• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05d
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• pp.127-132
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• 1996

촉매탑에서 수소와 물사이의 수소 동위원소 교환 반응에 의한 중수 분리 및 삼중수소 제거를 위한 소수성 촉매집합체 제조기술을 개발하기 위하여 소수성 촉매집합체 제조 특성에 대하여 연구하였다. 본 연구에서 먼저 일반적인 함침법 및 colloidal method 의하여 각각 백금을 activated carbon에 담지시켜 Pt/Carbon 촉매를 제조하고, 수소 흡착법에 의하여 촉매의 백금 분산도를 비교 분석하였다. 제조된 Pt/Carbon 촉매를 Wanke등의 방법에 따라 소수성 teflon 수지를 binding agent로 사용하여 ceramic bell-saddle 및 육면체형 packing등의 충전물 표면에 coating시켜 촉매 집합체를 제조하고 소결 온도, 충전물의 형태 및 표면 부위에 따른 surface coating 특성에 대하여 연구하였다.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.156-158
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• 1998

원자력 발전소에서 사용하는 1차 냉각수에 대해 살펴보면, 일차냉각수의 pH는 5~8 범위이며, 수질기준은 염소이온과 불소이온이 0.15 ppm, 현탁고형물 이 0.2 ppm이나 실제 농도는 기준치보다 훨씬 낮은 매우 순수한 상태로 유지된다. 다만, 핵분열 반응도를 제어하기 위해 주입되는 붕소가 수백 ppm정도, pH를 조절하기 위해 부가되는 리튬의 1 ppm정도 포함되며, 그밖에 1ppm 정도의 실리카가 포함될 수 있다. 붕산으로 포화 운전되는 이온교환 수지탑 내에서는 붕산보다 이온선택도가 낮은 실리카는 이온교환수지에 흡착되지 않기 때문에 발전소의 가동년수의 증가에 ㄷ아라 원자로 냉각제의 실리카 농도는 점차 증가하게 되었다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.33-42
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• 1998

The optimum design and preliminary cost estimations of air stripping towers ASTs with granular activated carbon adsorption (GAC) systems as the off-gas treatment were done and compared to liquid-phase GAC system. The optimum design and preliminary cost estimations were done for either single or multicomponent systems. A computer program was developed for this study. 15 single compounds and their multicomponent systems were studies. Even with off-gas treatment, AST was generally a less expensive process for treatment of volatile organics than liquid-phase GAC system. Treatment costs of small systems were sensitive to system capacity. Accumulative effect of treatment costs was found in multicomponent systems. The cost of a multicomponent system was highly dependent on the least strippable component in ASTs even with gas-phase GAC or the least adsorbable component in liquid-phase GAC system.

• Clean Technology
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.285-292
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• 2022

Adsorption tower systems based on activated carbon adsorption towers have mainly been employed to reduce the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a major cause of air pollution. However, the activated carbon currently used in these systems has a short lifespan and thus requires frequent replacement. An approach to overcome this shortcoming could be to develop metal oxide photocatalysis-activated carbon composites capable of degrading VOCs by simultaneously utilizing photocatalytic activation and powerful adsorption by activated carbon. TiO₂ has primarily been used as a metal oxide photocatalyst, but it has low economic efficiency due to its high cost. In this study, ZnO particles were synthesized as a photocatalyst due to their relatively low cost. Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) were deposited on the ZnO surface to compensate for the photocatalytic deactivation that arises from the wide band gap of ZnO. A microfluidic process was used to synthesize ZnO particles and Ag NPs in separate reactors and the solutions were continuously supplied with a pack bed reactor loaded with activated carbon powder. This microfluidic-assisted pack bed reactor efficiently prepared a Ag-ZnO-activated carbon composite for VOC removal. Analysis confirmed that Ag-ZnO photocatalytic particles were successfully deposited on the surface of the activated carbon. Conducting a toluene gasbag test and adsorption breakpoint test demonstrated that the composite had a more efficient removal performance than pure activated carbon. The process proposed in this study efficiently produces photocatalysis-activated carbon composites and may offer the potential for scalable production of VOC removal composites.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.505-508
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• 2010

The characteristics of desorption reaction for spent activated carbon produced from the manufacture of other chemical products in Shiwha/Banwal industrial complex were investigated. TGA (Thermogravimetric Analyzer) was used to study for characteristics of desorption and kinetics. Then Friedman method and Freeman-carroll method were used to find the activation energy and the order of reaction. Activation energy by Friedman method was 24.82~46.49 kJ/moL. And then activation energy and order of reaction by Freeman-carroll method were 8.77~32.26 kJ/moL and 0.11~1.69.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.14 no.2 s.42
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• pp.133-139
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• 2005

An activated carbon-photo catalysis hybrid system is proposed for the treatment of VOC produced from paint booth. and its VOC removal performance is experimentally evaluated. Activated carbon tower is designed on the basis of the adsorption characteristics of toluene. Photocatalytic system is designed as the series of $TiO_2/SiO\_2$ fluidized bed reactor and $TiO_2$-coated filters. The present activated carbon-photo catalysis hybrid system shows the VOC removal efficiency within $75\~100\%$ under different VOC species and concentrations.

• Clean Technology
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.75-80
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• 2009

In order to separate oxygen from air, the effects of feed gas flow rate and rinse gas flow rate on the product purity and flow were examined using 2 bed PSA with 4 step cycle. The addition of product pressurization step increased the product purity and flow rate. The addition of pressure equalization increased the product flow rate. The test product was manufactured and the purity and flow rate of product oxygen was examined. The results were compared with the commercial medical oxygen generator of 5 ${\ell}/min$ and 90% oxygen purity.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.13-29
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• 2016

In this study, we analyzed the causes of major faults in the biogas plant through the case of gas engine failure when cogenerating electricity and heat using biogas as a fuel in the actual sewage treatment plant and suggested countermeasures. Hydrogen sulfide in the biogas entering the biogas engine and water caused by intermittent malfunction of the water removal system caused intercooler corrosion in the biogas engine. In addition, the siloxane in the biogas forms a silicate compound with silicon dioxide, which causes scratches and wear of the piston surface and the inner wall of the cylinder liner. The substances attached to the combustion chamber and the exhaust system were analyzed to be combined with hydrogen sulfide and other impurities. It is believed that hydrogen sulfide was supplied to the desulfurization plant for a long period of time because of the high content of hydrogen sulfide (more than 50ppm) in the biogas and the hydrogen sulfide was introduced into the engine due to the decrease of the removal efficiency due to the breakthrough point of the activated carbon in the desulfurization plant. In addition, the hydrogen sulfide degrades the function of the activated carbon for siloxane removal of the adsorption column, which is considered to be caused by the introduction of unremoved siloxane waste into the engine, resulting in various types of engine failure. Therefore, hydrogen sulfide, siloxane, and water can be regarded as the main causes of the failure of the biogas engine. Among them, hydrogen sulfide reacts with other materials causing failure and can be regarded as a substance having a great influence on the pretreatment process. As a result, optimization of $H_2S$ removal method seems to be an essential measure for stable operation of the biogas engine.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.397-405
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• 2012

In this study, performance evaluation of newly developed technology for the economical and safe removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) coming out from electronic devices washing operation and offensive odor induction materials was made. Metal oxidization catalyst has shown 50% of removal efficiency at the temperature of $220^{\circ}C$. Composite metal oxidization catalyst applied in this study has shown that the actual catalysis has started at the temperature of $100^{\circ}C$. Comprehensive analysis on the catalyst property using Mn-Cu metal oxidization catalyst in the pilot-scale unit was made and the removal efficiency was variable with temperature and space velocity. Full-scale unit developed based on the pilot-scale unit operation has shown 95% of removal efficiency at the temperature of $160^{\circ}C$. Optimum elimination effective rates for the space velocity was found to be $6,000hr^{-1}$. The most appropriate processing treatment range for the inflow concentration of VOCs was between 200 ppm to 4,000 ppm. Catalyst control temperature showed high destruction efficiency at $150{\sim}200^{\circ}C$ degrees Celsius in 90~99%. External heat source was not necessary due to the self-heat reaction incase of VOCs inflow concentration is more than 1,000 ppm. Equipment and fuel costs compared to the conventional RTO/RCO method can be reduced by 50% and 75% respectively. And it was checked when there was poisoning for sulfide and acid gas.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.43 no.6
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• pp.728-739
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• 2005

An experiment and simulation were performed for hydrogen separation of mixtures by PSA (pressure swing adsorption) process on activated carbon. The binary ($H_2/Ar$; 80％/ 20％) and ternary ($H_2/Ar/CH_4$; 60％/ 20％/ 20％) mixtures were used to study the effects of feed composition. The cyclic performances such as purity, recovery, and productivity of 2bed-6step PSA process were experimentally and theoretically compared under non-isothermal and non-adiabatic conditions. The develped process produced the hydrogen with 99％ purity and 75％ recovery from both processes. Therefore, optimal separation condition was referred multicomponent gas mixtures.