• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.283-288
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• 2015

Two sintering methods of a pressureless sintering and a spark-plasma sintering are tested to densify the Fe-TiC composite powders which are fabricated by high-energy ball-milling. A powder mixture of Fe and TiC is prepared in a planetary ball mill at a rotation speed of 500 rpm for 1h. Pressureless sintering is performed at 1100, 1200 and $1300^{\circ}C$ for 1-3 hours in a tube furnace under flowing argon gas atmosphere. Spark-plasma sintering is carried out under the following condition: sintering temperature of $1050^{\circ}C$, soaking time of 10 min, sintering pressure of 50 MPa, heating rate of $50^{\circ}C$, and in a vacuum of 0.1 Pa. The curves of shrinkage and its derivative (shrinkage rate) are obtained from the data stored automatically during sintering process. The densification behaviors are investigated from the observation of fracture surface and cross-section of the sintered compacts. The pressureless-sintered powder compacts show incomplete densification with a relative denstiy of 86.1% after sintering at $1300^{\circ}C$ for 3h. Spark-plasma sintering at $1050^{\circ}C$ for 10 min exhibits nearly complete densification of 98.6% relative density under the sintering pressure of 50 MPa.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.227-232
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• 2014

In this study, we propose the application of doping process technology for atmospheric pressure plasma. The plasma treatment means the wafer is warmed via resistance heating from current paths. These paths are induced by the surface charge density in the presence of illuminating Argon atmospheric plasmas. Furthermore, it is investigated on the high-concentration doping to a selective partial region in P type solar cell wafer. It is identified that diffusion of impurities is related to the wafer temperature. For the fixed plasma treatment time, plasma currents were set with 40, 70, 120 mA. For the processing time, IR(Infra-Red) images are analyzed via a camera dependent on the temperature of the P type wafer. Phosphorus concentrations are also analyzed through SIMS profiles from doped wafer. According to the analysis for doping process, as applied plasma currents increase, so the doping depth becomes deeper. As the junction depth is deeper, so the surface resistance is to be lowered. In addition, the surface charge density has a tendency inversely proportional to the initial phosphorus concentration. Overall, when the plasma current increases, then it becomes higher temperatures in wafer. It is shown that the diffusion of the impurity is critically dependent on the temperature of wafers.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.259-268
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• 2022

Molten salt consisting primarily of eutectic LiCl-KCl is currently being used in electrorefiners in the Fuel Conditioning Facility at Idaho National Laboratory. Options are currently being evaluated for storing this salt outside of the argon atmosphere hot cell. The hygroscopic nature of eutectic LiCl-KCl makes is susceptible to deliquescence in air followed by extreme corrosion of metallic cannisters. In this study, the effect of occluding the salt into a zeolite on water sorption/desorption was tested. Two zeolites were investigated: Na-Y and zeolite 4A. Na-Y was ineffective at occluding a high percentage of the salt at either 10 or 20wt% loading. Zeolite-4A was effective at occluding the salt with high efficiency at both loading levels. Weight gain in salt occluded zeolite-4A (SOZ) from water sorption at 20% relative humidity and 40℃ was 17wt% for 10% SOZ and 10wt% for 20% SOZ. In both cases, neither deliquescence nor corrosion occurred over a period of 31 days. After hydration, most of the water could be driven off by heating the hydrated salt occluded zeolite to 530℃. However, some HCl forms during dehydration due to salt hydrolysis. Over a wide range of temperatures (320-700℃) and ramp rates (5, 10, and 20℃ min^-1), HCl formation was no more than 0.6% of the Cl^- in the original salt.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.77-82
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is to compare the thermal insulation performance of windows according to the formation of air layer and to evaluate its energy efficiency on a selected standard house. A thermal insulation test, KS F 2278 was used to measure U-values (Heat transmission coefficients) for the following three cases: the first case (Case 1) is a Low-E pair glass (Argon injected), the second case (Case 2) is a Low-E pair glass with the air cap attached on the glass surface, and the third case (Case 3) is a Low-E pair glass, on the frame of which the air cap is attached. The evaluation of the energy efficiency was conducted according to a building energy calculation method from ISO 13790, calculation of energy use for space heating and cooling, using the U-values obtained from the thermal insulation tests. As results of the tests, the U-values of Case 1, Case 2, and Case 3 were $1.668W/m^2{\cdot}K$, $1.568W/m^2{\cdot}K$, and $1.319W/m^2{\cdot}K$ respectively. The Case 2 had about 5.9% lower value than the Case 1, and the Case 3 had about 20.9% lower value than the Case 1. It seems that the thermal performance of the windows is attributed to an increase of the heat resistance and the thickness of air layer. An evaluation of the energy efficiency of the three cases on the selected standard house showed that the amount of heating energy demand per unit area was $7.776kWh/m^2{\cdot}yr$ for the Case $1,6.856kWh/m^2{\cdot}yr$ for the Case 2, and $4.856kWh/m^2{\cdot}yr$ for the Case 3. This study suggests that the formation of air layer (by using air cap) and its thickness should reduce the heat energy demand and thus improve the energy saving efficiency

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.213-218
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• 2009

전해제련 공정은 악티늄족 원소를 동시에 회수하는 공정으로써, Pyroprocessing의 핵확산 저항성을 보장하는 중요한 공정이다. 공학규모의 전해제련 장치를 설계하기 위한 기본 도구를 개발하기 위해서 실험실 규모의 장치에 대한 열전달 해석을 수행하였다. 열전달 해석을 수치 해석적으로 계산하기 위해 ANSYS CXF 상용 코드를 사용하였다. 열전달 해석 결과, 가열부의 길이가 수직으로 용융염의 높이보다 약3배 이상이 되었을 때, 용융염의 온도를 일정하게 유지할 수 있었으며, 냉각부의 길이는 그 영향이 미비하였다. 전해조 덮개 아래의 아르곤 가스의 온도는 냉각 판의 개수에 따라 감소하였으며, 5개 이상 설치 할 경우 $250^{\circ}C$ 이하로 유지할 수 있음을 보였다. 이러한 계산 결과는 실제 실험 장치에서 측정된 장치 내부 온도 분포와 경향성이 일치하는 것을 볼 수 있었다. 본 연구에서 해석 된 전해제련 장치의 열 분포 특성은 공학규모 장치의 설계를 위해 중요한 자료로 사용 될 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.19-26
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• 1986

공기산화와 수증기 산화법에 의하여 Ti$O_{2-x}$박막을 만들었고, 알곤 기체속에서 $TiO_2$단결정을 환원하였다. Ti$O_{2x}박막의 전극 특성은 환원된 단결정 rutile의 특성과 거의 같았다. 산소가 용해된 전해질용액에서 측정된 Ti$O_{2-x}$전극들의 전류-전압 곡선으로 부터 음극전류의 peak는 -0.8V ~ -1.0V에서 나타났으며, 영볼트 근처의 Ti$O_{2-x}$전극들의 음극전류는 공기로 포화된 용액에서 보다 질소로 포화된 용액에서 더 크게 나타났다. 시간에 따르는 전류 (i)의 변화는 $i_0e^{-kt}$식에 의존하였고 이때의 속도상수(k)는 $k_0{[H^+]}^nexp(A{\eta}+\frac{E_a}{RT})$로 나타낼 수 있었다. 여기서 활성화에너지 Ea는 0.035~0.145V의 과전압에서는 4.6~4.8kcal/mole, 0.2~0.5V의 과전압에서는 1.6kcal/mole이고, 위식중의 n과 A는 0.035~0.145V에서 0.1과, 5.4~5.6/V, 0.2~0.5V에서는 0.04와 1.3/V이었다. 산소의 환원반응은 전체적으로 비가역 반응임을 알았다.