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Production of Arachidonic Acid by Mortierella Fungi

  • Higashiyama, Kenichi;Fujikawa, Shigeaki;Park, Enoch Y.;Shimizu , Sakazu
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • v.7 no.5
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    • pp.252-262
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    • 2002
  • The growing interest in the application of arachidonic acid (ARA) in various fields of health and dietary requirements has elicited much attention on the industrial production of ARA-containing oil by the cultivation of Mortierella fungi. For the industrial production of ARA, various studies, such as isolation of a high-potential strain and optimization of culture conditions, have been conducted. Studies including the investigation of morphology are important because ARA is accumulated in the mycelia, and thus cultivation with high biomass concentration is essential for obtaining a high ARA yield. Combining the results derived from various studies, a high ARA yield was attained in an industrial fermentor. These ARA production techniques are applicable to the production of other polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), and will contribute to the improvement of fermentation technology especially in the field of fungal cultivation.

Post Silicon Management of On-Package Variation Induced 3D Clock Skew

  • Kim, Tak-Yung;Kim, Tae-Whan
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.139-149
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    • 2012
  • A 3D stacked IC is made by multiple dies (possibly) with heterogeneous process technologies. Therefore, die-to-die variation in 2D chips renders on-package variation (OPV) in a 3D chip. In spite of the different variation effect in 3D chips, generally, 3D die stacking can produce high yield due to the smaller individual die area and the averaging effect of variation on data path. However, 3D clock network can experience unintended huge clock skew due to the different clock propagation routes on multiple stacked dies. In this paper, we analyze the on-package variation effect on 3D clock networks and show the necessity of a post silicon management method such as body biasing technique for the OPV induced 3D clock skew control in 3D stacked IC designs. Then, we present a parametric yield improvement method to mitigate the OPV induced 3D clock skew.

Improvement of Hydrocarbon Recovery by Two-Stage Cell-Recycle Extraction in the Cultivation of Botryococcus braunii

  • An, Jin-Young;Sim, Sang-Jun;Kim, Byung-Woo;Lee, Jin-Suk
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.932-937
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    • 2004
  • In situ extraction by organic solvent was studied in order to improve the recovery yield of hydrocarbon from the culture of Botryococcus braunii, a green colonial microalga. When the solvent mixture of octanol as an extractive solvent and n-octane as a biocompatible solvent was added to a two-phase column, the algal growth was seriously inhibited, even at a low concentration of polar octanol. Therefore, a two-stage cell-recycle extraction process was proposed to improve the contact area between the organic phase and the aqueous phase. The hydrocarbon recovery with in situ cell-recycle extraction showed a three-fold increase (57% of cell) in yield over that with two-phase extraction. In addition, over 60% of the hydrocarbon could be recovered without serious cell damage by downstream separation when this process was applied to the culture broth after batch fermentation.

Mechanical Properties of Polypropylene/Recycled Rubber Blends

  • Axtell, F.H.;Maiseaumsook, T.;Phinyocheep, P.
    • Elastomers and Composites
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.212-221
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    • 1999
  • Mechanical properties of polypropylene filled with recycled rubber dusts obtained from the buffing process in sport shoe sole manufacture were investigated. The use of these dusts eliminates the need for the size reduction process which is usually employed in rubber recycling. Two different waxes, polypropylene wax and ethylene vinyl acetate wax, were used in the PP/rubber dust compound. Two different processes, extrusion and injection moulding, were used to study the influence of the blends on the properties. The waxes gave significant improvement in the shaping of the extrudate. It was found that the impact strength of the injection moulded samples were higher than the extruded samples and the virgin PP. The tensile properties (yield stress and modulus) were dependent on the amount of rubber dust addition. An increase in the rubber dust loading gave lower yield stress and modulus.

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Analysis of Short Squeeze Film Damperswith Electro-Rheological Fluids (무한 소폭 전기유변 스퀴즈 필름 댐퍼 해석)

  • 정시영
    • Tribology and Lubricants
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.5-11
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    • 1995
  • This paper addresses the lubrication analysis of a short squeeze film damper operating with electro-rheological (ER) fluids which have large and reversible changes in yield shear stresses with respect to an applied electric field. The ER fluids are assumed to be modeled as Bingham fluids. The governing lubrication equation for the ER short squeeze film damper is developed on the basis of a Bingham fluid model, and the equation is subsequently solved in order to investigate the effects of the ER fluids on the damping capability of the damper. It is shown that a substantial increase in damping (both direct and cross coupled) is accomplished by increasing the yield shear stress of the ER fluids. This significant improvement of the damping capability suggests that the ER short squeeze film damper could be very effective for reducing the vibration and controlling the critical speeds of a rotor system.

Effect of Double Grid Cathode in IEC Device (IEC 장치에서 이중 그리드 음극의 영향)

  • Ju, Heung-Jin;Kim, Bong-Seok;Hwang, Hwui-Dong;Park, Jeong-Ho;Ko, Kwang-Cheol
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.51-51
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    • 2010
  • We have proposed a new configuration for the improvement of neutron yield without the application of external ion sources in an inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) device. The application of a double grid cathode to the IEC device is expected to generate a higher ion current than a single grid cathode. This paper verifies the effect of the double grid cathode by both fluid and particle simulation. Through the fluid simulation the optimal shape and applied voltage of the double grid cathode is determined, and through the particle simulation the usefulness of that is confirmed.

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Design Sensitivity Analysis of Elasto-perfectly-plastic Structure for Stiffened Shell Structure (탄성-완전-소성 보강쉘 구조물의 설계민감도해석)

  • Jung, Jae-Joon;Lee, Tae-Hee;Lim, Jang-Keun
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2001.11a
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    • pp.746-752
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    • 2001
  • Design sensitivity analysis for nonlinear structural problems has been emerged in the last decade as a glowing area of engineering research. As a result, theoretical formulations and computational algorithms have already developed for design sensitivity of nonlinear structural problems. There is not enough research for practical nonlinear problems using multi-element, due to difficulties of implementation into FEA. Therefore, nonlinear response analysis for stiffened shell which consists of Mindlin plate and Timoshenko beam, was considered. Specially, it presents the backward-Euler method which is adopted to describe an exact yield state in the stress computation procedure. Then, design sensitivity analysis of nonlinear structures, particularly elasto-perfectly-plastic structure, is developed using direct differentiation method. The accuracy of the developed sensitivity analysis was compared with the central finite difference method. Finally, on the basis of above results, design improvement for stiffened shell is suggested.

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Analysis of an Infinitely Long Squeeze Film Damper Operating with an Electro-Rheological Fluid (Electro-Rheological 유체를 이용한 무한폭 스퀴즈 필름 댐퍼 해석)

  • Jeong, Si-Yeong;Choe, Seung-Bok;Jo, Yong-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.61-66
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    • 1992
  • This paper addresses on the determination of damping coefficients of an infinitely long squeeze film damper operating with an electro-rheological (ER) fluid. The ER fluid behaves as Bingham fluid with an electric field dependent yield shear stress. AS phenomenological model of the fluid is adopted for the relationship between the yield shear and the intensity of the electric field imposed on the fluid domain. The model is then incorporated with the governing equation and associated boundary conditions of the squeeze film damper executing a circula centered orbit for the expression of dimension- less damping coefficients. Numerical simulation is performed to evaluate the performance improvement of the proposed squeeze film damper.

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A Study on the Material Properties of Both End Sides of Preform and Forging Process in Large Crank Throw (대형 크랭크스로우의 예비성형체 양끝단부 재료특성과 단조공정에 관한 연구)

  • 김영득;김동영;김동권;김재철
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2003.06a
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    • pp.1513-1516
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    • 2003
  • A crank throw, which is one of the crankshaft part for a large diesel engine is manufactured by closed die forging or open die forging. For the purpose of improvement of productivity the open die forging is usually adopted these days. However it has disadvantage of low yield ratio compare to closed die forging. To overcome this problem, the material properties for hot top and bottom zones of ingot are investigated to utilize them to the product and a modified forging process to reduce the material loss of ingot body through forging analysis according to forging factors(a , R, Ø$\sub$B/, Ø$\sub$D/) is suggested.

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