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분리막을 이용한 이산화탄소 분리

  • 이규호
    • Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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    • 1994.03a
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    • pp.97-112
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    • 1994
  • 이산화탄소의 분리회수가 필요한 공정은 지금까지 천연가스정제, 암모니아 제조시 수소정제, 매립지 가스, Enhanced oil recovery (EOR), Bio 가스정제 등이 있었으며 최근에는 지구온난화의 주원인인 CO$_{2}$를 배출가스(Flue gas)부터 분리하는 것이 중요한 과제로 대두되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 지구협약에 의해 방출규제가 따를것으로 예상되는 Flue gas에 포함된 CO$_{2}$의 배출제어를 중심으로 분리막을 이용한 이산화탄소 분리회수 기술을 살펴보고자 한다.

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SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATION OF WATER-SOLUBLE AND WATER-SWELLING POLYMERS BASED ON VINYL ETHERS

  • Kudaibergenov, Sarkyt-E
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1998.06a
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    • pp.467-470
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    • 1998
  • The scientiic and technological aspects of water-soluble and water-swelling polymers to be synthesized from the domestic raw materials of Kazakhstan are described. The application area of polymeric reagents in medicine, biotechnology, agriculture, enhanced oil recovery, ecology is also considered.

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Case Study on Induced Seismicity during the Injection of Fluid Related to Energy Development Technologies (에너지개발기술에 있어 유체주입에 따른 유발지진 발생 사례분석)

  • Lee, Chung-In;Min, Ki-Bok;Kim, Kwang-Il
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.418-429
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    • 2014
  • Induced seismicity related to four energy development technologies that involve fluid injection or withdrawal: geothermal energy, conventional oil and gas development including enhanced oil recovery (EOR), shale gas recovery, and carbon capture and storage (CCS) is reviewed by literature investigation. The largest induced seismic events reported in the technical literature are associated with projects that did not balance the large volume of fluids injected into, or extracted from the underground reservoir. A statistical observation shows that the net volume of fluid injected and/or extracted may serve as a proxy for changes in subsurface stress conditions and pore pressure, and other factors. Energy technology projects that are designed to maintain a balance between the amount of fluid being injected and the amount of fluid being withdrawn, such as geothermal and most oil and gas development, may produce fewer induced seismic events than technologies that do not maintain fluid balance, such as long-term wastewater disposal wells and CCS projects.

Analysis of Effect of Surface Modified Silica Nanofluid Injection on Carbonate Rock (탄산염암 내 표면개질된 실리카 나노유체 주입 효과 분석)

  • Jang, Hochang
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2022
  • The purpose of this study is to prepare GPTMS((3-Glycidoxypropyl) trimethoxysilane)-SiO2 nanofluid and analyze the effect of nanofluid injection on carbonate reservoirs. Structural analysis of silica nanoparticles modified by GPTMS was investigated by FTIR(Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy). C-H stretching vibrations at 2,950 cm-1 indicating the silica surface modification with GPTMS were observed when the silane feed was over 0.5 mmol/g. Also, the coreflooding test by nanofluid injection on the aged limestone and dolomite plug samples was carried out with different particle concentration and flow rate. The incremental oil recovery was up to 18.9%, and contact angle and permeability of carbonate samples were changed by the effect of nanoparticle adsorption on pore which caused wettability alteration and pore size change. Therefore, the prepared nanofluid will be utilized as an injection fluid for enhancing oil recovery and modifying fluid flow properties such as change of rock wettability and permeability in carbonate reservoirs.

Reservoir Characterization using 3-D Seismic Data in BlackGold Oilsands Lease, Alberta Canada

  • Lim, Bo-Sung;Song, Hoon-Young
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.35-45
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    • 2009
  • Reservoir Characterization (RC) using 3-D seismic attributes analysis can provide properties of the oil sand reservoirs, beyond seismic resolution. For example, distributions and temporal bed thicknesses of reservoirs could be characterized by Spectral Decomposition (SD) and additional seismic attributes such as wavelet classification. To extract physical properties of the reservoirs, we applied 3-D seismic attributes analysis to the oil sand reservoirs in McMurray formation, in BlackGold Oilsands Lease, Alberta Canada. Because of high viscosity of the bitumen, Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) technology will be necessarily applied to produce the bitumen in a steam chamber generated by Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD). To optimize the application of SAGD, it is critical to identify the distributions and thicknesses of the channel sand reservoirs and shale barriers in the promising areas. By 3-D seismic attributes analysis, we could understand the expected paleo-channel and characteristics of the reservoirs. However, further seismic analysis (e.g., elastic impedance inversion and AVO inversion) as well as geological interpretations are still required to improve the resolution and quality of RC.

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Fabrication and Filtering Test of Nanoparticle-Stabilized Emulsion to be Suitable for Enhanced Oil Recovery (석유증진회수에 적합한 나노 에멀젼의 제조 및 필터링 시험 분석)

  • Son, Han Am;Lee, Keun Ju;Cho, Jang Woo;Im, Kyung Chul;Kim, Jin Woong;Kim, Hyun Tae
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.51-61
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    • 2013
  • Researches on the oil recovery enhancement using the nanotechnology has recently been studied in the United States. The previous researches has focused mainly on the flow characteristics of nanoparticles in porous media, and the stability of the nano-emulsion itself. However, the analysis did not deal with the size effects between a nano-emulsion and the pore size which has an important role when nano-emulsion flows in the porous media. In this research, nano-based emulsion was fabricated which is able to be applied for the enhanced oil recovery techniques and its characteristics was analyzed. In addition, in order to identify the characteristics of nano-emulsions flowing through the porous media, the size effect was analysed by filtering test. According to the results, when the emulsion was fabricated, SCA(Silane Coupling Agent) or PVA(Poly Vinyl Alcohol) are added to improve the stability of emulsion. As the ratio of the decane to water increased, the viscosity of emulsion and the droplet size also increased. For the filtering test at the atmospheric conditions, the droplet did not go through the filter; only the separated water from the emulsion was able to be filtered. This phenomenon occurred because the droplet was not able to overcome the capillary pressure. At the filtering test by suction pressure, most of the emulsion was filtered over the filter size of $60{\mu}m$. However, the ratio of filtration was rapidly degraded at less than $45{\mu}m$ filters. This is caused due to deformation and destruction of the droplet by strong shear stress when passing through the pore. The results from the study on the basic characteristic of nano-emulsion and filtering test will be expected to play as the important role for the fabrication of the stable nano-emulsion or the research on the recovery of residual oil in porous media.

Therapeutic Effect of the GODEX on the Liver Chirrosis Induced by CCl4 and Ethanol in the Rat (사염화탄소와 에탄올에 의해 유발된 랫드의 간경변에서 GODEX (Hepadif-S capsule)의 치료 효과)

  • 신지순;정은용;이민호;강종구
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.202-207
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    • 2002
  • The hepato-protective activity of the GODEX (Hepadif-s capsule) has been studied in the rats against $CCl_4$-ethanol induced liver toxicity. The rats were oral1y treated with $CCl_4$ (corn oil/ $CCl_4$ 1:1, 1 mg/kg). And one week passes, $CCl_4$(0.4 mg/kg) administered two times a week for 7 weeks. The drugs have been administered every two days for 4 weeks after $CCl_4$ injection. The experimental groups have consisted of the GODEX (250 mg/kg), Hepadif (200 mg/kg), DDB complex (DDB 50 mg/kg and garlic oil powder 50 mg/kg), DDB (50 mg/kg), and vehicle control respectively. There was a significant decrement on the serum level of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and total bilirubin in all treated groups. Specially, ALT level of GODEX and Hepadif only treated groups was decreased c1early. Also, serum albumin level was significantly enhanced in GODEX treated group compared with control and DDB treated groups. In histological results, hepatocellular vacuolar degeneration, lobular restructure and necrosis of bile duct were severely showed in control. But other treated groups showed centerilobular degeneration and mild hyper-plasia. Hepadif or DDB has a effects of the recovery on serum parameters and structure ill liver injury. When it was compared GODEX to Hepadif alone or DDB complex or DDB, it suggested to have the best activity of the liver recovery.

Fabrication and Characterisation of a Novel Pellicular Adsorbent Customised for the Effectvie Fluidised Bed Adsorption of Protein Products

  • Sun, Yam;Pacek, Andrzej W.;Nienow, Alvin W.;Lyddiatt, Andrew
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • v.6 no.6
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    • pp.419-425
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    • 2001
  • A dense pellicular solid matrix has been fabricated by coating 4% agarose gel on to dense zironia-silica(ZS) spheres by watr-in-oil emulsification . The agarose evenly laminated the ZS bead to a depth of 30㎛, and the resultin gpellicular assembly was characterised by densities up to 2.39g/mL and a mean particle dimeter of 136 ㎛. In comparative fluidisation tests, the pellicular solid phase exhibited a two-fold greater flow velocity than commercial benchmark ad-sorbents necessary to achieve common values of bed expansion. Furthermore, the perlicular parti-cles were characterised by improved qualities of chromatographic behaviour, particularly with re-spect to a three-fold increase in the apparent effective diffusivity of lysozyme within a pellicular assembly modified with Cibacron Blue 3GA. The properties of rapid protein adsorption/desorp-tion were attributed to the physical design and pellicular deployment of the reactive surface in the solid phase. When combined with enhanced feedstock throughput, such practical advantages recommend the pellicular assembly as a base matrix for the selective recovery of protein products from complex, particulate feedstocks(whole fermentation broths, cell disruptates and biological extracts).

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Characterization of Microemulsion of Crude Oil Using Alkali-Surfactant Solution (알칼리-계면활성제 용액을 이용한 인도네시아 A원유의 마이크로에멀전 특성)

  • Lee, Sang Heon;Kim, Sang Kyum;Bae, Wisup;Rhee, Young Woo
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.259-264
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    • 2015
  • For the enhanced oil recovery, one of the most important factors is to determine the surfactant formulation in chemical flood. The objective of this study is to analyze the microemulsion formed between the alkali-surfactant (AS) solution and A crude oil for screening surfactants. The alkali-surfactant solution was manufactured by using the surfactant purchased from AK ChemTech. $C_{16}-PO_7-SO_4$ and sodium carbonate solution were used as surfactant and alkaline, respectively. Both TEGBE and IBA were used as a co-solvent. The AS solution and A crude oil can form a Type III middle phase microemulsion at the salinity from 0.0 wt%~3.6 wt%. Increasing the salinity causes the phase transition of microemulsion from the lower (Type I) to middle (Type III) to upper (Type II) phase. Interfacial tension (IFT) values calculated by Huh's equation were in good agreement with ultralow IFT. According to this characteristic, the surfactant purchased from a domestic company can be applied to the enhanced oil recovery.

Oil Production Evaluation for Hybrid Method of Low-Salinity Water and Polymer in Carbonate Oil Reservoir (탄산염암 저류층에 저염수주입공법과 폴리머공법의 복합 적용에 따른 오일 생산량 평가)

  • Lee, Yeonkyeong;Kim, Sooyeon;Lee, Wonsuk;Jang, Youngho;Sung, Wonmo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.53-61
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    • 2018
  • Low-salinity water based polymerflooding (LSPF) is one of promising enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method that has the synergetic effect of combining polymer injection method and low-salinity water injection method. In order to maximize EOR efficiency, it is essential to design low-salinity water appropriately considering the properties of polymer. In this aspect, the main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of pH and $SO_4{^{2-}}$ ion which one of PDI (Potential Determining Ion) on oil production when applying LSPF to carbonate oil reservoir. First, the stability and adsorption of polymer molecule were analyzed in different pH of injection water and $SO_4{^{2-}}$ concentration in injection water. As a result, regardless of pH and $SO_4{^{2-}}$ concentration, when $SO_4{^{2-}}$ ion was contained in injection water, the stability of polymer solution was obtained. However, from the result of polymer retention analysis, in neutral state of injection water, since $SO_4{^{2-}}$ interfered the adsorption of polymer, the adsorption thickness of polymer was thinner as $SO_4{^{2-}}$ concentration was higher. On the other hand, when injection water was acidic as pH 4, the amount of polymer adsorption increased with the injection of polymer solution, so the mobility of polymer solution was greatly lowered. From the results of wettability alteration due to low-salinity water effect, in the case of neutral injection water injected, as $SO_4{^{2-}}$ concentration was increased, more oil which attached on rock surface was detached, altering wettability from oil-wet to water-wet. On the other hand, in acidic condition, due to complex effect of rock dissolution and polymer adsorption, wettability of the entire core system was less altered relatively to neutral condition. Therefore, it was evaluated that better EOR efficiency was obtained when injecting low-salinity water based polymer solution containing high concentration of $SO_4{^{2-}}$ with neutral condition, enhancing the oil production up to 12.3% compared to low-salinity water injection method.