• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.38-46
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• 2023

Carbon neutrality policies have been strengthened to reduce emissions, and the importance of technology road maps has been emphasized. In the global industrial boiler market, carbon neutrality is implemented through fuel diversification of methane-hydrogen mixture gas. However, various problems such as flashback and flame unstability arise. There is a limit to implementing the actual system as it remains in the early stage. Therefore, it is necessary to secure the source technology of methane-hydrogen hybrid combustion system applicable to industrial fields. In this study, control program for methane-hydrogen fuel conversion was developed to expect various parameters. After determining the hydrogen mixing ratio and the input air flow, the fuel conversion control algorithm was constructed to get the parameters that achieve the target oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas. LabVIEW program was used to derive correlations among hydrogen mixing rate, oxygen concentration in exhaust gas, input amount of air and heating value.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제31권11호
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• pp.942-948
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• 2007

Popular techniques for producing hydrogen by converting methane include steam reforming and catalyst reforming. However, these are high temperature and high pressure processes limited by equipment, cost and difficulty of operation. Low temperature plasma is projected to be a technique that can be used to produce high concentration hydrogen from methane. It is suitable for miniaturization and fur application in other technologies. In this research, the effect of changing each of the following variables was studied using an AC GlidArc system that was conceived by the research team: the gas components ratio, the gas flow rate, the catalyst reactor temperature and voltage. Results were obtained for methane and hydrogen yields and intermediate products. The system used in this research consisted of 3 electrodes and an AC power source. In this study, air was added fur the partial oxidation reaction of methane. The result showed that as the gas flow rate, the catalyst reactor temperature and the electric power increased, the methane conversion rate and the hydrogen concentration also increased. With $O_2/C$ ratio of 0.45, input flow rate of 4.9 l/min and power supply of 1 kW as the reference condition, the methane conversion rate, the high hydrogen selectivity and the reformer energy density were 69.2%, 32.6% and 35.2% respectively.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.391-398
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• 1998

The effect of culture medium copper availability on the specific growth rate(${\mu}$) and carbon conversion efficiency (CCE) was sutided for an obligatory methanotroph Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b under various combinations of carbon and nitrogen sources. Methane or methanol was used as a carbon source, and nitrate or ammonium was used as a nitrogen source. Medium copper availability determined the intracellular location or kind of methane monooxygenase (MMO), cell-membrane (particulate or pMMO) when copper was present and cytoplasm (soluble or sMMO) when copper was deficient. When methane was used as a carbon source, copper-containing medium exhibited higher ${\mu}$ and CCE than copper-free medium regardless of the kind of nitrogen source. When methanol was used as a carbon source, however, the effect of copper disappeared. Ammonium gave the higher ${\mu}$ and CCE than nitrate for both methane and methanol. Those observation suggest that there exist an important difference in energy utilization efficiency for methane assimilation between sMMO and pMMO.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2001

고온의 태양열을 저장하기 위한 한 방편으로 화학반응을 이용한 태양에너지의 화학에너지로의 변환공정을 고려하였다. 태양에너지의 저장은 메탄의 수증기 개질반응으로 선정하였으며, 이 흡열반응에서 메탄의 전화율 특성을 살펴보았다. 반응기는 직경, 6.25 mm, 그리고 길이 30 cm 인 stainless steel을 코일형태로 제작하였다. 반응온도 범위내에서 메탄의 전화율은 반응온도에 따라서 선형적으로 증가하였으며 반응온도 $500^{\circ}C{\sim}900^{\circ}C$ 범위에서 메탄의 전화율은 약 $60%{\sim}90%$ 로 측정되었다. 이 실험을 통하여 태양열 저장을 위한 메탄의 수증기 개질반응의 타당성을 확인하였다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.857-868
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• 2019

A flooded rice field is one of the significant sources of anthropogenic methane (CH₄) with the intensity of the emissions dependent on management practices. Incorporation of rice straw, which is one of the organic amendments, induces the increase of methane emissions during the flooding season. In this study, we measured of methane emission according to applications of rice straw in different soil textures during a cultivation period in 2017 and 2018. The fallow treatments were non application of rice straw (NA), spring plowing after spring spreading of rice straw (SPSA), spring plowing after previous autumn spreading of rice straw (SPAA), and autumn plowing after previous autumn spreading of rice straw (APAA). The SPSA treatment emitted the highest total methane from loam soil in both 2017 (596.7 CH₄ kg ha^-1) and 2018 (795.4 CH₄ kg ha^-1). The same trend was observed in silt clay loam soil; the SPSA treatment still emitted the highest amount of methane in both 2017 (845.9 CH₄ kg ha^-1) and 2018 (1,071.7 CH₄ kg ha^-1). The lowest emission among the rice straw incorporated plots came from the APAA treatment for both soil texture types in all the seasons. The conversion factors of the SPAA were 0.79 and 0.65 from the loam and silt clay loam soils, respectively. Relatedly, the conversion factors of the APAA were 0.71 and 0.43 from the loam and silt clay loam soils, respectively. The above observations mean therefore that incorporation of rice straw early in the fallow reduces methane emissions in the main rice growing season.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.386-392
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• 1991

Propene으로부터 propylene oxide를 생산하기 위하여, methane 자화성 세균인 Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b를 이용하였다. 이 균주는 methane을 methanol로 전환시키는 methane monooxygenase를 가지고 있는데, 이 효소는 또한 propene을 propylene oxide로 전환시킬 수 있다. 이 균주의 휴지세포를 이용하여 propene으로부터 propylene oxide 생산의 최적조건을 검토하였다. 최적 pH는 7.0이었으며, 최적온도는 $35^{\circ}C$이었다. 최종산물인 propylene oxide는 propylene oxide의 생산반응을 저해하지 않았으며, 더 이상 대사되지도 않았다. Methane 대사중간물질들(methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid)의 첨가는 propylene oxide의 생산을 $3{\sim}4$배 증가시켰으며, 특히 methanol 첨가의 경우에 가장 좋은 효과를 보였다. 상기의 최적조건하에서, 1시간 반응시 propylene oxide의 최대 생산량은 14.2 mM이었으며, 이 때 공급한 propene으로부터 propylene oxide로의 전환율은 약 8.0%이었다.

• 에너지공학
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.52-59
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 배리어 방전을 이용한 메탄전환 반응에서 수소 및 다른 탄화수소류 화합물의 생성율과 분포에 관하여 알아보았다. 반응기의 외부전극과 내부전극은 SUS로 만들어진 원통형을 사용하였으며, 배리어 방전을 일으키기 위해서 전극 사이에 알루미나 튜브를 사용하였다. 전환된 메탄으로부터 다양한 생성물을 얻기 위해서 유입가스의 조성, 유량변화, 주파수 및 전압을 변화시켜 주면서 실험하였다. 플라즈마 반응에 의한 주요한 생성물들은 에틸렌, 에탄, 프로판, 부탄, 수소, 일산화탄소, 그리고 이산화탄소 등으로 나타났다. 비활성 가스의 사용과 인가전압의 증가에 의해서 메탄 전환율 및 탄화수소류의 선택도가 향상되었다. 유입가스 내에 수증기의 첨가로 인해서 메탄의 전환율 및 수소의 수율이 증가되었다. 수증기 첨가 반응에서 에탄, 프로판 그리고 부탄은 더 높은 전압을 인가하였을 때 수율이 증가하였으며, 아세틸렌과 에틸렌은 보다 낮은 전압에서 수율이 증가함을 알 수 있었다.

• 청정기술
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2023

This study shows the summary of the economic performance of excess electricity conversion to hydrogen as well as methane and returned conversion to electricity using a fuel cell. The methane production process has been examined in a previous study. Here, this study focuses on the conversion of methane to electricity. As a part of this study, capital expenditure (CAPEX) is estimated under various sized plants (0.3, 3, 9, and 30 MW). The study shows a method for economic optimization of electricity generation using a fuel cell. The CAPEX and operating expenditure (OPEX) as well as the feed cost are used to calculate the discounted cash flow. Then the levelized cost of returned electricity (LCORE) is estimated from the discounted cash flow. This study found the LCORE value was ¢10.2/kWh electricity when a 9 MW electricity generating fuel cell was used. A methane production plant size of 1,500 Nm³/hr, a methane production cost of $11.47/mcf, a storage cost of $1/mcf, and a fuel cell efficiency of 54% were used as a baseline. A sensitivity analysis was performed by varying the storage cost, fuel cell efficiency, and excess electricity cost by ±20%, and fuel cell efficiency was found as the most dominating parameter in terms of the LCORE sensitivity. Therefore, for the best cost-performance, fuel cell manufacturing and efficiency need to be carefully evaluated. This study provides a general guideline for cost performance comparison with LCORE.

• 공업화학
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.134-139
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• 2024

메탄의 수증기 개질 반응에서 Ni 기반 촉매에 귀금속 Ru 및 Pd을 조촉매로 첨가하여 촉매의 활성 및 수소 생산에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 합성된 촉매는 허니컴 구조의 금속 모노리스 구조체 표면에 코팅하여 수증기 메탄 개질 반응을 수행하였다. 촉매의 특성은 XRD, TPR 및 SEM으로 분석하였으며 개질 반응 후 가스를 포집하여 GC로 조성을 분석한 후 메탄의 전환율, 수소 수율 및 CO 선택도를 측정하였다. 0.5 wt%의 Ru 첨가는 Ni의 환원 특성을 개선하였고, 99.91%의 메탄 전환율로 향상된 촉매 활성을 나타내었다. 또한, 다양한 공정 조건에 따른 반응 특성을 분석하였으며, 800 ℃의 반응 온도, 10000 h^-1 이하의 공간속도(GHSV), 3 이상의 H₂O와 CH₄의 비(S/C)에서 90% 이상의 메탄 전환율과 3.3 이상의 수소 수율을 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국연소학회 2005년도 제31회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 논문집
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• pp.64-68
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• 2005

Methane reforming processes to obtain hydrogen were investigated experimentally by using atmospheric plasma source. Among possible reforming processes, such as a $CO_2$ reforming(dry reforming), a partial oxidation (POx), a steam reforming(SR), and a steam reforming with oxygen(SRO or auto-thermal reforming), partial oxidation and the steam reforming with oxygen were considered. We choose a rotating arc plasma as an atmospheric plasma source, since it shows the best performances in our preliminary tests in terms of a methane conversion, a hydrogen production, and a power consumption. Then, the effects of a feeding flow-rate, an electrical power input to a plasma reaction, an $O_2/C$ ratio and a steam to carbon ratio in the case of SRO on the reforming characteristics were observed systematically. As results, at a certain condition almost 100% of methane conversion was obtained and we could achieve the same hydrogen production rate by consuming a half of electrical power which was used by the best results for other researchers.