• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.44-49
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• 2009

This study was conducted to investigate the pyrolysis characteristics of switchgrass using TGA-FTIR instrument. Switchgrass is a high yielding perennial grass that has been designated as a potential energy crop, because of its high energy value. Ground switchgrass were pyrolysed at different heating rates of 10, 20, 30, and $40^{\circ}C/min$ in a TGA-FTIR instrument. The thermal decomposition characteristics of switchgrass were analyzed, and the gases volatilized during the experiment were identified. The thermal decomposition of switchgrass started at approximately $220^{\circ}C$, followed by a major loss of weight, where the main volatilization occurred, and the thermal decomposition was essentially completed by $430^{\circ}C$. The pyrolysis process was found to compose of four stages; moisture evaporation, hemicellulose decomposition, cellulose decomposition, and lignin degradation. The peak temperatures for hemicellulose decomposition ($306^{\circ}C$ to $327^{\circ}C$) and cellulose decomposition ($351^{\circ}C$ to $369^{\circ}C$) were increased with greater heating rates. FTIR analysis showed that the following gases were released during the pyrolysis of switchgrass; $CO_2$, CO, $CH_4$, $NH_3$, COS, $C_{2}H_{4}$, and some acetic acid. The most gas species were released at low temperature from 310 to $380^{\circ}C$, which was corresponding well with the observation of thermal decomposition.

• 청정기술
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.198-205
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• 2018

본 연구는 $Co-CeO_2$ 촉매의 $N_2O$ 분해 반응에서 촉매의 제조 방법이 활성에 미치는 영향을 고찰하였다. $Co-CeO_2$ 촉매는 공침법(Co-precipitation)과 함침법(Incipient wetness impregnation)으로 제조하였다. 제조된 촉매의 성능을 평가하기 위하여 $N_2O$ 직접 촉매 분해(Direct catalytic $N_2O$ decomposition) 반응을 $250{\sim}375^{\circ}C$에서 실시하였다. 그 결과 공침법으로 제조된 촉매(CoCe-CP)는 $O_2$ 및/또는 $H_2O$의 존재 하에서도 $N_2O$ 분해 반응에서 향상된 성능을 보인 반면에 함침법으로 제조된 촉매(CoCe-IM)는 그렇지 못하였다. 이러한 촉매 활성의 차이를 조사하기 위하여 XRD, BET, TEM, $H_2-TPR$, $O_2-TPD$ 그리고 XPS와 같은 촉매 특성 분석들을 진행하였다. 촉매의 제조 방법에 따라서 입자의 크기 및 표면적이 변화하는 것을 확인하였고 합성 과정이 촉매의 물리적 특성에 영향을 미치는 것을 알 수 있었다. 공침법으로 제조된 촉매의 활성 증가는 $Co^{3+}{\rightarrow}Co^{2+}$의 향상된 환원 특성 및 산소 탈착 속도 향상에 기인한 것으로 여겨진다. 하지만, $N_2O$ 분해와 관련이 있는 촉매의 표면 전하 상태 및 결합에너지는 제조 방법에 따라서 변하지 않는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.410-416
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• 2004

초음파 여기 페라이트 플레이팅(ultrasound-enhanced ferrite plating)법으로 복잡한 형상을 가진 코디어라이트 허니컴에 마그네타이트(Fe$_3$O$_4$)를 코팅하고, 제조 공정 조건의 변화가 마그네타이트 코팅 막의 형성과 미세구조에 미치는 영향에 대해 고찰하였다. 또한, 수소 환원과정을 통해 제조된 산소부족형 마그네타이트 막을 이용하여 코팅막의 형성조건이 $CO_2$가스 분해 특성에 미치는 영향에 대해 검토하였다. pH 완충제($CH_3$COONH$_4$)의 몰농도가 증가함에 따라 제조된 허니컴에 코팅된 마그네타이트 막의 평균 입자 크기는 약 200∼250 nm로 증가하였다. 이들 코팅막을 30$0^{\circ}C$에서 2시간동안 수소 환원시켜 산소부족형 마그네타이트를 만든 후 $CO_2$ 가스 중에서 온도를 올리면서 반응기 내부의 압력변화를 측정한 결과, 약 315∼34$0^{\circ}C$를 시작으로 $CO_2$가 분해하면서 반응기 내부의 압력이 감소하였다. 350"$^{\circ}C$에서 수소 환원된 시편에서는 산소부족형 마그네타이트와 일부 $\alpha$-Fe 상이 나타났다. 허니컴에 코팅된 마그네타이트의 수소 환원 및 $CO_2$ 가스 분해 과정에서 생기는 중량 변화를 측정한 결과 수소 환원 과정에서 약 320∼34$0^{\circ}C$에서부터 급격한 중량감소가 일어났고, $CO_2$ 가스 분해 과정에서는 중량의 증가가 나타났다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.99-104
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• 2011

BACKGROUND: Application of urea may increase $CO_2$ emission from soils due both to $CO_2$ generation from urea hydrolysis and fertilizer-induced decomposition of soil organic carbon (SOC). The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of increasing urea application on $CO_2$ emission from soil and mineralization kinetics of indigenous SOC. METHODS AND RESULTS: Emission of $CO_2$ from a soil amended with four different rates (0, 175, 350, and 700 mg N/kg soil) of urea was investigated in a laboratory incubation experiment for 110 days. Cumulative $CO_2$ emission ($C_{cum}$) was linearly increased with urea application rate due primarily to the contribution of urea-C through hydrolysis to total $CO_2$ emission. First-order kinetics parameters ($C_0$, mineralizable SOC pool size; k, mineralization rate) became greater with increasing urea application rate; $C_0$ increased from 665.1 to 780.3 mg C/kg and k from 0.024 to 0.069 $day^{-1}$, determinately showing fertilizer-induced SOC mineralization. The relationship of $C_0$ (non-linear) and k (linear) with urea-N application rate revealed different responses of $C_0$ and k to increasing rate of fertilizer N. CONCLUSION(s): The relationship of mineralizable SOC pool size and mineralization rate with urea-N application rate suggested that increasing N fertilization may accelerate decomposition of readily decomposable SOC; however, it may not always stimulate decomposition of non-readily decomposable SOC that is protected from microbial decomposition.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제38권10호
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• pp.894-900
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• 2001

이산화탄소 분해를 위한 촉매 $Li{Mn_2}{O_4}$는 졸-겔법에 의해서 망간아세테이트와 수산화리튬을 출발물질로 사용하여 $150^{\circ}C$의 공기분위기에서 12시간 동안의 건조과정과 $480^{\circ}C$에서 12시간 동안의 열처리과정을 통해서 합성하였다. 합성한 촉매를 수소환원시키기 위해서 다른 온도에서 수소($H_2$)로 3시간동안 환원하였고, 이 수소에 의해 환원된 촉매를 이용해 $300^{\circ}C$, $325^{\circ}C$, $350^{\circ}C$, $375^{\circ}C$, $400^{\circ}C$에서 이산화탄소($CO_2$) 분해율을 조사하였다. 실험결과 수소환원과 이산화탄소 분해의 온도최적조건은 $350^{\circ}C$임을 알 수 있었다. 합성촉매를 포함해 수소에 의한 환원과 이산화탄소분해 후 촉매에 대하여 XRD분석, SEM관찰, TGA 분석을 하였다.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국연소학회 2006년도 제32회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 논문집
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• pp.149-156
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• 2006

Structure of edge flame established in a mixing layer, formed between two uniformly flowing pure $CH_4$ and pure $O_2$ streams, is numerically investigated by employing a detailed methane-oxidation mechanism. The numerical results exhibited the most outstanding distinction of using pure oxygen in the fuel-rich premixed-flame front, through which the carbon-containing compound is found to leak mainly in the form of CO instead of HC compounds, contrary to the rich $CH_4-air$ premixed flames in which $CH_4$ as well as $C_2H_m$ leakage can occur. Moreover, while passing through the rich premixed flame, a major route for CO production, in addition to the direct $CH_4$ decomposition, is found to be $C_2H_m$ compound formation followed by their decomposition into CO. Beyond the rich premixed flame front, CO is further oxidized into $CO_2$ in a broad diffusion-flame-like reaction zone located around moderately fuel-rich side of the stoichiometric mixture by the OH radical from the fuel-lean premixed-flame front. Since the secondary CO production through $C_2H_m$ decomposition has a relatively strong reaction intensity, an additional heat-release branch appears and the resulting heat-release profile can no longer be seen as a tribrachial structure.

• 한국연소학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2006

Structure of edge flame established in a mixing layer, formed between two uniformly flowing pure $CH_4$ and pure $O_2$ streams, is numerically investigated by employing a detailed methane-oxidation mechanism. The numerical results exhibited the most outstanding distinction of using pure oxygen in the fuel-rich premixed-flame front, through which the carbon-containing compound is found to leak mainly in the form of CO instead of HC compounds, contrary to the rich $CH_4-air$ premixed flames in which $CH_4$ as well as $C_2H_m$ leakage can occur. Moreover, while passing through the rich premixed flame, a major route for CO production, in addition to the direct $CH_4$ decomposition, is found to be $C_2H_m$ compound formation followed by their decomposition into CO. Beyond the rich premixed flame front, CO is further oxidized into $CO_2$ in a broad diffusion-flame-like reaction zone located around moderately fuel-rich side of the stoichiometric mixture by the OH radical from the fuel-lean premixed-flame front. Since the secondary CO production through $C_2H_m$ decomposition has a relatively strong reaction intensity, an additional heat-release branch appears and the resulting heat-release profile can no longer be seen as a tribrachial structure.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.87-91
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• 2003

Thermal decomposition reactions of polystyrene using a new heating medium were carried out by a batch system at 190-280 $^{\circ}C$ to clarify the manner in which decomposition is initiated. Polystyrene obtained from a commercial source and low molecular weight compounds obtained from the thermal decomposition were analyzed by GC, GPC, IR, $^{13}$ C-NMR and GC-MS. The main chain underwent virtually no change by heat application. Polystyrene underwent decomposition below its molding temperature and the major decomposition products were 2,4,6-triphenyl-1-hexene (trimer), 2,4-diphenyl-1-butene(dimer) and styrene (monomer). Ethylbenzene, propylbenzene, naphthalene, benzaldehyde, biphenyl and 1,3-diphenylpropane were detected as minor products. This paper presents a new method for examining the decomposition of polystyrene at low temperature into volatile low molecular weight compounds.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.307-314
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• 2003

The sonolytic decomposition of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC 113) and several alternative compounds, such as HCFC 225ca, HCFC 225cb, and HFC 134a, in.aqueous solutions was investigated. The CFC 113 with a high volatility and a low solubility in water was rapidly decomposed with increasing sonication time. The decomposition rates were influenced by the initial concentration of CFC 113, the reaction temperature, and the gas/liquid phase volume ratio but were independant of the pH of solution. The predominant pathway of the decomposition of CFC 113 by sonication was not the oxidation by OH radicals but the pyrolysis with high temperature and pressure inside of the cavitation bubble. The pyrolysis in the cavitation bubble resulted in an almost complete mineralization of CFC 113 with the high efficient formation of inorganic products (Cl$^{[-10]}$ , F$^{[-10]}$ , CO, $CO_2$). The addition of zinc powder on the decomposition of CFC 113 by sonication caused an acceleration of the decomposition. Also, HCFCs and HFC 134a were found to be readily decomposed by the pyrolysis induced from the sonication.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.79-90
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• 1996

Transmission electron microscopy(TEM) investigation on the phase decomposition of B2-ordered (Ni,Co)Al supersaturated with Ni and Co has revealed the precipitation of $(Ni,Co)_2Al$ which has not been expected from the reported equilibrium phase diagram. The $(Ni,Co)_2Al$ phase has a hexagonal struture and takes a rod-like shape with the long axis of the rod parallel to the <111> directions of the B2 matrix. By aging at temperatures below 873 K, a long period Superlattice Structure appears in the hexagonal $(Ni,Co)_2Al$ Phase. The orientation relationship between the $(Ni,Co)_2Al$ Precipitates and the B2-(Ni,Co)Al matrix is found to be$(0001)_p$ // $(111)_{B2}$ and $[\bar{1}2\bar{1}0]_P$ // $[\bar{1}10]_{B2}$, Where the suffix p and B2 denote the $(Ni,Co)_2Al$ precipitate and the B2-(Ni,Co)Al matrix, respectively. (Ni,Co)Al hardens appreciably by the fine precipitation of the $(Ni,Co)_2Al$ phase. Energy dispersive spectroscopy was used to analyze the compositions of each phase formed in B2-(Ni,Co)Al.