• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.407-418
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• 2017

Battery heat management is essential for high power and high energy battery system because it affects its performance, longevity, and safety. In this paper, we investigated the temperature of the 18650 Lithium Ion Battery Module used in a Energy Storage System (ESS) and the cooling method to minimize cell-to-cell temperature variation of battery module. For uniform temperature distribution within a battery module, the flow direction of the coolant in a battery module has been changed according to the time interval, and studied the effect of the cooling method on the temperature uniformity in a battery module which includes a number of battery cells. The experimental results show that bi-directional battery cooling method can effectively reduce the cell-to-cell temperature variation compared with the one-directional battery cooling. Furthermore, it is also found that bi-directional battery cooling can reduce the maximum temperature in a battery module.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.677-677
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• 2013

최근 석유에너지의 고갈과 휴대용 전자기기의 사용의 증가로 고효율의 배터리의 개발이 요구되고 있다. 생체칩에서 부터 전기자동차, 에너지 저장체까지 광범위한 산업군에 걸처 배터리의 개발이 되고 있어 시장규모의 계속적인 성장이 있을 것으로 전망하고 있다. 현재 상용되고 있는 음극 재료는 카본재료(이론 용량 372 mAh/g)이다. 이 카본재료의 특징은 값이 싸고, 표준 환원전위가 낮아 비교적 높은 전압을 낼 수 있다. 그러나 낮은 에너지밀도를 갖으므로 높은 에너지를 필요로 하는 차세대 산업군인 전기자동차 등에는 적합하지 않은 것으로 평가되고 있다. 그래서 더 높은 에너지 밀도를 갖는 다른 재료들에 대한 연구들이 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 음극 재료로서 주석을 선택해서 연구를 하였다. 카본계열의 음극재료의 질량당 이론 에너지 밀도는 372 mAh/g임에 반해 주석같은 경우는 약 991 mAh/g 정도의 비교적 큰 이론용량을 갖고 있다. 하지만, 주석 등 금속, 혹은 금속 합금을 음극재료로 사용할 경우 많은 양의 리튬이 삽입/탈착되면서 약 300% 이상의 부피변화가 있게 된다. 그러한 과정에서 주석이 분쇄되어 떨어지거나 전자를 제공받는 집전체로부터 떨어지게 되고, 이 과정에서 심각한 에너지 밀도의 손실이 일어나게 된다. 이러한 문제점들을 극복하기 위해 다음과 같은 구조들을 고안하여 도금 공정을 사용하여 음극재료를 제작하여 실험을 진행하게 되었다. 도금법은 대면적을 싼 가격으로 할 수 있으며 원하는 두께 및 모폴로지까지 쉽게 조절할 수 있다. 부피팽창에 의한 스트레스를 최소화하기 위해 도금법을 사용하여 나노구조를 만들어 그에 따른 전기화학적 특성 변화를 측정하였다. 다공성 필름인 AAO 디스크의 한 면에 구리를 sputtering 공정을 사용하여 0.5 um 두께의 seed layer 구리 박막을 형성하고 형성된 구리 박막 위에 도금공정을 이용하여 두껍게 구리를 증착함으로 구리 음극 집전체를 형성한다. 그 후 AAO 구조 안에 주석을 도금하면 AAO의 구조를 따라 주석 나노와이어가 형성이 된다. 마지막으로 NaOH로 AAO를 제거해주면 직경 200 nm, 길이 2 um 정도의 주석 나노와이어를 구리 집전체위에 만들 수 있었다. 배터리의 용량을 측정한 결과 안정한 싸이클 특성과 약 400 mAh/g의 에너지 밀도를 갖는 것으로 나타났다.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.285-290
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• 2008

Rahnella aquatilis strain AY2000 produces an anti-yeast substance (AYS), however activity of the AYS has a declining tendency during storage. To investigate what has been decreased activity of the AYS, the AYS was treated with various physicochemical agents in this paper. The activity of AYS was decreased by heat treatment. Thiol reagent such as $\beta$-mercaptoethanol or dithiothreitol was also another factor decreasing the activity of AYS. However, pH, EDTA, and NaCl were not factors decreasing the activity of AYS. Use of methanol to precipitate the AYS was also decreased the activity of AYS. The activity of AYS was not lost after Sepharose S-400 gel filtration. However, the AYS activity was completely lost, when a polysaccharide and a unknown substance (230 nm absorption) among components of the AYS was separated by DEAE-cellulose chromatography. MIC of the AYS against S. cerevisiae was usually determined at $7.8-15.6{\mu}g/ml$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.134-142
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• 2005

The experimental setups for flow visualization and processes identification in laboratory scale (so cal led Flow Lab.) has developed to get ideas and answer fundamental questions of flow and migration in geologic media. The setup was made of a granite block of $50{\times}50cm$ scale and a transparent acrylate plate. The tracers used in this experiments were tritiated water, anions, and sorbing cations as well as an organic dye, eosine, to visualize migration paths. The migration plumes were taken with a digital camera as a function of time and stored as digital images. A migration model was also developed to describe and identify the transport processes. Computer simulation was carried out not only for the hydraulic behavior such as distributions of pressure and flow vectors in the fracture but also for the migration plume and the elution curves.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.325-330
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• 1992

This paper deals with the antioxidative activities of some spices on the autoxidation of refined sardine oil. The various spices powders(120mesh) were added into the refined sardine oil at the level of $0.1\%$ (w/w), and then incubated at $37^{\circ}C$ Among spices tested, herb spices showed higher antioxidative activities than spicy and seed spices. Especially, the antioxidative activities of herb spices on peroxidation of refined sardine oil were most effective in rosemary and sage. Furthermore, the available antioxidative compounds of rosemary and sage were fractionated into petroleum ether-soluble and -insolubles. Petroleum ether-soluble fractions(PESF) obtained from rosemary and sage on the autoxidation of refined sardine oil had a great antioxidative activities. The yields of PESF obtained from rosemary and sage were $10.3\%\;and\;12.6\%$, respectively. The PESF of rosemary and sage showed higher antioxidative effects than butylated hydroxytoluene(BHT), and indicated predominant metal ion-scavenging effect in PESF-refined sardine oil systems.

• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.15-19
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• 2013

Lithium-ion batteries have been used for high density energy storage system due to the features such as low self-discharge rate. And the unit cell battery with the voltage less than 4V is recommended to use the series connections for a high voltage charger. When batteries are charged or discharged with series connection, there may be an explosion or degradation of unit cell battery owing to undistributed internal resistance of cell battery. therefore, the voltages of unit cell batteries should be monitored to prevent an overcharging and a deep discharging. This paper introduces the implementation of CVM (Cell Voltage Monitoring) system that can transmit the 12 channel's information including voltages and temperatures with the 12-bits resolutions and the transmission speed of 192 kbps.

• The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.139-144
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• 2014

A series of the planar cathodoluminescence (CL) and backscattered-electron (BSE) images of magmatic zircon from the Paleozoic Yeongdeok pluton in the southeastern Korean Peninsula were taken using a scanning electron microscope for a 3D reconstruction of internal zonation of zircon. Seven zircon crystals mounted in epoxy were serially polished with average $3{\mu}m$ thickness to their disappearance. Their 3D reconstruction of zonation was performed using the Volume Viewer function in the ImageJ software. The 3D oscillatory zoning pattern of zircon was apparently shown in all the analyzed crystals. This method can further be applied to zircon crystals of multiple growth histories as well as other geological materials.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.75-82
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• 1987

This study was to investigate physicochemical and microbial changes that took place during the salting of chinese cabbages. Salinity(3%) that is suitable for kimchi preparation was reached when chinese cabbages were salted for seven hours in 10%, three hours in 15% and one hour in 20%. In the case of 5% it was not reached though they were salted for over twelve hours. In order to decrease salinity from 7% level of salted chinese cabbages to 3% level by soaking in tap water, 1.2 hours for leaf and three hours for patiole were spent. Volume, moisture, firmness and internal space of raw chinese cabbages were significantly decreased by salting (15%, 10 hours) : volume, 59.90%, moisture, about 31.92% and internal space rate, 35.06%. Contents of mono-and divalent cations$(K^+,\;Mg^{2+}\;and\;Ca^{2+})$ were reduced whereas $Na^+$ content was greatly increased; therefore, in the future the increase of Na-content remains open to question. By salting and washing, mold, yeast and bacteria were decreased by 58%, 40%, 45%, respectivity.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.199-208
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• 2017

Lithium polymer batteries are used in energy storage systems (ESS), electric vehicles (EVs), etc. due to their high safety, fast charging and long lifecycle, and now they are used in agricultural drones. However, when overcharging and overdischarging, the lithium-polymer battery is destroyed in the gap structure in the lithium-ion battery and the battery life is reduced. In order to prevent overcharge and overdischarge, uneven cell voltage Cell balancing system is needed. In this paper, a fuzzy controller suitable for nonlinear systems is proposed by detecting the unbalanced cells by detecting the voltage difference between charging and discharging of each cell, and suggesting the applied cell balancing algorithm. In this paper, we have designed the cell balancing of the battery pack of agricultural drones by fuzzy control and it is designed for equal control between cells. As a final result, we checked whether cell balancing is good, and when there are two cells, Cell balancing was confirmed. We tested whether it could be used for other products. As a result, we confirmed that cell balancing is good regardless of the number of cells used.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.639-644
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• 2015

A cylindrical secondary Li-ion cell is a device in which stored chemical energy is converted to electrical energy via an electrochemical reaction. These cells are widely used for applications that require high capacity and rate power, such as notebooks, power tools, and electric vehicles. The role of a center pin is to retain the channel for gas release, preventing blockage of the hollow of the jelly roll during a charge-discharge cycle, and to prevent an internal short circuit for tearing of separator under mechanical free fall. In this paper, two experiments are conducted with and without the center pin to experimentally verify the importance of the role of the center pin. The first experiment is a 50-cycle charge-discharge cycle test, and the second is a free fall test conducted according to the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) standards. Based on these experiments, we demonstrate that the center pin in a cylindrical cell is a very important component in terms of safety.