• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.97-102
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• 2005

Anaerobic decomposition is one of the most common processes in nature and has been extensively used in waste and wastewater treatment for several centuries. New applications and system modifications continue to be adapted making the process either more effective, less expensive, or suited to the particular waste in question and the operation to which it is to be applied. Animal manure is a highly biodegradable organic material and will naturally undergo anaerobic fermentation, resulting in release of noxious odors, such as in manure storage pits. Depending on the presence or absence of oxygen in the manure, biological treatment process may be either aerobic or anaerobic. Under anaerobic conditions, bacteria carry on fermentative metabolisms to break down the complex organic substances into simpler organic acids and then convert them to ultimately formed methane and carbon dioxide. Anaerobic biological systems for animal manure treatment include anaerobic lagoons and anaerobic digesters. Methane and carbon dioxide are the principal end products of controlled anaerobic digestion. These two gases are collectively called biogas. The biogas contains $60\~70\%$ methane and can be used directly as a fuel for heating or electrical power generation. Trace amounts of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide ($100\~300\;ppm$) are always present in the biogas stream. Anaerobic lagoons have found widespread application in the treatment of animal manure because of their low initial costs, ease of operation and convenience of loading by gravity flow from the animal buildings. The main disadvantage is the release of odors from the open surfaces of the lagoons, especially during the spring warm-up or if the lagoons are overloaded. However, if the lagoons are covered and gases are collected, the odor problems can be solved and the methane collected can be used as a fuel. Anaerobic digesters are air-tight, enclosed vessels and are used to digest manure in a well-controlled environment, thus resulting in higher digestion rates and smaller space requirements than anaerobic lagoons. Anaerobic digesters are usually heated and mixed to maximize treatment efficiency and biogas production. The objective of this work was to review a current anaerobic biological treatment of animal manure for effective new technologies in the future.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.59-68
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• 1993

퇴비화반응(堆肥化反應)의 주체가 되는 미생물(微生物)이 퇴비화반응(堆肥化反應)에 어떻게 관여하는 가에 대해 충분히 안다는 것은 퇴비화처리(堆肥化處理) 기술상(技術上) 중요한 점이라 할 수 있다. 본(本) 연구(硏究)에서는 우선, 퇴비화실험(堆肥化實驗)을 하면서 실험과정(實驗過程)에서 나타나는 각종 미생물상(微生物相)의 수적(數的) 변화(變化)를 추적했다. 그 결과 세균(細菌)과 방선균(放線菌)이 반응(反應)의 중심이 되어 있는 것을 알았다. 그러나, 그 수(數)는 반응효과(反應效果)와 무관(無關)하다라는 것이 나타나, 미생물(微生物)의 활성지표(活性指標)가 필요하다는 것이 지적되었다. 따라서, 새로운 증식활성도(增殖活性度)라는 지표(指標)를 도입하여, 이 지표(指標)와 퇴비화반응(堆肥化反應)의 중요한 환경인자중(環境因子中)의 하나인 pH와의 관계(關係) 및 반응물(反應物)의 안정도(安定度)와의 관계(關係)에 대해 검토하였다. 그 결과(結果), 증식활성도(增殖活性度)는 퇴비화반응(堆肥化反應)의 효율(效率) 및 안정도(安定度)의 지표(指標)가 될 수 있다는 것이 나타났다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권7호
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• pp.3261-3266
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• 2012

수소발생 및 저장 물질로서 붕수소화나트륨($NaBH_4$)은 촉매 분해반응을 통하여 수소를 생성할 수 있는데, 이 프로타이드 화합물을 이용하여 가정용 또는 이동용 연료전지의 수소를 공급할 수 있어서, 이 화합물과 분해반응에 대한 연구가 많이 수행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 알칼리성 $NaBH_4$ 수용액을 귀금속이 담지된 금속산화물 촉매를 이용하여 가수분해반응을 일으키고, 그 분해반응 산물인 수소의 발생량을 측정하였다. 지지체로 사용한 금속산화물의 종류를 비교하고, 함침된 귀금속으로서 백금과 루테늄을 비교하였으며, 촉매사용량, $NaBH_4$ 용액의 농도 등의 영향을 고찰하고, 수소 발생 패턴을 조사하였다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.119-128
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• 1995

폴리스티렌과 싸이클로헥산 용액으로부터 제조된 멤브레인의 미세구조 형성에 미치는 coarsening의 효과를 주사전자현미경(SEM)을 이용하여 연구하였다. 고분자 용액의 열 분석은 DSC를 이용하여 행하여졌으며 demixing peak의 개시 온도로부터 binodal 곡선이 결정되었다. 열적으로 유도된 상 분리(TIPS) 공정과 freeze drying 기법을 이용하여 제조된 고분자 막의 미세 구조는 coarsening 시간과 quench 경로에 의해 큰 영향을 받음이 확인되었다. Spinodal decomposition이 상 분리 기구인 경우에는 멤브레인의 미세구조가 서로 잘 연결되고 거의 일정한 cell 크기를 갖게 되며, 용매를 제거하기 이전에 상 분리 시간을 증가시킴으로써 멤브레인의 pore 크기를 증가시킬 수 있음이 판명되었다. 또한 멤브레인의 cell 또는 pore 크기 증가는 coarsening time과 quench depth에 크게 의존함이 확인되었다. 본 연구에서는 특히 고분자 용액의 농도가 이로부터 제조되는 고분자 막의 구조에 미치는 역할을 규명하였다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.1263-1271
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• 2013

Graphene oxide (GO)-titania composites have emerged as an attractive heterogeneous photocatalyst that can enhance the photocatalytic activity of $TiO_2$ nanoparticles owing to their potential interaction of electronic and adsorption natures. Accordingly, $TiO_2$-GO mixtures were synthesized in this study using a simple chemical mixing process, and their heterogeneous photocatalytic activities were investigated to determine the degradation of airborne organic pollutants (benzene, ethyl benzene, and o-xylene (BEX)) under different operational conditions. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy results demonstrated the presence of GO for the $TiO_2$-GO composites. The average efficiencies of the $TiO_2$-GO mixtures for the decomposition of each component of BEX determined during the 3-h photocatalytic processes were 26%, 92%, and 96%, respectively, whereas the average efficiencies of the unmodified $TiO_2$ powder were 3%, 8%, and 10%, respectively. Furthermore, the degradation efficiency of the unmodified $TiO_2$ powder for all target compounds decreased during the 3-h photocatalytic processes, suggesting a potential deactivation even during such a short time period. Two operational conditions (air flow entering into the air-cleaning devices and the indoor pollution levels) were found to be important factors for the photocatalytic decomposition of BEX molecules. Taken together, these results show that a $TiO_2$-GO mixture can be applied effectively for the purification of airborne organic pollutants when the operating conditions are optimized.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.57-62
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• 2016

The over-discharging phenomena in sodium-nickel chloride batteries were investigated in relation to decomposition of molten salt electrolyte and consequent metal co-deposition. From XRD analysis, the material deposited on graphite cathode current collector was revealed to be by-product of molten salt electrolyte decomposition. In particular, the result showed that the Ni-Al alloys ($Al_3Ni_2$, $Ni_3Al$ and $Al_3Ni$) were electrochemically deposited on graphite current collectors in line with over-discharging behaviors. It is assumed that the $NiCl_2$ solubility in molten salt electrolytes leads to the co-deposition of Ni-Al alloys by increasing metal deposition potential above 1.6 V (vs. $Na/Na^+$). The cell tests have revealed that the composition of molten salt electrolytes modified by various additives makes a decisive influence on the over-discharging behaviors of the cells. It was revealed that NaOCN addition to molten salt electrolytes was advantageous to suppress over-discharge reactions by modifying the characteristics of molten salt electrolytes. NaOCN addition into molten salt electrolytes seems to suppress Ni solubility by maintaining basic melts. The cell using modified molten salt electrolyte with NaOCN (Cell D) showed relatively less cell degradation compared with other cells for long cycles.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.405-406
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• 2006

Recently, the flat display modules such as plasma or TFT-LCD employ thin crystallized panels which are normally weak to high level transient mechanical energy inputs. As a result, anti-shock performance is one of the most important design specifications for TFT-LCD modules. However, most of large display module designs are generated based on engineers own experiences. Also, a large-scale analysis to evaluate complex material and structural behaviors is one of interesting topic in diverse engineering and scientific fields. The utilization of massively parallel processors has also been a recent trend of high performance computing. The objective of this paper is to introduce a parallel process system which consists of general purpose finite element analysis solver as well as parallelized PC cluster. The parallel processing system is constructed using thirty-two processing elements and the finite element program is developed by adopting hierarchical domain decomposition method. In order to verify the efficiency of the established system, an impact analysis on thin and complex sub-parts of flat display modules is performed. The evaluation results showed a good agreement with the corresponding reference solutions, and thus, the parallel process system seems to be a useful tool fur the complex structural analysis such as IT related products.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.47-51
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• 2010

A powder, containing 80 percent of blue cobalt aluminate $(CoAl_2O_4)$ crystallites, was synthesized at $210 ^{\circ}C$ using a (metal nitrate-malonic acid-ammonium hydroxide-ammonium nitrate) system. The optimal amount of concentrated ammonia water and initial decomposition temperature were determined for the blue $CoAl_2O_4$ crystallites preparation. Three $CoAl_2O_4$ precursor pastes, corresponding to the various amounts of concentrated ammonia water, were prepared by evaporating the initial solutions in an electric furnace fixed at $80 ^{\circ}C$ under a vacuum of 25 torr. The initial solution was used to dissolve the starting materials. The powder with the maximum content (80%) of blue $CoAl_2O_4$ crystallites was prepared when the prepared precursor was decomposed at $210 ^{\circ}C$. The blue $CoAl_2O_4$ crystallite content in the prepared sample decreased with increasing initial decomposition temperature. For 0.2 mole of the $Al^{3+}$ ion, the chemical compositions of the precursor corresponded to molar ratios of 0.4, 1.40, 2.56 and 2.00 for the $Co^{2+}$ ion, malonic acid, ammonia and ammonium nitrate per mole of the $Al^{3+}$ ion, respectively. The blue $CoAl_2O_4$ crystallite content in the sample decreased with the amount of ammonia deviated from the optimal value. The characteristics of the powders were examined using X-ray diffraction, optical microscopy, Fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy and the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller technique.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.185-191
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• 2011

재료의 마이크로 스케일 해석에서 결정의 geometrically necessary dislocation(GND) 효과에 의한 소성 구배(plastic gradient)의 고려는 재료의 소성 거동에 큰 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 먼 거리(long range) 전위(dislocation)의 영향(또는 GND 효과)을 고려하여 소성 구배의 영향을 받는 다결정 고체(polycrystalline solids)의 거동을 유한요소해석을 이용하여 살펴보았다. 탄성(elastic)과 소성(plastic) 변형에 추가적으로 먼 거리 변형률(long range strain)을 고려한 항(term)이 포함된 변형 구배(deformation gradient)의 multiplicative decomposition 모델을 기반으로 하여 소성 구배 효과를 해석 모델에 포함하였다. 먼 거리 변형률에 의한 영향을 살펴보기 위해 구배 경화 계수(gradient hardness coefficient)와 먼거리 변형률 길이에 대한 재료 변수(parameter)가 사용되었다. 각각의 계수들이 다결정 고체의 거동에 미치는 영향을 확인하기 위해 두 변수의 적용에 따른 다결정 고체의 거동을 분석하였다. 단결정 및 다결정 재료의 GND 효과에 의한 소성 구배를 고려해서, 고려하지 않은 경우와 비교하여 발생하는 경화(hardening)의 차이를 분석함으로서 GND의 다결정 고체 거동의 영향을 확인하였다.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.316-321
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• 2018

Composites of P25 $TiO_2$ and hexagonal $WO_3$ nanorods are synthesized through ball-milling in order to study photocatalytic properties. Various composites of $TiO_2/WO_3$ are prepared by controlling the weight percentages (wt%) of $WO_3$, in the range of 1-30 wt%, and milling time to investigate the effects of the composition ratio on the photocatalytic properties. Scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy are performed to characterize the structure, shape and size of the synthesized composites of $TiO_2/WO_3$. Methylene blue is used as a test dye to analyze the photocatalytic properties of the synthesized composite material. The photocatalytic activity shows that the decomposition efficiency of the dye due to the photocatalytic effect is the highest in the $TiO_2/WO_3$ (3 wt%) composite, and the catalytic efficiency decreases sharply when the amount of $WO_3$ is further increased. As the amount of $WO_3$ added increases, dye-removal by adsorption occurs during centrifugation, instead of the decomposition of dyes by photocatalysts. Finally, $TiO_2/WO_3$ (3 wt%) composites are synthesized with various milling times. Experimental results show that the milling time has the best catalytic efficiency at 30 min, after which it gradually decreases. There is no significant change after 1 hour.