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Design and Construction Study of an Injection Facility for CO2 Offshore Storage (CO2 해상 지중저장을 위한 주입설비 설계 및 구축 연구)

  • Moon, Hung-Man;Kim, Hyo-Joon;Shin, Se-Jin;Lee, Yong-Il;Kwon, Si-Hyun;Kwon, Yi-Kyun
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.207-215
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    • 2018
  • Almost all countries of the world have recently made great efforts to reduce green-house gases to alleviate the global warming threatening human survival, because a huge amount of carbon dioxide as one of the main green-house gases has been emitted from the combustion processes of fossil fuels such as coal and oil. $CO_2$ capture and storage (CCS) technology is a representative method to diminish the green-house gases, and actively investigated by many countries. This study focuses on the design and construction of a high pressure $CO_2$ injection facility to store it to underground, which is the first $CO_2$ injection in Korea following the steps of the $CO_2$ capture from large $CO_2$ emission sources and transportation to the sea. Injection tests of $CO_2$ on the platform on the sea were carried out in Yeongil Bay of Pohang city in the early 2017. Thus, we were able to perceive the necessary operating conditions of the injection facility, injection characteristic, and knowhow of the injection facility. The results obtained from the injection test shall be utilized for facility upgrades and scale-ups.

The Effect of Supercritical Carbonation on Quality Improvement of Recycled Fine Aggregate (초임계 탄산화 반응이 순환잔골재의 품질개선에 미치는 영향)

  • Heo, Seong-Uk;Kim, Ji-Hyun;Chung, Chul-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.33-40
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    • 2021
  • The objective of this work is to prove a possibility of void f illing through a carbonation f or the purpose of improving the quality of recycled aggregate. Carbonation can permanently immobilize CO2, which is a greenhouse gas, and thus provides additional benefit on environment. In this work, recycled fine aggregate was reacted using gaseous CO2 and supercritical CO2(scCO2) in a closed chamber, and the changes in physical properties of the recycled f ine aggregate bef ore and af ter carbonation were analyzed using the apparent density, skeletal density, pH, and FE-SEM measurements. Thereafter, a mortar specimen was prepared and a compressive strength was measured. According to the experimental results, it was found that the increase in the apparent density and the true density was higher by the reaction with scCO2, which was conducted at high temperature and high pressure compared to the reaction with gaseous CO2. In addition, the pH of the eluted water was found to have a larger initial decrease than that observed with samples from reaction by gaseous CO2. The shape and amount of calcium carbonate crystals were also found to be larger than that from gaseous CO2. The increase in compressive strength was the largest when using recycled fine aggregate reacted with scCO2. It was clear that quality improvement of recycled fine aggregate was higher with scCO2 than with gaseous CO2.

A Study on Predicting Progress Carbonation using FDM Analysis After Carbonated RC Structures Surface Repair (탄산화가 진행된 기존 RC구조물의 표면보수공법 적용 후 FDM 해석을 이용한 탄산화 진행 예측 연구)

  • Lee, Hyung-Min;Lee, Han-Seung;Kim, Yeung-Kwan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2015.11a
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    • pp.13-14
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    • 2015
  • Carbonation is the results of the interaction of carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere with the alkaline hydroxides in the concrete. in other words, of the hydrates in the cement pastes, the one which reacts with readily is Ca(OH)2, the product of the reaction being CaCO3 and which decreases the alkalinity of concrete. Consequently, RC structure is deteriorated due to steel corrosion in concrete. As the importance of maintenance of reinforced concrete structure recently has emerged, the attention of durability of structure has been increasing. There are many studies about durability decline especially due to the carbonation. In order to study carbonation progress after surface repair of carbonated concrete, each carbonation penetration velocity from different repair materials of concrete structure is compared through the experiment of carbonation accelerating CO2 concentration to 100%. As carbonation infiltration progress is predicted through this study, the counterplan of service life evaluation will be prepared on selection of repair materials of concrete structure.

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Investigation on the Effectiveness of Aqueous Carbonated Lime in Producing an Alternative Cementitious Material

  • Jo, Byung-Wan;Chakraborty, Sumit;Choi, Ji Sun;Jo, Jun Ho
    • International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.15-28
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    • 2016
  • With the aim to reduce the atmospheric $CO_2$, utilization of the carbonated lime produced from the aqueous carbonation reaction for the synthesis of a cementitious material would be a promising approach. The present investigation deals with the aqueous carbonation of slaked lime, followed by hydrothermal synthesis of a cementitious material utilizing the carbonated lime, silica fume, and hydrated alumina. In this study, the aqueous carbonation reaction was performed under four different conditions. The TGA, FESEM, and XRD analysis of the carbonated product obtained from the four different reaction conditions was performed to evaluate the efficacy of the reaction conditions used for the production of the carbonated lime. Additionally, the performance of the cementitious material was verified analyzing the physical characteristics, mechanical property and setting time. Based on the results, it is demonstrated that the material produced by the hydrothermal method possesses the cementing ability. Additionally, it is revealed that the mortar prepared using the alternative cementitious material yields $33.8{\pm}1.3MPa$ compressive strength. Finally, a plausible reaction scheme has been proposed to explain the overall performances of the aqueous carbonation as well as the hydrothermal synthesis of the cementitious material.

Security Communication Implementation and Experiments for USN Fire Prevention System (USN 화재방재 시스템을 위한 보안 통신 구현 및 실험)

  • Kim, Young-Hyuk;Lim, Il-Kwon;Lee, Jae-Kwang
    • The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.99-104
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    • 2010
  • USN Fire Prevention System is an intelligent system that detects the fire through the value which has got from a sensor such as temperature, humidity, intensity of illumination, acceleration, carbon dioxide(CO2) and so on. And then send it to the operator also use the algorithmic fire detection to operate fire extinguish system on. It is among U-Disaster Prevention System which has prevented fire lately. Configuration of the packet was designed to make the most of lightweight and fast processing for low power consumption. Recently listed in the encryption algorithm is applied each DES, 3DES, AES and HIGHT. So objective was to faster encryption than encryption of high-performance finally domestic standard encryption algorithm HIGHT were suitable for the fire prevention system needed frequent sensing time.

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Compact module and control system for district heating system (지역난방용 콤팩트 유닛 및 제어기 개발)

  • Lee, Young-Soo;Baik, Young-Jin;Jung, Dae-Hun;Kim, Jin;Um, Chul-Jun
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2009.06a
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    • pp.1343-1347
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    • 2009
  • In order to comply with the global energy crisis and environment problem, it is necessary to research and develop the energy utilization technology with the reduction of the primary energy usage. Although the increasing rate of energy consumption started to attenuate, the entire consumption of energy as well as $CO_2$ emission rate tends to increase steadily along with an economic growth in Korea. The energy demand in Korea increases by annual 3.7% during the period from 2000 to 2006. And it is expected that we should take a charge of the greenhouse gas reduction obligation by the Climatic Change Convention(Kyoto Protocol) during the 2nd pledge period($2013{\sim}2017$). According to the IEA report in 2005, the emission amount of carbon dioxide is the 10th place in the world, and the increasing rate is 4.7% annually. Considering the economic scale of Korea, the degradation of energy usage is inevitable when the greenhouse gas reduction obligation come into effect. Therefore, effective energy usage is a very important issue to minimize baneful influence on industrial and economic activities.

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The effect of mock Kyoto Protocol class which uses role-playing and discussion in middle school gifted class on student's global scientific literacy (역할극과 토론을 통한 모의 교토의정서 수업이 중학교 영재학급 학생들의 지구적 소양에 미치는 영향)

  • Kang, Ji-Won;Han, Shin
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.228-238
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the effects which applies teaching program that search solution to prevent global warming in middle school gifted class. This program of total 10 class was theoretical and experimental class and the students presented after collecting the synthetic data about climate-change and roleplayed what they debated to firm their country's opinion about Kyoto Protocol. Finally, students as policymaker made mock Kyoto Protocol by discussion. Impression papers and images about climate-changes was made by students in last class. In discussion of making up mock Kyoto Protocol, developed and developing nations had an argument about carbon dioxide emissions because of their economic benefits. In the course of allocating mutual $CO_2$ reduction, they needed yield and negotiation among nations. Although they mainly took passive position about $CO_2$ reduction, atmosphere that all the country make greater effort for the future global environment was formed. Like this, students had more concepts over climate change by making mock Kyoto Protocol. And they could equipped global scientific literacy and responsibility by participating in social decision making process of solving global environmental issues.

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Measurement of Metal-Film Removal Rate in a Microemulsion Using QCM

  • Ju, Min-Su;Koh, Moon-Sung;Kwon, Yoon-Ja;Park, Kwang-Heon;Kim, Hong-Doo;Kim, Hak-Won
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.121-128
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    • 2006
  • A set of Quartz Crystal Microbalances (QCM's) was used to observe the film removal characteristics of three different $CO_2-nitric$ acid microemulsions. QCM's electroplated with nickel or copper were used as specimens. F-AOT, NP-4 and the newly synthesized Proline Surfactant-1 were used as surfactants to create microemulsions. While the F-AOT microemulsion yielded a relatively low removal rate, that of the Proline Surfactant-1 completely removed the Cu metal film within a short period of time. The NP-4 microemulsion removed the metal surface. However, removal rate measurements per QCM were not possible due to the instability of the microemulsion when Cu ions were present in the nitric solution. The reaction kinetics and metal removal capabilities of microemulsions formed by the different surfactants are explained along with the characteristics of reverse micelles.

A Study on the Environmental Characteristic Analysis at Closed Small Sale Landfill Site (소규모 사용종료매립지의 환경특성분석)

  • Jang, Seong-Ho;Cho, Han-Jin;Lee, Chun-Sik
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.19 no.7
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    • pp.901-905
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    • 2010
  • Emissions of leachate, odor, and landfill gas(LFG) from an open-dumping landfill site do harm to public health by contaminating neighboring soil, underground water, and rivers. Particularly, methane($CH_4$) and carbon dioxide($CO_2$), the main components of LFG, are especially noted as the causing material of the global warming that become seriously recognized worldwide issue. As one of alternatives in managing LFG, incineration of inflammable wastes that are generated during excavation process at an open-dumping landfill has been evaluated. Standard on stabilization for evaluation, neither $CH_4$ density nor $CO_2$ density could not Because meet 'less than 5%' criterion and so it is right to install a gas collection system during landfill renewal to prevent diffusion of odor and collect it. Because it shows considerable heating value, incineration of inflammable wastes might be the reasonable solution from the result of our study.

Experimental Study on the Carbonation Properties of Dry Desulfurized Gypsum

  • Seo, Sung Kwan;Kim, Yoo;Chu, Yong Sik;Cho, Hyeong Kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.55 no.1
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    • pp.44-49
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    • 2018
  • The use of fossil fuels is steadily increasing. The thermal power generation industry uses a lot of energy and emits a large amount of greenhouse gases. On the other hand, a desulfurization facility can be installed to remove sulfur content during boiler combustion process of the power plant. Dry desulfurized gypsum generated from dry desulfurization facilities is suitable as a $CO_2$ absorbing material due to the presence of CaO. In this study, the carbonation properties of dry desulfurized gypsum were investigated by carbonizing dry desulfurized gypsum via mixing with water and stirring. As a result of microstructural, XRD and thermal analyses of the carbonized dry desulfurized gypsum, the carbonation age was found to be suitable for 16 h. Dry desulfurized gypsum absorbs about 16% of $CO_2$ per unit weight.