• Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.42-47
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• 2012

Experimental data for the flows in a mixing tank with a bottom agitator are useful for the validation of CFD commercial code. A hybrid volume PIV measurement technique was constructed to measure the flows inside of the mixing tank. The measurement system consists of three cameras. An agitator was installed at the bottom of the tank and it rotates clockwise and counterclockwise. Using the constructed measurement system, instantaneous vector fields were obtained. A phase averaging technique was adopted for the measured instantaneous three-dimensional velocity vector fields. Turbulent properties were evaluated from the instantaneous vector fields.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.59 no.4
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• pp.542-547
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• 2021

Glass lined impellers are corrosion resistant to most chemicals, including strong acids, and also have a smooth, non-stick surface, easy to clean and free from impurities in the process. Glass lined home base impeller is a multi-purpose impeller designed to stir a wide viscosity range of liquids from low viscosity fluids to high viscosity fluids, among others, cell culture, yeast culture, and beer fermentation pots, especially used for air-water system breathable stirring. The glass lining for HB impellers, which are simple in structure and competitive in performance, is essential to have upper and lower division in order to make the joint area between the impeller and shaft as small as possible. The upper and lower division of the impeller hardly affects the mixing performance, but the aeration performance. In this study, in order to optimize the shape of the Glass Lining HB impeller, a study was conducted on the effect of the angle between the upper and lower impellers, the clearance between the impellers, and the number of baffles on the aeration power. The optimal shape and baffle plate conditions for the Glass lined HB impeller were derived through the study results that the angle and the clearance between the upper and lower impellers decreased the ration of the power consumption with aeration P_g and that without aeration P₀, P_g/P₀.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.365-365
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 X-ray 영상을 얻기 위한 검출기 중 직접 검출방식에 쓰이고 있는 광도전체(Photoconductor)의 전극으로 Au를 사용하여 전기적인 특성을 파악하였다. Au는 유기물에 대한 반응이 적고 전기 전도도가 좋은 물질로서 투명전극으로 많이 쓰이고 있는 인듐 주석 산화물(ITO)을 대체할 수 있는 물질로 각광받고 있다. 우선 시편 제작을 위해 투명한 기판(Corning Glass, 0.7t)위에 하부전극으로 Au를 $3cm{\times}3cm$의 크기로 Physical Vapor Deposition(PVD) 방식을 이용하여 증착하였다. 이 때 챔버 내 저진공은 Rotary Pump를 이용하여 $3.9{\times}10-2Torr$ 이하를 유지하고 고진공은 Diffusion Pump를 이용하여 $5.3{\times}10-5Torr$ 이하를 유지하였다. 완성된 하부전극 위에 광도전체인 $HgI_2$를 폴리머 물질에 교반하여 메탈 폴리머 결합을 가진 Paste를 제조하고 이 Paste를 Screen Printing Method를 이용하여 증착 후 건조하였다. 마지막으로 시편위에 상부전극을 하부전극과 같은 조건으로 증착함으로서 시편을 완성한다. 상하부 전극으로 쓰이는 Au의 증착 조건을 변화시키면서 그에 따른 시편의 전기적인 특성 변화를 관찰하였다. 그 결과, Au의 증착온도와 질량에 따라 특성이 변화함을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구의 결과를 통해 디지털 방사선 검출기에서 Au 전극의 적용 가능성을 확인하였으며, 추후 Au 증착 조건의 최적화를 통해 방사선 검출기의 효율 향상을 위한 연구를 하고자 한다.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.623-628
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• 2015

As the current heating control of the greenhouse is located in specifically designed place, there is an inevitable difference in degrees depending on the latitude in it. Even though it is necessary to maintain the proper temperature in the greenhouse producing vegetables and fruit plants, the difference between ups and downs in the facilities results in the increasing energy consumption to both warm and cool down the facilities. The newest heating method, automatic control system of vertical agitation heater, which manipulates the inner air circulation efficiently, is suggested in this paper. The proposed system utilizes both the upper temperature and the lower temperature, and controls the air circulation fan and heating independently, so that maximizes the efficiency of heating with the minimum energy and implements predictable planning of farm products.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.48 no.3
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• pp.344-357
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• 2020

Strain improvement and bioprocess development were undertaken to enhance hyaluronic acid(HA) production by Streptococcus zooepidemicus cells. Using a high-yielding mutant strain, statistical medium optimization was carried out in shake flask cultures, resulting in 52% increase in HA production (5.38 g/l) at the optimal medium composition relative to the parallel control cultures. For sufficient supply of dissolved oxygen (DO), which turned out to be crucial for enhanced production of HA, agitation system and speed were intensively investigated in 5 L bioreactor cultures. Increase in oxygen mass transfer coefficient (k_La) through increment of agitation speed (rpm) and 35% expansion of diameter of the newly-designed impellers showed significantly positive effects on HA production. By installing an expanded Rushton-turbine impeller for efficient break-down of sparged air, and an extended marine impeller above the Rushton-turbine impeller for efficient mixing of the air-born viscous fermentation broth, maximum amount of HA (9.79 g/l) was obtained at 450 rpm, 1.8 times higher level than that of the corresponding flask culture. Subsequently, the possibility of bioprocess scale-up to a 50 L bioreactor was investigated. Despite almost identical maximum HA production (9.11 vs 9.25 g/l), the average HA volumetric productivity (r_p) of the 50 L culture turned out only 74% compared to the corresponding 5 L culture during the exponential phase, possibly caused by shear damages imposed on the producing cells at the high stirring in the 50 L culture. The scale-up process could be successfully achieved if a scale-up criterion of constant oxygen mass transfer coefficient (k_La) is applied to the 50 L pilot-scale bioreactor system.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.233-252
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• 2021

This paper is a study to improve the efficiency of mixing technology in the shield TBM chamber. Currently, the number of construction cases using the TBM method is increasing in Korea. According to the increasing use of TBM method, research on TBM method such as Disc Cutter, Cutter bit, and Segment also shows an increasing trend. However, there is little research on the mixing efficiency in chamber and chamber. In order to improve the smooth soil treatment and the behavior of the excavated soil, a study was conducted on the change of the mixing efficiency according to the effective mixing bar arrangement in the chamber. In the scale model experiment, the ground was composed using plastic materials of different colors for ease of identification. In addition, the mixing bar arrangement was different and classified into 4 cases, and the particle size distribution was classified into single particle size and multiple particle size, and the experiment was conducted with a total of 8 cases. The rotation speed of the cutter head of all cases was the same as 5 RPM, and the experiment time was also carried out in the same condition, 1 minute and 30 seconds. In order to check the mixing efficiency, samples at the upper, middle (left or right), and lower positions of each case were collected and analyzed. As a result of the scaled-down model experiment, the mixing efficiency of Case 4 and Case 4-1 increased compared to Case 1 and Case 1-1, which are actually used. Accordingly, it is expected that the mixing efficiency can be increased by changing the arrangement of the mixing bar in the chamber, and it is considered to be effective in saving air as the mixing efficiency increases. Therefore, this study is considered to be an important indicator for the use of shield TBM in Korea.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.35 no.11
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• pp.1399-1406
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• 2011

The reducer of the mixer is one of the main parts of the processor used for water and wastewater treatment. In this study, an advanced reducer with a drywell structure was developed in order to prevent oil leakage during operation in the field. During the development of the advanced reducer prototype, a mockup, a metal mold, and a cast were made using CAD and a CNC machine. The structural safety of the reducer prototype's lower housing (drywell structure) was checked using the ALGOR commercial FEM analysis code, which yielded a von Mises stress of about 123 N/mm2, which is below the yield stress of 250 N/$mm^2$, and a natural frequency of about 650-700 Hz. In addition, the torque transmission efficiency for the advanced prototype was 95.87%, which is about 8% more than that found in a previous study, 88.45%, and the sound level was below 75 dB. Furthermore, no oil leakage or abnormal sound or vibration occurred. Therefore, an optimally designed advanced reducer prototype has been successfully developed.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.92-98
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• 2015

The physical effect induced by acoustic cavitation was investigated to accumulate basic data for the design of ultrasonic soil washing processes using aluminum foil erosion tests. A square aluminum foil was placed on the glass beads in the pyrex vessel submerged in the sonoreactor equipped with a 36 kHz ultrasound transducer module at the bottom. Cavitational erosion of foils was quantitatively analyzed for various glass bead diameter conditions (1, 2, and 4 mm), glass bead height conditions (5, 10, 15, and 20 mm), and water height conditions (5, 10, 15, and 20 mm). It was found that aluminum foil erosion significantly increased as the glass bead diameter increased and water height over the glass bead increased due to less attenuation of ultrasound and the optimization of sound field for cavitation. Moreover mechanical mixing was suggested to move constantly particles to the bottom area where the acoustic cavitation occurs most violently. It was because aluminium foil erosion by ultrasound transmitted through glass beads was relatively too weak.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.156-161
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• 2004

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of soil amendment with different characteristics on plant growth, fruit yield and quality of oriental melon for continuous cropping under protected cultivation. Humus layers in arable soil was disturbed because soil amendment from hillside to oriental melon field was continued to resolve problems for continuous cropping. Water potential and hardness of soil was decreased in sandy loam with lower clay contents compared with loam and silty clay. Leaf length and area, fresh and dry weight of plant at earlier growing stage were higher, but chlorophyll contents of leaves were dropped in sandy loam compared with silty clay soil. Fruit size and weight was higher in sandy loam, but soluble solid and color of fruit were increased in silty clay. Marketable and unmarketable yield and quantity of fermented fruit were the highest in sandy loam. Hardness and weight of fruit were decreased by longer storage period and soluble solids of fruit was peaked at 5 day after storage, but decreased by prolonged continued storage. Because of these results, soil characteristics of amendment to oriental melon field should be considered as an important factor for quality and yield of oriental melon.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.71-71
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• 2011

ZnO 반도체가 넓은 에너지띠와 큰 엑시톤 결합에너지를 가지기 때문에 가진 투명 전극, 태양전지, 발광소자 및 메모리와 같은 다양한 전자 및 광전자 소자의 응용에 대한 많은 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 절연성 고분자인 폴리스티렌 박막에 분산되어 있는 ZnO 나노 입자를 기억 매체로 사용하는 write-once-read-many times (WORM) 메모리 소자를 제작하고 전기적 성질과 안정성에 대하여 관찰하였다. 화학적 방법으로 형성한 ZnO 나노입자와 폴리스티렌을 N,N-dimethylformamide 용매에 녹인 후 초음파 교반기를 사용하여 나노 복합 소재를 형성하였다. 하부 전극으로 indium-tin-oxide가 증착되어 있는 유리 기판 위에 나노 복합 소재를 스핀코팅 방법으로 도포한 후 열을 가해 잔류 용매를 제거하였다. ZnO 나노입자가 분산되어 있는 폴리스티렌 나노 복합 소재로 구성된 박막위에 상부 전극으로 Al을 열증착하여 메모리 소자를 제작하였다. 전류-전압 측정 결과에서 저전압에서는 전도도가 낮은 OFF 상태를 유지하다 약 1.5 V에서 전도도가 갑자기 증가하여 높은 전도도의 ON 상태로 전이되는 쌍안정성이 관찰되었다. 전류의 ON/OFF 비율은 약 103이며 ON 상태에서 OFF 상태로 전환되지 않는 전형적인 WORM 메모리 소자의 전류-전압 특성을 나타났다. 두 전극 사이에 폴리스티렌 박막으로만 제작된 소자를 제작하여 전류-전압 측정을 하였으나 메모리 특성이 나타나지 않았다. 그러므로 WORM 메모리 특성은 폴리스티렌 박막안의 ZnO 나노입자에 기인함을 알 수 있었다. 제작된 소자에 대해 기억 시간 측정 결과는 ON과 OFF 상태의 전류가 장시간에도 변화가 거의 없는 소자의 안정성을 보여주었다. 이 실험 결과는 ZnO 나노입자가 분산된 폴리스티렌 나노 복합 구조체를 사용하여 안정성을 가진 WORM 메모리 소자를 제작할 수 있음을 보여주고 있다.