• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.56-64
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• 2012

The ITER fuel cycle is designed for DT operation in equimolar ratio. It involves not only a group of fuelling system and torus cryo-pumping system of the exhaust gases through the divertor from the torus in tokamak plant, but also from the exhaust gas processing of the fusion effluent gas mixture connected to the hydrogen isotope separation in cryogenic distillation to the final safe storage & delivery of the hydrogen isotopes in tritium plant. Tritium plant system supplies deuterium and tritium from external sources and treats all tritiated fluids in ITER operation. Every operation and affairs is focused on the tritium inventory accountancy and the confinement. This paper describes the major fuel cycle processes and interfaces in the tritium plant in aspects of upcoming technologies for future hydrogen and/or hydrogen isotope utilization.

• 분석과학
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.205-211
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• 2022

Deuterium (D) is an isotope with one more neutron number than hydrogen (H). Heavy elements rarely change their chemical properties with little effect even if the number of neutrons increases, but low-mass elements change their vibration energy, diffusion rate, and reaction rate because the effect cannot be ignored, which is called an isotope effect. Recently, in the semiconductor and display industries, there is a trend to replace hydrogen gas (H₂) with deuterium gas (D₂) in order to improve process stability and product quality by using the isotope effect. In addition, as the demand for D₂ in industries increases, domestic gas producers are making efforts to produce and supply D₂ on their own. In the case of high purity D₂, most of them are produced by electrolysis of heavy water (D₂O), and among D₂, hydrogen deuteride (HD) molecules are present as isotope impurities. Therefore, in order to maximize the isotope effect of hydrogen in the electronic industry, HD, which is an isotope impurity of D₂ used in the process, should be small amount. To this end, purity analysis of D₂ for industrial processing is essential. In this study, HD quantitative analysis of D₂ for high purity D₂ purity analysis was established and hydrogen isotope RM (Reference material) was developed. Since hydrogen isotopes are difficult to analyze with general gas analysis instrument, they were analyzed using a high-precision mass spectrometer (Gas/MS, Finnigan MAT271). High purity HD gas was injected into Gas/MS, sensitivity was determined by a signal according to pressure, and HD concentrations in two bottles of D₂ were quantified using the corresponding sensitivity. The amount fraction of HD in each D₂ was (4518 ± 275) μmol/mol, (2282 ± 144) μmol/mol. D₂, which quantifies HD amount using the developed quantitative analysis method, will be manufactured with hydrogen isotope RM and distributed for quality management and maintenance of electronic industries and gas producers in the future.

• 한국초전도저온공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국초전도저온공학회 2001년도 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.163-166
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• 2001

KEPCO has a plan to construct TRF (tritium removal facility) in wolsong nuclear power plant site by 2005. In advance of WTRF construction, the pilot plant was installed at KEPRI in order to show process reliability of WTRF. The main processes of this pilot plant are LPCE(liquid phase catalytic exchange) and CD (cryogenic distillation). Deuterium is separated from heavy water in LPCE process and concentrated in CD process. CD process consists of cold box, where are a distillation column and heat exchangers, vacuum system, cryogenic refrigerant supply system and instrument & control system. The experience of the pilot plant will be used in WTRF design review, operating procedure revision and fundamental education for the operators.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.34-40
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• 2015

It is reported that the intensity of rainfall will likely increase, on average, over the world on 2000. For water resources security, many studies for flow paths from rainfall or snowmelt to subsurface have been conducted. In Korea, few isotopic studies for characterizations of flow path have been undertaken. For a better understanding of how water derived from atmosphere moves to subsurface and from subsurface to stream, an analysis of precipitation and stream water using oxygen-18 and deuterium isotopes in a small watershed, Dorim-cheon, Seoul, was conducted with high resolution data. Variations of oxygen-18 in precipitation greater than 10‰ (δ¹⁸O_max = −1.21‰, δ¹⁸O_min = −11.23) were observed. Isotopic compositions of old water (groundwater) assumed as the stream water collected in advance were −8.98‰ and −61.85‰ for oxygen and hydrogen, respectively. Using a two-component mixing model, hydrograph separation of the stream water in Dorim-cheon was conducted based on weighted mean value of δ¹⁸O. As a result, except of instant dominance of rainfall, contribution of old water was dominant during the study period. On average, 71.3% of the old water and 28.7% of rainfall contributed to the stream water. The results show that even in the small watershed, which is covered with thin soil layer in granite mountain region, the stream water is considerably influenced by old water inflow rather than rainfall.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.327-332
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• 2015

Isotopic compositions of ice and meltwater play a very crucial role in paleoclimate studies based on ice cores and water resources research conducted in alpine hydrogeology. Better understanding of variations in the stable isotopic compositions of water is required since changes from ice to liquid water are gaining more attention due to recent climate change. In this work, a melting experiment was designed and conducted to investigate how the isotopic compositions of ice vary with time by heat sources, such as solar radiation. We conducted the melting experiment for 22 hours. The discharge rate rose to a maximum value after 258 minutes and gradually declined because we fixed the heat source. The isotopic compositions of meltwater increased linearly or to a second degree polynomial. The linear relationship between oxygen and hydrogen has a slope of 6.8, which is less than that of the Global Meteoric Water Line (8) and higher than a theoretical value (6.3). The deuterium excess decreased when ${\delta}D$ or ${\delta}^{18}O$ increases or vise versa since the slope of the relationship for ice-liquid exchange is less than 8. These findings and the apparatus of the melting experiments will make a helpful contribution to the studies of stable isotopes and the melting process in temperate and polar regions.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.329-338
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• 2003

이 연구는 무주군 적상산 부근에 위치하는 소유역(100$Km^2$)에서 지표수와 천부 지하수의 안정동위원소 조성의 시공간적 변화를 조사하기 위해서 실시되었다. 시료채취는 2001년 8월(여름)과 10월(가을), 2002년 4월(봄), 3회에 걸쳐 실시되었다. 지표수의 동위원소 조성은 계절에 따라 뚜렷이 구분되어 도시되지만 천부 지하수에서는 이러한 변화가 줄어든 것이 관찰되었다. 하지만 지표수와 지하수의 안정동위원소 조성의 변화 폭은 계절별로 서로 유사하게 나타나고 있다. 이것은 이 지역에서 강수, 지표수 및 지하수 사이의 상호작용이 매우 활발하며 지속적으로 일어나고 있음을 의미한다. 무주지역 지표수의 안정동위원소 조성은 남쪽에 위치하는 섬진강의 조성보다는 가벼운 “위도효과”를 나타내고 있다. 또한 하천수에는 동위원소 조성의 계절변화와 아울러 강수의 “고도효과”와 “우량효과”가 잘 반영되어 있음이 관찰되었다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.336-341
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• 2019

The gas adsorption isotherm requires accurate measurement for the analysis of porous materials and is used as an index of surface area, pore distribution, and adsorption amount of gas. Basically, adsorption isotherms of porous materials are measured conventionally at 77K and 87K using liquid nitrogen and liquid argon. The cold volume calibration in this conventional method is done simply by splitting a sample cell into two zones (cold and warm volumes) by controlling the level sensor in a Dewar filled with liquid nitrogen or argon. As a result, BET measurement for textural properties is mainly limited to liquefied gases (i.e. $N_2$ or Ar) at atmospheric pressure. In order to independently investigate other gases (e.g. hydrogen isotopes) at cryogenic temperature, a novel temperature control system in the sample cell is required, and consequently cold volume calibration at various temperatures becomes more important. In this study, a cryocooler system is installed in a commercially available BET device to control the sample cell temperature, and the automated cold volume calibration method of temperature variation is introduced. This developed calibration method presents a reliable and reproducible method of cryogenic measurement for hydrogen isotope separation in porous materials, and also provides large flexibility for evaluating various other gases at various temperature.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.25-33
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• 1997

The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of using stable isotopes as a hydrologic tracer, and to elucidate the groundwater circulation system and the source of S component dissolved in thermal water of the Chonju Jukrim thermal spring district based on the O, H and S isotopic variabilities of environmental materials including bedrock, rainwater, surface water, shallow subsurface water and thermal spring water. The ${\delta}^{18}O$ and ${\delta}D$ of subsurface waters and surface water show highly restricted range and plotted on the same meteoric water line as a ${\delta}D=8{\delta}^{18}O+19$ line, and derivate from the mean annual isotopic composition of the rain water but are analogous to those of rain waters precipitated during winter season, indicating that ground waters are originated from the meteoric water and are strongly affected by the seasonal variation of air mass. Thermal spring waters are more depleted in ${\delta}^{18}O$ and ${\delta}D$ than those of shallow ground water and surface water. It can be explained by the difference of recharge area. The hydrochemical properties of subsurface waters and surface water devide into two groups: $Ca(HCO_3)_2$ type including shallow subsurface water and surface water, and $Na(HCO_3)$ type of thermal spring waters. The ${\delta}^{34}S$ values of thermal spring water show very high positive and quitely distinct from those of shallow subsurface water and surface water that are similar to those of bed rocks, indicating that sulfate dissolved in thermal spring water has not only a terrigenic origin, but also originates partially from the foreign source containing very heavy ${\delta}^{34}S$ component such as an ancient sea water. However, the presence of $H_2S$ can not be ignore the affact of the isotopic fractionation to explaine the heavy ${\delta}^{34}S$ of thermal spring water. Overall, the Oxygen and Hydrogen stable isotopes can identify the source and the circulation system of the natural waters and the S-isotopes can provide a crucial clue on tracing the dissolved material transports in the circulation system of the natural water.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.61-67
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• 2021

고체상의 눈 또는 얼음의 안정동위원소 값은 과거의 기후를 복원하고 동위원소 수문분리의 단성분으로 기여율을 계산하는 데에 사용되어 왔다. 융해와 냉동이 일어나면서 눈 또는 얼음과 액체상의 물 사이의 동위원소 분별작용이 일어나는데, 융해는 상대적으로 현장, 실험 및 모델연구를 통해 연구결과가 제시되어 있지만, 냉동에 대해서는 알려진 것이 많지 않다. 본 논평에서는 평형 냉동이 발생할 때 물의 두 안정동위원소인 산소, 수소의 선형관계 및 레일리분별과정을 통해 냉동에 의한 동위원소 분별과정을 고찰하였다. 해양에서 증발한 수증기에 의해 응축된 눈은 기울기 8을 가지는 지구천수선을 따라 움직이지만, 냉동 및 융해가 발생하게 되면 기울기 19.5/3.1~6.3을 가지는 선형관계를 나타내게 된다. 평형냉동 동안 레일리분별과정에 의해 액체상인 물은 열린 계와 닫힌계에서 같은 동위원소변동을 보여 주었다. 눈 또는 얼음이 제거되는 열린 계에서는 남아있는 물의 안정동위원소와 분별계수만큼의 차이를 가지면서 높은 값을 나타내었다. 닫힌 계에서는 초기 액체상의 물의 동위원소 값으로 눈 또는 얼음은 수렴하였다. 냉동에 의한 눈 또는 얼음의 동위원소변동과정은 고기후 연구 및 수문분리의 정확도를 증가시킬 것으로 기대된다.

• 지질공학
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.303-314
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• 2020

먹는샘물 제조업체의 경우 주기적인 환경영향조사, 일취수량 제한, 그리고 취수량 및 수위, 수질(pH, EC, 온도)을 1시간 간격으로 계측하여 매월 보고하고, 정기 수질검사 등을 통해 엄격히 관리하고 있어 과잉 취수로 인한 지하수위 강하와 같은 문제가 발생하는 사례가 적으나 제조업체 주변 지하수관련 민원의 원인 제공자로 각인되고 있는 실정이다. 그러므로 환경영향조사의 물수지 분석 시 수문분야 전문가들의 평가에 부합하고, 비전문가에게도 쉽게 접근할 수 있는 기법의 제시가 필요하다고 판단된다. 따라서 샘물 취수정이 위치한 소유역의 지표수 수위 및 유출량을 측정하고 상시하천의 월별 기저유출량을 분리하였다. 또한 동일 유역의 지하수(취수정), 지표수, 강수의 산소, 수소 동위원소를 분석하여 지하수와 지표수의 함양특성에 관하여 추정하였다.