• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.101-109
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• 2002

This work was focused on the thermal decomposition of methane into hydrogen and carbon black without emitting carbon dioxide. Extensive experimental investigation on the thermal decomposition of methane has been carried out using a continuous flow reaction system with tubular reactor. The experiments were conducted at the atmospheric pressure condition in the wide range of temperature ($950-1150^{\circ}C$) and flow rate (250 - 1500 ml/min) in order to study their dependency on hydrogen yield. During the experiments the carbon black was successfully recovered as an useful product. Undesirable pyrocarbon was also formed as solid film, which was deposited on the inside surface of tubular reactor. The film of pyrocarbon in the reactor wall became thicker and thicker, finally blocking the reactor. The design of an efficient reactor which can effectively suppress the formation of pyrocarbon was thought to be one of the most important subjects in the thermal cracking of methane.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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• v.25 no.6_3
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• pp.1275-1284
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• 2022

This study provides an investigating the electrolyte reaction characteristics during thermal runaway of a lithium-ion battery(LIB). Dimethyl carbonate(DMC) is known as the main substance that makes up the electrolyte. The mono-molecular decomposition characteristics of DMC were derived through numerical analysis. Cobalt oxide can release oxygen under high temperature conditions. Also, DMC is converted to CH₄, H₂, CO, and CO₂. Especially, it was found that the decomposition of the DMC begins at a temperature range of 340-350℃, which dramatically increases the internal pressure of the LIB. In the by-products gases, the molar ratio of CO and CO₂ changed according to the molecular structure of DMC and temperature conditions. The correlation of the [CO]/[CO₂] ratio according to the temperature during thermal runaway was derived, and the characteristics of the reaction temperature could be estimated using the molar ratio as an indicator. In addition, the oxidation and decomposition characteristics of DMC according to the residence time for each temperature were estimated. When DMC is exposed to low temperature for a long time, both oxidation and decomposition may occur. There is possibility of not only increasing the internal pressure of the LIB, but also promoting thermal runaway. In this study, internal environment of LIB was identified and the reaction characteristics between the active materials of the cathode and electrolyte were investigated.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2011

A coupled thermal/structural analysis of mechanical ablation is performed based on domain/boundary decomposition and finite element method. The ablative material non-linearity and boundary non-linearity can be easily localized within a few subdomains and/or on the boundary interfaces. An enthalpy method is applied to simplify the effect of heat of pyrolysis in the ablative subdomains. In addition, maximum in-plane shear stress is considered as a surface recession criterion for the mechanical ablation simulation. The basic characteristics of the proposed method are examined carefully through numerical experiments.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.545-550
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• 2016

Demilitarization involves the disposal and recovery of obsolete explosives or ammunition. Cyclotol has been used as a military explosive along with RDX and HMX. A limited number of processes exist for safe disposal due to their sensitivity to thermal shock. Rotary kilns are widely used for thermal decomposition in many countries due to cost effectiveness and simplicity compared with supercritical oxidation. Phase change as well as condensed phase reactions(CPRs) and gas phase reactions(GPRs) with rates described by the Arrhenius equation of cyclotol has been considered in this work. Changes in gas fraction, reaction rate and mass of explosives were predicted at 490, 505 and 575 K. A maximum temperature of 2062 K has been predicted within the reactor at an initial temperature of 575 K due to GPRs. From this research, Thermal decomposition in the rotary kiln is plausible for demilitarization.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.181-181
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• 1999

Self-assembled monolayers(SAMs) of alkanethiol have been formed on the Cu(111) surfaces in vacuum. The thermal behavior of octanethiol-based SAMs on the Cu(111) surface have been examined in ultrahigh vacuum. Using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), it is found that the monolayers are stable up to about 500K in vacuum. Decomposition is signaled by a decrease in the intensity of C ls peak, accompanied by an increase of the intensity of the Cu 2p peak. However, the intensity of the S 2p peak doesn't change much as a function of annealing temperature. Thermal the decomposition mass spectra show that n-alkene is the predominant species desorbing from the surface in the 500-600K temperature range. The totality of these data leads to the conclusion that the monolayers decompose through the S-C bond cleavage by hydrogen elimination reaction, resulting in the desorption of hydrocarbon moiety as n-alkene. Following this initial decomposition step, Cu2S layers are observed on the surface. For comparison, attempts were also made to examine the thermal behavior of octanethiol-based SAMs on the Cu(111) surface in air. It has been shown that the SAMs on the Cu(111) surfaces begin to desorb with the oxidation of the thiolate to sulfonate at 400K. Upon annealing to 450K, the monolayer has almost completely desorbed as indicated by the virtual disappearance of the S 2p peak.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.50 no.2
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• pp.343-347
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• 2012

The decomposition behaviors of gaseous cyanides in non-thermal plasma-catalyst hybrid reactor have been investigated with the variation of discharge power, influent concentration of cyanide, humidity of air carrier and packed materials in the reactor. Destruction of cyanides by plasma only process was very difficult compared to that of trichloroethylene. But the destruction efficiencies of cyanides were dramatically improved through packing alumina or Pt/alumina bead in the plasma discharge region. From the results, it could be assumed that thermal catalytic effect is involved simultaneously with plasma in the reaction of cyanides destruction on the alumina or Pt/alumina packed plasma reactor.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.71-74
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• 1985

In the present study, a tentative mechanism for the decomposition of the hydroperoxide formed during the thermal oxidation of an edible soybean oil was proposed. The soybean oil was thermally oxidized at $120^{\circ}C$ for 7 hrs with air injection at a rate of 120 ml/min. Through kinetic studies of the decomposition process based on the tentative mechanism and the actual experimental data obtained from the hydroperoxide decomposition at 100, 120, 150 and $180^{\circ}C$, it was found that the reaction order of the hydroperoxide decomposition in these conditions was of first order. It was also estimated that the dissociation energy for the hydroperoxide in the same conditions was 15.876 kcal/g. mol.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Geothermal and Hydrothermal Energy
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.1-10
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• 2021

Lithium-ion batteries with high energy density, long cycle life and other advantages, have been widely used to energy storage systems(ESS). But as ESS fires frequently occur, the safety concern has become the main obstacle that hinders the large-scale applications of lithium-ion batteries. Especially, thermal runaway is the key scientific problem in battery safety research. Therefore, in this study, we performed a numerical analysis on the thermal runaway phenomenon of NCM111, NCM523 and NCM622 batteries using a two-dimensional analysis model. The results show that the two-dimensional simulation results are generally matched with three-dimensional simulation. Also, In the case of NCM111 with a low Ni content in the temperature range used in this study, thermal runaway phenomenon does occurred very slowly, but as the Ni content is increased, the thermal runaway phenomenon occurs rapidly and the thermal stability tends to be decreased. And, in NCM523 and NCM622 batteries, chain reactions occur almost simultaneously, but in the case of NCM111 battery, it is found that after the SEI(Solid Electrolyte Interface) layer decomposition reaction, the cathode-electrolyte reaction is appeared sequentially. After that, the anodic decomposition reaction is increased and leads to the thermal runaway reaction.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.177-180
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• 2009

This study was investigated to know the thermal decomposition for the propellant ingredients and 2 kinds of HTPE propellants. The thermal analysis of the propellant ingredients used in this study showed that the thermal stability of these materials decreases in the following order : AP > HTPE > AN > BuNENA. In addition, propellant HTPE 002 containing AN showed that an endothermic process at around $125^{\circ}C$ corresponding to the solid-solid phase change($II{\rightarrow}I$) of AN was followed by the exothermic process due to decomposition of BuNENA/AN until $200^{\circ}C$. The critical temperature, $T_c$, of thermal explosion for the propellants HTPE 001 and HTPE 002, were obtained from the non-isothermal curves at various heating rates, by using Semenov's thermal explosion theory. Kissinger's method was employed to obtain the activation energy of the thermal decomposition, and it was used to calculate the $T_c$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.21-24
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• 2003

In general, to enhance physical properties of PET-layered silicate nanocomposites $(P_{et}LSNs)$, it has been well known that the organic modifiers should introduce into gallery regions. However, the organic modifiers in$(P_{et}LSNs)$ may result in thermal decomposition by melt processing at high temperature, and it necessarily lead to deteriorate various physical properties of final products. Therefore, in this study, $(P_{et}LSNs)$ excluding and including organic modifiers were prepared by solution method $(S-P_{et}LSNs_{eom} and S-P_{et}LSNs_{iom})$ and we (focused on the effects of the organic modifiers in $P_{et}$ LSNs with exfoliation structure on the crystallization behaviors, the optical transparency, the thermal stability and the mechanical property. The absence and existence of organic modifiers in $S-P_{et}LSNs_{eom} and S-P_{et}LSNs_{iom}$ were investigated by EA and TGA, and nano-structure of silicate layers in $S-P_{et}LSNs$ was evaluated by using WXRD, SAXS and TEM. $S-P_{et}LSNs_{eom} and S-P_{et}LSNs_{iom}$ were mixed with neat PET as masterbatches by melt method $(M-P_{et}LSNs_{eom} and M-P_{et}LSNs_{iom})$, and also neat PET was mixed with organically modified layered silicates (OLS) by conventional direct melt method $(D-P_{et}LSNs) at 270^{\circ}C$. As results, it was found that $M-P_{et}LSNs_{eom}, M-P_{et}LSNs_{iom}, and D-P_{et}LSN$ showed a exfoliated structure and exhibited faster crystallization rate, better thermal stability and mechanical property than those of neat PET due to the dispersed and detaminated silicate layers in PET matrix. Whereas, considering organic modifiers effect, $M-P_{et}LSNs_{eom} and D-P_{et}LSN$ exhibited slower crystallization rate, poorer optical, thermal and mechanical properties, in comparison to $M-P_{et}LSNs_{eom}> due to the thermal decomposition of organic modifier in $D-P_{et}LSNs$ during melt method.