• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.357-362
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• 2018

In this study, computer simulation and optimization works have been performed for a refrigeration cycle using ammonia as a refrigerant and also how much power was saved when the liquefied natural gas cold heat is replaced for the refrigeration cycle. PRO/II with PROVISION release 10.0 from Schneider electric company was used, and Peng-Robinson equation of the state model was selected for the modeling of the refrigeration cycle and LNG cold heat utilization process.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.297-302
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• 2019

In this paper, the power generation efficiency increase has been studied for a Rankine cycle using both supercritical carbon dioxide as a working fluid and LNG as a coolant with PRO/II with PROVISION release 10.0 from Aveva company. Peng-Robinson equation of the state model with Twu's alpha function was selected for the modeling of the power generation cycle using LNG cold heat. Power generation efficiency was increased from 24.82% to 57.76% when using LNG as a coolant for supercritical carbon dioxide power generation cycle.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.188-192
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• 2019

Comparative studies between single- and two-stage expansion process using LNG cold heat have been performed for a closed Rankine power generation cycle. PRO/II with PROVISION release 10.0 from Schneider Electric Company was used, and the Peng-Robinson equation of state model with Twu's alpha function was selected for the modeling and optimization of the power generation cycle using LNG cold heat. In two-stage power generation cycle, 6.7% more power was obtained compared to that of single-stage power generation cycle through the optimization works.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.473-477
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• 2019

In this paper, cold heat price contained in the 1 ton/h of LNG has been evaluated using PRO/II with PROVISION release 10.2 from Aveva company when LNG is used to liquefy several refrigerants instead of using vapor recompression refrigeration cycle. Normal butane, R134a, NH3, R22, propane and propylene refrigerants were selected for the modeling of refrigeration cycle. It was concluded that LNG cold heat price was inversely proportional to the refrigerant supply temperature, even though LNG supply flow rate is not varied according to the refrigerant supply temperature.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.261-265
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• 2022

In this paper, comparative studies between Linde, Claude and advanced cycle for the liquefaction of nitrogen have been completed. PRO/II with PROVISION release 2021. 1 from AVEVA company (Cambridge, UK) was used, and Peng-Robinson equation of the state model with Twu's alpha function was selected for the modeling of the condensation of nitrogen. When using Claude liquefaction, we can reduce the total compression power by 49.25% for the comparison of Linde cycle. And finally, we could conclude that 90.41% of total compression power was saved when using an advanced cycle being compared to Linde liquefaction cycle.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.446-450
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• 2022

In this paper, comparative studies between Linde-Hampson and Claude cycle for the liquefaction of oxygen have been completed. PRO/II with PROVISION release 2021. 1 from AVEVA company (Cambridge, UK) was used, and Peng-Robinson equation of the state model with Twu's alpha function was selected for the modeling of the condensation of oxygen. When using Claude liquefaction cycle, we could reduce the total compression power by 59.51% for the comparison of Linde-Hampson cycle.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.549-554
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• 2023

In this paper, three kinds of studies have been completed to obtain highly purified carbon dioxide having more than 7N purity as an electronic grade quality. PRO/II with PROVISION release January 2023 from AVEVA company was used, and Peng-Robinson equation of the state model with Twu's alpha function was selected for the modeling of the cryogenic distillation process. When using LN2 cold heat, we can obtain highest recovery of carbon dioxide as a bottom product for a cryogenic distillation column.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.165-170
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• 1995

The biochemical properties of the fibrinolytic protease of 50,800 Da isolated from the venom of Kgdistrodon blomhoffi brevicaudus were characterized. The enzyme hydrolyzed the carboxyl side of arginine in the synthetic chromogenic peptides, N-Benzoyl-Phe-Val-Arg-pNA and N-p-Tosyl-Gly-Pro-Arg-pNA, and the enzyme activity was inhibited by phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride indicating that the enzyme belongs to the serine protease family. The pretense showed maximum activity at pH 7.5 and inhibited by ZnCl$_2$, CuSO$_4$, but not by soybean trypsin inhibitor, pepstatin A, 2-mercaptoethanol and EDTA. The fm value determined with N-p-Tosyl-Gly-Pro-Arg-pNA was 0.2 mM. The thrombolytic activity of the purified enzyme was evaluated by platelet aggregation test in rabbits. While the platelet count ratio in blood of the rabbits injected with thrombin alone declined from 1.0 to 0.6 within 7 min and maintained around 0.6 for 24 hours thereafter, the ratio rapidly recovered from around 0.6 to 0.8 in 1 hr, to 1.0 in 24 hrs when the rabbits were sequentially treated with thrombin and the purified enzyme. The result showed that the serine protease from A. blomhoffi brevicoudus of 50,800 Da had a thrombolytic activity in vivo and the enzyme might be developed as a therapuetic agent for the treatment of thrombic disease.

• Clean Technology
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.241-249
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• 2016

In this study, comparative work has been performed between two-columns and three-columns configurations for an extractive distillation process to produce highly purified ethanol with not less than 99.7 wt% using dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and ethylene glycol (EG) as extracting agents. Optimal ethanol concentration at a concentrator top stream which minimized the total reboiler heat duties was determined for a three-columns configuration for two different solvents. For the thermodynamic model, NRTL liquid activity coefficient model was used and PRO/II with PROVISION 9.4 at Schneider electric company was utilized. DMSO was proved to be a better solvent than EG and three-columns configuration is better than two- columns configuration in the total utility consumptions since some of the liquid water contained in the feed stream was removed at a concentrator bottom liquid stream.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.204-209
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• 2012

In this study, kinetics data was obtained for steam reforming reaction of ethane over the commercial ruthenium catalyst. The variables of ethane steam reforming were the reaction temperature, partial pressure of ethane, and steam/ethane mole ratio. Parameters for the power rate law kinetic model and the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model were obtained from the kinetic data. Also, sizing of steam reforming reactor was performed by using PRO/II simulator. The reactor size calculated by the power rate law kinetic model was bigger than that of using the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model for the same conversion of ethane. Reactor size calculated by the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model seems to be more suitable for the reactor design because the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model was more consistent with the experimental results.