• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2001.07a
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• pp.597-600
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• 2001

In this paper, we evaluated the effect of accumulated charges on hydrophobicity of room temperature vulcanized(RTV) silicone rubber, which could improve the contamination performance of porcelain insulators, with uv radiation time. Outdoor insulating material could be charged by the corona discharge on field intensified area of insulator and discharge between the water drops. In addition, we performed the accelerated uv radiation on samples and investigated the change of charging decay with time. In this results, it is found that silica-like structure on the surface of RTV silicone rubber was formed by uv treatments and this layer have the characteristic of retaining the charges on surface for a long time. These charges have effects on its hydrophobicity and so adversely effects on contamination performance. Based on our results, we discussed the other degradation mechanism with well known ones.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2014.05a
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• pp.112-113
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• 2014

This study was done to resolve the air reduction in mortar when mixed with ERCO. Effects of the water repellent ALC powder due to its particle size and substitution ratio on the cement mortar with ERCO was analyzed. Results showed more water repellent ALC powder ensured more air but did not affect the size of particles. It was determined the compression was caused by more air and water added to achieve the flow. Therefore, substituting with water repellent ALC powder may compensate for the air reduction in mortar with ERCO. Other measures and approaches are needed in order to resolve the reduced strength.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.48 no.6
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• pp.462-468
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• 1999

Room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) silicone rubber has been widely used to coat porcelain insulators to render water repellency to prevent formation of water film on the surface and thus to suppress the leakage current and consequently flashover. However, the electrical property and the hydrophobicity of RTV silicone rubber coating under outdoor condition may be influenced by many environmental factors. In this studyvarious treatments, such as salt-fog, salt water immerging and UV irradiation were applied to the samples to investigate the change of the electrical property and hydrophobicity. As a result the leakage current increased and contact angle decreased asthe degradation time is longer. But the degraded RTV silicone rubber has recovered its hydrophobicity during the drying time in ambient condition because LMW(Low Molecular Weight) silicone fluid diffused from the bulk to the surface.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.15 no.8
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• pp.678-686
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• 2002

This paper presents the effects of accumulation of surface charges on hydrophobic level and the changes of surface potential decay with various artificial environment treatments on high temperature vulcanized (HTV) silicone rubber used for outdoor insulating material. For this study, the charging apparatus by corona discharge, in which grid electrode was installed between the main corona and ground electrode, was used. From this study, it was found that the accumulation of surface charges above a critical surface potential on silicone insulating materials could lead to the temporary loss of surface hydrophobicity. In addition, corona stress and water absorption stress increase the decay rate of surface charges of HTV silicone rubber, while ultraviolet (UV) stress causes longer decay time. We could conclude that the effects of surface charges on hydrophobicity level and the changes of surface state by various artificial treatments were found through a trend of surface potential decay.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.43-48
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• 1988

Most of silicone used for water repellent finish is MHP (methyl hydrodiene polysiloxane), which is formed by hydrolysis and condensation polymerization of MHD (methyl hydrodiene dichlorosilane: Me H Si $Cl_2$). The cross-linking theory explains the water repellent mechanism of MHP. The silicone finish on fiber could improve in handle, softness, abrasion resistance, soil repellency, tear strength and crease resistance, as well as water repellency. According to using method silicone-water repellent finishing agents, could be devided into air dry type and curing type. MHP is the typical curing type of water repellent finishing agent, and this type requires the curing temperature above $150^{\circ}C$ at least. High curing temperature is the very drawback of this curing type. For this reason, there has been global interest in the lowering of its temperature. The objective of this study is to investigate merits of alkali treatment for silicone finishing by ANOVA and LSD (least significant difference).

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.2019-2020
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• 2008

옥외에서 폴리머 애자의 사용량이 급격하게 증가하는 이유는 자기제 애자에 비해 경량이면서 오손특성이 우수하다는 장점 때문이다. 약 10년 전 국내 배전선로에 설치된 EPDM(Ethylene propylene diene monomer) 재질의 폴리머 현수애자의 섬락고장이 있었다. 폴리머 애자는 재질 특성상 사용시간에 따라 표면 열화가 진행되고, 표면의 절연저항이 감소하여 누설전류가 증가하게 된다. 표면 섬락고장을 유발하는 누설전류는 절연물 표면 상태에 많은 영향을 받는다. 본 연구에서는 폴리머애자 표면에 부착된 오손물이 전기적 특성에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 표면에 부착된 미세한 오손물은 발수성을 급격히 저하시켰으며, 장시간 수분에 노출될 경우 상용전압에서 표면 방전의 원인이 되었다. 결과적으로 부착된 오손물은 누설전류와 절연내력에 영향을 주어 절연 특성을 저하시키게 된다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.1468-1469
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• 2008

기상관측 분야에서는 풍속센서의 소형화 요구가 커지고 있어 Air flow sensor를 이용한 MEMS(Micro Electro Mechanical System) 풍향 풍속센서의 응용연구가 활발하다. MEMS 풍향 풍속 센서는 수 mm 크기를 가지면서도 바람의 세기와 함께 방향을 측정하여야 하는데, 센서 칩이 노출되어 있어 외부환경으로부터 영향을 받기 때문에 센서소자의 내오염성과 내구성 확보가 중요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 절연막으로 비점착성의 테프론 막을 적용하여 외부환경으로부터 영향을 줄일 수 있는 열감지 방식의 MEMS 풍향 풍속 센서 칩을 제작하였다. 테프론 코팅막을 이용한 풍향 풍속 센서는 0.1m/s의 resolution을 가지며, 최대 15m/s까지 측정이 가능하여, 오염에 강하고 발수성을 센서를 제작하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.24 no.8
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• pp.1062-1068
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• 2000

The effect of heat exchanger surface treatment on the frosting/defrosting behavior in a fin-tube heat exchanger is investigated experimentally. It is found that the hydrophilic surface mainly influences on the frosting behavior, however, the hydrophobic surface gives some influence on the defrosting behavior. In view of frosting performance, surface-treated heat exchanger with either hydrophilic or hydrophobic characteristic shows a little improvement in the thermal performance than the aluminium heat exchanger with no surface treatment. The result reveals that the heat exchanger with hydrophobic surface treatment is more effective in view of the defrosting efficiency and time. The amounts of residual water on the surface-treated heat exchangers are shown to be smaller than those of the bare heat exchanger, therefore further improvements on the performance of re-operations are expected.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.1582-1584
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• 2008

This paper reports a simple fabrication method for creating the superhydrophobic polymer surface using a plasma etching. Generally, it is necessary for the superhydrophobic surfaces to have a rough structure on surface with the composition of the low surface energy. In this study, Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) with superhydrophobic surface were fabricated using $O_2$ plasma etching and vapor deposition with the fluoroalkylsilane self-assembled monolayers. The plasma treated polymer surfaces are covered with the nano-pillar shaped structures after treatment for $1{\sim}2min$. And these samples with FOTS SAMs coating are showed the superhydrophobicity having the water contact angle of around $150^{\circ}$ and sometimes around $180^{\circ}$ depending on the treatment time. Furthermore the nanostructured polymer is transparent for the visible light.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.317-328
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• 1995

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of low temperature plasma on the surface properties of polyester fabric with respect to wettability and water repellency. Highly wettable polyester fabric surfaces were obtained by oxygen treatment. The improved wettabililty of oxygen plasma treated fabrics decreased with aging time up to 30 days, and then the wettability remained relatively constant and still exhibited significant improvement compared to that of untreated polyester. Water repellency was significantly improved by tetratfluorocarbon plasma treatment. Such an improvement appears due to introduced fluo\ulcornerrine atoms or a thin fluorocarbon film on the fiber surface. Water repellency remained constant in fact, even after 150 days.