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A Study on Flux Efficiency on Membrane for Water Reclamination according to Coagulations (하수처리수 재이용을 위한 막분리 공정시 응집조건에 따른 투과효율 변화에 관한 연구)

  • Jung, Jin-Hee;Jang, Sung-Ho;Choi, Young-Ik
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.767-773
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    • 2011
  • The objectives of this research are to investigate the proper coagulation conditions which are a type and doses of coagulants, mixing conditions (velocity gradients and mixing times), pH and so on through Jar-test, to evaluate the flux variations, permeate, backwashing according to characteristics of pretreatment of the wastewater by means of MF membranes for river maintenance water reuse. The effluent water from B-city K-sewage treatment plant are used for this research. Turbidity and suspended solids(SS) are 14.2 NTU and 10.4 mg/L respectively. This condition causes fouling for membrane process. The flux decline could be reduced when coagulation pretreatment was carried out. Optimal coagulations PAC which are commonly used in the sewage treatment plant was observed in this research. The results indicate that an optimal coagulation dose and pH are 80 ppm and pH of 7 respectively, but coagulation efficiency was lower at strong acid or strong base. Results showed that continuous and steady operations in membrane separation process by means of the effective removal of organic matter and turbidity with coagulation pretreatment of sewage secondary effluent were achieved.

Investigation of the Mixedness of Fuel and Air in MEMS Gas Turbine Engine According to Change of Fuel Injectors and Equivalence Ratio (연료 분사구 형상 변화 및 당량비 변화에 따른 MEMS 가스터빈 내 연료-공기 혼합에 관한 연구)

  • Hwang, Yu-Hyeon;Jung, Dong-Ho;Kim, Sun-Min;Kim, Dae-Joong
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.34 no.9
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    • pp.835-841
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    • 2010
  • The design of the fuel injector is one of the important operating factors that determine the extent of mixing of air and fuel in an MEMS gas turbine engine. In this study, we consider a system with three inlet ports with each port having multiple injectors. We perform a parametric study by varying the arrangement of fuel injectors and difference of ratio of fuel supply. The results are presented in terms of the premixed flow distribution and equivalence ratio.

Characterization of Microfluidic Channels using DVD Pick-up Fluorescent Scanner (광 픽업 방식 형광스캐너를 이용한 미소유체 특성 분석)

  • Yim, Vit;Kim, Jae-Hyun;Lee, Seung-Yop;Park, Jung-Yul
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.32 no.12
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    • pp.1102-1106
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    • 2008
  • Microfluidics deals with the behavior, precise control and manipulation of fluids at a micro scale. It has become increasingly prevalent in various applications such as biomedical applications (diagnostics, therapeutics, and cell/tissue engineering), inkjet head, and fuel cells etc. The issue of inspection and characterization of microfluidics has emerged as a major consideration in design, fabrication, and detection of microfluidic devices. In this paper, we characterize a diffusion based mixing in Y-microchannel using a fluorescent optical scanner based on a DVD pick-up module, which is widely used in optical storages. Using fluorescent dye, we measure the fluorescent intensity that represents the mixing patterns in Y-microchannel. We also compare these experimental results with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation ones. It is shown that the proposed optical scanner can be used as an alternative measurement system with high performance and cost-effectiveness, compared to conventional optical tools such as epifluorescent microscopes using high resolution CCD camera and confocal microscopes with photomultiplier (PMT) detectors.

Microwave dielectric properties of $Nd_2O_3-ZnO-B_2O_3$ glass-added alumina ($Nd_2O_3-ZnO-B_2O_3$계 유리 첨가 알루미나 복합체의 유전 특성)

  • Kim, Kyeong-Beom;Shin, Hyun-Ho;Yoon, Sang-Ok
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.326-326
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    • 2007
  • Influence of $Nd_2O_3$ addition to $ZnO-B_2O_3$-based glass on the water leaching resistance of the glass was first investigated. The optimized $Nd_2O_3-ZnO-B_2O_3$ (NZB) glass was ball milled for varying time, mixing with followed by $Al_2O_3$ crystalline phase to form $Al_2O_3$-NZB glass composites at $875^{\circ}C$ for 1h. Microwave dielectric properties of the composites were investigated as a function of the ball milling time of the NZB glass. Dielectric constant and quality factor were 5.70 and 9497 GHz, respectively, when the NZB glass was ball milled for 6h prior to mixing with $Al_2O_3$.

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Effect of Turbulence on the Plankton Behavior: Mechanical Perspective of a Process for Developing Thin Layers (난류가 플랑크톤의 거동에 미치는 영향: 역학적 관점에서 본 얇은 층의 형성과정)

  • Hwang, Jin Hwan
    • The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.283-291
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    • 2012
  • The present work reviews some mechanism explaining how thin layer can develop in the near coastal zone. The existence of thin layer was observed by physical research methods later than classical biological approaches. The Richardson number, which is a ratio between the stratification and shear stress is crucial factor determining the occurrence of thin layer. Micro-structure turbulence seems to affect the plankton behavior, in particular the encountering rate. Encountering rate affects significantly feeding, reproduction etc. and this fact was proved by the mechanical simulation methods. Recently the Gyrotaxis was introduced to explain how thin layer occurs in the mixing layer. Such physical approaches to explain ecological problem will be prominent methods for marine ecological research area.

Liquid phase hydrogen peroxide decomposition for micro-propulsion applications

  • McDevitt, M. Ryan;Hitt, Darren L.
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.21-35
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    • 2017
  • Hydrogen peroxide is being considered as a monopropellant in micropropulsion systems for the next generation of miniaturized satellites ('nanosats') due to its high energy density, modest specific impulse and green characteristics. Efforts at the University of Vermont have focused on the development of a MEMS-based microthruster that uses a novel slug flow monopropellant injection scheme to generate thrust and impulse-bits commensurate with the intended micropropulsion application. The present study is a computational effort to investigate the initial decomposition of the monopropellant as it enters the catalytic chamber, and to compare the impact of the monopropellant injection scheme on decomposition performance. Two-dimensional numerical studies of the monopropellant in microchannel geometries have been developed and used to characterize the performance of the monopropellant before vaporization occurs. The results of these studies show that monopropellant in the lamellar flow regime, which lacks a non-diffusive mixing mechanism, does not decompose at a rate that is suitable for the microthruster dimensions. In contrast, monopropellant in the slug flow regime decomposes 57% faster than lamellar flow for a given length, indicating that the monopropellant injection scheme has potential benefits for the performance of the microthruster.

Improvement of mechanical properties of interior fabric using soluble micro-fiber and low melting PET (용출형 극세사와 저온 융착사를 이용한 인테리어 직물의 기계적 물성 개선)

  • Kwon, Yoon-Jung;Ahn, Young-Moo
    • Journal of Fashion Business
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.82-90
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    • 2009
  • This research was made to manufacture the fabric for interior uses by spinning a low melting mono 4 denier PET staple fiber with a soluble 1.4 denier fine PET fiber. The blended yarn has a thickness ranging from 10's to 14's, and the soluble PET fine fiber was dissolved to make a pore in the polymer. Thereby a snap property was decreased and a resilience property was improved to be suitable for a functional synthetic leather. In order to attain the optimum condition, a mechanical property according to fineness, and mixing ratio of low melting polymer, warp density, weft density and blending ratio, and a heat contraction ratio according to blending ratio were experimented. The warp density, 220 T/inch of fine denier PET and the weft density, 64 T/inch of thick denier PET were generated to 4/4 both twill weave fabric having constant tensile property and thickness.

Interaction Between Partially Premixed and Premixed Swirl Flames in a Hybrid/Dual Swirl Jet Combustor (하이브리드/이중 선회제트 연소기에서 부분예혼합-예혼합 선회화염의 상호작용)

  • Jo, Joonik;Hwang, Cheol-Hong;Lee, Kee-Man
    • 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2012.04a
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    • pp.7-8
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    • 2012
  • The effects of interaction between partially premixed and premixed swirl flames on CO and NOx emissions were experimentally investigated using a hybrid/dual swirl jet combustor for a micro-gas turbine. Under the condition of constant angle ($45^{\circ}$) for outer swirl vane, the angle and direction of inner swirl vane installed for a partially premixed flame were varied as main parameters with a constant fuel flow rate for each nozzle. It was found that for all conditions, CO and NOx emissions were measured below 4 ppm and 15 ppm at 15% $O_2$, respectively, in a wide range of equivalence ratio (0.6~0.9). For co-swirl flows, CO emission increased dramatically as the angle of inner swirl vane increased from $15^{\circ}$ to $45^{\circ}$ near lean-flammability limit (i.e. equivalence ratio of 0.5). On the other hand, the case of swirl $angle=45^{\circ}$ provided the lowest NOx emission at higher equivalence ratios than 0.6. For counter-swirl flows, the case of swirl $angle=45^{\circ}$ extended the lean-flammability limit but higher NOx emissions were found compared to those of co-swirl flows. These results could be inferred by interaction between (inner) partially premixed and (outer) premixed swirl flames. However, these estimations were not clear yet because there was insufficient data on turbulent flow structure and fuel-air mixing in the present experimental approach.

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The Effect of Binder Content for the Pore Properties of Fe Foam Fabricated by Slurry Coating Process (슬러리 코팅 공정으로 제조된 Fe 폼의 기공 특성에 미치는 바인더 함량의 영향)

  • Choi, Jin Ho;Yang, Sangsun;Kim, Yang-Do;Yun, Jung-Yeul
    • Journal of Powder Materials
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.439-444
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    • 2013
  • Fe foam with above 90% porosity and 2 millimeter pore size was successfully fabricated by a slurry coating process. In this study, the binder contents were controlled to produce the Fe foam with different pore size, strut thickness and porosity. Firstly, the slurry was prepared by uniform mixing with Fe powders, distilled water and polyvinyl alcohol(PVA) as initial materials. After slurry coating on the polyurethane(PU) foam the sample was dried at $80^{\circ}C$. The PVA and PU foams were then removed by heating at $700^{\circ}C$ for 3 hours. The debinded samples were subsequently sintered at $1250^{\circ}C$ with holding time of 3 hours under hydrogen atmosphere. The three dimensional geometries of the obtained Fe foams with open cell structure were investigated using X-ray micro CT(computed tomography) as well as the pore morphology, size and phase.

Quantitative Characterization of Internal Fibrillation of Pulp Fiber

  • Won, Jong-Myoung;Lee, Jae-Hun
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.39 no.1 s.119
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2007
  • Internal fibrillation of pulp fiber is an important factor affecting paper properties. Internal fibrillation of pulp fiber is usually introduced with several kinds of modifications of fiber by the mechanical treatment such as refining, high shear and/or high consistency mixing, etc. Unfortunately there are no standardized methods that can characterize the extent of internal fibrillation and its contribution on the paper properties. The purpose of this study is to try and find the potential methods that can characterize the internal fibrillation of pulp fiber quantitatively. Softwood bleached kraft pulp was treated with Hobart mixer to introduce the internal fibrillation without the significant fiber damage and external fibrillation. The extent of internal fibrillation was increased with the increase of mechanical treatment consistency. Several fiber properties were measured to find the potential means that could characterize and quantity the internal fibrillation. Laminated area could not be used as a means for quantifying the internal fibrillation because of the effect of swelling and the different internal fibrillation behavior at different mechanical treatment consistency. Micro and macro internal fibrillation models were proposed for describing the different behavior for the mechanical treatment at low and high consistencies of pulp. The Internal fibrillation showed good correlation with swelling of fiber wall. This trend was confirmed through the measurement of wall thickness and/or cross section area of fiber. Therefore the internal fibrillation possibly can be described as the indices indicating the change of wall thickness and/or cross section area.