Clean Power Generation

Fields of our research Clean Power Generation

The Clean Power Generation Laboratory aims to lead the digital transformation and respond to the climate change through developing new power generation technologies. For this purpose, the laboratory is focusing on its research efforts for base technologies for intelligent digital power generation, AI-based predictive diagnostics technology, IoT-based smart sensor technologies and their applications. Also, the lab is conducting key technology research projects for 3-Free technologies (fine dust, carbon emission, and pollutants). Also, by advancing technical support in and out of South Korea utilizing the outstanding achievements in R&D projects of ours, we contribute to the maximization of the profits and earning a good reputation of the lab. In addition, we are planning the technical doctor by providing customized solutions, diagnostics, and solutions for our customers.

The Power Generation System Group is playing a leading role in developing application technologies for stabilized operation of domestic and foreign power plants and securing environmentally-friendly, renewable power technology. The key domains of our research include IDPP (intelligent digital power plant) technology for optimizing maintenance, operation, and management of hydropower and renewable power plants, real-time operation information monitoring and integrated information management analysis technology, development of manufacturing and reliability test technology for developing domestic substitutes for imported gas turbines, and pure-oxygen combustion ultra critical CO2 gas turbine technology which can reduce NOx and CO2 to a near-zero level. Additionally, in order to utilize the new technologies in making profits, the lab is playing a mediator role for field demonstration and commercialization in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and power plant operators.

The key technologies developed by the Low-Carbon Combustion Group can be divided into four sectors, which are, respectively, combustion thermal performance, gas conversion, fluidized bed energy conversion, pollution reduction and making resources out of it. The combustion thermal performance sector developed the OTS, or the oversea-business total solution provider, as the overseas power generation business support platform in order to establish a support system to win project contracts and optimize the operations. The gas conversion sector secured a track record of the gas turbine combustion technology and IGFS (gasified fuel cell) for developing and proliferating environmentally-friendly power generation technologies. Now, the sector is engaged in commercialization of the technology and demonstrative technical researches, with a plan to engage in the development of hydrogen gas turbine that can lead the change of global energy paradigm in the future. The fluidized bed energy conversion sector developed the super-super threshold circulating fluidized bed boiler designing technology of 600MW, which had to be imported before the success of this development. Also, the sector is engaged in the development of pure oxygen pressurized fluidized bed compound power generation technology to realize high-efficiency and zero-emission. The pollution reduction and resource generation sector is engaged in the development of environmentally-friendly power generation technologies such as prevention of natural ignition of the coal storage facilities, extracting rare metal from fly ash, extracting and utilizing the precursors of fine dust in exhaust gas, fine dust behavior evaluation and fine dust emission reduction, etc.

The Specialized Technology Center of the Clean Power Generation Laboratory is the department responsible for providing technical support for key equipment in domestic and foreign power generation industry. The center comprises two teams that are covering 15 key technical sectors and small-but-strong-type organizations, where experts with more than two decades of experience are leading the way to realize highly advanced technologies. The technical support sector is the home doctor for the power plants and power grids in and out of the country and responsible for equipment diagnostics, accident analysis, service life diagnosis, improvement of performance and efficiency, as well as other advanced technical supports. The performance technology sector conducts close performance diagnostics where it analyzes the factors behind the different performances of power plants in the country to provide the improvement strategies; acceptance performance test to verify the performance of contractual guarantee; power cost evaluation test to provide the reference data for calculating the power purchase cost, with a view to contribute to the optimized performance management and economic power supply. Also, the department is engaged in the research and development works to enhance the performance and efficiency of the power generation equipment, while operating an international calibration organization (KOLAS) for the instruments to measure pressure, temperature, and electricity to ensure precision of these instruments. As for the R&D sector, the department has been engaged in field-oriented R&D products to develop core technologies and know-how while focusing on advancing the technical support utilizing the outcomes of the R&D projects.