• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.75-80
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• 2012

Gasification is a therm-chemical conversion process to convert various solid fuels into gaseous fuels under limited supply of oxygen in high temperature environment. Considering current availability of biomass resources in this country, the gasification is more attractive than any other technologies in that the process can accept various combustible solid fuels including plastic wastes. Mixed fuels of biomass and polyethylene pellets were used in gasification experiments in this study in order to assess their potential for synthesis gas production. The results showed that higher reaction temperatures were observed in mixed fuel compared to woodchip experiments. In addition, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and methane concentrations were increased in the synthesis gas. Heating values of the synthesis gas were also higher than those from woodchip gasification. There are hundred thousand tons of agricultural plastic wastes generated in Korea every year. Co-gasification of biomass and agricultural plastic waste would provide affordable gaseous fuels in rural society.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2012

The extensible supply of New & Renewable energy resources desperately needs to counter the high dependence on imported energy, recent high oil prices and the Climate Change Conference, and the government has operated the 'Renewable Portfolio Standard' (RPS) as one of the renewable energy policy from 2012. By analyzing the operation case of combined heat and power plant using the woodchip biomass, we drew the price of wood chip fuel, plant capacity factor, electricity selling price, heat selling price and LCOE value. After analyzing the economic feasibility of 3MWe combined heat and power plant based on the operating performance, the minimum of economic feasibility has appeared to be secured according to the internal rate of return (IRR) is 6.34% and the net present value (NPV) is 3.6 billion won as of 20 years life time after installation, and after analyzing the cases of the economic feasibility of the price of wood chip, plant capacity factor, electricity and heat selling price are changed, the economic feasibility is valuable when the price of wood chip is over 64,000 won/ton, NPV is minus, and the capacity factor is above 46.9%, the electricity selling price is 116 won/kWh and the heat selling price is above 75,600 won/Gcal. When going over the new installation hereafter, we need the detailed review of the woodchip storage and woodchip feeding system rather than the steam-turbine and boiler which have been inspected many times, the reason why is it's hard to secure the suitable quality (constant size) of woodchip by the lack of understanding about it as a fuel because of the domestic poor condition and the calorific value of woodchip is seriously volatile compared with other fuels.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.194-197
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• 2008

We measured the efficiency and flue gas concentration of a 90kW woodchip boiler which is for heating water of lodging. At nominal operating condition, the fuel, woodchip is fed into the boiler at a rate of 22.6 kg/h. In order to determine the efficiency of the boiler, we measured the water flow rate, woodchip flow rate, heating value and water content of woodchip, temperature of inlet and outlet of heating water. The results of test show that the power output of the woodchip boiler is 90.0 kW(77,400 kcal/h) and the thermal efficiency of the boiler is 88.5%. By using a gas analyser, flue gas concentrations are measured. The results show that O2 in the flue gas is 10.2%, CO concentration is 393 ppm and NOx concentration is 74 ppm.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.17-22
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• 2011

Biomass gasification provides synthesis gas or syngas that can be used for internal combustion engines as fuel or chemical synthesis as feedstock. Among different types of gasifiers, downdraft gasifier can produce relatively clean syngas with lower tar contents. In this study, a downdraft gasifier was fabricated with 150 mm of hearth diameter to gasify woodchip that is commercially available in this country. After drying woodchip to about 20 %, gasification experiments were conducted measuring temperature, pressure, air and gas flow rates. The volumetric concentrations of CO, $H_2$, $CO_2$, $CH_4$ were 10.7~14.5, 16.5~21.4, 12.5~16.6, and 2.3~2.9, respectively. They were overall within the ranges of the results that the previous studies showed. However, CO concentration was relatively lower and H2 was slightly higher than those from other studies. It seemed that water gas shift reaction was occurred due to the moisture in the fuel woodchip. Additional drying process coupled with syngas cooling would be required to improve the overall efficiency and syngas quality.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제58권3호
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• pp.39-46
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• 2016

This study investigated the potential use and the effectiveness of biomass ashes for the stabilization of heavy metals in soil through a series of experiments. The ashes used for the experiments were obtained from the gasification of biomass including miscanthus and woodchips. The amounts of nickel and chromium released from the soil and ash mixture were analyzed. Chemical analysis showed that the ash contained unburned carbon as well as silica and alkali metals. Miscanthus ashes have C (83.400 %) > Si (9.040 %) > K (3.180 %) > Ca (1.800 %), and woodchip ashes have C (93.800 %) > Ca (2.220 %) > Fe (1.370 %) > K (1.200 %). KSLT and TCLP test results implied that the heavy metal concentrations were below the environmental standards and would not impose the risks. The results also showed that Ni releases were more limited as more ashes were mixed with the soil due to the increases in exchangeable, carbonate, and oxide nikels. Both miscanthus and woodchip ahses were effective in stabilizing nickel and chromium through mixing with the soil. It could be seen that ashes produced from biomass gasification can be used to stabilize the heavy metals in soils.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2006

A downdraft gasifier was made of stainless steel for biomass gasification. Internal reactor had a 300 mm diameter and 8 air intakes. Three thermocouples were installed to measure the temperature inside the reactor. Three different biomass fuels were provided in the experiments to find out the effects of fuel conditions on gasification processes; charcoals, woodchips, and mixture of woodchip and charcoals. Two different experiments were conducted fer charcoal experiments, small and larger sizes of charcoal fuels. It took about 10 minutes after ignition to generate combustible producer gas when charcoal was f9d, but 20 or more minutes for woodchips. When the gasification was stabilized, the highest temperature was observed just below the combustion zone. The air flow rate for woodchip experiment was provided at 25% of a stoichiometric requirement of combustion, which was within the range of typical air flow rate fer woody biomass gasification. Carbon monoxide concentrations were also within the values reported in the previous studies, ranging 20 to 30% depending on fuel types. It could be seen that fuel size and heating value were very important parameters in biomass gasification. These parameters should be taken into account in operating and designing biomass gasifiers.

• 에너지공학
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.7-20
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 전국적으로 48만ha에 걸쳐 연료림으로 조성되어 있는 리기다소나무를 에너지연료로 활용하기 위해 최적의 생산시스템을 개발하고 이에 따른 공급가격과 전기 열 판매가격 및 이용률 등을 고려한 우드칩 연료한계가격을 산출하였으며 다양한 시나리오에 따른 경제성 민감도 분석을 수행하였다. 열 및 발전 전용시설에서의 경제성을 결정짓는 가장 중요한 변수는 연료공급가격이다. 열 전용시설에서는 본 연구에서 제안된 모든 생산시스템에서 생산되는 우드칩 연료의 활용이 가능하며 발전 전용시설에서는 생산비가 가장 높은 연료사용에는 일부 한계가 있으나 전기 판매가격이 현재의 SMP(pitch pine : 계통한계가격)보다 높아지거나 이용률이 80%이상으로 되는 경우 모두 활용 가능한 것으로 분석되었으며, 더욱이 RPS제도 시행에 따른 신재생에너지 인증서(REC:Renewable Energy Certificate)편익과 온실가스 절감효과로 CDM(Clean Development Mechanism)편익 등을 고려할 경우 충분히 활용 가능한 것으로 분석되었다. 따라서, 국내 발전부문에서의 RPS 공급의무율 이행을 위해서 산림 바이오매스의 활용이 적극 권장된다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.506-512
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• 2013

바이오매스 및 저등급 석탄인 갈탄은 잠재력이 큰 에너지원으로 이들을 가스화하여 합성가스를 얻으면 발전을 하거나 수송용 연료를 생산할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 상압의 열천칭 반응기(thermobalance)에서 woodchip, 톱밥, 갈탄의 수증기 가스화반응의 kinetics를 조사하였다. 가스화 온도 $600{\sim}900^{\circ}C$, 수증기 분압 20~90 kPa 범위에서 수증기 가스화 반응을 수행하였다. 세 가지의 기체-고체 화학반응모델들이 가스화반응의 거동을 묘사하는 능력을 비교하였다. 이들 중에서 탄소전환율의 변화를 가장 잘 나타내는 modified volumetric model을 사용하여 가스화반응의 kinetic 정보를 도출하였다. Arrehenius plot으로부터 얻어진 시료들의 활성화에너지는 문헌상의 범위 내에서 얻어졌으며 톱밥 > woodchip > 갈탄의 순으로 나타났다. 각 시료에 대하여 수증기 분압에 대한 반응차수를 결정하였으며, 가스화공정 설계의 기초 데이터로서 겉보기 반응속도식을 제시하였다.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.8-14
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• 2011

Biomass gasification is a promising technology in terms of clean energy and flexible options for end use such as heat, steam, electricity, gaseous or liquid fuels. In a gasification process, reduction of tar is very important because it can cause any mechanical problems and small tar implies high energy efficiency. However, generation and conversion mechanisms of tar have not been fully understood due to its complex nature. In this study, characteristics of tar generated from different gasification stages were investigated. Korean pine woodchip was used as feedstock and tar was sampled in a separate way during devolatilization and char gasification stage, investigated. As a result. more various kinds of hydro carbon compounds were identified in the devolatilization stage than char gasification stage because primary tar compounds are released mostly from pyrolysis of cellulose and hemicellulose. When the reaction temperature increased up to $900^{\circ}C$, tar composition becomes simplified into about 10 aromatic compounds mostly with 1-4 rings without substitution up to phenanthrene. The sampled tar in the char gasification stage mostly contains 5-7 simple aromatic compounds.

• 에너지공학
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.251-257
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• 2010

우리나라는 기후변화 대응 및 효율적인 에너지 이용을 위하여, 2012년부터 신재생에너지 공급의무제(RPS, Renewable Portfolio Standard)를 시행할 계획이나, 신재생에너지 자원의 부족, 관련기술 수준의 한계 등으로 국내 발전부문에서의 RPS 공급의무율 이행에는 어려움이 예상되며 목질계 바이오매스의 석탄화력 혼소가 대안 중에 하나이다. 목질계 바이오매스의 석탄화력 혼소는 기술적 접근이 용이하고, 유연탄과 비교했을 경우 $CO_2$ 편익, 신재생에너지 인증서(REC, Renewable Energy Certificate) 편익 등을 고려시 경쟁력이 있으며, 발전 원가 측면에서 타 신재생에너지 전원보다 우수하다. 따라서 국내발전부문에서 중장기적인 RPS 공급의무율 이행을 위해서는 목질계 바이오매스의 활용이 요구된다.