• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.374-377
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• 2009

The operating temperature of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) usually has to be limited under $100^{\circ}C$ to maintain the proper ionic conductivity. Therefore, the only product from reaction, water, is in the liquid phase. Two-phase flow makes the flow phenomenon in the channel difficult to understand and predict. Water blocking in the PEMFC channel or the pore of Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL), called flooding, is known as the main effect of PEMFC degradation. To analyze two-phase flow, the PEMFC with transparent acrylic plate was used. Two-phase flow patterns were observed by varying the current density. When the PEMFC is mounted horizontally, water in the cathode is mainly transported on the interface between the channel and GDL.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.104-114
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• 2019

Energy is an essential driving force for modern society. In particular, electricity has become the standard source of power for almost every aspect of life. Electric power runs lights, televisions, cell phones, laptops, etc. However, it has become apparent that the current methods of producing this most valuable commodity combustion of fossil fuels are of limited supply and has become detrimental for the Earth's environment. It is also self-evident, given the fact that these resources are non-renewable, that these sources of energy will eventually run out. One of the most promising alternatives to the burning of fossil fuel in the production of electric power is the proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell. The PEM fuel cell is environmentally friendly and achieves much higher efficiencies than a combustion engine. Water management is an important issue of PEM fuel cell operation. Water is the product of the electrochemical reactions inside fuel cell. If liquid water accumulation becomes excessive in a fuel cell, water columns will clog the gas flow channel. This condition is referred to as flooding. A number of researchers have examined the water removal methods in order to improve the performance. In this paper, a new water removal method that investigates the use of vibro-acoustic methods is presented. Piezo-actuators are devices to generate the flexural wave and are attached at end of a cathode bipolar plate. The "flexural wave" is used to impart energy to resting droplets and thus cause movement of the droplets in the direction of the traveling wave.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.439-445
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• 2007

Proton exchange membrane Fuel Cells(PEMFCs) have been spotlighted because of their broad potential application for potable electrical devices, automobiles and residential usages. However, their utilization is limited to low temperature operation due to the electrolyte dehydration at high temperature. High temperature PEMFC operation offers high CO tolerance and easy water management. This review presents development of high temperature($120{\sim}200^{\circ}C$) PEMFC. Especially, PEMFC which is based on acid-doped PBI membrane is discussed.

• 멤브레인
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.143-150
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• 2002

전기투석은 이온성 물질을 분리하고 농축하는데 안정하고 효과적인 공정으로 알려져 있다. 그러나 전기투석 공정은 고가의 이온교환막 때문에 실제 공정에 적용하는데 많은 제한을 받아오고 있다. 따라서 전기 투석공정의 운전 전류밀도를 가능한 높게 공급함으로써 이온교환막의 단면적당 flux를 증가시켜 주어야 한다. 그러나 실제 공정의 운전에 있어서 운전 전류밀도는 이온교환막 표면에서의 농도분극 현상으로 제한을 받게 된다. 본 총설에서는 이온교환막을 통한 이온의 이동현상을 설명하고 전류-전압 곡선을 이용한 막특성 분석을 소개하였다. 또한 한계전류밀도 전후의 전류 영역에서 농도분극 현상과 동반하는 전기대류(Electroconvection), 물 분해 현상 등에 대한 최근 연구결과를 정리하였다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.974-981
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• 2007

Seoul Metro has operated the air cooling equipment established in a machine room of a station building to improve our services focused on our customers who use Seoul Metro during the summer season. However, a new set of problems has arisen with the cooling tower to support a heat exchange of cooling water. One of them is loss of efficiency in the air conditioner. The leading cause of this problem is that we use an underground type of the cooling tower. As the machine room of a station building is located in the underground of inner city because of the nature of the subway, it is difficult to establish the cooling tower on the ground. The underground structure of the No. $1{\sim}4$ subway line is unsuitable for the location requirements of the underground type of the one because it has a limited space to set up the air cooling equipment, for example, the cooling tower and a ventilating opening. As a result of such an unfavorable condition, the cooling tower doesn't work efficiently and the warmth of cooling water because of insufficiency of a heat exchange and a refrigerator's technical obstacle such as a high-temperature and a high-pressure has arisen. Accordingly, the efficiency of the air conditioning is getting lower and lower. Another problem is too wasteful with water. Each station uses the water over 30 tons every day with waterworks to replenish the cooling tower such as a evaporation, a scattering and a distribution of water. Nevertheless, the more an air conditioner increase, the more the use of water supply increase. For this reason, we can't help wasting an enormous amount of water and discharging the congelation of a low temperature(about $15^{\circ}C$) occurred in a heat exchanger inside an air conditioner. The purpose of this study is to analyze the utility of congealing water to improve efficiency of the air cooling equipment and save energy as a supplementary water for the cooling tower.

• 생태와환경
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.216-227
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• 2008

물 교환이 제한적인 시화호 상류 기수역의 부영양화 현상을 이해하고자 기수역내 7개 지점을 선정하여 2005년과 2006년 3월부터 11월까지 수질 및 퇴적물의 시공간적 분포 조사와 오염도 평가를 실시하였다. 시화호 기수역의 영양염류와 엽록소 $\alpha$(Chl-$\alpha$)및 유기물의 농도분포는 시공간적으로 변동이 컸으며, 전반적으로 염분성층이 강하게 형성되는 중류지점에서 높은 농도를 보이는 경향을 보였다 조사기간 동안 TN, TP, Chl-$\alpha$ 농도는 각각 $1.2{\sim}11.0\;mg\;L^{-1}$, $0.056{\sim}2.992\;mg\;L^{-1}$, $1.3{\sim}942.9\;{\mu}g\;L^{-1}$으로 대부분 지점에서 부영양 또는 과영양 상태를 나타냈다. 또한 기수역의 부영양화지수(TSI) $61{\sim}86$의 범위로 과영양호 수준을 보였으며, 중류지점에서 높은 값을 보였다. 기수역의 식물플랑크톤의 대량증식 현상은 매년 4월에 중류지점에서 나타났으며, 영양염류와 Chl. $\alpha$ 농도 사이의 상관분석으로부터 식물플랑크톤의 증식은 TN (r=0.31)보다 TP (r=0.65)가 관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 한편 기수역의 표층퇴적물 내 COD 함량은 전 지점에서 중간오염의 수준을 보였지만, TN과 TP 함량은 중하류지점에서 오염이 심한 수준으로 나타났다. 또한 표층퇴적물의 입도분포로부터 연안성퇴적물에서 가장 많이 나타나는 실트의 조성비 ($38{\sim}60%$)가 중류지점에서 가장 많은 것으로 보아 이 지점에서 염분성층과 퇴적현상이 가장 많은 것으로 사료된다. 본 연구의 결과로부터 물 교환이 제한적인 시화호 상류 기수역의 수질 및 표층퇴적물의 오염도는 타 수역에 비해 매우 높은 것으로 판단된다. 또한 시화호 상류 기수역의 부영양화 현상은 자연적인 기수역에 비해 강하게 형성된 염분성층에 의한 물의 정체현상 및 심층산소고갈 현상과 유역으로부터 많은 양의 인 유입과 퇴적물로부터 인 용출에 의한 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.42-50
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• 2009

새우양식은 서해안의 축제식 양식장에서 거의 전적으로 이루어지고 있지만 최근 바이러스성 질병 피해와 생산성 저하로 해마다 피해가 증가하고 있다. 사육수 비교환 방식의 실내 고밀도 새우양식은 바이러스의 유입의 억제, 배출수에 의한 연안환경 오염 방지, 생산성 향상 뿐 아니라 출하시기의 조절 등 장점이 있어 축제식 양식장의 문제점을 해결할 수 있다. 본 연구는 타가영양을 기본으로 하는 BFT (biofloc technology) 방식으로 제작된 4개의 raceway형 tank (12.9, $18\;m^2$ 각 2개)에 흰다리새우 치하(B.W. 0.08-0.09 g)를 3,000-5,455 마리/$m^3$ 밀도로 입식하고 42일간 환수율 2.7-3.4%/day로 사육한 결과, 생산량은 $2.49-4.22\;kg/m^3$으로 일반 새우종묘배양장의 12-20배, 축제식 양식장의 8-14배에 달하였다. 수확시 tank에 따라서 새우의 평균 체중은 1.45-2.03 g, 생존율은 38.2-48.0%, FCR은 0.79-1.29이었다. 총암모니아성 질소의 농도는 평균 1.11-1.42 ppm이며 최고 6.0 ppm ($NH_3$ 농도, 0.096 ppm)까지 상승하였으나 새우에게 영향을 미칠만한 농도는 아니었다. 아질산성 질소는 사육 초기부터 꾸준히 상승하여 전 기간 평균 18.45-22.07 ppm으로 높게 유지되었다. 또한 아질산성 질소는 모든 tank에서 4주간 10 ppm 이상의 농도가 지속되었으며 후반기 4일 동안은 35-45 ppm의 높은 농도를 보여주어 새우의 생존에 영향을 미친 것으로 판단된다. 그러나 본 실험에서 보여준 장기간의 높은 아질산염의 농도에도 불구하고 최저 38%의 새우가 생존한 점은 BFT 조건 하에서 아질산염에 대한 새우의 적응능력을 설명해주며 이에 대한 기작과 내성한계 등에 대한 추가적인 추구가 필요할 것이다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1726-1735
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• 2008

Seoulmetro has operated the air cooling equipment for 57 stations to improve services focused on our customers who use Seoulmetro during the summer season and has established every year. However, a new set of problems has arisen with the cooling tower to support a heat exchange of cooling water. The most important matter is loss of efficiency in the cooling tower. The leading cause of this problem is that we use an indoor type. As the cooling tower room is located in the underground of the city because of the residents near the station. Therefore It is difficult to establish the cooling tower on the ground. But it is unsuitable for the location requirements of the underground type because it has a limited space to set up the air cooling equipment, for example, the cooling tower and a ventilating opening. As a result of such an unfavorable condition, the cooling tower doesn't work efficiently and the warmth of cooling water because of insufficiency of a heat exchange and a refrigerator's technical obstacle such as a high-temperature and a high-pressure has arisen. To prevent this situation, the operator tend to reduce refrigerant. Accordingly, the efficiency of the air conditioning is getting lower and lower. Study wishes to analyze the matter to improve indoor cooling tower efficiency and recommend a best practice for a person who manage the establishment.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.135-143
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• 2017

Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST) imaging is a method to detect solutes based on the chemical exchange of mobile protons with water. The solute protons exchange with three different patterns, which are fast, slow, and intermediate rates. The CEST contrast can be obtained from the exchangeable protons, which are hydroxyl protons, amine protons, and amide protons. The CEST MR imaging is useful to evaluate tumors, strokes, and other diseases. The purpose of this study is to review the mathematical model for CEST imaging and for measurement of the chemical exchange rate, and to measure the chemical exchange rate using a 3T MRI system on several amino acids. We reviewed the mathematical models for the proton exchange. Several physical models are proposed to demonstrate a two-pool, three-pool, and four-pool models. The CEST signals are also evaluated by taking account of the exchange rate, pH and the saturation efficiency. Although researchers have used most commonly in the calculation of CEST asymmetry, a quantitative analysis is also developed by using Lorentzian fitting. The chemical exchange rate was measured in the phantoms made of asparagine (Asn), glutamate (Glu), ${\gamma}-aminobutyric$ acid (GABA), glycine (Gly), and myoinositol (MI). The experiment was performed at a 3T human MRI system with three different acidity conditions (pH 5.6, 6.2, and 7.4) at a concentration of 50 mM. To identify the chemical exchange rate, the "lsqcurvefit" built-in function in MATLAB was used to fit the pseudo-first exchange rate model. The pseudo-first exchange rate of Asn and Gly was increased with decreasing acidity. In the case of GABA, the largest result was observed at pH 6.2. For Glu, the results at pH 5.6 and 6.2 did not show a significant difference, and the results at pH 7.4 were almost zero. For MI, there was no significant difference at pH 5.6 or 7.4, however, the results at pH 6.2 were smaller than at the other pH values. For the experiment at 3T, we were only able to apply 1 s as the maximum saturation duration due to the limitations of the MRI system. The measurement of the chemical exchange rate was limited in a clinical 3T MRI system because of a hardware limitation.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.679-687
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• 2007

Nanoscale zero valent ion (nZVI) technology is emerging as an innovative method to treat contaminated groundwater. The activity of nZVI is very high due to their high specific surface area, and supporting this material can help to preserve its chemical nature by inhibiting oxidation. In this study, nZVI particles were attached to granular ion-exchange resin through borohydride reduction of ferrous ions, and chemical reduction of nitrate by this material was investigated as a potential technology to remove nitrate from groundwater. The pore structure and physical characteristics were measured and the change by the adsorption of nZVI was discussed. Batch tests were conducted to characterize the activity of the supported nZVI and the results indicated that the degradation of nitrate appeared to be a pseudo first-order reaction with the observed reaction rate constant of $0.425h^{-1}$ without pH control. The reduction process continued but at a much lower rate with a rate constant of $0.044h^{-1}$, which is likely limited by mass transfer. To assess the effects of other ions commonly found in groundwater, the same experiments were conducted in simulated groundwater with the same level of nitrate. In simulated groundwater, the rate constant was $0.078h^{-1}$ and it also reduced to $0.0021h^{-1}$ in later phase. The major limitation in application of ZVI for nitrate reduction is ammonium production. By using a support material with ion exchange capacity, the problem of ammonium release can be solved. The ammonium was not detected in the batch test, even when other competitive ions such as calcium and potassium existed.