• Title/Summary/Keyword: Methanol Synthesis

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Threonine Production by A Newly Isolated and Characterized Methylotrophic Bacterium (새로운 메탄올자화세균에 의한 트레오닌의 생산)

  • Kim, Kyoung-Ja;Park, Kui-Lea
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.315-320
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    • 1992
  • The amino acid threonine was produced from glycine and ethanol in a reaction mixture using resting cells of a newly isolated gram-negative methylotrophic bacterium, capable of growth on methanol. The isolate could utilize $C_1$ compounds and a variety of multicarbon substrates as sole carbon and energy source. To obtain cells of isolate with high threonine producing activity, we investigated optimum cultural conditions. Optimal growth was at the initial concentration of 0.5%(v/v) methanol, at $30^{\circ}C$ and pH 7.0. The growth was not affected by antibiotics inhibiting cell wall synthesis, but was completely suppressed by those inhibiting protein synthesis. The optimum reaction conditions from threonine production by resting cells of this strain were found.

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Parametric Study of Methanol Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth for Graphene

  • Cho, Hyunjin;Lee, Changhyup;Oh, In Seoup;Park, Sungchan;Kim, Hwan Chul;Kim, Myung Jong
    • Carbon letters
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.205-211
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    • 2012
  • Methanol as a carbon source in chemical vapor deposition (CVD) graphene has an advantage over methane and hydrogen in that we can avoid optimizing an etching reagent condition. Since methanol itself can easily decompose into hydrocarbon and water (an etching reagent) at high temperatures [1], the pressure and the temperature of methanol are the only parameters we have to handle. In this study, synthetic conditions for highly crystalline and large area graphene have been optimized by adjusting pressure and temperature; the effect of each parameter was analyzed systematically by Raman, scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, atomic force microscope, four-point-probe measurement, and UV-Vis. Defect density of graphene, represented by D/G ratio in Raman, decreased with increasing temperature and decreasing pressure; it negatively affected electrical conductivity. From our process and various analyses, methanol CVD growth for graphene has been found to be a safe, cheap, easy, and simple method to produce high quality, large area, and continuous graphene films.

Comparative Study of Nickel and Copper Catalysts Using Al2O3 and Hydrotalcite in Methanol Steam Reforming (메탄올 수증기 개질반응에서 알루미나 및 하이드로탈사이트를 이용한 니켈 및 구리 촉매 비교 연구)

  • Lee, Jae-hyeok;Jang, Seung Soo;Ahn, Ho-Geun
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.14-20
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    • 2022
  • In this study, the catalytic reaction characteristics for producing hydrogen using methanol steam reforming were investigated. Nickel and copper are frequently used in steam reforming reaction and methanol synthesis, were used as main active metals. As a support, hydrotalcite has a high specific surface area, excellent porosity and thermal stability, and has weak Lewis acid sites and basic properties. Hydrotalcite was used to identify catalysts of methanol steam reforming with catalytic activity and their properties. In this research, high reactivity was shown in the catalyst of copper metal with high reducibility. And increasing of active metal loading showed the higher the methanol conversion and hydrogen selectivity.

Direct Synthesis of Dimethyl Ether from Synthesis Gas (합성가스로부터 디메틸에테르 직접 합성)

  • Hahm, Hyun-Sik;Kim, Song-Hyoung;Kang, Young-Gu;Shin, Ki-Seok;Ahn, Sung-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.8-14
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    • 2009
  • Dimethyl ether(DME) was synthesized from synthesis gas by a one-step process in which a hybrid catalyst was used. The hybrid catalyst consisted of Cu-ZnO-$Al_2O_3$ for the methanol synthesis reaction and aluminum phosphate or $H_3PO_4$-modified $\gamma$-alumina for the methanol dehydration reaction. The prepared catalysts were characterized by XRD, BET, SEM, FT-IR and $NH_3$-TPD. From the XRD analysis, it was verified that the aluminum phosphate was successfully synthesized. The specific surface areas of the synthesized aluminum phosphates were varied with the ratio of P/Al. The hybrid catalyst in which P/Al ratio of the aluminum phosphate was 1.2 showed the highest CO conversion of 55% and DME selectivity of 70%. There was no remarkable decrease in catalytic activity with the phosphoric acid treatment of $\gamma$-alumina. However, when treated with concentrated phosphoric acid(85%), the catalytic activity and DME selectivity decreased.

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Inhibition of Nitric Oxide Synthesis by Methanol and Butanol Extracts of Euonymus Alatus (Thunb.) Sieb in Murine Macrophages

  • Lee Hyo-Hyun;Park Young-Soo;Kim Ra-Young;Kim Dong-Il;Lee Tae-Kyun
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine
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    • v.26 no.1 s.61
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    • pp.26-36
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    • 2005
  • Objective : Many traditional herbal remedies exhibit several beneficial effects including anti-inflammation. Euonymus alatus (Thunb.) Sieb (EA), known as Gui jun woo in Korea, has long been used in folk medicine to regulate Qi (bodily energy) and blood circulation, relieve pain, eliminate stagnant blood, and treat dysmenorrhea in oriental countries. The exact mechanism of the anti-inflammatory action of Euonymus alatus (Thunb.) Sieb (EA), however, has not been determined. Methods: Since there is increasing evidence that nitric oxide (NO) plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases, this study was undertaken to address whether the methanol (MeOH) extract and its fractions of the bark of EA could modulate the expression of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) in thioglycollate-elicited murine peritoneal macrophages and murine macrophage cell line, RA W264.7 cells. Results: Stimulation of the peritoneal macrophages and RAW264.7 cells with $interferon-\gamma\;(IFN-\gamma)$ and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) resulted in increased production of NO in the medium. However, the butanol (BuOH) fraction of the MeOH extract of EA barks showed marked inhibition of NO synthesis in a dose-dependent manner. The inhibition of NO synthesis was reflected in the decreased amount of iNOS protein, as determined by Western blotting. The BuOH fraction did not affect the viability of RA W264.7 cells, as assessed by methylthiazol-2-yl-2, 5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay; rather, it reduced endogenous NO-induced apoptotic cell death via inhibition of NO synthesis in RAW264.7 cells. On the other hand, the MeOH and BuOH fraction showed no inhibitory effect on the synthesis of NO by RAW264.7 cells, when iNOS was already expressed by the stimulation with $IFN-\gamma$ and LPS. Conclusion: Collectively, these results demonstrate that the MeOH and BuOH fraction inhibits NO synthesis by inhibition of the induction of iNOS in murine macrophages.

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Synthesis and characterization of 60 wt.% RGO(reduced graphite oxide) supported PtSn series catalysts for methanol electrooxidation (RGO(reduced graphite oxide)에 담지된 PtSn 시리즈 촉매의 합성 및 특성분석과 메탄올 산화 반응)

  • Choe, Seung-Mok;Kim, Won-Bae;Lee, Ju-Yeol
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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    • 2013.05a
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    • pp.159-159
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    • 2013
  • 넓은 비표면적과 높은 전기전도성을 갖는 표면에 관능기가 도입된 RGO(reduced graphite oxide)를 modified Hummers method 와 thermal exfoliation 을 통해하여 합성하였으며 합성된 RGO를 PtSn alloy 촉매의 담지체로 도입하여 impregnation method를 통해 PtSn/RGO 시리즈 촉매를 합성하였다. XRD, SEM, TEM, XPS 분석을 통해 촉매의 특성을 분석하였고 methanol electrooxidation 활성을 확인하였다.

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Synthesis of Trimetallic Au@Pb@Pt Core-shell Nanoparticles and their Electrocatalytic Activity toward Formic Acid and Methanol

  • Patra, Srikanta;Yang, Hae-Sik
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.30 no.7
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    • pp.1485-1488
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    • 2009
  • A facile, seed-mediated preparation method of trimetallic Au@Pb@Pt core-shell nanoparticles is developed. Au nanoparticles are the template seeds onto which sequentially reduced Pb and Pt are deposited. The trimetallic core-shell structure is confirmed by UV-Vis spectroscopy, TEM and EDS analysis, and cyclic voltammetry. The trimetallic Au@Pb@Pt core-shell nanoparticles show high electrocatalytic activity for formic acid and methanol electrooxidation.