• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.737-748
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• 2014

Increasing amounts of ships exhaust gases emitted worldwide forced the International Maritime Organization to issue some restricted maritime legislation for reducing the adverse environmental impacts arising from such emissions. Consequently, ships emission reduction became one of the technical and economical challenges that facing the ships, operators. The present paper addresses the different strategies that can be used to reduce those emissions, especially nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides. The strategies included: applying reduction technologies onboard, using of alternative fuels, and follows one of fuel saving strategies. Using of selective catalytic reduction and sea water scrubbing appeared as the best reduction technologies onboard ships. Moreover, among the various proposed alternative fuels, natural gas, in its liquid state; has the priority to be used instead of conventional fuels. Applying one of those strategies is the matter of ship type and working area. As a numerical example, the proposed methods were investigated at a high-speed craft operating in the Red Sea area between Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The results obtained are very satisfactory from the point of view of environment and economic issues, and reflected the importance of applying those strategies.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.207-219
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• 2024

Metal-N-C (MNC) catalysts have been anticipated as promising candidates for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) to achieve low-cost polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. The structure of the M-N_x moiety enabled a high catalytic activity that was not observed in previously reported transition metal nanoparticle-based catalysts. Despite progress in non-precious metal catalysts, the low density of active sites of MNCs, which resulted in lower single-cell performance than Pt/C, needs to be resolved for practical application. This review focused on the recent studies and methodologies aimed to overcome these limitations and develop an inexpensive catalyst with excellent activity and durability in an alkaline environment. It included the possibility of non-precious metals as active materials for ORR catalysts, starting from Co phthalocyanine as ORR catalyst and the development of methodologies (e.g., metal-coordinated N-containing polymers, metal-organic frameworks) to form active sites, M-N_x moieties. Thereafter, the motivation, procedures, and progress of the latest research on the design of catalyst morphology for improved mass transport ability and active site engineering that allowed the promoted ORR kinetics were discussed.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.47-56
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• 2007

Utilization of sewage sludge for industrial fuel should be considered in appropriate calory with low emission of environmental pollutants and the amount of sewage sludge for continuously long-time operation. For the low grade fuel(<4,000kcal/kg), one of proper processes is that coal and oil are added into sewage sludge to remove impurities and increase calory(>7,000kcal/kg) and the amount of fuel having sewage sludge. Recently, 2-step agglomeration has been attempted by secondarily agglomerate sewage sludge onto the primary nuclei formed by agglomeration of coal and oil. Furthermore, sawdust and waste oil can substitute about 1/3 each for coal and mineral oil consumed in this process, which will lead to securing alternative energy resources from environmental pollutants as well as cost reduction.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.103-109
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• 2015

Recently, the usage of renewable energy system has been recommended because of the energy saving and depletion of fossil fuel. Especially, ground source heat pump system(GSHP) has a high efficiency by using annual stable ground temperature. Also, wood pellet is low cost and a high calorific value compared to fossil fuel. However, only small number of farms have applied renewable energy system to horticultural facility because of a high initial costs and uncertainty of its cost efficiency. In this study, in order to analyze the feasibility for the horticulture, TRNSYS simulation based on the standard horticultural facility was conducted in different weather and covering material conditions. Then, comparative feasibility analysis of each energy supplying system was conducted. As a result, we have found out that a high initial cost of renewable energy system was recovered by the economics of the energy cost. Due to the energy cost reduction, the payback periods were 10-11 years in the case of GSHP and 4-6 years in the case of wood pellet boiler.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제35권10호
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• pp.1019-1024
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• 2011

LPG 분사시스템의 경우 액상 및 기상 인젝터를 사용하는 두 가지 방식이 있으며, 가스 분사 방식의 경우 내구성 및 가격 측면에서 장점이 있지만 가스의 압축성 특성으로 인한 정밀 유량제어에 어려움이 있다. 본 연구에서는 가스분사 방식 LPG 연료 분사 시스템에서 정밀 유량 제어를 위한 수단으로 헬름홀쯔 공진기를 사용하는 방안을 제시하였다. 그리고 상용 유동해석 프로그램인 Flowmaster를 사용하여 대상 자동차의 연료 시스템에 대해 유동해석을 통해 최적의 공진기를 설계방안을 설계하였으며, 공진기 설치 후 개선 효과를 제시하였다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.137-143
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• 2004

For hydrogen generation from aqueous alkilne $NaBH_4$ solution, Co-B catalyst was prepared by chemical reduction method using $NaBH_4$ as a reduction chemical. Effects of solution temperature, amount of catalyst loading, $NaBH_4$ concentration, and NaOH (a base-stabilizer) concentration on the hydrogen generation rate were exmanined. Compared to Ru catalyst generally used, the low-cost Co-B catalyst exhibited almost comparable activity to the hydrogen generation reaction.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.29-42
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• 2022

정부는 최근 2050년까지 국가 온실가스 순배출량은 "0"으로 하는 2050 탄소중립 정책을 추진하고 있다. 이에, 축산업 부문 2050 탄소중립을 위한 핵심적인 수단으로 가축분뇨 에너지화에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있다. 가축분뇨 고체연료화 기술은 가축분뇨를 건조 또는 탄화시켜 고체연료로 제조하는 기술로서 가축분뇨 고체연료 제조시설 및 발전시설의 경제성 문제로 인하여 보급 확산이 미미한 상황이다. 본 연구에서는 가축분뇨 고체연료 제조 및 이용 촉진을 위하여 가축분뇨 고체연료의 잠재적인 수요처인 가축분뇨 고체연료 발전시설의 경제성을 평가하고자 하였다. 가축분뇨 고체연료 제조원가는 200톤/일 규모의 발효건조 과정에서 97.4 천원/톤으로 가장 낮은 제조원가를 보였다. 가축분뇨 고체연료 발전시설은 신재생에너지공급인증서(REC) 가중치 1.5에서 경제성을 나타냈다. 가축분뇨 고체연료화는 온실가스 저감, 수계 비점오염원 저감 등 다양한 환경적 편익을 지니고 있다. 따라서 가축분뇨 고체연료 생산시설을 확산 보급을 위해서는 다양한 환경 편익을 포함한 경제성 검토가 요구된다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.125-130
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• 2009

일본 도야코에서 2008년 7월 열린 G8 정상회의에서 2050년까지 전세계 온실가스 배출량을 절반으로 줄이는 장기 목표를 추진하는 방안이 논의되었다. 우리나라도 2013년부터 기후협약 규제가 거의 확실시되고 있다. 화석연료의 연소로 대부분의 전력을 생산하는 발전산업은 우리나라 $CO_2$ 대기배출량의 20[%] 이상을 차지하고 있다. 발전소의 화석연료의 소모와 이에 따른 $CO_2$ 대기배출 규제는 갈수록 엄격해 질 전망이며 전력생산단가에 크게 영향을 끼칠 것이다. 본 논문은 발전소의 연료교체 검토 시 $CO_2$ 배출비용을 감안하는 간단한 경제성 검토를 수행하였다. 중유전소 발전소인 D 발전소가 LNG로 연료전환을 고려할 경우, 발전비용이 같아지는 ton당 $CO_2$ 배출비용, 즉, LNG-중유 연료교체의 손익분기점에 해당하는 ton당 $CO_2$ 배출비용을 계산하는 방법과 예제를 제시하였다. 이를 위하여 D 발전소의 성능시험 결과 얻어진 입출력 특성계수를 이용하였다.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.311-330
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• 2014

Environmental impact of aircraft emissions can be addressed in two ways. Air quality impact occurs during landings and takeoffs while in-flight impact during climbs and cruises influences climate change, ozone and UV-radiation. The aim of this paper is to investigate airports related local emissions and fuel consumption (FC). It gives flight path optimization model linked to a dispersion model as well as numerical methods. Operational factors are considered and the cost function integrates objectives taking into account FC and induced pollutant concentrations. We have compared pollutants emitted and their reduction during LTO cycles, optimized flight path and with analysis by Dopelheuer. Pollutants appearing from incomplete and complete combustion processes have been discussed. Because of calculation difficulties, no assessment has been made for the soot, $H_2O$ and $PM_{2.5}$. In addition, because of the low reliability of models quantifying pollutant emissions of the APU, an empirical evaluation has been done. This is based on Benson's fuel flow method. A new model, giving FC and predicting the in-flight emissions, has been developed. It fits with the Boeing FC model. We confirm that FC can be reduced by 3% for takeoffs and 27% for landings. This contributes to analyze the intelligent fuel gauge computing the in-flight fuel flow. Further research is needed to define the role of $NO_x$ which is emitted during the combustion process derived from the ambient air, not the fuel. Models are needed for analyzing the effects of fleet composition and engine combinations on emission factors and fuel flow assessment.

• 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.