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Construction of Two Metal-ion Binding Sites to Improve the 3′-5′Exonuclease Activity of Taq DNA Polymerase

  • Park, Yong-Hyun;Kim, Jong-Moon;Choi, Hye-Ja;Kim, Seog-K.;Kim, Young-Soo
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.8 no.5
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    • pp.471-477
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    • 1998
  • Taq DNA polymerase from Thermus aquaticus is very useful in the polymerase chain reaction. Taq DNA polymerase is classified in the pol I family, represented by E. coli DNA polymerase I. The three-dimensional structural alignment of 3'-5'exonuclease domains from the pol I family DNA polymerases explains why Taq DNA polymerase does not carry out proofreading in polymerase chain reactions. Three sequence motifs, Exo I, II, and III, must exist to carry out 3'-5'exonuclease activity for proof- reading by a 3'-5'exonuclease reaction, but these are abolished in Taq DNA polymerase. The key catalytic module in 3'-5'exonuclease is two metal ions chelated by four active-site carboxylic amino acids. Taq DNA polymerase was mutagenized to construct the catalytic module in the active site. The circular dichroism technique supported the formation of the catalytic module, and the radioactive assay showed that the 3'-5'exonuclease activity doubled in the mutant Taq DNA polymerase.

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Addition Effects of Sheet-like Ni Nanopowder on the Electrochemical Properties of Positive Electrode in Ni-Zn Redox Flow Battery (Ni-Zn 레독스 플로우 전지에 있어서 양극의 전기화학적 특성에 미치는 쉬트 형상의 Ni 나노분말 첨가 효과)

  • Seok, Hye-Won;Kim, Sei-Ki;Kang, Yang-Koo;Hong, Yeon-Woo;Lee, Young-Jin;Kim, Beom-Su;Ju, Byeong-Kwon
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.27 no.9
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    • pp.582-588
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    • 2014
  • 3 mol% Co-added $Ni(OH)_2$ fine powders, which showed ${\beta}$-phase, as positive electrode materials have been fabricated using $NiSO_4{\cdot}6H_2O$ aqueous solution by ultrasonic spray-chemical precipitation and subsequent hydrothermal method, and sheet-like Ni nanopowder was fabricated by mechano-chemical reduction method. The addition effects of the sheet-like Ni nanopowder on the electrochemical properties of the positive electrode in Ni-Zn Redox flow battery were investigated. Impedance spectroscopy revealed that the addition of the sheet-like Ni nanopowder resulted in decrease in the electrical resistivity; 10 wt.% addition reduced the electrical properties by a fifth. Cyclic voltammetry showed the addition of the sheet-like Ni nanopowder resulted in decrease in the potential difference of oxidation and reduction; this means the increase in the reversability for electrode reduction. Charge/discharge measurement confirmed that the addition of the sheet-like Ni nanopowder resulted in the increase in the discharge efficiency.

Characterization of Photovoltaic Module Encapsulant According to UV Irradiation Dose (자외선 조사량에 따른 태양전지 모듈 봉지재의 특성 분석)

  • Lee, Song-Eun;Bae, Joon-Hak;Shin, Jae-Won;Jeon, Chan-Wook
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.81-85
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    • 2018
  • The photovoltaic modules installed in the actual field are affected by various external environments and the electrical performance output value is generally lowered compared to initial output value. The most of photovoltaic modules consists of low iron glass, encapsulant (EVA), back sheet, frame and junction box assembly based on the solar cells. In this paper, the characteristics of encapsulant which is an important constituent material of photovoltaic module were verified by maximum power determination, electro luminescence images, yellowness index measurement, and gel content measurement after ultraviolet (UV) irradiation exposure. The most commonly installed 72 cells crystalline photovoltaic modules were tested after various UV exposure of 0, 15, 30, and $60kWh/m^2$ and compared with the reference module. After UV exposure of $15kWh/m^2$, which is the current international test condition, a small amount of change was observed in yellowness index and electroluminescence, while a gell content rapidly increased. At a cumulative dose of $60kWh/m^2$, which will be a new international test condition in the near future, however, the yellowness index increased sharply and showed the greatest output power drop.

Performance improvement of countercurrent-flow membrane gas absorption in a hollow fiber gas-liquid membrane contactor

  • Ho, Chii-Dong;Sung, Yun-Jen;Chen, Wei-Ting;Tsai, Feng-Chi
    • Membrane and Water Treatment
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.35-50
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    • 2017
  • The theoretical membrane gas absorption module treatments in a hollow fiber gas-liquid membrane contactor using Happel's free surface model were obtained under countercurrent-flow operations. The analytical solutions were obtained using the separated variable method with an orthogonal expansion technique extended in power series. The $CO_2$ concentration in the liquid absorbent, total absorption rate and absorption efficiency were calculated theoretically and experimentally with the liquid absorbent flow rate, gas feed flow rate and initial $CO_2$ concentration in the gas feed as parameters. The improvements in device performance under countercurrent-flow operations to increase the absorption efficiency in a carbon dioxide and nitrogen gas feed mixture using a pure water liquid absorbent were achieved and compared with those in the concurrent-flow operation. Both good qualitative and quantitative agreements were achieved between the experimental results and theoretical predictions for countercurrent flow in a hollow fiber gas-liquid membrane contactor with accuracy of $6.62{\times}10^{-2}{\leq}E{\leq}8.98{\times}10^{-2}$.

Analysis of the Separation Using Disc Plate and Frame Type Reverse Osmosis Module (원판틀형 역삼투 모듈을 이용한 분리 특성 해석)

  • Chung, Kun-Yong;Chung, Wook;Won, Jang-Mook;Bae, Seong-Youl;Ha, Baik-Hyon
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.81-88
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    • 1995
  • Separation performance was measured for the disc plate and frame type reverse osmosis module using NaCl and sucrose solutions. An analysis of membrane performance was done following the equations proposed by Kimura-Sourirajan[8]. The membrane permeability was $2.17 \times 10^{-6}$(gmol/$cm^2$-sec-bar) and independent of operating pressure. The effect of concentration polarization for sucrose solution was higher than that of NaCl. Permeation flux for sucrose solution above 40 bar was decreased as operating pressure was increased. Solute rejection for NaCl solution was decreased, but that of sucrose was increased as operating pressure was increased.

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Study for Effective Cooling of Ni-MH Battery Module Using Forced Air Flow (공기 유동에 따른 Ni-MH 배터리 모듈의 효과적인 냉각에 관한 연구)

  • Ahn, Chi-Yeong;Kim, Tae-Sin;Kim, Jun-Bom
    • Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.253-260
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    • 2011
  • In this study, computational simulation was performed for thermal management of modules consisting of 10 batteries. Simplified structure and equivalent thermal resistance network was applied to maintain the thermal properties. Verification test of the mesh were in progress to ensure the reliability of 2.6 mm in the narrow gap between the battery, resulting in at least three divided mesh between the shape of the grid was required. Type of air from rear of the module, type of air from top of the module and type of air from bottom of the module were applied and effective cooling methods are discussed based on the location of fan and air intake of the modules. Maximum temperature and temperature differences of modules that directly affect the performance of the module were compared, and also behavior of the fluid was confirmed by comparing the air flow. The best maximum temperature is shown type of air from bottom of the module to $40.27^{\circ}C$ and type of air from top of the module shows smallest temperature difference $0.73^{\circ}C$.

Permeation Characteristics of the Plate & Frame Membrane Module with Protuberances (돌기형 평판 분리막 모듈의 투과특성)

  • Chung, Kun-Yong;Jeon, Sung-Il
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.168-175
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    • 2008
  • This study was carried out for the plate and frame membrane modules equipped with and without plastic protuberances on the support frame in order to determine the effect of eddy flow induced by the protuberances on permeate flux. The initial time for rapidly declined permeate flux on the module with protuberances was delayed twice or more than that on the module without protuberances when kaolin solution was permeated at the operating pressures from 0.4 to 1.6 bar. Also decreasing ratio of the kaolin solution to pure water flux for module with protuberances was 1 to 5% lower than that for module without protuberances. The flux improvement due to protuberances at laminar flow corresponding Reynolds number 1,750 was about double as compared with that in the transition flow region. In general, the kaolin fouling reduction for the plate module with protuberances during initial filtration process was very effective, even though the permeate flux after 60 minutes filtration did not increase significantly.

Treatment and Reuse of Acrylic Wastewater using Membrane Separation System

  • Lee, Kwanghyun
    • Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2004.05a
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    • pp.117-120
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    • 2004
  • The separation characteristics were investigated with the variations of pressure and temperature using ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis membrane module sets composed of different membrane types and materials. TDS, T-N and COD removal efficiencies were not affected and low with the change of temperature and pressure in case of using UF modules contained in module set 1, 2, 3. TDS, T-N and COD removal efficiencies were very high in RO modules. The final water quality of acrylic wastewater was satisfied within the discharge limit value of plant wastewater. It was known that membrane module sets could be used for the reuse of wastewater.

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