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Development of Ceramic Membrane for Metal Ion Separation of Lignin Extract from Pulp Process (펄프공정으로부터 배출되는 리그닌 추출물의 금속이온 분리를 위한 세라믹 분리막 개발)

  • Shin, Min Chang;Choi, Young Chan;Park, Jung Hoon
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.199-204
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    • 2017
  • In this study, a study was carried out for the separation of metal ions in lignin extract discharged from the pulp process. alumina powders were mixed with DMAc (N, N-dimethylacetamide) solvent and PESf (Polyethersulfone) polymer, PVP (polyvinylpyrrolidone) dispersant was added and slip casting method was used to prepare the membrane. The membrane was measured for pore size through a CFP (Capillary Flow Porometer) device and the surface and cross-section of the membrane were observed through a FE-SEM (Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope). The flux was calculated by measuring the filtered weight per hour using a separation experiment device. Pore size measurements were performed under increasing pressure from 0 psi to 30 psi. The pore size of the membrane was $0.4{\mu}m$ and the flux decreased from the initial flux value of $6.36kg{\cdot}m^{-2}{\cdot}h^{-1}$ to $1.98kg{\cdot}m^{-2}{\cdot}h^{-1}$ due to the fouling of the membrane. After the permeation experiment, membrane contaminants were removed by simple washing. Separation experiments showed that Na contained in the initial lignin extract was reduced by 69%, Fe was removed by 87%, K by 95%, Ca by 93% and Mg by 96%.

Evaluation of Oil Infiltration Behavior in Porous Media Using Dielectric Response (유전율에 의한 지반 매질내 유류침투거동 분석)

  • Kim Man-Il;Jeong Gyo-Cheol
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.29-39
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    • 2005
  • For detecting a ground contamination survey, soil sampling method have been used a drilling or coring technique in general. However these methods are very difficult to systematically real-time monitoring of variation of contamination degree in field. ]'n this research frequency Domain Reflectometry (FDR) system was suggested and carried out to experimental approaches for determination of oil contamination on surface and underground. Experimental method using FDR method was discussed with feasibility of measurement in the laboratory column test. It is determined to degree of oil contamination due to response of dielectric constant re-lated with volumetric water content(θ/sub w/) and volumetric oil content( θ/sub al/ ) of saturated and unsaturated soil media. And physical properties such as effective porosity and oil residual ratio of saturated soil media were also measured through real-time monitoring works using installed FDR measurement sensors, which are defected characteristics of oil movement in the saturated soil media under the soil column tests. In the results of these experiments, a range of effective porosity was estimated to about 0.35 compared with initial porosity 0.40 of manufactured saturated soil media, which is also calculated to about 87.5% to the ratio of initial porosity to effective porosity. Finally oil residual ratio which is compared with volumetric water content and volumetric oil content was calculated about 62.5%.

Morphological Changes of Accessory Genital Organs Induced by Treatment with Different Concentration of Estrogen Receptor Agonist in the Male Mouse (수컷 생쥐에서 에스트로겐 수용체 촉진제의 농도별 투여에 의한 부속 생식샘의 형태학적 변화)

  • Cho, Young-Kuk;Han, Ji-Yeon;Cho, Hyun-Wook
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.41 no.4
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    • pp.265-276
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    • 2011
  • The aim of the present study is to validate the effects of treatment with different concentration of estrogen receptor alpha agonist, propyl pyrazole triol (PPT) on the weight and histological structure in the accessory reproductive organs (ventral prostate, seminal vesicle and preputial gland) of male mouse. Treated groups received different doses of PPT 0.01 mg, 0.1 mg and 1.0 mg per week respectively, for 3, 5, and 8 weeks. In general, the weight of reproductive organs was increased in PPT 0.01 mg and 0.1 mg treatment, however decreased in PPT 1.0 mg treatment. Epithelial tissues in the ventral prostate were changed from simple columnar epithelium to squamous or cuboidal epithelium in the treated groups. On week 3, PPT groups caused decrease of epithelial cell height in the ventral prostate. Lumen of the seminal vesicle was narrowed in the treated group. Epithelial cell height of seminal vesicle was reduced in the PPT treatment. Acinus tissue of preputial gland in PPT 1.0 mg treatment was dramatically atrophied than that of control group. These results are useful as a reference to determine the administration concentration of PPT in experiments for understanding the physiological functions of estrogen in the male.

An Experimental Study of Wave Overtopping Characteristics on the Structure for Wave Overtopping Power Generating System (월파형 파력발전구조물의 월파 특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Shin, Seung-Ho;Hong, Key-Yong
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.30 no.8 s.114
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    • pp.649-655
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    • 2006
  • Waves progressing into the coastal area can be amplified, swashed and overtopped by a wave overtopping control structure, and it converts the kinetic energy of the waves to the potential energy with a hydraulic head above the mean sea level by conserving the overflow in a reservoir. Then the potential energy in the form of hydraulic head can be converted to electric power utilizing extremely low-head hydraulic turbine. This study aims to find the most optimal shape of wave overtopping structure which maximizes overtopping volume rate of sea water. Laboratory experiments for the performance evaluation of wave overtopping control structures were carried out in three dimensional wave tank, and the three dimensional structure models with planar wave concentration shapes(B/b) were manufactured into five classes, which were optimized by cross sectional parameters of the structure, ie, length of ramp(l), gradient of inclined ramp($cot{\phi}$) and freeboard height of the wave overtopping structure($h_e$) proposed by Shin and Hong(2005). The wave overtopping discharges were investigated with 20 incident wave conditions and wave directions of $0^{\circ},\;15^{\circ},\;30^{\circ}$.

Simulation and Measurement of Degradation and Movement of Insecticide Ethoprophos in Soil (토양(土壤)중 살충제(殺蟲劑) ethoprophos의 분해성(分解性) 및 이동성(移動性)의 측정(測定)과 예측(豫測)에 관한 모델 연구(硏究))

  • Moon, Young-Hee;Kim, Yun-Tae;Kim, Young-Seok;Han, Soo-Kon
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.209-218
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    • 1993
  • The behaviour of insectcide ethoprophos (O-ethyl S,S-propyl phosphorodithioate) in soil was investigated. In a laboratory study, the degradation of ethoprophos in soil followed first-order reaction kinetics. The half-life of the insecticide in the soil incubated with 10, 18 and $25^{\circ}C$ was 12.4, 5.5 and 2.5 days, respectively. Arrhenius activation energy was 73.8 KJ/mole. The half-life was 46.4, 17.6 and 6.9 day in the soil with 7, 14 and 19% of soil water content, respectively. The moisture dependence B value in empirical equation was 1.67. The adsorption isotherm for ethoprophos in the soil agreed with freundlich equation. The adsorption distribution coefficient (Kd) was 0.27. In a field study prepared in autumn with undisturbed soil column in a mini-lysimeter system, ethoprophos residues were largely distributed in the top $0{\sim}2cm$ soil layer and moved down to the top 6cm soil layer. Persistence of ethoprophos in field soil was correlated with variation in weather pattern during the period of experiments. The half-life of ethoprophos treated at March and October was about 17 and 5 days, respectively. The ethoprophos woil was degraded up to 90% at 37day after the both treatment. In persistence and mobility of ethoprophos in field soil, the observed data were reasonably corresponded with predicted data by some computer model of pesticide behaviour.

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Dynamics of Nitrogen in Poultry Manure during its Processing (계분(鷄糞)의 부숙건조(腐熟乾燥)와 질소(窒素)의 행동(行動))

  • Oh, Wang-Keun
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.57-62
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    • 1984
  • Laboratory experiments of poultry manure incubated for three days at $35^{\circ}$ were conducted to learn some informations on the relief of nitrogen loss during processing. Results obtained are as follows: 1) Blending phosphoric acid, triplesuperphosphate or superphosphate to poultry manure could reduce the volatilization of ammonia and saved nitrogen in the manure by 80 to 90 percent, though nonblending saved the nitrogen only by 40 to 60 percent during three days incubation. 2) The additives must be blended thoroughly to the manure to obtain the least loss of nitrogen during the incubation. 3) The severe loss of nitrogen was occurred from the drying process of fermented manure of both treatment, that is $60{\sim}80$ percent loss at the blended treatment with phosphoric acid, triplesuperphosphate or superphosphate, and $70{\sim}90$ percent loss at non-blended. 4) Drying the fermented manure under the fixed temperature of about $65^{\circ}$ for three days saved more nitrogen than dried manure under the temperature gradually raised from the room temperature to about $45{\sim}65^{\circ}$ for three days.

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Behavior Characteristics of Helical Pile in Granite Residual Soil (풍화토 지반에 관입된 나선형 강관말뚝의 거동 특성)

  • Cho, Chunhee;Heo, Yol;Bae, Wooseok
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.41-49
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    • 2013
  • The rotate penetration pile is a type of displacement pile: the surrounding soil is displaced when installing the pile, and the pile can exert a large bearing power and pullout force. In addition, it uses displaced soil method that does not generate slime, and its applications are increasing in foreign countries owing to the environmentally friendly characteristics such as small noise and vibration. However, mostly driven piles-which are directly driven to the ground, and bored pile- pre-fabricated piles are buried to prebored underground, are used; however, rotate penetration piles still have limited use. Most of the laboratory tests have been carried out until now to identify the support behavior after installation of piles and ground construction, the evaluating the support behavior is lacking due to the rotation intrusive process of the rotate penetration piles. Therefore, this study used indoor experiments simulating rotation intrusive process in weathered soil, to evaluate the bearing power behavior for the weathered soil, varying the diameter of the helical bearing plates, helical bearing plate spacing, number of the helical bearing plates, and helical bearing plate specifications. As the outcome of this study, the helical pile bearing power evaluation results, change in bearing power in accordance with main specifications, and review on the comparative analysis with the existing theories were provided.

Behavior Characteristics of Cement Bentonite Impervious Walls Related to Mixing Methods and Curing Time (강화벤토나이트 차수벽체의 배합방법 및 양생일에 따른 거동 특성)

  • Hwang, Jungsoon;Kim, Seungwook;Jung, Jungi;Lee, Seungjoo;Oh, Byeungsam;Baek, Seungcheol
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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    • v.17 no.12
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    • pp.45-54
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    • 2016
  • In this study, the construction method of new underground continuos impervious wall that the bentonite slurry keeps the stability of excavated trench and the mixture of cement and bentonite plays a role as a constituent of impervious wall in the trench. The merit of homogeneity of the method so called as a cement-bentonite slurry wall enables to accurately make an estimation of hydraulic conductivity of the walls compared with that by other general grouting methods and to verify their waterproof efficiency without difficulty at the design stage. The use of cement-bentonite slurry walls for the containment of groundwater flow has also proven a cost-effective impervious wall technology by employing the simple combination of construction equipments and easy and fast construction procedures. The engineering characteristics of cement-bentonite impervious wall obtained by carrying out the laboratory experiments under various conditions. This study reveals the effect of variation of constituent materials and their mixing methods (Water-Cement-Bentonite) on the engineering characteristics of a composition. Also, this study makes some recommendations on the optimum mixing ratio and mixing sequence for the best quality at the site. That is the most important factors to estimate the construction cost and design of the technique. The comparison is lastly made to evaluate the effect of ordinary Portland and blast furnace slag cement as a bonding material on the behavior of impervious walls.

Acid Rock Drainage Generation Capacity of Tertiary Mudstone in Pohang Basin (포항분지 제3기 이암의 산성배수 발생 능력)

  • Baek, In-Woo;Kim, Jae-Gon;Song, Young-Suk;Kim, Tae-Hyung
    • Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.23-33
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    • 2020
  • This study determines the basic properties and acid rock drainage generation capacity of Pohang tertiary mudstone through laboratory experiments. According to X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis results, the mudstone of this area mostly comprised of SiO2 with a proportion of approximately 60%, followed in order by Al2O3 and Fe2O3. As such, it is clear that there is an abundance of aluminosilicates with a high probability of generating acid rock drainage. The XRD analysis showed that the mudstone contains pyrite (FeS2), it is highly likely to generate acid rock drainage, and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) analysis results showed that the mudstone samples contained a high amount of Fe2+ ions. As a result of anion analysis measured by ion chromatography (IC), all mudstone samples were measured to have high SO2-4 concentrations. According to elemental analysis, the total sulfur (S) content was high, which in turn indicates a high risk of acid rock drainage generation reflected by a maximum potential acidity (MPA) higher than 1%. All in all, although there were slight deviations between the tertiary mudstone samples, overall, the samples exhibited high acid rock drainage generation capacities.

Effects of dye-guidance brushing etching technique on the performance of pits and fissures sealant (Dye-guidance와 brushing을 통한 산부식 방법이 치면열구전색술의 수복의 질에 미치는 영향)

  • Hung, Phan Ai;Lee, Nan-Young;Lee, Sang-Ho
    • Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.106-121
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of suggested etching method on the performance of pits and fissures sealant. In the first part, seventy extracted sound human permanent third molars and premolars were used. The teeth were randomly divided and performed in three different groups as follows : conventional etching, enameloplasty, and testing group. Non-pumicing, dye-guidance vigorous brushing-start etching technique was applied on the occlusal of testing group. Then the pit and fissure sealant was applied on all of the specimens. After the thermocycling and immersing in 1% methylene blue, the resin embedded sections were made. The microleakage data on the section were then recorded under the stereoscope and statistic analysis was done. Additional experiments were also performed : direct fissure surface etched pattern experiment, replica study, and micro-shear bond strength testing observation. The second part included two groups. A paired study was designed to evaluate the influence the environment has on the performance of the sealant. After etching, half of each occlusal surface received one of the two following treatments in succession: sealing in laboratory and intraoral condition (group 1), sealing in intraoral condition with and without a single-bonding agent (group 2). The results of present study can be summarized as follows: - The microleakage of testing group was significant different with conventional method (P<.05) and was not different with the enameloplasty group (P>.05). - The quality and quantity of etched enamel were improved. - Microshear bond strength of testing group was higher than control group (p<.05). - The environmental condition was influenced on the performance of the sealant. The testing etching method modified the capacity of the etching agent to penetrate into the pits and fissures, and simultaneous enhance their efficiency in vitro condition.

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