• Carbon letters
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2016

Lignocellulosic biomass conversion to biofuels such as ethanol and other value-added bio-products including activated carbons has attracted much attention. The development of an efficient, cost-effective, and eco-friendly pretreatment process is a major challenge in lignocellulosic biomass to biofuel conversion. Although several modern pretreatment technologies have been introduced, few promising technologies have been reported. Microwave irradiation or microwave-assisted methods (physical and chemical) for pretreatment (disintegration) of biomass have been gaining popularity over the last few years owing to their high heating efficiency, lower energy requirements, and easy operation. Acid and alkali pretreatments assisted by microwave heating meanwhile have been widely used for different types of lignocellulosic biomass conversion. Additional advantages of microwave-based pretreatments include faster treatment time, selective processing, instantaneous control, and acceleration of the reaction rate. The present review provides insights into the current research and advantages of using microwave-assisted pretreatment technologies for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars in the process of cellulosic ethanol production.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.229-239
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• 2018

본 연구의 목적은 탈지미세조류(LEA) 세포벽 분해를 통한 바이오당 생산에 있어 당화효소 사용없이 마이크로파 전처리만을 이용하여 글루코오스와 자일로오스를 생산하는 것이다. LEA의 주성분인 셀룰로오스와 헤미셀룰로오스의 무효소 당화를 위해 산 가수분해 기반의 마이크로파 전처리 조건을 반응표면분석법을 이용하여 최적화하였다. 마이크로파를 이용한 무효소 당화 공정의 주요 변수는 마이크로파 출력(198~702 W), 전처리 시간(39~241 sec)와 황산 농도(0~0.1 mol)로 최적 조건 예측을 위해 중심합성계획법을 이용하여 2차 회귀함수를 도출하였다. 마이크로파 출력과 전처리 시간이 LEA로부터 육탄당(C6)과 오탄당(C5) 생산에 유의한 영향을 주는 변수이며 증가에 따라 육탄당과 오탄당 당화율이 증가하는 경향을 확인하였다. 육탄당과 오탄당 당화율 최대화를 위한 산 가수분해를 적용한 마이크로파 전처리 최적 조건은 마이크로파 출력 700 W, 전처리 시간 185.7 sec와 황산 0.48 mol으로 육탄당 당화율 92.7%와 오탄당 당화율 74.5%가 예측되었으며 확인 실험을 통해 육탄당 당화율 94.2%와 오탄당 당화율 70.8%가 확인되어 예측의 유효성을 확인할 수 있었다. 이는 LEA의 셀룰로오스와 헤미셀룰로오스 당화를 위해 산 가수분해 적용 마이크로파 전처리만을 이용한 무효소 당화 공정 적용과 $100^{\circ}C$ 이하의 낮은 온도와 짧은 전처리 시간 적용을 가능하여 기존 전처리 대비 효과적인 공정 임을 입증했다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.1130-1136
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• 2006

This work elucidates the effects of pretreatment of the sewage sludge from wastewater treatment plant by microwave irradiation on elutriated acid fermentation. These experiments typically fell into two process; pretreatment as microwave irradiation and elutriated acid fermentation for hydrolysis and acidification as main process of primary sludge. The results of maximum solubilization rate of B, D primary and secondary sludge were 0.042, 0.086 and 0.15 gSCODprod./gICODin and the optimum irradiation time of microwave on 2,450 MHz and 900 W were 5 min. for primary sludge and 7 min. for secondary sludge. From batch tests on elutriated acid fermentation that was used the pretreated primary sludge as microwave, the optimum pH and HRT (hydraulic retention time) were 7 and 5 days at $35^{\circ}C$ condition.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.121-129
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• 2007

This study was conducted to elucidate extraction efficiency by microwave technique in comparison with sonication technique for extraction of insecticide residue in pear. In the analysis of the extraction efficiency of microwave for a pear spiked with imidacloprid, the extraction efficiency by microwave power of 300 W with extraction temperature of $80^{\circ}C$, heating time of 1 to 3 minute was shown to be similar with the extraction time 20 minutes by sonication. The optimal condition. in consideration of economical condition and treatment time, for microwave extraction of imidacloprid in the pear were 300 watts of power supply, $100^{\circ}C$ of extraction temperature, 1 minute of heating time and 10 mL of acetone volume. A new microwave vessel was developed to rapidly process the sample of the insecticide imidacloprid residues in the pear. This vessel was designed to include a reaction chamber and a filtration equipment, and a gathering chamber. The system could curtail a pretreatment time to 21 minutes than sonication and 7.9 minutes than the previous microwave vessel.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.79-89
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• 2011

강원도에서 확보한 폐옥수수대는 글루칸 44.6 %, 자일란 23.8 %, 리그닌 23.8 %, 회분 4.5 %, 기타 8.1 %로 이루어져 있다. 묽은 황산을 이용한 전처리 공정을 통계적 방법인 완전요인배치으로 분석한 결과 온도가 가장 중요한 변수로 나타났으며 자일로스 수율 기준으로 처리 시간과 농도에 비해 각각 3.5배와 3.2배 큰 영향력을 보여주었다. 포도당 수율에 대해서도 온도의 영향력이 가장 큰 것으로 나타났지만 포도당 수율은 전체적으로 5 % 이내의 낮은 값을 나타내었다. 마이크로웨이브와 초음파 각각을 이용한 전처리 공정은 그 효과가 크지 않거나 미미하였으나 묽은 황산처리와 복합적으로 적용했을 때는 그 효과는 상당히 큰 것으로 나타났다. 특히 마이크로웨이브와 묽은 황산처리를 순차적으로 적용했을 때 자일로스 수율은 2배 넘게 향상되었다. 향후에는, 다양한 복합 전처리 공정에 대한 심도있는 연구와 더불어 전처리와 효소당화 공정의 최적화에 대한 연구를 수행할 계획이다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.501-506
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• 2006

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were grown with a microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (MPECVD) method, which has been regarded as one of the most promising candidates for the synthesis of CNTs due to the vertical alignment, the low temperature and the large area growth. MPECVD used methane ($CH_4$) and hydrogen ($H_2$) gas for the growth of CNTs. 10 nm thick Ni catalytic layer were deposited on the Ti coated Si substrate by RF magnetron sputtering method. In this work, the pretreatment was that the Ni catalytic layer in different microwave power (600, 700, and 800 W). After that, CNTs deposited on different pressures (8, 12, 16, and 24 Torr) and grown same microwave power (800 W). SEM (Scanning electron microscopy) images showed Ni catalytic layer diameter and density variations were dependent with their pretreatment conditions. Raman spectroscopy of CNTs shows that $I_D/I_G$ ratios and G-peak positions vary with pretreatment conditions.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.22-28
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• 2014

In this study, we investigate the effect of pretreatment method on lipid extraction from Enteromorpha intestinalis using physical, thermo-chemical, and enzymatic process such as ultrasonication, high temperature treatment, freezing, microwave irradiation, osmotic shock, pH shock, homogenizing, and enzymatic treatment. In pretreatment with separated lipid extraction, the high extraction yield was obtained by high temperature treatment ($121^{\circ}C$ for 5 min) with 0.1 N HCl, which is 1.4 times higher than that of control. In pretreatment with direct lipid extraction, the high extraction yields were obtained by 0.1 N HCl pretreatment, microwave irradiation (700W, 1 min with twice), and 10% NaCl pretreatment, which is 1.45 times higher than that of control. In the result of enzymatic pretreatment with 17 kinds of enzymes, Cellic CTec II showed the high extraction yield of 5.3%, and which is 1.9 times higher than that of control. Moreover, the extraction yield was increased by the increase of enzyme amounts. In 10% enzyme amount, about 5.8% yield was obtained.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.103-109
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• 2011

This work experimentally determined the effect of thermal and microwave pretreatments on the anaerobic digestion of mixtures of municipal primary and secondary sludges in semi-continuous mesophilic digesters at hydraulic retention times (HRT) of 20, 15, 10, 7, and 5 days. The ratio of soluble chemical oxygen demand (COD) to total COD in thermally pretreated and microwaved sludges at $80^{\circ}C$ was 2.7 and 3.2 times higher than that of raw sludge, respectively. The volatile solids (VS) and COD removal efficiencies in all three digesters fed with raw (control), thermally pretreated (TM), and microwaved (MW) sludges decreased as the HRT was reduced. The highest relative improvement in VS removal compared to the control occurred at the HRT of 5 days in the TM and MW (29 and 41% higher than the control, respectively). At this HRT, improvement in the COD removal efficiencies in the TM and MW compared to the control was 28 and 53%, respectively. Improvements in biogas production compared with the control increased in both the TM and MW as the HRT was reduced to 5 days. The relative improvement in daily biogas production compared to the control from the TM and MW was 33 and 53% higher than the control at the HRT of 5 days, respectively. The results show that microwave pretreatment is more effective than thermal pretreatment in increasing the solubilization degree and mesophilic anaerobic biodegradability of sewage sludge.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제62권2호
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• pp.17-29
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• 2020

The objective of this study was to find an optimum methane yield condition in anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge with microwave pretreatment. The pretreatment process was carried out using a lab scale industrial microwave unit (2,450 MHz frequency). The digestion efficiency of pretreated sludge was evaluated by biochemical methane potential (BMP) test. Box-Behnken design and Response Surface Analysis (RSA) were applied to determine the optimal combination of sludge mixing ratio (0 to 100%), power (400 to 1600 W), holding time (0 to 10 min) and pretreatment temperature (60 to 100℃). BMP test results showed that Volatile Solid (VS) removal efficiency was up to 48% at a condition of 0% for mixing ratio, 1600 W for power, 5 min for holding time, and 80℃ for pretreatment temperature. Methane production was up to 832.3 mL/g VS_removed at a condition of 50% for mixing ratio, 1000 W for power, 5 min for holding time, and 80℃ for pretreatment temperature. The results of the variance analysis (ANOVA) showed that the p-value of the power and pretreatment temperature among the independent variables were significant (p<0.05), and in particular, the pretreatment temperature significantly affected on the solubilization and methane production. The optimum condition for the maximum methane yield (847 mL/g VS_removed) was consist of 38.4% of mixing ratio, 909.1 W of power, 4.1 min of holding time, and 80℃ of temperature within the design boundaries.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.555-561
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• 2003

The purpose of this study was to analyze the microbiological hazards of dried fish (Jwieochae, Ojingeochae and Bugeochae), and to apply pretreatment methods to increase the safety of cooked dried fish within foodservice establishments. Microbiological inspections were conducted on Total Plate Count, Coliforms, E. coli, E. coli O157:H7, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella spp. and Listeria monocytogenes. The study results are summarized as follows. According to the Hazard analysis, there are many problems showing high numbers in terms of Total Plate Count and Coliforms, which were both well over acceptable standard levels. E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus were detected at certain foodservice establishments, while E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella spp. and Listeria monocytogenes were not detected at all. By applying various pretreatment methods, such as washing, blanching, pan frying and microwave heating, the levels of microbiological hazards were able to be controlled and lowered. Blanching was the most effective method, followed by panfrying, microwave heating and washing. The Total Plate Counts gradually decreased with increasing number of times washed and seconds panfried. From these results, it is concluded that to guarantee food safety, cooked dried fish raw materials should be kept hygienically and appropriate pretreatment methods applied before cooking.