• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.61 no.3
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• pp.378-387
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• 2023

Petrochemical is an energy consuming industry that consumes about 30% of total industrial energy consumption and is a representative carbon dioxide (CO₂) emission source. Among them, the Naphtha Cracking Center (NCC), which produces ethylene, propylene, propane and mixed C4, consumes large amounts of energy and emits significant amounts of CO₂. For this reason, an integrated techno economic- environmental impact assessment aimed at reducing energy consumption and environmental impact factors is necessary to ensure efficiency in terms of economics and environment. This study aims to analyze the efficiency of the heat exchanger network used in the existing NCC base on the pinch analysis and select an improvement plan that can reduced energy consumption. In order to reduces the utility consumption in the process, an optimal heat exchanger network considering the high-temperature and low-temperature stream was derived, and the economic evaluation was conducted by considering the trade-off between the reduction in utility consumption and the increase in heat exchanger installation cost. In addition, an environmental impact assessment was conducted on the reduced CO₂ emission in consideration of the environmental aspect, and the economic environmental impact assessment used the payback period to recover the invested funds to come up with an energy saving plan that can be applied based on the actual process. As a result of considering the economic-environmental impact assessment, when the environmental impact assessment was not considered, it was 4.29 months, 3.21 months, and 3.39 months for each case, and when considering the environmental impact assessment, it was 4.24 months, 3.17 months, and 3.35 months for each case. These results appeared equally both when the environmental impact assessment was not include and when it was include. In addition, a sensitivity analysis was conducted for each case to determine how important factors affect the payback period. As a result of the sensitivity analysis, the cost of the heat exchanger was identified as a major factor influencing the overall cost.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.19-25
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• 2016

Anti-icing is important in gas turbines because ice formation on compressor inlet components, especially inlet guide vane, can cause performance degradation and mechanical damages. In general, the compressor bleeding anti-icing system that supplies hot air extracted from the compressor discharge to the engine intake has been used. However, this scheme causes considerable performance drop of gas turbines. A new method is proposed in this study for the anti-icing in combined cycle power plants(CCPP). It is a heat exchange heating method, which utilizes heat sources from the heat recovery steam generator(HRSG). We selected several options for the heat sources such as steam, hot water and exhaust gas. Performance reductions of the CCPP by the various options as well as the usual compressor bleeding method were comparatively analyzed. The results show that the heat exchange heating system would cause a lower performance decrease than the compressor bleeding anti-icing system. Especially, the option of using low pressure hot water is expected to provide the lowest performance reduction.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.15 no.1 s.45
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• pp.28-34
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• 2006

The convective heat transfer on the outer surface of tube arrays perpendicular to the flow direction was experimentally investigated. The test sections which include the aligned and staggered arrangements were made and the local heat transfer coefficients on the outer surface of the tube were measured after the Hour has been fully developed. The results showed that the local heat transfer coefficients of the staggered arrangement, which has transverse pitch of 0.075 m and longitudinal pitch of 0.08 m, were about 15% greater than that of the aligned arrangement. Also, the overall mom Nusselt number of the former was greater thu that of the latter.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.45 no.2
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• pp.79-88
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• 2012

The increased brightness and focused X-ray beams now available from laboratory X-ray sources facilitates a variety of powder diffraction experiments not practical using conventional in-house sources. Furthermore, the increased availability of 2-dimensional area detectors, along with implementation of improved software and customized sample environmental cells, makes possible new classes of in-situ and time-resolved diffraction experiments. These include phase transitions under variable pressure- and temperature conditions and ion-exchange reactions. Examples of in-situ and time-resolved studies which are presented here include: (1) time-resolved data to evaluate the kinetics and mechanism of ion exchange in mineral natrolite; (2) in-situ dehydration and thermal expansion behaviors of ion-exchanged natrolite; and (3) observations of the phases forming under controlled hydrostatic pressure conditions in ion-exchanged natrolite. Both the quantity and quality of the in-situ diffraction data are such to allow evaluation of the reaction pathway and Rietveld analysis on selected dataset. These laboratory-based in-situ studies will increase the predictability of the follow-up experiments at more specialized beamlines at the synchrotron.

• Journal of Animal Environmental Science
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.69-78
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• 2003

In this study, the energy conversion equipment from the radiation energy to mechanical energy by using n­pentane as the operating fluid was constructed and the performance to pump the water was tested for the utilization of solar powered water pump. The equipment was designed optimally, after the theoretical analyses of the water pumping head and water quantity per cycle were done. The pentane vapour temperature in the condenser and the temperature of the outlet water from the condenser became lowered and the heat transfer rate became higher with decreasing the water inlet level to the condenser. The temperature difference between the condenser and the water tank was significant. Therefore, the distance between the water tank and condenser was recommended to be shorten and the diameter of their connecting pipe was recommended to be narrow in order to reduce the resistance of the fluid passage and improve the heat transfer rate. The amount of water pumped was 1.6­2.4 liters. Mass flow rate of the cooling water became lowered when the cooling water pipe was prolonged from the condenser to improve the heat transfer rate.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.8
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• pp.811-819
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• 2012

An air-cooled condenser is a device that is used for converting steam into condensate by using ambient air. The air-cooled condenser is prone to suffer from a serious explosion when the condensate inside the tubes of a heat exchanger is frozen; in particular, tubes can break during winter. This is primarily due to the structural problem of the tube outlet of an existing conventional air-cooled condenser system, which causes the backflow of residual steam and noncondensable gases. To solve the backflow problem in such condensers, such a system was simulated and a new system was designed and evaluated in this study. The experimental results using the simulated condenser showed the occurrence of freezing because of the backflow inside the tube. On the other hand, no backflow and freezing occurred in the advanced new condenser, and efficient heat exchange occurred.

• New & Renewable Energy
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• v.2 no.2 s.6
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• pp.60-68
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• 2006

소수 station의 수소분리정제를 위한 compact형 PSA 공정을 연구하였다. 기존 PSA 공정의 흡착탑이 차지하는 시스템의 공간을 줄이기 위하여 하나의 흡착탑 안에 다른 흡착탑을 넣어 흡착탑이 차지하는 공간을 최소화하였으며, 흡착탑 간의 열교환이 효과적으로 일어나도록 설계하였다. 수소 혼합물에 대한 활성탄으로 충진된 dual bed에서의 수소 혼합물에 대한 흡/탈착 동특성 실험을 실시하였으며, 시간에 따른 농도와 온도의 변화를 측정하였다. 수소 혼합물로는 $H_2/CO/CH_4/CO_2$ (69:2:3:26 vol.%) 를 사용하였으며, 흡착유량은 7LPM, 흡착압력은 9atm 조건에서 운전하였다. Inner bed와 outer bed의 성능은 각각의 열전달 특성의 차이로 인하여 다르게 나타났으나, 단일탑의 동특성보다는 우수한 성능을 보이고 있었다. 따라서 개발된 dual bed는 적은 부지를 차지하면서도, 보다 우수한 수소 분리 성능을 보일 수 있는 PSA 공정에 응용될 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 기계와재료
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.26-35
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• 2012

가스액화플랜트는 질소, 산소, 헬륨 등 고순도의 가스를 효율적으로 저장 및 운송을 위해 가스를 액체로 변환하는 플랜트로, 대표적인 플랜트로는 질소, 산소, 아르곤 등의 가스를 생산하는 공기분리플랜트, 헬륨액화플랜트, 수소액화플랜트, 천연가스액화플랜트 등이 있다. 질소, 산소, 수소 등의 가스는 산업의 전반적인 분야에서 널리 사용되고 있으며, 국내의 경우 철강, 반도체, 디스플레이제조산업 등 가스 다소비 분야의 비약적인 발전에 따라 급격하게 수요가 증가하고 있는 상황이다. 대용량의 가스액화플랜트는 원료로부터 불순물을 제거하고, 팽창 또는 열교환 과정을 통해 가스를 액체로 변환하는 극저온기술로 주로 구성되며, 이와 같은 과정은 압축기, 열교환기, 증류탑, 팽창터빈, 콜드박스 등의 구성요소에 의해 구현된다. 따라서 가스액화플랜트에서 효율적인 극저온의 생성 및 유지는 플랜트의 경제성 제고를 위해 핵심적인 요소이다.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.06a
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• pp.79-84
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• 2002

The catalytic heat exchanger was designed which employs the regenerative preheating system of combustion air. The characteristics of the catalytic heat exchanger have been experimentally studied at the various operating parameters. The results showed that the mixture velocity did not affect significantly the performance of catalytic combustor whereas the preheating temperature of combustion air affected significantly the conversion rate. The complete conversion was achieved in the catalyzed honeycomb at a preheating temperature of $370-390^{\circ}C$, a mixture velocity of 0.53 $^{\sim}$ 0.75 m/s and an equivalence ratio of 0.19 $^{\sim}$ 0.27. The heat exchange efficiency of the catalytic heat exchanger appeared to be about 75 % when the air of room temperature was used as a working fluid. The results showed that both the heat balance of the system and the mixture conditions determine its stable catalytic combustion.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Industrial Systems Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.115-118
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• 2006

빙축열 시스템과 같은 열교환 시스템을 이용하여 심야의 전력 경부하 시 주간에 이용할 냉방부하를 축열하였다가 주간에 공급함으로써 전력의 평준화와 전력 설비의 효율적 운용을 기할 수 있어 전력의 안정적인 수급과 에너지의 효율을 극대화할 수 있다. 하지만 빙축열 시스템의 제어 운전을 전적으로 운전자의 경험에 의존하는 경우에 충분한 냉방 부하를 공급하기 위한 잉여축열에너지가 비경제적으로 많아져서 빙축열 시스템의 경제성이 저하되고 사용 효과가 낮아지는 문제점이 많이 발생되고 있다. 경제적인 활용 효과를 고려하여 빙축열 시스템을 효율적으로 운용하기 위해서는 냉방부하량이 기후 특성에 의해 결정되므로 기후를 정확하게 예측하고 이를 토대로 다음날의 시간별 냉방부하를 예측하여 적정한 축열량을 결정하여야 하는 어려움이 따른다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 본 연구에서는 신경망을 이용하여 기상 데이터를 토대로 다음날의 온도와 습도를 예측하고 예측된 온도와 습도 및 냉방부하 실적 자료를 기반으로 신경망을 이용하여 시간별 냉방부하를 예측하는 알고리즘을 제시하였다. 제안된 냉방 부하예측 알고리즘에 의해 구축된 한국전력공사 속초생활연수원의 부하예측모델을 이용하여 온도, 습도, 냉방부하를 예측한 결과 기존 방법에 의한 것보다 우수한 예측 성능을 보였다.