• Membrane Journal
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.10-21
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• 1996

This study is undertaken to investigate the major factor which causes a fouling phenomenon in membrane separation system and effect of hydrophilic treatment on fouling repression of hydrophobic polymer (polysulfone, PSf). Chlorosulfonic acid (CSA) and sulfuric acid as a sulfonating agents are used to produce sulfonated PSf (SPSf). SPSf membrane is prepared under several conditions to investigate it's separation process. The extent of fouling-repression is measured by membrane filtration index (MFI) value. With increasing the ion exchange capacity (I.E.C), the flux of SPSf membrane is decreased but the rejection is increased and the flux is less reduced. According to the MFI value, the SPSf membrane has a fouling-retardant effect.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 2000

An experimental study regarding the effect of emulsions on RO is presented. Heavy oil was added to the sea water and the distilled water separately and treated for 30 minutes by a homogenizer to make emulsions. For the case of the sea water without heavy oil the permeate decreased from the beginning of the experiment. Chloride and conductivity increased with time, due to the fouling occurring as the suspended solids in the sea water accumulated on the membrane surface. Rejection rate of salt was 99.6~99.7%. As for the sea water containing heavy oil, the permeate decreased slowly from the beginning of the experiment. This result was the same for the case of the sea water only. However. chloride and conductivity increased significantly when heavy oil was added. In the second experiment with sea water containing heavy oil, the operation time of RO was reduced considerably. With addition of oil, the chloride increased greatly, while the permeate reduced comparatively. In the experiment where emulsion of $0.3{\sim}0.8mg/{\ell}$ was supplied to RO. oil concentration was about 10ppb in the permeate at the end of the experiment. In case of the distilled water containing heavy oil. the conductivity increased. However. the permeate reduced to 30% compared to the case of the sea water containing heavy oil. The case of sea water containing heavy oil showed an opposite result, but the effect of the addition of oil on RO was significant. Oil caused fouling of the RO and the contamination of the whole system, and as the result the system could not be operated properly. As a result the membrane capacity, the amount and water quality of permeate deteriorated significantly.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1996.10a
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• pp.49-50
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• 1996

비다공성막에서의 기체투과는 분리용막의 재료가 되는 기능성 고분자와 분리하고자 하는 기체 혼합물과의 작용이 투과확산을 지배하며 고분자의 구조에 의하여 결정되는 극성, 수소결합, 응집 에너지 밀도, 고분자 주쇄 유연성, 입체장애, 주쇄간 거리, 측쇄기의 운동성 등의 많은 인자들과 막결정화도 등의 인자들이 복합되어 기체투과에 작용하기 때문에 고분자 구조와 투과 특성과의 관계가 정량적으로 밝혀지지않고 있으나, 실험적 사실을 근거로 정성적 고찰이 이루어지고 있으며 몇가지 고분자막 미세구조를 나타내는 측정가능 물성들과 투과 특성을 상관시킬 수 있다. 폴리이미드막은 합성되는 diahydride와 diamine의 변화에 의해 다양한 화학적 구조를 갖는막을 만들 수 있으며 이들 막의 물성치들과 투과특성들도 서로 다르게 나타난다. 본 연구에서는 PMDA-MDA polyimide를 기본으로하여 다른 종류들의 Phenylene diamine을 첨가시켜 제조한 서로 다른 화학적 구조를 갖는 기체분리막들의 측정 가능한 물성치들과 산소, 질소 투과특성의 연관상을 연구하여 이들 사이의 정성적 상관성이 있음을 고찰한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.459.2-459.2
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• 2014

CdTe계와 CGIS계 태양전지의 광투과층으로 CdS 박막이 많이 사용된다. Cds 박막의 필요한 물성으로는 높은 광투과도와 얇은 두께이다. 광투과층으로 사용되는 CdS 막의 광투과도가 높아야 많은 양의 빛이 손실 없이 투과하여 광흡수층인 CIGS에 도달할 수 있다. 특히, CdS막의 두께가 얇으면 밴드 갭 이상의 에너지를 가지는 파장의 빛도 투과시킬 수 있어 태양전지의 효율의 증가을 얻을 수가 있다. 그러나 CdS 막의 두께가 얇을 경우, pinhole이 생성되는 등 막의 균질성이 문제가 된다. 본 연구에서는 높은 변환 효율을 갖는 CIGS 박막 태양전지 제작에 적합한 chemical bath depostion(츙)법을 이용하여 CdS 박막을 제조하였다. 또한 반응시간, Cd 및 S source 비와 같은 증착 조건에 따른 박막의 특성을 조사하였다.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1991.04a
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• pp.35-37
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• 1991

무기 분말과 고분자 용액을 함께 습식방사하여 제조된 중공사를 소결하여 이방성 구조를 갖는 Alumina 와 Alumina/Silica 중공사막을 제조 하였다. 중공사 제조 용액의 조성과 소결 온도에 따른 다공성 지지체막의 기공도 및 미세구조를 Mercury Porosimeter와 Surface Analyzer(Autosorb-1)를 이용하여 살펴 보았다. 무기 분말(Alumina, Silica)이 충진된 고분자 용액의 적정한 조성에 따라 소결 후에도 이방성 구조를 유지할 수 있었고 방사 조건에 따라서도 양쪽지상구조, 한쪽지상구조, 또는 망사구조를 가지고 있으며 제조시 소결 온도에 따라 기체 투과도가 감소 하였다. 다공도는 소결 온도가 증가함에 따라 급격히 줄어들고 있으나 평균 기공의 크기는 약간 증가 하였다. 전체적으로 투과 실험 조건하에서 기체 투과가 knudsen flow 특성을 나타내었다.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.44-54
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• 1991

Sulfonated polystyrene-divinylbenzene(PS-DVB) copolymer membranes were prepared using different diluents (toluene, cyclohexane, cyclohexanol), various diluent ratio and DVB contents. And initial fluxes of organic acids were investigated by varying pH and initial concentration. As a results, water content and ion-exchange capacity decreased with increasing DVB concetration. Among used diluents, cyclohexanol was the most efficient for building up the highest water content and ion-exchange capacity. In the experiment of permeation, carboxylic acid such as formic acid and acetic acid showed higher fluxes when pH was lower than pKa and amino add such as L-alanine showed minimum flux when pH was isoelectric value. The relationaship between initial fluxes and initial concentrations has been expressed by saturation kinetics.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.66-70
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• 2005

For the application in HI decomposition reaction of thermochemical water-splitting IS process, the carbonized membranes using the polymer material (polyimide) were prepared, and SiC membrane was also prepared by SiO treatment on those carbonized membranes. The weight change by the carbonation of polyimide was about 50%, and the weight decreased with an increase of carbonation temperature. The gas permeance ($H_2$ or $N_2$) of carbonized membrane decreased with an increase of carbonation temperature led to the pore closing. The gas permeance ($H_2$ or $N_2$) of SiC membrane increased with an increase of SiO treatment concentration, and the gas permeation mechanism was changed from the activiation energy flow to Knudsen flow.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.37-43
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• 1996

Chitosan composite membranes were prepared by casting chitosan solution onto porous polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane. Composite membranes to separate water from aq. ethanol solution were chemically crosslinked by using various crosslinking agent, glyoxal, terephthalaldehyde and glutaraldehyde. The morphology of surface crosslinked chitosan composite membranes were examined by scanning electron microscopy. ATR-FTIR was employed to confirm the crosslinking mechanism of surface crosslinked chitosan composite membranes. In the case of glutaraldehyde, optimum separation factor and decreasing trend of flux were shown.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.38-49
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• 2001

The surface of polyimide membrane was modified by plasma treatment using Ar and NH~. and the permeability and selectivity for the mixture gas $(CO_2/N_2=20/80 vol%)$ were measured. The per¬meation experiments were performed by a variable volume method at $30^{\circ}$C and total pressure of 5 atm, The effect of the plasma conditions such as treatment time, power input, gas flow rate and pressure in the reactor on the transport Dwperties of modified membranes was investigated. The surface of the plasma treated membrane was analyzed by means of FTlR - ATH, ESCA and AFM. The dependences of the wettability and the etching on plasma treatment time were investigated by use of the contact angle and the weight loss measurement. Measurements of gas pcnneability characteristic were performed using both dry and wet membranes. The effects of experimental conditions such as temperature on the membrane performance were studied.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.74-82
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• 2022

The objective of this work was to investigate the gas permeation properties of CO₂ and CH₄ for PEBAX^®/TS-530 hybrid membranes and compare with pure PEBAX^®-1657 membrane. With FTIR and XRD it was possible to confirm that TS-530 was dispersed well in PEBAX^® matrix. Compared with pure PEBAX^® membrane, ideal separation factor for PEBAX^®/TS-530 (10 wt%) hybrid membrane was enhanced a little. As the amount of TS-530 was increased, the gas permeability coefficients of both CO₂ and CH₄ were increased, while the ideal separation factor was decreased. This results were explained by the reduction of crystallinity of polyamide block and interchain distance caused by introduction of inorganic nanoparticles. And fumed silica might tend to agglomerate, resulting in forming nonselective nanogaps in the hybrid materials, thus the diffusivity would be enhanced at the expense of diffusivity selectivity.