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Production of Cellulosic Ethanol in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Heterologous Expressing Clostridium thermocellum Endoglucanase and Saccharomycopsis fibuligera β-glucosidase Genes

  • Jeon, Eugene;Hyeon, Jeong-eun;Suh, Dong Jin;Suh, Young-Woong;Kim, Seoung Wook;Song, Kwang Ho;Han, Sung Ok
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.369-373
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    • 2009
  • Heterologous secretory expression of endoglucanase E (Clostridium thermocellum) and ${\beta}$-glucosidase 1 (Saccharomycopsis fibuligera) was achieved in Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation cultures as an ${\alpha}$-mating factor signal peptide fusion, based on the native enzyme coding sequence. Ethanol production depends on simultaneous saccharification of cellulose to glucose and fermentation of glucose to ethanol by a recombinant yeast strain as a microbial biocatalyst. Recombinant yeast strain expressing endoglucanase and ${\beta}$-glucosidase was able to produce ethanol from ${\beta}$-glucan, CMC and acid swollen cellulose. This indicates that the resultant yeast strain of this study acts efficiently as a whole cell biocatalyst.

Carbon Dioxide Absorption characteristic using [Cn-mim]Sulfonate Ionic Liquids ([Cn-mim]sulfonate 이온성액체를 이용한 이산화탄소 흡수 특성)

  • You, Seung-Han;Choi, Soo-Hyeon;Baek, II-Hyun;Cha, Wang-Seog
    • Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.317-319
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    • 2011
  • 본 논문에서는 최근에 주목 받고 있는 물질인 이온성액체를 실험실 규모로 제조하여 회분식 기-액 흡수평형(VLE)장치를 이용하여 압력에 따른 이산화탄소 용해도 및 초기흡수속도를 상용 이온성액체인 $PF_6$와 비교분석 하였다. 반응온도 $40^{\circ}C$조건에서 운전하였으며, 이산화탄소 압력 0~40기압 범위에서 수행되었다. 실험결과 methyl기가 붙은 합성 이온성액체의 경우 초기흡수속도면에서 상용 이온성액체인 $PF_6$보다는 다소 낮은 수준이다.

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역청탄과 아역청탄의 석탄가스환 및 IGCC 성능검토

  • 안달홍;나중희;송규소;김남호;김종진;지평삼
    • Proceedings of the Korea Society for Energy Engineering kosee Conference
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    • 1994.11a
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    • pp.68-77
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    • 1994
  • The Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle(IGCC) power plant is one of Clean Coal Technology to meet the demand for clean and efficient electric power for the 21st century. This study is to investigate the impacts of changes in coal quality to the performances of gasification processes and IGCC plants. The selection of the most economic coal is an important attribute for the IGCC power generation technology. The performances of gasification processes was predicted, and compared with the results of Shell coal gasification demonstrantions. The IGCC performances with bituminous and sub-bituminous coal were predicted as well. It is obtained that the bituminous coal is superior to the sub-bituminous coal for IGCC power generation.

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Absorption of Ionic Liquids at the pre-Combustion condition (연소전 조건에서 이온성액체의 흡수특성)

  • You, Seung-Han;Choi, Su-Hyun;Baek, II-Hyun;Cha, Wang-Seog
    • Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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    • 2011.12a
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    • pp.342-344
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    • 2011
  • 본 논문에서는 최근에 주목 받고 있는 물질인 이온성액체를 실험실 규모로 제조하여 회분식 기-액흡수평형(VLE)장치를 이용하여 압력에 따른 이산화탄소 용해도 및 초기흡수속도를 상용 이온성액체인 PF6와.비교분석 하였다. 반응온도 $40^{\circ}C$조건에서 운전하였으며, 이산화탄소 압력 0~40기압 범위에서 수행되었다. 실험결과 [beim] ethyl sulfite 합성 이온성액체가 초기흡수속도에서 상용 이온성액체인 $PF_6$ 보다 높은 흡수력을 보였다.

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The Effect of H₂O Chemisorption on the Reconstruction of the Si(100) Surface : a Theoretical Approach

  • 양성은;김호징
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.16 no.11
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    • pp.1028-1032
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    • 1995
  • The structure and electronic properties of the Si(100) surface is studied using the atom superposition and electron delocalization method. The energy released when the symmetric dimer surface is reconstructed to form the buckled dimer surface with p(2X2) symmetry is calculated to be 0.99 eV per dimer in the case of ideal clean surfaces. This indicates that the surface dimer buckling is intrinsic from the viewpoint of thermodynamics. The relaxation energy, when water is adsorbed on the clean symmetric dimer surface to form the buckled dimer surface, is 2.25 eV per dimer for appropriate coverages. These results show that H2O molecule could induce a reconstruction of the surface structure through adsorption. The buckling of the surface dimer is, therefore, more favorable under the existence of water vapour. This conclusion supports the recently obtained experimental observations by Chander et al.

PRESERVATION OF QUALITY AFTER BROWN RICE DRYING

  • Goto, Kiyokazu;Miwa, Yoshihiro
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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    • 1996.06c
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    • pp.878-885
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    • 1996
  • The brown rice drying is effective for energy saving and cost reduction. However, deterioration after drying is one problem, because the skin damage occurs during the drying. So, the measures to preserve the quality has been investigated. One of major quality deteriorations is the oxidation of fat which is contained in the bran layer. So, milling should be carried out to remove the fat as soon as possible after brown rice drying. And the low temperature storage is also worth to be examined for prevention of oxidation. The effect of skin damage on the increase of fat oxidation was clarified. For the grain of skin damage, the increased of fatty acid vaule was remarkable after 70 days elapsed from occurrence of skin damage even in $15\;^{\circ}C$ condition. Therefore it is impossible to keep grain as brown rice form after brown rice drying. For the clean rice and excessively milled rice, the quality can be preserved even in high temperature of $30\;^{\circ}C$. Therefore the brown rice drying can b applied practically using the clean rice technique.

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Development of New Techniques of Electrostatic Separation for Using of Clean Coal (청정석탄(淸淨石炭) 이용(利用)을 위한 정전선별(靜電選別) 기술개발(技術開發))

  • Baek, Sang-Ho;Jeon, Ho-Seok;Han, Oh-Hyung
    • Resources Recycling
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    • v.14 no.5 s.67
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    • pp.54-61
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    • 2005
  • In 2006, the coal usage that is used as energy source of power plant will meet 16,000 MW which is 30% of the whole energy usage. A Coal deposits among the fossil fuels is very plentiful in natural resources and has high economical efficiency but application technique is very inconvenient. Also when burned for utilization, it generate various toxic and untoxic air pollution materials; fly ash, bottom ash, sulfurous acid gas etc. In this study, we could establish a preparation of clean coal by triboelectrostatic separation. In this study, we made a bench-scale's triboelectrostatic separation equipment using electrostatic technology, and got an optimum conditions of various factors for increasing recovery rate and purification in separation. A test result, we got a clean coal that recovery rate is 68.10%, rejection rate of ash and sulfur content is 31.23% and 28.33%.

A Study on Fuzzy Control Method of Energy Saving for Activated Sludge Process in Sewage Treatment Plant (하수처리 활성오니공정의 에너지 절감을 위한 퍼지 제어 방법에 관한 연구)

  • Nahm, Eui-Seok
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.67 no.11
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    • pp.1477-1485
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    • 2018
  • There are two major issues for activated sludge process in sewage treatment plant. One is how to make sewage be more clean and the other is the energy saving in sewage treatment process. The major monitoring sewage qualities are chemical oxygen demand, phosphorus, nitrogen, suspended solid in effluent. These are transmitted to the national TMS(Telemetry Monitoring System) at every hour. If these exceed the environmental standard, the environmental charges imposed. So, these water qualities are to be controlled below the environmental standard in operation of sewage treatment plant. And recently, the energy saving is also important in process operation. Over 50% energy is consumed in blowers and motors for injection oxygen into aeration tank. So, with the water qualities to be controlled below the environmental standard, the energy saving also is to be accomplished for efficient plant management. Almost researches are aimed to control water quality without considering energy saving. AI techniques have been used for control water quality. AI modeling simulator provided the optimal control inputs(blower speed, waste sludge, return sludge) for control water quality. Blower speed is the main control input for activated sludge process. To make sewage be more clean, the excessive blower speed is supplied, but water quality is not better than the previous. In results, non necessary energy is consumed. In this paper we propose a new method that the energy saving also is to be accomplished with the water qualities to be controlled below the environmental standard for efficient plant management. Water qualities in only aeration tank are used the inputs of fuzzy models. Outputs of these models are chemical oxygen demand, phosphorus, nitrogen, suspended solid in effluent and have the environmental standards. In test, we found this method could save 10% energy than the previous methods.

Oil Extraction from Nannochloropsis oceanica Cultured in an Open Raceway Pond and Biodiesel Conversion Using SO42-/HZSM-5 (Open raceway pond에서 배양된 Nannochloropsis oceanica로부터 오일 추출 및 SO42-/HZSM-5를 이용한 바이오디젤 전환)

  • Ji-Yeon Park;Joo Chang Park;Min-Cheol Kim;Deog-Keun Kim;Hyung-Taek Kim;Hoseob Chang;Jun Cheng;Weijuan Yang
    • New & Renewable Energy
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.27-34
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    • 2023
  • In this study, microalgal oil was extracted from Nannochloropsis oceanica cultured in an open raceway pond and converted into biodiesel using a solid acid catalyst. Microalgal oil was extracted from two types of microalgae with and without nitrogen starvation using the KOH-solvent extraction method and the fatty acid content and oil extraction yield from each microalgae were compared. The fatty acid content of N. oceanica was 184.8 mg/g cell under basic conditions, and the oil content increased to 340.1 mg/g under nitrogen starvation conditions. Oil extraction yields were 90.8 and 95.4% in the first extraction, and increased to 97.5 and 98.8% after the second extraction. Microalgal oil extracted by KOH-solvent extraction was yellow in color and had reduced viscosity due to chlorophyll removal. In biodiesel conversion using the catalyst SO42-/HZSM-5, solvent-extracted oil showed a FAME content of 4.8%, while KOH-solvent-extracted oil showed a FAME content of 90.4%. Solid acid catalyst application has been made easier by removal of chlorophyll from microalgal oil. The FAME content increased to 96.6% upon distillation, and the oxidation stability increased to 11.07 h with addition of rapeseed biodiesel and 1,000 ppm butylated hydroxyanisole.

Study for Clean Energy Farming System by Mass and Energy Balance Analysis in the Controlled Cultivation of Vegetable Crop (Cucumber) (물질 및 에너지 수지 분석을 통한 시설채소(오이)의 청정에너지 농업 시스템 구축을 위한 기초 연구)

  • Shin, Kook-Sik;Kim, Seung-Hwan;Oh, Seong-Yong;Lee, Sang-En;Kim, Chang-Hyun;Yoon, Young-Man
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.45 no.2
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    • pp.280-286
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    • 2012
  • Clean energy farming is the agricultural activity to improve an efficiency of agricultural energy use and to replace fossil fuels. This study was carried out to establish the clean energy farming system in the controlled cultivation of vegetable crop (cucumber) adopting the biogas production facility. In order to design the clean energy farming system, mass and energy balance was analyzed between the controlled cultivation system and the biogas production facility. Net yearly heating energy demands ($E_{YHED}$) of forcing and semi-forcing cultivation types were 48,697 and $13.536Mcal\;10^{-1}$ in the controlled cultivation of vegetable cucumber. To cover these $E_{YHED}$, the pig slurry of 511 and $142m^3\;10a^{-1}$ (biogas volume of 9,482 and $2,636Nm^3\;10a^{-1}$, respectively, as 60% methane content) were needed in forcing and semi-forcing cultivation types. The pig slurry of $511m^3\;10a^{-1}$ caused N 1,788, $P_2O_5$ $511kg\;10a^{-1}$ in the forcing cultivation type, and the pig slurry of $142m^3\;10a^{-1}$ caused N 497, $P_2O_5$ $142kg\;10a^{-1}$ in the semi-forcing cultivation type. The daily heating energy demand ($E_{i,DHED}$) by the time scale analysis showed the minimum $E_{i,DHED}$ of $7.7Mcal\;10a^{-1}\;day^{-1}$, the maximum $E_{i,DHED}$ of $515.1Mcal\;10a^{-1}\;day^{-1}$, and the mean $E_{i,DHED}$ of 310.2 in the forcing cultivation type. And the minimum $E_{i,DHED}$, the maximum $E_{i,DHED}$, and the mean $E_{i,DHED}$ were 5.3, 258.0, and $165.1Mcal\;10a^{-1}\;day^{-1}$ in the semi-forcing cultivation type, respectively. Input scale of biogas production facility designed from the mean $E_{i,DHED}$ were 3.3 and $1.7m^3\;day^{-1}$ in the forcing and the semi-forcing cultivation type. The maximum $E_{i,DHED}$ gave the input scale of 5.4 and $2.7m^3\;day^{-1}$ in the forcing and the semi-forcing cultivation type.