• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.67-70
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• 2009

Because many research using rocket grade peroxide is studied, distillation method for domestic production of rocket grade hydrogen peroxide is required. Distillation methods are very various and divided by feeding method, distillation time, distillation pressure, and so on. Among these, vacuum distillation is a suitable method for hydrogen peroxide. This method can reduce thermal decomposition and reaction with impurities. Distillation condition is determined by Raoult's law. Low vacuum level and vacuum level control are appeared as important problems of the experiment equipment, which are solved by using less leakage vacuum chamber and metering valve.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.89-92
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• 2009

Because many research using concentrated hydrogen peroxide as propellant is studied, research for distillation method for domestic production of rocket grade hydrogen peroxide is needed. To distill hydrogen peroxide, vacuum distillation will be used because of heat decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. Distillation pressure is 30 torr which is determined by Raoult's law to distill under $40^{\circ}C$. Variable of distillation experiment is distillation temperature. And the comparison of distillation results was done by yield and operation time. In the result, generally, yield was lower and the water in receiver had higher concentration with shorter distillation time. And with similar time, when distillation temperature was higher, yield was lower and hydrogen peroxide became higher concentration.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.303-309
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• 2010

For the pyrochemical process of spent nuclear fuels, recovery of LiCl-KCl eutectic salts is needed to reduce radioactive waste volume and to recycle resource materials. This paper is about recovery of residual LiCl-KCl eutectic salts in radioactive rare earth precipitates (rare earth oxychlorides or oxides) by using a vacuum distillation process. In the vacuum distillation test apparatus, the salts in the rare earth precipitates were vaporized and were separated effectively. The separated salts were deposited in three positions of the vacuum distillation test apparatus or were collected in the filter and it is difficult to recover them. To resolve the problem, a vacuum distillation and condensation system, which is subjected to the force of a temperature gradient at a reduced pressure, was developed. In a preliminary test of the vacuum distillation/condensation recovery system, it was confirmed that it was possible to condense the vaporized salts only in the salt collector and to recover the condensed salts from the salt collector easily.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.179-189
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• 2014

Pyroprocessing has been developed for the purpose of resolving the current spent nuclear fuel management issue and enhancing the recycle of valuable resources. An electrolytic reduction of the pyroprocessing is a process to reduce oxides into metals using LiCl as an electrolyte and requires a post-treatment process due to the inclusion of residual salt in porous metal products. A vacuum distillation has been adopted for various molten salt systems and could be applied to the post-treatment process of the electrolytic reduction. The residual salt in the metal products includes LiCl, alkali chlorides, and alkaline earth chlorides. In this paper, vapor pressures of chlorides have been estimated and the composition changes on the residual liquid during the vacuum distillation process have been calculated. A model combining a material balance and vapor-liquid equilibrium relations has been proposed under a constant vapor discharging flow rate and liquid composition changes have been calculated using the vapor pressures with respect to a dimensionless time. The behaviors have been compared with temperature and molten salt composition changes to simulate the process condition variation. The distillation of the residual salt has been dominated by LiCl which is the main component of the salt and CsCl of which vapor pressure is higher than that of LiCl would be readily removed. RbCl exhibits similar vapor pressure with LiCl and maintains its composition. However, $SrCl_2$ and $BaCl_2$ of which vapor pressures are much lower than that of LiCl are concentrated with time and expected to be possibly precipitated during the distillation when the initial compositions are increased.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.91-92
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• 2015

전해정련공정에서 발생한 우라늄전착물에 잔류하는 공융염을 진공증류에 의해 분리하는 염증류공정의 효율 향상을 위하여 도가니 교체 시간이 단축되는 증류장치를 제안하였다. 제안된 장치의 조업 순서에 따른 동작을 설정하고 검토 결과 적절함을 확인하였다.

• Clean Technology
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.13-21
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• 2014

Because of the water scarcity caused by the increase of salinity in the underground water, seawater desalination stands out as one of the most promising solution. As there are so much energy costs in operating desalination plants, new hybrid process which is more effective should be researched. A geothermal VMD (vacuum membrane distillation) hybrid process is a competitive alternative for seawater desalination. Because geothermal energy has significant characteristics of high capacity factor to operate the power plant at full capacity for 24 hour per day, it can be a priority heat source of VMD superior to any other renewable energies such as solar and wind power. In this study, we design a geothermal VMD hybrid process, analyze it economically and finally compare the result with a case of conventional VMD process. Geothermal VMD hybrid process generates $23,822,409 of NPV (net present value) more than the conventional VMD process in case of 5% discount rate. The break-even point between these processes is 5.36 year. Sensitivity analysis indicates that steam cost is the most decisive influence variable to the economic outcome.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.339-346
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• 2017

In this study, thermal performance test of VMD module was performed, prior to the construction of the demonstration plant using the vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) module of the capacity of $400m^3/day$ and to the commercialization of the VMD module. For the thermal performance test, the experimental equipment of capacity of $2m^3/day$ was constructed. The permeate flux test and thermal performance test according to feed water conditions such as temperature and flow rate were conducted. The VMD module used in the study was manufactured by ECONITY Co., LTD with PVDF hollow fiber membrane. As a result, the Performance Ratio (PR) of the VMD module showed the maximum value of 0.904 under the condition of feed water temperature of $75^{\circ}C$ and flow rate of $8m^3/h$. PR value of the VMD module using PVDF hollow fiber membrane showed linearly increasing relationship with feed water temperature and flow rate. Also, The permeate flux of the VMD module was analyzed to have maximum value of 18.25 LMH and the salt rejection was 99.99%.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.313-319
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• 2016

In this study, the performance experiment was conducted to compare the permeate flux of hollow fiber Vacuum Membrane Distillation module according to leak problem between module housing and membrane bundle. For the permeate flux performance experiment of the two Vacuum Membrane Distillation modules, the Lab-scale experimental equipment was built in the capacity of $1m^3/day$. The performance test of the two Vacuum Membrane Distillation modules were analyzed according to the feed water conditions. As a result, it was analyzed that the leak VMD module decreased about 14% of permeate flux than normal VMD module.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.495-495
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• 2013

액체 내에 적용 가능한 바이오 플라즈마 소스를 제작하기 위해 텅스텐과 주사 바늘, 카테터 등의 여러 재료를 사용하여 시도를 해보았고 액체에서 방전이 일어날 수 있는 구조를 연구하였다. 전극 위에 절연체를 씌우고 그 위에 전극을 고정시켜 전압을 인가하여 전극 간에 표면방전을 통해서 플라즈마를 생성하는 방식을 사용하였다. 실험 장비는 AC 전압을 사용하였으며(12 kV, 22 kHz) 방전 전압과 방전 전류를 고전압 프로브(Tektronix P6015A)와 전류 프로브(P6021)를 사용하여 측정하였다. 모노크로미터를 이용하여 바이오 플라즈마 소스가 액체 속(수돗물, 증류수, 생리식염수)에서 방전 될 때 에미션 스펙트럼을 분석하여 산화질소(nitric oxide; NO), 과산화수소(hydrogen peroxide; H2O2), hydroxyl radical이 발생함을 확인하였다. 인체 내에서는 온도가 중요한 요소이기 때문에 액체에서 방전할 때 $40^{\circ}C$ 이하의 낮은 온도에서 이용이 가능하도록 연구하였다. 특히, 우리는 여러 종류의 액체(수돗물, 증류수, 생리식염수)에서의 방전 특성의 광학적 전기적 연구를 하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.94-94
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• 2000

증류수(Distilled Water)와 메탄올(CH3OH)의 혼합용액을 전기분해하여 Si 기판위에 다이아몬드상 카본을 증찰하였다. Si 기판은 HF(16%) 용액으로 산화막을 제거하고, 전이금속 Co, Ni 박막을 증착시킨 후 전기 분해 장치의 전극 (-)단자에 연결하였다. (+)단자에는 순도 99%의 탄소 전극을 사용하였다. 기존의 에탄올, 에틸렌 글리콜(H2O-HOCH2CH2OH), 메탄올등의 전해질에 1000V 이상의 고전압을 인가하는 방법대신 메탄올과 증류수, 그리고 암모니아수(NH4OH)의 비를 달리하는 혼합액을 전해질로 사용하였다. 그결과 낮은 전압 (800V 이하)과 낮은 온도(6$0^{\circ}C$ 미만)에서도 다이아몬드상 카본을 증착할 수 있었다. 증착한 시료와 용액은 XRD, SEM, FT-IR 등을 이용하여 분석하였다.