• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.389-394
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• 2015

Direct reduced iron was made using an electric furnace. The reduction ratio of direct reduced iron varied depending on the grade of iron ore. Coal played an important role as a reducing agent in making the direct reduced iron. The coal must contain a suitable amount of volatile components having high calorie values and low impurity content. In this study, oxidized pellets were directly reduced using anthracite as a reductant in an electric furnace. Direct reduction behaviors of hematite and magnetite pellets were confirmed in a coal-based experiment. Reduction behaviors were demonstrated by analyzing the chemical compositions, measuring the reducibility, and observing the phase changes and microstructure. The superior reducibility of hematite pellets can be ascribed to their high effective diffusivity, which is due to their high porosity. The quickly after reducing for 40min and achieves a high value at the end of the reduction.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.444-449
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• 2016

Industrial by-products generated by integrated iron and steel manufacture cause environmental pollution. The by-products contain not only iron element but also harmful substances. Therefore, in view of to waste recycling and environmental preservation, production of sponge iron using the by-product is considered an effective recycling method. In this study, reduction efficiency of pellets from blast furnace dust was measured. Metallization was found to be increased, as $C/Fe_{total}$ ratio and reaction time were increased. The pellets were formed into a globular shape, and calcined for 60 minutes at $1100^{\circ}C$ in an electric furnace. Phase changes were analyzed using an X-ray diffractometer. Microstructures of the pellets were observed by a scanning electron microscope.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2001년도 The 6th International Symposium of East Asian Resources Recycling Technology
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• pp.404-408
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• 2001

This paper focuses on the pilot-scale investigation of direct recycling of electric arc furnace (EAF) stainless steelmaking dust. The direct recycling of EAF dust is to make pellets with the mixture of the dust and the reducing agent carbon, then introduce the pellets to the EAF. The valuable metals in the dust are reduced and get into the steel as the alloying elements. Experiments simulating direct recycling in an EAF were performed using an induction furnace. But it seems difficult to reduce all metal oxides in the dust so that some metal reducing agents added in the late stage of reduction process. The valuable metals in the dust were reduced partly by carbon and partly by metal reducing agent for the economical concern. The recovery of iron, chromium and nickel from the flue dust and the amount of metal oxides in the slag were measured. The results showed that the direct recycling of EAF stainless steelmaking dust is practicable. It wes also found that direct recycling of flue EAF stainless steelmaking dusts does not affect the chemistry and quality of stainless steel produced in the EAF. It is benefit not only for the environmental protection but also for the recovery of valuable metal resources in this way.

• Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.9-22
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• 2012

The most widely excavated iron artifacts used as weapons or farm tools from central southern regions of Korea were subjects of non-metallic inclusion analysis through metallographic examination, microhardness measurement, and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Through metallographic interpretation and study of the analyzed results, the steel manufacturing and iron smelting using heat processing in the iron artifacts excavated from the central southern region of the ancient Korean peninsula was studied, and the analysis of the non-metallic inclusions mixed within the metallic structures was interpreted as the ternary phase diagram of the oxide to infer the type of iron ores for the iron products and the temperature of the furnace used to smelt them. Most of the ancient forged iron artifacts showed $Al_2O_3/SiO_2$ with high $SiO_2$ contents and relatively low $Al_2O_3$ contents for iron ore, indicating t hat for $Al_2O_3$ below 5%, it is presumed that magnetic iron ores were reduced to bloom iron (sponge iron) with direct-reduction process for production. The temperature for extraction of wustite for $Al_2O_3$ below 1% was found to be $1,020{\sim}1,050^{\circ}C$. Considering the oxide ternary constitutional diagram of glassy inclusions, the steel-manufacturing temperature was presumed to have been near $1,150{\sim}1,280^{\circ}C$ in most cases, and minimum melting temperature of casting iron part excavated in Daeseong-ri. Gyeonggi was near $1,400^{\circ}C$, and it is thought that hypoeutectic cast iron of about 2.3% carbon was casted and fragility of cast iron was improved by decarburizing in solid state.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 자원 재활용 및 생산비용 절감을 위해 폐기물을 국내 저급 철광석의 고품위 환원철(Direct Reduction Iron, DRI) 제조를 위한 보조연로로 사용하였으며, 폐기물이 환원철 제조에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 한다. 석탄을 주연료 및 환원제로 사용하였으며, 폐기물을 보조연료로 사용하여 주연료의 대체 가능성을 확인하였다. 다양한 폐기물의 성상 및 발열량 분석을 통하여 연료 및 환원제로서의 가능성을 평가하였으며, 선별된 폐기물은 보조연료로 이용하여 반응온도 및 시간 제어를 통해 고품위 환원철을 제조하였다. 제조된 환원철은 금속화율 측정을 통해 산화철이 Fe 금속으로 환원이 잘 이루어졌음을 확인하였다. 환원철의 금속화율은 폐기물의 발열량이 높을수록 증가하는 경향을 보였으며, 특히 발열량과 휘발분 함량이 높은 페타이어와 폐비닐의 경우 $1,200^{\circ}C$에서 1시간 반응 조건에서 폐기물을 사용하지 않을 때 보다 더 높은 금속화율이 관찰 되었다. 고발열량의 휘발성 폐기물은 연료로써 우수한 물성을 가지고 있으며, 반응온도 및 시간의 최적화를 통해 고품위 환원철 제조를 위한 보조연료로 사용이 가능함을 확인하였다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2001년도 The 6th International Symposium of East Asian Resources Recycling Technology
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• pp.393-397
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• 2001

The innovatory process, that is the direct separation and recovery of the iron and zinc metals contained in the high temperature exhaust gas generated from the electric arc furnace fer the inn scrap melting and/or the dust treatment, has been proposed. This proposed process consists of the moving coke bed filter that is directly connected to the electric furnace, and the following heavy metal condenser. The exhaust gas passes through the filter and the condenser right after exhausting from the electric furnace. The moving coke bed filter is being controlled at about 1000℃ and collects iron and slag components contained in the high temperature exhaust gas. Heavy metals such as zinc and lead pass through the filter as vapor. Based on the thermodynamic considerations, the iron oxide and the zinc oxide are reduced in the filter. The solution loss reaction rate is comparatively low at about 1000℃ in the coke bed filter by the analysis using the mathematical simulation model. The heavy metal condenser is installed in the position after the coke bed filter, and rapidly cools the gas from about 1000℃ to 450℃ by a full of the cooling medium like the solid ceramic ball in addition to the cooling from the wall. The zinc and lead vapor condense and separate f개m the gas in a liquid state. The investigation of the characteristics of the exhaust gas of the commercial electric arc furnace, the fundamental experiments of the laboratory scale and the bench scale ensured the formation of this proposed process. A small-scale pilot plant examination is carrying out at present to confirm the formation of the process. It is certain that the dust generation of the electric arc furnace is extremely decreased, and it can save the energy consumption of usual dust treatment processes by the realization of this process.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권11호
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• pp.1519-1525
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• 2021

Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) is recognized to be carcinogenic and toxic and registered as a contaminant in many drinking water regulations. It occurs naturally and is also produced by industrial processes. The reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) has been a central topic for chromium remediation since Cr(III) is less toxic and less mobile. In this study, fermentative Fe(III)-reducing bacterial strains (Cellu-2a, Cellu-5a, and Cellu-5b) were isolated from a groundwater sample and were phylogenetically related to species of Cellulomonas by 16S rRNA gene analysis. One selected strain, Cellu-2a showed its capacity of reduction of both soluble iron (ferric citrate) and solid iron (hydrous ferric oxide, HFO), as well as aqueous Cr(VI). The strain Cellu-2a was able to reduce 15 μM Cr(VI) directly with glucose or sucrose as a sole carbon source under the anaerobic condition and indirectly with one of the substrates and HFO in the same incubations. The heterogeneous reduction of Cr(VI) by the surface-associated reduced iron from HFO by Cellu-2a likely assisted the Cr(VI) reduction. Fermentative features such as large-scale cell growth may impose advantages on the application of bacterial Cr(VI) reduction over anaerobic respiratory reduction.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 1974

It was convinced that with a relatively small capital investment and with a low operating cost, appreciable amounts of cement copper could be produced from low-grade minerals by the application of a bacterial leaching method. For the recovery of cement copper from the impure pregnant solution, direct precipitation of copper with tin plates by a bacterial leaching method was feasible. The results obtained were as follows: 1)In order to remove the cement copper from the reducing metal, aeration and agitation method were more effective and economic than shaking method. 2)The rate of copper recovery from the pregnant solution was accerelated according to increasing quantities of reducing metal. However, the excess of reducing metal reduced the grade of cement copper. 3)Among the comparative experiments of copper recovery at each reaction temperature of $10^{\circ}C$, $20^{\circ}C$, and $30^{\circ}C$, the recovery rate of copper at $30^{\circ}C$from the pregnant solution was highest. 4)Direct cementation method on iron-containing metal was an excellent method for the recovery of cement copper in bacterial leaching.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.1481-1486
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• 2013

Bifunctional Fe-SBA-15-$SO_3H$ mesoporous materials with different Si/Fe molar ratios (3, 5, and 7) have been synthesized via a simple direct hydrothermal method and characterized by XRD, $N_2$-adsorption/desorption, TG/DTG and FT-IR techniques, and used as solid acid catalysts in the esterification of lactic acid with methanol. XRD and $N_2$ sorption characterizations show successful iron doping within the mesoporous channels of SBA-15-$SO_3H$. The FT-IR and TG/DTG characterizations also reveal the presence of iron. With the incorporation of Fe ions into the SBA-15-$SO_3H$, the acid sites substantially increased because of the self-separated acidity of the hydrolysis of $Fe^{3+}$ solutions. However, in the Si/Fe = 3 molar ratio, the catalytic conversion decreased which is caused by the reduced cooperation effect between the acid pairs due to the weakened hydrogen bonds and collapse of the pore structure. This further suggests that the mesoporous structure decreases with the decrease in Si/Fe ratio.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2007

영가철은 trichloroethylene(TCE)과 같은 염소계 유기오염물질 제거에 탁월한 효과를 가지고 있어서, 반응벽체를 이용한 오염된 토양 및 지하수의 현장처리에 반응매질로 자주 사용되고 있다. 하지만 영가철의 빠른 반응성으로 인하여 반응벽체의 수명이 다하고, 탈염소화 과정 중 생성된 산화철이 영가철 표면에 침적 되어 반응표면적을 줄임으로써 반응성이 떨어지게 된다. 이러한 영가철 반응벽체의 단점을 보완하기 위한 방법이 연구되어 왔고, 그 중 철환원균을 이용한 연구가 본 연구에서 시도되었다. 실험에 사용한 Shewanella algae BrY는 철환원균의 일종으로서 Dissimilatory Iron Reducing Bacteria(DIRB)로 분류된다. 본 연구에서는 이전의 배치실험 연구결과를 바탕으로 칼럼실험을 통해 TCE의 농도를 30mg/L과 67.5mg/L의 두 가지로 비교하고, 유량을 8mL/hr, 16mL/hr의 두 가지로 비교하여 세 개의 칼럼 실험을 실시하여 영가철 반응벽체의 TCE의 제거 및 산화된 철의 철환원균을 이용한 환원과정을 칼럼실험을 통해 측정했다. 그 결과 철환원균에 의한 산화철의 환원은 오염물질의 농도가 높을 경우 처리량의 증가로 인하여 반응벽체의 수명을 단축시키는 원인이 되었고, 유량의 증가 역시 유입되는 오염물질의 증가로 인하여 수명의 단축을 가져왔다. 그러나 유량증가의 경우 유속의 증가를 가져와서 Shewanella algae BrY가 매질표면에 작용하여 산화철을 환원시킬 수 있는 시간을 감소시키고 착상되는 것을 방해하기 때문에 오염물질의 농도보다 큰 영향을 미치는 결과를 보여준다. 칼럼실험결과 Shewanella algae BrY에 의한 산화철의 환원은 TCE의 탈염소화 후 생성된 산화철의 침적에 의하여 발생되는 반응벽체의 수명감소를 줄일 수 있다는 결과를 얻었다.