• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.33-42
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• 2004

Effect of freshwater discharge on the long-term salt balance in the Northern and Central Indian River Lagoon (IRL) is successfully simulated by a new analytical solution to a water balance-based one-dimensional salt conservation equation. Sensitivity tests show that the salinity levels drop abruptly even during the dry season (November to May) due to the high surface runoff discharge caused by tropical storms, depressions, and passage of cold fronts. Increasing surface runoff and direct precipitation has risen by ten times, lowering the salinity level down to 12psu in the Northern Central zone, and to 17 psu in the Northern zone. However, the salinity level in the Southern Central zone has decreased to 25 psu. High sensitivity of the Northern Central zone to freshwater discharge can be partially explained by a rapid urbanization in this zone. During the dry season, less sensitivity of the Southern Central zone to the increased surface runoff is attributed to the proximity of the zone to the Sebastian Inlet and a strong diffusion condition possibly resulting from the seawater intrusion to the surficial aquifer at the Vero Beach. During the wet season, however, the whole study area is highly sensitive to freshwater discharge due to the weak diffusion conditions. High sensitivity of the IRL to the given diffusion conditions guarantees that the fresh-water release occurs during strong wind conditions, achieving both flood control in the drainage basin and a proper salinity regime in the IRL.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.417-425
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• 2016

Desalination is a key technology to overcome water shortage problem in a near future. High energy consumption is an Achilles' heel in desalination technology. Osmotically driven membrane processes like forward osmosis(FO) was introduced to address this energy issue. Characterizing membrane properties such as water permeability(A), salt permeability(B), and the resistance to salt diffusion within the support layer($K_{ICP}$) are very important to predict the performance of scaled-up FO processes. Currently, most of researches reported that the water permeability of FO membrane was measured by reverse osmosis(RO) type test. Permeating direction of RO and FO are different and RO test needs hydraulic pressure so that several problems can be occurred(i.e. membrane deformation, compaction and effect of concentration polarization). This study focuses on measuring water permeability of FO membrane by FO type test results in various experimental conditions. A statistical approach was developed to evaluate the three FO membrane properties(A, B, and $K_{ICP}$) and it predicted test result by the internal and external concentration polarization model.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.133-142
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• 2012

Convection Current Circulation System(CCCS) in stratified reservoir controls development of anaerobic condition and algal bloom during summer. In order to increase the CCCS effectiveness, we analyze diverse design parameters to make optimize the flow pattern in reservoir. In this study, we interpret the internal flow with installation and operation condition of CCCS based on CFD in reservoir. Design variables of CCCS is reservoir depth, stratification strength, distance of between CCCS and so on. Since reservoir depth and stratification strength in variables is depending on natural phenomenon, we evaluated current circulation effect by distance of CCCS and proposed the optimal design condition using CFD simulation. Flow and diffusion changes in water body was assessed by temperature and dye test. Changes in water floor temperature at 40m intervals was slowly descending over 37 hours. Dye diffusion simulation at 60m intervals, the radius of the spread between two devices were overlapped after 12 hours.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제29권4A호
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• pp.347-353
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• 2009

콘크리트 내의 염소이온 침투에 영향을 미치는 정성적인 주요 인자로는 물-결합재비, 시멘트 종류, 재령, 주위 환경의 염소이온 농도 및 건습조건 등이 있다. 이에 따라 이 연구에서는 염소이온 확산실험을 통해 시멘트 종류 및 환경조건이 염소이온 확산특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 이를 위하여 물-결합재비 32%, 38% 및 43%에 대해서 보통 포틀랜드 시멘트(OPC), 2성분계 시멘트(BBC) 및 3성분계 시멘트(TBC) 각각을 사용한 콘크리트의 확산계수를 측정하였으며, 또한 물-결합재비 43%에 대해서 표준양생 및 해양환경에 폭로된 콘크리트의 확산계수를 측정하였다. 그 결과, 염소이온 침투 저항성은 물-결합재비가 감소함에 따라 증가하고, 2성분계 및 3성분계 시멘트를 사용한 콘크리트의 침투 저항성이 OPC 콘크리트에 비하여 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 염해환경에 노출된 철근콘크리트 구조물의 내구수명을 증진시키기 위하여 광물질 혼화재를 혼입한 2성분계 혹은 3성분계 시멘트의 사용이 요구된다. 한편, 현장 폭로 시편의 염소이온 침투 저항성은 일정하지 않은 대기온도 하에서 염소이온의 침투, 파랑 및 건습반복의 영향으로 표준양생 시편의 경우보다 다소 저하되는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2002년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.679-684
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• 2002

In this study we performed test to compare and analyze the chloride diffusion properties in concrete according to organic coating materials used at concrete structures widely and inorganic coating materials as eco-materials in recently. The results of study were shown as follow ; 1) Chloride diffusion coefficient was low as low as and that of organic and inorganic painted was lower than non-painting 2) In case of inorganic coating material applied in this study, it should be possible to evaluate the chloride diffusion properties by CTH method. Because presumption value by CTH method is similar with real estimate value by digestion experiment.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2003년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.281-284
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• 2003

When concrete structures are exposed under marine condition for a long time, the steel in concrete is corroded due to the ingression of chlorides in the sea water. Because the damages of corrosion resulting from the chloride ion are very serious, many research have been performed. In this study, it was experimentally investigated that the mechanical and diffusion characteristics of concrete substituted with ordinary portland cement, silica fume and blast furnace slag to investigate the chloride ingress characteristics with concrete quality. Chloride diffusion coefficients in concrete shows increasing tendency as w/c ratio increase. Also test results indicate that blend of admixture become lower chloride diffusion coefficients in concrete as compared with normal concrete.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2005년도 추계 학술발표회 제17권2호
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• pp.515-518
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• 2005

In recent years, many research works have been carried out in order to obtain a more controlled durability and long-term performance of concrete structures exposed to chloride environments. In particular, the development of new procedures for probability-based durability analysis and design has been proved to be very valuable. To carry out the procedures described above, the statistical properties of design valuables such as diffusion coefficient of chloride ion, surface chloride concentration, and chloride threshold value etc. should be known. For this purpose, this paper presents the statistical properties of the diffusion coefficient of chloride ion such as mean value and standard deviation with water-cement(w/c) ratio and curing conditions, respectively. It was observed from the test that the standard deviation for the diffusion coefficient of chloride ion was found to be small with decrease in the w/c ratio irrespective of curing conditions and that of standard curing was found to be smaller than that of field curing.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.132-132
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• 2009

To achieve the commercialization of PEM fuel cell, the durability problem must be solved. Recently, many researchers have focused on this durability problem and degradation studies about membrane and electrode have been reported. But durability characteristics of gas diffusion layer is not much reported yet. Durability of GDL is very important to maintain the performance of PEM fuel cell because the main function of GDL is a path of fuel and water and the GDL degradation causes the loss of the GDL function. In this study, the degradation of GDL, especially, the mechanical degradation process was investigated with the leaching test. The effect of water dissolution was observed through the test and the amount of GDL degradation was measured with various measurement methods such as weight measurement, static contact angle measurement, scanning electron microscope. After 2,000 hours test, the GDL showed structural damage and loss of hydrophobicity.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권4호
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• pp.1449-1455
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• 2022

A radiotracer investigation was carried out in a Thermal Stratification Test Facility (TSTF) with objectives of investigating the dispersion and diffusion of radionuclide and effectiveness of the thermocline to minimize the radionuclide content in the hot water layer. Technetium-99m (^99mTc) as sodium pertechnetate was used as a radiotracer in the investigation. Qualitative analysis showed that a thermocline is formed within the TSTF and is effective in preventing the transport of radionuclide from bottom section to the top section of the facility. It was found that the radiotracer injected at the bottom of the pool took about 17.4 h to disperse from bottom to the top of the facility. The results of the investigation helped in understanding the effectiveness of hot water layer and thus to minimize the pool top radiation levels.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.254-263
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• 2021

In this study, chitosan obtained after varying extents of deacetylation (i.e., 10%, 30%, and 47%) was employed to introduce antibacterial properties to chitin. The deacetylation reaction completion, wherein the amino group content of chitin was reduced, was ascertained from the FT-IR and NMR analyses. The 47%-deacetylated chitosan exhibited superior antibacterial properties against Bacillus in a disk diffusion test. To further improve these properties, chitosan derivatives were grafted by acrylic acid and acrylamide. The varying concentrations of carboxyl groups, primary amines, and -CH₂-CH₂- with increasing acrylic acid and acrylamide contents were determined by FT-IR and NMR analyses. The enhanced antibacterial properties of the chitosan derivatives, owing to the increased acrylic acid and acrylamide contents, were revealed by the disk diffusion test. In particular, the derivatives with 1.3% acrylic acid and acrylamide showed the highest antibacterial activity, the bacterial reduction rate against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli being 99.9%, as observed through the ASTM E2149 standard test.