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Ceramic Membrane Application for the Bayer Process of Aluminium hydroxide Production (수산화알루미늄 제조 Bayer 공정에서 Ceramic membrane 여과 실용화 공정 개발)

  • 김정학;이성오;구자경;남승하;이시철
    • Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.146-148
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    • 2003
  • Bayer 공정은 가성소다를 이용하여 보오크사이트로부터 수산화알루미늄을 추출하는 공정이다. 그러나 보오크사이트 추출 후 1차 침전공정에서 반응한 보오크사이트 잔사는 침전시킴으로써 깨끗한 공정액을 분리하는 데 이때 침전되지 못한 다량의 분산성 고형물이 공정액 중에 존재하게 되는데 이를 분산성 보오크사이트(레드머드) 미립자라하며 보통 80-100mg/$\ell$의 농도를 나타낸다. 그러므로 이를 제거하기 위해 다음 공정인 입상여과필터 공정을 사용하는데 이때 필터링 효율증대를 위해 보조제로써 다량의 소석회(Ca(OH)$_2$)를 투여하여 공정액 중의 고형물을 농도를 8-100mg/$\ell$에서 5mg/$\ell$로 낮추는 공정을 사용하고 있다. 특히 국내 수산화알루미능 제조회사일 KC(주)의 경우 소석회 사용량이 일 10톤, 년간 약 3,600톤을 사용함으로써 소석회의 사용량에 따라 같은 량의 슬러지가 발생되게 된다. 따라서 여과후 발생되는 슬러지의 처리비용 문제(연간 9천만원)와 소석회의 미립자에 의한 공정액의 2차 오염과 제품 품질 저하(quality claim) 및 소석회 사용량에 따른 연간 원료비(연간 3억원) 등의 상당한 문제점을 나타내고 있는 실정이다. 아울러 최근 고품위 수산화알루미늄의 공급 요구에 따라 여과시 정제기준이 점차 낮아져 이제는 1mg/$\ell$ 이하를 유지하여야 하는 근본적인 문제에 봉착해있는 실정이다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 소석회를 사용하는 입상여과법을 대체하기 위한 신공정개발을 추진하였으며, 그동안 카트리지여과법 등의 다양한 실험 결과로부터 최근 필터 보조제를 첨가하지 않는 물리적 여과방법인 세라믹 막 여과법의 적용 가능성을 확인하고 친환경공정인 세라믹 막 여과 실용화 공정 기술을 개발하였다. 세라믹 막 여과 법은 여과 보조제를 사용하지 않으므로 2차적인 슬러지 발생등의 환경문제를 발생하지 않으며, 공정액에 첨가제를 투입하지 않으므로 순환형 친환경공정으로 각광받을 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 고온, 고농도의 NaOH 수용액의 처리에 적합한 막소재와 발생될 수 있는 제반 문제점 등을 파악하였고, 장기간의 실험을 거쳐 최적 투과 압력(Trans membrane pressue), 세정 조건 및 주기, 막재질에 있어서 보강하여야 할 Point, 최적 운전 조건들을 토출해 내었고, 향후 실제 Plant에 적용할 계획이다.

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Estimation of Differently Exposed Low Dynamic Range Images from a Single Bayer Image (단일 Bayer 영상으로 부터 다양한 노출을 가지는 Low Dynamic Range 영상들의 추정)

  • Lee, Tae-Hyoung;Ha, Ho-Gun;Ha, Yeong-Ho
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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    • v.48 no.2
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    • pp.74-79
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    • 2011
  • HDR(high dynamic range) imaging techniques supports wider dynamic range than normal images captured from general still camera. These usually need several shots to obtain LDR(low dynamic range) images, causing ghosting artifacts. Accordingly, this paper suggests a method to generate new LDR images from a single Bayer image using Exposure LUT(look-up table) by considering channel dependency. We prior construct exposure LUT for each RGB channel, showing the relationship between input and average output luminance values. In the process, by applying the average luminance of input image and current exposure to LUT, new exposures which are determined by user choice are first estimated. Next, LDR images which are corresponded to new exposures are generated based on each LUT. Saturated areas are improved by considering channel dependency in the last procedure. In the experimental comparison, high PSNR values are obtained between estimated and captured images. Also, we have similar appearance on displayed images.

Evaluation of Dispersion Characteristics for Liquefied Red Mud by Viscosity and Sediment Index (점도 및 침전지수에 의한 액상화 레드머드의 분산 특성평가)

  • Kang, Suk-Pyo;Kang, Hye-Ju
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.517-525
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    • 2017
  • Red mud is an industrial by-product produced during the manufacturing aluminum hydroxide ($Al(OH)_3$) and aluminum oxide($Al_2O_3$) from Bauxite ores. In Korea, approximately 2 tons of red mud in a sludge form with 50% moisture content is produced when 1ton of $Al_2O_3$ is produced through the Bayer process. In the paper, dispersion characteristics of liquefied red mud that does not require heating and grinding process for recycling were investigated through viscosity and sediment index. The results showed that the sediment index of liquefied red mud increased but viscosity of that decreased with a higher W/R ratio. Also we proposed the range of initial viscosity from 2000cP to 8000cP and target sedimentation index below 20% at elapsed time 180days for stable dispersion of liquefied red mud.

Effects of Alkali-Activated Soil Stabilizer Binder Based on Recycling BP By-Products on Soil Improvement (BP부산물을 재활용한 알칼리활성화 지반개량재의 지반개량효과에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Yeong-Won;Kang, Suk-Pyo;Kim, Jae-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.158-165
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    • 2014
  • The enormous quantity of 'Bayer-Process by-products' (BP by-products) discharged by industries producing alumina from bauxite represents an environmental and economical problem. As it is mainly composed of $Fe_2O_3$, $Al_2O_3$, $SiO_2$, CaO and $Na_2O$, it is thought that using BP by-products as a construction material is an effective way to consume such a large quantity of alkaline waste. In this study, This study evaluates the effect of alkali-activated binder based on recycling BP by-products on soil improvement through the evaluation of slope stability and seepage flow numerical analysis. The results of analysis of ground slope safety at dry season and wet season meet standard (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, 2006) Especially, when wet season, the ground used soil improving material meet standard, while the ground used soil-nailing method doesn't. Also, permeability coefficient of improved soil is smaller than that of natural soil and saturation depth of reinforced ground surface with improve soil is lower than that of natural soil.

Properties of Chemical Grade and Smelting Grade Aluminium Trihydroxide (화학제품용 및 금속제련용 수산화알루미늄 제품 특성)

  • Kim, Dae-Woong;Baik, Yong-Hyuck
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.38 no.9
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    • pp.822-828
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    • 2001
  • Bayer process is based on the extraction of aluminium trihydroxide from bauxite. The process is operated with the several criteria such as primary crystal size, particle size distribution and yield etc.. In this study basing on the previous results, an investigation on the effect of chemical grade and smelting grade aluminium trihydroxide precipitation condition were undertaken. As a result, particle size was 42∼44${\mu}$m form chemical grade product and 74∼77${\mu}$m for smelting grade product. The yield and solubility by acid of chemical grade product was higher than smelting grade product. The attrition index of smelting grade product was lower than that of other commercial product because primary crystal size of the smelting grade product was small.

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Evaluation of Serum and Urine Protein Electrophoresis in Patients with Renal Disease (신장질환 환자에서 혈청과 요단백 전기영동 분획 평가)

  • Lim, Hyun-Jin;Back, Seong-Ok;Lee, Bum-Hee;You, Seon-Woo
    • Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.111-116
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    • 2006
  • One of the cardinal findings of the renal diseases is proteinuria, which appears in the early phase of kidney diseases and is very important in diagnosis, prognosis and decision making in the treatment process and results of the treatment. The study subjects were 126 patients who visited the nephrology department of Kangbuk Samsung Hospital. Serum was requested for urine protein electrophoresis. Total protein was measured with Bayer Advia 1650 (Biuret). Quantitation of each fraction was done by multiplying the percentage of each fraction by the total protein. Serum creatinine and BUN were also measured with Bayer Advia 1650 (Jaffe and Urease). Serum protein EP was done with REP(rapid electrophoresis) using Helena Kit reagents (REP Ultra SPE Kit, Ponceau S stain, Acetic acid, Methanol, EP Control). Concentrated urine was used for urine protein EP. The SPSS package was used for statistics analysis. Percentage and quantitation of the level of albumin in renal diseases were significantly lower than those in healthy controls. Total protein was correlated with albumin. In terms of proportion, ${\alpha}1$-globulin, ${\alpha}2$-globulin, ${\beta}$-globulin, and ${\gamma}$-globulin fractions were increased in the disease group. But, in the quantified level, ${\alpha}2$-globulin was increased and ${\beta}$-globulin and ${\gamma}$-globulin were decreased. ESRD patients showed an increased secretion of high molecular proteins in urine protein EP. A decreased level in serum total protein correlated with the decreased level of serum albumin and the total amount of urine total protein. This study revealed the variety in the level of serum and urine proteins and their subgroups by EP.

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Leaching of Iron and Aluminum from Red Mud and Preparation of Coagulants (적니로부터 철과 알루미늄의 침출 및 응집제의 제조)

  • Lee, Jae-Rok;Hwang, In-Gook;Bae, Jae-Heum
    • Clean Technology
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.38-41
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    • 2009
  • Red mud is generated as a waste byproduct during the production of aluminum hydroxide/alumina from bauxite ore in the Bayer process. In this study coagulants for wastewater treatment were prepared by leaching iron and aluminum from red mud with hydrochloric acid. The removal efficiency of heavy metal ions by the red mud coagulant increased with increasing the adjusted pH value of the synthetic wastewater. When the red mud coagulant was prepared, the leaching efficiency of Fe decreased with increasing the weight of red mud, while the pH value of the red mud coagulant increased. The solution of the red mud coagulant mixed with water was reacted again with red mud to produce the leached solution, which had higher concentrations of Fe and Al and a higher pH value than the red mud coagulant. Also, its pH value was comparable to that of other coagulants: $FeCl_3$ and $Fe_2(SO_4)_3$.

Purification of Iron Oxides and Application to Magnetic Hard Ferrite

  • Kim, Jeong-Seog;Chou, Kyoung-Ho;Kim, Jai-Young
    • The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.125-130
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    • 1996
  • Hematite iron ore and waste iron oxide sludge containing about 3-5 wt% $SiO_2$ were purified by three types of method developed on the basis of the Bayer process which is known as the purification process of bauxite ore. The basic principle of the developed methods lies in the fact that the impurities contained in the iron oxides, such as $SiO_2$ and $Al_2O_3$ are soluble in the alkaline reagents. Reaction of the raw materials with KOH was done in pressure vessel, at atmospheric pressure, and by both of these two. By the pressure vessel method $SiO_2$ content was reduced to below 0.5 wt% in the waste iron oxide sludge, while, in iron ore, $SiO_2$ remained at 2-3 wt%. The atmospheric pressure reaction rendered the waste iron oxide sludge $SiO_2$ content below 0.5wt% when the reaction temperature increased to above 90$0^{\circ}C$. The combined method of two previous methods was the most effective process and rendered the refined iron oxide about 300-400ppm of $SiO_2$. Using some refined iron oxides, Ba-ferrite was produced and magnetic properties were measured. The highest quality of magnetic properties obtained in this study were Br=2.09 G, bHc=1.99 KOe, iHc=4.54 KOe, $(BH)_{max}$=1.06 MGOe. Effect of sintering condition and chemical composition will be discussed.

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The waste reduction technology of chloride contaminated red-mud from by-product of Bayer process

  • Shin, Hee-Young;Hyun, Jong-Yeong;Masuda, Kaoru;Ohya, Hitoshi;Endoh, Shigehisa
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.598-602
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    • 2003
  • The general red-mud minerals consist of hematite, sodalite, anatase, quartz, gibbsite and miner impurities. This gives serious environmental damage for the ocean disposal. It mixed with chloride compound and the content of chlorine is about 2,000-3,000ppm. This paper can be suggested the chloride reduction technology that is applied basically mineral processing by physical separation. Then it can be possible to produce the totally 24wt. $\%$ useful red-mud which chloride content is less then 400ppm.

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A Pseudo Multiple Capture CMOS Image Sensor with RWB Color Filter Array

  • Park, Ju-Seop;Choe, Kun-Il;Cheon, Ji-Min;Han, Gun-Hee
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.270-274
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    • 2006
  • A color filter array (CFA) helps a single electrical image sensor to recognize color images. The Red-Green-Blue (RGB) Bayer CFA is commonly used, but the amount of the light which arrives at the photodiode is attenuated with this CFA. Red-White-Blue (RWB) CFA increases the amount of the light which arrives at photodiode by using White (W) pixels instead of Green (G) pixels. However, white pixels are saturated earlier than red and blue pixels. The pseudo multiple capture scheme and the corresponding RWB CFA were proposed to overcome the early saturation problem of W pixels. The prototype CMOS image sensor (CIS) was fabricated with $0.35-{\mu}m$ CMOS process. The proposed CIS solves the early saturation problem of W pixels and increases the dynamic range.