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Effect of Clamping Pressure on Surface Properties of Gas Diffusion Layer in PEFCs (체결압이 고분자연료전지 기체확산층의 표면성질에 미치는 영향)

  • Ahn, Eun-Jin;Park, Gu-Gon;Yoon, Young-Gi;Park, Jin-Soo;Lee, Won-Yong;Kim, Chang-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.306-310
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    • 2007
  • Characteristics of GDL (Gas Diffusion Layer) mainly determine the gas diffusion and water removal in a cell, thereby changing the performance and affecting durability of PEFC. To optimize the water management and understand the two phase flow in a GDL, it is important to study the behaviors of GDL micro structure under the real operating condition. In the clamped condition of cell, the GDL beneath the rib is more compressed than beneath the channel. Many researches on physical, electrochemical, mechanical behaviors of gas diffusion layer has been conducted. However, changes in surface properties under clamped condition have rarely studied. In present study, the morphology of broken connections of carbon fibers and detachment of PTFE coatings on the fibers were shown from the microscopic observations. In addition, changes in wetting properties of GDL by compression were investigated by using XPS and liquid uptake methods. The hydrophobic characteristics of GDL surface beneath the rib of the flow field plate are changed due to the deformation of micro structure.

The effect of Thermal Distribution on $LaSc_3(BO_3)_4$ Crystal Growth by Cz Method ($LaSc_3(BO_3)_4$ 단결정 성장조건)

  • 장영남;배인국
    • Korean Journal of Crystallography
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.21-29
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    • 1998
  • The rare-earth orthoborate family, RM3(BO3)4 is known to be the most promising material for the microlaser host. To grow LaSc3(BO3)4 single crystal, the phase relation of the system LaBO3-ScBO3 was investigated by DTA method. LaSc(BO3)4 was the unique intermediate compound in the binary system the peritectic reaction point of which was 1495 ±2℃. Owing to the peritectic behavior of the compound, the crystal growth of the rare-earth Sc-borate was carried out by pulling from the melt-soultion of La1+xSc3-x(BO3)4. The optimal conditions for the growth of LaSc3(BO3)4 were determined by traditional CZ method : pulling speed 0.7mm/hr, rotation speed 7-10 rpm under reduction condition. Pt and Ir crucibles could be used for about 8-10 times of growth. The effect of thermal configurations on the temperature distribution was investigated. A special two-coordinate manipulator was made for the precise movement of thermocouples from the melt to the top of the furnace for several thermal configurations. The radial gradient on the melt surface depends strongly on the construction of the afterheater. On the other hand, the axial gradient was mainly propotional to both the opening degree of baffle plate and the mutual positions of crucible and heater.

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Polarimetry of solar system small bodies using the Seoul National University 61cm telescope and TRIPOL

  • Jin, Sunho;Ishiguro, Masateru;Kwon, Yuna Grace;Geem, Jooyeon;Bach, Yoonsoo P.;Seo, Jinguk;Sasago, Hiroshi;Sato, Shuji
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.44 no.1
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    • pp.64.2-64.2
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    • 2019
  • It is known that lights scattered by comets and asteroids are partially polarized. From polarimetric observations of those objects, we can investigate physical properties, such as albedos, sizes of cometary dust particles and regolith of asteroids. Since the polarization degrees of those objects highly depend on their phase angles (Sun-object-observer's angles), long-term monitoring observations are required. Moreover, comets show unforeseeable activations (i.e., outbursts) which need follow-up observations to understand the mechanism. In order to realize such monitoring and transient observations, we installed the Triple-Range Imager and POLarimeter (TRIPOL) on the 61cm telescope of Seoul National University (Hereafter, SNU) Gwanak campus. With this combination, we can obtain g', r', i' bands photopolarimetric images simultaneously with $8.0^{\prime}{\times}8.0^{\prime}$ field of view and pixel resolution of 0.94" pixel-1. Here, we make a presentation regarding the photometric and polarimetric performances of TRIPOL on the SNU 61cm telescope. In addition, we introduce initial polarimetric results of asteroid and comets with the instruments. First, we determine the limiting magnitudes (defined as magnitudes for S/N=5) of $15.17{\pm}0.06$ (g'-band), $15.68{\pm}0.01$ (r'-band), $16.24{\pm}0.03$ (I'-band), respectively, with total 240-seconds exposure (four 60-seconds exposure images, each was taken at different rotation angle for the half-wave plate). Second, we found that the instrumental polarization is negligibly small, ($-0.32{\pm}0.04%$ in the g', $-0.36{\pm}0.05%$ in the r' and $-0.21{\pm}0.04%$ in the i'-bands), while the polarization efficiencies are large enough to maximize the performance (i.e., $97.52{\pm}0.03%$ in the g', $98.83{\pm}0.02%$ in the r' and $99.15{\pm}0.02%$ in the i'-bands). With the instruments, we made observations of three Jupiter-family comets, 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, 38P/Stephan-Oterma, and 46P/Wirtanen and plan to observe one near-Earth asteroid, (433) Eros, on a trial basis. Especially for comets, we discriminate signals from dust and gas to eliminate gas contamination, which are known to change observed degree of linear polarization, using multi-band images. We confirm that the phase angle dependency of these comets are consistent with previous observations, probably because polarimetric property of Jupiter-family comets are broadly homogeneous unlike asteroids. We will also describe future observation plans using TRIPOL and SNU 61cm telescope.

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Single crystal growth of potassium lithium niobate for nonlinear optics (비선형광학재료 Potassium lithium niobate 단결정 육성)

  • 강길영;윤종규
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.384-392
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    • 1997
  • Potassium lithium niobate(KLN) single crystal for a nonlinear-optic material, which changes the wavelength of lasers, has a ferroelectric tetragonal tungsten bronze structure at room temperature. It has been very hard to get single crystals of good quality due to the cracks during cooling process. In order to investigate the composition change due to the evaporation of solution during the growth, the thermogravimetric analysis was carried out. In atmospheric condition at $1000^{\circ}C$ which is about $10^{\circ}C$ higher than the crystal growing temperature, the weight change was negligible amount of $1.46{\times}10^{-5}$g/($\textrm{cm}^2$hr). By using both the Pt plate as the nucleation site and the slow cooling method with temperature fluctuation, KLN single crystal of good quality of size 1 cm could be obtained. The phase transition temperature was $490^{\circ}C$, which was higher than that reported by other researchers of the other composition. The optical anisotropy due to the absorption of OH-band exists in the range of IR.

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Effect of Scrap Impurities on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Zr Alloys (스크랩 불순물이 Zr 합금의 미세조직 및 기계적 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Jeong, Gu Beom;Kim, In Won;Song, Jae Sook;Shin, Pyung Woo;Hong, Sun Ig
    • Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.81-87
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    • 2016
  • In this study, the effect of scrap ratio on the mechanical properties of Zr alloys was studied. Oxygen content in the ingot cake increased rapidly with increasing fraction of scrap, which can be attributed to the surface oxide of scrap including small pieces of turning, chips, etc. Iron content did not increase much with the increasing addition of scrap, suggesting scrap materials was well reserved in the iron-free container. As-cast structure of Zr alloy with the scrap:sponge ratio displayed plate/or needle ${\alpha}$ phase and no appreciable change of the cast structure was observed with change of scrap fraction. The strength increases with increasing fraction of scrap, which can be attributed to the increase of oxygen content. The ductility decreased slightly with increase of scrap fraction. Dislocation-oxygen interaction is known to increase the strength at the expense of ductility. Ingot cake with intentionally added $Fe_2O_3$ exhibited the drastic decrease of the formability, even exhibited the brittle fracture behavior during rolling. The oxidation resistance, however, increased with the increase of scrap fraction because of high oxygen content, which may prevent more penetration and diffusion of oxygen into matrix.

Growth of ${\gamma}-6Bi_2O_3 {\cdot}SiO_2$( Single Crystals by EFG Method (EFG법에 의한 ${\gamma}-6Bi_2O_3 {\cdot}SiO_2$(BSO)단결정의 육성)

  • ;;Kei-Miyamto
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.26-38
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    • 1991
  • The fundamental conditions for growing $r-6Bi_2O_3{\cdot}SiO_2$(BSO) single crystal plates by EFG(Edge-defined Film-fed Growth) method, were investigated and characterization, quality test, property measurement were performed for obtained BSO single crystal plates. The opti$\mu$ growing conditions determined in this study were as follows: ${\cdot}$temperature gradient;$24^{\circ}C/cm$ ${\cdot}$pulling rate;2.0mm/h. BSO Single crystal plates grown at the above optimum conditions did not include secondary phase or grain boundary and were confirmed as single crystals by X-ray analysis. IT was found that the single crystal plates had <100> growth direction. G defects, ie pore, void inclusion, striation, were not detected in the single crystal plate under polarizing microscope but dislocations(microscopic defect) were found and dislocation density was $5.1\times10^5/cm^2$.

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The Synthesis of Fine ZnO powder by the wet Batch process. (습식 Batch Process에 의한 ZnO미분말 합성)

  • 이일수;조성백;신건철
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.59-70
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    • 1991
  • ZnO fine powder was prepared by the batch precipitation process using $ZnCl_2$ and hexamethylenetetramine solution as a mother solution. When the concentrations of $ZnCl_2$solution were $0.1mol/\ell$ and 0.05mol/-, the particles of rod shape were obtained when the conentration of $ZnCl_2$solution was $0.01mol/\ell$, the particle of plate shape was obtained. When the hexamethylenetetramine as a precipitants was used, pH was raised slow during a few minute be-cause of slow hydrolysis rate of hexamethylenetetramine. For rapid raising of pH during initial reac-tion time, $NH_4$OH was added as nucleant. When $NH_4$OH as a nucleant was added, obtained particle was shape of granular and the mean particle size was $0.41\mu\textrm{m}$. After calcination at $500^{\circ}C$ during 1hour, all of remained organic phase was removed but the shape of particles was not changed. But pa-rticles were slightly shrunk in comparision with before calcined particles.

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Some Toxic Heavy Metals Transferring Rates to Decoction of Five Most Generally Adopting Herbal Medicinal Prescriptions (다섯 가지 다용한약처방의 전탕 전후 유해 중금속 이행률 조사)

  • Kim, Kee Dong
    • Journal of Society of Preventive Korean Medicine
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.103-113
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    • 2015
  • Objective : Five most generally adopting basic oriental prescriptions (yookmijihwangtang, ojeoksan, sipjeondaebotang, samultang, bojoongikgitang) samples were collected from 10 oriental hospitals nationwide and the transferring ratio to aqueous phase (TRAP) were calculated. Method : The samples are grounded evenly and the decocted at $120^{\circ}C$ for 12 min on hot plate and then filtered. The concentrations of As, Cd, Co, Cr and Pb in before and after decoction were measure by ICP/MS and the TRAPs were calculated. Results : The concentrations of As, Cr and Pb in the ground samples before decoction were all below criteria level, and TRAP values were also very low (<10%). For Cd, although some ground samples before decoction showed relatively high concentration level compare to the criteria level, because of their low TRAP (~3%), the actual concentrations in the decoction were quite low compare the criteria level. The Co's concentrations in the ground samples before decoction were all relatively low level. However, the TRAP of Co was astonishingly high value of around 40% average. Conclusion : The toxic heavy metal concentrations in the decoction were very low compare to the criteria level. The TRAPs are less than <10% except Co. The toxic heavy metals in the prescriptions are mainly remained in the residue and the only very small fraction may transferred to the decoctions. Therefore the toxicity of the oriental herbal medicine about the toxic heavy metal may be overstressed. The Co's TRAP turned out to be quite high value (40% average). Since the criteria level wes not established yet, the safety of decoctions according to Co was not fully confirmed.

A Study on the Bubble Deformation and Departure Under DC Electric Field (직류전기장에 의한 기포의 변형과 이탈에 관한 연구)

  • 권영철;김무환;강인석;김석준
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.1518-1528
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    • 1995
  • The deformation and departure processes of a bubble attached to the wall are studied experimentally and numerically to understand the phenomena of the nucleate boiling heat transfer enhancement under DC electric field. An air-bubble is injected in a dielectric liquid with different electric fields generated by changing three types of electrode system (Type 1,2 and 3) in the bubble generator. Experimental variables are the electric field strength and the distance and the shape of the electrodes under DC electric field. From experimental results, it is observed that the bubble under Dc electric field is elongated in the same direction as the electric field and the contact angle increases. For the parallel plate electrode which generates a uniform electric field, bubble departure volume doesn't seem to decrease within our experimental range. However, when a needle is raised a few millimeters from the lower electrode to make a nonuniform electric field around the needle, bubble departure volume decreases continuously with the increase of an applied voltage. The reduction effect of bubble departure volume is the most effective under a strong nonuniform electric field generated with Type 3. As the nonuniformity of the electric field due to the shape of a electrode increases, the terminal velocity and the acceleration of a bubble increase largely. For the comparison with visualization results, the deformation of a bubble attached to the electrode is carried out by a numerical method. Numerical results show good agreement qualitatively with experimental results.

A Numerical Analysis on Transient Temperatures of Fuel and Oil in a Military Aircraft (항공기내 연료 및 오일온도 변화에 대한 수치해석적 연구)

  • Kim, Yeong-Jun;Kim, Chang-Nyeong;Kim, Cheol-In
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.26 no.8
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    • pp.1153-1163
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    • 2002
  • A transient analysis on temperatures of fuel and oil in hydraulic and lubrication systems in an aircraft was studied using the finite difference method. Numerical calculation was performed by an explicit method with modified Dufort-Frankel scheme. Among various missions, air superiority mission was considered as a mission model with 20% hot day ambient condition in subsonic region. The ambience of the aircraft was assumed as turbulent flow. Convective heat transfer coefficient were used in calculating heat transfer between the aircraft surface and the ambience. For an aircraft on the ground, an empirical equation represented as a function of free-stream air velocity was used. And the heat transfer coefficient for flat plate turbulent flow suggested by Eckert was employed for in-flight phases. The governing equations used in this analysis are the mass and energy conservation equations on fuel and oils. Here, analysis of fuel and oil temperature in the engine was not carried out. As a result of this analysis, the ground operation phase has shown the highest temperature and the largest rate of temperature increase among overall mission phases. Also, it is shown that fuel flow rate through fuel/oil heat exchanger plays an important role in temperature change of fuel and oil. This analysis could be an important part of studies to ensure thermal stability of the aircraft and can be applicable to thermal design of the aircraft fuel system.