• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.271-276
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• 2006

Felodipine, a calcium-antagonist of dihydropyridine type, is a poorly water soluble drug and has very low bioavailability. As preceding studies, use of solid dispersion systems and surfactants(solubilizers) has been suggested to increase dissolution and to improve bioavailability of felodipine. But in case of solid dispersion systems, large amount of toxic organic solvents should be used and manufacturing process time become longer than conventional process. In case of using surfactants, as time elapsed, decreasing of dissolution rate of felodipine due to crystallization has been reported. In this study, Copovidon as a hydrophilic polymer and $Transcutol^{\circledR}$ as a surfactant were combined to formulations if order to increase dissolution of felodipine and conventional wet granulation process were applied to manufacturing of formulations. The effect of Copovidon and $Transcutol^{\circledR}$ on the dissolution oi felodipine was investigated in-vitro. When Copovidon and $Transcutol^{\circledR}$ used simultaneously, the dissolution rate of felodipine was prominently increased compared with when used separately and the maximum increase in the dissolution of felodipine was 5.8 fold compared to control. This is most probably due to synergy effect by combination of Copovidon and $Transcutol^{\circledR}$. Felodipine sustained release tablets were successfully formulated using several grades of HPMC as a release retarding agent. The stability of felodipine sustained release tablet was evaluated after storage at accelerated condition($40^{\circ}C/75%\;RH$) for 6months in HDPE(High density polyethylene) bottle. Neither significant degradation nor change of dissolution rate for felodipine was observed after 6months. In conclusion, felodipine sustained release tablet was successfully formulated and dissolution of felodipine, poorly water soluble drug, was prominently increased and also stability was guaranteed by using combination system of hydrophilic polymer and surfactant.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2017

Debris flow is a composition of solid objects of various sizes, suspension and water, which occurs frequently as the results of landslide following heavy rainfall. This often causes extensive damage in the form of socio-economic losses and casualties as witnessed during the incident around Mt. Umyeon, Seoul in 2011. There have been numerous investigation to mitigate the impacts from debris flow; however, the estimation as preparedness measure has not been successful due to nonlinear and multiphase characteristics of phenomena both in material and process inherent in the debris flow. This study presents a numerical approach to simulate the debris flow using open source code of computational fluid dynamics, OpenFOAM with non-Newtonian viscosity model for three phase material modeling. In order to validate the proposed numerical method, the quantitative evaluations were made by comparisons with experimental results and qualitative analysis for the dispersion characteristics was carried for the case of debris flow in the actual incident from Mt. Umyeon.

• 폴리머
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.149-154
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• 2012

생체적합성을 가진 키토산과 강력한 항산화제로 알려진 리포산을 합성하여 만든 양친매성 고분자를 이용하여 약물전달시스템으로서의 응용 가능성을 알아보았다. 수용액 상에서 자기조립의 성질을 가지는 양친매성 고분자는 나노입자를 형성하고 이 입자 안에 항암제로 널리 쓰이는 5-fluorouracil을 고체분산법을 이용하여 봉입하였다. 최적의 약물전달체를 얻기 위하여 키토산에 결합된 리포산의 비율을 조절하여 입자크기 및 약물봉입률을 비교하였다. DLS를 이용하여 측정한 나노입자는 약 250 nm 정도의 크기를 가졌고 그 봉입률은 10% 내외로 측정되었다. 42%의 리포산 치환율을 가지는 공중합체가 약물전달체로서 가장 우수한 성능을 보여주었다.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제61권1호
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• pp.51-60
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• 2024

Hi Air Korea and Hanwha ocean are currently developing an Onboard Carbon dioxide Capture System (OCCS) to absorb CO₂ emitted from ship's engine using a sodium hydroxide(NaOH) solution, and converting the resulting salt into a solid form through a chemical reaction with calcium oxide (CaO). The system process involves the following steps; 1)The reaction of CO₂ gas absorption in water, 2)The reaction between carbonic acid (H₂CO₃) and NaOH solution to produce carbonate or bicarbonate, and 3)The reaction between carbonate or bicarbonate and CaO to form calcium carbonate (CaCO₃). And ultimately, the solid material, CaCO₃, is separated and discharged using a separator. The OCCS has been installed on an ship and the test results have confirmed significant reduction effects of CO₂ in the ship's exhaust gas. A portion of the exhaust gas emitted from the engine was transferred to the OCCS using a blower. The flow rate of the transferred gas ranged from 800 to 1384 m³/hr, and the CO₂ concentration in the exhaust gas was 5.1 vol% for VLSFO, 3.7 vol% for LNG and a 12 wt% NaOH solution was used. The results showed a CO₂ capture efficiency of approximately 42.5 to 64.1 vol% and the CO₂ capture rate approximately 48.4 to 52.2kg/hr. Additionally, to assess the impact of the discharged CaCO₃on the marine ecosystem, we conducted "marine ecotoxicity test" and performed Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis to evaluate the dispersion and dilution of the discharged effluent.

• 청정기술
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.100-125
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• 1996

After recycle of spent materials has been optimised, there remains a proportion of waste which must be dealt with in the most environmentally friendly manner available. For materials such as municipal waste, clinical waste, toxic waste and special wastes such as tyres, incineration is often the most appropriate technology. The study of incineration must take a process system approach covering the following aspects: ${\bullet}$ Collection and blending of waste, ${\bullet}$ The two stage combustion process, ${\bullet}$ Quenching, scrubbing and polishing of the flue gases, ${\bullet}$ Dispersion of the flue gases and disposal of any solid or liquid effluent. The design of furnaces for the burning of a bed of material is being hampered by lack of an accurate mathematical model of the process and some semi-empirical correlations have to be used at present. The prediction of the incinerator gas phase flow is in a more advanced stage of development using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis, although further validation data is still required. Unfortunately, it is not possible to scale down many aspects of waste incineration and tests on full scale incinerators are essencial. Thanks to a close relationship between SUWIC and Sheffield Heat&Power Ltd., an extended research programme has been carried out ar the Bernard Road Incinerator plant in Sheffield. This plant consists of two Municipal(35 MW) and two Clinical (5MW) Waste Incinerators which provide district heating for a large part of city. The heat is distributed as hot water to commercial, domestic ( >5000 dwelling) and industrial buildings through 30km of 14" pipes plus a smaller pipe distribution system. To improve the economics, a 6 MW generator is now being added to the system.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.592-600
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• 2012

Conventional methods for preparing ceramic bodies, such as cold isostatic pressing, gypsum-mold slip casting, and filter pressing are not completely suitable for fabricating large and thick ceramic plates owing to disadvantages of these processes, such as the high cost of the equipment, the formation of density gradients, and differential shrinkage during drying. These problems can be avoided by employing a pressure-vacuum hybrid slip casting approach that considers not only by the compression of the aqueous slip in the casting room (pressure slip casting) but also the vacuum sucking of the dispersion medium (water) around the mold (vacuum slip casting). We prepared the alumina formed bodies by means of pressure-vacuum hybrid slip casting with stepwise pressure loading up to 0.5 MPa using a slip consisting of 40 vol% solid, 0.6 wt% APC, 1 wt% PEG, and 1 wt% PVA. After drying the green body at $30^{\circ}C$ and 80% RH, the green density of the alumina bodies was about 56% RD. The sintered density of an alumina plate created by means of sintering at $1650^{\circ}C$ for 4 h exceeded 99.8%.This method enabled us to fabricate a $110{\times}110{\times}20$ mm alumina plate without cracks and with a homogeneous density, thus demonstrating the possibility of extending the method to the fabrication of other ceramic products.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.97-106
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• 2009

Although lovastatin (LS) is widely used in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia, its bioavailability is known to be around 5%. This study was aimed to increase the solubility and dissolution-permeation rates of LS using solid dispersions (SDs) with bile salts. The solubilities of LS in water, aqueous bile salt solutions and non-aqueous vehicles were determined, and effects of bile salts on the cellulose or duodenal permeation of LS from SDs were evaluated using a horizontal permeation system. SDs were prepared at various ratios of LS to carriers, such as sodium deoxycholate (SDC), sodium glycocholate (SGC) and/or 2-hydroxypropyl-$\beta$-cyclodextrin (HPCD). The addition of bile salts (25 mM) in water increased markedly the solubility of LS by the micellar solubilization. Some non-aqueous vehicles were effective in solubilizing LS. From differential scanning calorimetric studies, it was found that the crystallinity of LS in SDs disappeared, indicating a formation of amorphous state. The SDs showed markedly enhanced dissolution compared with those of their physical mixtures (PMs) and drug alone. In the dissolution-permeation studies using a cellulose membrane, the donor and receptor solutions were maintained as a sink condition using pH 7.0 phosphate buffer containing 0.05% sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS). The flux of LS alone was nearly same as that of LS-SDC-HPCD (1:3:6) PM. However, the flux of LS-SDC-HPCD (1:3:6) SD slightly increased compared with drug alone and PM, suggesting that entrapment of LS in micelles does not significantly hinder the permeation across cellulose membrane. In the dissolution-duodenal permeation studies using a LS-HPCD-SDC (1:3:6) SD, the addition of various bile salts in donor solutions (25 mM) enhanced the permeation of LS markedly, and the fluxes were found to be $0.69{\pm}0.41$, $0.87{\pm}0.51$, $0.84{\pm}0.46$, $0.47{\pm}0.17$ and $0.68{\pm}0.32{\mu}g/cm^2/hr$ for sodium cholate (SC), SDC, SGC, sodium taurodeoxycholate (STDC) and sodium taurocholate (STC), respectively. The stepwise increase of donor SGC concentration increased the flux dose-dependently. From the relationship of donor SGC concentration and flux, the concentration of SGC initiating the permeation across the duodenal mucosa was calculated to be 11.1 mM, which is nearly same as the critical micelle concentration (CMC, 11.6 mM) of SGC. However, with no addition of bile salts and below CMC, the permeation was very limited and irratic, indicating that LS itself is very poor permeable. Higher protions of bile salt in SD such as LS-SDC or LS-SGC (1 : 49 and 1 : 69) showed highly promoted fluxes. In conclusion, SD systems with bile salts, which may form their micelles in intestinal fluids, might be a promising means for providing enhanced dissolution and intestinal permeation of practically insoluble and non-absorbable LS.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.148-155
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• 2008

PMN계 강유전체의 MPB 조성과 공존영역의 확산성을 이해하기 위해 유전 및 초전 특성을 분석하였다. PMN-PT계는 완만한 상전이를 보였으며, 이는 하나의 상유전과 2개의 강유전상이 공존함을 의미한다. 즉, 0.7PMN-0.3PT 조성 부근에서 능면정계와 정방정계의 공존 영역인 조성변태 상경계를 확인하였으며, 이들 조성은 연속적으로 능면정계$\rightarrow$정방정계$\rightarrow$입방정계로 상전이를 하였다. PT>0.325인 조성들은 측정된 진동수 범위에서 진동수 의존성을 보이지 않는 단일상의 강유전 특성을 보였으며, PMN>0.7인 조성들은 큰 진동수 의존성과 확산상전이의 전형적인 완화형 강유전 특성을 보였다. PMN-PT계의 조성변태 상경계 조성들은 우수한 유전 및 초전특성을 나타내었다.

• 공업화학
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• 제10권7호
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• pp.1086-1091
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• 1999

$K_2O-MgO-Al_2O_3$의 3성분계로부터 $K^+-{\beta}/{\beta}"-Al_2O_3$를 직접 고상반응법에 의하여 합성하였다. 합성시 초기조성, 합성온도, 합성시간 및 분쇄매체가 ${\beta}/{\beta}"-Al_2O_3$ 상형성 및 상관계에 미치는 영향에 대하여 분석하였으며 최대 분율의 ${\beta}"-Al_2O_3$ 상형성을 위한 최적 합성조건을 연구하였다. 조성범위로서 $K_2O$와 $Al_2O_3$상형성의 몰비를 1:5에서 1:6.2로, 안정화제로 사용된 MgO는 4.2 wt % 에서 6.3 wt % 사이에서 변화시켰으며 합성온도는 $1000^{\circ}C$에서 $1500^{\circ}C$까지 취하였다. ${\beta}/{\beta}"-Al_2O_3$상은 ${\alpha}-Al_2O_3$와 $KAlO_2$가 결합하는 $1000^{\circ}C$ 부근에서 형성되기 시작하여 점차 증가하다가 $1200^{\circ}C$ 부근에서 ${\alpha}-Al_2O_3$가 모두 사라지면서 균일화되었다. ${\beta}"-Al_2O_3$ 상분율은 $K_{1.67}Mg_{0.67}Al_{10.33}O_{17}$의 조성과 함께 $1300^{\circ}C$ 부근에서 최대값을 보였다. $1300^{\circ}C$ 이상의 합성 온도에서는 높은 potassium의 증기압에 따른 $K_2O$의 손실에 의하여 ${\beta}"-Al_2O_3$ 상분율이 감소하였으며 합성시간은 5시간 정도가 적당하였다. 분쇄 및 혼합을 위한 분산매체로는 증류수보다는 아세톤의 효과가 뛰어났다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.178-185
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• 1999

Si3N4 겔캐스팅공정 제어를 위하여, 슬립 조성의 영향이 슬립의 점성특성과 성형체의 기계적 특성 및 소결체의 밀도에 미치는 영향에 대하여 조사하였다. 아크릴아마이드 모노머, 고분자전해질, 그리고 질화규소의 혼합물을 어트리터에 예비혼합한 후 볼밀링하여 슬립을 제조하였다. 개시제가 혼합된 슬립을 진공탈포하고 몰드에 주입하고 중합을 진행하였으며, 겔화된 슬립을 건조하여 성형체를 얻었다. 슬립의 특성과 성형체의 기계적 특성을 평가하기 위해, 슬립의 점도 측정과 직경방향 압축시험을 행하였다. 그 결과, near net shaping을 위한 낮은 점도를 갖는 46 vol%의 고농도 질화규소 슬립의 제조가 가능하였다. 성형체가 기계적 특성은 주로 모노머의 농도에 비례하여 증가하였다. 또한, 겔캐스트 성형체의 인장강도가 약 3MPa이 넘으면 기계적 가공이 가능하였으며, 겔캐스팅 성형체를 176$0^{\circ}C$, 3시간 상압소결하여 약 98.5%의 상대밀도를 얻을 수 있었다.