• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.553-561
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• 2008

$CNT/TiO_2$ composites were prepared by using multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) and various titanium alkoxide precursors. The composites were comprehensively characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. The photoactivity of the prepared materials under UV irradiation, was tested using the conversion of MB from model aqueous solution. Finally, according to the results of methylene blue (MB) removal experiment, we could see that sample CTOS have better MB removal effect than samples CTIP and CTPP.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.9-16
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• 2009

Transport package for radioactive material should be structurally safe under puncture drop condition and its safety should be verified by test and numerical analysis. Most finite element analyses for puncture drop have been performed without modeling the impact limiter since failure is occurred in the materials of the impact limiter. This paper presents a new modeling methodology, where an element is eroded in case that the material's failure criteria are reached at the element's integration point, to investigate the effect of the impact limiter in the puncture process. The effectiveness of the proposed scheme is shown through the puncture drop analysis of hotcell transport cask, which is under design in KAERI. The results show that about 80 percent of the total impact energy is absorbed due to the deformation of impact limiter. Using the present method the puncture drop can be analyzed more accurately, but it would give conservative results compared to the actual test condition.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.77-82
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• 2013

A cyclone separator has been widely used in various industrial processes for removing fine particulate matter because it is easy to fabricate, cost effective, and adaptable to extremely harsh conditions. However, owing to the complex flow field in cyclones, a complete understanding of the detailed mechanisms of particulate removal has not yet been gained. In this study, a theoretical analysis was performed for calculating the collection efficiency and cut-off size in cyclones by taking into account the effects of geometrical and flow parameters. The collection efficiency and cut-off size values predicted by the theoretical model showed good agreement with experimental measurements for particles with a diameter of $0.5-30{\mu}m$. It was also revealed that the surface friction, along with the flow and geometrical parameters, has a significant effect on the cyclone performance.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.13 no.2 s.29
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• pp.111-118
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• 2007

Simple box budgets models are useful tools to understand the phenomena of natural system and to provide an insight into the complex processes including physical, chemical and biological processes occurring in natural system. Budgets of fresh water, salt and nutrients were estimated in order to clarify the characteristics of seasonal material cycle in the Masan Bay. Outflow volume of freshwater into system was approximately $307.4\times10^3\sim1,210\times10^3\;m^3/day$. Inflow masses of DIP and DIN were approximately $410.8\sim795.7\;kg/day$ and $4081.4\sim6525.3\;kg/day$, respectively. DIN is expected to accumulate in the system. The removal of nutrients from bottom sediments will contribute to the reduction of 21.0% of COD concentration in the system.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.73-81
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• 2017

The UV/chlorine process is a UV-based advanced oxidation process for removing various organic pollutants in water. The process is becoming increasingly popular because of its effectiveness in practice. It is important to the safe and efficient operation of a UV/chlorine process that the optimal operating conditions for both target removal objective and saving energy are determined. Treatment efficiency of target compounds in UV/chlorine process was mainly affected by pH and scavenging factor. In this study, kinetic based mathematical model considering water characteristics and electrical energy dose calculations model was developed to predict of treatment efficiency and optimal operating conditions. The model equation was validated for the UV/chlorine process at the laboratory scale and in pilot tests at water treatment plants.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.11-18
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• 1991

Volatile organic compounds(VOC) present in or generated by many sources, can be toxic, mutagenic or even carcinogenic, so that control of such emissions is significant. The 6 chlorinated organic chemicals as VOC were examined in this study. Prediction of the behavior of VOC on activated carbon beds is an important part of control system design. The objective of this study was to predict gas phase sorption isotherms from physical properties and liquid phase isotherms obtained with the same adsorbent and adsorbate. One of the techniques that was investigated was quantitative structure-activity relationships(QSAR) for the predicition procedures. It was possible to estimate sorption isotherms in the gas phase($a_g$) using either connectivity index, $^2{\chi}$, and the Henry's law coefficient ($H_a$) or the solubility and the equilibrium concentration in the gas phase. As a result of study, the predictive equation based on Freundlich model for $a_g$ was ${\log}\;a_g=0.238\;^2{\chi}+0.573\;{\log}\;H_a+4.330(r^2=0.94)$. Finally, this would provide a potentially useful tool to describe and predict sorption capacity without time-consuming tests.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.419-424
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• 2012

In addition to respiration, the nose performs three other major physiological functions-air-conditioning, filtering, and smelling. On the basis of our experience in experimental investigations of nasal airflows in normal and abnormal nasal cavity models, airflows in the normal model and three artificially deformed models, which simulate the results of surgical treatments (inferior turbinectomy), are investigated by PIV and CFD. The left cavities of all three models are normal, and the right cavities are modified as follows: (1) excision of the head of the inferior turbinate, (2) resection of the lower fifth of the inferior turbinate, and (3) resection of almost the entire inferior turbinate. The use of high-resolution CT data and careful surface rendering of three-dimensional computer models with the help of an ENT doctor provide more sophisticated nasal cavity models. Nasal airflows for both normal and deformed cases are also compared.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.431-437
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• 1996

The efforts of removing the specific fresh water fishy odor were studied by inducing tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, to sea water in the use of the flavoring chemicals such as pyrrolidine and piperidine as experimental flavors. The amines added to the grinded muscle of tilapia were recovered by $88\%$ for pyrrolidine and $90\%$ for piperidine. When live tilapia were retained in a tank containing 100 ppm solution of the flavor for 30 min and then begun to start the acclimation into sea water with daily increase of $5\%_{\circ}$ salinity within 7days, no amines in the skin and the muscle of tilapia were detected after 4 days of acclimation to sea water. For the purge effects of amino in the skin and the muscle of tilapia, the concentration of pyrrolidine and piperidine lost $73.4\%,\;83.7\%$ in the muscle and $93.6\%,\;90.6\%$ in the skin of tilapia after purging in fresh water for 72 hrs, while $66.2\%,\;73.6\%$ of amines were removed in the muscle and $90.1\%,\;87.7\%$ in the skin of tilapia acclimated to sea water after purging in on sea water for 72hr. Loss rates of pyrrolidine and piperidine were found to be $0.0231h-^{1}\;and\;0.0333\;h^{-1}$ from the muscle and $0.0652h-^{1}\;0.0413\;h^{-1}$from the skin of tilapia in the fresh water, while $0.0131h-^{1}\;and\;0.0354\;h^{-1}$ from the muscle, $0.0674h-^{1}\;and\;0.0549\;h^{-1}$ from the skin of tilapia in the sea water after 24hrs of exposure, respectively.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.1-11
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• 2008

Phenanthrene uptake by surfactant sorbed on activated carbon was investigated to recycle of surfactant in washed solution for contaminated soil. The partitioning of phenanthrene to the activated carbon coating with Triton X-100 as a surfactant was also evaluated by a mathematical model. Phenanthrene-contaminated soil (200 mg/kg) was washed in 10 g/L of surfactant solution. Washed phenanthrene in solution was separated by various particle loadings of granular activated carbon through a mode of selective adsorption. Removal of phenanthrene was 99.3%, and surfactant recovery was 88.9% by 2.5 g/L of granular activated carbon, respectively. Phenanthrene uptake by activated carbon was greater than that of phenanthrene calculated by a standard model for a system with one partitioning component. This is accounted for enhanced surface solubilization by hemi-micelles adsorbed onto granular activated carbon. The effectiveness factor is greater than 1 and molar ratio of solubilization to sorbed surfactant is higher than that of liquid surfactant. Results suggest that separation of contaminants and surfactants by activated carbon through washing process in soil is much effective than that of calculated in a theoretical model.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.45-58
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• 2002

폐기물과 오염물질 투기로 인해 발생된 오염지의 복원은 1980년대 초반 미국이 본격적으로 시도하여 현장조사, 위해도 평가, 타당성 검토의 3단계를 거쳐 복원대책을 수립하는 정형이 이루어졌다. 이 정형에서는 먼저 현장조사로 오염상태에 대한 자료를 수집하고 위해도 평가로 오염도가 인체와 환경에 미치는 위해도를 정량화하며 타당성 검토에서 위해도를 제거하기 위한 각종대안을 검토하여 최종안을 선정한다. 이 과정 자체는 합리적이었으나 여러 가지 시행착오를 거치며 과잉대책이 남발되고 사업효과도 미흡하여 점차 예산낭비의 대표적인 사례로 비판이 제기되었다. 시행착오의 가장 큰 기술적 원인은 위해도 평가와 별개로 타당성 검토를 수행하며 비현실적인 완벽복원을 추구한 탓이며 이를 극복하려는 최적화 기법이 90년대 초반에 소개되었다. 이 최적화기법은 타당성 검토단계에서 각 대안의 잔류 위해도를 산정하고 해당대안의 비용과 비교하여 위해도를 허용수준으로 줄이는 최소비용 대안을 발견하는 방법이다. 이 최적화기법을 실제 프로젝트에 적용한 결과 복원대책 수행에 기대 이상의 비용절감을 이루고 정부의 수용도도 높았다. 특히 정비대책에 현장조건의 특성을 활용하는 창의적 대안을 도입하면 효과를 극대화 할 수 있는 바 두 가지 사례를 소개하였다. 앞으로 상당한 투자가 예상되는 폐광오염 문제에도 이 기법을 적용하면 비용과 효과를 최적화할 수 있을 것으로 기대되어 그 모델을 제시하였다.