• Carbon letters
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2007

Carbon nanofiber (CNF) grown catalytically was chemically activated with KOH to attain structural change of CNF. The structural changes of CNF through KOH activation were investigated by using BET and SEM. From the results of BET, it was found that KOH activation was effective to develop particular sizes of pores on the CNF surface, increasing the surface area of CNF. Activated CNF was applied as an anode catalyst support of fuel cell. The effects of different activation conditions including the activation temperature and the activation time on the specific surface area of the CNF activated with KOH were investigated to obtain appropriate structure as a catalyst support. The 60 wt% Pt-Ru catalyst prepared was observed by using TEM and XRD.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.299-312
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• 2008

The fat of Tra and Basa catfish (Mekong Delta, Viet Nam) was evaluated for the first time as the potential feedstock for biodiesel production, due to its abundance, availability and cheap cost. The unsaturated fatty acid contents of Tra and Basa fat were 57.97% and 64.17%, respectively. Biodiesel was prepared from Tra and Basa fat by methanolysis reaction using alkali catalysts like sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide. Effects of various process parameters on biodiesel production, such as molar ratio of methanol to fat, catalyst concentration, temperature and time were investigated. As those results, the transesterification can be performed under moderate conditions, and the biodiesel yields were shown more than 90%. KOH catalyst was the best catalyst for biodiesel production from both Basa and Tra fat. As the feedstock aspect, Basa fat was indicated more efficiency than that of Tra fat. The maximum yield could be achieved by the transesterification from Basa fat with 5:1 molar ratio of methanol to fat, 0.8% KOH catalyst, $50^{\circ}C$, and 50 min. For Tra fat, the optimal condition were at 6:1 molar ratio of methanol to fat, 0.8% KOH catalyst, $50^{\circ}C$, and 45 min. Nowadays, due to cheaper cost and abundance, Tra fat is a promised resource for cheap biodiesel production in Viet Nam.

• 공업화학
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.62-66
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• 2018

Styrenated phenol alkoxylate (SP-A)는 일반적으로 균일계 염기 촉매 하에서 styrenated phenol (SP)과 ethylene oxide (EO)로부터 제조되어진다. 그러나, 취급이 용이하지 않은 EO를 사용하려면 고압반응장치를 이용한 반응공정 제어가 필요하다. 또한, 균일계 염기 촉매를 사용하면 반응종결 후에 잔존하는 염기를 제거하기 위한 중화공정이 필요하고, 촉매와 생성물의 분리가 어렵다는 문제점이 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 균일계 염기 촉매를 사용하지 않고 불균일계염기 촉매를 사용하여 SP와 ethylene carbonate (EC)의 반응으로부터 제조된 SP-A에 대하여 보고하고자 한다. SP-A의 제조에 사용된 불균일계 염기 촉매는 KOH를 $La_2O_3$에 담지시킨 후, 소성하여 얻었다. 또한, EO 대신 EC를 사용함으로써 고압반응이 아닌 상압반응 조건에서 SP-A제조가 가능하였다. 합성된 SP-A의 평균 분자량 크기는 반응조건에 따라서 매우 다양하게 나타났다. $KOH/La_2O_3$촉매 하에서 제조된 SP-A의 평균 분자량 크기는 반응온도, 촉매의 첨가량 및 EC의 첨가량을 조절함으로써 임의로 조절이 가능하였다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.231-252
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• 1979

Polymerization of 2-pyrrolidone was carried out through anionic mechanism using $SO_2/KOH$ as catalyst. The effects of KOH concentration, $SO_2/KOH$ mole ratio and temperature on polymerization were investigated. The conversion and viscosity of polymers were measured at various polymerization conditions. It was observed that as the concentration of KOH was increased, equilibrium conversion was also increased. It was, however, found that after the concentration of KOH was reached above 8 mole percent, the equilibrium conversion was decreased. The highest rate of polymerization and maximum conversion were obtained when $SO_2/KOH$ mole ratio was around 0.5. It was also found that the rate of polymerization and the equilibrium conversion were higher at $50^{\circ}C$. than at $30^{\circ}C$. but the viscosity of polymer solution at $50^{\circ}C$. was not so high as expected. The rate constant, $K_p$ of polymerization, was determined by least square method: the value of $K_p$ was observed as 16 liter/mole hour at $50^{\circ}C$. and 2.6 liter/mole hour at $30^{\circ}C$., respectively. The mechanism of polymerization was also discussed.

• Carbon letters
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• 제20권
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• pp.47-52
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• 2016

Physical and electrochemical qualities were analyzed after KOH activation of a direct methanol fuel cell using needle coke as anode supporter. The results of research on support loaded with platinum-ruthenium suggest that an activated KOH needle coke container has the lowest onset potential and the highest degree of catalyst activity among all commercial catalysts. Through an analysis of the CO stripping voltammetry, we found that KOH activated catalysis showed a 21% higher electrochemical active surface area (ECSA), with a value of 31.37 m² /g, than the ECSA of deactivated catalyst (25.82 m² /g). The latter figure was 15% higher than the value of one specific commercial catalyst (TEC86E86).

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.324-330
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• 2019

To recycle raw fly ash (RFA), a waste from thermal power plants, it was used to prepare solid catalysts which have many advantages compared with homogenous catalysts. When biodiesel was produced from soybean oil using RFA, only 1.2% of biodiesel conversion was obtained. A metal hydroxide, NaOH, KOH or $Ca(OH)_2$, was mixed with the acid-treated fly ash (ATFA), and the mixture was calcined at $700^{\circ}C$ for 3 h to prepare the solid catalyst. The solid catalyst prepared by mixing ATFA with NaOH, designated as SC-Na, showed a better performance than those prepared by mixing ATFA with KOH or $Ca(OH)_2$, respectively. The optimal mass ratio of ATFA with NaOH was 1:3, at which the proportion of $Na_2O$ increased to 60.2% in SC-Na, and 97.8% of biodiesel conversion was achieved under optimal reaction conditions (2 w% SC-Na relative to oil and 5 mL-methanol/g-oil at $50^{\circ}C$ for 4 h). Finally, a batch operation was repeatedly carried out to test the feasibility of reusing the solid catalyst, and more than 96% biodiesel conversion was stably achieved for the third round of operations. This study shows that RFA was successfully recycled to solid catalysts through a simple preparation method, and the solid catalyst was reused for the production of biodiesel with high conversion.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.85-86
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• 2008

바이오디젤은 식물성 기름이나 동물성 지방과 같은 재생 가능한 생물학적 원료를 사용하여 생산되는 대체연료이다. 이는 생분해가 가능하고 무독성이며 낮은 배기 특성으로 인하여 친환경적 자원으로 인식되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 20 wt% KOH/$Al_2O_3$ 촉매를 $500^{\circ}C{\sim}1200^{\circ}C$ 소성온도에 따라 제조하여 XRD, SEM 및 BET를 이용하여 촉매의 특성을 조사 하였고, 제조된 촉매의 사용에 의한 바이오디젤 제조에 미치는 영향에 대해 조사하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제25권8호
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• pp.1253-1256
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• 2004

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.394-399
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• 2009

The esterification of palmitic acid in Jatropha Oil using 8wt% p-TSA catalyst was done at the 1:8 molar ratio of oil to methanol and $65^{\circ}C$. The conversion of palmitic acid appeared to be 95.3% in 60min. After that, the continuous transesterification of the oil using 0.5wt% KOH, 0.8wt% TMAH mixed catalyst[40vol% KOH(0.5wt%) + 60vol% TMAH(0.8wt%)] and 1.1wt% TMAH was conducted with the flow rates and the molar ratios at $65^{\circ}C$. The overall conversion of Jatropha Oil increased with the decrease of flow rate and showed 95.6% with 9ml/min of flow rate at the 1:8 molar ratio of oil to methanol and $65^{\circ}C$. But it showed 87% with 15ml/min of flow rate at the same conditions. The recovery of methanol(%) appeared to be 86% at the 1:8 molar ratio of oil to methanol, mixed catalyst and $65^{\circ}C$.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.712-717
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 이산화탄소와 석탄을 사용하여 합성가스 CO를 생산하는 실험을 수행하였다. CO 합성특성은 KOH 촉매를 사용한 화학적 활성화 방법에 의해 조사되었으며, 제조공정은 $CO_2$ 전환반응에서 석탄과 활성화 촉매 비율, 가스 유량과 반응온도 등과 같은 실험변수들을 분석함으로서 최적화되었다. KOH 촉매를 사용하지 않은 경우, 반응온도 $950^{\circ}C$와 $CO_2$ 유량 300 cc/min에서 65% $CO_2$ 전환율을 얻었으며, 반면에 촉매를 사용한 경우 같은 반응조건에서 98.1%의 전환율을 얻었다. 석탄의 활성화촉매 반응물의 비(석탄 : KOH = 4 : 1)가 다른 반응물 비에 대해 더 좋은 $CO_2$ 전환율과 CO 선택도 보여줌을 알 수 있었다.