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Spin-coated ultrathin multilayers and their micropatterning using microfluidic channels

  • Hongseok Jang;Kim, Sangcheol;Jinhan Cho;Kookheon Char
    • Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2003
  • A new method is introduced to build up organic/organic multilayer films composed of cationic poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and negatively charged poly (sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS) using the spinning process. The adsorption process is governed by both the viscous force induced by fast solvent elimination and the electrostatic interaction between oppositely charged species. On the other hand, the centrifugal and air shear forces applied by the spinning process significantly enhances desorption of weakly bound polyelectrolyte chains and also induce the planarization of the adsorbed polyelectrolyte layer. The film thickness per bilayer adsorbed by the conventional dipping process and the spinning process was found to be about 4 ${\AA}$ and 24 ${\AA}$, respectively. The surface of the multilayer films prepared with the spinning process is quite homogeneous and smooth. Also, a new approach to create multilayer ultrathin films with well-defined micropatterns in a short process time is Introduced. To achieve such micropatterns with high line resolution in organic multilayer films, microfluidic channels were combined with the convective self-assembly process employing both hydrogen bonding and electrostatic intermolecular interactions. The channels were initially filled with polymer solution by capillary pressure and the residual solution was then removed by the .spinning process.

The Simulation and Control of the Reactive Distillation Process for Dimethylcarbonate(DMC) Production

  • Jang, Yong-Hee;Yang, Dae-Ryook
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.08a
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    • pp.1215-1220
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    • 2004
  • Reactive distillation (RD) is a combination process where both separation and reaction are considered simultaneously in a single vessel. This kind of combination to enhance the overall performance is not a new attempt in the chemical engineering areas. The recovery of ammonia in the classic Solvay process for soda ash of the 1860s may be cited as probably the first commercial application of RD. The RD system has been used for a long time as a useful process and recently the importance of the RD is enlarged more and more. In addition to that, the application fields of RD are diversely diverged. To make the most of the characteristic of RD system, we must decide the best operating condition under which the process shows the most effective productivity and should decide the best control algorithm which satisfies an optimal operating condition. Phosgene which is a highly reactive chemical is used for the production of isocyanates and polycarbonates. Because it has high reactivity and toxicity, its utilization is increasingly burdened by growing safety measures to be adopted during its production. Dimethyl Carbonate (DMC) was proposed as a substitute of phosgene because it is non-toxic and environmentally benign chemical. In this study, RD is used for DMC production process and the transesterification is performed inside of column to produce DMC. In transesterification, the methanol and ethylene carbonate (EC) are used as the reactants. This process use homogeneous catalyst and the azeotrope exists between the reactant and product. Owing to azeotrope, we should use two distillation columns. For this DMC production process, we can suggest two configurations. One is EC excess process and the other is methanol excess process. From the comparison of steady state simulation results where the Naphtali-Sandholm algorithm is used, it showed the better performance to use the methanol excess process configuration than EC excess process. Then, the dynamic simulation was performed to be based on the steady state simulation results and the optimal control system was designed. In addition to that, the optimal operating condition was suggested from previous results.

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A State Space Modeling and Evolutionary Programming Approach to Automatic Synthesis of Chemical Processes

  • Choi, Soo-Hyoung;Lee, Bom-Sock;Chung, Chang-Bock
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.08a
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    • pp.1870-1873
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    • 2004
  • The objective of this study is to investigate the possibility of chemical process synthesis purely based on mathematical programming when given an objective, feed conditions, product specifications, and model equations for available process units. A method based on a state space approach is proposed, and applied to an example problem with a reactor, a heat exchanger, and a separator. The results indicate that a computer can automatically synthesize an optimal process without any heuristics or expertise in process design provided that global optimization techniques are improved to be suitable for large problems.

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EFFECTIVE WATER TREATMENT PROCESS BY HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES : VAS (VIBRATING & STRIPPING BY AIR) PROCESS

  • Kim, Jeong-Hak
    • Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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    • 1999.07a
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    • pp.63-66
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    • 1999
  • MF membrane element was specially designed for water purification and VSA process which can solve the fouling problem. Especially VSA process is developed for the SK Chemical's asymmetric microfiltration hollow fiber membranes. In case of outside-to-in filtration process, MF membrane element showed the excellent flux stability caused by cleaning ability of VSA process. Simultaneous back- washing with VSA considerably enhances cleaning efficiency. Form the result, the possibility of the replacement of chemical coagulation and sand filtration process with newly developed VSA process was revealed.

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Nanofiltration of Dyeing Wastewater Using Polyamide Ro-Membranes after the Pretreatment with Chemical Coagulants

  • Hwang Jeong-Eun;Jegal Jonggeon;Mo Joonghwan;Kim Jaephil
    • Korean Membrane Journal
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.58-66
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    • 2005
  • Nanofiltration (NF) of a dyeing wastewater was carried out using polyamide NF-membranes. Before applying the wastewater to the membrane process, it was pretreated with various chemical coagulants such as alum, ferric chloride and HOC-100A. In order to see the effect of the pretreatment of the wastewater using chemical coagulants on the membrane separation process, the optimum conditions for the coagulation and sedimentation process using the chemical coagulants were sought. By the pretreatment, despite the different coagulants used, the chemical oxygen demand (COD) and UV-absorbance of the wastewater were lowered by more than $70\%$. The pretreated wastewater was then applied to the membrane process. The effect of the coagulants used for the pretreatment on the membrane fouling was studied. From this study, it was found that the HOC-100A was the best out of the coagulants used far the removal of the materials that could cause membrane fouling.

Modularization and Application of Hybrid Renewable Energy Process in Seosan Area (서산 지역에서의 혼합 신재생에너지 공정의 모듈화 및 적용 연구)

  • JEONG SOO AHN;MIN HYEONG KANG;CHEON KIM;KYEONG SIK SEO;SEUNG HYEON KWAK;YU JIN CHOI;TAE JIN PARK;JAE CHEOL LEE
    • Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.212-225
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    • 2023
  • This study presents a modularized process of a hybrid renewable energy system that combines photovoltaic power and wind power to supply stable power in a unit area (1 km2). The water electrolysis process and fuel cells process also contributes to the supply of the stable power. The entire system can constantly supply power of 4.39 MW/km2. Actual meteorological data is used for simulation.

Reproducible Chemical Mechanical Polishing Characteristics of Shallow Trench Isolation Structure using High Selectivity Slurry

  • Jeong, So-Young;Seo, Yong-Jin;Kim, Sang-Yong
    • Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.5-9
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    • 2002
  • Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) has become the preferred planarization method for multilevel interconnect technology due to its ability to achieve a high degree of feature level planarity. Especially, to achieve the higher density and greater performance, shallow trench isolation (STI)-CMP process has been attracted attention for multilevel interconnection as an essential isolation technology. Also, it was possible to apply the direct STI-CMP process without reverse moat etch step using high selectivity slurry (HSS). In this work, we determined the process margin with optimized process conditions to apply HSS STI-CMP process. Then, we evaluated the reliability and reproducibility of STI-CMP process through the optimal process conditions. The wafer-to-wafer thickness variation and day-by-day reproducibility of STI-CMP process after repeatable tests were investigated. Our experimental results show, quite acceptable and reproducible CMP results with a wafer-to-wafer thickness variation within 400$\AA$.

Missing Value Estimation and Sensor Fault Identification using Multivariate Statistical Analysis (다변량 통계 분석을 이용한 결측 데이터의 예측과 센서이상 확인)

  • Lee, Changkyu;Lee, In-Beum
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.45 no.1
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    • pp.87-92
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    • 2007
  • Recently, developments of process monitoring system in order to detect and diagnose process abnormalities has got the spotlight in process systems engineering. Normal data obtained from processes provide available information of process characteristics to be used for modeling, monitoring, and control. Since modern chemical and environmental processes have high dimensionality, strong correlation, severe dynamics and nonlinearity, it is not easy to analyze a process through model-based approach. To overcome limitations of model-based approach, lots of system engineers and academic researchers have focused on statistical approach combined with multivariable analysis such as principal component analysis (PCA), partial least squares (PLS), and so on. Several multivariate analysis methods have been modified to apply it to a chemical process with specific characteristics such as dynamics, nonlinearity, and so on.This paper discusses about missing value estimation and sensor fault identification based on process variable reconstruction using dynamic PCA and canonical variate analysis.