• Composites Research
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.118-123
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• 2015

In the current study explain about the bio-based composites made by groundnut shell as reinforcement with polyester resin matrix. Groundnut shell is an abundantly available natural waste byproduct and poly ester resin is widely used to fabricate of composites for good balance of mechanical properties because it is relatively low price and ease of handling. Evaluate the mechanical properties of manufactured groundnut shell/polyester composites by varying the amounts (wt %) of groundnut shell. Particulate shell reinforced polyester composites incorporating varying amounts of groundnut shell (5, 10, 15 and 20%) were characterized for their tensile strength, flexural strength, and impact strength. The mechanical properties improved with increasing particle loading up to 15% and decreased thereafter. Increasing in strength with increased particle shell loading was attributed to increase in surface area which enhanced load transfer between the polyester matrix and ground shall particulates. Scanning electron microscopic studies have been carried out to study the morphology of the composite. Thermal studies and water absorption properties of the composites also studied in this paper.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.691-709
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• 2007

Concerns on environmental waste problems caused by non-biodegradable petrochemical-based plastic packaging materials as well as consumer's demand for high quality food products has caused an increasing interest in developing biodegradable packaging materials using annually renewable natural biopolymers such as polysaccharides and proteins. However, inherent shortcomings of natural polymer-based packaging materials such as low mechanical properties and low water resistance are causing a major limitation for their industrial use. By the way, recent advent of nanocomposite technology rekindled interests on the use of natural biopolymers in the food packaging application. Polymer nanocomposites, especially natural biopolymer-layered silicate nanocomposites, exhibit markedly improved packaging properties due to their nanometer size dispersion. These improvements include increased mechanical strength, decreased gas permeability, and increased water resistance. Additionally, biologically active ingredients can be added to impart the desired functional properties to the resulting packaging materials. Consequently, natural biopolymer-based nanocomposite packaging materials with bio-functional properties have huge potential for application in the active food packaging industry. In this review, recent advances in the preparation and characterization of natural biopolymer-based nanocomposite films, and their potential use in food packaging applications are addressed.

• Carbon letters
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2002

The regional bio-wastes available in abundance in India were converted into porous carbon by heat treatment at different temperatures from $650-950^{\circ}C$. The wood retain shapes after pyrolysis though shrinkage occured both in axial and radial directions. The shrinkage in radial direction was found to be more than in axial direction in all woods. The density of woods and chars from these at a given temperature has been found to follow linear relationship. Chars were steam activated at temperature $700-800^{\circ}C$ for different times between 45-240 min. Both the temperature and time of activation with steam has a profound effect on surface area. Chars from softwoods like bagasse and castor oil plant were activated at lower temperature, i.e. $700-750^{\circ}C$ whereas hard wood chars have to be activated at higher temperature around $800^{\circ}C$. The morphology of wood as well as of chars has been studied by SEM. The comparison of the two showed that the nature of porosity in chars depends on precursor morphology, nature and physical state of wood and presence of inorganic compounds in the wood. Hard wood results in cross inter connected pores while softwood leads to fibriller structure. The present studies show that activated carbon with reasonably good surface area (${\sim}1000m^2/gm$) can be prepared from soft wood bio-wastes like bagasse and castor oil plant, while surface area ${\sim}1370m^2/gm$ was achieved from hard wood bio waste of pine wood.

• Composites Research
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.209-214
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 친환경적이고 공급이 안정적인 소재를 찾기 위하여, Bio waste인 쌀겨와 조개 껍질에서 활용하여 마이크로 사이즈의 미세 입자를 추출하고, 추출한 입자의 크기와 형상을 분석한 후 CFRP에 첨가하여 물성의 변화를 관찰하였다. 쌀겨와 탄화 쌀겨의 주요구성성분은 탄소, 산소, 규소로 이루어졌으며 탄화과정을 거치면서 탄소와 규소의 비율이 증가함을 확인하였고, 조개 껍질 분말에서는 탄소 산소와 칼슘이 검출되었으며 이는 조개 껍질의 주요구성물질인 탄산칼슘의 영향으로 보인다. 쌀겨 분말의 면적평균은 $6.19{\mu}m$ 체적평균은 $14.77{\mu}m$으로 FE-SEM을 통하여 막대형상의 입자가 관찰되며 이는 쌀겨가 가지고 있던 껍질부분의 주름이나 표면의 털이 남아있는 형상으로 보인다. 탄화쌀겨의 분말은 면적평균은 $1.55{\mu}m$ 체적평균은 $8.20{\mu}m$ 조개 껍질 분말은 면적평균은 $2.53{\mu}m$ 체적평균은 $5.79{\mu}m$로 분석되었으며 쌀겨분말의 경우 막대(Rod)형상의 입자들이 관찰되었고, 조개 껍질 분말의 경우 판상(Plate)의 형상을 가지는 것으로 관찰되었다. CFRP에 첨가하였을 경우 첨가량에 비례하여 물성의 하락이 관찰되었는데 그 폭이 쌀겨분말의 경우가 가장 컸으며, 조개 껍질 분말의 경우 물성하락을 거의 유발하지 않음을 확인하였다.

• 분석과학
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.174-181
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• 2017

Bio-liquid is a liquid by-product of the hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) reaction, converting wet biomass into solid hydrochar, bio-liquid, and bio-gas. Since bio-liquid contains various compounds, it requires efficient sampling method to extract the target compounds from bio-liquid. In this research, fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) in bio-liquid was extracted based on hollow fiber supported liquid phase microextraction (HF-LPME) and determined by Gas Chromatography-Flame Ionization Detector (GC-FID) and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS). The well-known major components of biodiesel, including methyl myristate, palmitate, methyl palmitoleate, methyl stearate, methyl oleate, and methyl linoleate had been selected as standard materials for FAME analysis using HF-LPME. Physicochemical properties of bio-liquid was measured that the acidity was 3.30 (${\pm}0.01$) and the moisture content was 100.84 (${\pm}3.02$)%. The optimization of HF-LPME method had been investigated by varying the experimental parameters such as extraction solvent, extraction time, stirring speed, and the length of HF at the fixed concentration of NaCl salt. As a result, optimal conditions of HF-LPME for FAMEs were; n-octanol for extraction solvent, 30 min for extraction time, 1200 rpm for stirring speed, 20 mm for the HF length, and 0.5 w/v% for the concentration of NaCl. Validation of HF-LPME was performed with limit of detection (LOD), limit of quantitation (LOQ), dynamic range, reproducibility, and recovery. The results obtained from this study indicated that HF-LPME was suitable for the preconcentration method and the quantitative analysis to characterize FAMEs in bio-liquid generated from food waste via HTC reaction.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제61권4호
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• pp.584-590
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• 2023

In this study, we focus on the recycling of cardboard waste and sugarcane bagasse (SCB) for the preparation of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and its conversion into a biodegradable film. Sodium alginate (SA) was added to form a biodegradable composite film. SA was used to increase film permeability. Glycerol, which is a plasticizer, was used to increase the tensile strength (TS) and film expansion. To characterize the CMC, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy were used. The addition of olive oil to the CMC-SA matrix highlighted its antimicrobial property against Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). A slight decrease in tensile strength was observed with the addition of olive oil (OO), which improved the functional properties of the control films as well as lowered moisture content and water solubility. But considering all other factors, the composite films obtained from sugarcane bagasse and cardboard waste incorporated with olive oil are suitable for applications in the field of food packaging.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.291-299
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• 2023

Monitoring contaminants in waste landfills on a seabed is important because the leachate affects the marine ecosystem and facility stability. The objective of this study is to optimize a time-domain reflectometry (TDR) probe using different coating materials and several electrodes to estimate contaminants in saline soil. Copper concentrations ranging from 0 mg/L to 10 mg/L were mixed in 3% salinity water to simulate contaminants in the ocean environment. Epoxy, top-coat, and varnish were used as coating materials, and two to seven electrodes were prepared to vary the number and arrangement of the electrodes. Test results showed that the varnish stably captured the increase in copper concentration, while the other coating materials became insensitive or caused leakage current. In addition, a TDR probe with more electrodes exhibited stable and distinct electromagnetic signals. Thus, the TDR probe with seven electrodes coated with varnish was effectively used to estimate contaminants in saline soil.

• 한국폐기물자원순환학회지
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• 제35권7호
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• pp.653-659
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• 2018

In the industrial wastewater that occupies a large proportion of river pollution, the wastewater generated in textile, leather, and plating industries is hardly decomposable. Though dyeing wastewater has generally been treated using chemical and biological methods, its characteristics cause treatment efficiencies such as chemical oxygen demand (COD) and suspended solids (SS) to be reduced only in the activated sludge method. Currently, advanced oxidation technology for the treatment of dyeing wastewater is being developed worldwide. Electro-coagulation is highly adapted to industrial wastewater treatment because it has a high removal efficiency and a short processing time regardless of the biodegradable nature of the contaminant. In this study, the effects of the current density and the electrolyte condition on the COD removal efficiency in dyeing wastewater treatment by using electro-coagulation were tested with an aluminum anode and a stainless steel cathode. The results are as follows: (1) When the current density was adjusted to $20A/m^2$, $40A/m^2$, and $60A/m^2$ under the condition without electrolyte, the COD removal efficiency at 60 min was 62.3%, 72.3%, and 81.0%, respectively. (2) The removal efficiency with NaCl addition was 7.9% higher on average than that with non-addition at all current densities. (3) The removal efficiency with $Na_2SO_4$ addition was 4.7% higher on average than that with non-addition at all current densities.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.30-35
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• 2008

혼합 호산성 박테리아를 이용하여 리튬이온 밧데리 산업 폐기물로부터 코발트와 리튬의 침출을 연구하였다. 혼합 호산성 박테리아의 성장기질은 단체 황 및 2가 철이온으로 구성되어 있으며 미생물에 의한 금속의 침출은 폐기물에 존재하는 금속과 황산이온의 양자 반응 때문에 일어난다. 본 연구에서 12일간 미생물 침출반응시 고상 폐기물중 코발트의 80%, 리튬의 20%가 용해되었으며 고액비가 높을수록 금속의 독성으로 인하여 미생물의 성장은 억제된다. 단체 황의 농도가 높을 조건에서는 일부 황 분말이 용해되지 않으며 금속의 침출속도는 황의 증가에 따라 감소한다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.135-143
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• 2015

본 연구는 반탄화 목분과 정수기 필터용 폐활성탄 분쇄물을 혼합한 혼합물을 연료로 사용하였을 경우의 그 연료적 특성을 평가하고자 하였다. 반탄화 목분은 국산 범용수종인 졸참나무와 소나무를 이용하여 급속으로 목재칩 열가공처리가 가능한 wood roaster를 이용하여 처리하였으며 처리조건은 $200^{\circ}C$에서 각 300 s, 450 s, 600 s를 적용하였다. 이때 폐활성탄과 반탄화 목분의 혼합비율은 중량대비(wt%) 5 : 95, 10 : 90, 15 : 85, 20 : 80, 40 : 60, 60 : 40, 80 : 20으로 하였으며, 이에 대한 연료적 특성에 평가를 위해 발열량, 원소분석, 회분함량 등을 측정하였다. 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 동일시간, 온도 등의 wood roasting 처리조건에서 소나무가 졸참나무에 비해 탄소함량이 더 높았으며, 이는 낮은 온도와 짧은 시간에 최적 탄화도를 나타냄으로 소나무가 효율적인 반탄화 작업이 가능함을 알 수 있다. 2. 반탄화 목분 및 무처리 목분의 폐활성탄 첨가율이 증가할수록 총발열량 값은 급격히 증가하였고 회분함량 또한 증가하였다. 3. 반탄화 목분과 무처리 목분에 폐활성탄을 혼합한 경우에는 두 조건 모두 첨가율에 따라 총발열량은 증가하지만 무처리 보다는 반탄화 목분 그리고 졸참나무보다는 소나무가 더 높은 총발열량을 나타냈다. 4. 폐활성탄을 목분과 함께 혼합물의 원료로 사용하기 위해서는 $800^{\circ}C$, 4시간 연소조건 이상의 고온 연소조건이 필요하다고 판단된다. 이는 $800^{\circ}C$, 4시간 연소조건에서도 완전연소가 되지 않고 회분상태로 잔류하는 함량이 매우 높기 때문이다. 5. 또한 무처리 목분과 반탄화 목분에 폐활성탄을 혼합한 조건 중 무처리 목분에 폐활성탄을 혼합하는 조건이 총발열량의 증가율이 더 높게 나타났으며, 이러한 현상은 소나무보다는 졸참나무가 더 명확하게 나타났다. 최적 회분함량의 폐활성탄 첨가비율은 소나무 무처리 목분에 총 중량대비 5% 이상, 10% 미만의 조건이며 이는 1급 펠릿에 해당되는 0.7% 미만의 기준을 만족하는 것으로 나타났다.