• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2014

The vast stores of biomass available in the worldwide have the potential to displace significant amounts of petroleum fuels. Fast pyrolysis of biomass is one of several paths by which we can convert biomass to higher value products. The wood pyrolysis oil (WPO) has been regarded as an alternative fuel for petroleum fuels to be used in diesel engine. However, the use of WPO in a diesel engine requires modifications due to low energy density, high water contents, high acidity, high viscosity, and low cetane number of the WPO. One possible method by which the shortcomings may be circumvented is to co-fire WPO with other petroleum fuels. WPO has poor miscibility with light petroleum fuel oils; the most suitable candidates fuels for direct fuel mixing are methanol or ethanol. Early mixing with methanol or ethanol has the added benefit of significantly improving the storage and handling properties of the WPO. For separate injection co-firing, a WPO-ethanol blended fuel can be fired through diesel pilot injection in a dual-injection dieel engine. In this study, the performance and emission characteristics of a dual-injection diesel engine fuelled with diesel (pilot injection) and WPO-ethanol blend (main injection) were experimentally investigated. Results showed that although stable engine operation was possible with separate injection co-firing, the fuel conversion efficiency was slightly decreased due to high water contents of WPO compare to diesel combustion.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.187-192
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• 2006

폴리페닐렌 옥사이드(PPO)를 이용하여 헤테로폴리산(HPA)을 고정시킨 박막 제조를 통해 새로운 고분자 복합막을 제조하고 특성을 분석하였다. 헤테로폴리산인 텅스토인산(PWA)이나 몰리브도인산(PMA)을 혼합한 PPO 박막은 서로 같은 용매에 녹지 않으므로 혼합용매를 사용하여 제조하였다. 본 연구에서는 PWA를 녹이기 위한 용매로 메탄올을 PPO를 녹이기 위한 용매로 클로로포름을 사용하였으며, 혼합된 PPO-PWA 용액을 유리판 위에서 제막하였다. 다공성의 PPO-PWA 박막에 나피온 혼합물을 사용하여 복합막을 제조하였고, 제조된 복합막은 이온 전도도와 메탄올 투과도를 측정하여 특성화하였다. PPO-PWA 복합막의 형태와 구조는 SEM(scanning electron microscopy)과 EDS(energy dispersive spectrometer)로 관찰하였고, 복합막은 직접 메탄올 연료전지(DMFC)용 전해질로서의 성능을 시험하였다. PPO-PWA 구조를 가지고 있는 복합막을 이용함으로써 DMFC 내에서의 메탄올 투과 현상을 66％ 줄일 수 있었다.