• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.60 no.2
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• pp.223-228
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• 2022

In chemical processes, unintended faults can make serious accidents. To tackle them, proper fault diagnosis models should be designed to identify the root cause of faults. To design a fault diagnosis model, a process and its data should be analyzed. However, most previous researches in the field of fault diagnosis just handle the data set of benchmark processes simulated on commercial programs. It indicates that it is really hard to get fresh data sets on real processes. In this study, real faulty conditions of an industrial polystyrene process are tested. In this process, a runaway reaction occurred and this caused a large loss since operators were late aware of the occurrence of this accident. To design a proper fault diagnosis model, we analyzed this process and a real accident data set. At first, a mode classification model based on support vector machine (SVM) was trained and principal component analysis (PCA) model for each mode was constructed under normal operation conditions. The results show that a proposed model can quickly diagnose the occurrence of a fault and they indicate that this model is able to reduce the potential loss.

• Vending industry
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• v.6 no.1 s.16
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• pp.78-81
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• 2006

'국내는 안중에 없다. 오직 해외시장만이 살 길이다.' 나코엔터테인먼트가 벌이는 어뮤즈먼트 자판기 사업은 철저히 해외시장을 겨냥하고 있다는 점이 이채롭다. 적어도 어뮤즈먼트자판기에 있어서는 국내시장보다 해외시장이 경쟁력이 크다고 판단, 전사적인 수출 지향정책을 펼쳐오고 있다. 대표기종인 '고호의 작업실'은 전 세계적으로 2,000여대 이상 수출을 진행했으며, 후속모델은 '메달마스터', '사이킥 사라'등도 좋은 반응을 얻고 있다. 최근에는 신모델로 렌트큘러자판기까지 개발하여 수출시장 공략을 강화할 계획이다. 어뮤즈먼트자판기 분야에 있어서는 대표적인 수출기업으로 성장을 해온 나코엔터테먼트. 그들이 펼치는 수출 신화 도전기를 따라가 봤다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.12-16
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• 2007

Temperature control of an autothermal methanol reforming reactor which uses the copper-zinc oxide catalyst was studied. Temperature at 1cm below the hot-spot point in the reactor was used for the controlled variable, and the air flow rate was used for the manipulated variable. A first order plus time delay model was identified and controller parameters were obtained by applying the IMC-PI tuning rule to the identified model. With this controller, we could control the reforming reactor temperature within ${\pm}5^{\circ}C$ over 100 hours. Change of the hot-spot point due to the catalyst degradation was investigated and it could be used to design an adaptive controller.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.275-281
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• 2001

We used the discrete-sectional model to analyze the particle growth by coagulation of particles in silane plasma reactor, considering the Gaussian distribution function for particle charges. The effects of process conditions such as monomer size and mass generation rate of monomers on particle growth in plasma reactor were analyzed theoretically/ Based on the Gaussian distribution function of particle charges, the large particles of more than 40 nm in size are almost found to be charged negatively, but some fractions of small, tiny particles are in neutral state or even charged positively. As the particle size and surface area increase with time by particle coagulation, the number of charges per particle increases with time. As the large particles are generated by particle coagulation, the particle size distribution become bimodal. The results of discrete-sectional model for the particle growth in silane plasma reactor were in close agreement with the experimental results by Shiratani et al. [3] for the same plasma conditions. We believe the model equations for the particle charge distribution and coagulation between particles can be applied to understand the nano-sized particle growth in plasma reactor.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.119-126
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• 2001

This research was carried out to evaluate the effect of recycled wastewater and surfactant above CMC(critical micelle concentration) on the removal rate of PAHs in bench-scale slurry bioreactor. Kinetic parameters based on zero order and first order kinetic models were estimated. The first order model was able to describe the removal of phenanthrene and pyrene with high correlation coefficients. Addition of recycled wastewater could enhance the removal rates of phenanthrene and pyrene. Addition of surfactant above CMC could enhance desorption rate and removal rate of phenanthrene and pyrene.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.204-208
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• 2014

This study investigated the effect of hydrogen permeance and selectivity, catalyst amount, $H_2O/CO$ ratio in a feed stream, and Ar sweep gas on the performance of a water gas shift reaction in a membrane reactor. It was observed that a minimum hydrogen selectivity of 100 was needed in a membrane reactor to obtain a hydrogen yield higher than the one at equilibrium and the hydrogen yield enhancement gradually decreased as the hydrogen permeance increased. The CO conversion in a membrane reactor initially increased with the catalyst amount and reached a plateau later for a membrane reactor with a low hydrogen permeance while the high CO conversion independent of a catalyst amount was observed for a membrane reactor with a high hydrogen permeance. For the $H_2O/CO$ ratio in a feed stream higher than 1.5, a hydrogen permeance had little effect on the CO conversion in a membrane reactor and it was found that a minimum Ar molar flow rate of $6.7{\times}10^{-6}mol\;s^{-1}$ was needed to achieve the CO conversion higher than the one at equilibrium in a membrane reactor.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.92-102
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• 2017

Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction converts syngas (mixture of CO and H2) to valuable hydrocarbon products. Simulation of low temperature Fischer -Tropsch Synthesis reaction and heat transfer at intensified process condition using catalyst filled single and multichannel microchannel reactor is considered. Single channel model simulation indicated potential for process intensification (higher GHSV of $30000hr^{-1}$ in presence of theoretical Cobalt based super-active catalyst) while still achieving CO conversion greater than ~65% and $C_{5+}$ selectivity greater than ~74%. Conjugate heat transfer simulation with multichannel reactor block models considering three different combinations of reactor configuration and coolant type predicted ${\Delta}T_{max}$ equal to 23 K for cross-flow configuration with wall boiling coolant, 15 K for co-current flow configuration with subcooled coolant, and 13 K for co-current flow configuration with wall boiling coolant. In the range of temperature maintained (498 - 521 K), chain growth probability calculated is desirable for low-temperature Fisher-Tropsch Synthesis.

• The Korean Journal of Rheology
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 1998

액체와 액체를 교반할 경우 혹은 두가지 이상의 상이 함께 반응하는 화학공정의 경 우에서는 비상용성인 액체들을 난류조건하에 분산시켜 섞이게 한다. 부산계로 구성된 중합 반응기의 경우 분산입자의 크기는 최종제품의 생산성 및 품질에 큰 영향을 미치게 되므로 분산입자의 크기를 예측하는 것은 대단히 중요하다. 이러한 분산계에서 분산입자의 크기는 분산입자가 겪는 유동장에 의해 결정된다. 오일/오일 분산계로 이루어진 고분자 유탁액의 난류교반시 유동장은 종종 점성전단 부영역에 속하게 되는데 이경우의 분산입자의 크기를 예측하는 모델에 대한 연구는 별로 이루어지지않았다. 본연구에서는 오일/오일 분산계의 고 분자 유탁액에 대한 분산입자의 크기를 예측하는 모델식을 유체동력학적인 이론을 배경으로 하여 개발하였다. 개발한 모델식을 난류교반을 겪은 오일/오일 분산계를 거쳐 생산된 제품 인 내충격성 폴리스티렌으로 검증하여 모델식의 타당성을 입증하였다.

• New & Renewable Energy
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• v.2 no.4 s.8
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• pp.56-63
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• 2006

In this paper, heat and mass transfer characteristics through experimental and numerical study are extensively investigated in steam reforming reactor under given operating conditions. In order to get simulated data at outlet of the reformer, heterogeneous reactor model is incorporated. As the reaction also takes place in porous media, two medium approach is used to take into account thermally non-equilibrium phenomena between catalyst and bulk gas. From various parametric studies, significance of heat transfer is emphasized in steam reforming reaction.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.1527-1532
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• 2013

The kinetics of photocatalytic degradation of gaseous acetaldehyde and methylethylketone(MEK) were studied by the batch scale of photo-reactor. Variable parameters were initial concentration of acetaldehyde and MEK, water vapor content, and temperature. The photocatalytic degradation rate was increased with increasing concentration of acetaldehyde and MEK, but maintained gentle increase beyond a certain concentration. The Langmuir-Hinselwood model was successfully applied to correlate experimental data. Water vapor inhibited the degradation reaction of acetaldehyde and MEK. The optimum reaction temperature was $45^{\circ}C$ for acetaldehyde and MEK.