• Bulletin of Korea Environmental Preservation Association
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• s.419
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• pp.20-24
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• 2015

바이오가스는 지구 온난화의 원인인 화석연료를 대체할 수 있는 신재생에너지로 다방면에서 사용될 수 있다. 바이오가스 플랜트가 널리 보급된 유럽에서는 자동차연료, 도시가스, 연료전지, 스팀생산 및 발전등에 이용되고 있다. 우리나라에서도 바이오가스를 활용하기 위한 다양한 방법이 개발되어 시도되고 있으며 주로 발전에 국한되어 활용되던 것이 현재에는 도시가스, 자동차연료, 연료전지, 스팀생산 등에도 이용되고 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.10 no.3 s.32
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• pp.1-6
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• 2006

This paper presents the applicability of low caloric synthetic gas from coal gasification to a gas engine system and small sized generator. A commercial LPG engine is modified to use the low caloric synthetic gas from coal gasification as the gas engine fuel. The modification is focused on the fuel supplying system, which includes air flowrate adjusting orifice, gas mixer, vaporizer, preheater, regulators, and fuel tank. From the results of engine performance data, we have demonstrated that the engine modified by using the coal gasification gas is well operated from idle to wide open throttle conditions although the engine power is somewhat reduced relative to LPG fueled engine. And we have also demonstrated that the generator is well operated with various loads.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.140-152
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• 2001

발전 연료로서의 활용 가치가 높은 중잔유의 효과적인 활용을 위해 중잔유의 가스화 성능에 영향을 주는 주요 변수들인 산소 공급비, 증기 공급비 및 가스화기 온도를 변화시키면서 중잔유 가스화에 미치는 영향을 파악하였으며 가스화 성능을 예측하였다. 산소량은 0.5~2.0의 산소/연료비 범위에서 변화시켰고 증기량은 0.1~2.0의 증기/연료비에서 변화시켰으며 가스화기 온도는 600~200$0^{\circ}C$의 범위에서 변화시켰다. 대상 연료는 국내산 아스팔트이며 산소-증기, 산소-온도 및 증기-온도의 조합으로 동시 변화시킬 때의 가스화에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 산소량이 증가할수록 CO와 H$_2$ 생성량은 증가한 후 감소하는 경향을 나타내었으며 증기량이 증가할수록 H$_2$ 생성량은 130$0^{\circ}C$부근까지 증가한 후 130$0^{\circ}C$ 이상에서는 서서히 감소하였으며, CO 생성량은 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 국내산 아스팔트의 경우 산소/연료비 0.92~1.01, 증기/연료비 0.18~0.49 및 가스화기 온도 1250~132$0^{\circ}C$의 영역에서 가스화 성능이 가장 좋은 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.43 no.7
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• pp.593-600
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• 2015

In this study, a combined hybrid rocket system is newly introduced which has characteristics of both gas generators and afterburner type hybrid rockets. In particular, a combined gas generator utilizing solid fuel and liquid/gas oxidizer was designed as a primary combustor of the system. Combustion tests were carried out with various equivalence ratio affected by parameters such as fuel length, oxidizer flow rate, fuel port diameter and fuel type. In general, fuel-rich gas generator produces low combustion gas temperature to meet the temperature requirement and the target temperature was transiently set less than 1600 K. Since it was found that controlling parameters showed limited effects on the change of equivalence ratio, mixture of $O_2$ and $N_2$ as an oxidizer was additionally introduced. As a result, a combined gas generator successfully produced combustion gas temperature of less than 1600 K Future studies will carry out more combustion tests to attain fuel-rich combustion gas temperature less than 1200 K, which was a temperature requirement of a gas generator system in the previous studies.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.171-176
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• 2010

Using a hydrogen blended compressed natural gas (HCNG) as a fuel for IC engines has a significant meaning in terms of achieving a reduction of automotive exhaust emissions as well as preparing for an upcoming hydrogen economy by constructing hydrogen infrastructure. In addition, a HCNG engine has higher thermal efficiency than a CNG engine, which is another advantage that makes HCNG fuel considered as a future alternative for natural gas. Therefore, in this study, idling operation of a 11 litre HCNG bus engine was investigated in terms of fuel consumption rate and emissions characteristics. The results show that fuel consumption rate was decreased more than 20% by use of HCNG and all the emissions were significantly reduced in idling condition.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.37 no.8
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• pp.822-828
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• 2013

Since the operating temperature of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) is high, the heat management of the gases supplied to fuel cell system is important. In this paper, the temperature characteristic of the gases supplied to the anode and the cathode of the fuel cell is studied in case of utilizing the waste heat contained in the ship exhaust gas as a heat source to heat up the fuel, gas and water supplied to a 500kW SOFC system for a ship power. For the fuel cell system proposed in this paper, the temperature of gases supplied to the anode and the cathode was the highest temperature at 963K when the exhaust gas of the fuel cell was utilized as the heat source for gases supplied to fuel cell system instead of utilizing the ship exhaust gas. In addition, the engine power did not effect on the temperature of gases supplied to the fuel cell stack.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.21-26
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• 2014

Renewable gas fuels such as biogas and landfill gas have carbon-neutral nature which can reduce carbon dioxide. However, it is necessary to make stable combustion when this fuel is used in power generating SI(spark ignition) gas engines due to its low heating value and non-uniformity. In this study, it was shown that addition of hydrogen can increase combustion stability of gas engine which is running with high inert gas composition. Thermal efficiency and emission characteristics of this engine was also investigated. In addition, a new spark plug with a long electrode was tested and compared with a base spark plug as a way to improve engine efficiency and reduce exhaust emissions.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.88-95
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• 2014

In general, odorants are added to fuel gases, such as LPG, LNG and city gas, to prevent gas poisoning, ignition, explosion, or other accident caused by fuel gases, and to enable immediate and easy detection of fuel-gas leakage by emitting an offensive smell. This study describes a study on the performance and exhaust emissions (CO, THC, $CO_2$, $NO_x$, $SO_2$) characteristics of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) engine using LPG fuel with new sulfur free odorant (K-Petro S-Free). New sulfur free odorant (40 mg/kg) was added to 2 type LPG fuels for summer, and winter and it was used in performance and exhaust emissions, compare to LPG fuel with sulfur containing odorant (EM, ethyl mercaptan). Engine performance using LPG with sulfur free odorant was similar to LPG with sulfur-containing odorant. Exhaust emissions (CO, THC, $CO_2$, $NO_x$) of LPG with sulfur free odorant were also similar characteristics, compare with sulfur containing odorant. Especially, $SO_2$ emission using LPG with K-Petro S-Free odorant was more reduced 83 % than LPG with sulfur containing odorant(EM) at 2000 rpm.

• The Magazine of the Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea
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• v.32 no.11
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• pp.26-31
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• 2003

가스터빈/연료전지 혼합형 발전시스템은 고온형 연료전지 발전시스템의 산화제(공기) 공급부가 마이크로터빈으로 대체되어 고온고압의 공기가 연료전지로 공급되고 연료전지의 반응가스가 터빈을 구동하여 두 시스템이 동시에 서로 다른 방식으로 전력을 생산하는 시스템을 의미한다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.4 no.2 s.10
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• pp.20-26
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• 2000

In this experimental study, we examined gas engine characteristics of a small high-speed engine in various ways. And we studied performance of natural gas, hydrogen gas and gasoline fuel engines, as emission characteristics and process of combustion. For the purpose of preventing back-fire occurred in case of high-speed and high load in hydrogen engine, we controlled air quantity by installing throttle valve in gas fuel engine. We performed experiment by mixing nitrogen to hydrogen fuel. As a result, we could find out characteristics which of a high speed small engine by applying gas fuels.