• Plant Journal
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.62-70
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• 2008

PGV(Plasma Gasification & Vitrification) system has been developed based on a pyrolysis melting gasification technology that provides the possibilities of acquiring renewable energy. As volume of wastes increases with the rapid industrialization and population growth, eco friendly disposal is drawing more social attention. Pyrolysis plasma technology is regarded as the best environmentally friendly process for the waste disposal among numerous waste disposal processes. Introduced in this paper is the behavior of the plasma torch and a computational fluid simulation dynamics is discussed for designing the melting furnace. Some PGV applications have also been discussed.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.1-4
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• 2001

Urgency of using plasma-energy technologies in power industry, is outlined, increasing of economical efficiency, decreasing of energy consumption and decreasing of environmental pollution, are shown, scientific and technical bases for plasma-energy technologies of fuel utilisation, are designed, results of theoretical, experimental and rig investigations of processes of plasma ignition, gasification, thermochemical preparation for burning and combined processing of coals, are presented, results of realisation of plasma technologies of residual-oil-free (mazout) pulverised-coal boiler kindling, lighting of torch and stabilisation of luid slagging in furnaces with removal of fluid slag, are described.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.802-805
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• 2009

생활폐기물을 플라즈마 가스화하고 얻어지는 합성가스로부터 수소를 생산하는 파일럿플랜트 건설 계획을 소개한다. 이 파일럿플랜트는 현재 가동 중인 청송군의 10톤/일급 플라즈마 가스화 시설을 고농도 합성가스를 생산하는 시설로 변경하고 수소전환반응기와 수소 PSA 장치를 부착하여 99.999% 순도의 수소 $200Nm^3/h$을 생산하여 연료전지 발전하는 것으로 계획되어 있다. 이 파일럿플랜트는 $20Nm^3/h$ 급의 폐기물 플라즈마 가스화 - 고순도 수소 생산 기술개발 완료에 이은 상용화 실증 시설이다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.7-11
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• 2001

Utility boiler operators seeking to gain the greatest economic advantage from their units are faced with three challenges, namely the obligatory light-up fuel costs, the additional expense of supplementary fuel firing should they wish to use a cheaper fuel that may be beyond the original burner manufacturer’s stability and combustion performance assurances and the immediate environmental impact of both. The novel use of plasma arc technology can provide a solution to these challenges. This paper introduces the work being undertaken through a joint collaboration between the EU, Kazahkstan and Russia in order to develop a tried and tested engineering methodology and a mathematical based application and sensitivity analysis approach for the design and optimisation stage of these plasma devices that, as a consequence, their assist in their universal introduction.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.08a
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• pp.95-95
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• 2010

An apparatus for generating flames and more particularly the microwave plasma burner for generating high-temperature large-volume plasma flame was presented. The plasma burner was composed of micvrowave transmission lines, a field applicator, discharge tube, coal and gas supply systems, and a reactor. The plasma burner is operated by injecting coal powders into a 2.45 GHz microwave plasma torch and by mixing the resultant gaseous hydrogen and carbon compounds with plasma-forming gas. We in this work used air, oxygen, steam, and their mixtures as a discharge gas or oxidant gas. The microwave plasma torch can instantaneously vaporize and decompose the hydrogen and carbon containing fuels. It was observed that the flame volume of the burner was more than 50 times that of the torch plasma. The preliminary experiments were carried out by measuring the temperature profiles of flames along the radial and axial directions. We also investigated the characteristics for coal combustion and gasification by analyzing the byproducts from the exit of reactor. As expected, various byproducts such as hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, etc. were detected. It is expected that such burner cab be applied to coal gasification, hydrocarbon reforming, industrial boiler of power plants, etc.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.89-94
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• 2012

Pyrolysis/gasification technology utilizes an energy conversion technique from various waste resources, such as biomass, solid waste, sewage sludge, and etc. to generating a syngas (synthesis gas). However, one of the major problems for the pyrolysis gasification is the presence of tar in the product gas. The tar produced might cause damages and operating problems on the facility. In this study, a gliding arc plasma reformer was developed to solve the previously acknowledged issues. An experiment was conducted using surrogate benzene and naphthalene, which are generated during the pyrolysis and/or gasification, as the representative tar substance. To identify the characteristics of the influential parameters of tar decomposition, tests were performed on the steam feed amount (steam/carbon ratio), input discharge power (specific energy input, SEI), total feed gas amount and the input tar concentration. In benzene, the optimal operating conditions of the gliding arc plasma 2 in steam to carbon (S/C) ratio, 0.98 $kWh/m^3$ in SEI, 14 L/min in total gas feed rate and 3.6% in benzene concentration. In naphthalene, 2.5 in S/C ratio, 1 $kWh/m^3$ in SEI, 18.4 L/min in total gas feed rate and 1% in naphthalene concentration. The benzene decomposition efficiency was 95%, and the energy efficiency was 120 g/kWh. The naphthalene decomposition efficiency was 79%, and the energy yield was 68 g/kWh.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.93-99
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• 2012

The investigation of clean and environment-friendly coal utilization technology is actively progressed due to high oil price and serious climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions. In this study, the plasma gasification was performed using a 6kW microwave plasma unit under various reaction conditions: the particle sizes of coal ($45{\mu}m-150{\mu}m$), $O_2$/fuel ratio (0 - 1.3), and steam/fuel ratio (0 - 1.5). The $H_2$ composition decreases with decreasing coal particle size. With increasing $O_2$/fuel ratio, the $H_2$ composition in the syngas decreased while the $CO_2$ composition increased. As the steam/fuel ratio increased from 0 to 1.5, the $H_2$ composition in the syngas increased while the $CO_2$ composition decreased. From the results, it was proven that the variation of syngas composition greatly affected by $O_2$/fuel ratio than steam/fuel ratio. The $H_2$ composition in the syngas, carbon conversion, and cold gas efficiency increased with increasing plasma power.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.1-12
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• 2023

Coal gasification is a process of incomplete coal combustion to produce a syngas composed of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. It is one of methods to utilize coal cleanly because the process does not emits nitrogen oxides or sulfur oxides and particulate matters. In addition, chemicals can be produced using syngas. Coal gasification is classified as IGCC (Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle), Plasma coal gasification and UCG (Underground Coal Gasification). Recently, WGS (Water Gas Shift) reactor and carbon capture system have been combined to gasifier to produce hydrogen from coal. In this study, the coal gasification and method of hydrogen production from syngas was summarized, and the hydrogen production from coal gasification project was investigated.

• New & Renewable Energy
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.77-89
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• 2007

폐기물의 플라즈마를 이용한 열분해-가스화-용융 처리공정은 청정연료 형태로 정화된 합성가스를 얻을 수 있고, 이 합성가스를 WGS 반응과 PSA 공법을 이용하면 고순도 수소로의 전환 및 회수가 가능하다. (주)애드플라텍에서는 자체 보유하고 있는 3톤/일급 플라즈마 폐기물 처리설비와 수소 정제/회수시스템을 연계하여, 페기물로부터 고순도 수소 생산($20Nm^3/h$이상)을 위한 플라즈마 폐기물 처리 추소 생산 통합시스템 개발을 진행하고 있다. 합성가스 내 질소 농도를 낮추기 위해 산소를 매질로 하는 100kw급 산소 플라즈마 토치를 제작하였다. 수소 정제/회수 시스템은 폐기물의 플라즈마 처리 후의 합성가스 생성량과 조성의 변화에 대응할 수 있도록 하였으며, WGS 반응기로 들어가는 합성가스를 가스 컴프레서를 통하여 최대 10기압으로 승압시키고, 고농도 일산화탄소의 효과적인 제거 및 열 회수 극대화가 이루어질 수 있는 최적의 가스처리 시스템으로 구현되도록 하였다. 설치 완료된 WGS 반응기의 성능시험을 플라즈마 처리설비와 연계하여 수행하였다. 합성가스 내 각각 34%와 25%의 일산화탄소 및 수소의 농도가 WGS 반응기를 거친 후, 일산화탄소는 0.1% 미만으로 제거되었으며 수소는 44%로 증가하여 WGS 반응기의 성능 수준이 매우 우수함을 확인하였다. 차기 년도에 설치/가동 예정인 수소 생산용 PSA는 최대 10기압 운전 및 상압재생 방식으로 운전되며 생산된 수소는 최소 99.99%이상의 고순도를 유지할 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.627-632
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• 2007

폐기물의 플라즈마를 이용한 열분해-가스화-용융 처리공정은 청정연료 형태로 정화된 합성가스를 얻을 수 있고, 이 합성가스를 WGS 반응과 PSA 공법을 이용하면 고순도 수소로의 전환 및 회수가 가능하다. (주)애드플라텍에서는 자체 보유하고 있는 3톤/일급 플라즈마 폐기물 처리설비와 수소 정제/회수시스템을 연계하여, 폐기물로부터 고순도 수소 생산 ($20Nm^3/h$ 이상)을 위한 플라즈마 폐기물 처리 수소 생산 통합시스템 개발을 진행하고 있다. 합성가스 내 질소 농도를 낮추기 위해 산소를 매질로 하는 100kW급 산소 플라즈마 토치를 제작 하였다. 수소 정제/회수 시스템은 폐기물의 플라즈마 처리 후의 합성가스 생성량과 조성의 변화에 대응할 수 있도록 하였으며 WGS 반응기로 들어가는 합성가스를 가스 컴프레서를 통하여 최대 10기압으로 승압시키고, 고농도 일산화탄소의 효과적인 제거 및 열 회수 극대화가 이루어질 수 있는 최적의 가스처리 시스템으로 구현되도록 하였다. 설치 완료된 WGS 반응기의 성능시험이 플라즈마 처리설비와 연계하여 수행되었으며 WGS 반응기를 거친 일산화탄소의 농도는 1.5% 미만으로 분석되었다. 차기 년도에 설치/가동 예정인 수소 생산용 PSA는 최대 10기압 운전 및 상압재생 방식으로 운전되며 생산된 수소는 최소 99.99%이상의 고순도를 유지할 것으로 기대된다.