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Technology Development of Syngas Production and Liquid Fuel Conversion of Low Grade Fuel by Gasification (저급 연료원의 가스화를 통한 합성가스 제조 및 액체연료 전환 기술 개발)

  • Chung, Seokwoo;Lee, Doyeon;Hwang, Sangyeon;Park, Junsung;Byun, Yongsu
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.116.1-116.1
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    • 2010
  • 저급 연료원인 오일샌드는 아스팔트와 같은 중질유를 10% 이상 함유한 모래 또는 사암으로서, 겉으로는 시커먼 흙이나 모래처럼 보이나 내부에는 bitumen, 모래(점토) 및 물 등이 광물질 70~80%, bitumen 10~18%, 물 3~5% 정도의 비율로 혼합되어 있는데, 가열 또는 용매 추출 방식으로 오일샌드에 포함되어 있는 bitumen을 분리하여 정제하면 원유를 생산할 수 있으므로 고유가 시대의 대체에너지원으로 세계적인 석유회사들이 개발을 진행하고 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 이러한 저급 연료원인 오일샌드 bitumen의 활용기술 개발을 위하여 기초특성 분석 결과 bitumen과 가장 유사한 특성을 가지는 것으로 파악된 중질잔사유를 대상으로 가스화를 통한 액체연료 전환을 위해 고점도 시료공급장치, 가스화기, 집진장치, 탈황장치, 수성가스 전환장치, 합성가스 압축장치, DME 전환장치 등으로 구성되는 시스템을 구축한 후 시험을 진행하였다.

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A Study on the Piston Temperatures and Carbon Deposit Formation in LPG Fuelled Engine (LPGdusfy 엔진의 피스톤온도 및 카본디포짓 형성에 관한 연구)

  • 민병순;최재권;박찬준
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.100-106
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    • 1998
  • The wide open throttle performance and piston temperatures were measured by the change of fuel : gasoline and liquefied petroleum gas(LPG). Bench test method was developed and experimented to study the effect of temperature on the formation of carbon deposit. The bench test results were confirmed by measuring the piston temperature and observing the deposit production rate at an actual engine running condition. Results show that if the fuel of spark ignition engine is changed from gasoline to LPG, the output power decreases about 10% and the piston temperatures increase about 40~55$^{\circ}C$. In actual engine tests, because of this temperature increase, it was observed that the quantity of carbon deposit in the top ring groove increased in a big degree. Consuquently, it is known that the fing sticking may occur if the gasoline engine was rebuilt to LPG fuelled engine. Therefore, in order to preserve the durability of LPG fuelled engine, it is necessary to lower the piston temperature by hardware modificationor to reduce the carbon deposit by the improvement of engine oil.

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Trend and Review of Corrosion Resistant Alloy (CRA) for Offshore Pipeline Engineering (내식합금 (CRA) 동향 및 해양 파이프라인 설계 적용에 대한 고찰)

  • Yu, Su-Young;Choi, Han-Suk;Lee, Seung-Keon;Kim, Do-Kyun
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.85-92
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    • 2014
  • Offshore fields are increasingly important for the development of offshore resources due to the growing energy needs. However, an offshore field for oil and gas production has difficult development conditions, e.g., high temperature, high pressure, sweet/sour compositions of fluids, etc. Corrosion is one of the biggest issues for offshore pipeline engineering. In this study, a Corrosion Resistant Alloy (CRA) pipe for corrosion prevention was investigated through its global demand and trends, and three types of CRA pipelines were introduced with detailed explanations. The usefulness of CRA was also evaluated in comparison to a carbon steel pipeline in terms of the structural strength, cost, and other factors. Offshore pipeline engineering, including mechanical design and verification of the results through an installation analysis based on numerical software, was performed for the carbon steel type and solid CRA type. The results obtained from this study will be useful data for CRA pipeline designers and researchers.

Biosurfactant Production from Novel Air Isolate NITT6L: Screening, Characterization and Optimization of Media

  • Vanavil, B.;Perumalsamy, M.;Rao, A. Seshagiri
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.23 no.9
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    • pp.1229-1243
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, an air isolate (NITT6L) has been screened based on hemolytic activity, emulsification activity, drop collapsing test, and oil displacement test, as well as lipase activity. It was found that strain NITT6L was able to reduce the surface tension of the medium from 61.5 to 39.83 mN/m and could form stable emulsions with tested vegetable oils. Morphological, biochemical, 16S rRNA sequencing analyses, and fatty acid methyl ester analysis using gas chromatography confirmed that the air isolate under study was Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Characterization of the biosurfactant using agar double diffusion assay revealed that the biosurfactant was anionic in nature, and CTAB-methylene blue assay and Molisch test revealed its glycolipid nature. The FT-IR spectrum confirmed that the crude biosurfactant was a rhamnolipid. Using unoptimized medium containing sucrose as the carbon source, the isolate was found to produce 0.3 mg/ml of rhamnolipid in batch cultivation (shake flask) at $37^{\circ}C$ and pH 7. Optimization of the medium components was carried out using design of experiments and the yield of rhamnolipid has been enhanced to 4.6 mg/ml in 72 h of fermentation.

Numerical Prediction of the Outer Diameter for SAW Pipes Formed by Press-Brake Bending (프레스-브레이킹 굽힘 공정을 이용한 SAW 후육강관의 외경 예측을 위한 해석적 연구)

  • Park, G.B.;Kang, B.K.;Kang, B.S.;Ku, T.W.
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.116-123
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    • 2016
  • Press-brake bending is used to shape flat and thick plates into a targeted circular configuration without excessive localized thinning or thickening. A brake bending press called 'a knife press bending apparatus' has been widely adopted to manufacture thick, large and long pipe from initially thick plate. Submerged Arc Welded (SAW) pipes are also produced by employing press-brake bending. These pipes are mainly used for oil, natural gas and water pipelines. The principal process variables for press-brake bending can be summarized as stroke of the press-brake knife, the distance between both roll in the lower die, and the feeding length of the plate. Many combinations of these process variables are available, thus various pipe diameters can be realized. In the current study, a series of repetitive numerical simulations by feeding a thick plate with initial thickness of 25.4mm were conducted with the consideration of elastic recovery. Furthermore, an index for SAW pipe production is proposed which can be widely used in industry.

Three-dimensional flow and pressure loss of a film-cooling jets injected in spanwise direction (폭방향으로 분사되는 막냉각 제트의 3차원 유동특성 및 압력손실)

  • Lee, Sang-U;Kim,Yong-Beom
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.1363-1375
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    • 1996
  • Oil-film flow visualizations and three-dimensional flow measurements using a five-hole probe have been conducted to investigate three-dimensional flow characteristics and total pressure losses of a row of film-cooling jets injected in spanwise direction. For several span-to-diameter ratios, experiments are performed in the case of three velocity ratios of 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5. The flow measurements show that downstream flow due to the injection is characterized by a single streamwise vortex instead of a pair of counter-rotating vortices, which appear in the case of streamwise injection, and the vortex strength strongly depends on the velocity ratio. Regardless of the velocity*y ratio, presence of the spanwise film-cooling jets always produces total pressure loss, which is pronounced when the velocity ratio is large. It has also been found that the production of the total pressure loss is closely related to the secondary vortical flow. In addition, effects of the span-to-diameter ratio on the flow and total pressure loss are discussed in detail.

Occurrence of Organochlorine Insecticides in Vegetable Oils Produced in Korea (한국산 식물성(植物性) 기름 중 유기염소계(有機墮素系) 살충제(殺童劑)의 잔류량(殘留量))

  • Lee, Su-Rae;Kang, Soon-Young;Kim, Yong-Hwa
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.216-218
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    • 1980
  • The appearance of organochlorine insecticides in 43 samples of refined vegetable oils including rapeseed, rice bran, sesame, perilla and corn oils produced in Korea in 1976 was investigated. Residue levels varied depending on the pesticide, oil source and production area. Gas-liquid chromatographic techniques were used to detect and quantify the presence of heptachlor, its epoxide, BHC, aldrin, endrin and DDT residues.

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Static performance analysis of deepwater compliant vertical access risers

  • Lou, Min;Li, Run;Wu, Wugang;Chen, Zhengshou
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.970-979
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    • 2019
  • Compliant Vertical Access Risers (CVARs) are compliant systems that incorporate a differentiated geometric configuration that allows the exploitation of oil and gas in deepwater fields and enables a number of operational advantages in the offshore system. One of the main features of CVAR systems is that they allow direct intervention procedures to be applied to the well bore, enabling workover operations to be performed directly from the production platform. Based on the principles of virtual work and variation, a static geometric nonlinear equation of CVARs is derived and applied in this study. The results of this study show that the two ends of the riser as well as the transition region are subject to high stress, while the positions of the floating platform exert significant effects on the geometry of the riser configuration. Compliance and buoyancy factors should be set moderately to reduce the CVAR stress. In addition, the buoyancy modules should be placed in the lower region, in order to maximize the operation advantages of CVAR.

Design of an Organic Simplified Nuclear Reactor

  • Shirvan, Koroush;Forrest, Eric
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.48 no.4
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    • pp.893-905
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    • 2016
  • Numerous advanced reactor concepts have been proposed to replace light water reactors ever since their establishment as the dominant technology for nuclear energy production. While most designs seek to improve cost competitiveness and safety, the implausibility of doing so with affordable materials or existing nuclear fuel infrastructure reduces the possibility of near-term deployment, especially in developing countries. The organic nuclear concept, first explored in the 1950s, offers an attractive alternative to advanced reactor designs being considered. The advent of high temperature fluids, along with advances in hydrocracking and reforming technologies driven by the oil and gas industries, make the organic concept even more viable today. We present a simple, cost-effective, and safe small modular nuclear reactor for offshore underwater deployment. The core is moderated by graphite, zirconium hydride, and organic fluid while cooled by the organic fluid. The organic coolant enables operation near atmospheric pressure and use of plain carbon steel for the reactor tank and primary coolant piping system. The core is designed to mitigate the coolant degradation seen in early organic reactors. Overall, the design provides a power density of 40 kW/L, while reducing the reactor hull size by 40% compared with a pressurized water reactor while significantly reducing capital plant costs.

Improving Energy Self-sufficiency in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant using Renewable Energy Production (능동적 신재생에너지 생산을 통한 하수처리장 에너지자립화 향상)

  • Kang, Ji-Hoon;Chae, Kyu-Jung;Kim, Dong-Soo;Yang, Hee-Jung;An, Yeong-Seop;Kim, Won-Kyoung;Kim, Jeong-Hyeon;Park, Dong-Eul
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2012.05a
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    • pp.643-643
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    • 2012
  • Increasing energy prices and growing concerns about global warming address the need to improve energy self-sufficiency in many industrial and municipal sectors. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are representative of energy-consuming facilities in Korea, accounting for 5% of national energy consumption. We present renewable energy technologies and energy self-sufficiency scenarios in a municipal WWTP ($30,000m^3d^{-1}$) located in Yongin, South Korea. By employing photovoltaics (PV, 135 kW), small hydropower turbine (10 kW), and thermal energy from treated effluent (25 RT: refrigeration ton) within the WWTP, a total of 142 tonne of oil equivalent (toe) of energy was estimated to be generated, accounting for $365ton\;CO_2\;yr^{-1}$ of greenhouse gas emission reduction. Core renewable technologies under consideration include 1) hybrid solar PV system consisting of fixed PV, dual-axis PV, and building integrated PV, 2) low-head small hydropower plant specifically designed for treated effluent, 3) effluent heat recovery system for heating and air conditioning. In addition to these core technologies, smart operation and management scheme will be presented for enhancing overall energy savings and distribution within the WWTP.

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