• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.643-658
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• 2015

This study presents detailed emission of greenhouse gases of using Clean Energy Agriculture System according to a cradle-to-gate life-cycle assessment, including emission from energy use and leak of Biogas. Calculations were done with the PASS software and the covered gases are $CH_4$, $N_2O$ and $CO_2$, Total GHG fluxes of amount to $1719.03kgCO_2/day$, $39.63kgCO_2/day$ (2.31%) are from facility house process, $0.19kgCO_2/day$ (0.01%) are from transport process, $696.72kgCO_2/day$ (40.53%) are from Anaerobic digestion process, $846.61kgCO_2/day$ (49.25%) are from Heating and cooling system, $135.88kgCO_2/day$ (7.90%) are from Fertigation production process. The results suggest that for effective reduction of GHG emissions from Facility house using clean energy. Reduction targets should address both the production process as defined by IPCC sectors and the consumption process. An LCA assessment as presented here could be a basis for such efforts.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제57권6호
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• pp.874-882
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• 2019

본 연구에서는, Lab-scale 기포 유동층 가스화기(직경 : 0.11 m, 높이 : 0.42 m)에서 미이용 산림 바이오매스 4종과 폐목재 1종의 가스화 특성을 살펴보았다. 실험은 온도와 연료 주입량을 각각 $800^{\circ}C$, 1 kg/h로 고정하고, ER 0.15-0.3, 가스 유속 $2.5-5U_0/U_{mf}$으로 변화시키면서 진행했다. 층 물질로는 silica sand와 olivine을 사용하였다. 생성 가스의 조성은 NDIR 분석기와 GC를 통해 분석하였으며, 분석 결과 평균적으로 $H_2$ 3~4 vol%, CO 15~16 vol%, $CH_4$ 4 vol%, $CO_2$ 18~19 vol.%으로 미이용 산림바이오매스와 폐목재 모두 비슷한 조성을 보였으며, 생성 가스의 평균 저위발열량은 $1193{\sim}1301kcal/Nm^3$을, 고위발열량은 $1262{\sim}1377kcal/Nm^3$을 나타내었다. 또한, 타르 저감 효과를 알아보고자 층 물질로 olivine을 사용 시 silica sand에 비해 생성 가스 내 C2 이상 성분이 대부분 감소하였고, $H_2$ 함량이 증가하여 타르의 cracking 반응이 생겼음을 확인하였다. 비응축성 타르는 72% ($1.24{\rightarrow}0.35g/Nm^3$), 응축성 타르는 27% ($4.4{\rightarrow}3.2g/Nm^3$) 가량 감소하는 효과를 확인하였다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제23권1호
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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.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.340-346
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• 2013

Study on clean and efficient utilization technology for low rank coal with high moisture content is actively ongoing due to limited reserves of petroleum and of high grade coal and serious climate change caused by fossil fuel usage. In the present study, supercritical water gasification of low rank coal was performed. With increasing reaction temperature, content of combustible gases such as $H_2$ and $CH_4$ in the syngas increased while the $CO_2$ content decreased. As the reaction pressure increased from 210 to 300 bar, the $CO_2$ content in the syngas increased while the hydrocarbon gas content decreased. The $H_2$ and $CH_4$ content in the syngas increased slightly with pressure. With the addition of Pd, Pt, and Ru catalysts, it was possible to improve the production of $H_2$. Moreover, the increase of active metal content in the catalyst increased the $H_2$ productivity. The Ru catalyst shows the best performance for increasing the $H_2$ content in the syngas, while decreasing the $CO_2$ content.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.297-305
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• 2012

In recent large-scale semiconductor manufacturing clean rooms, the energy consumption of outdoor air conditioning systems to heat, humidify, cool and dehumidify incoming outdoor air represents about 45% of the total air conditioning load required to maintain a clean room environment. Therefore, the energy performance evaluation and analysis of outdoor air conditioning systems is useful for reducing the outdoor air conditioning load for a clean room. In the present study, an experiment was conducted to compare the energy consumption of outdoor air conditioning systems with a simple air washer, an exhaust air heat recovery type air washer and a DCC return water heat recovery type air washer. It was shown from the present lab-scale experiment with an outdoor air flow of 1,000 $m^3/h$ that the exhaust air heat recovery type and DCC return water heat recovery type air washer outdoor air conditioning systems were more energy-efficient for the summer and winter operations than the simple air washer outdoor air conditioning system and furthermore, the DCC return water heat recovery type one was the most energy-efficient in the winter operation.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.470-476
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• 2021

In the near future, with the urgent requirement of environmental protection, hydrogen based energy system is essential. However, at the present time, most of the hydrogen is produced by reforming, which still produces carbon dioxide. This study proposes a high-power electrolytic hydrogen production system based on solid oxide electrolysis cell with no harmful emissions to the environment. Besides that, the parametric study and optimization are also carried to examine the effect of individual parameter and their combination on system efficiency. The result shows that the increase in steam conversion rate and hydrogen molar fraction in incoming stream reduces system efficiency because of the fuel heater power increase. Besides, the higher Faraday efficiency does not always result a higher system efficiency.

• 청정기술
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.218-225
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• 2014

석탄의 가스화는 촉매 도입 시 온순 조건에서 가능하나, 석탄 내 회분에 의한 비활성화에 의해 반복적인 촉매 활용이 힘들다. 이에 본 연구에서는 삼화 원탄에서 회분을 제거하여 삼화 무회분탄(ash-free coal, AFC)을 제조한 후 가스화 반응성을 원탄과 비교하여 알아보았다. 우선 원탄을 대상으로 고정층 반응기에서 수증기 공급량, 공간 속도(space velocity), 온도 및 촉매를 변수로서 가스화 조건을 결정하였다. 고체상 혼합법으로 다양한 촉매 도입 시, 유동성을 갖는 $K_2CO_3$가 가장 높은 활성을 보였다. 무회분탄은 원탄보다 낮은 반응성을 보였으며, 이는 용매(1-methylnaphthalene, 1-MN)를 이용한 고온 추출 및 건조 공정 중에 소모된 산소 기능기 함량과 증가된 탄화도(carbonization)에 기인한다. $K_2CO_3$ 가 혼합된 무회분탄의 반응성은 급격히 증가하여 낮은 온도 ($700^{\circ}C$)에서도 높은 전환율을 보였다. 이때 $H_2/CO$와 $CO_2/CO$ 비율도 증가하는데, 이는 촉매에 의해 수성가스전환(water-gas shift) 반응이 활성화됨에 기인한다. 본 연구에서는 무회분탄의 저온 촉매 가스화 반응을 통해 석탄 가스화 공정의 경제성이 개선될 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 청정기술
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.288-296
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• 2023

세계적으로 석탄은 다른 에너지원에 비해 매장량이 풍부하여 다양한 에너지원으로 사용되고 있다. 기존 석탄 이용 방식에서 발생하는 환경적인 문제를 해결하기 위해 청정 석탄 활용 기술 개발이 이루어지고 있으며 대표적인 기술로 IGCC발전 기술이 있다. IGCC 발전에서 사용되는 석탄은 CMD 공정에서 열풍을 동시에 공급하여 건조, 분쇄가 이루어지고 있으나, 공급되는 열풍의 온도가 너무 높을 경우, 탈휘발, 자연발화 현상이 발생하게 되고 이로 인한 CMD 공정의 안정적인 운전을 저하시킨다. 본 연구에서는 유연탄 9종을 이용하여 탈휘발, 자연발화 개시온도를 측정하고 석탄 특성분석결과와 함께 상관관계를 알아보고자 하였다. 탈휘발 현상의 경우 350 ~ 400 ℃ 사이에서 6종 석탄의 탈휘발이 확인되었고 400 ℃ 이상의 온도에서 3종의 석탄 탈휘발을 확인하였다. 자연발화의 경우 100 ℃ 이하에서 1종의 석탄, 100 ~ 150 ℃ 사이에서 6종의 석탄, 150 ℃ 이상에서 2종 석탄의 자연발화를 확인하였다. 측정한 개시온도를 석탄 분석 결과 중 Oxygen, Moisture, Fe₂O₃, CaO, H/C Ratio, O/C Ratio와 비교하여 상관관계를 확인하였다. 회귀분석으로 각 개시온도의 회귀계수와 결정계수를 계산하였으며, FC/VM 데이터의 52.44%가 탈휘발 개시온도에 대해, Fe₂O₃ 데이터의 59.10%가 자연발화 개시온도에 대해 영향을 주는 것에 대한 유의한 결과를 확인 하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.413-426
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• 2009

Nuclear energy plays an important role in world energy production by supplying 6% of the world's current total electricity production. However, 86% of the energy consumed worldwide to produce industrial process heat, to generate electricity and to power the transportation sector still originates in fossil fuels. To cope with dwindling fossil fuels and climate change, it is clear that a clean alternative energy that can replace fossil fuels in these sectors is urgently required. Clean hydrogen energy is one such alternative. Clean hydrogen can play an important role not only in synthetic fuel production but also through powering fuel cells in the anticipated hydrogen economy. With the introduction of the high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) that can produce nuclear heat up to $950^{\circ}C$ without greenhouse gas emissions, nuclear power is poised to broaden its mission beyond electricity generation to the provision of nuclear process heat and the massive production of hydrogen. In this paper, the features and potential of the HTGR as the energy source of the future are addressed. Perspectives on nuclear heat and hydrogen applications using the HTGR are discussed.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.323-330
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• 2017

Ash remaining after coal combustion was used as a catalyst support for tar steam reforming with various proportions of $Al_2O_3$ added for higher reforming efficiency. At a constant Ni content of 12 wt%, a coal ash and $Al_2O_3$ were mixed at a ratio of 5:5, 7:3, 9:1. As a result, the catalytic activity for toluene steam reforming was improved by adding $Al_2O_3$ at $500-600^{\circ}C$. The catalysts with ratio 7:3 and 5:5 reached toluene conversion of 100% above $700^{\circ}C$. When comparing the catalysts in which the coal ash and $Al_2O_3$ mixed at a ratio of 5:5 and 7:3 with the Ni/Al catalyst, it was concluded that this coal ash catalyst has efficient catalytic performance.