• 한국재료학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.267-271
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• 2020

Cerium oxide (ceria, CeO₂) is one of the most wide-spread oxide supporting materials for the precious metal nanoparticle class of heterogeneous catalysts. Because ceria can store and release oxygen ions, it is an essential catalytic component for various oxidation reactions such as CO oxidation (2CO + O₂ 2CO₂). Moreover, reduced ceria is known to be reactive for water activation, which is a critical step for activation of water-gas shift reaction (CO + H₂O → H₂ + CO₂). Here, we apply van der Waals-corrected density functional theory (DFT) calculations combined with U correction to study the mechanism of water chemisorption on CeO₂(111) surfaces. A stoichiometric CeO₂(111) and a defected CeO₂(111) surface showed different water adsorption chemistry, suggesting that defected CeO₂ surfaces with oxygen vacancies are responsible for water binding and activation. An appropriate level of water-ceria chemisorption energy is deduced by vdW-corrected non-local correlation coupled with the optB86b exchange functional, whereas the conventional PBE functional describes weaker water-ceria interactions, which are insufficient to stabilize (chemisorb) water on the ceria surfaces.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.195-204
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• 2011

The effects on pool boiling heat transfer of aqueous solutions of boric acid ($H_3BO_3$) and sodium chloride (NaCl) as working fluids have been studied. Borated and NaCl water were prepared by dissolving 0.5~5% volume concentration of boric acid and NaCl in distilled-deionized water. The pool boiling tests were conducted using $1{\times}1\;cm^2$ flat heaters at 1 atm. The critical heat flux (CHF) dramatically increased compared to boiling pure water. At the end of boiling tests it was observed that particles of boric acid and NaCl had deposited and formed a coating on the heater surface. The CHF enhancement and surface modification during boiling tests were very similar to those obtained from boiling with nanofluids. Additional experiments were carried out to investigate the reliability of the additives deposition in pure water. The boric acid and NaCl coatings disappeared after repeated boiling tests on the same surface due to the soluble nature of the coatings, thus CHF enhancement no longer existed. These results demonstrate that not only insoluble nanoparticles but also soluble salts can be deposited during boiling process and the deposited layer is solely responsible for significant CHF enhancement.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2022년도 학술발표회
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• pp.516-516
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• 2022

Agricultural reservoirs are critical water resources structures to ensure continuous water supplies for rice cultivation in Korea. Climate change has increased the risk of reservoir failure by exacerbating discrepancies in upstream runoff generation, downstream irrigation water demands, and evaporation losses. In this study, the variations in water balance components of 400 major reservoirs during 1973-2017 were examined to identify the reservoirs with reliable storage capacities and resilience. A conceptual lumped hydrological model was used to transform the incident rainfall into the inflows entering the reservoirs and the paddy water balance model was used to estimate the irrigation water demand. Historical climate data analysis showed a sharp warming gradient during the last 45 years that was particularly evident in the central and southern regions of the country, which were also the main agricultural areas with high reservoir density. We noted a country-wide progressive increase in average annual cumulative rainfall, but the forcing mechanism of the rainfall increment and its spatial-temporal trends were not fully understood. Climate warming resulted in a significant increase in irrigation water demand, while heavy rains increased runoff generation in the reservoir watersheds. Most reservoirs had reliable storage capacities to meet the demands of a 10-year return frequency drought but the resilience of reservoirs gradually declined over time. This suggests that the recovery time of reservoirs from the failure state had increased which also signifies that the duration of the dry season has been prolonged while the wet season has become shorter and/or more intense. The watershed-irrigated area ratio (W-I_ratio) was critical and the results showed that a slight disruption in reservoir water balance under the influence of future climate change would seriously compromise the performance of reservoirs with W-I_ratio< 5.

• Water Engineering Research
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.119-127
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• 2000

In the process of crossflow microfiltration, a deposit of cake layer tends to form on the membrane, which usually controls the performance of filtration. It is found, however, that there exist a condition under which no deposit of cake layer is made. This condition is called the sub-critical flux condition, and the critical flux here means a flux below which a decline of flux with time due to the deposit of cake layer does not occur. In order to study the characteristics of the critical flux, a numerical model is developed to predict the critical flux condition, and is verified with experimental results. For development of the model, the concept of effective particle diameter is introduced to find a representative size of various particles in relation to diffusive properties of particles. The model is found to be in good match with the experimental results. The findings from the use of the model include that the critical flux condition is determined by the effective particle diameter and the ratio of initial permeate flux to crossflow velocity.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.213-224
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• 2021

본 연구는 수온 15, 20 및 25℃에서 조피볼락(Sebastes schlegeli)을 점진적인 저산소 조건에 노출시켜 호흡 대사율이 표준대사율(SMR) 이하로 감소하는 산소포화도, S_crit를 평가하고, 수온별 S_crit 에 4시간 노출 후 혈액 성상의 변화를 조사하기 위하여 실시하였다. 수온 15, 20, 25℃에서 normoxic SMR은 각각 116.5±5.5, 188.6±4.2 및 237.4±6.8 mg O₂/kg/hr이었고, 호흡계수(Q₁₀)는 15-20℃ 구간에서는 2.62, 20-25℃에서는 1.58, 그리고 전 수온 범위의 15-25℃에서는 2.04였다. 수온 15, 20 및 25℃에서 S_crit는 각각 22.1±1.2, 30.6±1.5 및 41.9±1.4 %였다. 수온별 S_crit에 4시간 노출 후 혈액 Ht와 Hb 및 혈장 cortisol, glucose, 전해질(Na⁺, K⁺, Cl^-)과 삼투질 농도는 모든 수온에서 normoxic water의 대조구에 비하여 유의하게 높았다. 수온 15, 20, 25℃의 normoxic water에서는 Ht, Hb 및 혈장 glucose 농도는 15℃에 비하여 20℃와 25℃에서, 혈장 cortisol, 전해질 및 삼투질 농도는 25℃에서 유의하게 높았다. 수온별 S_crit의 저산소에 노출된 조피볼락은 수온이 높을수록 저산소에 의한 어체의 생리적 스트레스는 가중되는 것으로 나타났다.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.237-242
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• 2008

Physical properties of water, such as dielectric constant and ionic product, significantly vary with the density of water. In the supercritical conditions, since density of water widely varies with pressure, pressure has a strong influence on physical properties of water. Dielectric constant represents a character of water as a solvent, which determines solubility of an inorganic compound including metal oxides. Dissociation equilibrium of an acid is also strongly dependent on water density. Dissociation constant of acid rises with increased density of water, resulting in drop of pH. Density of water and the density-related physical properties of water, therefore, are the major governing factors of corrosion and environmentally assisted cracking of metals in supercritical aqueous solutions. This paper discusses importance of "physical properties of water" in understanding corrosion and cracking behavior of alloys in supercritical water environments, based on experimental data and estimated solubility of metal oxides. It has been pointed out that the water density can have significant effects on stress corrosion cracking (SCC) susceptibility of metals in supercritical water, when dissolution of metal plays the key role in the cracking phenomena.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2016

This experiment investigated changes in metabolic rate (MO₂), critical oxygen saturation (S_crit), and blood chemistry of olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus exposed to progressive hypoxia and returned to normoxic water at 20°C. The normoxic standard metabolic rate (SMR) and routine metabolic rate (RMR) were 69.5-83.9 and 70.2-156.4 mg O₂ kg^-1h^-1, respectively based on fish weight. S_crit was 31.0% dissolved oxygen (DO) at 20°C. After returning the fish to 70% DO following exposure to hypoxia (20% DO), MO₂ increased two-fold compared to the normoxic SMR and then decreased into the range of the RMR with time. Blood PO₂ and plasma lactate decreased significantly after exposure to hypoxia (20% DO) and then increased as ambient oxygen saturation decreased. Cortisol levels increased as ambient oxygen saturation decreased, but the levels decreased rapidly in the range of the normoxic control when the fish were returned to ambient water with 70% DO. Plasma glucose levels increased when the fish were returned to normoxic water after exposure to a progressively more hypoxic condition.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제54권12호
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• pp.1205-1214
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• 2021

강수는 공극수압의 상승에 관여해 토양 강도 및 응력의 변동을 발생시켜 산사태의 주요 원인 인자 중 하나로 지목된다. 따라서 강수는 산사태 발생 임계값 산정에 빈번히 사용되나, 지반 안정성을 직접적으로 산정하고 예측하기에는 무리가 있어 오탐지 사건에 대한 분석에는 한계가 있다. 한편 토양수분은 공극수압의 변동에 보다 직접적인 연관성을 지니므로, 다수의 연구에서 지반 안정성의 정량적인 평가에 활용된 바 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 산사태 발생에 대한 임계값 산정에 있어 토양수분 인자 활용의 적정성을 평가하고자 하였다. 먼저 두 수문 인자의 거동 분석을 통해 강수에 대한 토양 포화도의 반응성을 파악하고, 선행 강수지수(Antecedent Precipitation Index)를 활용해 산사태 발생 임계값을 산정하였다. 이후 토양 포화도를 활용하여 산사태 발생 임계값을 산정했으며, 분할표를 활용해 두 임계값을 정성적으로 평가하였다. 그 결과, 일 강수량(P_daily)을 단일 인자로 사용해 결정된 산사태 발생 임계값 대비 괴산읍에서는 각각 75% (API), 42% (SM)의 향상을 보였고 창수면에서는 각각 33% (API), 44% (SM)의 향상을 보였다. 따라서 토양수분과 선행 강수지수 모두 임계성공지수(Critical Success Index)를 효과적으로 향상시켰으며 오탐지율을 감소시켰다. 추후 토양 포화도를 통해 산사태 발생에 요구되는 강우 강도를 산정하는 연구와 토양 포화도 수준에 따른 강우 저항성을 산정하는 연구 등 토양수분 자료를 다각적으로 접목한 연구가 수행된다면 산사태 예측 정확성을 향상시키는 데 기여할 수 있을 것으로 보인다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제60권3호
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• pp.105-108
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• 2020

These days abattoirs' hygiene of Korea is regulated by Hazzard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP). Although 20 years have been left since first HACCP was adjusted in Korea, 12% of abattoirs got inconsistence on evaluations. Food poisoning caused by bacteria feces like pathogenic Escherichia coli and Salmonella has not decreased. These bacteria on meat cross-contaminate at the abattoir. Therefore, field verification of abattoir's critical control point (CCP) and experiments to find alternative ways of the CCP were conducted. The aerobic bacteria were measured before and after high-pressure water based washing process set as CCP in most abattoirs. Four parts of cattle carcasses were selected to apply sponge-swab method. The effects were < 1 log reduction which is not significant. Lactic acid (LC), chlorine dioxide (ClO₂) and slightly acidic electrolyzed water (SAEW) were used to measure the effect of reducing bacteria on beef by the different time. LC has 1.24-2.02 log reduction for aerobic bacteria. ClO₂ has 1.44-1.96 log reduction for aerobic bacteria. SAEW has 1.1-1.91 log reduction for aerobic bacteria. There was significant difference according to concentrations (p < 0.05). This study presents legitimacy for hygiene improvement of CCP by field verification. In addition, chemical disinfectants that can be mechanically applied have better reduction effects of high-pressure washing.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권9호
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• pp.2977-2981
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• 2021

Corrosion fatigue crack growth (FCG) behavior of 316LN stainless steel was investigated in high-temperature pressurized water at different temperatures, load ratios (R = K_max/K_min) and rise times (t_R). The environmental assisted effect on FCG rate was observed when both the R and t_R exceeded their critical values. The FCG rate showed a linear relation with stress intensity factor range (ΔK) in double logarithmic coordinate. The environmental assisted effect on FCG rate depended on the ΔK and quantitative relations were proposed. Possible mechanisms of environmental assisted FCG rate under different testing conditions are also discussed.