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Characterization of PVdF/Laponite Reinforced Composite Membranes for PEMFC Surpport (PEMFC 지지체용 PVdF/Laponite 강화 복합막의 특성평가)

  • Oh, Seul-Gi;Hwang, Hae-Young;Kim, Hyoung-Juhn;Nam, Sang-Yong
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.159-168
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    • 2010
  • In this study, high porous PVdF flat sheet membranes were prepared to obtain reinforced membrane support for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. Nano-size laponite was randomly dispersed in the membranes to improve mechanical property which lowered by the high porosity. The morphology and porosity of prepared PVdF/Laponite composite membranes were examined using the SEM analysis and the weight method and all membranes showed over 60% porosity. The membrane thermal stability depending on the laponite contents in the composite membranes was evaluated by membrane heat shrinkage at $105^{\circ}C$ and $135^{\circ}C$. MD and TD heat shrinkage of the PVdF composite membrane containing 5 wt% laponite was 2~3% and 2~3.5% at $135^{\circ}C$, respectively. The mechanical strength was enhanced after incorporating laponite particles and 30% increase in the modulus compared to pure PVdF membrane was obtained.

Seismic performance of reinforced engineered cementitious composite shear walls

  • Li, Mo;Luu, Hieu C.;Wu, Chang;Mo, Y.L.;Hsu, Thomas T.C.
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.7 no.5
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    • pp.691-704
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    • 2014
  • Reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls are commonly used for building structures to resist seismic loading. While the RC shear walls can have a high load-carrying capacity, they tend to fail in a brittle mode under shear, accompanied by forming large diagonal cracks and bond splitting between concrete and steel reinforcement. Improving seismic performance of shear walls has remained a challenge for researchers all over the world. Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC), featuring incredible ductility under tension, can be a promising material to replace concrete in shear walls with improved performance. Currently, the application of ECC to large structures is limited due to the lack of the proper constitutive models especially under shear. In this paper, a new Cyclic Softening Membrane Model for reinforced ECC is proposed. The model was built upon the Cyclic Softening Membrane Model for reinforced concrete by (Hsu and Mo 2010). The model was then implemented in the OpenSees program to perform analysis on several cases of shear walls under seismic loading. The seismic response of reinforced ECC compared with RC shear walls under monotonic and cyclic loading, their difference in pinching effect and energy dissipation capacity were studied. The modeling results revealed that reinforced ECC shear walls can have superior seismic performance to traditional RC shear walls.

Preparation and Characterization of Polysulfone Substrate for Reinforced Composite Membrane Fuel Cell Membrane (연료전지 전해질 복합막 제조를 위한 폴리설폰계 지지체의 제조와 물성)

  • Nam, Sang-Yong;Kim, Deuk-Ju;Hwang, Rae-Young;Kim, Hyoung-Juhn
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.63-71
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    • 2009
  • In this study, polysulfone which has excellent mechanical and thermal stability with low cost was used for preparing a non-conducting polymer matrix as a reinforced composite membrane for fuel cell application. The membranes were prepared by phase separation method. Polymer concentration and retention time were controlled to investigate the effects on the membrane morphology. The resaltant membranes showed all sponge-like structure independent of polymer concentration. The mechanical and thermal stability were improved with increasing polymer concentration in contrast to the membrane porosity. As a result, the membranes prepared with the retention time for 2 mins using 20 wt% of polymer solution was suitable for a fuel cell compositite membrane providing optimum properties such as approximately 80% of high porosity, 1.3 MPa of tensile strength, and less than 1% of thermal shrinkage both machine and transverse direction.

Development Trend of Composite Materials for Membrane Hosuing (분리막 하우징용 복합소재의 연구개발 동향)

  • Kim, Deuk Ju;Nam, Sang Yong
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.14-25
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    • 2016
  • The membrane separation process is growing very fast because of the high efficiency and low cost compared with other traditional process. The membrane process consists of various components such as membrane, module and mechanical part. The requirements for materials used in the membrane separation are becoming more and more demanding for achievement of high efficiency. Membrane module is also considered as the one of the key component in the membrane system. Recently composite materials have been considered as the membrane housing due to their excellent property and low cost compared with stainless module. In this review, a various types of glass fiber and composite material are summarized and their potential for the application of membrane system is discussed.

Analysis of Thermomechanical Properties Considering the Thermal Expansion Anisotropy of Membrane-Type Fiber-Reinforced Composite Material (멤브레인 형 섬유강화 복합재료의 열팽창 이방성을 고려한 열 기계적 특성 분석)

  • Jeong, Yeon-Jae;Kim, Hee-Tae;Kim, Jeong-Dae;Oh, Hoon-Gyu;Kim, Yong-Tai;Park, Seong-Bo;Lee, Jae-Myung
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.58 no.1
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    • pp.17-23
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    • 2021
  • The membrane-type Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) cargo tank is equipped with a double barrier to seal the LNG, of which the secondary barrier serves to prevent LNG leakage and mainly uses fiber-reinforced composite materials. However, the composite materials have thermal expansion anisotropy, which deteriorates shape distortion and mechanical performance due to repeated thermal loads caused by temperature changes between cryogenic and ambient during the unloading of LNG. Therefore, in this study, the longitudinal thermal expansion characteristics of the composite materials were obtained using a vertical thermo-mechanical analyzer, and the elastic modulus was obtained through the tensile test for each temperature to perform thermal load analysis for each direction. This is considered that it is useful to secure reliability from the viewpoint of the design of materials for a LNG cargo hold.

Effect of Dispersion Solvent on Properties of Fluorinated Polymer Reinforced Composite Membrane for Fuel Cell by Solution Coating Method (용액 코팅법을 통한 연료전지용 불소계 전해질 강화복합막의 특성에 미치는 분산용매의 영향)

  • Yook, Seung Ho;Yoon, Ki Ro;Choi, Jihun;Lee, Ju Sung;Kim, Jong Min;Lee, Seung Woo;Lee, Kwan-Young;Kim, Jin Young
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.57 no.3
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    • pp.413-419
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    • 2019
  • In the recent, as a world demand of energy resources has been transformed from fossil fuels to hydrogen-based clean energy resources, a huge attention has been attracted to increase the performance and decrease a production cost of core materials in fuel cell technology. The utilization of reinforced composite membranes as electrolytes in the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells can reduce the use of high cost perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA), mitigate the cell impedance, and improve the dimensional stability as well as the interfacial stability, giving rise to achieve both an improved performance and a reduction of production costs of the fuel cell devices. In this study, we investigate the effects of physical characteristics and cell performances according to the various ionomer solvents in the solution based manufacturing process of reinforced composite electrolyte membrane.

Research Trends on Improvement of Physicochemical Properties of Sulfonated Hydrocarbon Polymer-based Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Applications (고분자 전해질 막 연료전지 응용을 위한 탄화수소계 고분자 전해질 막의 물성 향상에 관한 연구동향)

  • Inhyeok, Hwang;Davin, Choi;Kihyun, Kim
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.427-441
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    • 2022
  • Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) serving as a separator that can prevent the permeation of unreacted fuels as well as an electrolyte that selectively transports protons from the anode to the cathode has been considered a key component of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). The perfluorinated sulfonic acid-based PEMs, represented by Nafion®, have been commercialized in PEMFC systems due to their high proton conductivity and chemical stability. Nevertheless, these PEMs have several inherent drawbacks including high manufacturing costs by the complex synthetic processes and environmental problems caused by producing the toxic gases. Although numerous studies are underway to address these drawbacks including the development of sulfonated hydrocarbon polymer-based PEMs (SHP-PEMs), which can easily control the polymer structures, further improvement of PEM performances and durability is necessary for practical PEMFC applications. Therefore, this study focused on the various strategies for the development of SHP-PEMs with outstanding performance and durability by 1) introducing cross-linked structures, 2) incorporating organic/inorganic composites, and 3) fabricating reinforced-composite membranes using porous substrates.

Fabrication and Cell Culturing on Carbon Nanofibers/Nanoparticles Reinforced Membranes for Bone-Tissue Regeneration

  • Deng, Xu Liang;Yang, Xiao Ping
    • Carbon letters
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.139-150
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    • 2012
  • Poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA), PLLA/hydroxyapatite (HA), PLLA/multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs)/HA, PLLA/trifluoroethanol (TFE), PLLA/gelatin, and carbon nanofibers (CNFs)/${\beta}$-tricalcium phosphate (${\beta}$-TCP) composite membranes (scaffolds) were fabricated by electrospinning and their morphologies, and mechanical properties were characterized for use in bone tissue regeneration/guided tissue regeneration. MWNTs and HA nanoparticles were well distributed in the membranes and the degradation characteristics were improved. PLLA/MWNTs/HA membranes enhanced the adhesion and proliferation of periodontal ligament cells (PDLCs) by 30% and inhibited the adhesion of gingival epithelial cells by 30%. Osteoblast-like MG-63 cells on the randomly fiber oriented PLLA/TEF membrane showed irregular forms, while the cells exhibited shuttle-like shapes on the parallel fiber oriented membrane. Classical supersaturated simulated body fluids were modified by $CO_2$ bubbling and applied to promote the biomineralization of the PLLA/gelatin membrane; this resulted in predictions of bone bonding bioactivity of the substrates. The ${\beta}$-TCP membranes exhibit good biocompatibility, have an effect on PDLC growth comparable to that of pure CNF membrane, and can be applied as scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration.