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Modeling and Simulation of the Photocatalytic Treatment of Wastewater using Natural Bauxite and TiO2 doped by Quantum Dots

  • Becheikh, Nidhal;Eladeb, Aboulbaba;Ghazouani, Nejib
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.91-96
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    • 2022
  • The photocatalytic degradation of salicylic acid takes place in several stages involving coupled phenomena, such as the transport of molecules and the chemical reaction. The systems of transport equations and the photocatalytic reaction are numerically solved using COMSOL Mutiphysics (CM) simulation software. CM will make it possible to couple the phenomena of flow, the transport of pollutants (salicylic acid) by convection and diffusion, and the chemical reaction to the catalytic area (bauxite or TiO2 doped by nanoparticles). The simulation of the conversion rate allows to correctly fit the experimental results. The temporal simulation shows that the reaction reaches equilibrium after a transitional stage lasting over one minute. The outcomes of the study highlight the importance of diffusion in the boundary layer and the usefulness of injecting micro-agitation into the microchannel flow. Under such conditions, salicylic acid degrades completely.

Local Pool Boiling Coefficients on Horizontal Tubes

  • Kang Myeong-Gie
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.860-869
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    • 2005
  • Local pool boiling on the outside and inside surfaces of a 51 mm diameter tube in horizontal direction has been studied experimentally in saturated water at atmospheric pressure. Much variation in local heat transfer coefficients was observed along the tube periphery. On the outside surface the maximum and the minimum are observed at ${\theta}=45^{\circ}$ and $180^{\circ}$, respectively. However, on the inside surface only the minimum was observed at ${\theta}=0^{\circ}$. Major mechanisms on the outside surface are liquid agitation and bubble coalescence while those on the inside surface are micro layer evaporation and liquid agitation. As the heat flux increases liquid agitation gets effective both on outside and inside surfaces. The local coefficients measured at ${\theta}=90^{\circ}$ can be recommended as the representative values of both outside and inside surfaces.

A Study on Fluid Dynamics for Effect of Agitation Velocity on Nutrients Removal in High Rate Algae Stabilization Pond (고율 조류 안정화지에서 교반속도가 영양염류 제거에 미치는 영향에 관한 유체동역학적 연구)

  • 공석기
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.65-71
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    • 2001
  • HRP(high rate pond) which had kept the manufactured clay of 3cm-thickness as benthic clay in reactor and the 6 flat-blade turbine as impeller for agitation was named HRASP(high rate algae stabilization pond). And the experiment for treatment of artificial synthesis wastewater containing COD :300mg/$\ell$, NH$_3$-N : 300mg/$\ell$, T-P : 9mg/$\ell$ as nutrients was been performed successfully. This reactor was been operated under conditions : 24hrs.-irradiation and water temperature, $25^{\circ}C$ and pH 7 and agitation velocity, 15, 30, 45rpm and the effect of agitation velocity on algal bioaccumulation of nutrients was been studied with view point of fluid dynamics. The next followings could be obtained as results. 1. The agitation with a turbine impeller blade in HRASP makes clay particle indicate superior suspension effect by means of forming of excellent curl/shear flow in reactor. 2. The excessive suspension of clay particle which is created at 45rpm as rotation velocity of impeller blade of turbine disturbs the light penetration and algal photosynthesis reaction. 3. Efficiencies for removal of nutrients come out as COD : 93.9%~94.3%, ($NH_3-N + NO_3-N$) : 81.9%~99.0%, T-P : 46.8%~53.6%. 4. Kuo values of $K_1$for algal growth come out seperately as 15rpm : $1.876{\times}10^{-2}, 30rpm : 4.618{\times}10^{-3}$. 5. Kuo values of $K_2$for removal of N, P come out seperately as 15rpm : $8.403{\times}10^{-1}$ and $1.397{\times}10^{-1}$, 30rpm : $4.823{\times}10^{-1} and 2.052{\times}10^{-1}$. 6. It can be guessed easily that the excessive agitation can inhibit the algal and bacterial symbiotic reaction if it is considered that micro organism\` sense to preservation of life is relied on natural function of metabolism. Therefore the studies for this matter should be followed continuously.

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Development Characteristics of PMMA fabricated by X-ray Lithography in Various Development Conditions (X-ray 식각된 PMMA의 다양한 현상조건에 따른 현상특성)

  • Kim, Yun-Ho;Park, Joon-Shik;Lee, In-Gyu;Park, Soon-Sup
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2004.07a
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    • pp.284-287
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    • 2004
  • Micro-structures fabricated by X-ray lithography are largely affected by doses, development conditions and other factors. For these reasons, PMMA development rates and its surface profiles under various development conditions were obseued. Development rates were measured in the rage from 1 to 6 $kJ/cm^3$ using the 9C1 white beamline of Pohang light source(PLS). In this experiment, we observed that development rates of stacked PMMA sheet using Si filter were relatively higher than that of not using Si filter. Furthermore, development rates in condition with the acoustic agitation(1 MHz, 3.67 $W/cm^3$) were twice than that in dipping condition with $35^{\circ}C$ developer considering the PMMA sheets-substrate bond strength

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Numerical Study of Agitation Performance in the Mud Tank of On-shore Drilling (육상 시추용 머드탱크의 교반성능에 대한 수치해석적 연구)

  • Hwang, Jong-Duck;Ku, Hak-Keun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.23 no.4_2
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    • pp.617-626
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    • 2020
  • The drilling mud is essentially used in oil and gas development. There are several roles of using the drilling mud, such as cleaning the bottomhole, cooling and lubricating the drill bit and string, transporting the cuttings to the surface, keeping and adjusting the wellbore pressure, and preventing the collapse of the wellbore. The fragments from rocks and micro-sized bubbles generated by the high pressure are mixed in the drilling mud. The systems to separate those mixtures and to keep the uniformly maintained quality of drilling mud are required. In this study, the simulation is conducted to verify the performance of the mud tank's agitation capacity. The primary role of the mud tank is the mixing of mud at the surface with controlling the mud condition. The container type is chosen as a mud tank pursuing efficient transport and better management of equipment. The single- and two-phase simulations about the agitation in the mud tank are performed to analyze and identify the inner flow behavior. The convergence of results is obtained for the vertical- and axis-direction velocity vector fields based on the grid-dependency tests. The mixing time analysis depending on the multiphase flow conditions indicates that the utilization of a two-stepped impeller with a smaller size provides less time for mixing. This study's results are expected to be utilized as the preliminary data to develop the mixing and integrating equipment of the onshore drilling mud system.

Preparation of Ultra Fine Poly(methyl methacrylate) Microspheres in Methanol-enriched Aqueous Medium

  • Shim, Sang-Eun;Kim, Kijung;Sejin Oh;Soonja Choe
    • Macromolecular Research
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.240-245
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    • 2004
  • Monodisperse PMMA micro spheres are prepared by means of a simple soap-free emulsion polymerization in methanol-enriched aqueous medium in a single step process. The size and uniformity of the microspheres are dependent on the polymerization temperature. In a stable system, the uniformity is improved with the polymerization time. The most uniform and stable micro spheres are obtained under mild agitation speed of 100 rpm at 70$^{\circ}C$. The monodisperse PMMA microspheres in the size range of 1.4-2.0 $\mu\textrm{m}$ having less than 5% size variation are successfully achieved with varying concentrations of monomer and initiator. As the monomer and initiator concentrations increase, the larger micro spheres with enhanced uniformity are obtained. However, the decreased amount of water induces the polydisperse PMMA particles due to the generation of secondary particles.

A Study on Micro-Hole Drilling by EDM (미세구멍의 방전가공에 관한 연구)

  • 윤재웅;양민양
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.1147-1154
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    • 1990
  • Micro-hole drilling by EDM and production of fine rods for the tool electrode or other purpose have become very important in industry. This paper suggests a new method for production of very fine rods by ultrasonic-assisted chemical machining and describes the machining characteristics of micro-hole drilling by EDM. For fine rods, copper wires of initial diameter of 250.mum are used and successfully machined into a diameter of less than 30.mum with good repeatability. The ultrasonic agitation not only accelerated the material removal rate uniformly, but also produced smooth surfaces of fine rods. To drill the micro-hole, kerosene and pure water is used as a dielectric. From the experiment, water is superior to kerosene with respect to surface roughness of inlet and outlet of hole and machined surface as well as electrode wear. However, due to the electrochemical reaction of water, small pits are remained on the workpiece surface.

Turbulence Generation by Ultrasonically Induced Gaseous Cavitation in the $CO_2$Saturated Water Flow

  • Lee, Seung-Youp;Park, Young-Don
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.17 no.8
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    • pp.1203-1210
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    • 2003
  • Emission of ultrasonic vibration to turbulent flow promotes the turbulence generation due to the resonantly oscillating pressure field and thereby induced cavitation. In addition, ultrasonic vibration is well transmitted through water and not dissipated easily so that the micro-bubbles involved in the fluid induce the gaseous cavitation if the bubbles are resonated with the ultrasonic field. In the present study, we found through LDV measurement that the gaseous cavitation induced by ultrasonic vibration to CO$_2$saturated water flow in the rectangular cross-sectioned straight duct enhances turbulence much more than the case of non-ultrasonic or normal ultrasonic conditions without gaseous cavitation. We also found that the fluctuating velocity component induced by emitting the ultrasonic vibration in normal direction of a rectangular channel flow can be redistributed to stream-wise component by the agitation of gaseous cavitation.

High Cell Density Culture of Micro-algal Dunaliella bardawil (미세조류 Dunaliella bardawil의 고농도 세포배양)

  • 정욱진;왕만식;최승인;정병철;김주곤
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.160-166
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    • 1999
  • High cell density cultivation of microalga Dunaliella bardawil using nitrogen fed-batch cultures was studied in batch flask. Optimum environmental conditions include concentrated nutrients except NaCl and carbon sources, carbon sources, pH, light, agitation, nitrate and phosphate ions. Cell growth, consumption rates of nitrate and phosphate ions were monitored. Optimal conditions for higher cell density were found to be(in the range tested): 5 times concentrated media(1 times-10 times concentrated media) pH 8.0 (7.0-9.0) white light(blue and red light) 15mM of nitrate (0.94-15mM) 250mM $NaHCO_3$ and $CO_2$ gas. However, the addition of phosphate ions did not enhance the algal maximum cell density and specific growth rate. Nitrate was found to be effective for the cell growth. The maximum cell density of fed-batch culture using nitrate ions in $8.955{\times}106$cells/ml after 189hr incubation.

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A Study on the Effect of the Composting of the Food Garbage by the Variations of Agitation cycle (교반속도 변화가 음식쓰레기의 퇴비화에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Hu, Kwan;Shin, Dae-Yewn;Jeong, Byeong-Keon;Park, Chi-Hong
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.118-125
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    • 1998
  • This study investigates the react characteristics to suggest the condition of the utilization and disintegration of food garbage as composting by varying the supply amount of air of the fermentation reactors. With the initial temperature and agitation velocity maintained 50$\circ$C and 1 rpm, the supply amount of air gives variety to 0.5, 1, 2, 4 l/kg$\cdot$ min. In the case of the amount of air operated at the 0.5 l/kg$\cdot$ min, reaction temperature shows a rising to the maximum 66$\circ$C after the 48hr, and the oxygen used rate of the micro-organisms shows the largest level at 18.4% after the 8hr. In the case of $NH_3, H_2, H_2S$ and SO$_2$ among the react gas, the sanitary utilization shows the possibility of the microorganisms gas disintegration, with most high gas generate rate. In the case of the amount of air operated at the 1, 2 and 4 l/kg$\cdot$ min, initial react was advanced rapidly and the product of the 72 hr after shows big weight reduction. As the experimentation result, when the amount of air operated at the 1 l/kg$\cdot$ min over, the reduction by disintegration would be more effectively, for the reactor maintains the color tone and shape of the straw (bulking agent).

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