• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.155-170
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• 2003

$Cu-Ce/{\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ based catalysts were prepared and tested for selective oxidation of CO in a $H_2$-rich stream(1% CO, 1% $O_2$, 60% $H_2$, $N_2$ as balance). The effects of Cu loading and weight ratio(=Cu/(Cu+Ce)) upon both activity and selectivity were investigated upon the change in temperatures, It was also examined how the activity and selectivity of catalysts were varied with the presence of $CO_2$ and $H_2O$ in the reactant feed. Among the various Cu-Ce catalysts with different catalytic metal composition, Cu-Ce(4 : 16 wf%) /${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ catalyst showed the highest activity(>$T_{99}$) and selectivities(50-80%) under wide range of temperatures($175-220^{\circ}C$). However, in the Cu-Ce(4 : 16 wt%)/ ${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$, the presence of $CO_2$ and $H_2O$ in the reactant feed decreased the activity and the maximum activity(>$T_{99}$) in terms of reaction temperature moved by about $25^{\circ}C$ toward higher temperature, the $T_{>99}$ window was seen between $210-230^{\circ}C$ (selectivity 50-75%). From $CO_2-/H_2O-TPD$, it can be concluded that the main cause for the decrease in catalytic activity may be attributed to the blockage of the active sites by competitive adsorption of water vapor and $CO_2$ with the reactant at low temperatures.

• Carbon letters
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• v.18
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• pp.49-55
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• 2016

Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) produced using municipal solid waste was pyrolyzed to produce RDF char. For the first time, the RDF char was used to remove aqueous copper, a representative heavy metal water pollutant. Activation of the RDF char using steam and KOH treatments was performed to change the specific surface area, pore volume, and the metal cation quantity of the char. N₂ sorption, Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometer (ICP-AES), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy were used to characterize the char. The optimum pH for copper removal was shown to be 5.5, and the steam-treated char displayed the best copper removal capability. Ion exchange between copper ions and alkali/alkaline metal cations was the most important mechanism of copper removal by RDF char, followed by adsorption on functional groups existing on the char surface. The copper adsorption behavior was represented well by a pseudo-second-order kinetics model and the Langmuir isotherm. The maximum copper removal capacity was determined to be 38.17 mg/g, which is larger than those of other low-cost char adsorbents reported previously.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.22-29
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• 2013

Warm mix asphalt(WMA), which is produced at lower temperatures than hot mix asphalt, has advantages in reductions of fuel consumption and greenhouse-gas emission. In this study, field tests such as skid resistance, rutting(permanent deformation), and roughness were conducted for analysis of long-term field performance of modified warm mix asphalt pavement. Skid resistance after 20 months represents the result similar to initial performance results but rutting and roughness decreased somewhat depending on the period of performance. Measurement results of permanent deformation and roughness could be acceptable because measured pavement location is bus lane that a lot of buses pass and stop. There were no cracks after 11 months, but some minor cracks were observed after 20 months. These results were influenced by increased crack resistance due to fiber addition.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.101 no.1
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• pp.96-103
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• 2012

In this study, we used HARVEST, a timber management strategy assessment tool, to evaluate alternative forest planning strategies on spatial pattern of cutting blocks. We applied the tool to the Gwangreung Experimental Forest (GEF) as a case study. The harvest schedules developed for GEF using a linear programming model was used to assess spatial patterns of cutting blocks under different management constraints. The results show that the allowable maximum harvest size largely affects the number, size, and distribution of cutting blocks. We also found that spatial dispersion methods and adjacency constraints could be used as an effective means to control spatial allocation of cutting blocks in order to meet certain forest ecosystem management goals.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.477-477
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• 2012

미생물 연료전지는 정부가 추진하고 있는 신성장 동력사업의 녹색성장 정책에 부합하는 환경융합 신기술로써 일상생활에서 배출되는 하 폐수와 같은 유기물질을 전자공여체로 이용하여 전기에너지를 생산 할 수 있다는 점에서 각광받고 있다. 미생물 연료전지는 산화전극부의 미생물이 공급된 유기물질 을 분해하여 전자와 수소이온을 생성시키며 이들은 산소가 존재하는 환원전극부로 이동하여 물로 환원 됨 으로써 전기를 생성한다. 전기 화학적 성능의 향상을 위해 미생물 연료전지에서는 환원전극부에 서의 산소와 전자 및 수소이온의 빠른 환원반응을 유도해 주는 Pt촉매를 이용한다. 하지만 고가의 Pt 촉매는 미생물 연료전지의 현장적용을 위한 규모확장 시 초기비용이 증가되는 문제점을 초래한다. 이에 미생물 연료전지의 대체촉매 개발에 대한 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 화학적 연료전지에 관한 논문에서 연료전지의 촉매로 산소 환원반응에 높은 성능을 보이는 Co-N/C 형태의 Cobalt poly-pyrrole carbon가 제시 되었다. 이는 가격적인 측면에서는 Pt촉매의 약1/10배 정도 수준이지만 셀 성능은 Pt촉매의 95%정도의 효율을 보인다는 측면에서 향후 Pt 대체촉매로 가능성을 보여주는 새로운 비금속 촉매물질이다. Cobalt poly-pyrrole carbon이 Pt-catalsyt 셀 전압 성능 대비 약 66 %의 효율을 보였고 내부저항과 최대전력 밀도에 있어서도 촉매를 사용하지 않은 경우와 비금속 촉매의 성능보다 높음을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구는 Pt-catalsyt를 대체할 수 있는 저가의 산소환원 촉매물질 발굴을 위해 미생물연료전지에서 사용된 전례가 없으며 현재 화학전지의 촉매로 널리 쓰이고 있는 Cobalt poly-pyrrole carbon의 산소환원 촉매로써의 이용가능성을 평가하기 위해 실시되었으며, 평가한 결과는 첫 번째로 Cobalt poly-pyrrole carbon을 사용한 경우가 촉매를 사용하지 않은 경우와 비금속 촉매보다 환원 전극부에서의 원활한 환원작용이 진행되고 있음을 추측할 수 있으며 Pt-catalyst와 비교하였을 때 성능 대비 저렴한 가격으로 가격 경쟁력에 있어서 우월하다고 판단되었고 두 번째로 전기화학적 성능평가 및 EIS를 이용한 환원전극부의 내부저항 평가를 실시한 결과 셀 전압에 있어서 가장 많은 도말량 ($2.0mg/cm^2$)이 높은 성능을 보이고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.180-187
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• 1997

$La_{0.68}Ca_{0.32}Cr_{0.97}O_{3}$ interconnector films ior pimar rypn solid oxide fuel (,ells were prepared under various sinteririg conditions and their bending strength. relative ilerisit~. m t l c:lec ~ ~ - i i ; i l condl~cti\.lt\ were niexiureti in order to study their mechanical and electrical propertics Th' Irndirig sriength of $La_{0.68}Ca_{0.32}Cr_{0.97}O_{3}$ lt the room temperature \vas increased with increasing sinrering temperature dnfl tinic. The relative densit\- of more than 94% was ohtained 1)). sintering at $1400^{\circ}C$ for 5hrs. The present irlvestigiition rovcals thcit sirileririg of $La_{0.68}Ca_{0.32}Cr_{0.97}O_{3}$ at lorn. temperature xyvas greatly assisted by formation oi Ca,,,(CrO,),, Also the i,leitriczl conductivity at $1000^{\circ}C$ \vas more than 100S; cm d t e r heating at $1400^{\circ}C$ for 7hrs.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.561-566
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• 2012

PtRuW/C catalysts were prepared with the different molar ratios of Pt : Ru : W and their compositions were analyzed by energy dispersive X-ray (EDX). The uniform distribution of particles was observed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). An average crystalline size of 3.5~5.5 nm was calculated based on x-ray diffraction (XRD) data. The electrochemical properties such as electrochemically active surface areas, current densities, specific activities and poisoning rates, were analyzed via CO stripping, linear sweep voltammetry and chronoamperometry. From the analysis, we observed that ternary alloy catalysts, except $PtRu_2W_2/C$, have higher current densities, specific activities and stabilities than those of commercial binary catalysts. Among all in-house catalysts, Pt5Ru4W/C showed the highest specific activity of $121.05mA{\cdot}m^{-2}$ and the lowest poisoning rate of $0.01%{\cdot}s^{-1}$.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.87-92
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• 2021

In this study, a numerical approach was utilized to observe the phenomena in the ground combustion test of a gas generator for a ducted rocket with a plunger-type flow control device. The design factors were also identified through the analysis. It was observed that the pressure increase without the adhesion of the combustion product at the discharge pipe was quite similar to the analysis assuming a cone-shaped erosive burning effect. The pressure increase in most cases was similar to the analysis results when assuming the change in discharge pipe area due to the adhesion of combustion products. Moreover, it was also established that for a given grain shape and discharge flow area, the effect of the adhesion of combustion products has a significant effect on the combustion chamber pressure for cases over n=0.45.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• v.43 no.5
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• pp.523-532
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• 2022

Turbocharger technology is one of the ways to survive in a competitive market that is facing increasing demand for fuel and improving the efficiency of vehicle engines. Turbocharging allows the engine to operate at close to its maximum power, thereby reducing the relative friction losses. One way to optimally understand the behavior of a turbocharger is to better understand the heat flow. In this paper, a 1.7 liter, 4 cylinder and 16 air valve gasoline engine turbocharger with compressible, viscous and 3D flow was investigated. The purpose of this paper is numerical investigation of the number of heat transfer in gasoline engines turbochargers under 3D flow and to examine the effect of different types of coatings on its performance; To do this, modeling of snail chamber and turbine blades in CATIA and simulation in ANSYS-FLUENT software have been used to compare the results of turbine with experimental results in both adiabatic and non-adiabatic (heat transfer) conditions. It should be noted that the turbine blades are modeled using multiple rotational coordinate methods. In the experimental section, we simulated our model without coating in two states of adiabatic and non-adiabatic. Then we matched our results with the experimental results to prove the validation of the model. Comparison of numerical and experimental results showed a difference of 8-10%, which indicates the accuracy and precision of numerical results. Also, in our studies, we concluded that the highest effective power of the turbocharged engine is achieved in the adiabatic state. We also used three types of SiO₂, Sic and Si₃N₄ ceramic coatings to investigate the effect of insulating coatings on turbine shells to prevent heat transfer. The results showed that SiO₂ has better results than the other two coatings due to its lower heat transfer coefficient.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.7-16
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• 2018

In this study, the previous design fire curve for fire simulation was modified and re-suggested. Numerical simulations with the FDS and CFAST were performed for the n-heptane and n-octane pool fires in the ISO 9705 compartment to evaluate the prediction performances of the previous 1-stage and modified 2-stage design fire curves. The numerical results were compared with the experimental temperature and concentrations of $O_2$ and $CO_2$. The FDS and CFAST simulations with the 2-stage design fire curve showed better prediction performance for the variation of temperature and major species concentration than the simulations with 1-stage design fire curve. Especially, the simulations with the 2-stage design fire curve agreed with the experimental temperature more reasonably than the results with the 1-stage design fire curve. The FDS and CFAST simulations showed good prediction performance for the temperature in the upper layer of compartment and the results with the FDS and CFAST were similar to each other. However, the FDS and CFAST showed poor and different prediction performance for the temperature in the lower layer of compartment.