• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.173-182
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• 2014

Dimethyl ether (DME) is a new clean fuel as an environmentally-being energy resources. DME has similar characteristics to those of LPG and can be substituted Diesel fuel. KOGAS has investigated and developed new innovative DME synthesis process from synthesis gas with KOGAS's own technologies. KOGAS had finished the construction of 10ton/day DME demonstration plant in 2008, we have established the basic design of commercial plant which can produce 3,000ton/day DME. Specifically, an economic model for a commercial DME project will be presented. It accounts for all the major cost factors that are considered in a commercial scale project as the model input for performing cash flow analysis, after which key economic indicators are produced including the internal rate of return (IRR), net present value (NPV). Sensitivity analysis is performed to identify dominant cost factors to the project economics and quantify their impact. The inputs to the economic analysis will be based on representative cost factors from the commercial-scale design of KOGAS' direct DME process supplemented by literature data. Case study results will be presented based on recent commercialization projects.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.81-84
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• 2008

본 연구는 현재 상용화를 추진중인 Propane-DME(dimethyl ether) 혼합가스를 가정용 가스레인지에 적용하였을 경우 각 버너에서의 열효율 특성이 KS 기준에 부합되는지를 알아보기 위하여 국내 4개사의 가정용 가스레인지를 대상으로 Propane 100%인 가스와 Propane-DME 혼합비율이 $80%{\sim}20%$(wt.%)인 혼합 가스에 대하여 실험을 수행하였다. 실험결과, DME의 발열량이 낮아 DME 혼합비율이 높아질수록 열효율은 감소하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 4개사 중 1개사의 제품은 Propane-DME 혼합비율이 $80%{\sim}20%$(wt.%)인 혼합가스를 사용하였을 경우 열효율이 KS 기준인 40%에 미치지 못하는 것으로 나타났다. 이에, Propane-DME 혼합비율이 $80%{\sim}20%$(wt.%)인 혼합가스를 가정용 가스레인지에 적용하기 위해서는 적정한 기준개발이 요구된다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.431-440
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• 2016

Electric or hydrogen energy source is expected to solve a various issues including energy security and exhaust pollution. However, it is required a lot of time and a variety of development to apply for commercialization. Therefore, it is needed to translation fuels between the future and the present. DME (Dimethyl Ether) can play a reduce exhaust emission from medium- to heavy-duty engines that are mostly used in commercial sector. It have applied to the DME fuel as a various alternative fuel including power generation in many countries. Especially, it is necessary to secure the energy of energy-poor areas that are widely distributed around the world. And Korea also has the energy-poor areas due to geographical characteristics. These areas has been covered by their own energy through some small diesel generators, diesel boiler etc. If DME fuels are supplied in new demand such as rural sector with energy poor area, DME fuel will be available in the wider sector. In this study, it investigated performance and emission characteristics of agricultural generator and air heater using DME fuel. So the existing equipment of generator and air heater was modified to apply DME fuel. And combustion characteristics and properties of exhaust gas according to the contents of the DME fuel were evaluated. DME fuel showed a potential application in agricultural generator and air heater.