• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.28 no.9
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• pp.721-729
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• 1991

SnO2-TiO2(Pt or Pd), as raw material for hydrocarbon gas sensors, was prepared by a coprecipitation method. The SnO2-TiO2-based thick film gas sensors were made by screen printing technique. The titanium dioxide synthesized was shown to be anatase structure from XRD peaks and was transformed to rutile structure between 700$^{\circ}C$ and 1000$^{\circ}C$. Titanium dioxide in SnO2-TiO2 thick films devices plays a very important role in the enhancement of the sensitivity to CH4 and C4H10. In the case of SnO2-TiO2(Pt) sensors, titanium dioxide that was rutile structure enhanced the sensitivity of the thick film to CH4. Platinum added to the raw powder at coprecipitation (as chloroplatinic acid VI hydrate) improved the gas sensitivity to hydrocarbon gases. Therefore, it is expected that the SnO2-TiO2(Pt) thick film sensors fabricated in this experiment could be put into practical use as LPG (primary component : C4H10 and C3H8) and LNG (primary component : CH4) sensors.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.61-62
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• 2012

This study is for analyzing possibility of utilizing as cement from waste concrete. The scrapped fine powder which contains a large amount of hydrate of cement can supercede lime stone, and greenhouse gas reductions are expected. However, Fine Aggregate powder efficient separation technology development is essential for that limestone substitution effect and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to facilitate through the recycling of the scrapped fine powders.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.660-662
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 미 인근 해저에서 ODP로 확인된 부존 하이드레이트 샘플을 다양한 분광학 및 실험적 분석 방법을 통해 시료의 물성 및 특성을 파악하여 부존된 하이드레이트 자원의 성분 파악을 목적으로 하고 있다. 일반적으로 가스 하이드레이트 연구에 있어서 X-ray diffractometer, NMR stectrometer, Raman spectrometer 등 분광학적 분석기기를 이용하여 가스 하이드레이트의 구조 및 성분을 규명한다. 본 연구에서는 실험실에서 인위적으로 만들어진 메탄 하이드레이트와 심해저 천연가스 하이드레이트 층에서 채취된 샘플의 비교 분석을 통하여 심해에 매장되어 있는 천연가스 하이드레이트의 구조 및 성분을 규명하였다 XRD 결과로부터 천연가스 하이드레이트는 sI의 구조를 가지며 NMR 및 Raman 결과에 의하면 하이드레이트 내에 포집되어 있는 가스의 주 성분은 메탄인 것으로 밝혀졌다. 또한 천연가스 하이드레이트를 이용한 이산화탄소의 치환 실험을 통하여 심해저 천연가스 하이드레이트 층의 이산화탄소 저장 매체로의 활용 가능성을 조사하였다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.573-576
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• 2007

가스 하이드레이트의 구조-I 및 구조-H의 공존 현상을 13C NMR과 Raman spectroscopy를 이용하여 분석하였다. 하이드레이트 생성 조건이 구조-H 영역에만 있을 때는 CH4+neohexane 혼합 하이드레이트가 구조-H만을 나타냈지만, 구조-I의 영역에서는 구조-H의 혼합 하이드레이트와 구조-I의 순수 메탄 하이드레이트가 공존하는 것을 $^{13}C$ NMR spectra를 통해 확인하였다. 이러한 현상은 구조-H 생성자로 알려진 isopentane, MCP, MCH 에서도 관찰되었으며, Raman spectroscopy를 이용해서도 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.369-372
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• 2006

가스하이드레이트는 최근 고유가 시대에 기존화석에너지를 대처할 수 있는 가능성이 높은 에너지원이다. 이와 같은 이유로 정부는 2005년부터 본격적으로 가스하이드레이트 개발사업단을 발족시켜 국내의 부존형태와 매장량 평가를 위해 노력하고 있다. 2005년 2차원 정밀 물리탐사, 심해 퇴적물 채취 및 다각적 분석연구사업이 수행되었고, 2006년도에는 3차원 물리탐사, 심해 퇴적물 채취, 개발기술을 위한 연구 및 지질재해 안정성 연구등이 수행될 예정으로 있다. 사업단은 정부의 가스하이드레이트 개발 기본계획을 토대로 3단계 10개년 계획을 수행함으로써 미래 에너지원의 확보 및 자원 강국으로 가는 초석을 마련하려하고 있다. 향후 가스하이드레이트에 대한 관심사는 상업적 개발 가능성이다. 또한 대체 에너지들의 공통적 문제점인 막대한 비용 소요와 장기적 시간을 요한다는 점에서 여전히 문제점을 지니고 있다. 하지만 급속도로 발전하는 과학기술이 보조를 맞추어 준다면, 꿈의 에너지원인 가스하이드레이트가 모든 산업체와 가정에서 인류의 편안함을 지켜줄 시기가 도래할 것으로 기대해 본다.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.29-36
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• 2007

Recent seismic surveys have shown that the presence of methane hydrate (MH) in sediments has significant influence on seismic attenuation. I have used vertical seismic profile (VSP) data from a Nankai Trough exploratory well, offshore Tokai in central Japan, to estimate compressional attenuation in MH-bearing sediments at seismic frequencies of 30-110 Hz. The use of two different measurement methods (spectral ratio and centroid frequency shift methods) provides an opportunity to validate the attenuation measurements. The sensitivity of attenuation analyses to different depth intervals, borehole irregularities, and different frequency ranges was also examined to validate the stability of attenuation estimation. I found no significant compressional attenuation in MH-bearing sediments at seismic frequencies. Macroscopically, the peaks of highest attenuation in the seismic frequency range correspond to low-saturation gas zones. In contrast, high compressional attenuation zones in the sonic frequency range (10-20 kHz) are associated with the presence of methane hydrates at the same well locations. Thus, this study demonstrated the frequency-dependence of attenuation in MH-bearing sediments; MH-bearing sediments cause attenuation in the sonic frequency range rather than the seismic frequency range As a possible reason why seismic frequencies in the 30-110 Hz range were not affected in MH-bearing sediments, I point out the effect of thin layering of MH-bearing zones.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.28-34
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• 2014

In the natural gas pressure regulation station, high pressure natural gas is decompressing using pressure regulation valves. Waste pressure occurred in the pressure regulation process can be recovered through adopting turbo expanders. However, in the waste pressure recovery process, Joule Thompson effect causes below $0^{\circ}C$ and this low temperature freezes outside land of pipeline or generates methane hydrate in the pipeline which can block the pipeline. Therefore, turbo expander systems are accompanying with a boiler for preheating natural gas. Molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC), one of the high temperature fuel cell, can use natural gas as a direct fuel and is also exhausting low emission gas and generating electricity. In this paper, a thermodynamic analysis on the hybrid MCFC-turbo expander system is conducted. The fuel cell system is analyzed for the base load of the hybrid system.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• v.14 no.8
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• pp.1110-1117
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• 2001

Responses of the rumen fungus, Neocallimastix frontalis RE1, to long chain fatty acid (LCFA) were evaluated by measuring gas production, filter paper (FP) cellulose digestion and polysaccharidase enzyme activities. LCFA (stearic acid, $C_{18:0}$; oleic acid, $C_{18:1}$; linoleic acid, $C_{18:2}$ and linolenic acid, $C_{18:3}$) were emulsitied by ultrasonication under anaerobic condition, and added to the medium. When N frontalis RE1 was grown in culture with stearic, oleic and linoleic acid, the cumulative gas production, gas pool size, FP cellulose digestion and enzymes activities significantly (p<0.05) increased at some incubation times(especially, exponential phases of fungal growth, 48~120 h of incubation) relative to that for control cultures. However, the addition of linolenic acid strongly inhibited all of the investigated parameters up to 120 h incubation, but not after 168 and 216 h of incubation. These results indicated that stearic, oleic and linoleic acids tended to have great stimulatory effects on fungal cellulolysis, whereas linolenic acid caused a significant (p<0.05) inhibitory effects on the cellulolysis by the rumen fungus. These results are the first report of the effect of LCFAs on the ruminal fungi. Further research is needed to identify the mode of action of LCFAs on fungal strains and to verify whether or not ruminal fungi have ability to hydrate unsaturated LCFAs to saturated FAs. There was high correlation between cumulative in vitro gas production and fungal growth (94.78%), FP cellulose degradation (96.34%), CMCase activity(90.86%) or xylanase activity (87.67%). Thus measuring of cumulative gas production could be a useful tool for evaluating fungal growth and/or enzyme production by ruminal fungi.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.53-62
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• 2015

To elucidate the microbial consortia responsible for the anaerobic methane oxidation in the methane hydrate bearing sediments, we compared the geochemical constituents of the sediment, the rate of sulfate reduction, and microbial biomass and diversity using an analysis of functional genes associated with the anaerobic methane oxidation and sulfate reduction between chimney site (UBGH2-3) on the continental slope and non-chimney site (UBGH2-10) on the basin of the Ulleung Basin. From the vertical profiles of geochemical constituents, sulfate and methane transition zone (SMTZ) was clearly defined between 0.5 and 1.5 mbsf (meters below seafloor) in the UBGH2-3, and between 6 and 7 mbsf at the UBGH2-10. At the UBGH2-3, the sulfate reduction rate (SRR) in the SMTZ exhibited was appeared to be $1.82nmol\;cm^{-3}d^{-1}$ at the depth of 1.15 mbsf. The SRR in the UBHG2-10 showed a highest value ($4.29nmol\;cm^{-3}d^{-1}$) at the SMTZ. The 16S rRNA gene copy numbers of total Prokaryotes, mcrA, (methyl coenzyme M reductase subunit A), and dsrA (dissimilatory sulfite reductase subunit A) showed the peaks in the SMTZ at both sites, but the maximum mcrA gene copy number of the UBGH2-10 appeared below the SMTZ (9.8 mbsf). ANME-1 was a predominant ANME (Anaerobic MEthanotroph) group in both SMTZs of the UBGH2-3 and -10. However, The sequences of ANME-2 were detected only at 2.2 mbsf of the UBGH2-3 where high methane flux was observed because of massive amount of gas hydrate at shallow depth. And Desulfosarcina-Desulfococcus (DSS) that is associated with ANME-2 was detected in 2.2 mbsf of the UBHG2-3. Overall results demonstrate that ANME-1 and ANME-2 are considered as significant archaeal groups related to methane cycle in the subsurface sediment of the East Sea, and ANME-2/DSS consortia might be more responsible for methane oxidation in the methane seeping region than in non-seeping region.

• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.137-140
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• 2008

During CHAOS (2003, 2006) and SSGH projects (2007), acoustic investigation including hydroacoustic (HA), side-scan sonar (SSS) and highresolution sparker seismic (HSS) surveys was carried out on the northeastern Sakhalin slope ($53^{\circ}56'\;N$, $143^{\circ}52'\;E$ to $54^{\circ}40'\;N$, $144^{\circ}32'\;E$). More than 130 methane seeps with high backscatter intensity are identified on SSS mosaic, which are well accompanied with gas flares in the water column on HA profiles and subbottom gas chimneys on HSS profiles. It is likely that that some seeps align along a NW strike parallel to the Lavrentiev Fault.