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Exploration of Alternative Woody Biomass for Manufacturing Biopellets
Chang-Yeong Lee1
,
Chul-Hwan Kim2†
,
Ji-Young Lee2
,
Min-Seok Lee1
,
Ho-Kyung Goo1
,
Jin-Hwa Park3
,
See-Han Park4
,
Jeong-Heon Ryu3
1Graduate student, Department of Forest Products, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828
2Professor, Major of Environmental Materials Science, IALS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828
3Undergraduate students, Major of Environmental Materials Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828
4Advisory Professor, Major of Pulp & Paper Chemical Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828
†Corresponding author: E-Mail: jameskim@gnu.ac.kr
30 December 2020. pp. 34-46
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Abstract

As the global warming problem becomes more serious, regulations on the use of fossil fuels are tightening. The Korean government has been also making efforts to reduce the use of fossil fuels and increase the mandatory use of new and renewable energy annually. In this study, biopellets were prepared using hardwood wood chip rejects of Moorim P&P Co, Ltd., camellia oil cake, toothache tree and mulberry tree, and their quality characteristics were analyzed. All biopellets met the quality standards of bio-SRF except for the sulfur content. The pellets made of hardwood chip rejects and camellia oil cake showed a low heating value of about 17-18 MJ/kg, which was better than the other pellets. Ignition and combustion duration were different depending on the types of biopellets, but camellia oil cake pellets showed the best combustion characteristics. In conclusion, it was expected that, if the unused woody biomass in Korea was used as a renewable energy source, it would be of great help to the self-reliance efforts of power generation companies that must satisfy RPS annually.

Keywords
RPS
bio-SRF
biopellets
unused woody biomass
low heating value
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  • Publisher :Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국펄프종이공학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of Korea TAPPI
  • Journal Title(Ko) :펄프종이기술
  • Volume : 52
  • No :6
  • Pages :34-46
  • Received Date : 2020-11-17
  • Revised Date : 2020-11-30
  • Accepted Date : 2020-12-02
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7584/JKTAPPI.2020.12.52.6.34
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