• Membrane Journal
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.372-380
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• 2016

The present paper reports the effect of precursor alumina particle size on pore structure and single gas permeation properties of tubular ${\alpha}$-alumina supports, prepared by a combined process of slip casting and sintering. Pore diameter of as-prepared ${\alpha}$-alumina support was highly dependent on precursor ${\alpha}$-alumina particle size. Although, increase in the precursor particle size increases the pore diameter, but the porosity of ${\alpha}$-alumina support mainly control by sintering temperature. Sintering studies reveal that as sintering temperature increased porosity of support decreased. Single gas permeance results indicate that permence is proportional to the square of pore diameter and linearly to porosity. These dependencies revealed that gas permeation trough as-prepared ${\alpha}$-alumina support was governed by viscous flow mechanism. The present announces that precursor ${\alpha}$-alumina particle size and sintering temperature are key parameters to control gas permeantion properties of ${\alpha}$-alumina supports.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.42-49
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• 1998

Effects of operating time, pH, temperature, concentration and addition of proteolytic enzyme on permeate flux for the ultrafiltration of gelatin and bovine serum albumin(BSA) solutions were studied. The results showed that permeate flux of gelatin solution was maintained almost constant during the operating time, and that of BSA solution was decreased to 66% of the initial value after 40 min operation. The permeate flux of gelatin solution was increased by increasing temperature. The permeate flux of BSA solution was constant in the temperature range of 30~$50{\circ}C$, but increased at $60{\circ}C.$. The permeate fluxes of gelatin and BSA solution showed minimum values near the isoelectric point of pH 5.0. The permeate fluxes of 1%(w/v) and 6% gelatin solution were $43.0l/m^2\cdot hr$ and $13.5l/m^2\cdot hr$, respectively. Those of 1% and 4% BSA solution were $33.0l/m^2\cdot hr$ and $14.0l/m^2\cdot hr$, respectively. The permeate fluxes of gelatin and BSA solutions were decreased to 68.6% and 57.6% of their initial values by increasing their concentration, respectively. The permeate fluxes of gelatin and BSA solutions were enhanced by 30% with the addition of proteolytic enzyme.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.3D
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• pp.499-509
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• 2006

Precast concrete deck has many advantages comparing with the in-situ concrete deck, and has been successfully applied to replacement of the deteriorated decks and to the newly constructed highway bridges in domestic region. In order to apply the precast decks into the railway bridges, however, differences of the load characteristics between the highway and the railway should be properly taken into account including the train load, longitudinal force of the continuous welded rail, acceleration or braking force, temperature change and shrinkage. Proper level of the longitudinal prestress of the tendons that can ensure integrity of the transverse joints in the deck system is of a primary importance. To this aim, the longitudinal tensile stresses induced by the design loads are derived using three-dimensional finite element analyses for the frequently adopted PSC composite girder railway bridge. The effect of the temperature change is also investigated considering the design codes and theoretical equations in an in-depth manner. The estimated proper prestress level to counteract those tensile stresses is above 2.4 MPa, which is similar to the case of the highway bridges.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.296-309
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• 1999

Autopolymerized resin facilitates a more rapid and easier means for the construction of removable orthodontic appliances than heat cured resin. But many reports reveal that more unreacted monomer is found in autopolymerized resin. It is very important to achieve maximum degree of polymerization because if polymerization is inadequate, high level of unreacted monomer has been shown to adversely affect mechanical and physical properties, and also the question of allergy or toxicity to methylmethacrylate must be considered. The purpose of this study was to compare the degree of polymerization according to curing method and curing time. Five groups were desinged ; Group 1 was polymerizied at room temperature($28^{\circ}C$) ; Group 2 in $28^{\circ}C$ water ; Group 3 in $28^{\circ}C$ water under 30psi pressure ; Group 4 in $43^{\circ}C$ water ; Group 5 in $43^{\circ}C$ water under 30psi pressure for 10 minutes, 1 hour 12 hours, 1 day and 3 days. The degree of polymerization was measured by means of Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy. The results were as follows: 1. The degree of polymerization increased constantly in accordance with curing time in all groups and after curing for 10 minutes, Group 1 showed significantly higher degree of polymerization after 12 hours and Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, Group 5 after 1 hour(p<0.05). 2. The degree of polymerization decreased in the order of Group 5, Group 4, Group 3, Group 2, Group 1 except when the curing time was 1 hour and 12 hours(p<0.05). 3. The degree of polymerization of Group 4, Group 5 cured at $43^{\circ}C$ showed significantly higher degree of polymerization than Group 2, Group 3 at $28^{\circ}C$ except when the curing time was 1 day(p<0.05). 4. Among Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4, Group 5, the pressure had no effect on polymerization except when the curing time was 12 hours(p<0.05). 5. Between Group 1 and Group 2, the method of storage had no effect on polymerization except when the curing time was 1 hour(p<0.05).

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.6-15
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• 1997

This paper presents the multi-objective optimal design of thermopile sensor having beam or membrane structure. The thermopile sensor is composed of $Si_{3}N_{4}/SiO_{2}$ dielectric membrane, Al-polysilicon thermocouples and $RuO_{2}$ thin film for black body. The sensing method is based on the Seebeck effect which is originated from the temperature difference of the two positions, black body and silicon rim. The objective functions of the presented design are sensitivity, detectivity and thermal time constant. The modelling of the sensor is proposed including the package. The multi-objective optimization technique is applied to the design of the sensor not only inspecting the modelling equation but also simulating mathematical programming method. Especially, fuzzy optimization technique is adapted to get the optimal solution which enables the designer to reach the more practical solution. The design constraint of the voltage output originated from the change of the environmental temperature is included for practical use.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.49 no.5
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• pp.560-564
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• 2011

The objective of this study is to propose a mathematical model for a pervaporation process for concentrating hydrogen peroxide. The process was developed by NASA, which consists of a shell and membrane tubes, where a liquid hydrogen peroxide solution flows in the shell, and a sweep gas flows in the tubes countercurrent to each other. The liquid retentate is concentrated as more water molecules permeate and evaporate through the membrane than hydrogen peroxide. For this process, a mathematical model has been developed in the form of a system of nonlinear partial differential algebraic equations based on a sorption-diffusion mechanism for permeation, an Arrhenius relationship for the temperature dependency of the permeate flux, and mass and momentum balances for the liquid concentrations and flows in the membrane module. The dynamic behavior of the concentration of hydrogen peroxide in the retentate side has been simulated by solving a simplified version of the proposed model, and the result is compared with the experimental data reported in the NASA patent.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.239-244
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• 1987

Rheological properties of 5% starch suspension were investigated using a capillarity tube viscometer. Nonglutinous and glutinous rice starch suspensions at $30-60^{\circ}C$, and $30-55^{\circ}C$, respectively, had no yield stress and showed dilatant flow behavior in the absence or presence of phosphate. However, flow behavior of nonglutinuous starches at $65^{\circ}C$ and glutinous starch at $60^{\circ}C$ was pseudopalastic. Flow activation energies for rice starch suspensions were 0.88-1.45 kcal/mole at $30-50^{\circ}C$ and about 45-73 kcal/mole $60-65^{\circ}C$. Flow activation energy in the presence of phosphate was 90-182 kcal/mole at $60-65^{\circ}C$. Akibare starch had the highest activation energy, and glutinous starch the lowest.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.500-504
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• 2006

하천 수위 측정을 위해서 우물통을 기본으로 하는 부자식, 초음파식, 기포식, 압력식, 레이다식 등 다양한 장비가 사용되고 있다. 이와 같은 장비는 모두 간접적인 방법으로 수위를 측정하기 때문에 기준값을 바탕으로 보정이 필요하며, 장비의 특성에 따라 여러 가지 장단점을 지니고 있다. 부자식의 경우 오래 전부터 사용되어 안정적으로 수위를 측정할 수 있는 것으로 평가되고는 있으나 우물통 막힘 등으로 인해 오측 혹은 결측이 발생하는 경우가 있다. 최근에 많이 사용되고 있는 센서식 장비의 경우에는 센서에 대한 정기적인 보정이 필요하며, 일부 장비의 경우 온도에 따라 측정값이 변화하는 단점이 있다. 수위 측정 방식은 접촉식과 비접촉식으로 나누어 볼 수 있다. 접촉식의 경우 물속에 센서가 위치하고 있기 때문에 홍수시 센서 유실 및 고장의 우려가 있으며, 잦은 고장의 원인이 되기도 한다. 비접촉 방식인 초음파나 레이다 수위계의 경우 온도에 따라 보정이 필요하거나 수면과의 거리에 커지면 오차가 커지는 경향을 지니고 있다. 또한 이와 같은 간접방식에 의한 수위측정 방법은 수위가 많이 변화하는 경우 실제 수위와 측정되는 수위가 일치하는지를 확인하는 것이 불가능한 단점도 있다. 본 연구에서는 최근에 많이 일반화되고 있는 영상처리기술을 이용하여 자동적으로 수위를 측정하는 장비인 영상수위계를 개발하였다. 또한 개발한 영상수위계를 하천 현장에 적용하여 정확성을 평가하고 그 특징을 분석하였다. 영상수위계는 카메라에 의해서 수위표를 촬영하여 직접 수위값으로 변환하는 원리를 사용하고 있어서 기존 수위측정 시설과는 달리 수위표를 직접 눈으로 확인할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 이로 인해 수위표를 육안으로 확인할 수 있기 때문에 측정된 수위를 검증할 수 있어 수위측정의 정확성을 한층 높일 수 있다. 그리고 수위표 영상과 더불어 수위표 주변의 전체 영상을 동시에 촬영하여 실시간으로 전송하기 때문에 홍수시 하천 상황에 대한 모니터링 목적으로 사용될 수 있다. 영상수위계는 우물통 등을 이용하는 기존 방법과 비교하여 구조물이 필요 없어 설치 비용이 저렴하고, 영상에 의한 하천 모니터링 기능을 자체적으로 가지고 있기 때문에 효율적이라고 할 수 있다.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.140-145
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• 2007

In this study, 3-(trihydroxysilyl)-1-propanesulfonic acid (THS-PSA) was added to poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) membranes crosslinked with poly(styrene sulfonic acid-co-maleic acid) (PSSA_MA) to improve the separation characteristics toward water vapors in the air. The prepared membranes varying both PSSA_MA and THS-PSA amounts were also synthesized at different cross linking temperatures. Then, in order to investigate the separation characteristics of the resulting membranes, the dynamic vapor sorption (DVS) and vapor permeation experiments were carried out. The increase of cross-linking temperature showed longer time to reach the equilibrium sorption state from the dynamic vapor sorption experiments. PVA/PSSA_MA (3%)/THA-PSA(7%) prepared at $120^{\circ}C$ gave the highest permeability of 480 barrer at $35^{\circ}C$.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.176-184
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• 2008

Nano-porous ceramic membranes was synthesized by the sol-gel method. Gas permeation of hydrogen and nitrogen was determined by single composition gas. Pore size $0.1{\mu}m$ and porosity 32% of flat type ${\alpha}-Al_2O_3$ substrate was manufactured. An intermediate ${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ layer with pore size of 4 nm was formed by dip-coating. Polymeric silica sol was synthesized by acid catalyzed hydrolysis and condensation of tetra-ethyl-ortho-silicate. Supported membranes on alumina were prepared by dipping and calcining. He, $N_2$ permeation experiments with nanoporous sol-gel modified supported ceramic membranes were peformed to determine the gas transport characteristics. $He/N_2$ permselectivity around $100{\sim}160$ and helium permeation in the order of $10^{-7}mol/m^2{\cdot}s{\cdot}Pa$ were measured in the temperature range of $303{\sim}363K$.