• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 자원 재활용 및 생산비용 절감을 위해 폐기물을 국내 저급 철광석의 고품위 환원철(Direct Reduction Iron, DRI) 제조를 위한 보조연로로 사용하였으며, 폐기물이 환원철 제조에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 한다. 석탄을 주연료 및 환원제로 사용하였으며, 폐기물을 보조연료로 사용하여 주연료의 대체 가능성을 확인하였다. 다양한 폐기물의 성상 및 발열량 분석을 통하여 연료 및 환원제로서의 가능성을 평가하였으며, 선별된 폐기물은 보조연료로 이용하여 반응온도 및 시간 제어를 통해 고품위 환원철을 제조하였다. 제조된 환원철은 금속화율 측정을 통해 산화철이 Fe 금속으로 환원이 잘 이루어졌음을 확인하였다. 환원철의 금속화율은 폐기물의 발열량이 높을수록 증가하는 경향을 보였으며, 특히 발열량과 휘발분 함량이 높은 페타이어와 폐비닐의 경우 $1,200^{\circ}C$에서 1시간 반응 조건에서 폐기물을 사용하지 않을 때 보다 더 높은 금속화율이 관찰 되었다. 고발열량의 휘발성 폐기물은 연료로써 우수한 물성을 가지고 있으며, 반응온도 및 시간의 최적화를 통해 고품위 환원철 제조를 위한 보조연료로 사용이 가능함을 확인하였다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.456-461
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• 2018

The solid-state anaerobic digestion (SS-AD) has promoted the development and application for biogas production from biomass which operate a high solid content feedstock, as higher than 15% of total solids. However, the digested byproduct of SS-AD can be used as a fertilizer or as solid fuel, but it has serious problems: high moisture content and poor dewaterability. The organic residue from SS-AD has to be improved to address these problems and to make it a useful alternative energy source. Hydrothermal carbonization was investigated for conversion of the organic residue from the SS-AD of livestock waste to solid fuels. The effects of hydrothermal carbonization were evaluated by varying the reaction temperatures within the range of $180-240^{\circ}C$. Hydrothermal carbonization increased the calorific value through the reduction of the hydrogen and oxygen contents of the solid fuel, in addition to its drying performance. Therefore, after the hydrothermal carbonization, the H/C and O/C atomic ratios decreased through the chemical conversion. Thermogravimatric analysis provided the changed combustion characteristics due to the improvement of the fuel properties. As a result, the hydrothermal carbonization process can be said to be an advantageous technology in terms of improving the properties of organic waste as a solid-recovered fuel product.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2015

The rapid industrial development is facing problem due to energy depletion in Korea. So that, it can be necessary to develop alternative energy sources. Alternative energy like biofuels can be produced by using waste fuel, which is ecofriendly. As we know, the organic waste was banned to dump in landfill and ocean dumping. The most practicable method usually used to reduce organic waste is getting feedstuff or composting, considering the discharge characteristics of agricultural by-products waste treatment were selected. In this study, bio-coal was made using agriculture by product. Biocoal was prepared by adding 50 g of uniformly mixture into reactor and was carbonized at low temperatures 210, 220, and 230℃. The time of reaction was 1, 2 and 3 hours. Bio-coal approximately was similar to the standard of solid fuels. Other characteristics of fuel were also studied. The experiments which were analyzed were moisture content and calorific value, ash, chlorine, sulfur and heavy metals analysis as mercury, cadmium, lead, arsenic, and chromium. As a result, bio-coal 220℃, 2 hours was the optimal conditions while heating.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제25권11호
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• pp.1627-1633
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• 2012

This study was to evaluate the feasibility of recycling the solids separated from swine wastewater treatment process as a fuel source for heat production and to provide a data set on the gas emissions and combustion properties. Also, in this study, the heavy metals in ash content were analyzed for its possible use as a fertilizer. Proximate analysis of the solid recovered from the swine wastewater after flocculation with organic polymer showed high calorific (5,330.50 kcal/kg) and low moisture (15.38%) content, indicating that the solid separated from swine wastewater can be used as an alternative fuel source. CO and NOx emissions were found to increase with increasing temperature. Combustion efficiency of the solids was found to be stable (95 to 98%) with varied temperatures. Thermogravimetry (TG) and differential thermal analysis (DTA) showed five thermal effects (four exothermic and one endothermic), and these effects were distinguished in three stages, water evaporation, heterogeneous combustion of hydrocarbons and decomposition reaction. Based on the calorific value and combustion stability results, solid separated from swine manure can be used as an alternative source of fuel, however further research is still warranted regarding regulation of CO and NOx emissions. Furthermore, the heavy metal content in ash was below the legal limits required for its usage as fertilizer.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.452-459
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• 2010

This study is aimed to investigate changes of combustion characteristics and heat efficiency when syngas from gasification process using low-rank fuel such as waste and/or biomass is applied partially to an industrial boiler. An experimental study on syngas co-combustion was performed in a 0.7 MW (1 ton steam/hr) water tube boiler using heavy oil as a main fuel. Three kinds of syngas were used as an alternative fuel: mixture gas of pure carbon monoxide and hydrogen, syngas of low calorific value generated from an air-blown gasification process, and syngas of high calorific value produced from an oxygen-blown gasification process. Effects of co-combustion ratio (0~20%) for each syngas on flue gas composition were investigated through syngas injection through the nozzles installed in the side wall of the boiler and measuring $O_2$, $CO_2$, CO and NOx concentrations in the flue gas. When syngas co-combustion was applied, injected syngas was observed to be burned completely and NOx concentration was decreased because nitrogen-containing-heavy oil was partially replaced by the syngas. However, heat efficiency of the boiler was observed to be decreased due to inert compounds in the syngas and the more significant decrease was found when syngas of lower calorific value was used. However, the decrease of the efficiency was under 10% of the heat replacement by syngas.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.23-33
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• 2017

본 연구에서는, 높은 함수율을 가진 음식물류 폐기물을 Bio-dying 공법을 이용하여 처리하였을 때 수분과 유기물의 변화정도를 분석하였으며 음식물류 폐기물 처리 시 온도와 염도가 Bio-dying 공법의 운전특성에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 또한, Bio-drying 후 분해산물의 SRF(Solid Refuse Fuel)로서의 가치 평가를 위한 펠렛 제조의 최적조건 도출 및 SRF의 발열량 분석을 통한 고형연료로서의 가치를 평가하였다. 그 결과, 1일 투입량에 따른 온도, $CO_2$ 농도, 유기물 제거율과 무게 감소율 값을 분석하였다. 유기물 제거율과 무게 감소율은 투입량 2.4 kg/day에서 각각 86%, 68%로 최대값을 나타내었다. 이를 통해 최적 음식물류 폐기물 투입량은 2.4 kg/day라 판단되었다. 펠렛 성형 결과, 원료 함수율이 10~25% 이내에서 펠렛 제조가 가능하고, 외형유지와 강도면에서 가장 좋은 품질결과를 보여준 함수율 25%가 가장 적합하다고 판단되었다. Bio-drying 후 분해산물의 SRF 고위발열량은 3,500 kcal/kg 이상의 값을 나타내었다.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국연소학회 2004년도 제29회 KOSCI SYMPOSIUM 논문집
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• pp.238-243
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• 2004

High temperature air blown gasification is new concept to utilize the waste heat from gasifier that is called the multi-staged enthalpy extraction technology. This process was developed to solve the economic problem due to air separation cost for the oxygen-blown as a gasifiying agent. In this study, we have performed the construction of pebble bed gasifier and operated it by controlling the pebble size and bed height. As a result, we can produce the syngas with the calorific value of 700kcal/$Nm^3$ at the condition of air temperature 650$^{\circ}C$.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.102-108
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• 2008

In China, energy and environmental problems are becoming serious owing to rapid economic development. Coal is the most problematic energy source because it causes indoor and outdoor air pollution, acid rain, and global warming. One type of clean coal technology that has been developed is the coal-biomass briquette (or bio-briquette, BB) technique. BBs, which are produced from pulverized coal, biomass (typically, agricultural waste), and a sulfur fixation agent (slaked lime, $Ca(OH)_2$) under high pressure without any binder, have a high sulfur-fixation effect. In addition, BB combustion ash, that is, the waste material, can be used as a neutralization agent for acidic soil because of its high alkalinity, which originates from the added slaked lime. In this study, we evaluated the suitability of alternative biomass sources, namely, aquatic plants, as a BB constituent from the perspective of their use as a source of energy. We selected three types of aquatic plants for use in BB preparation and compared the fuel, handling, and environmental characteristics of the new BBs with those of conventional BBs. Our results showed that air-dried aquatic plants had a higher calorific value, which was in proportion to their carbon content, than agricultural waste biomass; the compressive strength of the new BBs, which depends on the lignin content of the biomass, was high enough to bear long-range intracontinental transport in China; and the new BBs had the same emission control capacity as the conventional BBs.

• 공업화학
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.223-226
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 기존 소각방법의 단점을 보완할 수 있는 열분해를 통해 폐전선을 처리하고 부가적으로 생성되는 구리 및 합성연료유의 회수를 그 목적으로 하고 있다. 폐전선의 열분해 공정을 거쳐 구리를 회수하고 쉽게 오일로 분해될 뿐 아니라 오일의 유용성이 매우 크기 때문에 아주 고가의 유효자원을 회수할 수 있다. 폐전선 열분해를 위한 최적 온도를 결정하기 위하여 350, 450, $550^{\circ}C$에서 열분해를 실행하였다. $700^{\circ}C$까지 TG/DTA를 실행하였으며 온도상승률은 분당 $5^{\circ}C$로 하였다. 그 결과 PVC의 염화수소제거를 위한 최적 온도 범위가 PE나 PP보다 낮은 영역인 $280{\sim}350^{\circ}C$임을 보였다. 실질적으로 폐전선으로부터 95% 이상의 구리금속과 발열량이 8027 kcal/kg인 합성연료유를 회수할 수 있었다.

• 에너지공학
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.373-377
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• 2012

Among the fossil fuels, the brown coal is a great deal of resources. However, it is hardly used due to the high moisture content and low calorific value. It has both the week points such as spontaneous combustion and high volatile content and the strong points such as the low-sulfur and low ash content. If we overcome these week points, the using amount of brown coal would be increased. Also, it is well known that biomass is one of the important primary renewable energy sources because of carbon neutral energy. Furthermore, the utilization of biomass has been more and more concerned with the depletion of fossil fuel sources as well as the global warming issues. Combustion and thermal decomposition of biomass is one of the more promising techniques among all alternatives proposed for the production of energy from biomass. In this study, combustion of brown coals and mushroom waste was done. Mass change of samples and emission of hydrocarbon components were measured. As the results, we obtained combustion rate constant. Also activation energy was calculated in char combustion step. Hydrocarbon components were more generated in low oxygen concentration than high. Emission amount of hydrocarbon components in mushroom waste was significantly increased comparing to brown coal.