• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.359-369
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 국내 수종 중 낙엽송(Larix kaemferi Carr)을 대상으로 하여 콩기름, 폐콩기름, 오존산화 콩기름, 오존산화 폐콩기름을 첨가하여 제조된 목재펠릿의 특성변화를 조사하였다. 제조된 펠릿의 함수율, 발열량, 회분, 겉보기밀도, 내구성, 흡습률, 원소분석을 측정하여 비교하였다. 펠릿제품의 함수율은 7.66~9.48%로 나타나 목재펠릿의 품질기준 1급인 10% 이하를 만족시켰고, 제조된 각 펠릿의 발열량 측정결과 품질기준(1급) 4,300 kcal/kg을 모두 넘었으며, 기름을 첨가한 모든 펠릿이 대조구보다 높은 발열량을 나타냈다. 회분은 0.34~0.42%로 품질규격 1급인 0.7% 미만의 범주에 속한 것으로 나타났으며, 제조된 펠릿 모두가 겉보기 밀도 품질 기준 1급(640 kg/$m^3$)을 만족시켰다. 내구성은 콩기름을 첨가한 펠릿, 오존산화 폐콩기름을 첨가한 펠릿이 품질 기준1급(97.5% 이상)을 만족하였다. 전체적인 결과의 흐름을 보았을 때 첨가제를 첨가한 펠릿이 무첨가 펠릿보다 내구성이 좋게 나타났다. 흡습률은 24시간 후 흡습률 시험에서 첨가제를 첨가한 펠릿이 모두 무첨가 펠릿보다 낮은 흡습률을 나타냈으며, 5일 경과 후에도 무첨가 펠릿 보다 첨가제를 첨가한 펠릿이 모두 흡습률 감소 현상을 보였다. 원소분석은 황의 함유량이 목재펠릿의 품질기준 1급(0.05%) 이하를 만족시켰고, 질소 함유량 역시 목재펠릿의 품질기준 1급(0.3%) 이하를 만족시켰다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.436-447
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• 2019

The circulating fluidized bed boiler has an advantage that can burn a variety of fuels from low-grade fuel to coal. In this study, for the design of a circulating fluidized bed boiler using wood pellets, a circulating fluidized bed combustion test device using no external heater was manufactured and used. According to the increase of co-combustion rate with wood pellet, combustion fraction and heat flux by combustor height were measured and pollutant emission characteristics were analyzed. In terms of combustibility, the effect on primary and secondary air ratio were also studied. In addition, as a result of analysis of the effect of corrosive nanoparticles on the combustion of coal with wood pellets, it was confirmed that coal is mostly composed of Ca and S, whereas wood pellets are mostly composed of K, Cl, and Na.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.315-320
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• 2020

목재 부산물 등을 활용하여 제조되는 목재펠릿(pellet)은 가공되는 방식과 추가되는 부산물의 종류, 목재펠릿난로의 종류에 따라 완전연소가 아닌 불완전연소가 일어나는 경우가 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 불완전연소로 인한 환경오염과 에너지 낭비를 줄이기 위해 목재펠릿난로 연소 작용의 핵심부인 연소기를 개발하였다. 현재 시중에서 유통되고 있는 목재펠릿난로의 연소 작용을 담당하고 있는 연소기의 한계점을 넘기 위해 다층구조(Multi Layer)방식이라 명명하는 새로운 구조의 연소기 방식을 창안하고, CAD (Computer Aided Design) program으로 설계 후 3D 프린터를 활용하여 실현 가능성을 검증하였다. 검증된 데이터를 바탕으로 다층구조(Mulit Layer)방식의 목재펠릿난로의 연소 작용을 담당하는 연소기의 시제품(Prototype)을 설계, 제작하여 실험을 진행하였다. 실험의 신뢰도를 위해 동일한 날짜, 장소, 연료를 사용하여 현재 시중에서 유통되어 판매되고 있는 목재펠릿난로의 연소기와 본 연구에서 개발한 목재펠릿난로의 연소기를 비교실험하였다. 실험의 결과로 환경적인 측면에서 일산화탄소(Carbon Monoxide) 배출량의 감소를 확인하였고, 에너지 효율면에서 상대적으로 높은 열효율 결과를 도출하여 긍정적인 결과를 나타냈다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.104.1-104.1
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• 2010

We investigated combustion characteristics of wood pellets in a combustion equipment with adjusting amount of flue gas. Maximum temperature in a combustion chamber was $850^{\circ}C$. Higher heating Value of a domestic wood pellet tested is 19.1 MJ/kg and water content was 8.3%. Amount of flue gas causes big effect on burning characteristics in $450{\sim}600^{\circ}C$. Wood pellet does not burn in low temperature atmosphere less than $450^{\circ}C$ and low flue gas flow rate. We made burning the pellet that is made in Korea, USA, Chile and Canada. Color of foreign pellets are bright brown and they made by mainly sawdust. Korean pellet is a dark brown color because it contains bark. There are some differences in the result of elementary analysis and technical analysis. According to the result of burning experiment, burning times of each countries's pellet are similar.

• 한국펄프종이공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국펄프종이공학회 2011년도 춘계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.243-249
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• 2011

In the world, burning fossil fuels such as oil, petroleum, gasoline has created the global warming due to especially carbon dioxide gas emission. Therefore, these fossil fuels must be replaced by eco-friendly feadstocks. The wood pellets are one of valuable alternative fuels that can replace oil-based fuels within a short period of time. Unfortunately, there are no enough forest biomass for wood pellets in Korea. Nevertheless, Korea government has been trying to use most of forest biomass generated from the National Forest Management Operation. This does not make sense in an economic point of view.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.48-59
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• 2018

본 연구는 커피 생산 폐기물인 커피박의 효율적인 처리 및 재자원화 방안의 일환으로 목분과 혼합하여 고체 바이오 연료인 펠릿을 제조하고자 수행하였다. 먼저 펠릿 제조에 사용된 커피박의 화학적 조성과 연료적 특성을 조사하여 커피박의 펠릿 원료화 가능성을 조사하였다. 또한 다양한 조건에서 낙엽송 목분과 함께 펠릿을 제조한 후, 최적 펠릿 제조조건을 제시하였다. 커피박은 전섬유소, 단백질, 지방/오일로 구성되었으며, 0.7% 정도의 회분을 함유하고 있었다. 회분에 대한 정성분석 결과, 칼슘, 나트륨, 칼륨, 마그네슘 순으로 조사되었다. 커피박의 용이한 건조 특성으로 인한 낮은 함수율과 높은 발열량 그리고 커피박/낙엽송 펠릿의 연료적 특성(함수율, 회분 함량, 겉보기밀도, 내구성)이 국립산림과학원에서 고시한 목재펠릿 품질기준의 1급을 상회하여 커피박의 펠릿 원료화 가능성을 확인할 수 있었다. 그러나 원소분석 결과, 커피박의 높은 질소 및 유황 함량으로 고등급의 펠릿 제조용 원료보다는 $NO_x$ 및 $SO_x$를 효과적으로 제거할 수 있는 포집장치를 보유한 열병합발전소용 펠릿 원료로 적당할 것으로 생각한다. 그러나 커피박 및 낙엽송을 이용하여 1급 기준을 만족하는 펠릿을 제조하기 위하여 91 wt%의 낙엽송 목분과 9 wt%의 커피박이 필요할 것으로 추산된다. 이 조건에서 제조한 펠릿의 질소함량은 0.298% 그리고 유황 함량은 0.03%로 1급 기준을 만족하며 나머지 펠릿의 품질 항목에서도 모두 1급 기준을 상회할 것으로 예상된다. 마지막으로 커피박과 낙엽송의 구매가 및 각 등급의 목재펠릿 수요에 따라 펠릿 내의 커피박과 낙엽송 목분 양을 적절히 조절하여 펠릿을 제조할 경우, 생산비용의 절감 외에 폐기물의 이용에 따른 재자원화와 쓰레기 감량을 통한 환경부담 완화에도 일조할 것으로 생각한다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.108.1-108.1
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• 2011

This paper proposes the method to develop the fuel of suljigemi pellets using agricultural by-products the occurred during the manufacturing of alcohol. This paper is the goal to make sulgigemi pellet fuel for develops pellet of high calorie. The methods of sulgigemi pellet manufacturing well mix as the dough with the water and the sulgigemi. And then we have dried in the after compression and molding using well mixed the sulgigemi. The moisture of pellets has dried it removed until about 85%. Suljigemi pellet has the effect of zero emission as the soil conditioner using ash after burning. The merits for the sulgigemi pellet are the convenience of storage and custody. Also sulgigemi pellet has the reduction effect of carriage fee, fuel economy and low-cost high-efficiency effects, environmentally clean fuel as CO2 emissions savings. In experiment, we confirmed to calories of the wood pellet and the sulgigemi pellet. The calorie of the suljigemi pellets has high 233 kilo calories than the wood pellets. So the technologies of the sulgigemi fuel pellets are developing low carbon, green growth renewable energy fuel through futuristic energy system will be.

• 한국펄프종이공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국펄프종이공학회 2011년도 춘계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.171-178
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• 2011

During the last decades, global warming from the increased amount of greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide has become a major political and scientific issue. Burning fossil fuels (natural gas, coal and oil) releases $CO_2$, which is also a major cause of global warming. Among the clean environment, wood pellets are considered as promising renewable fossil fuels because of clean burning characteristics, reduction of particulate and NOx emission from combustion. In Korea, more than 50% pellets have to be imported every year because of shortage of feedstocks. On the other hand, about 80% of wood pulps are greatly dependent upon overseas products due to limited forest resources. Under this situation, this study explored how efficiently we have to use forest biomass instead of total dependence on wood as raw materials for pellets.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.50-60
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• 2021

This study investigated the reference case in the UK where legality and sustainability were systematically established for forest biomass represented by wood pellets. The UK is the country that best utilizes the trade value of wood pellets based on sustainability, with bioenergy accounting for 31% of total renewable energy production. The UK imported wood pellet, estimated 8,697 thousand tons in 2019. The UK government has continuously improved the renewable generation policy system to ensure the sustainability of wood pellets. The weighted average greenhouse gas emissions of a UK biomass power plant that received a Renewable Obligation Certificate (ROC) in 2018-19 was 26.71 gCO2e/MJ. These power plants are expected to meet the upper limit of 72.2 gCO2e/MJ by 2025. To issue an ROC, the biomass power plant must demonstrate that 70% of its total biofuel usage is sustainable. The UK uses the Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP) certification system, which is gradually expanding to other European countries, to prove the sustainability of biomass energy fuels. Global wood pellet production with SBP certification in 2019 was 10.5 Mt. This trend has significant implications for introducing additional sustainability into the wood pellet policy of South Korea.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.252.2-252.2
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• 2010

Biomass is considered to be a major potential fuel and renewable resource for the future. In fact, there is high potential to produce the large amount of energy from biomass around the world. In this study, to obtain basic data for practical application of wood pellet and wood pellet boiler system as heating system in agriculture, agricultural biomass resources were surveyed, pellet was made of agricultural by-product such as stem of rape, oat and rice, ricehusk and sawdust and wood pellet boiler system with capacity of 116 kW was manufactured and installed in greenhouse of $38.5m{\times}32m$. High heating value, bulk density and ash content of pellet made of agricultural by-product and efficiency and heating performance of this system was estimated. Rice straw was the largest agricultural biomass in 2005 and the total amount of rice straw converted into energy of $131.71{\times}10^{11}$ kJ. And in 2005, total amount of forest' by-product converted into energy of $29,277.05{\times}10^{11}$ kJ. High heating values of pellets made of agricultural by-products of stem and seed of rape, stem of oat, rice straw and rice husk were 16,034, 16,026, 16,089, 15,650, 15,044 kJ/kg respectively. High heating values of pellets made of agricultural by-products were 83.6% compared to that of wood pellet. Average bulk density of pellets made of agricultural by-products of stem and seed of rape, stem of oat, rice straw and rice husk was 1,400 $kg/m^3$. Ash contents of the pellets were 6.6, 7.0, 6.2, 5.5, 33% respectively. Ash content of rice husk pellet was the largest compared to other kind of pellets. To increase efficiency of agricultural pellet boiler, the boiler adopted secondary heat exchanger. The agricultural pellet boiler designed and manufactured in this study had high efficiency of 84.2% compared to the conventional agricultural pellet boiler, when water flow rate, exhaust gas temperature and average combustion furnace temperature were 39L/min, $180^{\circ}C$, $680^{\circ}C$ respectively. And pellet supplying and pausing time were 13, 43 seconds respectively. In March of 2010, prices of wood pellet, agricultural tax free diesel, diesel, kerosene were 350 won/kg, 811 won/L, 1,422 won/L, 976 Won/L respectively. Also in terms of energy, prices per same heating value were 77.8, 90.1, 158, 108.4 Won/Mcal. Energy saving rate of wood pellet was 16, 50, 39% compared to agricultural tax free diesel, diesel and kerosene respectively.