• 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.

• 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%.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1994.10a
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• pp.42-45
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• 1994

정밀화학, 제약산업 등에 필요한 에탄올, IPA 등과 같은 유기용매를 고순도로 농축하는 공정은 유기용매와 물과의 혼합물이 일정 농도에서 공비점을 형성하여 일반 증류로는 분리하기 힘들어 Benzene, Cycloheaxane 드의 Entrainer를 첨가하여 상대휘발도를 변화시켜 분리하는 공비증류가 이용되고 있다. 그러나 공비증류는 에너지 사용량이 많고 유독한 물질을 사용하므로 투과증발법과 같은 저에너지 소비형, 환경 친화적인 공정에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 투과증발법에 의한 유기용매 농축공정은 물과의 친화성이 높은 비다공성 막을 이용하여 선택적으로 물을 투과하여 유기용매를 탈수하는 방법으로 투과를 위한 Driving force는 Feed side와 Permeate side사이의 Chemical potential gradient로 이는 물에 대한 Partial vapor pressure differnece로 다음과 같이 표시된다. $\Delta \mu_{F/P.W} = RT ln\frac{y_WP_P}{x_W\gamma_WP_{o.W}}$ 따라서 투과속도를 높이기 위해서 Permeate side를 진공상태로 하여 투과하는 물질을 기화시키고 이를 다시 응축하여 Permeate side의 압력을 낮게 유지시켜야 한다.

• 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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• 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.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1996.10a
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• pp.55-57
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• 1996

다공성 무기막은 높은투과도와 뛰어난 내열.내화학성, 그리고 경제성 때문에 기존의 PSA공정이나 증류와 같은 고에너지 분리공정을 대체하는 공정으로 각광을 받고 있다. 무기재료막의 제조하는 방법으로 주로 알콕사이드를 사용하는 솔-젤법(1)과 금속(2) 또는 기상반응(3)을 이용하는 화학증착법이 사용된다. 또한 고온에서 수소를 연속적으로 분리하여 화학평형에 기인한 한계를 극복하여 높은 수율을 얻고자하는 막반응기에 관한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 $\alpha$-알루미나 지지체의 미세한 다공성 구조 내부에서 TEOS(Tetraethylorthosilicate)와 산성의 알코올-물 혼합물을 확산시켜 실리카 솔을 생성시킴과 동시에 젤화시켜 기공의 크기를 감소시켜 막을 제조하였다. 이렇게 제조된 막은 높은 투과도와 낮은 수소선택도(selectivity=3-4)를 보였고, 두번째 단계로 silica sol을 제조하여 진공 하에서 dip-coating을 행하였다. 이렇게 2단계로 기공 구조를 개선시킨 실리카 막은 저압에서 상대적으로 높은 수소의 분리도(selectivity=5-7)를 보였으며 여전히 높은 투과도를 갖는다.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.83-89
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• 2018

Hydrophobic porous PVDF hollow fiber membranes for Membrane Distillation (MD) were fabricated by a combination of thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) and stretching. The purpose of this study is to investigate the shape and operating conditions of the module and the effect of piping size on parallel connection. In the optimization experiment of the vacuum membrane distillation module, the flux decreased as the packing density and length of the membrane in the module increased. When the module was connected vertically, it was confirmed that the nearest to the inlet of the vacuum port was the highest flux. In selecting the size of the header pipe of the module, it was confirmed that the maximum flux is shown when the inner diameter area of the hollow fiber membrane and the inner diameter area of the header pipe are the same. Also, it is necessary to find the optimal linear velocity because the higher the linear velocity in the module, the higher the flux, but the pressure acting on the module also increases proportionally.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.49 no.6
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• pp.816-822
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• 2011

Pervaporation is known to be a low energy consumption process since it needs only an electric power to maintain the permeate side in vacuum. Also, the pervaporation is an environmentally clean technology because it does not use the third material such as an entrainer for either an azeotropic distillation or an extractive distillation. In this study, Silicalite-1 particles are hydrothermally synthesized and polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)-zeolite composite membranes are prepared with a mixture of synthesized Silicalite-1 particles and PDMS-polymer. They are used to separate n-butanol from its aqueous solution. Pervaporation characteristics such as a permeation flux and a separation factor are investigated as a function of the feed concentration and the weight % of Silicalite-1 particles in the membrane. A 1,000 $cm^3$ aqueous solution containing butanol of low mole fraction such as order of 0.001 was used as a feed to the membrane cell while the pressure of the permeation side was kept about 0.2~0.3 torr. When the butanol concentration in the feed solution was 0.015 mole fraction, the flux of n-butanol significantly increased from 14.5 g/ $m^2$/hr to 186.3 g/$m^2$/hr as the Silicalite-1 content increased from 0 wt% to 10 wt%, indicating that the Silicalite-1 molecular sieve improved the membrane permselectivity from 4.8 to 11.8 due to its unique crystalline microporous structure and its strong hydrophobicity. Consequently, the concentration of n-butanol in the permeate substantially increased from 0.07 to 0.15 mole fraction. This composite membrane could be potentially appliable for separation of n-butanol from insitu fermentation broth where n-butanol is produced at a fairly low concentration of 0.015 mole fraction.