• 공업화학
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.581-584
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• 2020

The effect of a chemical pretreatment on the surface carbon was investigated using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and electrochemical methods. Primitive carbon has a reducing power likely due to incompletely oxidized functional groups on the surface. We aim to control this reducing power by chemical treatment and apply for the spontaneous deposition of nanoparticles (NPs). Highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) was initially treated with a reducing agent, NaBH4 or an oxidizing agent, KMnO₄, for 5 min. Subsequently, the pretreated carbon was immersed in a platinum (Pt) precursor. Unexpectedly, SEM images showed that the reducing agent increased spontaneous PtNPs deposition while the oxidizing agent decreased Pt loading more as compared to that of using bare carbon. However, the amount of Pt on the carbon obviously decreased by NaBH₄ treatment for 50 min. Secondly, spontaneous reduction on pretreated glassy carbon (GC) was investigated using the catalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). GC electrode treated with NaBH4 for a short and long time showed small (onset potential: -640 mV vs. MSE) and large overpotential for the HER, respectively. Although the mechanism is unclear, the electrochemistry results correspond to the optical data. As a proof-of-concept, these results demonstrate that chemical treatments can be used to design the shapes and amounts of deposited catalytic metal on carbon by controlling the surface state.

• 공업화학
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.163-167
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 타이로신이 풍부한 펩타이드, Tyr-Tyr-Leu-Tyr-Tyr (YYLYY)를 이용하여 금 나노입자를 담지한 균일한 금-펩타이드 계층적 초분자 구조체의 합성에 대해 연구하였다. 펩타이드의 광가교 반응을 통해 다이타이로신 결합으로 자기조립된 펩타이드 나노입자를 합성하였고, 타이로신의 생체 광물화 특성을 이용하여 금-펩타이드 하이브리드 나노입자를 친환경적 방법으로 합성하였다. 합성된 금-펩타이드 하이브리드 나노입자는 투과 전자 현미경(TEM), 주사투과 전자 현미경(SEM), 동적 광산란(DLS), 자외선-가시광선 분광광도계(UV-Vis spectroscopy), 에너지 분산 X선 분광법(STEM-EDS), X선 회절 분석법(XRD)을 통해 분석하였다. 또한 합성된 금-펩타이드 하이브리드 나노입자는 메틸렌블루의 환원 반응에서 13.4 × 10-3 s-1의 반응속도 상수를 가지는 촉매 특성을 확인하였다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2019

In order to investigate the effect of water treatment on activity of WGS catalyst, $Cu/ZnO/MgO/Al_2O_3$ (CZMA) catalysts were synthesized by co-precipitation method. The prepared catalysts were water-treated at two different temperature (250, $350^{\circ}C$). Synthesized catalysts were characterized by using BET, SEM, $N_2O$ chemisorption, XRD, $H_2-TPR$ and XPS analysis. The catalytic activity tests were carried out at a GHSV of $28,000h^{-1}$ and a temperature range of $180-320^{\circ}C$. The reduction temperature decreased with water treatment and CZMA_250 catalyst showed the lowest reduction temperature and retained a large amount of $Cu^+$. Water-treated catalysts showed increased reactivity compared to untreated catalyst and the CZMA_250 catalyst showed higher catalytic activity on WGS reaction.

• 공업화학
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.15-19
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 타이로신이 풍부한 펩타이드, Tyr-Tyr-Gly-Tyr-Tyr (YYGYY)를 환원제 및 안정화제로 사용하여 구형의 금 나노 입자의 간단한 합성 방법을 연구하였다. 펩타이드로 둘러싸인 구형의 다결정 금 나노 입자는 UV 조사 하에서 펩타이드 및 금속 전구체의 농도를 조절하여 3~15 nm 크기로 합성되었다. 합성된 금 나노 입자의 특성을 확인하기 위하여 투과 전자 현미경(TEM), 자외선-가시광선 분광광도계(UV-Vis spectroscopy), 주사 투과 전자 현미경 및 에너지 분산 X선 분광법(STEM-EDS), 푸리에 변환 적외선 분광법(FT-IR), X선 회절 분석법(XRD)을 사용하여 분석하였다. 또한, 합성된 금 나노입자는 4-니트로페놀의 환원 반응을 통해 7.3 × 10-3 s-1의 반응속도 상수를 갖는 촉매 활성을 확인하였다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.113-119
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 유기환원제로 포름산과 촉매로 PtD/C를 사용하여 불순물이 없는 고품질 V^3.5+ 전해질을 생산하였고 이를 VRFB에 적용하였다. PtD/C 촉매의 잘 배향된 3D 수상 돌기 구조는 포름산 산화 반응과 바나듐 환원 반응에 높은 활성을 보여 주었다. 그 결과 PtD/C의 촉매 전환율은 2.73 mol g^-1 h^-1로 polyol방법을 제조된 Pt/C의 전환율 1.67 mol g^-1 h^-1보다 더 높았다. 또한 VRFB 충방전 실험에서 촉매 반응으로 생성된 V^3.5+ 전해질은 전해 방법으로 제조 된 표준V^3.5+전해질과 동일한 성능을 보여 줌으로서 VRFB의 전해질로 사용 가능함을 증명하였다.

• 청정기술
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2023

To investigate the effects of Mg addition at different aging times and temperatures, Cu/MgO/Al₂O₃ catalysts were synthesized for the low-temperature water gas shift (LT-WGS) reaction. The co-precipitation method was employed to prepare the catalysts with a fixed Cu amount of 30 mol% and varied amounts of Mg/Al. Synthesized catalysts were characterized using XRD, BET, and H₂-TPR analysis. Among the prepared catalysts, the highest CO conversion was achieved by the Cu/MgO/Al₂O₃ catalyst (30/40/30 mol%) with a 60 ℃ aging temperature and a 24 h aging time under a CO₂-rich feed gas. Due to it having the lowest reduction temperature and a good dispersion of CuO, the catalyst exhibited around 65% CO conversion with a gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) of 14,089 h-1 at 300 ℃. However, it has been noted that aging temperatures greater or less than 60 ℃ and aging times longer than 24 h had an adverse impact, resulting in a lower surface area and a higher reduction temperature bulk-CuO phase, leading to lower catalytic activity. The main findings of this study confirmed that one of the main factors determining catalytic activity is the ease of reducibility in the absence of bulk-like CuO species. Finally, the long-term test revealed that the catalytic activity and stability remained constant under a high concentration of CO₂ in the feed gas for 19 h with an average CO conversion of 61.83%.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.437-445
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• 2016

This paper discussed the effect of ammonia concentration adsorbed on fly ash for the ammonia emission as AAFA (Ammonia Adsorbed Fly Ash) produced from coal fired plants due to operation of NOx reduction technologies was landfilled with distilled or sea water at closed and open systems, respectively. Ammonia bisulfate and sulfates adsorbed on fly ash is highly water soluble. The pH of ammonium bisulfate and sulfate solution had significant effect on ammonia odor emission. The effect of temperature on ammonia odor emission from mixture was less than pH, the rate of ammonia emission increased with increased temperature when the pH conditions were kept at constant. Since AAFA increases the pH of solution substantially, $NH_3$ in the ash can release the ammonia order unless it is present at low concentration. $NH_4{^+}$ ion is unstable in fly ash and water mixtures of high pH at open system, which is changed to nitrite or nitrate and then released as ammonia gas. The proper conditions for < 20 ppm of ammonia concentration released from the AAFAs landfilled in ash pond were explored using an open system with sea water. It was therefore proposed that optimal operation to collect AAFA of less than 168 ppm ammonia at the electrostatic precipitator were controlled to ammonia slip with less than 5 ppm at SCR/SNCR installations, and, ammonia odor released from mixture of fly ash of 168 ppm ammonia with sea water under open system has about 20 ppm.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.95-105
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• 2012

The selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system is a highly-effective aftertreatment device for NOx reduction of diesel engines. Generally, the ammonia ($NH_3$) was generated from reaction mechanism of SCR in the SCR system using the liquid urea as the reluctant. Therefore, the precise urea dosing control is a very important key for NOx and $NH_3$ slip reduction in the SCR system. This paper investigated NOx and $NH_3$ emission characteristics of urea-SCR dosing system based on model-based control algorithm in order to reduce NOx. In the map-based control algorithm, target amount of urea solution was determined by mass flow rate of exhaust gas obtained from engine rpm, torque and $O_2$ for feed-back control NOx concentration should be measured by NOx sensor. Moreover, this algorithm can not estimate $NH_3$ absorbed on the catalyst. Hence, the urea injection can be too rich or too lean. In this study, the model-based control algorithm was developed and evaluated on the numerical model describing physical and chemical phenomena in SCR system. One channel thermo-fluid model coupled with finely tuned chemical reaction model was applied to this control algorithm. The vehicle test was carried out by using map-based and model-based control algorithms in the NEDC mode in order to evaluate the performance of the model based control algorithm.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.76-83
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• 2010

Recently, as the current and future emission regulations go stringent, the research of NOx reduction has become a subject of increasing interest and attention in diesel engine. Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) is one of the effective technology to reduce NOx emission from diesel engine. Especially, Urea-SCR that uses urea as a reductant is becoming increasingly popular as a cost effective way of reducing NOx emissions from heavy duty vehicles. In this research, we designed urea injector and DCU (Dosing Control Unit) specially developed for controlling the Urea-SCR process onboard vehicles. As passenger and commercial diesel engine experiment, we grasped characteristics of NOx emission and SCR catalyst temperature level in advance. As a result, highest NOx emission level was shown in condition of low engine speed and high load. On the other hand, SCR catalyst temperature was highest at high engine speed and load. On the basis of these result, we conducted the NOx reduction test at steady engine operating conditions using the urea injector and DCU. It was shown that 74% NOx conversion efficiency on the average and 97% NOx conversion efficiency was obtained at high SCR catalyst temperature.

• 한국미생물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국미생물생명공학회 2000년도 추계 학술대회
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• pp.181-188
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• 2000

The electrocatalytic reduction of NAD$^{＋}$ using diaphorase was studied. methyl viologen (MV$^{2＋}$) mediator between an electrode and the enzyme. Steady-state currents could be obtained under the conditions of slow scan rate, low MV$^{2＋}$concentration, and high NAD$^{＋}$ concentration as the electrode reaction was converted to an electrochemical-catalytic (EC') reaction. The biomecular rate constant for the reaction of the reduced methyl viologen with the oxidized diaphorase was estimated as 7.5$\times$10$^3$M$^{-1}$ s$^{-1}$ from the slope of the current versus [MV$^{2＋}$] plot. And the optimal concentrations of diaphorase, MV$^{2＋}$ and NAD$^{＋}$ in the mediated electrocatalytic reduction of NAD$^{＋}$ were decided by applying the cyclic voltammetry. The optimal concentrations of the species were obtained by finding the conditions which gave the highest and steady-state current at a gold-amalgam electrode. The highest and steady-state catalytic current was achieved under the conditions of 1.5 U/ml diaphorase, 0.2 mM MV$^{2＋}$, and 4.8 mM NAD$^{＋}$ at the scan rate of 2 mV s$^{-1}$ , suggesting that the rate of the electrocatalytic reation is the higest under the former conditions. The electrochemical procedure under the conditions of 1.5 U/ml diaphorase,0.2 mM MV$^{2＋}$, and 4.8 mM NAD$^{＋}$ was used favorably to drive an enzymatic reduction of pyruvate to D-lactate.