• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국연소학회 2015년도 제51회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 초록집
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• pp.69-72
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• 2015

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of large-scale coal-fired boilers requires a complicated set of flow, heat transfer and combustion process models based on different degrees of simplification. This study investigates the influence of coal devolatilization, char conversion and turbulent gas reaction models in CFD for a tangential-firing boiler at 500MWe capacity. Devolatilization model is found out not significant on the overall results, when the kinetic rates and the composition of volatiles were varied. In contrast, the turbulence mixing rate influenced significantly on the gas reaction rates, temperature, and heat transfer rate on the wall. The influence of char conversion by the unreacted core shrinking model (UCSM) and the 1st-order global rate model was not significant, but the unburned carbon concentration was predicted in details by the UCSM. Overall, the effects of the selected models were found similar with previous study for a wall-firing boiler.

• 공업화학
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.429-432
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• 2011

도시 폐기물 연료(RDF) 가스화 공정에서 생성되는 촤를 보조 연료로 사용할 수 있는지 가능성을 알아보기 위하여 연소실험을 수행하였다. RDF 촤의 고위 발열량은 3000~4000 kcal/kg이었고 염소 함량은 염소기준치함량보다 낮았다. 이는 보조 연료로서의 가능성을 보여주는 것이다. 연소 배가스에서, 최대 $NO_x$와 $SO_2$의 농도는 각각 240 ppm과 223 ppm이었다. 만약 후처리 공정이 적용되면, 이들의 농도를 대기 오염배출기준을 충분히 만족시킬 수 있게 낮게 제어 가능할 것이다. HCl의 농도는 상대적으로 높았으며, 이는 RDF 연소시 HCl 배출에 주의를 기울어야 함을 의미한다. 반응기 내의 온도 분포, $O_2$와 $CO_2$의 농도변화, 고체 잔사물의 양과 연소 손실로 미루어 볼 때, 과잉공기비가 1.3이 사용되었을 때 연소 반응이 가장 안정적이었다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.58-67
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 국내 상용 순환유동층 보일러에서 연료로 사용하고 있는 저급 국내무연탄과 혼소용 연료로 이용할 예정인 목재펠릿의 각각의 연소 특성을 조사하기 위해 열중량 분석기(TGA)를 이용하여 비등온 실험(5, 10, 20, $30^{\circ}C/min$) 및 등온 조건으로 촤 연소 실험을 수행하였다. 목재펠릿의 경우는 승온 속도에 따라 차이가 있으나, 국내무연탄에 비해 낮은 온도인 $200{\sim}620^{\circ}C$ 사이에서 연소되었으며, 최대 반응속도를 나타내는 온도 또한 국내무연탄의 그것에 비해 매우 낮음을 알 수 있었다. 비등온 실험 결과를 Friedman 방법으로 해석한 결과, 무게감량이 가장 큰 2차 구간에서의 목재펠릿 및 국내무연탄의 활성화에너지는 44.12, 21.45 kcal/mol이었으며, 반응차수 및 빈도인자는 각각 5.153, 0.7453 및 $4.01{\times}10^{16}$, $1.39{\times}10^6(s^{-1})$임을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 등온 조건으로 촤 연소 실험 결과, 화학반응 율속단계에서의 목재펠릿 및 국내무연탄의 활성화에너지는 각각 27.5, 51.2 kcal/mol이었으며, 빈도인자는 각각 $2.55{\times}10^{12}$, $1.49{\times}10^{10}(s^{-1})$임을 확인할 수 있었다. 국내무연탄에 비해 목재펠릿이 낮은 온도에서 연소 반응이 시작이 되고 반응차수 및 빈도인자가 높아 반응속도를 빠를 것으로 판단되어 혼소 시 연소 제어가 잘 이루어질 경우, 연소로 내의 연소 분위기가 향상될 것으로 예상된다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제33권11호
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• pp.876-885
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• 2009

Char oxidation experiments were performed with a sub-bituminous roto-middle coal in the Drop Tube Furnace (DTF) at atmospheric pressure condition. While temperatures varied between 900, 1100, 1400 $^{\circ}C$, particle size, mass, particle temperature, and CO/$CO_2$ concentration were obtained to be used for kinetic analysis of the char oxidation. This study addresses several different methods to analyze the char consumption rate, which are classified as energy balance method, ash-traced mass method, flue-gas based method, and particle size based method. The char consumption rate obtained with such methods was compared with the results of Monson et al.$^{(24)}$ While there are some differences between them because of differences in experimental apparatus and parameters to be measured, the kinetic results seems to be reasonable enough to be incorporated in a numerical modeling of coal combustion.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2017

This study investigates the gasification of coal char by $CO_2$ under high pressures in a drop tube furnace(DTF). The rate constants are derived for the shrinking core model using the conventional method based on the set reactor conditions. The computational fluid dynamic(CFD) simulations adopting the rate constants revealed that the carbon conversion was much slower than the experimental results, especially under high temperature and high partial pressure of reactants. Three reasons were identified for the discrepancy: i) shorter reaction time because of the entry region for heating, ii) lower particle temperature by the endothermic reaction, and iii) lower partial pressure of $CO_2$ by its consumption. Therefore, the rate constants were corrected based on the actual reaction conditions of the char. The CFD results updated using the corrected rate constants well matched with the measured values. Such correction of reaction conditions in a DTF is essential in deriving rate constants for any char conversion models by $H_2O$ and $O_2$ as well as $CO_2$.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2019

목재 연료의 연소 시 생성되는 탄화가 열분해 과정에 미치는 영향을 고찰해 보기 위해서 ISO 5660-1 콘칼로리미터 실험을 수행하였고 Fire dynamics simulator (FDS) 전산해석 결과와 비교 분석하였다. 목재 연료로는 건축자재, 가구재 등에 대표적으로 사용되는 Douglas-fir를 사용하였다. Douglas-fir 연소 시 측정된 열방출률은 FDS 전산해석을 통해 예측한 결과와 비교적 잘 일치하였지만 탄화 층의 표면반응을 고려하지 않는 FDS 전산해석 모델은 훈소과정에서 지속적으로 방출되는 열을 예측하지 못하였다. 그럼에도 불구하고 FDS 전산해석을 통해 탄화 층은 가연물에 열장벽을 형성하여 내부로의 열전달을 방해하고 열적 두께를 두껍게 하여 열분해율을 감소시키는 것을 확인하였다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.522-528
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• 2020

To achieve the clean and efficient utilization of low-rank coal, the combustion and pollutant emission characteristics of chars from low-temperature and fast pyrolysis in a horizontal tube furnace were investigated in a TG-MS analyzer. According to the results, the combustion characteristic of chars was poorer than its parent coals. The temperature range of gaseous product release had a good agreement with that of TGA weight loss. Gaseous products of samples with high content of volatile were released earlier. The NO and NO₂ emissions of chars were lower than their parent coals. Coals of high rank (anthracite and sub-bituminous) released more NO and NO₂ than low rank coals of lignite, so were chars from coals of different ranks. SO₂ emissions of char samples were lower than parent coals and did not show obvious relationship with coal ranks.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.8-14
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• 2011

Biomass gasification is a promising technology in terms of clean energy and flexible options for end use such as heat, steam, electricity, gaseous or liquid fuels. In a gasification process, reduction of tar is very important because it can cause any mechanical problems and small tar implies high energy efficiency. However, generation and conversion mechanisms of tar have not been fully understood due to its complex nature. In this study, characteristics of tar generated from different gasification stages were investigated. Korean pine woodchip was used as feedstock and tar was sampled in a separate way during devolatilization and char gasification stage, investigated. As a result. more various kinds of hydro carbon compounds were identified in the devolatilization stage than char gasification stage because primary tar compounds are released mostly from pyrolysis of cellulose and hemicellulose. When the reaction temperature increased up to $900^{\circ}C$, tar composition becomes simplified into about 10 aromatic compounds mostly with 1-4 rings without substitution up to phenanthrene. The sampled tar in the char gasification stage mostly contains 5-7 simple aromatic compounds.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.22-29
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• 2010

In this study, carbon conversion was measured using an electronic mass balance. In a lab scale furnace, each coal sample was pyrolyzed in a nitrogen environment and became coal char, which was then gasified with steam under isothermal conditions. The reactivity of coal char was investigated at various temperatures and steam concentrations. The VRM(volume reaction model), SCM(shrinking core model), and RPM(random pore model) were used to interpret experimental data. For each model the activation energy(Ea), pre-exponential factor (A), and reaction order(n) of the coal char-steam reaction were determined by applying the Arrhenius equation into the data obtained with thermo-gravimetric analysis(TGA). According to this study, it was found that experimental data agreed better with the VRM and SCM for 1,000 and $1,100^{\circ}C$, and the RPM for 1,200 and $1,300^{\circ}C$. The reactivity of chars increased with the increase of gasification temperature. The structure parameter(${\psi}$) of the surface area for the RPM was obtained.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국연소학회 2014년도 제49회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 초록집
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• pp.33-36
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• 2014

Gasification of biomass produces syngas containing CO, $H_2$ and/or $CH_4$, which can then be converted into energy or value-added fuels. One of key issues for efficient gasification is to minimize tar concentration in the syngas for use in a final conversion device such as gas engine. This study investigated the decomposition of primary tar by catalytic cracking using char as catalyst, of which the feature can be integrated into a fixed bed gasifier design. The pyrolysis vapor containing tar from pyrolysis of wood at $500^{\circ}C$ was passed through a reactor filled with or without char at $800^{\circ}C$ for a residence time of 1, 3 or 5 sec. Then, the condensable vapor (water and tar) and gases were analyzed for the yields and elemental composition. Four types of char particles with different microscopic surface area and pore size distribution: wood, paddy straw, palm kernel shell and activated carbon. The results were analyzed for the mass and carbon yields of tar and the composition of product gases to conclude the effects of char types and residence time.