• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제57권3호
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• pp.372-377
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• 2019

Leaching ($60^{\circ}C$, 5 min) and wet torrefaction ($200^{\circ}C$, 5 min) of empty fruit bunch (EFB) were carried out to improve the fuel properties; each liquid fraction was reused for leaching and wet torrefaction, respectively. In the leaching process, potassium was effectively removed because the leaching solution contained 707.5 ppm potassium. Inorganic compounds were accumulated in the leaching solution by increasing the reuse cycle of leaching solution. The major component of the leached biomass did not differ significantly from the raw material (p-value < 0.05). Inorganic compounds in the biomass were more effectively removed by sequential leaching and wet torrefaction (61.1%) than by only the leaching process (50.1%) at the beginning of the liquid fraction reuse. In the sequential leaching and wet torrefaction, the main hydrolysate component was xylose (2.36~4.17 g/L). This implied that hemicellulose was degraded during wet torrefaction. As in the leaching process, potassium was effectively removed and the concentration was accumulated by increasing the reuse cycle of wet torrefaction hydrolysates. There was no significant change in the chemical composition of wet torrefied biomass, which implied that fuel properties of biomass were constantly maintained by the reuse (four times) of the liquid fraction generated from leaching and wet torrefaction.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.360-369
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 팜 부산물인 Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB)의 연료적 특성을 향상시키기 위해 용탈처리와 습식 반탄화를 연속적으로 수행하였다. 용탈처리는 $25{\sim}90^{\circ}C$에서 5~30분 수행하였으며, $90^{\circ}C$, 10분 조건에서 55.99%의 가장 높은 회분 감소율을 나타냈다. 회분 감소율은 용탈 시간보다 온도에 따라 영향을 받았다. 용탈처리 후 연속적으로 습식 반탄화를 수행하였으며 반응온도 $180{\sim}200^{\circ}C$, 반응시간 5~40분에서 실시하였다. 연속처리에 의해 규소를 제외한 대부분의 무기성분은 제거되었으며 회분 감소율은 41.05~63.58%로 나타났다. 특히, 염소, 칼륨, 마그네슘, 인 성분은 80%이상 제거되었다. 용탈처리 후 $200^{\circ}C$, 40분에서 습식 반탄화를 수행한 결과 발열량은 원시료(4390 kcal/kg)와 비교하여 7.96% 증가한 4736 kcal/kg를 나타냈다.