Nitrogen oxide (NOx) is one of air pollutants generated from the combustion of fuels, causing serious environmental problems. A novel externally oscillated staged combustion for RPF syngas was proposed in this work. The staged combustion could reduce NOx by the fuel-rich state combustion, while the external oscillation could achieve complete burn-out by stabilizing the flame. It also improved combustibility with an acceleration of the mass and heat momentum transfer. Parametric studies were achieved for the NOx reduction characteristics on the air staging and fuel staging in each case of with or without external oscillation. For the case of without oscillation, NOx reduction rate for the fuel staging had higher value as 75% than air staging as 67%. However, an application of external oscillation for both cases gives higher NOx reduction rate of 79%. The optimal condition for the oscillated fuel staging was that the air ratio in main burning zone, reburning zone and burnout zone were 1.1, 0.6 and 1.15, respectively, having 200 Hz of external oscillation.

연소기에서 연료 연소에 의해서 생성되는 것은 질소산화물의 대부분 NO와 NO2이며, 95%가 NO의 형태로 배출되고 이후 대기 중에 확산되어 공기 중의 산소와 결합하여 NO2가 된다. 질소산화물은 광화학 스모그의 원인으로 인체에 해를 끼칠 뿐 아니라 산성비의 원인이 되는 등 환경에 대한 심각한 문제를 야기하고 있기 때문에 실용 연소기에 대한 규제가 한층 강화되어 질소산화물 발생을 억제해야 하는 필요성이 점차 증대되고 있다. 최근에는 에너지 문제에 의해 폐기물 가스화에 의해 생성된 가스를 활용이 점차 증가하고 있으므로, 이에 대한 질소산화물의 저감 연구가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 RPF 가스화 가스를 모사하여 연소시 발생되는 질소산화물을 저감시키기 위해 다단 연소와 음향가진 기술을 적용하였다. 이 때, 발생되는 질소산화물의 저감 특성을 파악하기 위하여 공기 다단 연소, 연료 다단 연소 그리고 외부가진을 주사하여 공기비 및 주파수 변화에 따른 변수별 연구를 수행하였다. Fig. 1은 공기 다단 연소를 적용하여 총공기비 변화에 따른 결과이다. 각각의 총공기비에 따른 주연소 영역의 공기비가 감소함에 따라 질소산화물 감소되는 경향을 보이며, 주연소총공기비 0.7에서 가장 낮은 값을 나타내었다. Fig. 2는 기존 조건에서 공기 다단 연소 및 외부가진을 적용하였을 때, 질소산화물과 중간생성물인 암모니아와 시안화수소를 나타낸 결과이다. 주연소 영역 공기비 0.7, 완전연소 영역 공기비 1.1, 체류시간 1.265 s 일 때 질소산화물 421 ppm으로 다단 연소 미적용한 경우에 비해 67% 저감되었다. 외부가진 적용시 400 Hz에서 273 ppm으로 다단 연소 및 외부가진 미적용하였을 때에 비해 79% 저감되었다.

Most of the commercial SCR technology is very efficient in the temperature range of 250∼350℃. However, the flue gas temperature after waste heat recovery system or wet desulfurization system is in general under 200℃. The performance of SCR system is very poor and there are slip ammonia problem at low temperature. Low temperature SCR technology is necessary to save the flue gas reheating energy and reduce the greenhouse gas emission. The SCR catalyst operating at low temperature has been developed for the new waste flue gas heat recovery system of the existing incinerator. The flue gas temperature is under 170℃ after the flue gas heat recovery. The SCR catalyst is made by key component Mn impregnated on γ-Al2O3 of which the diameter is 1.7mm~2.8mm. The dimension of cylindrical SCR reactor is inside diameter 22.1mm and height 350mm. The effects of reducing agent injection rates, space velocity at different reaction temperature were studied on the De-NOx performance and slip ammonia to get a design data. It was found that the Mn based SCR catalyst is effective in low temperature flue gas without ammonia slip. The outlet concentration of NOx in the flue gas decreased to 12ppm from inlet 150ppm at space velocity 10,000 hr-, NH3/NO = 1 and reaction temperature 170℃. The De-NOx efficiency is 92% at reaction temperature 170℃ which is much higher than 82% at 150℃. At the SCR reaction temperature 170℃, the NOx removal efficiency was 78~99% in the space velocity range 5,000~12,500hr-, and 79~92% at NH3/NO ratio range 0.5~1.0.

The SCR (selective catalytic reduction) system is highly-effective technique for NOx reduction from exhaust gases. In this study, the effects of the direction and size of nozzle and the ammonia injection concentration on the performance of SCR system are analyzed by using the computational fluid dynamics method. When the nozzle is arranged in zigzaged direction which is normal to exhausted gas flow, it is shown that the uniformity of gas flow and the NH3/NO molar ratio is improved remarkably. With the change of the ammonia injection concentration from 0.2 vol%(wet) to 1.0 vol%(wet), the uniformity of gas flow shows a good results. As the size of nozzle diameter changes from 6 mm to 12 mm, the uniformity of gas flow is maintained well. It is shown that the uniformity of the NH3/NO molar ratio becomes better with decreasing the ammonia injection concentration and the size of nozzle diameter.

MILD (Moderate and Intense Low oxygen Dilution) combustion using high temperature exhaust gas recirculation is applied to solid fuels of dried sewage sludge and pulverized coal combustion to investigate the effect of reduction of NOx emission in a pilot scale combustor. High temperature exhaust gas recirculation is accomplished by entraining high temperature exhaust gas to air jets at just exit of the combustion chamber without a heat exchanger. High temperature exhaust gas recirculation makes the solid fuel flame stable and extremely uniform color and uniform temperature distribution. NOx concentration at the combustor exit was 62% and 40% less in the high temperature exhaust recirculation MILD combustion compared with the conventional combustion using air jet only for sewage sludge and pulverized coal respectively.

In the present study, MILD (Moderate and Intense Low oxygen Dilution) combustion technology is adopted as one of the most effective tool for reduction of NOx emission in solid fuel combustion. We tried to achieve MILD combustion using the high temperature exhaust recirculation without any heat exchanger for preheating air. High temperature exhaust recirculation is accomplished by entraining the high temperature exhaust gas to air jets at just exit of the combustion chamber. This high temperature exhaust recirculation could recirculate heat and inert exhaust gas simultaneously. MILD combustion using the recirculation of the high temperature exhaust gas is experimented to investigate the effect of low NOx emission for the recycled solid fuel of the dried sewage sludge and pulverized coal. NOx emission could be reduced drastically by using this advanced combustion technique. Maximum 68% and 57% of NOx reduction was achieved for sewage sludge and pulverized coal respectively, in the high temperature exhaust recirculation MILD combustion compared with the conventional combustion using air jet only. This type of MILD combustion makes the apparent flames of both solid fuels extremely uniform without high temperature flamelet.

The accuracy of ozone sensitivity coefficients estimated with HDDM (High-order Decoupled Direct Method) can vary depending on the NOx (Nitrogen Oxides) and VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) conditions. In order to evaluate the applicability of HDDM over the Seoul Metropolitan Area (SMA) during a high ozone episode in 2007 June, we compare BFM (Brute Force Method) and HDDM in terms of the 1st-order ozone sensitivity coefficient to explain ozone change in response to changes in NOx and VOC emissions, and the 2nd-order ozone sensitivity coefficient to represent nonlinear response of ozone to the emission changes. BFM and HDDM estimate comparable ozone sensitivity coefficients, exhibiting similar spatial and temporal variations over the SMAduring the episode. NME (Normalized Mean Error) between BFM and HDDM for the episode average 1st- and 2nd-order ozone sensitivity coefficients to NOx and VOC emissions are less than 3% and 9%, respectively. For the daily comparison, NME for the 1st- and 2nd-order ozone sensitivity coefficients are less than 4% (R2> 0.96) and 15% (R2> 0.90), respectively. Under the emission conditions used in this study, two methods show negative episode average 1st-order ozone sensitivity coefficient to NOx emissions over the core SMA. The 2nd-order ozone sensitivity coefficient to NOx emissions leads ozone to respond muchnonlinear to the reduction in NOx emissions over Seoul. Nonlinear ozone response to reduction in VOC emissions is mitigated due to the 2nd-order ozone sensitivity coefficientwhich is much smaller than the 1st-order ozone sensitivity coefficient to the emissions in the magnitude.

Emission of air pollutants such as nitrogen oxides (NOx), hydrocarbons (HC), SO2, and particulate matter (PM) and CO2 from ship during 2009 in Busan port was estimated based on activity-based method. The significant fraction (> 50%) of ship emission resulted from container and general cargo ships. Emission at port operation mode was the most dominant compared to at sea and maneuvering modes. Emission at North port was the largest source of air pollutants among ports. The magnitudes of air pollutants NOx, SO2, HC, CO2, and PM in Busan port were 8.7 × 103, 8.23 × 103, 0.35 × 103, 4.86×106, and 0.67 × 103 ton/yr, respectively. The ratio of NOx to VOC is about 25. Our ship emission estimate is 2 times higher than that in CAPSS emission inventory.

In this study, the indirect correlation of degradation characteristic and flow behavior in the de-NOx catalyst is investigated experimentally. The inner flow behavior in the de-NOx catalyst is varied from turbulent flow to laminar flow and the degradation of the de-NOx catalyst is remarkably affected by the inner flow. The degradation of the catalyst is increased in the upstream region near the inlet because injected turbulent flow enhances the adhesion of ash particle on the catalyst surface. The degradation of the catalyst near the inlet also governs the overall efficiency of the catalyst. The amount of adhered ash particles on the catalyst surface decreases as they progress downstream. This is due to the inner flow transition from turbulent flow to laminar flow.

Aircraft Measurements of gaseous pollutants(SO2, NOx and O3) in the Yellow Sea area, were carried out on 1997-2007. Main measurement site in 124°-127°E, 35°-37°N (in the Yellow Sea), have been done along the paths classified vertically and zonally. To understand how the air stream affects Long-range transboundary pollutants in Northease Asia (LTP), the tracks of pollutants in northeast Asia have been analyzed by dividing into 6 different regions(regions I-V and L). Compared with Korea's local sources and western north Pacific influenced by the Yellow Sea, when the air stream from region Ⅱ is dominant, the SO2 concentrations are 3-6times higher. In region Ⅱ and Ⅲ, SO2 concentrations are represented highest at 25.0 and 14.7 ppb, respectively. However, in other regions, SO2 concentration was recorderd the highest at 1.1-3.8 ppb, which is 7-15% higher then the highest one over the region Ⅱ and Ⅲ. During 1997-2007, the mean amount of incoming pollutants is 0.162 ton/km·hr exceeding about 5-times mean amount of outgoing pollutants over the West Sea. During the observed period, the amount of incoming and outgoing SO2 over the Yellow Sea is the highest in winter, at 0.224 ton/(km·hr) and 0.120 ton/(km·hr), respectively.

The Kyoto Protocol, that had been in force from February 16, 2005, requires significant reduction in CO₂emissions for all anthropogenic sources containing transportation, industrial, commercial, and residential fields, etc, and automotive emission standards for air pollutants such as particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) become more and more tight for improving ambient air quality. This paper has briefly reviewed homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion technology offering dramatic reduction in CO₂, NOx and PM emissions, compared to conventional gasoline and diesel engine vehicles, in an effort of automotive industries and their related academic activities to comply with future fuel economy legislation, e.g., CO₂emission standards and corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) in the respective European Union (EU) and United States of America (USA), and to meet very stringent future automotive emission standards, e.g., Tier 2 program in USA and EURO V in EU. In addition, major challenges to the widespread use of HCCI engines in road applications are discussed in aspects of new catalytic emissions controls to remove high CO and unburned hydrocarbons from such engine-equipped vehicles.