• 한국폐기물자원순환학회지
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• 제34권7호
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• pp.685-696
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• 2017

This study focuses on computational particle fluid dynamics (CPFD) modeling for the fast pyrolysis of biomass in a conical spouted bed reactor. The CPFD simulation was conducted to understand the hydrodynamics, heat transfer, and biomass fast pyrolysis reaction of the conical spouted bed reactor and the multiphase-particle in cell (MP-PIC) model was used to investigate the fast pyrolysis of biomass in a conical spouted bed reactor. A two-stage semi-global kinetics model was applied to model the fast pyrolysis reaction of biomass and the commercial code (Barracuda) was used in simulations. The temperature of solid particles in a conical spouted bed reactor showed a uniform temperature distribution along the reactor height. The yield of fast pyrolysis products from the simulation was compared with the experimental data; the yield of fast pyrolysis products was 74.1wt.% tar, 17.4wt.% gas, and 8.5wt.% char. The comparison of experimental measurements and model predictions shows the model's accuracy. The CPFD simulation results had great potential to aid the future design and optimization of the fast pyrolysis process for biomass.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.223-233
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• 2020

Fast pyrolysis is one of the most promising technologies for converting biomass to liquid fuels. Pyrolysis bio-oil can replace petroleum-based fuels used in various thermal conversion devices. However, pyrolysis bio-oil is completely different from petroleum fuels. Therefore, in order to successfully use pyrolysis bio-oil, it is necessary to understand the fuel characteristics of pyrolysis bio-oil. This paper focuses on fuel characteristics and upgrading methods of pyrolysis bio-oil and discusses how these fuel characteristics can be applied to the use of pyrolysis bio-oils. In addition, the fuel quality standards of fast pyrolysis bio-oil were examined.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.94-101
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• 2011

The fast pyrolysis characteristics of lignocellulosic biomass are investigated for a bubbling fluidized bed reactor by means of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). To simulate multiphase reacting flows for gases and solids, an Eulerian-Eulerian approach is applied. Attention is paid for the primary and secondary reactions affected by gas-solid flow field. From the result, it is scrutinized that fast pyrolysis reaction is promoted by chaotic bubbling motion of the multiphase flow enhancing the mixing of solid particles. In particular, vortical flow motions around gas bubbles play an important role for solid mixing and consequent fast pyrolysis reaction. Discussion is made for the time-averaged pyrolysis reaction rates together with time-averaged flow quantities which show peculiar characteristics according to local transverse location in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor.

• 청정기술
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.161-167
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• 2019

바이오매스의 급속열분해를 위하여 지난 수십 년간 다양한 형태의 반응기가 개발되었다. 급속열분해 공정의 반응기는 유동층 반응기가 많이 사용되어 왔으며, 최근에는 분사층 반응기를 이용한 바이오매스의 급속열분해 특성에 대한 연구가 다수의 연구자들에 의해 수행되고 있다. 분사층 반응기의 유동화 특성은 입자의 물리적 특성, 유체 제트의 속도, core와 annulus의 구조에 영향을 받으며, 반응기의 기하학적 구조는 분사층 내부의 core와 annulus 구조를 결정하는 주요 인자이다. 따라서 분사층 반응기의 최적설계를 위해서는 열분해 반응에 영향을 주는 인자에 대한 바이오매스의 급속열분해 특성에 대한 연구가 수행되어야 한다. 하지만 분사층 반응기의 기하학적 구조에 의한 바이오매스의 급속열분해 특성은 자세히 연구되지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 분사층 반응기의 원뿔각과 반응 온도 변화에 따른 Jatropha curcas L. seed shell cake의 급속열분해 실험을 수행하여 분사층 반응기의 최적 형상과 반응 온도를 도출하였다. 실험결과, 열분해 오일의 에너지 수율은 반응 온도 $450^{\circ}C$, 분사층 반응기의 원뿔각 $44^{\circ}$에서 63.9%로 가장 높게 나타났다. 그리고 분사층 반응기 내 고체입자의 열전달과 기체상 열분해 생성물의 체류시간은 원뿔각의 영향을 받아 열분해 생성물의 수율 및 열분해 오일의 품질에 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국폐기물자원순환학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.518-527
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• 2017

The development of renewable energy is currently strongly required to address environmental problems such as global warming. In particular, biomass is highlighted due to its advantages. When using biomass as an energy source, the conversion process is essential. Fast pyrolysis, which is a thermochemical conversion method, is a known method of producing bio-oil. Therefore, various studies were conducted with fast pyrolysis. Most studies were conducted under a lab-scale process. Hence, scaling up is required for commercialization. However, it is difficult to find studies that address the process analysis, even though this is essential for developing a scaled-up plant. Hence, the present study carries out the process analysis of biomass pyrolysis. The fast pyrolysis system includes a biomass feeder, fast pyrolyzer, cyclone, condenser, and electrostatic precipitator (ESP). A two-stage, semi-global reaction mechanism was applied to simulate the fast pyrolysis reaction and a circulating fluidized bed reactor was selected as the fast pyrolyzer. All the equipment in the process was modeled based on heat and mass balance equations. In this study, process analysis was conducted with various reaction temperatures and residence times. The two-stage, semi-global reaction mechanism for circulating fluidized-bed reactor can be applied to simulate a scaled-up plant.

• 청정기술
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.233-238
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• 2018

급속열분해를 통한 바이오-오일 생산 공정은 무산소 조건에서 바이오매스를 급속열분해하여 얻어진 열분해가스를 급속 냉각 시켜 열분해오일을 생산한다. 이에 공정 내부의 산소 농도를 0 ~ 3% 이하로 유지하기 위해 캐리어 가스로 질소를 사용한다. 그러나 공정의 규모가 커질수록 질소의 사용량이 증가하고, 이는 공정 운전비용 증감 및 지속적인 질소 가스 충전을 위한 설비비 증감 할 수밖에 없다. 이에 본 연구에서는 팜 부산물 열분해에서 질소 사용량 감소를 위해 미응축가스 재순환 공정을 적용하여, 가스재순환율에 따른 질소 사용량과 미응축가스의 가연성 성분의 농도 변화를 측정하고 이에 따른 바이오-오일의 품질 수율 변화를 측정하여 가스재순환 공정의 활용 가능성을 연구하였다.

• 청정기술
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.79-87
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• 2020

The bio-oil produced from the fast pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass contains a high amount of oxygenates, causing variation in the properties of bio-oil, such as instability, high acidity, and low heating value, reducing the quality of the bio-oil. Consequently, an upgrading process should be recommended ensuring that these bio-oils are widely used as fuel sources. Catalytic fast pyrolysis has attracted a great deal of attention as a promising method for producing upgraded bio-oil from biomass feedstock. In this study, the fast pyrolysis of tulip tree was performed in a bubbling fluidized-bed reactor under different reaction temperatures, with and without catalysts, to investigate the effects of pyrolysis temperature and catalysts on product yield and bio-oil quality. The system used silica sand, ferric oxides (Fe₂O₃ and Fe₃O₄), and H-ZSM-5 as the fluidized-bed material and nitrogen as the fluidizing medium. The liquid yield reached the highest value of 49.96 wt% at 450 ℃, using Fe₂O₃ catalyst, compared to 48.45 wt% for H-ZSM-5, 47.57 wt% for Fe₃O₄ and 49.03 wt% with sand. Catalysts rejected oxygen mostly as water and produced a lower amount of CO and CO₂, but a higher amount of H₂ and hydrocarbon gases. The catalytic fast pyrolysis showed a high ratio of H₂/CO than sand as a bed material.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.486-497
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• 2019

The non-isothermal and isothermal pyrolysis properties of H lignin and P lignin extracted from different biorefinery processes (such as supercritical water hydrolysis and fast pyrolysis) were studied using thermogravimetry analysis (TGA) and pyrolyzer-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). The lignins were characterized by ultimate/proximate analysis, FT-IR and GPC. Based on the thermogravimetry (TG) and derivative thermogravimetry (DTG) curves, the thermal decomposition stages were obtained and the pyrolysis products were analyzed at each thermal decomposition stage of non-isothermal pyrolysis. The isothermal pyrolysis of lignins was also carried out at 400, 500, and $600^{\circ}C$ to investigate the pyrolysis product distribution at each temperature. In non-isothermal pyrolysis, P lignin recovered from a fast pyrolysis process started to decompose and produced pyrolysis products at a lower temperature than H lignin recovered from a supercritical water hydrolysis process. In isothermal pyrolysis, guaiacyl and syringyl type were the major pyrolysis products at every temperature, while the amounts of p-hydroxyphenyl type and aromatic hydrocarbons increased with the pyrolysis temperature.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.3-13
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• 2004

바이오매스의 이용은 과거부터 지속되어 왔지만 최근 들어 새로운 대체에너지로의 활용이라는 측면에서 집중적인 연구가 시도되고 있다. 바이오매스를 이용하는 방법으로서의 fast pyrolysis는 다른 방법들보다 고부가가치의 화학물질을 생성할 수 있다는 점에서 크게 주목을 받고 있다. 이 리뷰 논문은 현재 fast pyrolysis를 바이오매스 전환 공정으로 이용하고 있는 실례를 선보이고 그 공정에서 생산되는 생성물인 bio-oil의 특성을 소개하고 있다.

• 공업화학
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.672-675
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• 2013

Medium-density fiberboard의 최적 열분해 조건을 찾기 위해 유동층 반응기를 이용하여 다양한 실험조건에서 급속열분해 실험을 수행하였다. 열분해 온도를 $425^{\circ}C$와 $575^{\circ}C$ 사이에서 변화시켰을 때, $525^{\circ}C$에서 최대 바이오오일 수율 52 wt%를 얻을 수 있었다. 열분해 온도가 높을수록 생성되는 바이오오일의 품질이 좋은 것으로 나타났다. 높은 온도에서 열분해 반응을 수행할 경우, 상당한 양의 oxygenates 및 acids 물질들이 분해되고, 대신 aromatics와 phenolics 같은 고부가가치 물질들이 생성되었다. 기체상 생성물의 대부분은 CO와 $CO_2$였다. 열분해 온도가 높을수록 CO와 $C_1-C_4$ 탄화수소 생성량이 많았다.