• 에너지공학
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.81-89
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• 2002

석탄가스화 복합발전(IGCC)은 석탄을 가스화하고 가스화된 연료를 사용하여 전기를 생산하는 기술로 기존의 석탄 전환 기술에 비해 전환율이 높고 환경 영향이 적은 것으로 알려져 있다 특히 우리나라와 같이 전력 생산 분야에서 석탄 화력의 비중이 높은(2001년 6월 기준, 29.6%, 한전통계자료)나라에서 급격히 강화되는 석탄 화력 발전 방식에 대한 오염물 배출량 제한에 대처하기 위해 기존 석탄 화력의 대안으로 석탄가스화 복합발전이 부각되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 국내 도입이 임박한 IGCC상용설비를 대상으로 한 시스템 설계 연구를 수행하였다. 분류층 가스화 공정을 채용한 2가지 종류의 IGCC시스템으로, 고효율 IGCC와 저비용 IGCC에 대해 시스템 연계 최적화를 고려하여 시스템을 설정하였다. 각 시스템에 대해 AspenPlus등을 사용한 시스템 시뮬레이션 모델을 개발하고 성능 계산을 수행하였으며 특히 저비용 IGCC 시스템에 대해서는 시스템 옵션 스터디와 공기 추출율에 따른 민감도 분석을 수행하였다. 열성능 계산 결과 고효율 IGCC 시스템의 효율이 42.6%(HHV, Net)으로, 저비용 IGCC 시스템에 75% 공기 추출율을 적용한 경우 40%(HHV, Net)으로 나타났다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.178-185
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• 2006

This paper investigates the steady-state combustion characteristics of the Homogeneous charge compression ignition(HCCI) engine with variable valve timing(VVT) and dimethyl ether(DME) direct injection, to find out its benefits in exhaust gas emissions. HCCI combustion is an attractive way to lower carbon dioxide($CO_2$), nitrogen oxides(NOx) emission and to allow higher fuel conversion efficiency. However, HCCI engine has inherent problem of narrow operating range at high load due to high in-cylinder peak pressure and consequent noise. To overcome this problem, the control of combustion start and heat release rate is required. It is difficult to control the start of combustion because HCCI combustion phase is closely linked to chemical reaction during a compression stroke. The combination of VVT and DME direct injection was chosen as the most promising strategy to control the HCCI combustion phase in this study. Regular gasoline was injected at intake port as main fuel, while small amount of DME was also injected directly into the cylinder as an ignition promoter for the control of ignition timing. Different intake valve timings were tested for combustion phase control. Regular gasoline was tested for HCCI operation and emission characteristics with various engine conditions. With HCCI operation, ignition delay and rapid burning angle were successfully controlled by the amount of internal EGR that was determined with VVT. For best IMEP and low HC emission, DME should be injected during early compression stroke. IMEP was mainly affected by the DME injection timing, and quantities of fuel DME and gasoline. HC emission was mainly affected by both the amount of gasoline and the DME injection timing. NOx emission was lower than conventional SI engine at gasoline lean region. However, NOx emission was similar to that in the conventional SI engine at gasoline rich region. CO emission was affected by the amount of gasoline and DME.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.128-136
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• 2016

BACKGROUND: Hydrothermal carbonization reaction is the thermo-chemical energy conversion technology for producing the solid fuel of high carbon density from organic wastes. The hydrothermal carbonization reaction is accompanied by the thermal hydrolysis reaction which converse particulate organic matters to soluble forms (hydro-thermal hydrolysate). Recently, hydrothermal carbonization is adopted as a pre-treatment technology to improve anaerobic digestion efficiency. This research was carried out to assess the effects of hydro-thermal reaction temperature on the methane potential and anaerobic biodegradability in the thermal hydrolysate of organic sludge generating from the wastewater treatment plant of poultry slaughterhouse .METHODS AND RESULTS: Wastewater treatment sludge cake of poultry slaughterhouse was treated in the different hydro-thermal reaction temperature of 170, 180, 190, 200, and 220℃. Theoretical and experimental methane potential for each hydro-thermal hydrolysate were measured. Then, the organic substance fractions of hydro-thermal hydrolysate were characterized by the optimization of the parallel first order kinetics model. The increase of hydro-thermal reaction temperature from 170℃ to 220℃ caused the enhancement of hydrolysis efficiency. And the methane potential showed the maximum value of 0.381 Nm³ kg^-1-VS_added in the hydro-thermal reaction temperature of 190℃. Biodegradable volatile solid(VSB) content have accounted for 66.41% in 170℃, 72.70% in 180℃, 79.78% in 190℃, 67.05% in 200℃, and 70.31% in 220℃, respectively. The persistent VS content increased with hydro-thermal reaction temperature, which occupied 0.18% for 170℃, 2.96% for 180℃, 6.32% for 190℃, 17.52% for 200℃, and 20.55% for 220℃.CONCLUSION: Biodegradable volatile solid showed the highest amount in the hydro-thermal reaction temperature of 190℃, and then, the optimum hydro-thermal reaction temperature for organic sludge was assessed as 190℃ in the aspect of the methane production. The rise of hydro-thermal reaction temperature caused increase of persistent organic matter content.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.49-57
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 열가수분해 기술을 이용하여 AI 발생으로 인해 살처분된 가금류 사체를 처리하고 연료화 가능성을 판단하고자 하였다. 실험결과 가금류 사체는 일부 모래를 제외하고 모두 액상화 되었으며, 운전온도 $190^{\circ}C$, 운전시간 60분에서 최적효율을 나타냈다. 열가수분해 후 발생한 액상생성물은 탄소 함유량과 발열량이 높고 회분의 함량이 낮아 연료화 하기에 좋은 조건을 가지고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 별도의 보조연료 투입 없이 연소 시 발생하는 폐열만을 활용해 열가수분해 설비를 운전하는 것이 가능하였으며, 연소 시 발생하는 배출가스는 대기에 미치는 영향은 적은 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.101-109
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• 2010

Efficient L-lactic acid production from Jerusalem artichoke tubers, by Lactobacillus casei G-02, using simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) in a fed-batch culture, is demonstrated. A kinetic analysis of the SSF revealed that the inulinase activity was subjected to product inhibition, whereas the fermentation activity of G-02 was subjected to substrate inhibition. It was also found that the intracellular NADH oxidase (NOX) activity was enhanced by the citrate metabolism, which dramatically increased the carbon flux of the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas (EMP) pathway, along with the production of ATP. As a result, when the SSF was carried out at $40^{\circ}C$ after an initial hydrolysis of 1 h and included a sodium citrate supplement of 10 g/l, an L-lactic acid concentration of 141.5 g/l was obtained after 30 h, with a volumetric productivity of 4.7 g/l/h. The conversion efficiency and product yield were 93.6% of the theoretical lactic acid yield and 52.4 g lactic acid/l00 g Jerusalem artichoke flour, respectively. Such a high concentration of lactic acid with a high productivity from Jerusalem artichokes has not been reported previously, making G-02 a potential candidate for the economic production of L-lactic acid from Jerusalem artichokes on a commercial scale.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.117-126
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• 2010

A chitinase (CHT) and a protease (PRO) were purified from the culture supernatant of Serratia sp. TKU017, with shrimp shell as the sole carbon/nitrogen source. The molecular masses of CHT and PRO determined by SDS-PAGE were approximately 65 kDa and 53 kDa, respectively. CHT was inhibited by $Mn^{2+}$ and $Cu^{2+}$, and PRO was inhibited by most tested divalent metals and EDTA. The optimum pH, optimum temperature, pH stability, and thermal stability of CHT and PRO were pH 5, $50^{\circ}C$, pH 5-7, and <$50^{\circ}C$, and pH 9, $40^{\circ}C$, pH 5-11, and <$40^{\circ}C$, respectively. PRO retained 95% of its protease activity in the presence of 0.5 mM SDS. The result demonstrates that PRO is an SDS-resistant protease and probably has a rigid structure. The $4^{th}$-day supernatant showed the strongest antioxidant activity (70%, DPPH scavenging ability) and the highest total phenolic content ($196{\pm}6.2\;{\mu}g$ of gallic acid equiv./ml). Significant associations between the antioxidant potency and the total phenolic content, as well as between the antioxidant potency and free amino groups, were found for the supernatant. With this method, we have shown that shrimp shell wastes can be utilized and it is effective in the production of enzymes and antioxidants, facilitating its potential use in industrial applications and functional foods.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2000

Bioconversion of fumarate to succinate was anaerobically conduced in a synthetic medium containing glycerol as a hydrogen donor and fumarate as a hydrogen acceptor. We investigated the effects of pH, carbon and nitrogen sources, conversion substrate, and other culture conditions on the production of succinate using a nwely isoloated Enterococcus facalis PKY1. Addition of a variety of carbonates to the medium significantly increasd the rates of production of succinate. The production of succinate and cell growth were relatively satisfactory in the pH range of 7.0-7.6. By using glycerol as a hydrogen donor, high purity succinate was produced with few byproducts. Yeast extract as a sole nitrogen source was the most effective for producing succinalte. As a result, the optimum condition of biconversion was obtained at a medium containing 20g/I glycerol, 50 g/l fumarate, 15 g/l yeast extract, 10 g/l $K_2HPO_4$, 1 g/I NaCl, 50ppm $MgCl_2{\cdot}6H_2O$, 10ppm $FeSo_4{\cdot}7H_2O$, and 5 g/I $Na_2CO_3$ at pH 7.0-7.6. Under the optimum condition, a succinate concentration of 153 g/I was produced in 36 h. The total volumetric production rate and the molar yield of succinate were 4.3 g/l/h and 85%, respectively.

• 한국가정과학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.79-92
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 미생물의 대사체계를 이용하여 유자껍질내의 유자정유성분을 생전환 시키므로써 고부가가치 고기능성 천연향의 발굴 생산을 시도하였다. 유자정유 성분 대사능 유전자를 지닌 E. coli 형질전환주 EC3, EC4, EC6의 공동 배양액을 유자정유가 유일한 탄소원인 M9배지에서 28$^{\circ}C$로 진탕배양 하였다. 각 공동 배양액(EC3+EC4. EC3+EC6, EC4+EC6 and EC3+C4+EC6)은 각 형질전환주의 단독배양 보다 3∼4배 더 높은 생육도를 나타냄을 알 수 있었다. 공동배양에 의해 생전환된 물질들은 GC-MS에 의해 확인하였다. 각 공동배양액의 주요한 대사산물로는 linalool, 4-terpineol, ${\alpha}$-terpineol이 공통적으로 검출되었다. 소량씩 존재하나 배양액의 주요한 향을 결정할 것으로 보이는 각기 다른 terpene 계열 화합물들이 각각의 공동배양액 대사산물로 검출 되었는데, 공동배양액EC3+EC4에서는 elemol, ocimene, nonanal, trans-2-nonenal이 공동배양액EC3+EC6에서는 cis-ocimene, 2-octanol, octanal. ${\alpha}$-terpinolene, 공동배양액 C4+EC6에서는 ocimene, 그리고 공동배양액EC3+EC4+EC6에서는 nonanal, 2-octenol, iso-menthol, ocimene이 각각 검출되었다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.46-51
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• 2016

In this study, we synthesized a combination of graphene oxide (GO) and titanium dioxide (TiO₂) and confirm that GO can be used for CO₂ photoreduction. TiO₂ exhibited highly efficient combination with other conventional electric charges generated by these paration phenomenon for suppression of hole-electron recombination. This improved the efficiency of CO₂ photoreduction. The synthetic form of GO-TiO₂ used in this study was agraphene sheet surrounded by TiO₂ powder. Efficiency and stability were enhanced by combination of GO and TiO₂. In a CO₂ photoreduction experiment, the highest CO conversion rate was 0.652 μmol/g·h in GO10-TiO₂ (2.3-fold that of pure TiO₂) and the highest CH₄ production rate was 0.037 μmol/g·h in GO0.1-TiO₂ (2.4-fold that of pure TiO₂). GO enhances photocatalytic efficiency by functioning as a support and absorbent, and enabling charge separation. With increasing GO concentration, the CH₄ level decreases to~45% due to decreased transfer of electrons. In this study, TiO₂ together with GO yielded a different result than the normal doping effect and selective CO₂ photoreduction.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.561-566
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• 2008

석유코크스의 연료적 가치에 대한 관심이 증가하여, 세계적으로 정유공정이나 발전용으로 석유코크스 가스화 플랜트 적용 사례가 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 1톤/일 규모의 석탄가스화 시스템을 활용하여 석유코크스 가스화를 위한 요소기술을 개발하고자 하였다. 석유코크스는 반응성이 낮아 가스화를 위한 산소소모량이 석탄보다 많이 소요되었으며, 석유코크스와 석탄을 각각 50%로 혼합한 연료의 경우, 합성가스 발열량은 $6.7{\sim}7.2MJ/Nm^3$ 수준을 보였다. 가스화 성능 면에서 전환율은 산소량 증가에 따라 92%이상까지 도달할 수 있었지만, 냉가스효율은 석탄보다 낮은 수준의 결과를 보였다. 이는 반응성이 낮은 석유코크스의 경우 가스화 성능 향상을 위해 버너 노즐부위에 대한 미립화 설계 보완이 필요한 것으로 파악되었다.