• Proceedings of the KOR-BRONCHOESO Conference
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• 1972.03a
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• pp.5-6
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• 1972

Noise and air pollution, which accompany the development of industry and the increase of population, contribute to the deterioration of urban environment. The air pollution level of Seoul has gradually increased and the city residents are suffering from a high pollution of noise. If no measures were taken against pollution, the amount of emission of pollutant into air would be 36.7 thousand tons per year per square kilometer in 1975, three times more than that of 1970, and it would be the same level as that of United States in 1968. The main sources of air pollution in Seoul are the exhaust has from vehicles and the combustion of bunker-C oil for heating purpose. Thus, it is urgent that an exhaust gas cleaner should be instaled to every car and the fuel substituted by less sulfur-contained-oil to prevent the pollution. Transportation noise (vehicular noise and train noise) is the main component of urban noise problem. The average noise level in downtown area is about 75㏈ with maximum of 85㏈ and the vehicular homing was checked 100㏈ up and down. Therefore, the reduction of the number of bus-stop the strict regulation of homing in downtown area and a better maintenance of car should be an effective measures against noise pollution in urban areas. Within the distance of 200 metres from railroad, the train noise exceeds the limit specified by the pollution control law in Korea. Especially, the level of noise and steam-whistle of train as measured by the ISO evaluation can adversely affect the community activities of residents. To prevent environmental destruction, many developed countries have taken more positive action against worsening pollution and such an action is now urgently required in this country.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.39-52
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• 2007

Quantitative analysis on release behavior of the $^{85}Kr\;and\;^{14}C$ fission gases from the spent fuel material during the voloxidation and OREOX process has been performed. This thermal treatment step in a remote fabrication process to fabricate the dry-processed fuel from spent fuel has been used to obtain a fine powder The fractional release percent of fission gases from spent fuel materials with burn-up ranges from 27,000 MWd/tU to 65,000 MWd/tU have been evaluated by comparing the measured data with these initial inventories calculated by ORIGEN code. The release characteristics of $^{85}Kr\;and\;^{14}C$ fission gases during the voloxidation process at $500^{\circ}C$ seem to be closely linked to the degree of conversion efficiency of $UO_2\;to\;U_3O_8$ powder, and it is thus interpreted that the release from grain-boundary would be dominated during this step. The high release fraction of the fission gas from an oxidized powder during the OREOX process would be due to increase both in the gas diffusion at a temperature of $500^{\circ}C$ in a reduction step and in U atom mobility by the reduction. Therefore, it is believed that the fission gases release inventories in the OREOX step come from the inter-grain and inter-grain on $UO_2$ matrix. It is shown that the release fraction of $^{85}Kr\;and\;^{14}C$ fission gases during the voloxidation step would be increased as fuel burn-up increases, ranging from 6 to 12%, and a residual fission gas would completely be removed during the OREOX step. It seems that more effective treatment conditions for a removal of volatile fission gas are of powder formation by the oxidation in advance than the reduction of spent fuel at the higher temperature.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.525-530
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• 2012

In this study, silane-crosslinked organic/inorganic composite membranes were prepared by simultaneous irradiation grafting of binary monomer mixtures (styrene and 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate (TMSPM)) with various compositions onto a poly(ethylene-alt-tetraethylene) (ETFE) film and followed by sol-gel processing and sulfonation to provide a silane-crosslinked structure and a proton conducting ability, respectively. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) were utilized to confirm the crosslinking of ETFE-g-PS/PTMSPM films. The prepared membranes with similar ion exchange capacity but a different TMSPM content were selected and their membrane properties were compared. The ETFE-g-PSSA/PTMSPM membranes were characterized by water uptake, dimensional stability, and proton conductivity after sulfonation. The membrane electrode assemblies (MEA) of the prepared membranes were fabricated and their single cell performances were measured.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.54 no.1
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• pp.6-10
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• 2016

Until a recent day, degradation of PEMFC (Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells) has been mainly studied in unit cell. But operation and degradation of real PEMFC going along in stack instead of unit cell. Therefore in this work, ADT (Accelerated Degradation Test) of PEMFC was done in stack and the result from stack's test was compared with that of unit cell. The polymer electrolyte membrane was degraded by repeated electrochemical and mechanical degradation method among several ADT methods. Current densities of MEA at 0.6V decreased in stack and unit cell, 28.4% and 27.8% respectively after ADT for 312 hours. Hydrogen crossover current densities of membrane increased in stack and unit cell, 16.8% and 15.2% respectively after ADT for 312 hours. The result of ADT in stack was similar that of ADT in unit cell, which showed that ADT method of unit cell was available to the stack.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.217.2-217.2
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• 2010

자연 상태에서의 가스하이드레이트의 존재는 물의 빙점보다 높은 온도에서 가스 수송관이 막히는 사고가 관내에 생성된 하이드레이트에 의한 것으로 규명된 이후영구동토지역이나 심해저에 부존되어 있는 막대한 매장량으로 인해 매우 활발한 연구가 최근에 진행되고 있다. 가스하이드레이트는 수분의 량에 비해 대량의 가스를 함유하므로 인위적인 가스하이드레이트를 제조하기 위하여 여러 가지 연구 중 하이드레이트 반응을 촉진하는 촉진제(promoter)와 생성을 억제하는 억제제(inhibitor)를 찾는 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 계면활성제와 고분자물질이 이들의 다양한 첨가제로 현제 사용되고 있다. 이러한 연구에서 메탄가스하이드레이트 형성에 영향을 미치는 대상물질로 선택한 DME(Dimethane Ether)는 산소 함유율이 34.8wt%인 함산소연료로 최근 신에너지로 부상하고 있으며, 해외 가스전 개발과 맞물려서 상용화단계에 들어와 있다. DME의 물리화학적인 특성으로는 상온의 온도에서 약5기압의 압력으로 액화 시킬 수 있다. 마취성이 강한 디에틸에테르와는 달리 마취성이 없을 뿐만 아니라 인체에 무해한 무색기체로 세탄가가 60가까이되어 경유(세탄가 55) 대체연료로 내연기관의 실증사업이 진행되고 있다. 이러한 특성을 갖고 있는 DME가 메탄가스 하이드레이트 생성에는 어떤 영향을 미치는지를 본 연구에서는 실험을 통해서 분석을 수행하였다. 실험과정에는 세 단계로 구분하여 진행하였는데 첫 번째 단계에서는 메탄가스만으로 하이드레이트 생성조건을 실험분석하였고, 두 번째 단계에서는 DME가스를 먼저 주입한후 동일 온도에서 메탄가스를 주입시켜 하이드레이트 생성 압력을 실험측정하였다. 마지막 단계에서는 DME가스를 약 두 배 정도 많이 주입한 후 동일 온도에서 메탄가스를 주입하여 하이드레이트 생성 압력을 측정하였디. 이러한 단계별 과정을 다소 온화한 $-5^{\circ}C{\sim}4^{\circ}C$의 온도 범위에서 반복적으로 수행하였다. 실험결과에서는 메탄만의 하이드레이트 형성보다 빙점($0^{\circ}C$) 이하의 온도 범위에서는 DME가 메탄하이드레이트 형성에 촉진제 역할을 하였고, 빙점 이상의 온도에서는 억제제의 역할을 하는 것으로 측정되었다. 또한 첨가된 DME의 양에 따라 촉진제의 역할과 억제제의 역할에 확연한 차이를 보였다. 추후 실험에서는 좀더 넓은 농도, 온도 및 압력범위에서 재현성 실험을 추가로 수행할 것도 제안한다.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.247-254
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• 2002

In order to develop the ion exchange membranes which would be used in direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC), the polysulfone polymer was sulfonated using chlorosulfonic acid (CSA) and trimethylchlorosilane(TMCS). It has been characterized in terms of ion conductivities, methanol crossover, swelling degree and ion exchange capacities for the heat untreated and treated membranes at $150^{\circ}C.$ Typically, the methanol permeability and ion conductivity at the mole ratio of 1.4 between polysulfone repeating unit and sulfonating agents showed $2.87{\times}10^{-7}\; cm^2/s$(without heat treatment), $1.52{\times}10^{-7}\; cm^2/s$(with heat treatment) and $1.10{\times}10^{-2}\; S/cm$(without heat treatment), $0.87{\times}10^{-2}\;$ S/cm(with heat treatment), respectively. After the mole ration of 1.4 both values indicated mild increase.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.9-18
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• 1988

Previously determining the fuel loading pattern is based on the trial and error method. For a candidate pattern, the core analysis is performed and the pattern is examined whether it satisfies the imposed constraints such as the power peaking or not. The pattern, then, is revised by the shuffling of assemblies and the revision is repeated until all of the conditions are met. This method unavoidably requires many iterative diffusion calculations, computing times and accumulated experiences. To overcome these disadvantages, a new method which is called backward diffusion calculation is introduced. If the most desirable power distribution is already known, the optimal loading pattern can be obtained by solving the backward diffusion equation with simple calculation. In this study, the basic equation for the backward diffusion calculation is derived and the optimal power and fuel distributions are searched in one-dimensional cylindrical geometry by using the proposed method. In addition, the basis to determine the optimal power and fuel distributions is suggested for the real core geometry.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.10
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• pp.4673-4678
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• 2011

In this paper, studies on a mixing characteristic and viscosity measurement of polymer/graphite composites for a bipolar plate of the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell were presented. Since the materials for the bipolar plate should be electrically conductive, contents of solid graphite in the composite are very high. As a consequence, a viscosity of the polymer/graphite composite used for the bipolar plate is very high and the measurement of the viscosity is difficult. Viscosity measurements of the polymer/graphite composites were not possible because pressure drops were continuously fluctuated during the viscosity measurements when a conventional capillary die was used. After the die design was optimized, the steady state pressure drop could be achieved, but the viscosity thus measured was not reproducible. After many trials with different experimental techniques, it was found that melt blending of the grinded powder mixtures of both PET and graphite provides reproducible viscosity measurements and electric conductivities of the polymer/graphite composites.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.571-576
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• 1998

This study was carried out for investigating the corrosion behaviors, corrosion mechanisms, and behaviors of elements on a separator for a molten carbonate fuel cell under both the electrolyte and anode side environment. A 310S austenitic stainless steel was used as the separator material. Corrosion proceeded via three steps; the formation step of corrosion product in which rapid corrosion takes place until stable corrosion product is formed after the beginning of corrosion, the protection step against corrosion until breakaway occurs after the formation step of stable corrosion product and the advancing step of corrosion after the breakaway. From the standpoint of the behavior of the elements in the specimen, Fe and Cr, Ni were enriched in the region of corrosion product, in the region of corrosion protection, and at the Cr-deplete zone, respectively. With respect to corrosion mechanism, ionization of electrolyte at the anode side was the main corrosion mechanism, and the final corrosion products were $LiFeO_2$ and $LiCrO_2$ at the anode side.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.212-216
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• 2003

The humidification measurement system designed in laboratory was used to measure relative humidity and temperature of reaction gases passing through internal or external humidifier which was used in proton exchange membrane fuel cell test station. The relative humidity of gases was stabilized after $10\~20$ minutes and thus credibility of data could be assured. The effect of relative humidity on fuel cell performance could be analyzed by humidity measurement system. Extreme caution was needed to avoid humidity sensor mal-function or failure which is probable in experiment of high humidity condition near $100\%$. The amount of water carried by gas through humidifier was increased along the flow rate of gas. However, the extent of increase was lowered at high gas flow rate. These phenomena could be analyzed as residence time effect of gas in humidifier.