• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1992.10a
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• pp.1-4
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• 1992

생체막은 많은 생물학적인 과정에서 중요한 역할을 차지한다. 막의 주된 성분은 지질과 단백질이고, 막의 기본적인 구조는 2개의 지질분자가 소수성기를 안쪽으로 서로 마주보며 이차원으로 배열된 Bilayer구조이다. 막의 두께는 약 50A 전후로 지구상에 존재하는 막중에서 가장 얇은 막이라 할 수 있다. 막의기능성은 근본적으로 이 Bilayer구조특성에서 나온다고 할 수 있다. 생체막의 대표적인 물질로 Lecithin은 Phosphatidyl Choline을 친수성기로, 2개의 긴 알킬체인이 소수성영역으로 된 양친매성 화합물이다.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.53 no.3
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• pp.345-354
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• 2009

Sulfonated poly(ether sulfone)s (PESs) with a network structure were prepared by heat-induced crosslinking of the allyl-terminated telechelic sulfone polymers using a bisazide and their structure was analyzed by $^1H$ NMR. Having both uniform distribution of the hydrophilic conductive sites and controlled hydrophobic nature by minimized crosslinking, the crosslinked polymer (PES-60) membrane offered excellent proton conductivity at high temperature with a good thermal stability. In addition, selectivity of the crosslinked membrane (PES-60) was more than three times than that of Nafion$^{(R)}$.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.56 no.1
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• pp.29-41
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• 2018

Separating a mixture having an azeotrope or low relative volatility with single distillation column is difficult. Separating water-acetic acid mixture and water-ethanol mixture with a distillation column consumes a lot of energy. Pervaporation membrane can be used to separate the mixture in the concentration region where separation is difficult with distillation. We simulated a distillation-membrane hybrid process where membrane is located on the head of the distillation column for efficient separation of water-acetic acid and water-ethanol mixture. Permeability data were obtained from experiments and literature. We formulated an optimization problem for the process with total annual cost (TAC) as an objective function and major design variables as optimization variables. Major optimization variable affecting TAC of the hybrid process was shown to be distillate concentration. We also suggested a simplified optimization procedure to get a close-to-optimal solution.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.124.1-124.1
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• 2015

$TiO_2$는 화학적으로 안정하며, 인체에 무해하고, 살균특성 및 각종 유기물에 효과적인 분해력, 안정성 및 내구성들의 장점으로 인해 널리 사용되는 광촉매제로 알려져 있다. 최근 $TiO_2$는 유리에 접촉되는 물방울의 표면장력을 크게 하여 접촉각을 10도 이하로 유지시켜줌으로써 비가 오거나 청소를 위해 살수를 할 때 유리면에 얇은 수막을 형성시켜 광촉매 기능으로 분해된 유기질의 오염물질 및 유리표면과의 결합력이 낮아진 무기질의 오염원을 쉽게 제거해 주는 특성들로 인해 오염방지 코팅제로 많이 활용되고 있다. 그러나, $TiO_2$는 빛이 조사될 경우에만 친수특성을 나타낸다는 단점들이 있어 본 연구에서는 $TiO_2$에 $SnO_2$를 혼합한 박막을 증착하여 신뢰성을 향상시키고자 하였다. 또한 기존 $TiO_2$ 코팅막들이 주로 spray 또는 blade 방식으로 코팅되어 코팅된 막이 낮은 균일성과 내구성을 가지므로 본 연구에서는 RF-Magnetron Sputtering 방법을 이용하여 유리 기판위에 $(TiO_2)50(SnO_2)50$ 박막을 증착하였다. 제작된 박막은 유리에 적용될 경우를 감안해 광학적 특성을 분석하기 위해 Uv-vis Spectrometer 장비를 이용하여 투과율을 분석하였으며, $SnO_2$ 혼합에 따른 구조적 특성으로 주사전자현미경(Scanning Electric Microscope, SEM)을 통하여 박막의 결정상을 분석하였으며, 주사탐침현미경(Atomic Force Microscope, AFM)을 사용하여 표면 거칠기를 관찰하였다. 또한 광촉매 특성을 통한 친수성을 알아보기 위해 UV 램프를 사용한 후 접촉각을 측정하였다.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.44-53
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• 2007

The primary objective of this study is to increase the extent of water flux and fouling resistance of nano-filtration or reverse osmosis membranes. This study was performed to investigate the effect of surface characteristics of silane coated membranes on modified fouling index. Commercial polyamide composite RO membrane (RE1812-LP) and NF membrane (ESNA4040-LF) were treated with silane coupling agents in ethanol at five different concentrations. The silane coupling reagent, aminopropylmethoxydiethoxysilane, contains one aminoalkyl and three alkoxy groups. The hydrophilic effect of aminoalkyl group of APMDES on the permeability and fouling resistance of the modified membrane was examined. The surfaces of the modified membranes were characterized by FE-SEM, contact angle analyzer, and zeta potentiometer in order to confirm successful sol-gel methods. The modified NF membranes showed significantly enhanced water flux and fouling resistance without a decrease in salt rejection in divalent ionic feed solution.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.46 no.3
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• pp.639-645
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• 2008

The objectives of this research are to (1) observe changes in particle size distribution due to formation of microflocs during coagulation process (2) identify the membrane fouling potential on cross flow system (3) investigate the mechanism of membrane fouling. The rate of flux decline for the hydrophobic membrane was significantly greater than for the hydrophilic membrane, regardless of pretreatment conditions. The pretreatment of the raw water significantly reduced the fouling of the UF membrane. Also, the rate of flux decline for the hydrophobic membrane was considerably greater than for the hydrophilic membrane. Applying coagulation process before membrane filtration showed not only reducing membrane fouling, but also improving the removal of dissolved organic materials that might otherwise not be removed by the membrane. That is, during the mixing period, substantial changes in particle size distribution occurred under rapid and slow mixing condition due to the simultaneous formation of microflocs and NOM precipitates. Therefore, combined pretreatment using coagulation not only improved dissolved organics removal efficiency but also flux recovery efficiency.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.299-305
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• 2011

This study deals with the preparation of polymeric electrolyte membranes having high durability for the application of fuel cells. The membranes under investigation were prepared the impregnation to porous polyethylene membranes with poly(vinyl alcohol)(PVA), poly(styrene sulfonic acid-co-maleic acid), and (PSSA-MA)3-(trihydroxysilyl)-1-propanesulfonic acid (THS-PSA). To characterize the resulting membranes, the water contents, the contact angles, FT-IR, the proton conductivity and the the modulus were measured. The proton conductivity of 30% content of THS-PSA at $55^{\circ}C$ gave excellent $1.27{\times}10^{-1}S/cm$ and the mechanical strength was improved 7 times higher up to the THS-PSA content 15%, as a result, the durability was elevated extensively.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.176-183
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• 2016

This study relates to a polymer electrolyte membrane for improved performance fuel cell, were researched with respect to properties required for driving a fuel cell. The bis(4-fluorophenyl)phenyl phosphine oxide was sulfonated using fuming sulfuric acid. Synthetic hydrophilic oligomer and the hydrophobic oligomer and the block copolymers were prepared via aromatic nucleophilic substitution polycondensation. A block copolymer structure and degree of sulfonation was analyzed by $^1H$-NMR and gel permeation chromatography(GPC) analysis. Thermal stability was confirmed by thermogravimetric analysis(TGA), block copolymer was stable at high temperature(>$200^{\circ}C$), The ion conductivity was measured in order to demonstrate the performance of fuel cell. Synthesis membrane was the increase of temperature was improved conductivity up to 58 mS/cm due to the influence of the developed ion clusters. The phase separation of the polymer was observed to make AFM analysis.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.30 no.11
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• pp.1139-1145
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• 2008

The objectives of this research are to investigate the mechanism of coagulation affecting UF and find out the optimum conditions of the combined of coagulation with UF membrane filtration for NOM removal. During the mixing period, substantial changes in particle size distribution occurred under rapid and slow mixing condition due to the simultaneous formation of microflocs and NOM precipitates. Therefore, combined pretreatment using coagulation (both rapid mixing and slow mixing) improved dissolved removal efficiency. Also, for combined coagulation to membrane process, flux reduction rate showed lower than only UF process. The rate of flux decline for the hydrophobic membrane was considerably greater than for the hydrophilic membrane. Applying coagulation process before membrane filtration showed not only reducing membrane fouling, but also improving the removal of dissolved organic materials that might otherwise not be removed by the membrane.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1996.04a
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• pp.65-66
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• 1996

투과증발법은 상부에 액체공급액이 반투과막과 접촉하고 있고 하부에 진공에 가까운 낮은 압력을 걸어줌으로써 투과물이 수증기로 제거되는 막공정의 하나이다. 막을 통한 분리는 혼합물의 각 성분이 막내에서 다른 용해도와 확산도를 가지고 있기 때문에 발생한다. 이 공정의 지배적인 전달 메카니즘은 용해-확산 모델을 기초로 하고 있기 때문에 전형적으로 투과증발막은 대개 미세다공성 지지체에 얇은 선택성을 가진 재료를 입힌 복합막을 사용한다. 본 연구의 목적은 선택성을 가진 상부층막이 키토산인 복합막에서 지지체 구조의 영향을 살펴보고 키토산 복합막에 대한 물-에탄올 분리에 대해 최적의 모델을 찾는 것이다. 투과증발막소재로서의 키토산은 친수성기를 가지고 있으므로 물과 알코올의 분리에서 물만을 선택적으로 흡수하여 투과시키는 우수한 성능을 지니고 있으나 더욱 효과적인 막성능을 발휘하기 위해서는 지지체의 역할 및 막성능에 영향을 끼치는 여러 가지 인자들을 고려해서 막을 설계하는 것이 필요하다. 여기서는 상부층의 막두께, 지지체의 특성, 피드 농도 등을 변화시켜 가장 적당한 모델을 예측하였다.