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Optimization and kinetic modeling for bioconversion of cheese whey to Ganoderma lucidum in batch fermentations

  • Song, Min-Gyeong;Lee, Hwan-Yeong;Hwang, Seok-Hwan
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.04a
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    • pp.381-384
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    • 2002
  • Response surface methodology (RSM) was successfully applied to optimize for the production of Ganoderma lucidum in batch fermentations using the whey (40,000 mg latose/L) as substrate. This study was performed according to the central composite design (CCD) with respect to pH and temperature, where the designed intervals were 3.3$22.9^{\circ}C$$37.1^{\circ}C$, respectively. A second-order factorial design of the experiments was used to build empirical models providing a quantitative interpretation of the relationships between the two variables. The optimum conditions to maximize the production of G. lucidum were pH 4.2 and $28.3^{\circ}C$. At optimum conditions, the mycelial dry weight (MDW) and residual soluble COD (SCOD) were simultaneously used to evaluate the biokinetic coefficients assocoated with substrate inhibition model by nonlinear least squares method with 95% confidence interval. The. maximum microbial growth rates (${\mu}m$), half saturation coefficient ($K_s$), and the inhibition substrate concentration ($K_{is}$) were determined to be 0.095 l/hr, 128,000 mg SCOD/L and 49,000 mg SCOD/L, respectively. And the microbial yield coefficient (Y), biomass decay rate coefficient ($K_d$), and the maintenance energy coefficient ($m_s$) were determined to be 0.37 mg MDW/mg SCOD, 0.001 1/hr, and 0.0015 1/hr, respectively.

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Decomposition and, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium Dynamics of Pinus thundbergii Needle Litter (해송엽(海松葉) Litter의 분해(分解)와 N, P 및 K의 동태(動態))

  • Yi, Myong-Jong
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.80 no.3
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    • pp.303-310
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    • 1991
  • Seasonal patterns of decomposition and nutrient release from the needle litter were examined using litter-bags in coastal Pinus thunbergii forests in nothern Kyushu, Japan. Dry matter losses from decomposing needle litter were smillar in all standsover a experimental period. Mass loss in dry weight is lost rapidly during the first year, and thereafter the rate of loss slows. Litter lost approximately 40% of initial mass in 1 yr. The predicted decay constant, k values ranged from 0.5 to 0.6 Decomposition half-times($t_{0.50}$) ranged from 1.1 to 1.4 year. In the decomposing needle litter, the concentrations of N and P generally increased with time while the concentration of K decreased. A decrease in absolute amount was noted for K during decomposition while in an increase was found for N. The order of mobility of elements was K>P>N. Mineralization phase of N had not appeared during the experiment.

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Geometric Effects on Damping Characteristics of Acoustic Cavity for the Control of Combustion Instabilities (연소불안정 제어를 위한 음향공의 감쇠에 대한 형상 효과)

  • 차정필;고영성;고영성
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.34 no.6
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    • pp.59-66
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    • 2006
  • Acoustic cavity as a stabilization device to control high-frequency combustion instabilities in liquid rocket engine is adopted and its damping capacity is verified in atmospheric temperature. First, harmful resonant frequency in a modeling chamber can be damped effectively by the installation of properly-tuned acoustic cavity. Besides, geometric effects of acoustic cavity on damping characteristics are analyzed and compared quantitatively. Satisfactory agreements have been achieved with linear acoustic analysis and experimental approach. Results show that the acoustic cavity of the largest orifice area or the shortest orifice length was the most effective in acoustic damping of the harmful resonant frequency. Finally, it is proved that an optimal design process is indispensable for the effective control of combustion instabilities.

Modeling Fate and Transport of Organic and Nitrogen Species in Soil Aquifer Treatment-(I) Model Development and Verification (토양/대수층 처리(soil aquifer treatment)에서 유기물과 질소화합물 제거와 이송 모델링-(I) 모델 개발 및 검증)

  • Kim Jung-Woo;Kim Jeong-Kon;Cha Woo-Suk;Choi Hee-Chul
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.9-15
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    • 2005
  • Soil aquifer treatment is a water reuse technology that secondary or tertiary treated wastewater is infiltrated into the aquifer in which physical and biochemical reactions occur. Major consideration in SAT is the removal and transport of DOC and nitrogen species. In this study, reaction mechanism in SAT was examined considering nitrification, denitrification and organic oxidation. In addition, SAT modeling system was developed as the reaction mechanism was applied to groundwater flow and transport model. In verification of the reaction module by 1-dimensional unsaturated soil column test, the experimental data of all of the species, ammonium, nitrate, DOC and DO, were well matched with the simulation results. In sensitivity analysis, ammonium partition coefficient, dissolved oxygen inhibition constant and biomass decay rate affect ammonium, DOC and DO concentration of effluent, respectively.

Study on the Solid and Laminated Wood Bending of Platanus occidentalis L.(I) - Solid Wood-bending Properties by Steaming - (양버즘나무의 소재(素材) 및 집성곡목제조(集成曲木製造)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究)(I) - 증자(蒸煮)에 의한 소재(素材)휨가공성(加工性) -)

  • So, Won-Tek;Jung, Hee-Suk
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.26-40
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    • 1990
  • The plane trees(Platanus occidentalis L.) have been grown in Korea very widely as ornamental garden or street trees but they have not been used as manufacturing materials The proportion of imported wood has been now over 85% of raw materials needed in the wood industry, and therefore, many of studies on the substitution of domestic wood for imported wood and on the increasing the utilization rate of domestic species have been attempted and considered as very important projects to solve. From a this point of view, this study was carried out to investigate solid wood bending properties of plane trees and then to develop their end-uses, and the size of specimens tested was $15\times15\times350mm$ for steaming treatment and they were dried to $15\pm1%$ before bending. The results obtained were as follows: 1. The optimum conditions for solid wood bending processing of Platanus occidentalis are showed in Table 7. 2. The minimum solid-bending radii of Platanus occidentalis were 40mm in steaming treatment. 3. The effect of knots, diagonal grain and decay on the degradation of bending processing properties were very severe. 4. The bending stress was setted successfully through $80^{\circ}C$-15hrs drying after bending and the spring back for 24hr-exposing time was only about 1%.

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On the Storability of Strawberry in Air Included the Different $CO_2$ Concentrations (공기중에 혼합된 탄산가스농도에 따른 딸기의 저장성에 관하여)

  • Kim, Dong-Man;Kang, Hoon-Seung;Kim, Kil-Hwan
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.66-70
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    • 1986
  • Storability of strawberry in air with the different levels of $CO_2$, for CA storage were measured. The strawberries stored in air included 20% and 30% $CO_2$, for 5 weeks decayed 14% and 10%, respectively, while the decay rate of the strawberries stored in normal air for 2 weeks was 53%. Firmness and 'a' value in Hunter Color Measuring Scale of the strawberries kept in the CA storage conditions were superior to those of the strawberries stored in normal air during storage. The concentrations of ethyl alcohol and acetaldehyde were increased with storage period and they were less in the strawberries in air with 30% $CO_2$, than those of the strawberries stored at the other conditions.

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A Review on nuclear magnetic resonance logging: fundamental theory and measurements (자기공명검층: 기본 이론 및 자료 측정)

  • Jang, Jae Hwa;Nam, Myung Jin
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.235-244
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    • 2012
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) logging has been considered one of the most complicated nevertheless, one of the most powerful logging methods for the characterization on of both rocks and natural fluids in formation. NMR measures magnetized signals (polarization and relaxation) between the properties of hydrogen nucleus called magnetic moment and applied magnetic fields. The measured data set contains two important petrophysical properties such as density of hydrogen in the fluids inside the pore space and the distinct decay rate for fluid type. Therefore, after the proper data processing, key petrophysical information, not only the quantities and properties of fluids but also supplies of rock characterization in a porous medium, could be archived. Thus, based on this information, several ongoing researches are being developed in estimating aspects of reservoir productivity information, permeability and wettability since it is the key to having correct interpretation. This study goes through the basic theory of NMR at first, and then reviews NMR logging tools as well as their technical characteristics. This paper also briefly discusses the basic knowledge of NMR simulation algorithm by using Random walk.

The Fractionation Characteristics of Organic Matter in Pollution Sources and River (오염물질 배출원과 하천에서의 유기탄소 분포 특성)

  • Kim, Ho-Sub;Kim, Sang-Yong;Park, Jihyung;Han, Mideok
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.33 no.5
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    • pp.580-586
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    • 2017
  • The fractionation characteristics of organic matter were investigated in inflow and effluent of each other pollution sources and river. While the DOC/TOC ratio in the influent of public sewage treatment plant and livestock disposal facilities was above 0.58, the POC/TOC ratio of human livestock Night soil treatment plant and stormwater runoff was more than 0.7. The TOC removal efficiency of public sewage treatment plant and human livestock Night soil treatment plant were 88.5 % and 99.6 %, respectively. Although the concentration distribution of organic matter pollution most of total organic carbon (TOC) in effluent of pollution sources accounted for dissolved organic carbon (DOC) type (DOC/TOC ratio >0.89) and Refractory-DOC (RDOC)/TOC ratio was higher (>0.65). The fractionation characteristics of organic matter in river were similar with that of sewage treatment plant and TOC concentration showed the positive correlation with DOC ($r^2=0.93$) and RDOC ($r^2=0.89$) concentration. The decay rate of Labile DOC (LDOC) (avg. $0.128day^{-1}$) was higher than labile particulate organic carbon (LPOC) ($0.082day^{-1}$), while that of DOC ($0.008day^{-1}$) was lower than POC ($0.039day^{-1}$) (paired t-test, p < 0.001, n = 5). These study results suggested that it should consider important both TOC and DOC as the target indicator to control refractory organic matter in pollution sources.

The effect of Volume Expansion on the Propagation of Wrinkled Laminar Premixed Flame

  • Chung, E.H.;Kwon, Se-Jin
    • 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.139-154
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    • 1998
  • Under certain circumstance, premixed turbulent flame can be treated as wrinkled thin laminar flame and its motion in a hydrodynamic flow field has been investigated by employing G-equation. Past studies on G-equation successfully described certain aspects of laminar flame propagation such as effects of stretch on flame speed. In those studies, flames were regarded as a passive interface that does not influence the flow field. The experimental evidences, however, indicate that flow field can be significantly modified by the propagation of flames through the volume expansion of burned gas. In the present study, a new method to be used with G -equation is described to include the effect of volume expansion in the flame dynamics. The effect of volume expansion on the flow field is approximated by Biot-Savart law. The newly developed model is validated by comparison with existing analytical solutions of G -equation to predict flames propagating in hydrodynamic flow field without volume expansion. To further investigate the influence of volume expansion, present method was applied to initially wrinkled or planar flame propagating in an imposed velocity field and the average flame speed was evaluated from the ratio of flame surface area and projected area of unburned stream channel. It was observed that the initial wrinkling of flame cannot sustain itself without velocity disturbance and wrinkled structure decays into planar flame as the flame propagates. The rate of decay of the structure increased with volume expansion. The asymptotic change in the average burning speed occurs only with disturbed velocity field. Because volume expansion acts directly on the velocity field, the average burning speed is affected at all time when its effect is included. With relatively small temperature ratio of 3, the average flame speed increased 10%. The combined effect of volume expansion and flame stretch is also considered and the result implied that the effect of stretch is independent of volume release.

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Effects of Calcium Chloride Treatment and Modified Atmosphere Packaging on the Quality Change of 'Fuji' Apple (염화칼슘 처리와 MAP 저장이 '후지' 사과의 품질변화에 미치는 영향)

  • Park, Hyung-Woo;Lee, Seon-Ah;Kim, Yoon-Ho;Kim, Yu-Mi;Cha, Hwan-Soo;Park, Jong-Dae
    • Food Science and Preservation
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.457-461
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    • 2007
  • We investigated the effects of both $CaCl_2$ treatment and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) (compared with non-packaging on 'Fuji' apples from the Young-Joo region of Korea. Apples were dined into 5% (w/v) $CaCl_2$ solution for 15 min and then packaged with or without LDPE film (thickness: 0.025 mm) before cold storage at $0^{\circ}C$. Weight loss of applies in film packaging was lower than that of non-packaging applies, and the apple firmness resulting from $CaCl_2$ treatment and MAP was better than that of apples receiving control treatment. Also, $CaCl_2$ treatment and MAP resulted in improvements in titratable acidity, soluble solid content (SSC), and decay rate compared to control treatments. However, no significant differences in vitamin C content were found amongst apples receiving various treatment. the results suggest that a combination of postharvest calcium dipping and plastic film packaging may effectively preserve 'Fuji' apples, and that the combined treatment are better than either individual treatment.