• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.268-272
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• 2002

Kinetic experiments on the biological oxidation of $Fe^{2＋}$ by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans were conducted by measuring the total organic carbon content. The total organic carbon in the solution was determined with different initial concentrations of $Fe^{2＋}$(4, 9, 15, and 20 mg/ml). The growth of At. ferrooxidans and substrate utilization were described by the Monod expression. The total organic carbon was found to be an indicator of the biomass concentration and thus may be effectively utilized for estimating cell growth rates in kinetic model development.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.829-836
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• 2006

The reaction rate of denitrification is primarily affected by the utilization of organics that are usually limited in the anoxic period in a sequencing batch reactor. It is necessary to add an extemal carbon source for sufficient denitrification. An adaptive model of state-space based on the extended Kalman filter is applied to manipulate the dosage rate of extemal carbon automatically. Control strategies for denitrification have been studied to improve control performance through simulations. The normal control strategy of the constant set-point results in the overdosage of external carbon and deterioration of water quality. To prevent the overdosage of external carbon, improved control strategies such as the constrained control action, variable set-point, and variable set-point after dissolved oxygen depletion are required. More stable control is obtained through the application of the variable set-point after dissolved oxygen depletion. The converging value of the estimated denitrification coefficient reflects conditions in the reactor.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.40-52
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• 2022

탄소광물화 기술은 석탄재와 이산화탄소를 반응시켜 건설재료 등으로 활용이 가능한 복합탄산염 등의 부산물을 생산함과 동시에 이산화탄소를 탄산염에 고정화하여 온실가스 감축효과를 얻을 수 있는 기술로, 이산화탄소 감축 및 경제적 잠재력을 고려하면 국가 온실가스 감축 목표를 실현하기 위한 유용한 방안이 될 수 있다. 그러나 아직까지는 해당 기술의 이산화탄소 감축 성능과 환경적인 이점, 경제성 등에 대한 자료가 적어서 기술의 상용화 가능성에 대해서는 명확하지 않은 상태이다. 본 연구는 국내 순환유동층 발전소에서 발생되는 이산화탄소와 석탄재를 이용하는 이산화탄소 투입량 기준 6,000 tonCO₂/년 규모의 탄소광물화 설비에 대해 이산화탄소 감축량 및 경제성 분석을 수행했다. 공정 분석 결과 1톤의 복합탄산염 생산 시 실질적인 이산화탄소 감축량은 약 45.8 kgCO₂eq, 연간 약 805.3 tonCO₂로 산정되었으며, 경제적 편익 분석 시 비용편익분석비(B/C Ratio)는 1.04, 내부수익률(IRR)은 10.65 %, 순현재가치(NPV)는 24,713,465 원으로 나타나, 탄소광물화 설비가 어느 정도 경제성을 확보하고 있는 것으로 분석되었다.

• 세라미스트
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.316-327
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• 2019

Carbon nitride has drawn broad interdisciplinary attention in diverse fields such as catalyst, energy storage, gas adsorption, biomedical sensing and even imaging. Intensive studies on carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture using carbon nitride materials with various nanostructures have been reported since it is needed to actively remove CO₂ from the atmosphere against climate change. This is mainly due to its tunable structural features, excellent physicochemical properties, and basic surface functionalities based on the presence of a large number of -NH or -NH₂ groups so that the nanostructured carbon nitrides are considered as suitable materials for CO₂ capture for future utilization as well. In this review, we summarize and highlight the recent progress in synthesis strategies of carbon nitride nanomaterials. Their superior CO₂ adsorption capabilities are also discussed with the structural and textural features. An outlook on possible further advances in carbon nitride is also included.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.53-63
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• 2021

Cloud computing has drastically reduced the price of computing resources through the use of virtualized resources that are shared among users. However, the established large cloud data centers have a large carbon footprint owing to their excessive power consumption. Inefficiency in resource utilization and power consumption results in the low fiscal gain of service providers. Therefore, data centers should adopt an effective resource-management approach. In this paper, we present a novel load-balancing framework with the objective of minimizing the operational cost of data centers through improved resource utilization. The framework utilizes a modified genetic algorithm for realizing the optimal allocation of virtual machines (VMs) over physical machines. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed framework improves the resource utilization by up to 45.21%, 84.49%, 119.93%, and 113.96% over a recent and three other standard heuristics-based VM placement approaches.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.750-759
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• 2016

크라프트 리그닌-polyacrylonitrile (PAN) 그라프트 공중합체의 전기방사 나노섬유매트를 열처리와 이산화망간($MnO_2$) 전기증착법을 이용하여 리그닌 기반 탄소나노섬유 매트(lignin based carbon nanofiber mat, LCNFM)로 제조하고, 슈퍼캐퍼시터용 전극소재(electrode)로의 응용가능성에 대하여 조사하였다. 전기증착 처리시간이 길수록 $MnO_2$-LCNFM 표면의 흡착되는 이산화망간양이 증가하였으며, 이에 따른 탄소나노섬유의 직경과 이산화망간 흡착층이 증가하였다. $MnO_2$-LCNFM 전극의 전기 화학적 특성을 순환전압전류측정(cyclic voltammetry)을 통해 평가하였고, 최대 $168.0mF{\cdot}cm^{-2}$의 비축적용량을 보였다. $MnO_2$-LCNFM를 이용하여 $H_3PO_4$/Polyvinyl alcohol 겔 전해질로 제작한 하이브리드 슈퍼캐퍼시터(hybrid supercapacitor)는 약 90%의 전기용량 효율(capacitance efficiency)을 보였으며, 1,000회의 충 방전 시험에서 안정적인 거동을 나타냈다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.539-546
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• 2019

지구온난화가 국제 문제로 언급되면서 온실가스 저감에 관한 연구가 꾸준히 진행되고 있다. 지구온난화의 가속화를 막기 위해 지구온난화의 주된 원인으로 언급되는 이산화탄소 저감에 관한 기술 개발의 중요성이 증가하게 되었고 이로 인해 이산화탄소 포집, 저장 및 재이용기술(CCUS, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage)의 발전을 요구하고 있다. 다양한 이산화탄소 포집, 저장 및 재이용기술 중에서 광물탄산화 기술의 경우에는 적은 에너지를 통해 많은 이산화탄소를 고부가가치 물질로 전환할 수 있다. 기존 연구에서는 고형 폐기물에서 이온을 용출해 사용해왔으며 이는 처리 과정이 복잡하다. 하지만 해수를 사용하게 되면 고농도의 금속 양이온이 해수 속에 용해되어 있어 고형 폐기물을 이용할 때보다 공정이 단순하다. 이 연구는 해수담수화 농축수를 금속양이온공급원으로써 사용하기 위한 기초연구로, 3 M 모노에탄올아민(Monoethanolamine, MEA)을 흡수제로 사용하여 이산화탄소를 우선적으로 포집하였다. 또한 해수농축수를 모사하기 위해, 해수모사파우더를 사용하여 다양한 농도의 해수농축수를 제조하였다. 해수농축수와 포집된 이산화탄소 용액을 반응시켜 탄산염을 생성하였으며 이를 XRD (X-ray Diffraction), SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy), TGA (Thermalgravimetric Analysis)를 통해 탄산염의 생성 경향 및 흡수제의 재이용 가능성을 파악하였다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.59-70
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• 2012

Carbon catabolite repression (CCR) is a key regulatory system found in most microorganisms that ensures preferential utilization of energy-efficient carbon sources. CCR helps microorganisms obtain a proper balance between their metabolic capacity and the maximum sugar uptake capability. It also constrains the deregulated utilization of a preferred cognate substrate, enabling microorganisms to survive and dominate in natural environments. On the other side of the same coin lies the tenacious bottleneck in microbial production of bioproducts that employs a combination of carbon sources in varied proportion, such as lignocellulose-derived sugar mixtures. Preferential sugar uptake combined with the transcriptional and/or enzymatic exclusion of less preferred sugars turns out one of the major barriers in increasing the yield and productivity of fermentation process. Accumulation of the unused substrate also complicates the downstream processes used to extract the desired product. To overcome this difficulty and to develop tailor-made strains for specific metabolic engineering goals, quantitative and systemic understanding of the molecular interaction map behind CCR is a prerequisite. Here we comparatively review the universal and strain-specific features of CCR circuitry and discuss the recent efforts in developing synthetic cell factories devoid of CCR particularly for lignocellulose-based biorefinery.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2005

The samples for organic carbon analysis were collected between $5^{\circ}\;and\;17^{\circ}N$ along $131.5^{\circ}W$ in the northeast Pacific KODOS (Korea Deep Ocean Study) area. The mean concentration of total organic carbon (TOC) in the surface mixed layer $({\sim}50 m)$ was $100.13{\pm}2.05{\mu}M-C$, while the mean concentration of TOC in the lower 500m of the water column was $50.19{\pm}4.23{\mu}M-C$. A strong linear regression between TOC and temperature $(r^2=0.70)$ showed that TOC distribution was controlled by physical process. Results from the linear regression between chlorophyll-a and TOC, and between chlorophyll-a and particulate organic carbon (POC), decreasing of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the surface layer caused by non-biological photo-oxidation process. Below the surface layer, biological production and consumption occurred. DOC accumulation dominated in the depth range of $30{\sim}50m$ and DOC consumption occurred in the depth range of $50{\sim}200m$. TOC was inversely correlated with apparent oxygen utilization (AOU) and TOC/AOU molar ratios ranged from -0.077 to -0.21. These ratios indicated that TOC oxidation was responsible fur $10.9{\sim}30.1%$ (mean 20.2%) of oxygen consumption in the NE Pacific KODOS area. In the euphotic zone, distributions of dissolved and particulate organic matter were controlled by photo-chemical, chemical, biological and physical processes.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.140-145
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• 2024

High temperature co-electrolysis of H₂O-CO₂ mixtures using solid oxide cells has attracted attention as promising CO₂ utilization technology for production of syngas (H₂/CO), feedstock for E-fuel synthesis. For direct supply to E-fuel production such as hydrocarbon and methanol, the outlet gas ratio (H₂/CO/CO₂) of co-electrolysis should be controlled. In this work, current voltage characteristic test and product gas analysis were carried out under various reaction conditions which could attain proper syngas ratio.