• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.951-957
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• 2013

Our aim was to investigate the chemopreventive potential of saffron in DMBA-induced hamster buccal pouch carcinogenesis. Assessment was by monitoring the percentage of tumor bearing hamsters, tumor size as well as the status of detoxification agents, lipid peroxidation and antioxidants. Oral squamous cell carcinomas were induced in the buccal pouch of Syrian golden hamsters by painting them with 0.5% DMBA in liquid paraffin three times a week for 14 weeks. We observed 100% oral tumor formation with severe histopathological abnormalities in all the hamsters treated with DMBA alone, activities of phase I and phase II detoxification enzymes, lipid peroxidation and antioxidants being significantly altered. Though oral administration of saffron completely prevented the formation of tumors, we noticed severe hyperplasia and dysplasia in hamsters treated with DMBA, suggesting that tumors might eventually develop. Oral administration of saffron return detoxification enzymes, lipid peroxidation and antioxidants to normal ranges. The chemopreventive potential of saffron thus is likely due to antioxidant properties and modulating effects on detoxification in favour of the excretion of carcinogenic metabolites during DMBA-induced hamster buccal pouch carcinogenesis.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.223-230
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• 2011

An electrolytic oxidation process was applied to remove odorous compounds from non-point odor sources including wastewater pipelines and manholes. In this study, a distance between the anode and the cathode of the electrolytic process was varied as a system operating parameters, and its effects on odor removal efficiencies and reaction characteristics were investigated. Odor precursors such as sediment organic matters and reduced sulfur/nitrogen compounds were effectively oxidized in the electrolytic process, and a change in oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) indicated that an stringent anaerobic condition shifted to a mild anoxic condition rapidly. At an electrode distance of 1 cm and an applied voltage of 30 V, a system current was maintained at 1 A, and the current density was 23.1 $mA/cm^{2}$. Under the condition, the removal efficiency of hydrogen sulfide in gas phase was found to be 100%, and 93% of ammonium ion was removed from the liquid phase during the 120 minute operating period. Moreover, the sulfate ion (${SO_4}^{2-}$) concentration increased about three times from its initial value due to the active oxidation. As the specific power consumption (i.e., the energy input normalized by the effective volume) increased, the oxidation progressed rapidly, however, the oxidation rate was varied depending on target compounds. Consequently, a threshold power consumption for each odorous compound needs to be experimentally determined for an effective application of the electrolytic oxidation.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.902-910
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• 2018

In recent times, development of nanofluid insulation for power transformers is a hot research topic. Many researchers reported the enhancement in dielectric characteristics of nano modified mineral oils. Considering the drawbacks of petroleum based mineral oil, it is necessary to understand the dielectric characteristics of nanofluids developed with natural ester based oils. Palm oil has better insulation characteristics comparable to mineral oil. However very few research reports is available in the area of nanofluids based on palm oil. Partial discharge (PD) is one of the major sources of insulation performance degradation of transformer oil. It is essential to understand the partial discharge(PD) characteristics by collecting huge data base of PD performance of nano modified palm oil which will increase its confidence level for power transformer application. Knowing these facts, in the present work, certain laboratory experiments have been performed on PD characteristics of nano $SiO_2$ modified palm oil at different electrode configurations. Influence of concentration of nano filler material on the PD characteristics is also studied. Partial discharge inception voltage, Phase resolved partial discharge (PRPD) pattern, PD signal time-frequency domain characteristics, PD signal equivalent timelength-bandwidth mapping, Weibull distribution statistical parameters of PRPD pattern, skewness, repetition rate and phase angle variations are evaluated at different test conditions. From the results of the experiments conducted, we came to understand that PD performance of palm oil is considerably enhanced with the addition of $nano-SiO_2$ filler at 0.01%wt and 0.05%wt concentration. Significant reduction in PD inception voltage, repetition rate, Weibull shape parameter and PD magnitude are noticed with addition of $SiO_2$ nanofillers in palm oil. These results will be useful for recommending nano modified palm oil for power transformer applications.

• 청정기술
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.50-54
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 디에틸렌트리아민(diethylenetriamine, DETA) 수용액에 물리흡수제인 N-메틸-2-피롤리돈(N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, NMP)을 도입한 저수계 흡수제에서 이산화탄소 포집에 따른 흡수제의 상분리 현상을 고찰하였다. 2 M DETA 수용액에서 NMP 조성이 30 wt%를 초과하면 $CO_2$ 흡수에 따라 흡수제의 상이 분리되는데 그 이유는 DETA-카바메이트 이온종의 NMP에 대한 낮은 용해도로 설명할 수 있다. 흡수제 내에서 NMP의 조성이 증가함에 따라 상분리 된 흡수제의 상층과 하층의 이산화탄소 로딩 차이가 커지고 하층의 부피가 감소하게 된다. 2 M DETA + NMP + 물 혼합 흡수제를 이용하여 충진탑에서의 이산화탄소 포집을 실시할 경우 흡수제 내 NMP조성이 40 wt%에 이르면 흡수속도가 줄어드는 것으로 확인되었다. 이는 이산화탄소 흡수에 따른 점도 증가로 인한 흡수제 액막에서의 물질전달 저항 때문으로 해석된다. DETA + NMP + 물로 구성된 저수계 흡수제를 이산화탄소 포집에 적용하면 상분리에 따른 이산화탄소-rich 상 부피 감소로 재생에너지를 낮출 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 공업화학
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.613-619
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 유입 슬러지에 다양한 전처리 방법과 고액분리장치를 이용한 유출수의 잉여슬러지를 농축 후 내부반송을 적용하여, 중온혐기-고온호기 혼합 슬러지 처리 공정의 슬러지 소화효율과 메탄가스 생성량에 미치는 영향을 비교 검증하였다. 실험실 규모의 혼합 소화공정장치를 제작하여 서로 다른 유입 슬러지 전처리방법을 적용하여 5단계로 실험을 진행하였다. 1단계에서는 열-알칼리처리 전처리를 하여 슬러지를 공급하였고, 2, 3, 4단계에서는 유출수로부터 농축된 잉여슬러지의 내부반송과 각각 열-알칼리처리, 열처리, 알칼리 처리(7일)를 거친 유입 슬러지를 공급하였다. 마지막 5단계에서는 전처리를 하지 않은 슬러지를 공급하였다. 실험 결과, 1단계에서 4단계까지 진행되는 동안 Volatile Suspended Solid (VSS) 제거율은 유입 슬러지 전처리와 내부반송을 적용하는 경우 크게 증가하였으며, 메탄생성량 또한 2단계에서 슬러지 내부반송과 열-알칼리처리 전처리 적용의 경우 285 mL/L/day까지 크게 증가하였다. 한편, 5단계에서 전처리를 하지 않은 슬러지를 공급하였을 경우 VSS 제거율과 메탄 생성량이 크게 감소하였다. 결론적으로, 유입 슬러지의 열-알칼리처리 전처리와 유출수의 농축 잉여슬러지의 내부반송을 통해 복합 슬러지 처리 공정의 슬러지 제거 효율과 메탄생성량을 크게 증가시킬 수 있었다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.662-669
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• 2015

해저 석유생산시스템에서 빈번히 발생하는 왁스집적 문제는 안정적인 석유 생산을 방해하고 높은 비용을 발생시키므로 왁스집적 제어에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있다. 왁스집적 제어를 통한 석유의 유동안정성 확보를 위해서는 왁스집적거동을 신뢰성 있게 예측해야 한다. 이 연구에서는 왁스집적 거동에 큰 영향을 미치는 분자확산, 전단응력효과, 왁스경화 메커니즘을 시뮬레이션 기술에 적용하여 불확실도가 높은 변수인 전단응력계수, 왁스고형물의 공극률, 왁스 열전도도, 분자확산계수와 물과 가스 양이 왁스집적 거동에 미치는 영향에 대한 분석을 단상과 다상 유동 시 층류 유동 조건에서 수행하였다. 그 결과 왁스고형물의 공극률과 분자확산계수가 높아질수록, 전단응력계수가 낮아질수록 왁스집적 두께가 두꺼워지는 것을 확인할 수 있었고 석유의 온도가 왁스집적 위치에 주요하게 영향을 미치는 것으로 판단된다. 물의 양에 따른 왁스집적 시뮬레이션 결과 기존 연구에서 다소 다른 결과들이 존재하나 이 연구 조건에서는 물의 양 40%까지 왁스집적량이 증가하다 감소하는 것을 확인하였고 가스 양이 많아질수록 유체의 액상 내 가벼운 탄화수소 농도 감소로 인해 왁스집적량이 증가하는 것을 파악하였다. 이 연구결과는 향후 현장 또는 현장을 모사한 실험시스템에서의 결과와 시뮬레이션 결과를 매칭하여 해저 유동관에서 왁스집적 거동을 예측하는데 효과적으로 적용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2018년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.62-62
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• 2018

Pt is still considered as one of the most active electrocatalysts for ORR in alkaline fuel cells. However, the high cost and scarcity of Pt hamper the widespread commercialization of fuel cells. As a strong candidate for the replacement of Pt catalyst, silver (Ag) has been extensively studied due to its high activity, abundance, and low cost. Ag is more stable than Pt in the pH range of 8~14 as the equilibrium potential of Ag/Ag+ being ${\approx}200mV$ higher than that of Pt/PtO. However, Ag is the overall catalytic activity of Ag for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) is still not comparable to Pt catalyst since the surface Ag atoms are approximately 10 times less active than Pt atoms. Therefore, further enhancement in the ORR activity of Ag catalysts is necessary to be competitive with current cutting-edge Pt-based catalysts. We demonstrate the architectural design of Ag catalysts, synthesized using plasma discharge in liquid phase, for enhanced ORR kinetics in alkaline media. An attractive feature of this work is that the plasma status controlled via electric-field could form the Ag nanowires or dendrites without any chemical agents. The plasma reactor was made of a Teflon vessel with an inner diameter of 80 mm and a height of 80 mm, where a pair of tungsten(W) electrodes with a diameter of 2 mm was placed horizontally. The stock solutions were made by dissolving the 5-mM AgNO3 in DI water. For the synthesis of Agnanowires, the electricfield of 3.6kVcm-1 in a 200-ml AgNO3 aqueous solution was applied across the electrodes using a bipolar pulsed power supply(Kurita, Seisakusyo Co. Ltd). The repetition rate and pulse width were fixed at 30kHz and 2.0 us, respectively. The plasma discharge was carried out for a fixed reaction time of 60 min. In case of Ag nanodendrites, the electric field of 32kVcm-1 in a 200-ml AgNO3 aqueous solution was applied and other conditions were identical to the plasma discharge in water in terms of electrode configuration, repetition rate and discharge time. Using SEM and STEM, morphology of Ag nanowires and dendrites were investigated. With 3.6 kV/cm, Ag nanowire was obtained, while Ag dendrite was constructed with 32 kV/cm. The average diameter and legth of Ag nanowireses were 50 nm and 3.5 um, and thoes values of Ag dendrites were 40 nm and 3.0 um. As a results of XPS analysis, the surface defects in the Ag nanowires facilitated O2 incorporation into the surface region via the interaction between the oxygen and the electron cloud of the adjacent Ag atoms. The catalytic activity of Ag for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) showed that the catalytic ORR activity of Ag nanowires are much better than Ag nanodendrites, and electron transfer number of Ag nanowires is similar to that of Pt (${\approx}4$).

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제37권8호
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• pp.717-724
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• 2013

Urea-SCR은 동절기, 북유럽과 북미지역과 같은 $-20^{\circ}C$ 이하의 환경에서 요소수가 동결되는 문제점을 해결해야 한다. 따라서 이러한 요소수 저장탱크에 해동 시스템을 적용하여 시동 초기, 요소수를 적정 시간 내 분사하기 위한 기술의 확보가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 저장탱크 내 요소수의 동결현상과 냉각수 순환 가열방식을 적용한 해동현상에 대하여 상용 소프트웨어인 Fluent 6.3을 이용하여 3차원 비정상상태 수치해석을 수행하였다. 이를 통하여 요소수의 동결 및 해동과정 중 나타난 온도분포, 상경계면, 그리고 액상분율을 분석하여 열전달 특성을 고찰하였다. 결론적으로 요소수의 동결은 저장탱크 벽면으로부터 중심부로 이루어졌으며, 해동현상은 순환 파이프와 인접할수록 요소수의 상변화가 빠르게 진행하였다. 또한, 냉각수의 $70^{\circ}C$, $200{\ell}/h$ 조건에서 $1{\ell}$의 액상 요소수를 얻는데 약 190초의 시간이 필요하였다.

• 생약학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.300-314
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• 2014

An ultra-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometer (UPLC-ESI-MS) method was established for the simultaneous quantification of eighteen marker compounds in traditional Korean formula, Cheonwangbosimdan (CWBSD). In addition, we evaluated the antioxidant effects of CWBSD. Eighteen marker components were separated on a UPLC BEH $C_{18}$ analytical column ($2.1{\times}100mm$, $1.7{\mu}m$) and kept at $45^{\circ}C$ by gradient elution with 0.1% (v/v) formic acid in water and acetonitrile as mobile phase. The flow rate was 0.3 mL/min and the injection volume was $2.0{\mu}L$. The antioxidant activities of CWBSD were assessed by measuring free radical scavenging activities on 2,2'-azinobis-3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS) and 1-1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). The calibration curves of all analytes showed good linearity (correlation coefficient ${\geq}0.9937$) within the test ranges. The limits of detection and quantification for the 18 marker compounds were 0.01-4.71 ng/mL and 0.03-14.13 ng/mL, respectively. The contents of the 18 compounds in CWBSD extract ranged from none to $1701.00{\mu}g/g$. The CWBSD showed the radical scavenging activity in a dose-dependent manner. The concentration required for 50% reduction ($RC_{50}$) against ABTS and DPPH radicals were $149.42{\mu}g/mL$ and $339.24{\mu}g/mL$.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.222-227
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• 2008

Citrus aurantium var. amara L., commonly known as 'bitter orange' or 'sour orange', of the family Rutaceae, has traditionally been used in the treatment of various ailments, and it possesses different types of pharmacological properties. As a part of our on-going studies on the plantsfrom the Iranian flora, the extract of C. aurantium var. amara has been studied for its weight lossproperties using the mice model. While the Sep-Pak fraction, 20% methanol (MeOH) in water, of the hydro-methanolic extract of the peels of C. aurantium var. amara fruits, when injectedintraperitoneal (i.p.) at a dose of 10 mg/kg, significantly decreased the level of weight gain of the mice in comparison with control the group (P < 0.01), the Sep-Pak fraction 80% MeOH in water decreased the initial weight of mice by 0.44% in six weeks. The administration of the total extract(10 and 20 mg/kg, i.p.), and the Sep-Pak fractions, 40% and 60% MeOH in water (10 mg/kg, i.p.)did not show any significant change of weight of the test mice. Of the two active fractions, the80% MeOH in water fraction did not show any noticeable adverse effects on mice, and was therefore analysed by reversed-phase preparative high performance liquid chromatography resulting in the isolation and identification of four major components, two coumarins, meranzin hydrate (1) and bergamottin (2), and two flavonoids, xanthomicrol 5,4'-di-methyl ether (tangeritin, 3) and hymenoxin 5,7-di-methyl ether (nobiletin, 4).