• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.202.1-202.1
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• 2015

탄소의 $sp^2$ 혼성으로 이루어진 2차원 단일시트(two-dimensional single sheet)인 그래핀은 기계적, 열역학적, 전기적 특성이 매우 우수하며 특히 고유연성과 투명성을 가진다는 장점 때문에 오랜 기간 주목 받으며 다양한 분야에서 연구되어 왔다. 이러한 그래핀을 만드는 방법에는 화학적 증기 증착법 및 흑연으로부터의 물리적, 화학적 박리 방법이 있다. 양질의 그래핀을 대면적에서 획득 할 수 있는 화학적 증기 증착법의 경우 높은 공정 비용과 함께 수반되어야 하는 전사과정의 어려움으로 인하여 실제 상용화에 어려움이 있다. 이러한 단점의 극복을 위해 대량의 그래핀을 저렴하게 확보 할 수 있는 화학적 박리 방법이 주목을 받고 있다. 화학적 박리 방법의 경우 박리 과정에서 수반되는 산화 그래핀의 환원과정이 필요하였으며, 이를 위해 강력한 환원제를 이용한 화학적 환원 방법, 고온에서의 열처리를 이용한 열역학적 환원 방법, 및 빛을 노광시켜 산화 그래핀을 환원시키는 광학적 방법이 시도되었다. 화학적 및 열역학적 환원방법의 경우 고품질의 환원된 산화 그래핀을 획득 할 수 있으나, 강한 환원제 및 높은 열처리 온도로 인하여 유연 기판의 사용이 제한되는 단점이 있다. 이러한 단점을 극복하기 위해 빛을 이용한 광학적 방법이 제시되었으나, 환원과정에 사용되는 단파장의 자외선 광원의 높은 가격으로 인하여 경제성의 확보가 제한된다. 본 논문에서는 우수한 광학적 특성을 보이는 란타넘족 이온을 사용하여 선택적 파장 대에서 높은 광흡수도를 가지는 산화 그래핀-란타넘 이온 혼합용액을 만들었으며, 가시광선대역의 파장을 가지는 레이저를 사용하여 우수한 품질을 가지는 환원된 산화 그래핀을 제작하였다. 구체적으로 산화 그래핀은 modified hummer's method를 이용하여 만들어졌으며, 자외선 대역을 흡수하는 $Gd_{3+}$, 녹색 레이저를 흡수하는 $Tb_{3+}$, 적색 레이저를 흡수하는 $Eu^{3+}$를 1 mM 섞어주었다. 그 후, 300~800 nm의 파장을 가지는 레이저를 $1mW/cm^2$를 노광시켜 산화 그래핀을 환원시켰다. 환원된 산화 그래핀의 특성은 FT-IR, UV-Vis, 저온 PL, SEM, XPS 및 전기측정을 이용해 측정하여 재현성 및 반복성을 확인하였다.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.630-638
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• 2019

Nitrous oxide (N₂O) is a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential 310 times higher than that of carbon dioxide. In this study, an N₂O-reducing consortium was obtained by enrichment culture using advanced treatment sludge as the inoculum. The dominant bacteria in the consortium were Sulfurovum (17.95%), Geobacter (14.63%), Rectinema (11.45%), and Chlorobium (8.24%). The consortium displayed optimal N₂O reducing activity when acetate was supplied as the carbon source at a carbon/nitrogen ratio (mol·mol^-1) of 6.3. The N₂O reduction rate increased with increasing N₂O concentration at less than 3,000 ppm. Kinetic analysis revealed that the maximum N₂O reduction rate of the consortium was 163.9 ㎍-N·g-VSS^-1·h^-1. Genes present in the consortium included nosZ (reduction of nitrous oxide to N₂), narG (reduction of nitrate to nitrite), nirK (reduction of nitrite to nitric oxide), and norB (reduction of nitric oxide to nitrous oxide). These results indicate that the N₂O-reducing consortium is a promising bioresource that can be used in denitrification and N₂O mitigation.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.29 no.12
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• pp.1329-1336
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• 2007

This study was carried out to develop an efficient process abating high NO concentration. A hybrid process of selective catalytic reduction(SCR) and activated carbon fiber(ACF) adsorption was newly designed and tested. Used ACF in NO adsorption was regenerated by simultaneously applying heat and vacuum. The result of ACF regeneration was for superior in the desorption condition at $140^{\circ}C$ and vacuum 600 mmHg. A commercial catalyst was used at the conditions of reaction temperature at $300^{\circ}C$, $NH_3/NO$ mole ratio = 1.0 for SCR process. NO evolved from ACF regeneration reactor could be removed by SCR reactor up to 98%. But high concentration of NO was exhausted from SCR reactor for one minute when the flue gas of NO 300 ppm and deserted NO from ACF regeneration were simultaneously treated by the same SCR reactor. Therefore, it is necessary to use additional small sized SCR reactor or to increase $NH_3$ concentration for a short time along with NO concentration rather than to mix flue gas with the gas evolving from ACF regeneration at fixed $NH_3$ inlet concentration. The hybrid process of SCR and ACF showed high NO removal efficiency over 80% at any time courses. Through the repeated cycles, stable DeNOx efficiency was maintained, indicating that the hybrid process would be a good countermeasure to the spotaneously high NO concentration instead of increasing the SCR capacity.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.85-96
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• 2017

In this study, we tried to select a slag system capable of pyro-metallurgical process through analysis of sludge generated from PCB plating and etching process solution. Based on this, the possibility of extracting valuable metals in the sludge was studied by experimental and thermodynamic approaches. The sludge was dried at $100{\sim}500^{\circ}C$ and the morphology, chemical composition and phase of the sludge were analyzed. The possibility of pyro-metallurgical process of sludge was investigated through thermodynamic approach using FactSage software.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.12-19
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• 2022

The study was conducted to develop a vanadium recovery process using reduction pre-treatment in the Vanadium TitanoMagnetite (VTM) The sample for the research was provided by the Gwan-in Mine in Pocheon, Gyeonggi-do. The vanadium content of the sample is 0.54 V₂O₅% and vanadium is concentrated mainly in magnetite and ilmenite. Magnetic separation of the sample can increase vanadium content up to 1.10 V₂O₅%. To increase the vanadium content further, reduction pre-treatment was performed, which is a process of concentrating vanadium present in the iron by reducing iron in magnetite using carbon(C). Based on this reduction pre-treatment, the magnetic separation process was developed, which achieved a vanadium grade of 1.31V₂O₅% and 79.68% recovery. In addition, XRD analysis of the vanadium concentrate before and after reduction and the final vanadium concentrate was performed to confirm the behavior of vanadium by reduction pre-treatment.

• Clean Technology
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.96-101
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• 2015

Hematite reduction using hydrogen was conducted and the various process parameters were closely observed. A lab scale fluidized bed unit was designed especially for this study. The optimal values of the gas velocity, reduction time and temperature were evaluated. The values which indicated the highest reduction rate were set as fixed parameters for the following tests starting with the reduction time of 30 minutes and 750 ℃ of temperature. Among these variables the one with the highest interest was the gas specific consumption. It will tell the amount of the gas which is required to achieve a reduction rate of over 90% at the optimal conditions. This parameter is important for the scale up of the lab scale unit. 1,500 Nm³/ton-ore was found to be the optimal specific gas consumption rate at which the reduction rates exhibit the highest values for hematite.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2012.10a
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• pp.203-204
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• 2012

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.116.1-116.1
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• 2007

• Clean Technology
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.71-79
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• 2003

The selective catalytic reduction (SCR) process is the most widely applied technology for the denitrification of coal-fired power plant flue gases due to its selectivity and high efficiency. In order to attain the optimum design of SCR process, it is required to consider various catalysis characteristics as well as various operating conditions. A systematic study to elucidate the effects of the design conditions(reaction temperature, $NH_3/NO$ mole ratio, space velocity and linear velocity) on the reduction of NOx using the SCR pilot plant with maximum flue gas flow rate of $1,000Nm^3/hr$ was carried out and employed to identify the optimum design parameters. Design approaches of SCR process with test results were also presented.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.7 no.5
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• pp.19-25
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• 1998

High temperature thermal behaviors of EAF dust by coke at initial reaction stage were studied to obtain the fundamental data of EAF dust treatment process, that is Extended Arc Plasma Furnace System called RAPID system. In this study thermal behaviors including calcination of limestone, devolatilization of EAF dust itself, and reduction & devolatilization of mixture(EAF dust : coke : limestone = 80 : 10 : 10 wt.%) were investigated as functions of reaction temperature (1000~1300$^{\circ}C$) and reaction time (3~12 min), considering the 180% equivalence of carbon reduction and 1.7 bacisity for optimum reduction and melting of EAF dust in the RAPID system. Size of sample was about below 0.1 mm for these experiments. Limestone was completely calcined at above 1100$^{\circ}C$ within 1 minutes. In the case of devolatilization of EAF dust itself, weight loss of EAF dust was about 14% at 1300$^{\circ}C$ and 12 minutes, and partial sintering and melting were found in part of sample. Weight loss of mixtures increased with increasing reaction temperature and time, about 46% weight loss in it was occurred at 1300$^{\circ}C$ and 12 minutes. From these weight losses showing devolatilization and reduction of EAF dust, the treatment time of EAF dust inside.