This paper examines the willingness for Korean consumers to pay a premium for renewable electricity under a differentiated good framework by applying the contingent valuation method. Korean consumers have been required to pay for their use of renewable electricity as of 2012. First, we find that...

By 2030, Korean government aims to increase the share of new and renewable energy sources to 11% in the overall primary energy mix, that is, approximately 33 million TOE. However, carefully designed program is needed given the current low level of the share (2.37%, approximately 5.6 million TOE,...

Kinetic tests on pyrolysis of the mixture of waste automobile lubricating oil (WALO) and polystyrene (PS) were carried out with a thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) technique at a heating rate of 0.5 °C/min, 1.0 °C/min and 2.0 °C/min in a stirred batch reactor. WALO and PS were mainly...

As one of the abundant sources of biomass, palm fiber was investigated to convert into liquid and gas products through pyrolysis. Pyrolysis characteristics of palm fiber were studied by using thermogravimetric analysis in the temperature range of 30–800 °C with the various heating rates of...

Soybean oil was pyrolyzed with various catalysts in a fixed-bed reactor under nitrogen flow at 420 and 450°C. The H-ZSM5 catalysts (molar ratio SiO2/Al2O3=28, 40, and 180) and 2wt% (Ga, Al or Cu) impregnated MCM41 catalysts were used in order to investigate the effect of catalysts during the...

The rotatable design was applied for directing pyrolysis experiment of palm bark with the variation of retention time and reaction temperature. Based on the regression equations, the optimal operating conditions were extrapolated at 13.2 min, 459 °C and 15.7 min, 475 °C. The gas product...

The supply security of fossil fuels is one of the most important policy issues in South Korea. This is because of South Korea’s economic condition, geopolitical status, and lack of energy resources. This study investigates the Korean public’s perceptions of the supply security of fossil...