• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2015년도 제46회 하계학술대회
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• pp.95-96
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• 2015

EPS(Electrical Power Steering) 시스템은 전동기의 설치 위치에 따라 C-EPS(Column-EPS), R-EPS(Rack-EPS), P-EPS(Pinion-EPS)로 나눌 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 농업용 UTV 차량에 적용할 수 있는 C-EPS 시스템의 이론적 모델링과 실험시스템의 설계 및 제작, 그리고 시작품의 실험을 통하여 조향제어 성능을 검증하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.939-945
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• 2006

The physiological characteristics and function of the exopolysaccharide (EPS) produced by Lactobacillus rhamnosus ATCC 9595 were determined. The total quantity of EPS was rapidly increased to 496$\pm$20 mg/l during the exponential phase, and then maintained steadily during the stationary phase. During the exponential phase (18 h), the total EPS consisted of 61% cell-bound EPS (cb-EPS) and 39% released EPS (r-EPS), whereas the relative proportion of EPS during the stationary phase (48 h) was convered to 23% cb-EPS and 77% r-EPS. On gel permeation chromatography, cb-EPS was fractionated as a single peak of 8.6$\times10^6$ Da, whereas r-EPS was fractionated as two peaks with average molecular weights of 4.3$\times$10$^4$ and 8.6$\times10^6$ Da. Interestingly, both EPS species exhibited anticancer properties and cholera toxin-binding activities. Our results suggest that the EPS generated by L. rhamnosus ATCC 9595 might be suitable for use as a functional food or food supplement.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.197-204
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• 2021

In MBR, extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) is known as an important factor of fouling; soluble EPS (sEPS) affects internal contamination of membrane, and bound EPS (bEPS) affects the formation of the cake layer. The production of EPS changes according to the composition of influent, which affects fouling characteristics. Therefore, in this study, the effects of the F/M ratio on the sEPS concentration, bEPS content, and fouling were evaluated. The effects of F/M ratio on the amount and composition of EPS were confirmed by setting conditions that were very low or higher than the general F/M ratio of MBR, and the fouling occurrence characteristics were evaluated by filtration resistance distribution. As a result, it was found that the sEPS increased significantly with the increase of the F/M ratio. When the substrate was depleted, bEPS content decreased because bEPS was hydrolyzed into BAP and seemed to be used as a substrate. In contrast, when the substrate is sufficient, UAP (utilization-associated products) was rapidly generated in proportion with the consumption of the substrate. UAP has a relatively higher Protein/Carbohydrate ratio (P/C ratio) than BAP, and this means, it has a higher adhesive force to the membrane surface. As a result, UAP seems like causing fouling rather than BAP (biomass-associated products). Therefore, R_f (Resistance of internal contamination) increased rapidly with the increase of UAP, and R_c (Resistance of cake layer) increased with the accumulation of bEPS in proportion, and as a result, the fouling interval was shortened. According to this study, a high F/M ratio leads to an increment in UAP generation and accumulation of bEPS, and by these UAP and bEPS, membrane fouling is promoted.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2014

A pilot-scale hybrid membrane bioreactor (HMBR) for real municipal wastewater treatment was developed by adding biofilm carriers into a conventional membrane bioreactor, distribution and dynamic changes of the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and their roles in membrane fouling were investigated. The results showed that the concentrations of loosely bond EPS (LB-EPS) and tightly bond EPS (TB-EPS) in activated sludge, carrier biofilm and sludge cake layer have been increased significantly with the running time of HMBR, during operation of the HMBR, EPS demonstrated positive correlations with membrane fouling. Compared to TB-EPS, LB-EPS showed more significant correlations with sludge physical properties and specific resistance to filtration (SRF) in HMBR, and thus demonstrated that LP-EPS have a stronger potential of fouling than TB-EPS. It was also found that a lower organic loading in HMBR could result a significant increase in EPS concentration, which would in turn influence membrane fouling in HMBR. This critical investigation would contribute towards a better understanding of the behavior, composition and fouling potential of EPS in HMBR operation.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.147-153
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• 2018

This study investigates the role of microbial extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) as bioflocculants to harvest microalgae (water-microalgae separation). The EPS extracted from waste activated sludge (WAS) by heat extraction were fractionated into soluble EPS (S-EPS), loosely-bound EPS (LB-EPS) and tightly-bound EPS (TB-EPS) forms. All the EPSs facilitated the flocculation of microalgal cells from stable growth medium. Of those EPSs, the TB-EPS showed the highest flocculating activity (FA) resulting in the substantial decrease in the amount of EPS added in terms of total organic carbon (TOC) during flocculation. The FA of microalgae was improved with the increase in TB-EPS dose, however, excessive dose of TB-EPS adversely affected it due to destabilization. Both LB- and TB-EPS could be utilized for flocculating microalgae as a sustainable option to the existing chemical-based flocculants. In addition to the conventional assessments, the effectiveness of the two bioflocculants for floc forming was also confirmed using a novel assessment of lens-free shadow imaging technique (LSIT), which was firstly applied for the rapid and quantitative assessment of microalgal flocculation.

• 비교문화연구
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• 제31권
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• pp.395-414
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• 2013

EPS-TOPIK is a test of Korean proficiency which is enforced at the level of Korean government for the selection of competent foreign workers. Therefore, it must ensure validity and reliability, and practicability as a language assessment tool. For seeking a way of developing EPS-TOPIK, in this paper, the current state of EPS-TOPIK was investigated based upon the materials published by the Korean government, and the questions of EPS-TOPIK were analysed. Together with this, newspaper articles both in Korea and in foreign countries were also analyzed, and the directors of the EPS center abroad were interviewed. According to the survey results, as expected, the local environment of Korean education is poor in a number of ways to improve the Korean communication skills of foreign workers, as well as to prepare the EPS-TOPIK. To improve the efficiency of the EPS-TOPIK and to enhance the Korean communication skills of foreign workers, the Korean language institutions including the King Sejong Institute, which are in charge of the Korean language education should closely cooperate with the Human Resources Development Service of Korea, which is responsible for all of the influx of foreign workers.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2018

The aims of this work were to characterize and determine bioactivities of crude exopolysaccharide (EPS) extract from Bacillus tequilensis PS21 isolated from milk kefir from Kampaeng Petch, Thailand. B. tequilensis PS21 produced 112.1 mg dried EPS/l from initial 80 g/l lactose in modified TSB media at 52 h, with EPS product yield of 8.9 mg EPS/g lactose and specific product yield of 0.3 mg EPS/mg biomass. The FTIR result confirmed EPS to be a protein-bound polysaccharide and SEM analysis showed the morphology to be a grainy appearance with an uneven surface, covered with pores. HPLC analysis determined EPS as a heteropolysaccharide consisting of five sugar units with the following molar ratios; xylose (17.65), glucose (2.54), ribose (1.83), rhamnose (1.23), and galactose (1). Chemical components of this EPS were predominantly carbohydrate at 697.8 mg/g EPS (65%), protein 361.4 mg/g EPS (34%), and nucleic acid 12.5 mg/g EPS (1%). The EPS demonstrated antioxidant activities at 57.5% DPPH scavenging activity, $37.2{\mu}M\;Fe(II)/mg$ EPS and $34.9{\mu}M\;TEAC\;{\mu}M/mg$ EPS using DPPH, FRAP and ABTS assays, respectively. EPS also exhibited anti-tyrosinase activity at 34.9% inhibition. This work represents the first finding of EPS produced by Bacillus sp. from Thai milk kefir which shows potential applications in the production of antioxidant functional foods and whitening cosmetics. However, optimization of EPS production for industrial exploitation requires further study to ascertain the economic potential.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2019

본 연구는 알칼리·초음파 전처리를 통한 하수슬러지의 가용화 정도를 확인하기 위해 슬러지 가용화율과 VSS 감량화율을 측정하였다. 또한 슬러지 가용화와 EPS간의 관계를 확인하기 위해 LB-EPS(Loosely-Bound EPS), TB-EPS(Tightly-Bound EPS)를 측정하였다. 실험 결과, TS 1.0%, pH 12 조건에서 슬러지 가용화율은 27.7% 증가하였고, LB-EPS as Carbohydrate와 Protein은 각각 14.6, 13.3 mg/L/g TS가 증가하여 가용화에 따른 유기물의 변화와 유사한 경향을 나타내었다. 또한 VSS는 26.7% 감량되었고, TB-EPS as Carbohydrate와 Protein은 각각 15.7, 21.9 mg/L/g TS 용출되어 가용화에 따른 고형물의 변화 역시 유사한 경향을 나타내었다.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.15-28
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• 1998

우리나라에 EPS성토공법의 도입은 1993년 서해안 고속도로현장에서 시작된 이후 비록 초창기 이지만, 지형적인 특성 때문에 짤은 기간동안에 약 21만m3의 EPS블럭을 시공하였다. 국내에 사용 된 EPS성토공법의 주적용분야는 연약지반상의 교량교대 됫채움 및 성토체분야로 EPS블럭 전체 사용량의 약 70%정도를 차지하고 있으며, 나머지는 옹벽 등에 사용되었다. 본 연구에서는 주 적용 분야인 교량교대 됫채움 부분에 EPS블럭을 적용하여 구조물의 안정을 이룬 시험시공구간을 대상으로 토압, 간극수압 및 변위량 등의 계측결과를 분석 검토하였다. 교량 교대에 각종 계측기를 매설하여 교량 교대와 배면 토공부의 거동을 파악하고 유한요소해석 프로그램을 이용하여 이들의 거동을 예측하였다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.18-22
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• 2008

EPS 생산량이 다양한 환경 인자 요소에 의해 달라진다는 것이 여러 연구를 통해 알려졌다(1, 5, 10, 11). 본 연구에서는 환경인자를 다음과 같은 요소 (온도, 탄소원, pH, 질소원과 탄소원)로 변화시켜 보면서 관찰하였다. 다양한 환경인자 중 EPS 생산량에 가장 큰 영향을 준 요소는 온도였다. 온도를 $37^{\circ}C$에서 $25^{\circ}C$로 낮추었을 때 EPS 생산량은 2배 이상 증가하는 것을 관찰할 수 있었다(Fig. 3(A)). 탄소원으로 galactose를 사용했을 때 EPS 생산이 가장 효율적이었으나(Fig. 2(A)), 수율 면에서는 lactose를 이용했을 때 가장 효과적이었다(Fig. 2(B)). 그러나 lactose를 사용했을 때 L. paracasei KLB 58의 성장이 매우 저조하였다. 이에 대한 균체량을 증가시킬 수 있는 방법을 모색한다면, EPS 생산하는데 있어 lactose가 휼륭한 탄소원으로 사용될 가능성이 있다고 여겨진다. 반면에, 질소원의 양을 증가시켰을 때의 EPS 생산량의 증가는 거의 변함이 없었다. 5가지 환경요소 (온도, 탄소원, pH, 질소원과 탄소원)를 변화시켜본 인자 중 질소원의 양을 변화시켰을 때 EPS 변화가 가장 적었고, 탄소원의 증가는 EPS 생산의 증가를 가져왔다.