The non-reacting flow field and the movement of sand particles inside a 30MW circulating fluidized bed combustor is numerically simulated via the finite volume method. The primary air is supplied through 23x23 array of nozzles located on the bottom and the secondary air is supplied through 12 inlet pipes located on the side walls. The steady state velocity field shows that a very complex flow pattern is formed in the lower part of the combustor. As the gas moves upward, the velocity magnitude decreases and the gas exits the combustor after hitting the top wall. To investigate the behavior of sand particles with different diameters, a particle tracking calculation is performed by introducing sand particles continuously at the z=3 m plane. For the given air flow rate condition, sand particles smaller than 0.3 mm show a complex movement pattern near the secondary air inlet and then rise toward the outlet.

유동층가스화기는 경제적으로 기술적으로 입증된 기술로서 가장 상용화에 가까운 가능성을 보여주고 있다. 그러나 한국에서는 설계, 현장문제 해결뿐 아니라 파일럿 규모의 설비 운전 등이 부족하 여 상용화에 이르지 못하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 바이오매스의 가스화를 위하여 3 MWth 급 순환유동 층(CFB) 반응기를 개발하여 운전하였다. 유동층반응기는 순환유동층 반응기와 기포유동층 반응기로 구 성되었으며 타르와 산성가스를 제거하기 위하여 세라믹필터, 급속냉각, 습식스크러버를 사용하였다. 3 MWth 급 바이오매스 가스화기의 최적 운전조건을 도출하기 위하여 equivalence ratio에 따른 영향을 조사하였다

일반적으로 순환유동층 열교환기에서 최적의 운전과 설계에 대한 지식은 아직 잘 알려져 있지 않다. 입자 유동에 관한 기초적 지식이 부족하기 순환유동층 열교환기를 최적 설계하는 데에는 아직 제한적이다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 순환하는 물속에 고체입자(유리)가 유동하는 수평 원형관에서 압력강하와 마찰계수에 대해 실험적으로 측정한다. 고체입자의 직경은 3 mm와 4 mm를 각각 취급하였고 레이놀즈수의 범위는 10,000에서 45,000이었다. 연구 결과 4 mm 직경의 입자가 3 mm의 입자보다 마찰계수가 더 컸다. 그리고 고체입자의 농도가 낮은 경우에서는 마찰계수는 고체입자의 농도보다 유체속도에 의해서 더 영향이 컸다. 그러나 입자의 농도가 큰 운전조건에서는 고체입자의 농도도 마찰계수에 큰 영향을 주었다.

The fast pyrolysis of biomass (larch) in a circulating fluidized bed pyrolyzer was performed and the physico-chemical characteristics of biocrude-oil was investigated. Standard sand was used for fluidizing material and various reaction temperatures from 400℃ to 550℃ was applied. Wood (larch) sample was examined thorough proximate analysis and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). From the results of the sample test, thermal decomposition characteristics of wood (larch) was investigated. Various analyses were carried out to determine the physicochemical properties of biocrude-oil such as Higher heating value (HHV), water content, viscosity, ash content and microscopic anaysis. The maximum biocrude-oil yield was 49.9wt.% at 550℃. At this temperature, HHV and water content were 4562.0 kcal/kg and 13.8wt.%, respectively. From the study results, wood (larch) has potential as an alternative energy source.

By the end of 2012, the recycled proportion of domestic waste tires was 287,330 ton (93.9%) of the amount of waste tires discharged (305,877 ton). The waste tires have been reused for heat supply, material recycling and other purposes; the proportions are 50.1%, 20.7% and 23.1%, respectively. In the case of heat supply, waste tires are supplied to cement kiln (104,105 ton, 68%), RDF manufacture facilities (47,530 ton, 31%) and incinerators (1,923 ton, 1%). Recently, there has been an increase in the use of waste tires at power generation facilities as an auxiliary fuel. Thus, physico-chemical analysis, such as proximate analysis, elemental analysis and calorific value analysis have been carried out to evaluate potential of waste tires as an auxiliary fuel in Korea. The LHV (Lower Heating Value) of waste tires is approximately 20% higher than that of coal, at an average of 8,489 kcal/kg (7,684 ~ 10,040 kcal/kg). Meanwhile, the sulfur content is approximately 1.5wt. %, and balance of plant (e.g. pipe line, boiler tube, etc.) may be corroded by the sulfur. However, this can be prevented by construction and supplementation with refractories. In this study, TDF (Tire Derived Fuel) produced from waste tires was co-combusted with coal, and applied to the CFB (Circulating Fluidized Bed) boiler, a commercial plant of 100 tons/day in Korea. It was combined with coal, ranging from 0 to 20wt. %. In order to determine the effect on human health and the environment, gas emission such as dioxin, NOx, SOx and so on, were continuously analyzed and monitored as well as the oxygen and carbon monoxide levels to check operational issues.

The development of renewable energy is currently strongly required to address environmental problems such as global warming. In particular, biomass is highlighted due to its advantages. When using biomass as an energy source, the conversion process is essential. Fast pyrolysis, which is a thermochemical conversion method, is a known method of producing bio-oil. Therefore, various studies were conducted with fast pyrolysis. Most studies were conducted under a lab-scale process. Hence, scaling up is required for commercialization. However, it is difficult to find studies that address the process analysis, even though this is essential for developing a scaled-up plant. Hence, the present study carries out the process analysis of biomass pyrolysis. The fast pyrolysis system includes a biomass feeder, fast pyrolyzer, cyclone, condenser, and electrostatic precipitator (ESP). A two-stage, semi-global reaction mechanism was applied to simulate the fast pyrolysis reaction and a circulating fluidized bed reactor was selected as the fast pyrolyzer. All the equipment in the process was modeled based on heat and mass balance equations. In this study, process analysis was conducted with various reaction temperatures and residence times. The two-stage, semi-global reaction mechanism for circulating fluidized-bed reactor can be applied to simulate a scaled-up plant.

화석연료의 고갈문제와 더불어 지구온난화 등의 환경문제에 대한 대응방안으로 전 세계적으로 지속가능한 에너지자원의 확보에 대한 필요성과 관심이 높아지고 있다. 중국, 인도 등의 국가에서 경제 성장을 위한 화석연료 의존도가 계속 높아지고 있다. 그러나 화석연료는 가격의 변동이 심하고, 한정된 매장량을 지니기 때문에 지나친 화석연료의 사용은 환경적으로 심각한 악영향을 미칠 수 있다. 바이오매스 및 폐자원을 활용하여 에너지를 생산하는 바이오에너지 분야는 최근 각광받는 신재생 에너지 분야 중 하나이다. 바이오에너지는 바이오매스, 폐자원으로부터 전환된 에너지 사용 시 발생되는 이산화탄소가 순환을 통하여 바이오매스의 성장에 다시 쓰이게 되므로 탄소중립적인 친환경 에너지이며 바이오매스의 경작, 재배를 통하여 지속적으로 생산 할 수 있다는 장점을 가진다. 바이오매스는 열분해, 가스화, 연소 등의 열화학적 분해공정을 통하여 더욱 가치있는 에너지의 형태로 활용 가능하며, 그 중 급속열분해 공정은 무산소 조건, 약 500℃의 반응온도, 2초 이하의 짧은 기체체류시간을 반응조건으로 하여 생산된 타르를 응축과정을 통해 액상 생성물인 바이오원유로 회수하는 공정이며 바이오원유의 회수율을 가장 높일 수 있는 공정이다. 바이오오일의 수율 및 성상은 급속열분해 운전조건에 따라 영향을 받으며 그 중 반응온도가 가장 중요한 인자이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 낙엽송 톱밥을 원료로 하여 400 - 550℃로 반응온도를 변화시켜가며 바이오원유를 생산하고 생산된 바이오원유의 수율 및 다양한 물리화학적 분석(고위발열량, 수분함량, 점도, pH 등)을 통하여 그 특성을 파악하는 연구를 진행하였다.

This study has focused on identifying the cause of agglomeration that occurred in a domestic commercial-scale circulating fluidized bed boiler. Solid refuse fuel (SRF) was fed into the target facility to produce electricity. Agglomeration occurred in the combustor and cyclone during commercial operation. The bed material, clinkers produced in the combustor and cyclone, and boiler ash were collected, and components that are known to cause agglomeration were analyzed. Additionally, the possibility of slagging and fouling formation was predicted using components obtained by XRF analysis. The melting temperature of the bed material was decreased by complex reactions of low-boiling-point metal, alkaline metal and sulfur, and chlorine components. Then, agglomeration was generated because the bed material and ash were melted and combined. Basicity (B/A), which can lead to slagging, was estimated to be above 1.0 (reference 0.5 < B/A < 1.0). The boiler ash had a basicity of 1.83. The slag viscosity index (SVI) was estimated to be between 18.83 and 49.78 (reference 65 < SVI < 72). The boiler ash and combustor clinker had 3.30 and 4.40 total alkali (TA) values, respectively (reference 0.3 < TA < 0.4). This condition determined that slagging and fouling formation easily progressed. This result is expected to be utilized as data for preventing agglomeration formation and clinker generation.

Fossil fuel combustion generates large amount of green house gas and it was considered major emission source causingglobal warming. For reducing green house gas, renewable energy resources have been emerged as an alternative energy.Among those resources, waste has been considered major resource as one of renewable energy, but it has been not utilizedsufficiently. In Korea, there are lots of efforts to utilize sewage sludge as one of renewable energy resources due to wasteto energy project of government. In this paper, sewage sludge was utilized as main fuel in order to recover heat energysource using oxy-fuel combustion in 30KWth circulating fluidized bed (CFB) pilot plant. Firstly, basic characteristics ofsewage sludge were analyzed and fuel feed rate was calculated by stoichiometry oxygen demand. For producing 30kwthermal energy in pilot plant, the feeding rate of sewage sludge was calculated as 13kg/hr. In oxy-fuel combustion, oxygeninjection rate was ranged from 21% to 40%. Fluidized material was more suitably circulated in which the rate of U/Umfwas calculated as 8 at 800oC. Secondly, Temperature and pressure gradients in circulation fluidized bed were comparedin case of oxy and air combustion. Temperature gradients was more uniformly depicted in case of 25% oxygen injectionwhen the value of excess oxygen was injected as 1.37. Combustion efficiency was greatest at the condition of 25% oxygeninjection rate. Also, the flue gas temperature was the highest at the condition of 25% oxygen injection rate. Lastly,combustion efficiency was presented in case of oxy and air combustion. Combustion efficiency was increased to 99.39%in case of 25% oxygen injection rate. In flue-gas composition from oxy-fuel combustion, nitrogen oxide was ranged from47ppm to 73ppm, and sulfur dioxide was ranged from 460ppm to 645ppm.

In this study, a cold model of a circulating fluidized bed is developed and tested for designing a char combustor. This study has been carried out to investigate effects of the solid circulation rate and superficial gas velocity on the hydrodynamic characteristics in a circulating fluidized bed. Solid holdup and pressure drop in the riser increases with the increase of solid circulation rate, but decreases with increasing superficial gas velocity. The solid holdup in the dense region increases with increasing solid circulation rate at lower gas velocities, whereas it is independent of solids circulation rate at higher gas velocities.

The advantage of CFBC(Circulating fluidized bed combustor) is that it can apply to various fuel sources including the lower rank fuel and remove SOx by means of direct supply of limestone to the combustor without additional desulfation facility. In this paper, we denote characteristics of fly and bed ash to reuse finer limestone usually abandoned(used spec[Coarse LS] 0.1mm under 25%, new spec[Fine LS] 0.1mm under 50%). According to the results, the chemical composition of fly ash was as follows; SiO2 40.8%, Al2O3 31.9%, CaO 10.7%, K2O 4.46% in the case of coarse limestone and SiO2 41.1%, Al2O3 31.3%, CaO 10.9%, K2O 4.66% in the case of fine limestone. The chemical composition of bed ash was as follows; SiO2 54.2%, Al2O3 33.1%, CaO 1.56%, K20 4.34% in the case of coarse limestone and SiO2 53.8%, Al2O3 32.6%, CaO 2.21%, K2O 4.45% in the case of fine limestone. It showed that there was no significant change in chemical composition. And it is conformed that there was no significant change in particle size and shapes.