User:Myung Won Seo

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Myung Won Seo (an artistic interpretation)

• Myung Won Seo
• Senior Researcher
• Clean Fuel Department,High Efficiency and Clean Energy Research Division, KIER(Korea Institute of Energy Research)
• 152 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-343, Republic of Korea
• mwseo82@gmail.com

I currently work in the clean fuel center of high efficiency and clean energy research division at KIER(Korea Institute of Energy Research). My research field includes the fundamental of chemical reaction engineering with applications in energy and environmental processes.

Education and Proffessional Experiences

Education

• 2006.3-2011.2, Integrated M.S and Ph.D, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
• 2001.3-2006.2, B.S.,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

Proffessional Experiences

• 2012.2-present, Senior Researcher,Clean Fuel Center,High Efficiency and Clean Energy Research Division, KIER(Korea Institute of Energy Research)
• 2011.2-2012.1, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Institue of Applied Science, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
• 2006.3-2011.2, Research Assistant,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
• 2006.3-2011.2, Teaching Assistant,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
• 2004.9-2005.8, YSEP (Young Scientist Exchange Program), Tokyo Tech (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Proffessional Membership

• Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Korean Society of Industrial Engineering Chemistry
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Research interests

1. Fossil Fuel Conversion Technology: Co-processing of Coal with biomass/RDF, Gasification and pyrolysis
2. Design and operation of fluidized bed reactors
3. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) of solid-gas systems

Publications

1. Seo, M.W., Suh, Y.H., Kim, S.D, Park, S.W., Lee, D.H., Song, B.H. (2012), “Cluster and Bed-to-wall Heat Transfer Characteristics in a Dual Circulating Fluidized Bed”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 51(4), 2048-2061.
2. Nguyen, T.C.B., Seo, M.W., Lim, Y.I., Song, B.H., Kim, S.D. (2012), “CFD Simulation with Experiments in a Dual Circulating Fluidized Bed Gasifier”, Comput. Chem. Eng., 36(1), 48-56.
3. Seo, M.W., Nguyen, T.C.B., Lim, Y.I., Kim, S.D., Park, S.W., Song, B. H., Kim, Y. J. (2011), “Solid Circulation and Pressure Drop Characteristics of a Dual Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor: Experiments and CFD Simulation”, Chem. Eng. J., 168(2), 803-811.
4. Park, D.K., Cho, W.C., Seo, M.W., Go, K.S., Kim, S.D., Kang, K.S., Park, J.S. (2011), “Conceptual Design and Hydrodynamic Properties of Moving Bed Reactor for Intrinsic CO₂ Separation Hydrogen Production Process”, Clean Tech., 17(1), 69-77.
5. Seo, M.W., Goo, J.H, Kim, S.D., Lee, S.H., Choi. Y.C. (2010), “Gasification Characteristics of Coal, Biomass, and Coal/biomass Blend in a Dual Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor”, Energy & fuels, 24(5), 3108-3118.
6. Seo, M.W., Kim, S.D., Lee, S.H., Lee, J.G. (2010), “Pyrolysis Characteristics of Coal and RDF Blends in Non-isothermal and Isothermal Conditions”, J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis, 88(2), 160-167.
7. Seo, M.W., Kim, S.D., Na, J.G., Lee, S.H. (2009), “Pyrolysis, Partial Oxidation, and Combustion Characteristics of Micro Algae”, Korean Chem. Eng. Res., 47(6), 734-739.
8. Goo, J.H, Seo, M.W., Park, D.K., Kim, S.D., Lee, S. H., Lee, J.G., Song, B.H. (2008), “Hydrodynamic Properties of a Dual Fluidized Bed Gasifier”, J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 41(7), 686-690.
9. Park, D.K., Seo, M.W., Goo, J.H., Kim, S.D., Lee, S. H., Lee, J.G., Song, B.H. (2007), “Pyrolysis characteristics of sawdust and rice husk”, J. Korean Ind. & Eng. Chem. 18 (5), 415-423.

Proceedings of international conferences

1. Seo, M.W., Kim, S.D., Nguyen, T. C. B., Lim, Y.I., Park, S.W. (2011), “Modeling of Coal/biomass Gasification in a Dual Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor”, Proc. of 21st International Offshore (Ocean) and Polar Engineering Conference, Maui, U.S.
2. Seo, M.W., Nguyen, T.C.B., Lim, Y.I., Kim, S.D., Park, S.W. (2010), “CFD Simulation of Solid Circulation Characteristics in a Dual Circulating Fluidized Bed”, Proc. of 8th. Chinese-Korean Workshop on Clean Energy Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
3. Nguyen, T.C.B., Lim, Y.I., Seo, M.W., Kim, S.D., Song, B.H., Kim, G.T., Park, S.R., Kim, Y.J. (2010), “CFD Simulation of Hydrodynamics in a Dual Fluidized Bed Gasifier”, Proc. of 2010 AIChE Annual meeting, Salt Lake City, U.S.
4. Seo, M.W., Kim, S.D., Lee, S.H., Choi, Y.C. (2010), “Cluster and bubble characteristics in a dual circulating fluidized bed reactor”, Proc. of 20th International Offshore (Ocean) and Polar Engineering Conference, Beijing, China.
5. Seo, M.W., Goo, J.H., Kim, S.D., Lee, S.H., Choi, Y.C. (2009), “Gasification Characteristics of Biomass/Coal Blend in a Dual Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor”, Proc. of 1th Int. Conf. on polygeneration strategies, Vienna, Austria.
6. Goo, J.H., Seo, M.W., Kim, S.D., Song, B.H. (2009), “Effects of Temperature and Particle Size on Minimum Fluidization and Transport Velocities in a Dual Fluidized Beds”, Proc. of 20th FBC conference, Xian, China.
7. Seo, M.W., Kim, S.D., Lee, S.H., Lee, J.G. (2008), “Bed-to-wall heat transfer characteristics in a dual circulating fluidized bed reactor”, Proc. of 6th Int. conf. on heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and thermodynamics, Pretoria, South Africa.
8. Seo, M.W., Kim, S.D., Lee, S. H., Lee, J.G. (2008), “Pyrolytic characteristics of coal, biomass and RDF blends in thermogravimetric analyzer”, Proc. of 7th. Chinese-Korean Workshop on Clean Energy Technology, Taiyuan, China.
9. Park, D.K., Goo, J.H, Seo, M.W., Kim, S.D., Lee, S.H., Lee, J.G. (2008), “Gasification characteristics of biomass in an internally circulating fluidized bed reactor”, Proc. of 9th. Int. conf. on circulating fluidized beds, Hamburg, Germany.
10. Seo, M.W., Park, D.K., Goo, J.H., Kim, S.D. (2007), “Pyrolysis of coal, biomass and RDF blends in thermogravimetric analyzer”, Proc. of 20th. Symp. On Chem. Eng., Taejeon/Chungnam-Kyushu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
11. Goo, J.H, Seo, M.W., Park, D.K., Kim, S.D., Lee, S. H., Lee, J.G., Song, B.H. (2006), “Hydrodynamic Properties of a Dual Fluidized Bed Gasifier”, Proc. of 10th. Asian Conference on Fluidized Bed and Three-Phase Reactors, Busan, Republic of Korea.
12. Seo, M.W., Park, D.K., Goo, J.H., Kim, S.D. (2006), “Steam Gasification Characteristics of Coal and Biomass Chars in a Thermobalance Reactor”, Proc. of 19th. Symp. On Chem. Eng., Taejeon/Chungnam-Kyushu, Kitakyushu, Japan.

Proceedings of domestic conferences

1. Seo, M.W., Lee, D.Y., Cho, W.C., Kim, S.D., Park, S.W., Kang, K.S., Park, J.S. (2011), “Hydrodynamic Properties of a 3-bed Moving Bed Reactor for Intrinsic CO₂ Separation Hydrogen Production Process”, Proc. of 2011 KIChE Autumn Meeting.
2. Seo, M.W., Cho, W.C., Park, D.K., Kim, S.D., Park, S.W., Kang, K.S., Park, J.S. (2011), “Hydrodynamic Properties of Moving Bed Reactor for Intrinsic CO₂ Separation Hydrogen Production Process”, Proc. of 2011 KIChE Spring Meeting.
3. Seo, M.W., Nguyen, T. C. B., Lim, Y.I., Kim, S.D., Park, S.W. (2011), “Gasification and Modeling of Coal/biomass in a Dual Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor”, Proc. of 2011 KIChE Spring Meeting.
4. Nguyen, T. C. B., Lim, Y.I., Seo, M.W., Kim, S.D., Song, B.H., Cha, Y.R., Kim, Y.J., Kim, G.T., Park, S.R. (2010), “Hydrodynamics of Dual Fluidized Bed Gasifier in Cold-bed”, Proc. of 2010 KIChE Autumn Meeting.
5. Nguyen, T. C. B., Lee, H.J., Lim, Y.I., Song, B.H., Seo, M.W., Kim, S.D., Kim, G.T., Park, S.R. (2010), “Hydrodynamics of Dual Fluidized Bed Gasifier in Cold-bed”, Proc. of 2010 KIChE Spring Meeeting.
6. Goo, J.H., Seo, M.W., Kim, S.D., Song, B.H. (2009), “Biomass gasification in a dual fluidized bed”, Proc. of 2009 KIChE Autumn Meeting.
7. Seo, M.W., Kim, S.D., Lee, D. H., Park, S.H. (2009), “Bubble characteristics in a dual circulating fluidized bed reactor using optical fiber probe”, Proc. of 2009 KIChE Autumn Meeting.
8. Lee, S.H., Seo, M.W., Kim, S.D. (2009), “Thermochemical conversion characteristics of micro-algae”, Proc. of 2009 Korean Society for New and Renewable Energy Spring Meeting.
9. Goo, J.H., Seo, M.W., Kim, S.D., Song, B.H. (2009), “Effect of bed materials on biomass gasification in a dual fluidized bed”, Proc. of 2009 KIChE Spring Meeting.
10. Seo, M.W., Goo, J.H., Kim, S.D., Lee, S. H., Choi, Y.C. (2009), “Gasification characteristics of biomass/coal blend in a dual circulating fluidized bed reactor”, Proc. of 2009 KIChE Spring Meeeting.
11. Goo, J.H., Seo, M.W., Kim, S.D., Song, B.H. (2008), “Hydrodynamic Properties of a Dual Fluidized Bed with Different Temperatures”, Proc. of 2008 KIChE Autumn Meeting.
12. Seo, M.W., Suh, Y.H., Kim, S.D., Lee, S. H. (2008), “Bed-to-wall cluster characteristics in a dual circulating fluidized bed reactor”, Proc. of 2008 KIChE Autumn Meeting.
13. Seo, M.W., Kim, S.D., Lee, S. H. (2008), “Bed-to-wall heat transfer characteristics in a dual circulating fluidized bed reactor”, Proc. of 2008 KIChE Spring Meeting.
14. Seo, M.W., Goo, J.H., Park, D.K., Kim, S.D., Lee, J.G., Lee, S. H. (2007), “Solid circulation characteristics in loop-seal of a dual fluidized bed reactor”, Proc. of 2007 KIChE Autumn Meeting.
15. Goo, J.H., Seo, M.W., Park, D.K., Kim, S.D., Lee, S. H., Lee, J.G., Song, B.H. (2007), “Axial Solid Holdup Distribution and Solid Circulation Rate in a Dual Fluidized Bed Gasifier”, Proc. of 2007 KIChE Spring Meeting.
16. Park, D.K., Goo, J.H., Seo, M.W., Kim, S.D., Lee, S. H., Lee, J.G. (2007), “Steam Gasification Characteristics of Biomass in a Fluidized Bed Reactor”, Proc. of 2007 KIChE Spring Meeting.

Patent

1. Seo, M.W. et al., (2008), Rectangular dual circulating fluidized bed reactor, Application number: 10-2008-0069806, Republic of Korea

Awards

1. Excellent Poster Prize(2009 KIChE Autumn meeting), 22 April, 2010, KIChE (Korea Institute of Chemical Engineers)
2. SK Energy CEO prize(2009 Campus Patent Strategy Universiade), 26 November, 2009, National Academy of Engineering of Korea & The Korean Intellectual Property Office

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