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Water cost analysis of different membrane distillation process configurations for brackish water desalination

  • Saleh, Jehad M;Ali, Emad M.;Orfi, Jamel A;Najib, Abdullah M
    • Membrane and Water Treatment
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.363-374
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    • 2020
  • Membrane distillation (MD) is a process used for water desalination. However, its commercialization is still hindered by its increased specific cost of production. In this work, several process configurations comprising Direct Contact and Permeate Gap distillation membrane units (PGMD/DCMD) were investigated to maximize the production rate and consequently reduce the specific water cost. The analysis was based on a cost model and an experimentally validated MD model. It was revealed that the best achievable water cost was approximately 5.1 $/㎥ with a production rate of 8000 ㎥/y. This cost can be further decreased to approximately 2 $/㎥ only if the heating and cooling energies are free of cost. Therefore, it is necessary to decrease the MD capital investment to produce pure water at economical prices.

A Power-Generation System using Cavitation jet flow (케비테이션 제트 유동을 이용한 발전 시스템)

  • Na, Jeoungsu;Lee, Kangju;Lee, Bongyeol;Joo, Namsik
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.162.1-162.1
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    • 2010
  • Cavitation phenomenon has long been a difficult problem that regarded as negative event to fluid machines or industrial facilities. In the latest, however, some engineers became to understand the power of cavitation and use it to cleaning wall after developing cavitation nozzle. In this paper, we introduce new concept for power-generation system using cavitation jet flow maid by nozzle and impulse turbine in vacuum condition. The vacuum needed to make cavitation is generated naturally by Torricelli's vacuum, 10.23m effective head drop without additional power. We analyzed water's boiling and the steam's mean free path according to vacuum purity levels for nozzles and turbine blades. The nozzles make water accelerate in the neck and boil in expansion section of the nozzles. The shape of the impulse turbine is designed for absorption of the molecule's kinetic energy of the steam.

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Roll Damping Moment of a Small Fishing Vessel by Free Rolling Test in Calm Water (평수중 자유 횡동요 시험에 의한 소형어선의 횡동요 감쇠모멘트에 관한 연구)

  • H.H. Chun;S.H. Chun;S.Y. Kim
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2000
  • The roll damping characteristics of the three models of a 3 ton class fishing vessel such as the bare hull, hull with bilge keels, and hull with bilge keels and a central wing are investigated by the free roll tests in calm water in a towing tank with the variations of the forward speed, initial angle and OG. The experimental results are compared with the numerical results of mathematical modellings by the energy method for these three models and the energy dissipation patterns are also compared.

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The Water Entry Fluid Load Experimental Analysis (입수 충격 하중에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Jeong, Du-Jin;Lee, Hui-Seong;Gwon, Sun-Hong;Song, Gi-Jong;Jeong, Byeong-Hun
    • Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.183-186
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    • 2003
  • This paper presents the results of slamming experiment using air pressure cylinder to increase the repeatability of the experiment. When it comes to the slamming experiment, the traditional way of doing it has been the free fall experiment. By adopting air pressure cylinder almost equal peak pressures were obtained with that of free fall experiment. Jet takes place when the wedge enters water. Slamming doesn't take place when Dead rise angle is more then 20 degrees.

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Core-Shell Polymerization with Hydrophilic Polymer Cores

  • Park, Jong-Myung
    • Macromolecular Research
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.51-65
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    • 2001
  • Two-stage emulsion polymerizations of hydrophobic monomers on hydrophilic seed polymer particles were carried out to make core-shell composite particles. It was found that the loci of polymerization in the second stage were the surface layer of the hydrophilic seed latex particles, and that it has resulted in the formation of either eccentric core-shell particles with the core exposed to the aqueous phase or aggregated nonspherical composite particles with the shell attached on the seed surface as many small separated particles. The driving force of these phenomena is related to the gain in free energy of the system in going from the hydrophobic polymer-water interface to hydrophilic polymer-water interface. Thermodynamic analysis of the present polymerization system, which was based on spreading coefficients, supported the likely occurrence of such nonspherical particles due to the combined effects of interfacial free energies and phase separation between the two polymer phases. A hypothetical pathway was proposed to prepare hydrophilic core-hydrophobic shell composite latex particles, which is based on the concept of opposing driving and resistance forces for the phase migration. It was found that the viscosity of the monomer-swollen polymer phase played important role in the formation of particle morphology.

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Visualization Study on Kinematics of Bubble Motion in a Water Filled Cylindrical Tank (원형 탱크 내부의 기포운동에 대한 가시화 연구)

  • Kim, Sang-Moon;Jeong, Won-Taek;Kim, Kyung-Chun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.41-48
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    • 2010
  • A visualization study to evaluate bubble motion in a tab water filled cylindrical tank with a varying flow rate of compressed air is conducted. The flow rate of compressed air varies from 1 to 5 L/min. Time resolved images are acquired by a high speed camera in 10 bit gray level at 100 fps and the measurement volume is irradiated by a 230 W halogen lamp. It is observed that there are three different regions; the bubble formation region, the rising bubble region and the free surface region. During the rise of bubble, the shape is changed as if an elastic body. Based on the binarized bubble image, the mean diameters of rising bubbles are estimated at beneath of the free surface. As the gas flow rate increases, the mean diameter is increased and the rising velocity also increases with buoyancy force.

Antibacterial, Free Radical Scavenging, and Proliferative Effects of Korean Fermented Soybean Paste (Doenjang) Extracts

  • Yun, Soon-Il
    • Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.48 no.3
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    • pp.138-143
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    • 2005
  • Antibacterial, free radical scavenging, proliferative, and cytotoxicity effects of Doenjang extracts were examined. All samples except water extract showed strong antibacterial activity against oral bacteria, Streptococcus. pyogenes, S. mutants, S. sanguinis, S. sorbrinus, S. criceti, S. antinosus, S. gordonii, and Porphyromonas. gingivalis (MIC and MBC values: 0.08-1.25 and 0.16-2.50 mg/ml, respectively). DPPH method showed ethanol and ethyl acetate extracts are effective inhibitors of oral bacteria. Based on MTT assay, 24 h exposure to 0.31 mg/ml of all extracts, excepted water extract, resulted in strong cytotoxicity on KB cells. All extracts strongly inhibited human gingival fibroblast viability.

Dependency of Water Availability on the Esterifying Activity of Candida cylindracea Lipase in Organic Solvent

  • Moor, Izani;Noor, Jamil;Ibrahim che Omar
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.99-102
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    • 2000
  • To establish optimal conditions for esterification by Candida cylindracea, lipase reactions were performed simultaneously, separately, or individually in the varying initial rates of $0.014-0.060\mu$mole free fatty acids consumed min-1g-1. The reactants which were conditioned at aw of 0.12 gave the highest initial rate of esterifying $0.060\mu$mole free fatty acids consumed min-1g-1. These results suggest that the esterifying activity of lipase in an organic system depends on the transfer of available water within the reaction system.

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The Recent Tendency of Environmentally-friendly Tackifiers

  • Sakurai, Yoshihiro
    • Journal of Adhesion and Interface
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.28-33
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    • 2007
  • It is a main trend not to use organic solvents in the adhesive industry from the recent environmental and safe points of view. For example, water-based, hot-melt, or UV curable adhesives are being investigated. Several different kinds of tackifiers that are formulated in the adhesives in order to give them more functional properties like initial tack and higher adhesion, etc., have been proposed to meet the recent trend. Firstly, the characteristics and fundamental properties of the respective materials are presented. In Japan, the trend to develop the water-based adhesives is most remarkable. While the environmental regulations are getting harder, Arakawa Chemical has been spending a lot of energy for the research, and developed toluene-free and solvent free tackifier dispersions that are presented precisely.

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