• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.279-286
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• 2020

In this article, we develop a reactive distillation (RD) column configuration for the production of hydrogen. This RD column is in the HI decomposition section of the sulphur - iodine (SI) thermochemical cycle, in which HI decomposition and H₂ separation take place simultaneously. The section plays a major role in high hydrogen production efficiency (that depends on reaction conversion and separation efficiency) of the SI cycle. In the column simulation, the rigorous thermodynamic phase equilibrium and reaction kinetic model are used. The tuning parameters involved in phase equilibrium model are dependent on interactive components and system temperature. For kinetic model, parameter values are adopted from the Aspen flowsheet simulator. Interestingly, there is no side reaction (e.g., solvation reaction, electrolyte decomposition and polyiodide formation) considered aiming to make the proposed model simple that leads to a challenging prediction. The process parameters are determined on the basis of optimal hydrogen production as reflux ratio = 0.87, total number of stages = 19 and feeding point at 8th stage. With this, the column operates at a reasonably low pressure (i.e., 8 bar) and produces hydrogen in the distillate with a desired composition (H₂ = 9.18 mol%, H₂O = 88.27 mol% and HI = 2.54 mol%). Finally, the results are compared with other model simulations. It is observed that the proposed scheme leads to consume a reasonably low energy requirement of 327 MJ/kmol of H₂.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.281-286
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 수소수 생성기 구조설계를 최적화하여, 세계 최고 수준의 용존수소량(1,000~1,200 ppb)을 보유한 수소수생성기를 개발하여 평가하였다. 평가는 용존수소량, 산도, 최대수압, 산화환원전위 등 4가지로 나누어 각각의 목표치를 잡아서 평가하였다. 실험결과는 4가지 모두 5차례의 실험을 통하여 시행하였고, 모두 목표치 범위 안에서 결과가 나타나 그 우수성을 입증하였다. 또한 기능성 평가에 있어서도 그 결과는 기능성은 25/30점, 유지보수성은 17/20, 사용성은 26/30점. 효율성은 19/20점으로 나타났으며, 특히 효율성이 높게 나타나서 본 연구의 타당성을 증명하였다. 본 논문은 이러한 수소수 생성기를 즉시 출수 가능한 시스템으로 개발하여 정수기 대체재로 사용 가능하도록 하였다.

• Korean Membrane Journal
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.58-66
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• 2006

The ${\beta}-glucosidase$ from olive fruit is of particular interest compared to the ones from other sources because it has shown to have high specifity to convert the oleuropein into dialdehydes, which have antibacterial activity and are of high interest for their application in the food and pharmaceutical fields. The enzyme is not yet commercially available and advanced clean and safe technologies for its purification able to maintain the functional stability are foreseen. The purification of this protein from fruit extracts has been already tempted by electrophoresis but either enzyme deactivation or high background with unclear profiles occurred. In this work, fruit extracts obtained from the ripening stage that showed the highest enzyme activity have been processed by diafiltration and ultrafiltration. Asymmetric membranes made of polyamide or polysulphone having 50 and 30 kDa molecular weight cut-off, respectively, were tested for the diafiltration process. Ultrafiltration membranes made of polyethersulfone with 4 kDa molecular weight cut-off were used to concentrate the dia-filtered permeate solutions. The efficiency of the separation processes was evaluated byenzyme activity tests using the hydrolysis of p-D-nitrophenyl-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside (pNPGlc) as reaction model. Qualitative and quantitative electrophoresis were applied to analyze the composition of protein solution before and after the membrane separation; in addition dot blot and western blot analyses were applied to verify the presence of ${\beta}-glucosidase$ in the processed fractions. The overall results showed that the ${\beta}-glucosidase$ functional stability was preserved during the membrane operations and the removal of 20 kDa proteins allowed to increase the specific activity of the enzyme of about 52% compared to the one present in the initial fruit extract.

• 청정기술
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.123-143
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• 2012

초임계유체기술은 최근 다양한 화학 산업 분야에서 새로운 관심을 모으고 있는 신기술의 하나라 할 수 있다. 초임계유체기술은 높은 용해성, 빠른 침투성, 빠른 물질 이동 등의 초임계유체 장점을 이용한 기술로써 친환경, 에너지 절감, 고효율성을 가진 현재로서 가장 효과적이고 실용적인 기술이라 하겠다. 이러한 특징을 가진 초임계유체기술을 이용한 응용 기술의 잠재력을 분석 및 평가하고 개발하는 것은 필수적이다. 따라서 본 총설에서는 초임계유체기술의 응용 측면에서 초임계유체내에서 고분자 중합 공정의 최적화를 위한 기초자료인 모노머/고분자의 고온 고압에서 초임계유체 내에서의 상거동 현상을 설명하고, 이러한 자료를 통해 초임계유체 내에서 특정물질을 분리 할 수 있는 분자인식고분자의 제조와 성능 평가에 대해 소개하였다.

• 한국동물생명공학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.58-64
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• 2020

This present study was conducted to investigate protective effect of discontinuous Percoll gradient containing alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) before freezing process on viability, acrosome damage, mitochondrial activity, and oxidative stress of frozen-thawed boar spermatozoa. The separation of spermatozoa by discontinuous Percoll gradient was performed by different concentration of Percoll solution (45/90%) containing ALA combined with bovine serum albumin (BSA), and collected sperm in each Percoll layer was cryopreserved. To evaluate viability, acrosome damage, mitochondrial activity, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) level of frozen-thawed sperm, flow cytometry was used. Morphological abnormalities were observed under light microscope. In results, viability of sperm from 90% Percoll layer was higher than control and 45% Percoll group (p < 0.05). Separated sperm in 90% Percoll layer had lower acrosome damage and morphological abnormalities than control as well as viability, whereas 45% Percoll group was higher (p < 0.05). Similar with acrosome damage and abnormalities, mitochondrial activity was slightly enhanced and the population of live sperm with high ROS level was decreased by 90% Percoll separation, however, there was no significant difference. Supplementation of 3 ng/mL ALA into Percoll solution increased sperm viability and decreased population of live sperm with high ROS compared to control (p < 0.05). In conclusion, discontinuous Percoll gradient before freezing process could improve efficiency of cryopreservation of boar sperm through selection of sperm with high freezing resistance, and supplement of ALA during Percoll gradient might contribute suppression of ROS generation via stabilizing of plasma membrane during cryopreservation.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.681-686
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• 2011

SPLITT Fractionation (SF) provides separation of sample into two subpopulations. Separation into more than two subpopulations requires repeated SF operations. In this study, two Gravitation SF (GSF) channels were connected in a series (Tandem GSF) to obtain a separation into three subpopulations and to improve the fractionation efficiency (FE) of the fraction-b in the full-feed depletion (FFD) mode. In a single channel FFD-GSF operation, the fraction-a contained mostly the beads smaller than the cutoff diameter ($d_c$), while the fraction-b contained beads smaller than $d_c$ as well as those larger than dc, as expected. The measured FE's of the fraction-b are much lower than those of the fraction-a in all cases. The FE's of the fraction-a are higher than 84% with the average of about 91%, while those of the fraction-b are lower than 60% with the average of about 43%. No particular trends were found between FE and $d_c$, indicating the performance of FFD-GSF does not change with $d_c$ in the range where tested. Also no clear trends were observed between the FE and the sample-feeding flow rate, indicating higher sample-feeding rate can be used to increase the sample throughput without losing resolution. When two GSF channels were connected so that the flow stream emerging from the outlet-b of the channel-1 is fed directly into the channel-2, all three FE's measured for the fraction-1a were high with the average value of 99%, indicating it contains almost purely the beads smaller than $d_c$. The FE's measured for the fraction-2a are still good with the average value of 92%. The FE's measured for the fraction-2b are 64% in average, which is about 20% improvement from those obtained in a single channel FFD-GSF at the same conditions.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.614-622
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• 2011

In this study, a new tunnel ventilation method with a high velocity air curtain flow has been investigated for improving the ventilation exhaust efficiency and removing air pollutants in subway tunnels. At upper or lower position right downstream of a main duct connected with a ventilation opening, air curtain flows were suppled into the main duct where the air flow velocity was in the range of 2~6 m/s. Exhaust efficiency was monitored for both cases with and without air curtain flow for different air velocities, locations and injection angles of the air curtain. Particulate matter concentrations (PM10, PM2.5 and PM1.0) were also checked at both the main duct and ventilation opening before and after supplying air curtain flows. Lower air velocity of the main duct flow, higher air velocity of the air curtain led to higher exhaust efficiency and the air curtain condition of 30..inclined injection toward the main flow showed the maximum exhaust efficiency. The exhaust efficiency of about 24% without the air curtain could be improved to about 34% after using the air curtain flow. PM concentration decreased at the main duct and increased at the ventilation opening after using the air curtain flow. Therefore, the suggested method to use air curtain flows in tunnels will be probably one of the promising tools to reduce air pollutants in subway tunnels.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.95-105
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• 2018

차세대 회전익기 개발에서 고속화는 중요한 과제이며, 선행 연구들을 통해 덕트 팬을 가지는 비행체는 고속화 실현 가능성이 높은 형상으로 평가된다. 본 연구에서는 다중 덕트 팬 비행체의 전진 비행시의 유동 특성 및 공력 성능 분석을 위한 전산해석을 수행하였다. 전방 팬의 공력 성능은 자유류 유동과 팬 유입류에 의해 결정되는 반면, 후방 팬의 성능은 전방 팬에서 발생한 유동에 지배적인 영향을 받음을 확인하였다. 전진 속도가 증가하며 전방 팬 입구에서의 유동 박리는 후방 팬보다 먼저 발생하며, 덕트 입구 박리는 팬 추력의 증가를 유도한다. 두 덕트 팬 간의 상호 작용으로 인해 후방 팬에는 상대적으로 정렬된 유동이 유입되므로 박리 이전까지 추력이 꾸준히 감소하고, 전/후방 팬의 추력의 급격한 변화는 동시에 발생한다. 전진 속도에 따라 전체 비행체의 수직력은 감소하였다. 이는 팬 후류에 의한 동체 아랫면 압력 저하가 주요 원인으로 분석되었다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.181-190
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• 2022

막여과는 흡착, 응집 등의 폐수 처리 방법에 비교해 경제적이며, 높은 효율을 보인다는 장점을 가지고 있다. 하지만, 막의 표면에 오염물질이 흡착하여 발생하는 막오염 현상으로 인해 막여과의 효율이 크게 줄어들게 된다. 다양한 종류의 막 중에서 세라믹 분리막은 친수성을 띄며, 화학적으로 안정되었기 때문에 오염방지에 효과적이다. 또한, 산화 그래핀 등을 활용한 복합막도 막오염을 예방하는 데 도움이 될 수 있다. 최근에는 막오염을 방지하고 시너지 효과를 얻기 위해 광촉매 분리막이 해결책으로 제시되었다. 막 분리는 광촉매의 단점인 촉매의 낮은 재사용률을 보완할 수 있으며, 광촉매 반응은 오염을 막을 수 있다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제28권
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• pp.105-110
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• 2018

Owing to their scalability, flexible operation, and long cycle life, vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) have gained immense attention over the past few years. However, the VRFBs suffer from significant polarization, which decreases their cell efficiency. The activation polarization occurring during vanadium redox reactions greatly affects the overall performance of VRFBs. Therefore, it is imperative to develop electrodes with numerous catalytic sites and a long cycle life. In this study, we synthesized heteroatom-rich carbon-based freestanding papers (H-CFPs) by a facile dispersion and filtration process. The H-CFPs exhibited high specific surface area (${\sim}820m^2g^{-1}$) along with a number of redox-active heteroatoms (such as oxygen and nitrogen) and showed high catalytic activity for vanadium redox reactions. The H-CFP electrodes showed excellent electrochemical performance. They showed low anodic and cathodic peak potential separation (${\Delta}E_p$) values of ~120 mV (positive electrolyte) and ~124 mV (negative electrolyte) in cyclic voltammetry conducted at a scan rate of $5mV\;s^{-1}$. Hence, the H-CFP-based VRFBs showed significantly reduced polarization.