• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.224-224
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• 2020

새롭게 개발된 미생물의 부산물인 바이오 폴리머는 토양의 강도를 높이고, 식물의 생장을 촉진시킨다. 본 연구에서는 실규모 수리 실험을 수행하여 바이오 폴리머를 이용한 호안 공법의 침식 저항 성능을 평가하였다. 실험을 위하여 다수의 호안 공법 시험체를 제작하였고, 이 시험체를 실 규모 실험수로에 설치하고 수리 실험을 통해 토양 손실과 이에 따른 한계 소류력을 결정하였다. 실험에는 일반 흙을 피복한 시험체, 바이오 폴리머와 혼합한 흙을 피복한 시험체, 식생매트와 바이오 폴리머 혼합토를 결합한 시험체 등이 사용되었다. 실험결과 재료나 식생의 활착도에 따른 차이는 있었으나 바이오 폴리머를 이용한 시험체의 침식 저항 성능이 바이오 폴리머를 이용하지 않은 시험체에 비해 높게 나타나는 것은 일관되게 확인 할 수 있었다. 이러한 결과는 바이오 폴리머를 이용한 호안공법이 기존 호안 공법의 침식 저항성능을 향상 시킬 수 있음을 보여준다. 바이오 폴리머를 제방 호안 시공에 활용한다면 홍수로 인한 제방의 유실이나 파괴를 상당 부분 예방할 수 있을 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2013.10a
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• pp.247-249
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• 2013

열화한 철근콘크리트 구조물에 대하여 성능회복을 위하여 전기화학적 방식, 단면복구공법, 균열보수공법, 표면마감공법 등이 상용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 단면복구공법의 적용과 성능예측을 위한 해석 모델의 입력값으로 사용될 보강철근과 단면복구재의 부착특성을 평가하기 위하여 철근인발실험을 실시하였다. 폴리머시멘트몰탈이 사용되었으며 부착요소의 강성과 강도를 구하여 비선형 해석을 실시하여 상당한 정확도의 예측값을 도출하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.53-61
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• 2018

Low-salinity water based polymerflooding (LSPF) is one of promising enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method that has the synergetic effect of combining polymer injection method and low-salinity water injection method. In order to maximize EOR efficiency, it is essential to design low-salinity water appropriately considering the properties of polymer. In this aspect, the main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of pH and $SO_4{^{2-}}$ ion which one of PDI (Potential Determining Ion) on oil production when applying LSPF to carbonate oil reservoir. First, the stability and adsorption of polymer molecule were analyzed in different pH of injection water and $SO_4{^{2-}}$ concentration in injection water. As a result, regardless of pH and $SO_4{^{2-}}$ concentration, when $SO_4{^{2-}}$ ion was contained in injection water, the stability of polymer solution was obtained. However, from the result of polymer retention analysis, in neutral state of injection water, since $SO_4{^{2-}}$ interfered the adsorption of polymer, the adsorption thickness of polymer was thinner as $SO_4{^{2-}}$ concentration was higher. On the other hand, when injection water was acidic as pH 4, the amount of polymer adsorption increased with the injection of polymer solution, so the mobility of polymer solution was greatly lowered. From the results of wettability alteration due to low-salinity water effect, in the case of neutral injection water injected, as $SO_4{^{2-}}$ concentration was increased, more oil which attached on rock surface was detached, altering wettability from oil-wet to water-wet. On the other hand, in acidic condition, due to complex effect of rock dissolution and polymer adsorption, wettability of the entire core system was less altered relatively to neutral condition. Therefore, it was evaluated that better EOR efficiency was obtained when injecting low-salinity water based polymer solution containing high concentration of $SO_4{^{2-}}$ with neutral condition, enhancing the oil production up to 12.3% compared to low-salinity water injection method.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.304-313
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• 2019

Biopolymer based on microbial β-glucan and xanthan gum is effective for vegetation and has a function of enhancing soil strength, which can be used as soil reinforcement and stabilization materials in river embankment. The purpose of this study is to verify the vegetation effect of the surface of levee by biopolymer with seed spraying method. Mixed soils with biopolymer were used to cover the surface of embankments. The strength is higher in biopolymer-treated soil and xanthan gum based biopolymer has advantage for quality control in field scale. In addition, the vegetation of F. arundinacea and L. perenne showed various reactions with types of biopolymers. Biopolymer has a positive effect on the vegetation of them. In contrast, root growth tended to decrease in biopolymer-treated soils. The results indicate that root growth is slow down due to increasing ability to retain water in biopolymer-treated soil. In order to apply biopolymer to river embankment, it is necessary to examine the effects of biopolymers on a wide range of plant species in river embankment.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.247-254
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• 2014

The compressibility of fracture in naturally fractured reservoir is larger than the compressibility of matrix in rock, although the compressibility of a typical rock is very small. The effective compressibility including the fracture compressibility should be considered to predict oil recovery correctly. It is hard to quantify changes of fracture aperture and pore volume in reservoir without the effective compressibility. In this study, oil recovery is analyzed by commercial simulator concerning the fracture compressibility based on fracture properties. We found that the effective compressibility affects oil recovery with change of polymer flooding factors such as polymer molar weight, concentration and injection rate. The estimated cumulative oil production is smaller with the effective compressibility than without it. Also, bottomhole pressure decreases rapidly without considering effective fracture compressibility.

• 한국도로학회지:도로
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• v.8 no.3 s.29
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• pp.17-24
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• 2006

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.139-148
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• 2011

Asphalt concrete overlay method is used by general maintenance and rehabilitation of construction for aged concrete pavement in Korea. However, in case of the AC overlay method to extend service life of the existing concrete pavements, various distresses of reflection crack, pothole and rutting are the typical problems of the asphalt overlay on existing concrete pavement since it has different physical characteristics between asphalt overlay and existing concrete pavement. To achieve this, application of concrete overlay method is required instead of AC overlay method. Concrete overlay method has advantages that can reduce maintenance cycle and costs since it has excellent bearing value for heavy vehicles and no rutting. However, technical problems of detour road construction, traffic control and other disadvantages happened by long curing time. Thus, in this study and experimental research were launched to evaluate the workability, durability and resistance against environmental loading of Very Rapid Hardening Acrylic Polymer Modified Concrete(VRH-APMC) for application of bonded concrete overlay method. Test results showed that the compressive and bond strength were exceed 21MPa and 1.4MPa of target strength after four hours for rapid traffic opening properties. And tests of resistance against environmental loading results showed that VRH-APMC secured excellent durability. Thus, it was known that VRH-APMC was suitable material for large scale bonded concrete overlay method, and it was possible to use maintenance and rehabilitation method which needs enough workability and rapid traffic opening.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.54-54
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 제방의 세굴이나 붕괴를 방지하기 위해 바이오폴리머(Biopolymer) 기반 신소재를 활용한 흙 제방의 보강공법을 제시하였다. 바이오폴리머 기반 제방의 보강공법은 흙과 바이오폴리머를 소량만 섞어도 흙의 강도 증진시킴과 동시에 빗물에 대한 내침식성과 식생의 생장을 촉진하는 생태성도 뛰어나기 때문에 제방 사면을 보호할 수 있는 친환경적이고 효율적인 공법이다. 이에 안동하천연구센터는 실증실험을 통한 신소재 제방 보강공법의 안정성 검증을 목표로 2 건의 월류붕괴 실험을 수행하였다. 첫 번째는 흙 제방 조건(Case 1)이며, 두 번째는 바이오폴리머 혼합 토양을 사면에 도포한 후 식생이 활착된 조건(Case 2)이다. 제방 붕괴에 따른 수로 내 수위변화를 측정하기 위해 압력식 수위계를 설치하였으며, 영상분석을 위한 다수의 카메라 및 드론을 활용하여 실험의 전 과정을 실시간 촬영하였다. 또한, 제내지 측 사면을 대상으로 월류에 따른 붕괴 지연효과를 정량적으로 제시하기 위해 이미지 픽셀 변화 측정 기법을 통한 시간에 따른 표면 손실률을 산정하였다. 흙 제방과 신소재 처리 제방의 시간에 따른 표면손실률을 비교한 결과, Case 2의 사면손실률이 Case 1에 비해 약 1.5~2.3 배 지연되는 것을 확인하였다. 하지만 단일 조건만으로 실험군과 비교군의 붕괴지연 결과가 제방 성능을 평가함에 있어서 일반화될 수 없으므로 이러한 정량적 평가는 다소 한계가 있다. 향후 이러한 부족한 부분을 해결하기 위한 노력과 다양한 조건의 추가실험을 통한 계측 데이터 및 붕괴지연시간의 평균값을 도출하여 신소재 제방의 안정성을 평가하기 위한 타당한 결과를 도출할 예정이다.

• 레미콘
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• no.9 s.21
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• pp.91-97
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• 1989

• Journal of the Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
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• v.55 no.6
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• pp.660-669
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• 2018

Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is a method used to improve the recovery factor of remaining hydrocarbon in reservoir. Polymer and surfactant EOR techniques have limitations depending on reservoir or production conditions (temperature, salinity, etc.) because the polymer and surfactant are highly affected by the reservoir conditions. In this study, analysis of the current improvements to chemical substances and application technologies was performed based on recent research data. Conventional polymer is readily degraded by the conditions of high temperature and high salinity. Therefore, new polymers and injection techniques have been developed to remediate such problems. In addition, surfactant applicable to shale and carbonate reservoirs is developed as petroleum recovery expands to unconventional reservoirs. However, these chemical substances are not widely used in the current oil fields due to high costs. Therefore, further studies must be conducted to reduce the cost and thus increase the effectiveness of EOR techniques.