• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.382-388
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• 1997

Reforming of propane by carbon dioxide using NiO/${\gamma}$-$A1_2O_3$ was carried out in a pulse or continuous kid bed reactor. NiO/${\gamma}$-$Al_2O_3$ showed higher dissociation ability of $CO_2$ than NiO/${\gamma}$-$Al_2O_3$, and the former exhibited higher conversion of propane than the latter. The presence of oxygen in the reaction mixture of propane and $CO_2$ increased the conversion of propane and reduced the amount of carbon deposit on the catalyst surface. Mechanical mixture catalyst of NiO/${\gamma}$-$Al_2O_3$ and $Ga_2O_3$ showed higher stability to deactivation than NiO/${\gamma}$-$Al_2O_3$ itself. The synergistic effect between NiO/${\gamma}$-$Al_2O_3$ and $Al_2O_3$ was also observed in this study.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• 제37권9호
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• pp.921-926
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• 2000

에틸렌과 프로판가스로부터 Ni 및 Ni-Cu의 합금촉매를 사용하는 화학증착반응에 의해 제조한 나노탄소섬유에 충전재로 하고, 환경 친화적인 폴리비닐알코올을 매트릭스로 이용하여 복합재를 제조하여 전자파 차폐효능을 조사해 보았다. 전자파 차폐용 충전재의 중요한 물성치인 전기전도도는 나노탄소섬유의 반응조건에 따라 매우 민감하게 변했는데, 전체적으로 10000 psi 압력에서 4.2~29 S/cm 사이에 분포하였고 합금촉매보다도 순수한 Ni로 제조된 나노탄소섬유의 전기전도도 값이 높았다. 한편, 나노탄소섬유/폴리비닐알코올 복합재의 전기전도도는 Ni:Cu(7:3) 합금촉매에서 제조된 나노탄소섬유를 충전시켰을 때, 가장 높게 얻어져서 충전재의 전기전도도 외에도 비표면적이 중요한 변수임을 알 수 있었다. PVA 양에 대한 나노탄소섬유의 함량이 증가할수록 나노탄소섬유 복합재의 전기전도도는 기하급수적으로 증가했고, 110$0^{\circ}C$에서 1시간 동안 나노탄소섬유의 열처리를 통하여 복합재의 전기전도도는 5~7배 증가하였으며, 전자파 차폐율은 2~3 dB 정도 향상시킬 수 있었다.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.466-470
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• 2008

The objective of this study is to convert methane into hydrogen using a nanoporous catalyst in the $CO_2$ containing syngas generated from the gasified waste. For the purpose, $Ni/Al_2O_3$ catalyst was prepared with the one-pot method. According to analyses of the catalyst, three dimensionally linked sponge shaped particles were created and the prepared nanoporous catalysts had larger surface area and smaller particle size and more uniform pores compared to the sphere shaped commercial catalyst. The catalyst for reforming reaction gave the highest $CH_4$ conversion of 91%, and $CO_2$ conversion of 92% when impregnated with 16 wt% of Ni at the reaction temperature of $750^{\circ}C$. At that time, the prepared catalyst remarkably improved the $CH_4$ and $CO_2$ conversion up to 20% compared to the commercial one.

• Clean Technology
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.313-319
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• 2013

To produce biodiesel efficiently from fish oil containing 4% free fatty acid, esterification and trans-esterification were carried out with Vietnam catfish oil, which was kindly provided from GS-bio company. Heterogeneous solid acid catalysts such as Amberlyst-15 and Amberlyst BD-20 and sulfuric acid as homogeneous acid catalyst were used for the esterification of free fatty acids in the fish oil. Sulfuric acid showed the highest removal efficiency of free fatty acid and the shortest reaction time among three acid catalysts. The base catalysts for trans-esterification such as KOH, $NaOCH_3$ and NaOH were compared with each other and KOH was determined to be the best transesterification catalyst. Some solid material, which assumed to be saponified product from glycerol and biodiesel, were observed to form in the fish oil biodiesel when using $NaOCH_3$ and NaOH as the transesterification catalyst. The initial acid value of fish oil was proven to have a negative effect on biodiesel conversion. Of the three catalysts, KOH catalyst transesterification was shown to have high content of FAME and the optimal ratio of methanol/oil ratio was identified to be 9:1.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.87-92
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• 2006

The steam reforming of methane over Ru-promoted $Ni/Al_2O_3$ was carried out. Compared with $Ni/Al_2O_3$, which needs pre-reduction by $H_2$, $Ru/Ni/Al_2O_3$ catalysts exhibited relatively higher activity than conventional $Ni/Al_2O_3$. According to $H_2-TPR$ of reduced or used catalysts and $CH_4-TPR$, it was revealed that the reduction of $RuO_x$ by $CH_4$ decomposition begins at a lower temperature ($220^{\circ}C$) and the reduced Ru facilitates the reduction of NiO, and leads to self-activation. To improve metal dispersion, the catalyst was soaked in 7 M aqueous $NH_4OH$ for 2 h at $45^{\circ}C$ while stirring. As a result, $Ru/Ni/Al_2O_3$ catalysts with aqueous $NH_4OH$ treatment have higher activity, larger metal surface area (by $H_2$-chemisorption), and small particle size (by XRD and XPS). It is noted that the amount of noble metal could be reduced by aqueous $NH_4OH$ treatment.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.221-227
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• 2010

In this study, we consider gas generation characteristics on pyrolysis of eco-fuel which were made by mixing of Pitch Pine and Lauan sawdust as biomass and polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene as municipal plastic wastes with catalyst in fixed bed reactor. From the result of higher heating value(HHV) measurement and of ultimate analysis, the heating value of plastic wastes and a hydrogen content in plastic sample are higher than biomass. An activation energy was reduced by a catalyst addition. However the catalyst content influence over 5 wt% was insignificant. The yield of hydrogen from gasification of biomass containing plastic wastes such as polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene were obtained higher than that of sole biomass. The high temperature and mixture ratio of catalyst conditions induced to high hydrogen yield in most of the samples. As the influence of catalyst, the hydrogen yield by catalytic reaction was higher than non-catalytic reaction. We confirmed that Ni-$ZrO_2$ catalyst is more active in increasing the hydrogen yield in comparison with that of carbonate catalyst. The maximum hydrogen yield was 65.9 vol.%(Pitch Pine / polypropylene / 20 wt.% Ni-$ZrO_2$(1:9) at $900^{\circ}C$).

• Clean Technology
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.53-61
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• 2016

Steam reforming of tar produced from biomass gasification was conducted using several Ni-based catalysts. In labscale, the catalytic steam reforming of toluene which is a major component of biomass tar was studied. A fixed bed reactor was used at various temperatures of 400-800 ℃. Ru (0.6 wt%) and Mn or K (1 wt%) were applied as a promoter in Ni based catalysts. Generally, Ni/Ru-K/Al₂O₃ catalyst shows higher performance on steam reforming of toluene than Ni/Ru-Mn/Al₂O₃ catalyst. Used catalysts were analyzed by XRD and TGA to detect sintering and carbon deposition. Base on the lab-scale studies, the monolith and pellet type catalysts were tested in 1 ton/day scale biomass gasification system. Ni/Ru-K/Al₂O₃ monolith catalyst shows high tar reforming performance at high temperature. In addition, Ni/Ru-Mn/Al₂O₃ monolith catalyst was showed deactivation with operation time. Reforming performance of Ni/Ru-K/Al₂O₃ pellet catalyst which showed 66.7% tar conversion at 587 ℃ was compared to regenerated one. Overall, Ni/Ru-K/Al₂O₃ pellet catalyst shows higher stability and performance than other used catalysts.

• Clean Technology
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.38-45
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• 2022

CuCl₂-loaded V₂O₅-WO₃/TiO₂ catalyst showed excellent activity in the catalytic oxidation of elemental mercury to oxidized mercury even under SCR condition in the presence of NH₃, which is well known to significantly inhibit the oxidation activity of elemental mercury by HCl. Moreover, it was confirmed that, when SO₂ was present in the reaction gas together with HCl, excellent elemental mercury oxidation activity was maintained even though CuCl₂ supported on the catalyst surface was converted to CuSO₄. This is thought to be because not only HCl but also the SO₄ component generated on the catalyst surface promotes the oxidation of elemental mercury. However, in the presence of SO₂, the total mercury balance before and after the catalytic reaction was not matched, especially as the concentration of SO₂ increased. In order to understand the cause of this, further studies are needed to investigate the effect of SO₂ in the SnCl₂ aqueous solution employed for mercury species analysis and the effect of sulfate ions generated on elemental mercury oxidation. It was confirmed that SO₂ also promotes NO_x removal activity, which is thought to be because the increase in acid sites by SO₄ generated on the catalyst surface by SO₂ facilitates NH₃ adsorption. The composition change and structure of the components present on the catalyst surface under various reaction conditions were measured by XRD and XRF. These measurement results were presented as a rational explanation for the results that SO₂ enhances the oxidation activity of elemental mercury and the NO_x removal activity in this catalyst system.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 한국재료학회 2010년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.12.2-12.2
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• 2010

반도체 소자, 바이오 센서, 태양전지 등에서 집적도 및 소자 성능 향상을 위해서 최근 실리콘 소재를 위주로 한 수직 정렬형 와이어 어레이와 같은 3차원 구조의 소재에 대한 연구가 많이 진행되고 있다. 깊은 반응성 이온 식각법(DRIE: Deep Reactive Ion Etching)과 같은 건식 식각법으로 종횡비가 높은 실리콘 와이어 어레이를 제작할 수 있지만 시간과 공정비용이 많이 소요된다는 단점이 있고 양산성이 없다. 이를 극복하기 위해서 VLS (Vapor-Liquid-Solid)방법이 연구되고 있지만 촉매로 사용되는 금속의 오염으로 인한 소자 성능의 저하를 피할 수가 없다. 본 연구진에서 연구하는 있는 전기화학적 식각법을 사용하면 이러한 문제를 극복하고 매우 정렬이 잘 된 실리콘 와이어 어레이를 제작할 수 있으며 최적 조건을 정립하면 균일하고 재현성 있는 다양한 종횡비의 기판 수직형 실리콘 와이어 어레이를 제작할 수 있다. 또한, 귀금속 촉매 식각법은 금속 촉매를 사용하여 식각을 하지만 VLS 방법과 달리 Top-down 방법을 사용하기 때문에 최종 공정에서 용액에 담구어 귀금속을 식각하여 제거 하면 귀금속 촉매가 실리콘을 오염시키는 일은 배제할 수 있다. 귀금속 촉매 식각법의 경우 사용되는 촉매의 다양화, 포토리소그래피 방법, 그리고 식각 용액의 조성 변화에 따라 다양한 형상의 와이어 어레이를 제작할 수 있으며 이에 대한 결과를 소개하고자 한다. 3차원 실리콘 와이어 어레이를 사용하여 동심원형 p-n접합 와이어 어레이를 제작하면 소수캐리어의 확산거리가 짧아도 짧은 동심원 방향으로 캐리어를 포집할 수 있고 태양광의 입사는 와이어 어레이의 수직 방향이므로 태양광의 흡수도 효율적으로 할 수 있기 때문에 실리콘의 효율 향상을 달성할 수 있다. 이에 대한 본 연구진의 연구결과 및 최근 연구 동향을 발표하고자 한다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.189-194
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• 2013

A sulfonated activated carbon (AC-$SO_3H$) was used as a solid acid catalyst for dehydration of sorbitol to isosorbide and its catalytic performance was compared with the commercial solid acid such as acidic ion exchange resin, Amberlyst-36, and sulfated copper oxide. The catalytic performance with 100% sorbitol conversion and 52% isosorbide selectivity was obtained over AC-$SO_3H$ at 423.15 K. Although AC-$SO_3H$ possessed only 0.5 mmol/g of sulfur content, it showed the similar dehydration activity of sorbitol to isosorbide with Amberlyst-36 (5.4 mmol/g) at 423.15 K. Based on the high thermal and chemical stability of AC-$SO_3H$, one-step reactive distillation, where isosorbide separation can be carried out simultaneously with sorbitol dehydration, was tried to increase the recovery yield of isosobide from sorbitol. The reactive distillation process using AC-$SO_3H$, the turnover number of AC-$SO_3H$ was 4 times higher than the conventional two-step process using sulfuric acid.