• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.219-226
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• 2018

IIoT(Industrial Internet of Thing) means that all manufacturing processes are informed beyond the conventional automation of process automation. The objective of the system is to build an information system based on the data collected from the sensors installed in each process and to maintain optimal productivity by managing and automating each process in real time. Data collected from sensors in each process is unstructured and many studies have been conducted to collect and process such unstructured data effectively. In this paper, we propose a system using Node-RED as middleware for effective big data collection and processing.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.61 no.2
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• pp.175-188
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• 2023

Global interest in hydrogen energy is increasing as an eco-friendly future energy that can replace fossil fuels. Accordingly, a next-generation hydrogen production technology using microorganisms, nuclear power, etc. is being developed, while a lot of time and effort are still required to overcome the cost of hydrogen production based on fossil fuels. As a way to minimize greenhouse gas emissions in the hydrocarbon-based hydrogen production process, methane direct decomposition technology has recently attracted attention. In order to improve the economic feasibility of the process, the simultaneous production of value-added carbon materials with hydrogen can be one of the most essential aspects. For that purpose, various studies on catalysis related to the quality and yield of high-value carbon materials such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs). In terms of process technology, a number of the research and development of fluidized-bed reactors capable of continuous production and improved gas-solid contact efficiency has been attempted. Recently, methane direct decomposition technology using a fluidized bed has been developed to the extent that it can produce 270 kg/day of hydrogen and 1000 kg/day of carbon. Plus, with the development of catalyst regeneration, separation and recirculation technologies, the process efficiency can be further improved. This review paper investigates the recent development of catalysts and fluidized bed reactor for methane direct pyrolysis to identify the key challenges and opportunities.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.275-289
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• 2014

Recent scaled-up onshore and offshore field production tests revealed that the expectancy to produce gas from the gas hydrate deposits is gradually increasing, recognizing its potentials as one of the future energy resources. The total produced gas was approximately $480m^3$ by the hot water circulation method for 6 days' operation in Mallik 2002 project in Canada. In Mallik 2006-2008 project, the gas was successfully produced stably by the depressurization method for 6 days, up to $13,000m^3$ cumulatively. The depressurization method applied in the Mallik test was revealed as an effective way to produce gas from gas hydrates. The Alaska North Slope field trial in 2012 to inject mixed gas of $CO_2$ and $N_2$ to exchange $CH_4$ was successfully completed for the first time to produce maximum $1,270m^3$ per day. The remarkable achievement is that Japan has completed first offshore production test in the Eastern Nankai Trough, and produced approximately $120,000m^3$ of methane by the depressurization method for 6 days in March 2013. The technical challenges and uncertainties obtained from Nankai Trough production test give Korea more considerations in the aspects of well completion, reservoir formation and seafloor stability, sand control, flow assurance, and etc., due to the different geological environments and geomechnical properties in Ulleung Basin in Korea.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.39-44
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• 2008

The Roll-to-Roll system including continuous flexible thin materials and roller has its wide range of applications especially in the electronic printing industry. The industry is growing rapidly and the printing speed is also improving. However, the printing machine based on web and roller system has it own problem. As the web speed increases, the failure to maintain the contact may occur and the air entrain between the roller and the paper web may exist. Air bubbles may remain attached to electronic ink on the web causing defects on product surface. With the development of image processing technique, the airflow around the web and rolls can be visualized and calculated by PIV method. In our experiment, the simple web and rolls system is used to R2R simulator. The flow field is studied at various web speeds and positions. The result shows that the flow field has complicated structure with turbulent characteristic and the main trend of flow is obtained by taking time average of flow field.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.50-60
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• 1998

This paper is concerned with the design of two residual control charts for real-time monitoring of the continuous flow processes. Two different control charts are designed under the situation that observations are correlated each other. Kalman-Filter based model estimation is employed when the process model is known. A black-box approach, based on Back-Propagation Neural Network, is also applied for the design of control chart when there is no prior information of process model. Performance of the designed control charts and traditional control charts is evaluated. Average run length(ARL) is adopted as a criterion for comparison. Experimental results show that the designed control chart using the Neural Network's modeling has shorter ARL than that of the other control charts when process mean is shifted. This means that the designed control chart detects the out-of-control state of the process faster than the others. The designed control chart using the Kalman-Filter based model estimation also has better performance than traditional control chart when process is out-of-control state.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.129-136
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• 2011

Simulated Moving Bed(SMB) process consists of multiple chromatographic columns, which are usually partitioned into four zones. Such a process characteristic allows a continuous binary separations those are impracticable in conventional batch chromatographic processes. Compared with batch chromatography, SMB has advantages of continuity, high purity and productivity. Various researches have been reported for the integration of reaction and recovery during process operation on the purpose of economics and effectiveness. Simulated Moving Bed Reactor(SMBR) is introduced to combine SMB as a continuous separation process and reactor. Several cases of SMBR have been reported for diverse reactions with catalytic, enzymatic and chemical reaction on ion exchange resin as main streams. With an early type of fixed bed using catalyst, SMBR has been developed as SMB using fluidized enzyme, SMB with immobilized enzyme and SMB with discrete reaction region. For simple modeling and optimization of SMBR, a method considering convection only is possible. A complex method considering axial dispersion and mass transfer resistance is needed to explain the real behavior of solutes in SMBR. By combining reaction and separation, SMBR has benefits of lower installation cost by minimizing equipment use, higher purity and yield by avoiding the equilibrium restriction in case of reversible reaction.

• Korean Management Science Review
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.39-54
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• 2000

This paper presents a causal forecasting model using guided genetic algorithm in continuous manufacturing process. The guide genetic algorithm(GGA) is an extended genetic algorithm(GA) using penalty function and population diversity index to increase forecasting accuracy. GGA adds to the canonical GA the concept of a penalty function to avoid selecting the unproductive chromosomes and to make a proper searching direction. Also, GGA modifies the current population using the similarity of chromosomes to avoid falling into the trap of local optimal solution. For investigation GGA performance, we used a set of real data that was collected in local glass melting processes, and experimental results show the proposed model results in the better forecasting accuracy than linear regression model and canonical GA.

• The Korean Journal of Rheology
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• v.8 no.3_4
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• pp.177-186
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• 1996

압출가공으로 제조된 Polycarbonate(PC)/Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene(ABS) 블 렌드의 사출조건에 따른 모폴로지와 기계적 성질의 변화와 그 상관관계를 고찰하였다. 사출 온도와 금형온도가 높아질수록 분산상간의 coalescence 현상이 활발히 진행되었으며 이러한 모폴로지 변화로 인하여블렌드의 인장강도 굴곡강도 그리고 충격강도 등의 기계적 성질이 급격히 저하되었다. 사출온도와 금형온도의 증가에 따른 coalescence의 심화는 높은 온도에 서 연속상과 분산상의 점도가 저하되어 분산상 사이에 존재하는 연속상 성분의 배출이 보다 용이하게 이루어져 나타난 현상으로 설명된다. 실용적으로 특정한 상용화제가 투입되지 않 는 PC/ABS 블렌드를 사출공정을 거쳐 제품을 생산할 경우에는 급격한 모폴로지와 물성변 화가 일어나지 않는 범위에서 사출온도를 유지하는 것이 제품의 품질관리 측면에서 매우 중 요하다.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.347-350
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 습식식각 설비의 Process 동작 간에 발생되는 설비의 비 가동 시간을 최소화하여 Throughput을 향상시키기 위하여 Monitoring 한 결과 Recipe 변경, 액 교환 발생, Tact 변경 등의 공정간 조건에 따라 대기시간이 발생(생산 지연시간 발생) 하는 것을 확인 하고 이를 개선하기 위한 연구이다. 연구 방법으로, Recipe Data 적용 시점을 약액 구간 처리 완료 시점에서 후속 기판이 대기하지 않고 연속 투입을 실시, Chamber Drain과 약액 Tank 전환이 동시에 이루어지고 액 교환 동작 중 Pump Spray의 연속성을 유지하는 무정지 액 교환 Sequence 적용, Tact 적용 시점을 전 기판 배출 확인 후 실시하는 것을 약액 구간 처리 완료 후 적용의 3가지 방법을 6시그마의 DMAIC 기법을 활용하였다. 연구 결과 개선 전 비 가동 시간이 설비 대당 1일 28분 시그마 Level 3.40 이었던 것을 개선 후 설비 대당 1일 17분 시그마 Level 5.3 으로 개선됨을 확인 할 수 있다.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.249-256
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• 1995

${\gamma}$-Glutamylcysteine production by the immobilized microbial system of recombinant Escherichia coli and yeast was investigated. ${\gamma}$-Glutamylcysteine was synthesized from L-glutamic acid and L-cysteine in the presence of ATP by the reaction catalyzed by ${\gamma}$-glutamylcysteine synthetase. An immobilized microbial cell system was developed for the efficient ${\gamma}$-glutamylcysteine production. Recombinant Escherichia coli and yeast were immobilized by alginate. Production of ${\gamma}$-glutamylcysteine was better with the recombinant Escherichia coli for both the synthesis of ${\gamma}$-glutamylcysteine and the ATP regeneration than the mixed system of recombinant Escherichia coli and yeast. The proper radio of recombinant Escherichia coli to yeast was experimentary observed to be 1:4 in the mixed system. Although the immobi1ized system had the slower reaction rate, its reaction stability was increased by 10%.