• 에너지공학
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.194-201
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• 2007

바이오매스계 연료의 고위발열량(HHV) 예측을 성분원소분석 데이터와 제안된 대표적인 상관관계식을 이용하여 수행하였고, 각 상관식에 대한 그 타당성을 실측 HHV와 비교하여 검토하였다. 실험에 사용된 샘플들은 산림계 바이오매스인 노송나무의 톱밥과, 농업계 바이오매스인 왕겨, 그리고 여기에 유기성 폐기물인 polystyrene, waste paper, polypropylene을 각각 10, 30, 50wt%로 혼합하여 제작하였다. 성분원소의 측정과 HHV의 측정은 각각 KS 표준방법에 따랐으며, 예측된 HHV값의 평균 오차는 약 880 kJ/kg으로 이는 측정된 HHV의 약 3.8%에 해당하였다. 실험을 통한 값과 예측된 HHV 값 사이의 대응 상관계수의 곱($R^2$)은 $0.957{\sim}0.996$의 값을 나타내었다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2010

This pilot study evaluated fueling feasibility of sewage sludge, which contains a large amount of water content, by applying melting of thermoplastic polyethylene (PE). This study has identified a simultaneous achievement of drying and heating value improvement of the sewage sludge. The sewage sludge collected from a sewage sludge treatment plant during a winter period had a water content of 83.7 wt%, a combustible volatile content of 12.5 wt%, and an ash content of 3.8 wt%. The higher heating value (HHV) of the dried sewage sludge, before impregnation or coating of PE, was 4,600 kcal/kg. The collected sewage sludge was immersed into the melted PE solution, which had a HHV of 11,070 kcal/kg, and kept immersing with increasing reaction time. As the reaction (immersing or coating or impregnation) time increased, the water content of the sludge decreased. However, the HHV of the sludge increased with increasing the reaction time. The HHVs of the sewage sludge immersed or dipped into the melted PE solution for 15 min ranged from 6,780 to 8,170 kcal/kg with water content less than 7 wt%. This result indicates the melted PE solution can be utilized as an improvement technology for dryness and heating value of the sewage sludge with high water content. The sewage sludge impregnated or coated with melted PE can be utilized as potential fuel or energy resources.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.40-50
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• 2013

This study was performed to investigate the potential of torrefied tulip tree (TT) for the production of pellets. For this purpose, chemical composition and fuel characteristics of torrefied TT were examined. In addition, pellets were fabricated by using sawdust of torrefied TT chip, and durability of the pellet was measured. Lignin content of torrefied TT was higher than that of non-torrefied TT, and increased with the increases of torrefaction temperature and time. Fuel characteristics of torrefied TT were affected by torrefied conditions, and the characteristics were influenced more by torrefaction temperature than by torrefaction time. Higher heating value (HHV) and ash content (AC) of torrefied tulip tree increased with increasing torrefaction temperature, and the values were much higher than HHV and AC values of non-torrefied TT. Durability of pellets fabricated with $230^{\circ}C$- and $250^{\circ}C$-torrefied TT was higher than that of $270^{\circ}C$-torrefied TT, and the value exceeded the minimum requirement (-97.50%) of the 1st-grade pellet standard designated by Korea Forest Research Institute. Based on the results, torrefaction treatment of $250^{\circ}C/50min$ to TT might be a optimal condition for the production of TT pellets considering the mass balance and fuel characteristics of TT as well as the durability of the pellets. Thus, it is confirmed that torrefied TT can be used as a raw material for the production of bio-pellets.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.44-53
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• 2013

In this study, the economic evaluation for imported coals was conducted for power plant based on thermo-dynamical performance analysis. The number of coal types considered was 1,755 imported by five power generation companies in Korea during the 2010-2012. The higher heating value (HHV) of the coals ranged 4,000-6,500 kcal/kg, mostly sub-bituminous. The 1D thermo-dynamical performance modeling was performed for a 500 MWe standard power plant using PROATES code. It was founded that the low rank coals had negative effects on the plant efficiency mainly due to the increased heat loss by moisture, hydrogen and flue gas. Based on the performance analysis, the economic performance of the coals was evaluated. The apparent price of low-rank coals tended to be significantly lower than design coal; for example, the unit price of coal with a HHV of 4,000 kcal/kg was 57% of the reference coal having 6,080 kcal/kg. Considering the negative effects leading to a decrease in the thermal performance, heating value compensation, and increased parasite load, the corrected unit cost for the coal with 4,000 kcal/kg was 90.7% of the reference coal. Overall, the cost saving by imported coals was not high as expected.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.445-453
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 백합나무의 급속 열분해 공정에서 시료의 입자크기 및 함수율 조건이 열분해 산물(가스, 바이오오일, 바이오촤)의 수율과 물리 화학적 특성에 미치는 영향을 구명하였다. 시료의 함수율이 낮을수록 바이오오일의 수율은 증가하였으며 시료의 입자 크기는 수율 변화에 큰 영향을 미치지 않았다. 각 조건별로 생성된 바이오오일은 20~30%의 수분 함량과 pH 2.2~2.4, 발열량 16.6~18.5 MJ/kg의 수준을 나타내었으며 바이오오일 내 수분 함량은 높은 함수율 시료 조건에서 증가하는 것을 확인하였다. 바이오촤의 경우 80% 이상이 탄소로 이루어져있으며 발열량은 26.2~30.1 MJ/kg 수준으로 측정되었다.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.12-18
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• 2014

The objective of this work is to produce solid biofuel from sawdust using the HTC (Hydrothermal carbonization) process. The HTC process of feedstock involves the raw material coming into contact with high temperature and pressurized water. The HTC process could produce gaseous, liquefied and solid products, but this study focused on solid product only as an alternative to coal. In this study, sawdust used for a feedstock and its moisture content was under 5%. Water was added with the feedstock to raise moisture content to 80% and also used catalysts. The HTC process was performed at temperature range from 200 to $270^{\circ}C$ and reaction time was 15 to 120 min. Rising temperature resulted in increasing the higher heating value (HHV) of HTC product. In case of adding catalyst, HHV of solid biofuel was higher and reaction occurred at lower temperature and pressure. Also, HTC solid product had been characterized and found to be hydrophobic, increased HHV (over 40%), and pelletized easily compared to raw material.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.14-20
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• 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the performance of a vacuum pyrolysis system, to analyze bio-oil characteristics, and to examine the applicability for farm-scale capacity. Methods: The biomass was pyrolyzed at 450, 480, and $490^{\circ}C$ on an electric heat plate in a vacuum reactor. The waste heat from the heat exchanger of the reactor was recycled to evaporate water from the bio-oil. The chemical composition of the bio-oil was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Results: According to the analysis, the moisture content (MC) in the bio-oil was approximately 9%, the high heating value (HHV) was approximately 26 MJ/kg, and 29 compounds were identified. These 29 compounds consisted of six series of carbohydrates, 17 series of lignins, and six series of resins. Conclusions: Owing to low water content and the oxygen content, the HHV of the bio-oil produced from the vacuum reactor was higher by about 6 MJ/kg than that of the bio-oil produced from a fluidized bed reactor.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회B
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• pp.2934-2939
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• 2008

We conducted a test of a direct burning of crude Jatropha oil (CJO) in a commercial boiler system. The fuel, crude Jatropha oil is not biodiesel which comes from transeterification process of bio oil, but it is pure plant oil. The higher heating value (HHV) of the CJO is 39.3 MJ/kg (9,380 kcal/kg) and is higher than that of a commercial heating oil, 37.9 MJ/kg. The kinematic viscosity of CJO is 36.2 mm2/s at $40^{\circ}C$ and 8.0 mm2/s at $100^{\circ}C$. The burner used in the test is a commercial burner for a commercial heatingoil and its capacity is 140 kW (120,000 kcal/h). We did a preliminary test whether the combustion is stable or not. The preliminary test was a kind of open air combustion test using the commercial burner with crude Jatropha oil. We found that the combustion can be stable if the crude Jatrophaoil temperature is higher than $90^{\circ}C$. We measured the flue gas concentration by using a gas analyzer. The NOx concentration is $80{\sim}100\;ppm$ and CO concentration is nearly 0 ppm at flue gas O2 concentration of 3.0 and 4.5%.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.447-452
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• 2016

It is imperative to develop an effective pathway to depolymerize lignin into liquid fuel that can be used as a bioheavy oil. Lignin can be converted into liquid products either by a solvent-free thermal cracking in the absence air, or thermo-chemical degradation in the presence of suitable solvents and chemicals. Here we show that the solvent-assisted liquefaction has produced promising results in the presence of metal-based catalysts. The supercritical ethanol is an efficient liquefaction solvent, which not only provides better solubility to lignin, but also scavenges the intermediate species. The concentrated sulfuric acid hydrolysis lignin (CSAHL) was completely liquefied in the presence of solid catalysts (Ni, Pd and Ru) with no char formation. The effective deoxy-liquefaction nature associated with scEtOH with aid hydrodeoxygenation catalysts, resulted in significant reduction in oxygen-to-carbon (O/C) molar ratio up to 61%. The decrease in oxygen content and increase in carbon and hydrogen contents increased the calorific value bio-oil, with higher heating value (HHV) of $34.6MJ{\cdot}Kg^{-1}$. The overall process is energetically efficient with 129.8% energy recovery (ER) and 70.8% energy efficiency (EE). The GC-TOF/MS analysis of bio-oil shows that the bio-oil mainly consists of monomeric species such as phenols, esters, furans, alcohols, and traces of aliphatic hydrocarbons. The bio-oil produced has better flow properties, low molecular weight, and high aromaticity.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.732-744
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 졸참나무를 반탄화 처리 후 성형숯 형태로 제작하여 물성과 연료특성 및 연소과정에서 발생되는 유해가스 정량분석을 수행하였다. 또한, 대조군으로 시중에서 유통 중인 구이용 성형숯을 선정하여 비교분석하였다. 그 결과, 반탄화 시험편의 고위발열량은 구이용 성형숯 보다 약 14% 높았으며, 회분함량은 약 51배 낮았다. 또한, 밀폐된 챔버에서 각각의 시험편을 900 s간 연소시켰을 때 발생되는 유해가스(일산화탄소, 질산화합물, 이산화황)를 정량평가한 결과, 반탄화 시험편에서 발생한 일산화탄소의 발생량의 최대값이 기존 성형숯보다 약 50배 낮은 것으로 확인되었다. 따라서, 본 연구에서 제작한 반탄화 시험편이 시중 성형숯보다 고위발열량이 높고 연소과정에서 일산화탄소 발생량이 현저히 적은 것으로 나타났다.