• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.163-170
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• 2002

This report describes the use of a transtubular bioreactor to study the relative effects of diffusion versus perfusion of medium on antibody production by a hybridoma cell line. The study was performed with a high-density cell culture maintained in a serum-free, low-protein medium for 77 days. It was determined that the reactor possessed a macro-mixing pattern residence time distribution similar to a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR), However, due to the arrangement of the medium lines in the reactor, the flow patterns for nutrient distribution consist of largely independent medium path lengths ranging from short to long. When operated with cyclic, reversing, transtubular medium flow, some regions of the reactor (with short residence times) are more accessible to medium than others (with long residence times). From this standpoint, the reactor can be divided into three regions: a captive volume, which consists of medium primarily delivered via diffusion; a lapped volume, which provides nutrients through unilateral convection; and a swept volume, which operates through bilateral convection. The relative sizes of these three volumes were modified experimentally by changing the period over which the direction of medium flow was reversed from 15 min (larger captive volume) to 9 h (larger swept volume). The results suggest that antibody concentration increases as the size of the diffusion-limited (captive) volume is increased to a maximum at around 30 min with a sharp decrease thereafter. As reflected by changes in measured consumption of glucose and production of lactate, no significant difference in cellular metabolism occurred as the reactor was moved between these different states. These results indicate that the mode of operation of the transtubular bioreactor may influence antibody productivity under serum-free, low-protein conditions with minimal effects on cellular metabolism.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2014

The vessel of integral reactor contains its major primary components such as the fuel and core, pumps, steam generators, and a pressurizer, so its size is proportional to the required space for the installation of each component. The steam generators take up the largest volume of internal space of reactor vessel and their volumes is substantial for the overall size of reactor vessel. Reduction of installation space for steam generators can lead to much smaller reactor vessel with resultant decrease of overall cost for the components and related facilities. A printed circuit heat exchanger is one of the compact types of heat exchangers available as an alternative to conventional shell and tube heat exchangers. Its name is derived from the procedure used to manufacture the flat metal plates that form the core of the heat exchanger, which is done by chemical milling. These plates are then stacked and diffusion bonded, converting the plates into a solid metal block containing precisely engineered fluid flow passages. The overall heat transfer area and pressure drops are evaluated for the steam generator based on the concept of the printed circuit heat exchanger in this study. As the printed circuit heat exchanger is known to have much larger heat transfer area density per unit volume, we can expect significantly reduced steam generator compared to former shell and tube type of steam generator. For the introduction of new steam generator, two design requirements are considered: flow area ratio between primary and secondary flow paths, and secondary side parallel channel flow oscillation. The results show that the overall volume of the steam generator can be significantly reduced with printed circuit type of steam generator.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.737-743
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• 1999

A conventional thermophilic anaerobic digester was converted into a thermophilic high-rate hybrid anaerobic reactor (THAR) for treating distillery wastewater. The THAR has been operating successfully since May 1995 at a loading rate of 5.45 to $11.52{\;}kg/\textrm{m}^3/d$ (maximum of 15.02). The THAR has demonstrated a soluble Chemical Oxygen Demand (sCOD) removal efficiency of 85 to 91% and a total COD (tCOD) removal efficiency of as much as 72 to 84%. Product gas had a methane content of 59 to 68%. The tCOD removal rates were 4.31 to 5.43, 6.26 to 6.89, and 9.03 to $9.78kg{\;}tCOD/\textrm{m}^3/d$ for tapioca, com, and naked-barley wastewater, respectively. The sCOD removal rates ranged from 3.75 to 4.79,3.28 to 4.89, and 5.57 to 6.21kg $sCOD/\textrm{m}^3/d$ for tapioca, com, and naked-barley wastewater, respectively. There were unknown substances in a naked-barley distillery wastewater that were identified as being toxic for microorganisms. However, the THAR treated naked-barley wastewater continuously for 26 days, operating at an average tCOD loading of $11.08{\;}kg/\textrm{m}^3/d$without any signs of deterioration in either COD removal efficiency or gas production rate. During this period, the average removal efficiencies of tCOD and sCOD were 84% and 91%, respectively, and the gas production rate averaged 6.61 to $7.57{\;}\textrm{m}^3/\textrm{m}^3$ reactor/d which produced 0.57 to $0.69{\;}\textrm{m}^3{\;}biogas/kg{\;}tCOD_{rem}$. From tapioca and com wastewater, the reactor showed an average gas production rate of 3.18 to 3.46 and 4.91 to $5.22{\;}\textrm{m}^3/\textrm{m}^3$ reactor/d which produced 0.53 to 0.69 and 0.62 to $0.71{\;}\textrm{m}^3/kg{\;}tCOD_{rem}$, respectively.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.16-25
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• 1998

Laboratory-scale experiment using anaerobic fluidized bed reactor was carried out to investigate the prehydrolysis step with caustic soda on the treatment efficiency of anaerobic sludge treatment, since the overall rate-limiting step for the complete anaerobic digestion of sludge was the hydrolysis step by extracellular bacterial enzymes of insoluble polymeric molecules. Reactors received a sludge which had not been pretreated, a 50-50 mixture of pretreated and untreated sludge, and the fully pretreated sludge. Hydraulic retention time of 10, 5, 2.5 days and 1 day were applied with an respective equivalent organic loading rate of 1.17, 2.23, 4.17, 11.24 gCOD/L/d. Reactor with the untreated sludge did not archieve adequate digestion even at the HRT of 5 days, and reactor, which received the 50-50 mixture, operated well at the HRT of 5 days, but began to show signs of unstable digestion at the HRT of 2.5 days. While, reactor, which was fed the hydrolyzed sludge, operated reasonably well at the 2.5 days, but was showing somewhat decrease in removal efficiencies. Results, therefore, have substantiated that the limiting reaction in the anaerobic treatment process is hydrolysis. The soluble COD did not significantly accumulate in the reactor as organic acid form, even when they were highly stressed. It was believed that this resistance to a build-up of organic acids and soluble COD behavior was mainly due to the maintenance of the methane bacteria in the fixed-film system which prevents washout as the organic loading increased. The anaerobic fluidized bed reactor was therefore effective for the digestion of waste activated sludge at short HRT.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.104-116
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• 1996

Anaerobic digestion is generally used for the treatment of volatile organic solids such as manure and sludge from waste water treatment plants. However, the reaction rate of anaerobic process is slow, and thus it requires a large reactor volume. To minimize such a disadvantage, physical and chemical pre-treatment is generally considered. Another method to reduce the reactor size is to adopt different reactor system other than CSTR. In this paper, the effects of heat pre-treatment and reactor configurations on the anaerobic treatability of volatile solids was studied. Carrot, kale, primary sludge, and waste activated sludge was chosen as the test materials, and the BMP method was used to evaluate the maximum methane production and first order rate constants from each sample. After the heat treatment at $130^{\circ}C$ for 30min., the measured increase in SCOD per gram VS was up to 394 mg/L for the waste activated sludge. However, the methane production potential per gram VS was increased for only primary and waste activated sludge by 17-23%, remaining the same for carrot and kale. The overall methane production process for the tested solids can be described by first order reactions. The increased in reaction constant after heat pre-treatment was also more significant for the primary and waste activated sludge than that for carrot and kale. therefore, the heat pre-treatment appeared to be effective for the solids with high protein contents rather than for the solids with high carbohydrate contents. Among the four reactor systems studied, CSTR, PFR, CSTR followed by PFR, and PFR with recycle, CSTR followed by PFR appeared to be the best choice considering methane conversion rate and the operational stability.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.49-54
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• 2011

본 연구는 혐기성 수소 발효 반응조의 유출수를 기질로 이용하여 anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) 및 anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR) 형태에 따른 혐기성 메탄 발효 성능을 평가하였다. 두 개의 반응조는 유기물 부하율 $1.0kg\;COD/m^3{\cdot}d$와 수리학적 체류시간 20일에서 운전을 수행하였다. ABR과 ASBR의 초기 운전 기간에서 메탄 발생량은 각각 0.04 L/L/d와 0.19 L/L/d로 나타났으며, ABR과 ASBR의 최대 메탄 발생량은 각각 0.25 L/L/d와 0.31 L/L/d로 나타났다. ABR과 ASBR의 초기 운전 기간에서 COD 제거율은 각각 89%와 92%로 나타났다. 정상 상태에 도달한 후에는 ABR과 ASBR의 COD 및 VS의 제거율은 각각 90% 이상 유지되었다. 비메탄 활성도는 미생물이 기질에 적응함에 따라 반응조에 상관없이 증가하였다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.677-681
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• 2015

$NaBH_4$ 가수 분해용 경량반응기의 재질로서 알루미늄 합금을 검토하였다. 알루미늄은 알칼리에 용해되는데, $NaBH_4$ 반응 용액중에 안정화제로 NaOH가 포함되어 있다. 알루미늄의 부식 속도를 낮추기 위해서 NaOH 농도를 낮추면 저장중에 $NaBH_4$가 손실된다. 그래서 최적의 NaOH 농도를 결정할 때 알루미늄 부식과 $NaBH_4$ 안정화를 모두 고려해야 한다. $NaBH_4$ 안정화와 알루미늄 부식속도는 수소발생속도에 의해 측정하였다. $NaBH_4$ 안정화는 $20{\sim}50^{\circ}C$에서 알루미늄 부식속도는 $60{\sim}90^{\circ}C$ 온도에서 실험하였다. 알루미늄 부식과 $NaBH_4$ 안정화를 모두 고려한 최적의 NaOH농도는 0.30 wt% 였다. 알루미늄 합금 6061를 사용해 반응기 온도 $80{\sim}90^{\circ}C$에서 NaOH 0.3 wt%로 200분간 반응을 진행하였다.

• 청정기술
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.398-405
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• 2014

수명이 도래한 고에너지물질의 처리를 위해 환경오염 및 안전성, 처리용량 등을 고려해야 하며, 현재 가장 주목 받고 있는 처리방식은 소각처리공정이다. 그러나 처리대상 고에너지물질의 종류가 매우 다양하고, 특성 또한 다르기 때문에 범용적 기술개발이 힘든 실정이다. 본 연구는 상세 수학적모델링 및 동적모사를 통하여 가장 널리 사용되는 고에너지물질의 하나인 고폭약(research department explosive, RDX)을 플러그흐름반응기(plug flow reactor, PFR)에서 소각 시 반응기 내부의 물리-화학적 변화를 예측하였다. 본 연구에서 사용된 RDX반응은 263개의 상세한 기초반응식으로 이루어져 있으며 43개의 성분이 반응에 관여한다. 모사결과 반응기 내부온도를 제어하여 RDX의 민감성을 통제할 수 있었다. 반응기 내부온도를 1,200 K로 유지 할 때 RDX는 분해반응만 일어나 폭발과 같은 큰 에너지 방출을 막을 수 있었으나 공급되는 열원이 높아져 1,300 K이상 반응기 온도가 증가 시에는 3,000 K 이상의 온도상승을 수반하는 발화반응이 일어났다. 본 연구를 통하여 반응기의 운전온도변화에 따른 RDX반응 특성을 제시함으로써 효율적인 RDX소각로 공정설계 및 운전에 기초가 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 공업화학
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.531-537
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 휘발성유기화합물의 일종인 아이소프로필 알코올(IPA) 산화에 촉매-플라즈마 반응 시스템을 이용하였다. ${\alpha}-Al_2O_3$로 이루어진 다공성 세라믹에 산화구리를 0.5% (w/w) 담지하여 촉매로 사용하였으며, 촉매상에 직접 플라즈마를 생성시켜 표면이 바로 플라즈마에 노출되도록 하였다. 촉매-플라즈마 공정의 특성을 파악하기 위하여 방전전압 및 온도 변화에 따른 IPA 및 분해부산물의 농도를 측정하였다. 촉매-플라즈마 반응기를 단열시키지 않았을 경우, 전압 17 kV (방전전력 : 28 W)에서 반응기 온도가 $120^{\circ}C$까지 증가하였으며, 유량 $1L\;min^{-1}$ (산소 : 10% (v/v); IPA : 1000 ppm) 조건에서 IPA가 모두 제거되었다. 그러나 $120^{\circ}C$ 이하의 온도에서는 바람직한 생성물인 이산화탄소 이외에도 아세톤, 포름알데하이드, 일산화탄소와 같은 유해 분해 부산물이 생성되었다. 반면 촉매-플라즈마 반응기 외부를 단열했을 때는 같은 조건에서 반응기 내부 온도가 $265^{\circ}C$까지 증가하였으며, IPA가 대부분 이산화탄소로 산화되었다. 다공성 세라믹에 산화구리를 담지하지 않았을 때는 촉매-플라즈마 반응기를 단열해도 이산화탄소와 일산화탄소가 유사한 비율로 생성되었다. 한편, 플라즈마를 생성시키지 않고 촉매만 단독으로 사용했을 때는(반응온도 : $265^{\circ}C$), 분해된 IPA의 70% 이상이 또 다른 휘발성유기화합물인 아세톤으로 전환되었으며, 이를 통해 촉매 단독공정보다 촉매-플라즈마 복합 공정이 IPA 산화에 더 효과적임을 알 수 있었다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1993년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국제학술편); Seoul National University, Seoul; 20-22 Oct. 1993
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• pp.48-53
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• 1993

In this paper, it is shown that chaotic nonlinear chemical process can be controlled based on the Poincare map based control algorithm. An isothermal autocatalytic CSTR, which has chaotic dynamics, is successfully controlled and period 2 orbit is generated in a normal chaotic region with small perturbation of the control parameter.