasification stages were investigated. Korean pine woodchip was used as feedstock and tar was sampled in a separate way during devolatilization and char gasification stage, investigated. As a result. more various kinds of hydro carbon compounds were identified in the devolatilization stage than char gasification stage because primary tar compounds are released mostly from pyrolysis of cellulose and hemicellulose. When the reaction temperature increased up to $900^{\circ}C$, tar composition becomes simplified into about 10 aromatic compounds mostly with 1-4 rings without substitution up to phenanthrene. The sampled tar in the char gasification stage mostly contains 5-7 simple aromatic compounds.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.209-212
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• 2012

This study was performed to analyze coal flames and measure tar and soot yields and structures of chars for two coals depending on the volatile content by the LFR(Laminar Flow Reactor) which can be applied to a variety of coal researches. The results show that volatile contents and oxygen concentration have significant influence on length and width of the soot cloud and it also indicate that the length and width of the cloud in condition of combustion decrease than those of pyrolysis atmosphere. Until the sampling height reach at 50 mm, the tar and soot yields of Berau (Sub-bituminous) coal contained relatively lots of volatile matters are less than those of Glencore A.P. (Bituminous) coal. On the other hand, tar and soot yields of Berau coal are higher than those of Glencore A.P. coal by reacted residual volatile matter. In addition, the images of samples obtained from the particle separation system of the sampling probe support for above results with the yields, and the pore development of char surface by devolatilization.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.97-98
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• 2001

폐기물 소각로는 주입 폐기물의 성상이 균일하지 못하므로 폐기물의 불완전 연소에 의한 유해중간 생성물들이 생성되므로 논란이 되어왔다. 이를 제어하기 위해서는 공기량, 공기 주입방법, 공기 예열온도등에 운전조건들의 선정이 매우 중요하다. 이를 위해 진행되어온 연구는 크게 실험적 방법과 수치 해석적 방법의 두 범주로 나뉘어진다. 이에 본 연구에서는 수치해석적 방법으로 광주 상무신도심에 설치 가동중인 200톤/일 용량의 소각로내의 열유동 현상을 해석하기 위하여 고체 폐기물이 매우 빠르게 탈휘(devolatilization)되는 것으로 가정, 메탄가스로 단순화(Chen et al, 1999)하였다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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• 1994.05a
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• pp.39-46
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• 1994

석탄이용공정에서 처음단계로 일어나는 열분해단계에 대한 석탄등급(Rank)의 영향을 고찰키 위해 Thermogravimetry/Mass Spectrometry 장치를 고안하여 실험하였다. 미국 아르곤국립연구소의 8개 표준석탄에 대하여 실험한 결과, 석탄내 각 성분들에 따라 석탄등급의 영향이 크게 차이남을 발견하였다. 따라서, 석탄내 각 성분들의 kinetic 변수들은 석탄등급에 무관하다는 기존의 가정은 석탄열분해반응의 상세모사시 적용할 수 없음이 실험적으로 확인되었다.