• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제36권7호
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• pp.461-468
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• 2014

바이오차(biochar)는 산소가 제한된 환경에서 바이오매스를 열분해를 시켜 얻을 수 있는 고체물질을 말한다. 원료가 되는 바이오매스는 에너지작물, 임업부산물, 농업부산물 등의 폐기물을 사용할 수 있으며, 토양으로 적용 시 기후변화 완화, 화석연료 소비저감, 폐기물 처리비용저감 등의 장점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 폐목재를 원료로 바이오차를 생산하는 시스템을 대상으로 전과정평가 기법에 의해 환경에 미치는 영향을 평가하고자 하였다. 폐목재 1톤을 기능단위로 하였을 때 생산되는 바이오차를 토양에 적용하는 시나리오를 구성하고 지구온난화에 미치는 영향을 중심으로 환경영향을 분석한 결과, 파쇄 및 건조의 전처리 공정에서 4.048E-01 kg, 가스화 열분해공정에서 4.579E-01 kg, 토양살포 공정에서 9.070E-02 kg의 온실가스를 발생하여 총 9.534E-01 kg의 온실가스가 발생하는 것을 확인하였다. 바이오차의 토양적용 시 탄소저장효과는 252 kg으로 분석되어 251 kg의 탄소 네거티브 효과를 보였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제39권8호
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• pp.683-691
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• 2015

순환유동층연소기술은 적용 연료의 다양화, 설비의 경제성 그리고 환경성이 우수하여 최근 전력생산기술로 관심이 증대되고 있으며 최근 전력생산을 위한 재생에너지 사용 의무규정에 따라 재생에너지의 연소특성을 파악하는 것이 중요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 순환유동층반응기에서의 석탄과 우드펠릿을 혼소하여 혼소율에 따른 배기배출물 특성과 반응기 내부 가스온도특성의 환경성과 연소성을 실험적으로 분석하여 나타내었다. 총 공급 발열량을 기준으로 각 연료의 공급량을 변경하여 혼소율을 결정하였다. 베드물질로 강모래(7호사)를 적용하였다. 순환유동층반응기에서 우드펠릿 혼소율 증가에 따라 후단부에서의 가스온도가 감소하였고, CO, NOx, HC 및 SOx의 발생량은 우드펠릿의 혼소비가 30% 이하의 경우 혼소비 증가에 따라 감소하는 경향을 나타내었지만 30% 이상의 경우 CO, HC 및 SOx 발생량은 오히려 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 '저탄소 녹색성장'의 세계적 추세에 따라 탄소 중립적 에너지원인 우드펠릿(wood pellet)을 사용하는 난방보일러 제어시스템 구현을 제시한다. 본 시스템은 공중전화망 및 이동통신망을 통해 원격으로도 제어 가능한 홈 네트워크 기반의 제어 및 관리시스템 구현도 포함한다. 구현된 시스템은 온도조절기능, 연료공급기능, 점화기능, 화력조절기능, 그을음제거기능 등을 수행하는 보일러 주제어부와 주제어부와의 RS-485 통신링크를 통해 각 방의 개별 온도를 제어 할 수 있는 온도조절기 모듈 및 보일러의 원격제어 및 모니터링이 가능한 공중전화망 및 이동통신망 인터페이스 부분으로 구성된다. 구현된 시스템은 기본동작시험과 원격제어시험을 통해 난방면적 $172m^2$에서 열효율 93.6%, 난방출력 20,640kcal/hr, 연료소모량 5.54kg/hr 으로 나타났다. 이러한 성능지표는 기존 개발된 펠릿보일러에 비해서 우수한 결과로써 기존 보일러에서는 적용하지 않았던 3단계의 점화과정과 그을음제거 기능과 함께 $C_dS$ 센서를 통한 불꽃감지기능 및 셔터개폐의 미세 조정을 통한 화력조절기능을 새롭게 적용한 결과이다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.538-544
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• 2014

A traditional fireplace has been used, but not much, for heating and cooking in rural area, Korea. Traditional fireplace as one type of biomass burnings is also emitting various air pollutants. Air pollutants emission from traditional fireplace was estimated in this study. There are two types of traditional fireplace, one for combined heating and cooking, the other one for cooking only. Types of fuels mostly used in traditional fireplace were wood, agricultural residue, solid waste. Activity levels such as fuel types, amount of fuel loading, and temporal variation were investigated by field survey over Korea. Estimated annual emissions from traditional fireplace were CO 6,335.0, NOx 555.0, SOx 9.6, VOC 1,771.7, TSP 181.4, $PM_{10}$ 119.9, $PM_{2.5}$ 96.2, $NH_3$ 1.4 ton/yr respectively. When emissions compared with the national emission inventory (CAPSS: Clean Air Policy Support System) of 2010 year, CO and $PM_{10}$ occupy 0.8% and 0.1% of total national emission, respectively.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.179-190
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• 1992

This study was carried out to characterize sources of atmospheric total suspended particulates (TSP) in urban and sub--urban areas of metropolitan taegu. The sources were tentatively identified by a multivariate technique, i.e. principal component analysis (PCA), and the source contributions to the atmospheric concentrations of TSP were further estimated by stepwise multiple regression analysis. A total of 5 sources was identified in the urban area of Taegu (soil dust resuspension, fuel combustion, secondary aerosol, traffic related aerosol, and refuge burning), while 4 sources were found to be significant in the sub--urban area as following: fuel combustion/secondary aerosol, soil dust resuspension, traffic related aerosol, and wood/agricultural burning. The largest contributor to the atmospheric TSP appeared to be the soil dust resuspension in both areas. The source apportionment of the extractable organic matter (EOM) was also carried out for the Taegu data. The EOM was determined with respect to the solvent polarity, i.e. cyclohexane (non-polar), dichloromethane (semi--polar), and acetone (polar). In addition, the source profiles for the TSP in Taegu area were estimated using a PCA-based algorithm, and the validity was evaluated tentatively by comparing the data in the literature.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.159-169
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• 2005

Cellulose, consisted of 45 wt% in wood, is usable as fuels and heavy oil additives if depolymerized to monomer unit, because the chemical structures are similar to high octane materials found in gasoline. In this study, thermochemical degradation by solvolysis reaction of cellulose such as the effect of reaction temperature, reaction time and type of solvent on conversion yield and degradation products were investigated. It was found that the effectiveness of the solvent on the sovolysis reaction was as follows; acetone>n-butanol>tetralin. When acetone was used as a solvent, the highest cellulose conversion was observed to be 91.8% at 500$^{\circ}C$, 40min. Combustion heating value of liquid products from thermochemical conversion processes was in the range of 7,330${\sim}$7,410cal/g. The energy yield and mass yield in acetone-solvolysis of cellulose was as high as 66.8% and 37.0 g oil/100g raw material after 40min of reaction at 400$^{\circ}C$. Various aliphatic and aromatic compounds were detected in the cellulose solvolysis products. The major components of the solvolysis products, that could be used as fuel, were mesityl oxide, mesitylene, isophorone.

• Advances in Energy Research
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.127-146
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• 2013

Torrefaction technologies convert assorted biomass feedstocks into energy-concentrated, carbon neutral fuel that is economically transported and easily ground for blending with fossil coals at numerous power plants around the world without needs to retrofit. Utilization of torrefied biomass in conventional electric generating units may be an increasingly attractive alternative for electricity generation as aging power plants in the world need to be upgraded or improved. This paper examines the economic feasibility of torrefaction in different scenarios by modeling torrefaction plants producing 136,078 t/year (150,000 ton/year) biocoal from wood and corn stover. The utilization of biocoal blends in existing coal-fired power plants is modeled to determine the demand for this fuel in the context of emerging policies regulating emissions from coal in the U.S. setting. Opportunities to co-locate torrefaction facilities adjacent to corn ethanol plants and coal-fired power plants are explored as means to improve economics for collaborating businesses. Life cycle analysis was conducted in parallel to this economic study and was used to determine environmental impacts of converting biomass to biocoal for blending in coal-fired power plants as well as the use of substantial flows of off-gasses produced in the torrefaction process. Sensitivity analysis of the financial rates of return of the different businesses has been performed to measure impacts of different factors, whether input prices, output prices, or policy measures that render costs or rewards for the businesses.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.14-22
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• 2017

Co-firing of renewable fuel in coal fired boilers is an attractive option to mitigate $CO_2$ emissions, since it is a relatively low cost option for efficiently converting renewable fuel to electricity by adding biomass as partial substitute of coal. However, it would cause reducing plant efficiency and operational flexibility, and increasing operation and capital cost associated with handling and firing equipment of renewable fuels. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of biomass co-firing on $CO_2$ emission and capital/operating cost. Wood pellet, PKS (palm kernel shell), EFB (empty fruit bunch) and sludge are considered as renewable fuels for co-firing with coal. Several approaches by the co-firing ratio are chosen from previous plant demonstrations and commercial co-firing operation, and they are evaluated and discussed for $CO_2$ reduction and cost estimation.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.83-92
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• 2019

Spontaneous combustion propensity of various coals of carbonization grade as a pulverized fuel of coal-fired power plant has been tested from an initial temperature of $25^{\circ}C$ to $600^{\circ}C$ by heating in an oven with air to analyze the self-oxidation starting temperature. These tests produce CPT (Cross Point Temperature), IT (Ignition temperature), and CPS (Cross Point Slope) calculated as the slope of time taken for a rapid exothermic oxidation reaction at CPT base. CPS shows a carbonization rank dependence whereby wood pellet has the highest propensity to spontaneous combustion of $20.995^{\circ}C/min$. A sub-bituminous KIDECO coal shows a CPS value of $15.370^{\circ}C/min$, whereas pet coke has the highest carbonization rank at $2.950^{\circ}C/min$. The nature of this trend is most likely attributable to a concentration of volatile matter and oxygen functional groups of coal surface that governs the available component for oxidation, as well as surface area of fuel char, and constant pressure molar heat.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.49-57
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• 2019

Biomass, a carbon-neutral fuel, has great advantages because it can replace fossil fuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, due to its low density, high water content, and hydrophilicity, biomass has disadvantages for transportation and storage. To improve these properties, a pretreatment process of biomass is required. One of the various pre-treatment technologies, torrefacion, makes biomass similar to coal through low-temperature pyrolysis. In this study, torrefacion treatment was carried out at 200, 230, 250, 280, and $300^{\circ}C$ for wood pellet, empty fruit bunch (EFB) and kenaf, and the feasibility of replacing coal with fuel was examined. Hygroscopicity tests were conducted to analyze the hydrophobicity of biomass, and its chemical structure changes were investigated using Infrared spectrum analysis. It was confirmed that the hygroscopicity was decreased gradually as the torrefacion temperature increased according to the hygroscopicity tests. The hydrophilicity was reduced according to the pyrolysis of hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin of biomass.