• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제25권11호
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• pp.1699-1702
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• 2004

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제47권7호
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• pp.859-866
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• 2015

The aim of this work is to investigate the transport mechanism of radioactive nuclides through the reverse osmosis (RO) membrane and to estimate its effectiveness for nuclide separation from radioactive liquid waste. An analytical model is developed to simulate the RO separation, and a series of experiments are set up to confirm its estimated separation behavior. The model is based on the extended Nernst-Plank equation, which handles the convective flux, diffusive flux, and electromigration flux under electroneutrality and zero electric current conditions. The distribution coefficient which arises due to ion interactions with the membrane material and the electric potential jump at the membrane interface are included as boundary conditions in solving the equation. A high Peclet approximation is adopted to simplify the calculation, but the effect of concentration polarization is included for a more accurate prediction of separation. Cobalt and cesium are specifically selected for the experiments in order to check the separation mechanism from liquid waste composed of various radioactive nuclides and nonradioactive substances, and the results are compared with the estimated cobalt and cesium rejections of the RO membrane using the model. Experimental and calculated results are shown to be in excellent agreement. The proposed model will be very useful for the prediction of separation behavior of various radioactive nuclides by the RO membrane.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.334-342
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• 2012

새로 개발된 '고액분리 통합이론'의 핵심 개념인 '케이크 첫 입자층이 받는 압력 $p_d$'의 역할을 인식하기 위해, 고압축성 케이크에 대해 다음과 같은 세 가지 고액분리 분야를 새로운 개념으로 분석하였다. 첫째, 침전된 플럭의 케이크 여과에서 여과 대상이 되는 침전 플럭의 두께 계산에서 $p_d$의 역할과, 케이크의 형성 두께 계산에서의 $p_d$의 역할. 둘째, 압착 과정에서의 $p_d$의 역할, 그리고 마지막으로 간섭침전 결과 쌓이는 높이에 미치는 $p_d$의 역할과 간섭침전 과정에서의 $p_d$의 중요성을 보였다. 이로써 고액분리 통합이론의 적용 가능성과, 그에 있어 $p_d$의 중요성을 밝힐 수 있었다. 이 과정을 통하여 케이크 여과, 압착, 간섭침전의 이론적인 새로운 정의가 가능해졌다.

• 공학기술논문지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.431-436
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• 2011

This study was carried out to reduce the problem during distillation process, which separate U, TRU (TRans Uranium) metal electro deposit, Cd and LiCl-KCl eutectic salt generating from LCC (Liquid Cadmium Cathode) electro winning process. The cadmium recovering apparatus was manufactured to separate for each metal using solid-liquid separation method. The apparatus consists of the first sieve for the separation of U and TRU metal electrodeposit, the second sieve for the separation of LiCl-KCl eutectic salt, cadmium collection basket, and a heating furnace. In addition, the size of each sieve is 2 mm to 3 mm. In this experiment, a metal wire was employed to replace TRU metal electrodeposit and U, which exist actually in a LCC crucible. In the solid state, The LiCl-KCl is separated at 340℃ at which the solid and the liquid of the remaining cadmium and LiCl-KCl eutectic salt coexists in each, after the metal wire separated at 500℃. As a result, it seems that it would be beneficial to set the processing condition in the distillation process with the additional treatment process of cadmium and LiCl-KCl eutectic salt.

• 한국막학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국막학회 1996년도 심포지움시리즈 Jan-96 투과증발막과 응용
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• pp.69-90
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• 1996

In the chemical industry, in the pharmaceutical industry, and in a number of other industries separation processes are necessary to separate and purify products and raw materials [1,2]. Separation processes are also widely used in other applications such as in recycling valuable materials from waste streams. Unit operations for separation processes can be classified in phase separation techniques and component separation techniques based on the nature of the feed mixtures to be separated. The former techniques are used for the separation of heterogeneous mixtures, in which the feed is already present in two or more separated phases on a micro-scale. The latter are suitable for the separation of homogeneous mixtures such as gaseous mixtures and mixtures of completely miscible liquids. tn these cases the separation into individual components is generally achieved by utilizing the differences in physico-chemical properties of components, and is much more difficult compared to phase separation techniques. Separation processes such as distillation, evaporation, liquid-liquid extraction, and crystallization belong to this class.

• Korean Membrane Journal
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.81-85
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• 1999

Tributyl phyosphate(TBP) polypropylene glycol 4000(PPG-4000) and the mixture of two compounds were examined as a liquid membrane in a supported liquid membrane (SLM) to separate phenol from aqueous solution.The feed concentration of phenol was varied in a broad range from 500 mg/L to 5000 mg/L and different types of liquid membrane were prepared to elucidate their effects on separation of phenol. It was found that the modified PPG 4000 with TBP and toluene diisocyanate(TDI) might be used as a proper liquid membrane because the mass transfer rate examined with this membrane was higher than that through methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) which has been used as a conventional solvent in a solvent extraction process. The breakthrough pressure of the SLM is defined to be the pressure difference across the membrane at which the supported liquid membrane is not kept in the pores any more. it indicates how the SLM is stable., It was found that the breakthrough pressure of the modified PPG-4000 was much higher than those of typical organic solvents.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.95-103
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• 1996

In the separation of toluene/n-heptane mixture by the emulsion type liquid membrane in an batch system, the effect of surfactant on the separation factor and membrane stability was studied over the surfactant concentration ranging form 0.1 to 1.5wt％ at the contact time of 5 and 10 minutes. and the settling time of 5 and 10 minutes. The surfactant used was sodium lauryl sulfate. The separation factor reached its maximum value at the surfactant concentration of 0.5wt％ for surfantant. It was found that the percentage of membrane breakup reached its minimum values and the separation factor showed its maximum value at the surfactant concentration of 0.5wt%. which confirmed that efficient separation could be effect when emulsion liquid membrane was stable because of low membrane breakup.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.569-574
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• 2005

A coupled column liquid chromatography system was applied for the separation of the burnup monitors in spent nuclear fuel sample solutions. A reversed phase column was studied for the adsorption behavior of uranyl ions using alpha-hydroxyisobutyric acid as an eluent and used for the separation of plutonium and uranium. A cation exchange column prepared by coating 1-eicosylsulfate onto the reversed phase column was used for the separation of the lanthanides. In addition, retention of Np was checked with the reversed phase column and cation exchange column, respectively, according to the oxidation states to observe the interference effect for the separation of burnup monitors. This chromatography system showed a great reduction in separation time compared to a conventional anion exchange method. A good agreement from the burnup data was obtained between for this method and a conventional anion exchange method to within 1% of a difference for the spent nuclear fuel samples of about 40 GWD/MTU.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.95-103
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• 1999

In the separation of toluene/n-heptane mixture by the emulsion type liquid membrane in a batch system, the effect of surfactants on the separation factor and membrane stability were studied over the surfactant concentration ranging from 0.1 to 1.5 wt% at the contact time of 5 and 10 minutes and the settling time 5 and 10 minutes. The surfactants used were triethanol amine lauryl sulfate. The separation factor reached its maximum value at the surfactant concentration of 0.5 wt%. It was found that the percentage of membrane breakup reached its minium values and the separation factor showed its maximum value at the surfactant concentration of 0.5 wt%, which confirmed that efficient separation could be effect when emulsion liquid membrane were stable because of low membrane break up.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.380-386
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• 2005

유기 붕산계 화합물과 4차 암모늄염의 혼합물을 추출제로 사용하여 에멀젼형 액막법에 의한 과당과 포도당의 분리가 회분식 반응기에서 이루어졌다. 당 분리를 위해 적합한 추출제와 최적의 실험조건을 찾기 위하여 각 당에 대하여 독립적으로 추출 실험이 수행되었다. 원료상의 당 농도, 붕산계 화합물 종류와 w/o 비와 같은 여러 변수들이 과당과 포도당 분리에 미치는 영향이 조사되었으며, 이때 원료상과 회수상에서의 최종 당 농도가 분석되었다. 원료상에서의 과당/포도당 추출률 비는 매우 높았지만, 회수상에서의 당 농도는 높지 않았다. 상업적인 당 분리를 위한 에멀젼형 액막 시스템 개발을 위해 보다 회수상으로 과당의 역추출을 강하게 추진할 수 있는 염을 찾는 것이 요구되었다.