• 한국가스학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.51-55
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• 2010

전 세계적으로 온실가스인 이산화탄소 배출을 감축하기 위하여 다양한 노력이 이루어지고 있다. 이러한 상황에서 이산화탄소가 함유된 중소규모 가스전은 LNG로 개발하기에는 경제성이 떨어진다. 특히 가스전에 포함된 이산화탄소를 분리하기 위하여 분리설비가 추가로 설치되어야 한다. 따라서 플랜트 건설비용이 증가하고, 분리된 이산화탄소는 대기중으로 배출되어 온실가스 감축과는 상반되는 결과를 가져온다. 이러한 비경제적인 가스전에 KOGAS DME Process를 적용하면 가스전에 포함된 이산화탄소를 천연가스와 함께 원료가스로 활용할 수 있어 경제성이 높아진다. KOGAS DME Process는 합성가스를 제조하는 Tri-reformer(삼중개질반응기)를 통하여 $H_2$와 CO로 이루어지는 합성가스를 제조하는데 원료가스로 천연가스와 산소, 스팀, 이산화탄소를 활용한다. 여기서 사용되는 이산화탄소는 공정상 발생하는 이산화탄소를 회수하여 원료가스로 활용하게 된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 공정상 발생하는 이산화탄소의 발생량과 원료가스로 사용되는 이산화탄소의 사용량 그리고 가스전에 포함된 이산화탄소의 함량을 분석하여 가스전에 포함된 이산화탄소의 활용범위를 연구하고자 한다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.925-933
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• 2011

The traditional feedstock for dimethyl ether (DME) has been natural gas obtained by pipeline from a nearby natural gas or oil field. This report focuses on other feedstock: Coal bed methane (CBM). The resource availability and suitability of CBM for DME manufacturing have been investigated. CBM in a short time has become an important industry, providing an abundant clean-burning fuel and also suggesting as a feedstock for gas industry. The use of CBM will have very little impact on the KOGAS' DME process design and economics up to 50 vol% of $CO_2$ in the CBM source. Many of the CBM sources in Asia are high in $CO_2$, but pose no difficulties for the KOGAS' DME plant. Since tri-reformer requires substantial $CO_2$ in its feed, no $CO_2$ removal from the CBM feed is needed. The $CO_2$ in the CBM means that less $CO_2$ needs to be recycled from the downstream in the process.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.559-571
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• 2012

Dimethyl ether (DME) is a new clean fuel as an environmentally-benign energy resource. DME can be manufactured from various energy sources including natural gas, coal, and biomass. In addition to its environmentally friendly properties, DME has similar characteristics to those of LPG. The aim of this article is to represent the development of new DME process with KOGAS's own technologies. KOGAS has investigated and developed new innovative DME synthesis process from synthesis gas in gaseous phase fixed bed reactor. DME has been traditionally produced by the dehydration of methanol which is produced from syngas, a product of natural gas reforming. This traditional process is thus called the two-step method of preparing DME. However, DME can also be manufactured directly from syngas (single-step). The single-step method needs only one reactor for the synthesis of DME, instead of two for the two-step process. It can also alleviate the thermodynamic limitations associated with the synthesis of methanol, by converting the produced methanol into DME, thereby potentially enhancing the overall conversion of syngas into DME. KOGAS had launched the 10 ton/day DME demonstration plant project in 2004 at Incheon KOGAS LNG terminal. In the mid of 2008, KOGAS had finished the construction of this plant and has successively finished the demonstration plant operation. And since 2008, we have established the basic design of commercial plant which can produce 3,000 ton/day DME.