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The study of optimal reduced-graphene oxide line patterning by using femtosecond laser pulse (펨토초 레이저 펄스를 이용한 환원된 그래핀의 최소 선폭 패턴 구현에 관한 연구)

  • Jeong, Tae-In;Kim, Seung-Chul
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.11 no.7
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    • pp.157-162
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    • 2020
  • In recent years, laser induced graphene process have been intensively studied for eco-friendly electronic device such as flexible electronics or thin film based energy storage devices because of its simple and effective process. In order to increase the performance and efficiency of an electronic device using such a graphene patterned structure, it is essential to study an optimized laser patterning condition as small as possible linewidth while maintaining the graphene-specific 2-dimensional characteristics. In this study, we analyzed to find the optimal line pattern by using a Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser based photo-thermal reduction process. we tuned intensity and scanning speed of laser spot for generating effective graphene characteristic and minimum thermal effect. As a result, we demonstrated the reduced graphene pattern of 30㎛ in linewidth by using a focused laser beam of 18㎛ in diameter.

Problems and Solutions of Anion Exchange Membranes for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (AEMFC) (음이온교환막연료전지용 음이온교환막의 문제점과 해결방안)

  • Son, Tae Yang;Kim, Tae Hyun;Kim, Hyoung Juhn;Nam, Sang Yong
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.489-496
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    • 2018
  • Fuel cells are seen as eco-friendly energy resources that convert chemical energy into electrical energy. However, proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have problems such as the use of expensive platinum catalysts for the reduction of conductivity under high temperature humidification conditions. Thus, an anion exchange membrane fuel cell (AEMFC) is attracting a great attention. Anion exchange fuel cells use non - Pt catalysts and have the advantage of better efficiency because of the lower activation energy of the oxygen reduction reaction. However, there are various problems to be solved including problems such as the electrode damage and reduction of ion conductivity by being exposed to the carbon dioxide. Therefore, this mini review proposes various solutions for different problems of anion exchange fuel cells through a wide range of research papers.

Trend of Carbon Fiber-reinforced Composites for Lightweight Vehicles (자동차 경량화를 위한 탄소섬유강화 복합재료의 동향)

  • Kim, Ki-Seok;Bae, Kyong-Min;Oh, Sang-Yeob;Seo, Min-Kang;Kang, Chang-Gi;Park, Soo-Jin
    • Elastomers and Composites
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    • v.47 no.1
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    • pp.65-74
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    • 2012
  • Recently, the need of developing eco-friendly materials has been required with restriction strengthening on environment and energy saving by the resource depletion worldwide. These trends are not an exception in transport industry including automobile. In addition, these materials have to fulfill not only the high quality and cheap price but also the high-performance which meet the needs of costumer and society. Among the various materials, carbon fiber-reinforced composite which is actively studying for lightweight of the automobile is one of the most suitable candidates. Indeed, the carbon fiber-reinforced composites are used as the essential materials to substitute body and other parts in automobile and the demand is increasing largely. Carbon fiber-applied automobile has improved brake, steering, durability and high fuel efficiency, leading to the energy conservation and minimizing carbon dioxide emissions. This paper focuses on the necessity of carbon fiber-reinforced composites for lightweight of automobile and its technical trends.

Heating and Cooling Performance Analysis of Ground Source Heat Pump System in Low Energy House (저에너지주택의 지열히트펌프시스템 냉·난방 성능분석)

  • Baek, Namchoon;Kim, Sungbum;Shin, Ucheul
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.28 no.10
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    • pp.387-393
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    • 2016
  • A ground source heat pump system maintains a constant efficiency due to its stable heat source and radiant heat temperature which provide a more effective thermal performance than that of the air source heat pump system. As an eco-friendly renewable energy source, it can reduce electric power and carbon dioxide. In this study, we analyzed one year of data from a web based remote monitoring system to estimate the thermal performance of GSHP with the capacity of 3RT, which is installed in a low energy house located in Daejeon, Korea. This GSHP system is a hybrid system connected to a solar hot water system. Cold and hot water stored in a buffer tank is supplied to six ceiling cassette type fan coil units and a floor panel heating system installed in each room. The results are as follows. First, the GSHP system was operated for ten minutes intermittently in summer in order to decrease the heat load caused by super-insulation. Second, the energy consumption in winter where the system was operated throughout the entire day was 7.5 times higher than that in summer. Moreover, the annual COP of the heating and cooling system was 4.1 in summer and 4.2 in winter, showing little difference. Third, the outlet temperature of the ground heat exchanger in winter decreased from $13^{\circ}C$ in November to $9^{\circ}C$ in February, while that in summer increased from $14^{\circ}C$ to $17^{\circ}C$ showing that the temperature change in winter is greater than that in summer.

An Experimental Study on Hydraulic Stability of Non-toxic Revetment Block (무독성 호안블록의 수리학적 안정성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Kim, Sang Woo;Koo, Young Min;Kim, Young Do;Park, Jae Hyeon
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.987-995
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study is to examine the hydraulic stability of non-toxic revetment technique for eco-friendly design of the domestic river restoration. Recently, instead of the flood control function-oriented river management policy for the engineering efficiency, the improvement of the environmental performance for the ecological river restoration project is implemented. However, the inappropriate hydraulic design criteria of the new revetment technique happen to the economic losses at flood season frequently. The hydraulic stability of the riprap and the block include the banks of rivers, riverbed protection, scour protection and so on. In this study, the high speed experimental channel was developed, which has the maximum velocity of 3.5 m/s, to perform the hydraulic experiments of the block method with non-toxic glue with various conditions to find the critical velocity of the revetment block for the hydraulic stability.

A Study for Removing Road Shields from Mobile Mapping System of the Laser Data using RTF Filtering Techniques (RTF 필터링을 이용한 모바일매핑시스템 레이저 데이터의 도로 장애물 제거에 관한 연구)

  • Song, Hyun-Kun;Kang, Byoung-Ju;Lee, Sung-Hun;Choi, Yun-Soo
    • Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.3-12
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    • 2012
  • It is a global trend to give attention to generating precise 3D navigation maps since eco-friendly vehicles have become a critical issue due to environmental protection and depletion of fossil fuels. To date, Mobile Mapping System (MMS) has been a efficient method to acquire the data for generating the 3D navigation maps. To achieve this goal so far in the Mobile Mapping System using the data acquisition method has been proposed to be most effective. For this study the basic RTF filter algorithm was applied to modify to fit MMS quantitative analysis derived floor 99.71%, 99.95% of the highly non-producers to maintain accuracy and high-precision 3D road could create DEM. In addition, the roads that exist within the cars, roadside tree, road cars, such as the median strips have been removed to shields it takes to get results effectively, and effective in practical applications and can be expected to improve operational efficiency is considered.

Application of Sulfate Solvent in Acid Bake-water Leaching System for Valuable Metal Leaching from Sulfide Mineral (황화광물로부터 유용금속 침출을 위한 Acid Bake-water Leaching System 내 황산염 용매제의 적용성)

  • Ko, Chin Surk;Togtokhmaa, B.;Park, Cheon-Young
    • Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.67-73
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    • 2018
  • The objective of this study was to investigate the application of sulfate solvents for the economic and eco-friendly leaching of valuable metals from Au concentrate using an acid bake-water leaching system (AWS). AWS experiments were performed using an electric furnace with various baking temperatures ($100-500^{\circ}C$) and sulfate solvents ($H_2SO_4$, $K_2SO_4$, $(NH_4)_2SO_4$, $MgSO_4$, and $CaSO_4$). The efficiency of the valuable metal leaching increased as the baking temperature was increased to $400^{\circ}C$. Based on the AWS leaching time experiments, the maximum leaching rate occurred with the aqueous $(NH_4)_2SO_4$ solvent. This study demonstrates that aqueous $(NH_4)_2SO_4$ could be used as an effective solvent for valuable metal leaching using an AWS.

A Survey on Green Infrastructure Design Element in Urban Hub Green - Focused on ASLA's Case Studies- (도시 거점녹지유형의 그린인프라 계획요소 고찰 -ASLA 사례분석을 중심으로-)

  • Kwon, Jin Wook;Kim, Gunwoo
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.28 no.12
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    • pp.1147-1156
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study was to analyze examples of green infrastructure presented by the American Society of Landscape Architects as a part of basic research to assess hub green spaces in cities. With the specific goal of green infrasturcture in mind, the study samples were classified according to their purpose: 'humanities', 'hydrology', 'ecology', and 'environment'. Based on this we assessed the elements of planning for the target sites and obtained the following results. With regard to the aspect of humanities, planning urban hub green spaces was related to the satisfaction in leisure activities and the 'quality of life' that people expect to enjoy at parks or other green areas in general. Rather than focusing on direct and visible benefits, which might come from green infrastructure's technological elements, people hoped that parks and green areas have macroscopic values. For hydrological characteristics, the 'ecologically manages stormwater' was applied the most in planning hub green spaces in cities, and it mainly took the form of technological elements or factors. Third, the planning elements pertaining to ecological characteristics were identified as a combination of strategies and technological elements that 'reintroduces native plants' and 'habitat for wildlife'. As for the plans to instill eco-friendly aspects, the study found that the research on air, climate, weather, heat reaction, soil, energy efficiency, and use and application of resources is important. However, it was difficult to measure the potential quantitative benefits of 'reusing or recycling materials', 'reducing urban heat', and 'cooling air temperature'. The result of this study is meaningful in that it can be used for the assessment of urban hub green spaces in the future.

A Study for the Computer Simulation on the Flood Prevention Function of the Extensive Green Roof in Connection with RCP 8.5 Scenarios (RCP 8.5 시나리오와 연동한 저관리형 옥상녹화시스템의 수해방재 성능에 대한 전산모의 연구)

  • Kim, Tae Han;Park, Sang Yeon;Park, Eun Hee;Jang, Seung Wan
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2014
  • Recently, major cities in Korea are suffering from frequent urban flooding caused by heavy rainfall. Such urban flooding mainly occurs due to the limited design capacity of the current drainage network, which increases the vulnerability of the cities to cope with intense precipitation events brought about by climate change. In other words, it can be interpreted that runoff exceeding the design capacity of the drainage network and increased impervious surfaces in the urban cities can overburden the current drainage system and cause floods. The study presents the green roof as a sustainable solution for this issue, and suggests the pre-design using the LID controls model in SWMM to establish more specific flood prevention system. In order to conduct the computer simulation in connection with Korean climate, the study used the measured precipitation data from Cheonan Station of Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) and the forecasted precipitation data from RCP 8.5 scenario. As a result, Extensive Green Roof System reduced the peak runoff by 53.5% with the past storm events and by 54.9% with the future storm events. The runoff efficiency was decreased to 4% and 7%. This results can be understood that Extensive Green Roof System works effectively in reducing the peak runoff instead of reducing the total stormwater runoff.

A Study on the Evaluation of Design Compressive Strength and Flexural Strength of the Improved Deep Corrugated Steel Plate (성능 개선된 대골형 파형강판의 설계 압축 및 휨 강도 평가에 대한 연구)

  • Sim, Jong Sung;Lee, Hyeon Gi;Kang, Tae Sung
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.155-162
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    • 2011
  • The structures that use the bridge plates are considered to have advantages such as short work term, excellent economical efficiency and low maintenance cost. Bridge plates are being widely used for water ducts and eco-corridors as replacements of reinforced concrete ducts. Bridge plates are deep and have greater pitch as compare to conventionally deep corrugated steel plate. They are expected to be increasingly used in the future. The structures that use bridge plates have two forms, such as arch type and box type. The arch type structures are designed based on the compressive strength, and the box type structures, based on the moment in the plate member. In this study, the ultimate strength and moment strength of the connection part of the specimens were examined by their thickness. Static and bending tests used to evaluate the performance of bridge plate. Finally, These results were used in the design process.