• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국연소학회 2012년도 제44회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 초록집
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• pp.37-40
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• 2012

In an entrained flow coal gasifier, predicting the reaction behavior of pulverized coal particles requires detailed information on devolatilization, char gasification, gaseous reactions, turbulence and heat transfer. Among the input parameters, the rate of devolatilization and the composition of volatile species are difficult to determine by experiments due to a high pressure (~40 bar) and temperature (${\sim}1500^{\circ}C$). This study investigates the effect of devolatilization models on the reaction and heat transfer characteristics of a 300 MWe Shell coal gasifier. A simplified devolatilization model and advanced model based on Flashchain were evaluated, which had different volatiles composition and devolatilization rates. It was found that the tested models produce similar flow and reaction trends, but the simplified model slightly over-predict the temperature and wall heat flux near the coal inlets.

• Advances in Energy Research
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.181-194
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• 2015

In this work, an experimental study of the gasification on wood was carried out in downdraft type fixed bed Gasifier attached with 10 kW duel fuel diesel engine. The main objective of the study was to use wood as the biomass fuel for downdraft Gasifier and to evaluate the operating parameter of gasifier unit to predict its performance in terms of gas yield and cold gas efficiency. The influence of different biomass on fuel consumption rate, gas yield and cold gas efficiency was studied. Composition of producer gas was also detected for measuring the lower heating value of producer gas to select the feed stock so that optimum performance in the existing gasifier unit can be achieved. Under the experimental conditions, Lower heating value, of producer gas, cold gas efficiency and gas yields, using wood as a feed stock, are $4.85MJ/m^3$, 46.57% and $0.519m^3/kg$.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.592-602
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• 2014

석탄 가스화 복합 발전(coal-based IGCC power plant)에서 가스화기의 동적 상태와 성능이 플랜트 전체에 큰 영향을 미치므로, 가스화기가 문제 없이 운전 되도록 제어 하는 것은 전체 플랜트의 가동률을 높이는 데 있어 매우 중요한 일이라 할 수 있다. 가스화기의 안정적인 운전을 위해서는 고체 슬래그 층의 두께가 일정하게 유지되어야 하는데, 고체 슬래그 두께는 실시간 측정이 불가능하기 때문에 상태를 추정하여 추론 제어해야 한다. 본 연구에서는 Shell-type 가스화기의 동적 모사 모델을 개발하고 다변수 시스템의 추론 제어를 위한 방법으로 두 가지 선형 예측 제어 기법을 적용하여 그 특성을 분석하였다. 측정되지 않는 변수의 상태 추정을 위해 Kalman 필터 기법을 이용하였다. 측정 불가능한 1차 변수를 대신하여 측정 가능한 2차 변수를 제어하는 전통적인 추론 제어 기법으로는 외란의 종류에 따라 추론 제어가 불가능 할 수 있음을 확인하였고, 측정되지 않는 슬래그 두께를 Kalman 필터 기법을 이용하여 추정하여 성능 예측에 반영하고 외란 모델을 사용하여 예측 제어하는 경우 두 가지 측정 불가능한 외란 모두에 대해 추론 제어가 가능함을 확인하였다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.417-423
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• 2007

Oxy-gasification or oxygen-blown gasification, enables a clean and efficient use of coal and opens a promising way to CO2 capture. The coal gasification process of a slurry feed type, entrained-flow coal gasifier was numerically predicted in this paper. The purposes of this study are to develop an evaluation technique for design and performance optimization of coal gasifiers using a numerical simulation technique, and to confirm the validity of the model. By dividing the complicated coal gasification process into several simplified stages such as slurry evaporation, coal devolatilization, mixture fraction model and two-phase reactions coupled with turbulent flow and two-phase heat transfer, a comprehensive numerical model was constructed to simulate the coal gasification process. The influence of turbulence on the gas properties was taken into account by the PDF (Probability Density Function) model. A numerical simulation with the coal gasification model is performed on the Conoco-Philips type gasifier for IGCC plant. Gas temperature distribution and product gas composition are also presented. Numerical computations were performed to assess the effect of variation in oxygen to coal ratio and steam to coal ratio on reactive flow field. The concentration of major products, CO and H2 were calculated with varying oxygen to coal ratio (0.2-1.5) and steam to coal ratio(0.3-0.7). To verify the validity of predictions, predicted values of CO and H2 concentrations at the exit of the gasifier were compared with previous work of the same geometry and operating points. Predictions showed that the CO and H2 concentration increased gradually to its maximum value with increasing oxygen-coal and hydrogen-coal ratio and decreased. When the oxygen-coal ratio was between 0.8 and 1.2, and the steam-coal ratio was between 0.4 and 0.5, high values of CO and H2 were obtained. This study also deals with the comparison of CFD (Computational Flow Dynamics) and STATNJAN results which consider the objective gasifier as chemical equilibrium to know the effect of flow on objective gasifier compared to equilibrium. This study makes objective gasifier divided into a few ranges to study the evolution of the gasification locally. By this method, we can find that there are characteristics in the each scope divided.

• 플랜트 저널
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 정격 합성가스 생산량이 54.33 kg/s인 태안 IGCC 발전소 가스화기를 대상으로 가스화기 산소부하가 일정한 운전조건에서 석탄 공급량을 고정하고 증기 주입량을 변화시킬 때 증기 주입량이 합성가스 생산량에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 증기 주입량은 가스화기 운전지침서의 증기 주입량 0.28 kg/s 및 0.32 kg/s 까지 변동하며 운전하였고, 최대 합성가스 평균 생산량은 가스화기 산소부하 80 % 및 90 %에서 증기 주입량 0.14 kg/s 및 0.15 kg/s 일 때 측정되었다. 이 연구를 통해 증기 주입량 조정만으로 합성가스 생산량이 변화 하고, 증기 주입량 증가시 합성가스 생산량은 증가하다가 다시 감소하는 특성을 확인 할 수 있었다. 추가 석탄 공급 없이 증기 주입만으로 합성가스 생산량을 증가 시킬 수 있고, 석탄의 성분 및 조성에 따라 가스화기의 합성가스 생산량이 다른 특성을 가지고 있는 것으로 사료되는 바, 시험에서 사용된 카보원 석탄을 사용하는 가스화기는 산소부하 80% ~ 90 %에서 운전시 석탄 버너 당 증기 주입량을 약 0.14 kg/s 에서 운전하는 것이 추천된다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.105.1-105.1
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• 2010

Korea Electric Power Research Institute (KEPRI) has developed a compact coal-gasification system to accumulate our experiment skills. The combustion furnace for residual oil was modified as a small size coal gasifier. Recently, coal feeding system was also upgraded to control coal feed rate more accurately. Our research group has conducted several experiments to find out the effect of $O_2$/coal ratio on the cold gas efficiency. Furthermore, the effect of $N_2$/coal ratio on the transport characteristics was also studied. According to the calculation of heat and mass balance, the cold gas efficiency was estimated to the maximum at $O_2$/coal ratio of around 0.73. But small size gasifier such as ours required higher value of $O_2$/coal ratio than that of the theoretical estimation. On the optimal $N_2$/coal ratio, we noticed that the coal feed rate was intimately related with the transporting gas pressure and the pipe diameter.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.352-359
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• 2009

KEPRI is developing a Korean type coal-gasification system and the scale is 20 ton/day. Prior to this pilot plant, a 1 ton/day class gasification system will be used for pre-testing of several coal types. This paper introduces the configuration and design conditions of this 1 ton/day class system, presenting the gas/coal ratio, oxygen/coal ratio, cold gas efficiency, CFD analysis of gasifier, and others. The existing combustion furnace for residual oil was retrofitted as a coal gasifier and a vertical and down-flow type burner was manufactured. Ash removal is carried out through a water quencher and a scrubber following the quencher, and the sulfur is removed by adsorption in the activated carbon tower. The gas produced from the gasifier is burned at the flare stack. In this paper, the results of design conditions and initial operation conditions of I ton/day gasification system are compared together.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.895-904
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• 2001

Flow fields, temperature distributions, and particle trajectories in a 2-stage entrained-flow gasifier are calculated using a CFD code, FLUENT. Realizable k-$\xi$ model is used as a turbulent model. Because of swirling flow there appear recirculation regions near the burners. The characteristics of flow fields and temperature distributions in the gasifier are dependent on the swirl number of the system. Mean residence time of the particles in the reductor is inversely proportional to particle size, particle density and swirl number. As the swirl number is increasing, the particles injected from the combustor burners approach the wall near the combustor burners, which prevents the particles from entering the reductor and thus attatching the reductor wall. If the lower combustor burner angle is larger than the higher combustor burner angle for a given swirl number, the particles may move toward the reductor and cause ash/slag deposition problem.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.913-924
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• 2011

A steady-state analysis has been conducted to predict the behavior of the slag layer in the entrained-flow slagging coal gasifier. The analysis takes into consideration the composition dependent slag properties such as density, viscosity, heat capacity, thermal conductivity, and temperature of critical viscosity. The amount of added flux to the design coal and the variation of syngas temperature inside the gasifier have been adopted as calculation parameters. The predicted results are the local thickness of the molten and the solid slag layers, and the slag viscosity and the velocity distribution across the molten slag layer along the gasifier wall near the slag tap.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.470-477
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• 2010

The IGCC (Integrated gasification combined cycle) is known for one of the highest efficiency and the lowest emitting coal fueled power generating technologies. As the core technology of this system is the gasifier to make the efficiency and the continuous operation time increase, the research about different coal's gasification has been conducted. Our research group had set-up the coal gasifier for the pilot test to study the effect of different coals-Shenhua and Adaro coal- on gasification characteristics. Gasification conditions like temperature and pressure were controlled at a fixed condition and coal feed rate was also controlled 30 kg/h to retain the constant experimental condition. Through this study we found effects of coal composition and $O_2$/coal ratio on the cold gas efficiency, carbon conversion rate. The compounds of coal like carbon and ash make the performance of gasifier change. And carbon conversion rate was decreased with reduced $O_2$/coal ratio. The optical $O_2$/coal ratio is 0.8 for the highest cold gas efficiency approximately. At those operating conditions, the higher coal has the C/H ratio, the lower syn-gas has the $H_2$/CO ratio.