• 신재생에너지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2009

Automobile Shredder Residue (ASR) is very appropriate in a gasification melting system. Gasification melting system, because of high reaction temperature over than $1,350^{\circ}C$, can reduce harmful materials. To use the gasification processes for hydrogen production, the high concentration of CO in syngas must be converted into hydrogen gas by using water gas shift reaction. In this study, the characteristics of shift reaction of the high temperature catalyst (KATALCO 71-5M) and the low temperature catalyst (KATALCO 83-3X) in the fixed - bed reactor has been determined by using simulation gas which is equal with the syngas composition of gasification melting process. The carbon monoxide composition has been decreased as the WGS reaction temperature has increased. And the occurrence quantity of the hydrogen and the carbon dioxide increased. When using the high temperature catalyst, the carbon monoxide conversion ratio ($1-CO_{out}/CO_{in}$) rose up to 95.8 from 55.6. Compared with average conversion ratio from the identical synthesis gas composition, the low temperature catalyst was better than the high temperature catalyst.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2000년도 제18회 학술발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.207-207
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• 2000

Multi- and single-wall carbon nanotubes are promising new carbon materials in nano-electronics, field-emitters, CRT-displays, hydrogen storage materials, biomedical tracers and so forth. The present talk will deal with a high-yield synthesis on quasi-aligned multi-wall carbon nanotubes via a chemical vapor deposition technique. I will also talk about a possible growth mechanism on single-wall carbon nanotubes based on newly obtained experimental results.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2013

본 연구는 $Ni/Ce_xZr_{1-x}O_2$ 촉매를 이용하여 프로판의 자열개질반응을 통한 수소제조에 관한 것이다. $Ni/Ce_xZr_{1-x}O_2$ 촉매는 용매로서 물을 사용한 방법(CZ-W), 우레아와 물을 사용한 방법(CZ-UW), 우레아, 에탄올 및 물을 사용한 방법(CZ-UWA)으로 각각 제조하였다. 반응물질의 조성은 $Steam/C_3H_8$=3, $C_3H_8/O_2$=2.70 이었고, 반응은 상압 고정층 유통식 반응기에서 $300{\sim}700^{\circ}C$ 온도범위에서 진행하였다. 촉매제조시 용매에 우레아 및 에탄올을 첨가할 경우 촉매의 활성이 증가하였다. CZ-UW 촉매의 경우 클러스터형태의 탄소생성에 기인한 활성점 피막으로 인해 쉽게 비활성화가 초래됐다. 하지만 CZ-UWA 촉매의 경우 반응 후 탄소가 활성에 영향을 미치지 않는 나노파이버형태로 존재하여 활성저하가 발생되지 않음을 SEM을 통해 확인했다. 또한 $Ni/Ce_{0.75}Zr_{0.25}O_2$ 촉매의 전환율 및 수율이 더 좋게 나타났으며 또한 소량의 Cobalt를 첨가했을 때 탄소에 대한 저항성이 크게 향상됨을 TGA로 확인하였다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제30권9호
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• pp.933-938
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• 2008

유기성 폐기물을 이용하여 생산된 수소를 환원제로 활용하여 이산화탄소를 유용한 에너지원인 메탄으로 전환시키고자 하였다. 3 개월 동안 혐기성 미생물을 이산화탄소와 수소만을 이용하여 배양하였으며, 그 결과 acetogenotrophs의 영향에 의한 메탄의 생성은 없었고, 이산화탄소를 8 mL/min으로 주입하였을 때 이산화탄소와 수소의 주입비가 1:5에서 메탄의 생성량이 2.2 m$^3$/m$^3$ day로 가장 많았으며, 이때의 이산환탄소 저감률 또한 92%로 가장 우수하였다. 회분형태로 수소 생산과 메탄발효조와의 연계실험을 통하여, 연속적으로 수소를 생산하면서 이산화탄소를 같이 메탄발효조에 주입하여, 이산화탄소의 메탄으로의 전환을 확인하였다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.408-412
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• 2005

Headspace의 이산화탄소 제거는 수소의 수율을 올릴 수 있는 효과적인 방법이지만, 증가된 수소의 분압(최대 91.2%)과 이산화탄소의 부재에 의해 글루코즈의 발효 경향에 상당한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이산화탄소의 제거는 homoacetogenesis에 의한 수소의 소모를 효과적으로 억제하였지만, 주요발효 부산물인 ethanol 및 기타 발효 부산물의 분해 또한 억제하는 결과를 나타내었다. 또한 소량으로 발생한 부산물들의 분석결과에서 이산화탄소가 제거된 반응에서 반응 후반부에 butyrate의 증가하는 현상이 관찰되었다. 하지만, 기존의 연구결과들처럼 증가된 수소의 분압에 의한 과다한 solvent의 생성은 관찰되지 않았으며, acetate의 과도한 발생을 방지할 수 있어 acetate에 의한 저해현상을 다소 억제할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다. 이산화탄소가 제거될 경우 최종 산물이 수소와 ethanol이므로 목적 반응이 hydrogen-ethanol fermentation이라면 이상적인 방향을 제시할 수 있을 것이다.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.54-57
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• 2003

H$_2$-producing bacteria were isolated from anaerobic granular sludge. Out of 72 colonies (36 grown under aerobic conditions and 36 under anaerobic conditions) arbitrarily chosen from the agar plate cultures of a Suspended sludge, 34 colonies (15 under aerobic conditions and 19 under anaerobic conditions) produced H2 under anaerobic conditions. Based on various biochemical tests and microscopic observations, they were classified into 13 groups and tentatively identified as follows: From aerobic isolates, Aeromonar spp. (7 strains), Pseudomonas spp. (3 strains), and Vibrio spp. (5 strains); from anaerobic isolates, Actinomyces spp. (11 Strains), Clostridium 5pp. (7 strains). and Porphyromonas sp. When glucose was used as the carbon substrate, all isolates showed a similar cell density and a H$_2$ production yield in the batch cultivations after 12 h (2.24-2.74 OD at 600 nm and 1.02-1.22 mol H$_2$/mol glucose, respectively). The major fermentation by-products were ethanol and acetate for the aerobic isolates, and ethanol, acetate and propionate for the anaerobic isolates. This study demonstrated that several H$_2$ producers in an anaerobic granular sludge exist En large proportions and their performance in terms of H$_2$ production is quite similar.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제33권11호
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• pp.869-875
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• 2009

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the optimal condition of the syngas production by reforming of propane using Gliding arc plasma reformer. The gliding arc plasma reformer in 3 phases has been newly designed and developed with a quick starting and fast response time. It can be applicable to the various types of fuels (Hydrocarbons $C_xH_y$), and it has a high conversion rate of fuels and high production of hydrogen. The parametric screening studies were carried out according to the changes of a steam feed amount i.e., steam/carbon ratio, total gas flow rate and input electric power. The optimum operating conditions were S/C ratio 2.8, total gas flow rate of 14 L/min and input electric power of 2.4 kW. The result of optimum operating conditions showed the 55 % $H_2$, 14 % CO, 15 % $CO_2$, 10 % $C_3H_8$ and 4 % $CH_4$. Also, $C_3H_8$ conversion, $H_2$ yield and $H_2$ selectivity were 90 %, 42 %, 15 %, respectively. The energy efficiency and specific energy requirements were 37 % and 334 kJ/mol respectively.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.89-94
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• 2012

Pyrolysis/gasification technology utilizes an energy conversion technique from various waste resources, such as biomass, solid waste, sewage sludge, and etc. to generating a syngas (synthesis gas). However, one of the major problems for the pyrolysis gasification is the presence of tar in the product gas. The tar produced might cause damages and operating problems on the facility. In this study, a gliding arc plasma reformer was developed to solve the previously acknowledged issues. An experiment was conducted using surrogate benzene and naphthalene, which are generated during the pyrolysis and/or gasification, as the representative tar substance. To identify the characteristics of the influential parameters of tar decomposition, tests were performed on the steam feed amount (steam/carbon ratio), input discharge power (specific energy input, SEI), total feed gas amount and the input tar concentration. In benzene, the optimal operating conditions of the gliding arc plasma 2 in steam to carbon (S/C) ratio, 0.98 $kWh/m^3$ in SEI, 14 L/min in total gas feed rate and 3.6% in benzene concentration. In naphthalene, 2.5 in S/C ratio, 1 $kWh/m^3$ in SEI, 18.4 L/min in total gas feed rate and 1% in naphthalene concentration. The benzene decomposition efficiency was 95%, and the energy efficiency was 120 g/kWh. The naphthalene decomposition efficiency was 79%, and the energy yield was 68 g/kWh.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.983-989
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• 2008

Human insulin is a hormone well-known to regulate the blood glucose level. Recombinant preproinsulin, a precursor of authentic insulin, is typically produced in E. coli as an inactive inclusion body, the solubilization of which needs the addition of reducing agents such as $\beta$-mercaptoethanol. To make authentic insulin, recombinant preproinsulin is modified enzymatically by trypsin and carboxypeptidase B. The effects of $\beta$-mercaptoethanol on the formation of human insulin derivatives were investigated in the enzymatic modification by using commercially available human proinsulin as a substrate. Addition of 1 mM $\beta$-mercaptoethanol induced the formation of various insulin derivatives. Among them, the second major one, impurity 3, was found to be identical to the insulin B chain fragment from $Phe_1$ to $Glu_{21}$. Minimization of the formation of insulin derivatives and concomitant improvement of the production yield of human insulin were achieved by the addition of hydrogen peroxide. Hydrogen peroxide bound with $\beta$-mercaptoethanol and thereby reduced the negative effects of $\beta$-mercaptoethanol considerably. Elimination of the impurity 3 and other derivatives by the addition of over 10 mM hydrogen peroxide in the presence of $\beta$-mercaptoethanolled to a 1.3-fold increase in the recovery efficiency of insulin, compared with those for the case without hydrogen peroxide. The positive effects of hydrogen peroxide were also confirmed with recombinant human preproinsulin expressed in recombinant E. coli as an inclusion body.

• 청정기술
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.287-292
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• 2007

상용 알루미나($Al_2O_3$)에 담지된 $M/Al_2O_3$ (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu) 촉매를 함침법에 의해 제조하였으며, 이를 에탄을 자열개질반응에 의한 수소제조에 적용하였다. 각각의 촉매는 고유한 금속상을 가지는 것으로 나타났으며, 생성물의 분포는 활성금속의 종류에 크게 의존하였다. 제조된 촉매 중에서, $M/Al_2O_3$ 및 Co/$Co/Al_2O_3$는 에탄을 자열개질반응에서 매우 우수한 촉매활성을 보였다. 그러나 두 촉매상에서의 반응메커니즘은 서로 다른 것으로 나타났다. $Ni/Al_2O_3$ 촉매는 $500^{\circ}C$의 반응온도에서 100%의 에탄올 전환율을 보였으나, 수소 선택도에서는 시간에 따라 급격한 저하현상을 나타내었다. 한편 $Co/Al_2O_3$ 촉매는 수소 선택도 면에서 우수한 활성을 보였으나, 에탄올 전환율이 저조하여 수소 수율에는 큰 변화가 나타나지 않았다.