• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.215-223
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• 2005

Non-thermal plasma decomposition of gas-phase styrene was investigated in this study using three different types of plasma reactors; dielectric-barrier discharge (DBD) reactor, surface discharge (SD) reactor and plasma-driven catalyst (PDC) reactor packed with 2.0 wt% $Ag/TiO_2$ catalysts. The main parameters used for the comparative assessment of the plasma reactors include the decomposition efficiency, carbon balance, byproduct distribution, COx ($CO+CO_2$) selectivity and COx yield. The SD and the DBD reactors showed better conversion efficiency of styrene than that of the PDC reactor due to their larger capability in ozone formation. On the other hand, the PDC reactor showed better carbon balance, the yield and the selectivity of COx. The required specific input energies to achieve 100% carbon balance from the decomposition of 100 ppmv styrene using the plasma alone reactors and the PDC reactor were 420 J/L and 110 J/L, respectively. The major decomposition products in gas-phase were CO, $CO_2$ and HCOOH regardless of the types of plasma reactors. In the case of SD and DBD reactors, the $CO_2$ selectivity ranged in $39.5{\sim}60%$. The $CO_2$ selectivity in the PDC reactor was in range of $68.5{\sim}75.5%$.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.19-26
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• 2023

Hydrogen, a clean energy source free of COx emissions, is poised to replace fossil fuels, with its usage on the rise. Despite its high energy content per unit mass, hydrogen faces limitations in storage and transportation due to its low storage density and challenges in long-term storage. In contrast, ammonia offers a high storage capacity per unit volume and is relatively easy to liquefy, making it an attractive option for storing and transporting large volumes of hydrogen. While NH₃ decomposition is an endothermic reaction, achieving excellent low-temperature catalytic activity is essential for process efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The study examined the effects of different zeolite types (5A, NaY, ZSM5) on NH₃ decomposition activity, considering differences in pore structure, cations, and Si/Al-ratio. Notably, the 5A zeolite facilitated the high dispersion of Ni across the surface, inside pores, and within the structure. Its low Si/Al ratio contributed to abundant acidity, enhancing ammonia adsorption. Additionally, the presence of Na and Ca cations in the support created medium basic sites that improved N₂ desorption rates. As a result, among the prepared catalysts, the 15 wt%Ni/5A catalyst exhibited the highest NH₃ conversion and a high H₂ formation rate of 23.5 mmol/g_cat·min (30,000 mL/g_cat·h, 600 ℃). This performance was attributed to the strong metal-support interaction and the enhancement of N₂ desorption rates through the presence of medium basic sites.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.246.1-246.1
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• 2010

본 연구는 바이오가스의 에너지효율성을 높이기 위한 연구로서 바이오가스 정제공정과 초저온액화공정을 통하여 액화바이오메탄을 생산하는 바이오가스 고질화기술개발 연구이다. 바이오가스 정제공정은 탈황, 제습, 흡착, 압축, $CO_2/CH_4$ 분리공정으로 구성하고, 초저온액화공정은 열교환기, $CO_2$ 제거설비, 질소냉매 공급공정으로 구성하여 혐기성소화조에서 발생하는 바이오가스($CH_4$ 농도: 60~65%, $H_2S$: 1,500~2,500ppm)를 $200Nm^3/hr$의 유량으로 인입시켜 액화바이오메탄을 생산하였다. 연구결과, 탈황공정에서는 가성소다 세정법을 이용하여 1,500~2,500ppm으로 인입되는 $H_2S$를 100ppm 이하로 제거한 후, 흡착법을 이용하여 $H_2S$를 완전히 제거하였다. 바이오가스에 포화된 수분은 냉각제습과 흡착제습공정을 통해 Dew point $-70{\sim}-90^{\circ}C$까지 제거하여 안정적으로 $CO_2/CH_4$ 분리공정에 인입시켰다. $CO_2/CH_4$ 분리공정은 흡착방식을 적용하여 $CH_4$ 순도가 95% 이상인 바이오메탄을 생산하였으며, 이때 메탄 회수율은 약 87%이였다. $CO_2$가 분리된 바이오메탄은 초저온액화공정을 이용하여 액화바이오메탄으로 전환시켰다. 이때 초저온액화공정은 Reverse Brayton cycle로 구성하였으며, 냉매로는 질소를 사용하였다. 액화바이오메탄의 생산은 바이오메탄을 등엔트로피과정인 단열팽창을 통하여 $-155{\sim}-159^{\circ}C$의 초저온으로 냉각되는 질소냉매와 열교환기에서 열교환시켜 이루어졌으며 그 생산량은 $3.46m^3$/day(1bar, $-161^{\circ}C$)이었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.103-108
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• 2015

Recent global warming has been recognized as the world economy development from fossil fuel use is the culprit. This study was reduce the fossil fuel has been developed in a number of alternative energy, As a fuel that can be produced in our country is a biofuel. Biofuels is a sustainable fuel having economically benefits and decreasing environmental pollution problems caused due to fossil fuel. A lot of research is progressing about the conversion of diesel biofuel as renewable clean energy. In this experiment were remodel the institution that has been used in fishing engine again produced an experimental apparatus were installed directly, were studied using various bio fuel like to help the economically and environmentally sound operation of the vessel. rapeseed oil, soybean oil, comprehensively analyzing the results the effects of the exhaust emission characteristics of the waste rapeseed oil is available in a marine engine with similar physical and chemical components of the fuel, and the fuel consumption ratio, NOx is slightly increased, but soot was confirmed a tendency to decrease much.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.214-225
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• 2016

Gasification is one of the important contribution to resource recycling by conversion of biomass to a variety of energy sources such as alcohol, SNG etc., and to global warming prevention by reduction of green house gases such as $CO_2$. The aim of this study is to draw the optimal operation condition of dual fluidized-bed gasifier with biomass fuel, to verify SNG production efficiency and to establish the basis for the domestic commercialization of dual fluidized bed gasification. As a result, dual fluidized-bed gasifier has the optimal conditions at $826^{\circ}C$ with steam input 1,334 g/hr, air input 5.56 L/min. The carbon conversion is 81% and SNG production efficiency was $CH_4$ 92%.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.213-217
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• 2009

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have been known as a new alternative energy conversion technology for treating wastewater and producing electricity simultaneously. A MFC converts the chemical energy of the organic compounds to electrical energy through microbial catalysis at the anode under anaerobic conditions. To examine the performance of MFC, in this work, the characteristics of the efficiency of wastewater treatment and generation of electricity was evaluated for sewage. When acetate as a carbon source was added into the sewage, the removal efficiency of COD was increased from 75.7% to 88.2% and the voltage was increased significantly from 0.22 V to 0.4 V. The influence of distance between anode and cathode was examined and the effect of the surface area of anode was investigated under the various external resistances. It was found that the maximum power density was $610mW/m^2$ and power generation was effective when the distance between the electrodes was shorter and the surface area of the anode was smaller.

• Clean Technology
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.37-46
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• 2024

Environmental problems caused by plastic waste have been continuously growing around the world, and plastic waste is increasing even faster after COVID-19. In particular, PP and PE account for more than half of all plastic production, and the amount of waste from these two materials is at a serious level. As a result, researchers are searching for an alternative method to plastic recycling, and plastic pyrolysis is one such alternative. In this paper, a numerical study was conducted on the pyrolysis behavior of non-condensable gas to predict the chemical reaction behavior of the pyrolysis gas. Based on gas products estimated from preceding literature, the behavior of non-condensable gas was analyzed according to temperature and residence time. Numerical analysis showed that as the temperature and residence time increased, the production of H₂ and heavy hydrocarbons increased through the conversion of the non-condensable gas, and at the same time, the CH₄ and C₆H₆ species decreased by participating in the reaction. In addition, analysis of the production rate showed that the decomposition reaction of C₂H₄ was the dominant reaction for H₂ generation. Also, it was found that more H₂ was produced by PE with higher C₂H₄ contents. As a future work, an experiment is needed to confirm how to increase the conversion rate of H₂ and carbon in plastics through the various operating conditions derived from this study's numerical analysis results.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.337-343
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• 2010

It has been well known that organic solvents like t-butanol and n-hexane can protect lipases from the inhibition by short-chain alcohols in the enzymatic transesterification. However, use of the organic solvents should be minimized considering their negative effects on environment and human health. Therefore, use of the greener solvents has been pursued in various are as including the enzymatic biotranformation. In this study, the liquid carbon dioxide ($LCO_2$) was employed as an alternative media for the enzymatic transesterification of canola oil. The conversion in the $LCO_2$ was comparable with those in organic solvents and the supercritical carbon dioxide, and under optimum conditions, the value reached 99.7%. It is expected that this method can provide a new type of biodiesel production process with higher energy efficiency and lower environmental impact.

• Clean Technology
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.156-165
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• 2011

The process for bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass was studied through process simulation using PRO/II. Process integration was conducted with concentrated acid pretreatment, hydrolysis process, SMB (simulated moving bed chromatography) process and pervaporation process. Energy consumption could be minimized by the heat recovery process. In addition, material and energy balance were calculated based on the results from the simulation and literature data. A net production yield of 4.07 kg-biomass and energy consumption value of 3,572 kcal per 1 kg ethanol were calculated, which is indicating that 26% yield increase and 30% energy saving compared to the bioethanol production process with dilute-acid hydrolysis (SRI report). In order to make it possible, sugar conversion yield of cellulose and hemi-cellulose is to be reached up to 90% and fermentation of xylose needs to be developed. In order to reduce the energy consumption up to 30%, the concentration of acid solution after being separated by 5MB should exceed 20%. If acid/sugar separation by SMB process is to be practical, the bioethanol process designed in this study can be commercially feasible.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.185-190
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• 2018

The dimer of bicyclo [2.2.1] hepta-2,5-diene (norbornadiene) can be used as a high-energy-density fuel. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of Co loading on the acid properties of HY zeolite catalyst and the catalytic activity in norbornadiene dimerization. When the cobalt was loaded on the HY zeolite catalyst, the amount of acid sites did not change, but the acid strength weakened. This can be attributed to the decrease in $Br{\ddot{o}}nsted$ acid site and the increase in Lewis acid site. The norbornadiene conversion and yield of norbornadiene dimer over the Co/HY catalyst showed higher than those over the HY zeolite catalyst. The higher activity of the Co/HY catalyst can be ascribed to the higher amount of Lewis acid sites over the Co/HY catalyst. Density and calorific values of the norbornadiene dimer prepared by using the Co/HY catalyst agreed well with the known values in the literature. It was confirmed that the norbornadiene dimer prepared in this study can be used as a high-energy-density fuel.