• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.389-396
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• 2017

Restorations of automotive parts have been done ever since the first vehicle was produced. Because the most expensive parts of a vehicle are in the engine system, there have been various restoration methods developed for engine parts. In the case of commercial diesel engines, the fuel injection device is a key and expensive component. It also has a significant effect on vehicle performance. In particular, reduced engine power and increased exhaust gas emissions may result from mechanical damage due to abrasion of the spill valve in the fuel injection system of a diesel engine. In this paper, restoration techniques for damaged parts are applied to restore the abrasion of a spill valve of fuel injection, also called as the "unit injector", of commercial diesel engines. In order to recover the damage, optimized polishing techniques using hard-metal and coating processes are applied. To evaluate restoration techniques for the spill valve, performance and durability tests are performed on a test bench.

• 청정기술
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.173-183
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• 2013

전 세계적으로 자원순환 효율성 증대 및 에너지 절감을 위해 친환경제품 설계, 재활용, 재제조 등 다양한 방법론이 제시되고 있다. 본 논문은 하나의 방안으로 유니소재화에 대해서 제시하고 있다. 유니소재화는 제품 재활용이 용이하고 유해물질 사용을 저감하기 위해 설계, 생산, 수거, 재활용 등을 고려한 기존 제품의 소재의 단일화(단순화)로 정의한다. 본 연구에서는 적용 가능한 유니소재화 대상제품을 평가할 수 있는 정성적, 정량적 평가 항목을 개발하였다. 평가항목은 경제성, 기술성, 환경성을 고려하여 총 9가지로 구성되어 있으며 평가항목을 적용하여 4가지 대상제품에 대해 사례를 연구했다. 연구 결과, 블라인드형 창문을 제외한 3가지 대상제품은 유니소재화 제품으로 적용이 가능하며 평가항목의 객관성을 높이기 위해서는 유니소재화의 개념을 구체화하고 산업별 특성을 고려하여 평가할 필요가 있다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.699-710
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• 2019

Electric vehicles (EVs) are spreading rapidly and many counties are promoting hybrid and fully EVs through legislation. Therefore, an increasing amount of lithium ion batteries will reach the end of their usable life and will require effective and sustainable end-of-life management plan which include landfill disposal or incineration. The current research focuses on more sustainable methods such as remanufacturing, reuse and recycling in order to prepare for future battery compositions and provide insights to the need recycling methods to be developed to handle large amounts of batteries sustainably in the near future. The two most prominent material recovery techniques are hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy which are explored and assessed on their relative effectiveness, sustainability, and feasibility. Hydrometallurgy is a superior recycling method due to high material recovery and purity, very low emissions, high prevalence of chemical reuse and implementation of environmentally sustainable compounds. Expanding recycling technologies globally should take the research and technologies pioneered by Umicore to establish a sustainable recycling program for end-of-life EVs batteries. Emerging battery technology of Telsa show the most effective designs for high performance batteries includes the use of silicon which is expected to increase capacity of batteries in the future.

• 대한치과기공학회지
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2021

Purpose: The purpose of this in vitro study was to measure and compare the thickness-dependent color dimensions of digital light processing (DLP) three-dimensional (3D) printer and conventional interim restorative resin. Methods: Specimens (N=60) were fabricated using either subtractive manufacturing (S group) or DLP 3D printing (D group) material. All milled and 3D-printed specimens were allocated into three different groups (n=10) according to different thicknesses as follows: 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 mm. Color measurements in the CIELab coordinates were made using a spectrophotometer under room light conditions (1,003 lux). The color differences (𝚫E^*) between the specimen and control target data were calculated. Data were analyzed using the oneway analysis of variance (ANOVA). Post hoc comparisons were conducted using Tukey's honestly significant difference method (α=0.05 for all tests). Results: The 𝚫L^*, 𝚫a^*, 𝚫b^*, and 𝚫E^* values of interim restorative resin produced by DLP 3D printing were obtained in terms of the specimen's thickness increased compared with the increases by subtractive manufacturing. When the thickness was similar, the color difference between subtractive manufacturing and DLP 3D printing was ≥5.5, which is a value required by the dentist for remanufacturing. Conclusion: Color was influenced by the thickness of the interim restorative resin produced by DLP 3D printing.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.27-37
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• 2021

The use of additive manufacturing processes for the repair and remanufacturing of mechanical parts has attracted considerable attention because of strict environmental regulations. Directed energy deposition (DED) is widely used to retrofit mechanical parts. In this study, finite element analyses (FEAs) were performed to investigate the influence of the substrate phase and inclination angle on the heat transfer characteristics in the vicinity of Hastelloy X regions deposited via DED. FE models that consider the bead size and hatch distance were designed. A volumetric heat source model with a Gaussian distribution in a plane was adopted as the heat flux model for DED. The substrate and the deposited powder were S45C structural steel and Hastelloy X, respectively. Temperature-dependent thermal properties were considered while performing the FEAs. The effects of the substrate phase and inclination angle on the temperature distributions and depth of the heat-affected zone (HAZ) in the vicinity of the deposited regions were examined. Furthermore, the influence of deposition paths on depths of the HAZ were investigated. The results of the analyses were used to determine the suitable phase and inclination angle of the substrate as well as the appropriate deposition path.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제25권6_2호
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• pp.1097-1102
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• 2022

With the continuous development of the current industry, the current global environment is in a very serious situation, with resource supply and demand dependent on imports and huge costs for waste disposal due to the depletion of resources and mass generation of industrial waste. Its limitations have already been revealed in many fields, and the importance of re-manufacturing is drawing attention as a countermeasure to these problems. Re-manufacturing aims to recover products that are in the aging and disposal stages, recover to performance close to new products, and re-commercialize them. Among them, most of the machine tools are made of materials such as steel and cast iron with large structures, and raw materials are widely used when producing new products. In addition, since a lot of carbon is generated due to production, it is an object that can obtain a great re-manufacturing effect. Planner millers belonging to large machine tools are one of the machine tool equipment that can greatly reduce resources and energy through re-manufacturing because the structure is very large and the casting is several to tens of tons. Through this machine tool, performance tests and results are derived on the development of re-manufacturing source technology and domestic servo motor and CNC control device.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.970-977
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• 2005

소각장 off gas에 장기간 노출이 되어 활성이 저하된 상용 $V_2O_5-WO_3/TiO_2$ 촉매를 대상으로 증류수 및 산성용액에 의한 초음파 세척과 촉매환성성분인 $V_2O_5$, $WO_3$의 재함침을 수행하여 촉매를 재제조 하였다. 촉매의 특성 분석을 통해 재제조된 촉매의 물성변화를 확인하였고 질소산화물(NOx) 전환반응 실험을 수행하여 촉매활성변화를 고찰하였다. 본 연구에서 적용된 실험조건에서 증류수 초음파 세척을 통해 재제조된 촉매의 경우 촉매의 NOx 전환활성이 fresh 촉매의 NOx 전환활성의 $66{\sim}93%$ 수준까지 회복되었고 초음파 세척시간이 3분 이상이 되었을 때 최대의 촉매활성을 나타내었다. 산성용액 초음파세척에 의해 재제조된 촉매의 경우 촉매의 NOx 전환활성이 fresh 촉매의 NOx 전환활성의 $81{\sim}97%$ 수준까지 회복되었고 질산 및 황산용액 모두 용액의 pH가 5이였을 때 최대의 활성을 나타내었다. 촉매활성성분인 $V_2O_5$, $WO_3$ 재함침에 의해 재제조된 촉매의 경우 촉매의 NOx 전환활성이 fresh 촉매의 NOx 전환활성의 $87{\sim}100%$ 수준까지 회복되었고 재함침된 $V_2O_5$의 양이 1 wt % 이상이었을 때 최대의 활성을 나타내었다. 특히 이 경우 저온 온도영역인 $150^{\circ}C$에서 촉매의 환성이 fresh 촉매의 NOx 전환활성의 97% 수준까지 회복되는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제29권11호
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• pp.697-702
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• 2019

In this study, using a wet chemical process, we evaluate the effectiveness of different solution concentrations in removing layers from a solar cell, which is necessary for recovery of high-purity silicon. A 4-step wet etching process is applied to a 6-inch back surface field(BSF) solar cell. The metal electrode is removed in the first and second steps of the process, and the anti-reflection coating(ARC) is removed in the third step. In the fourth step, high purity silicon is recovered by simultaneously removing the emitter and the BSF layer from the solar cell. It is confirmed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy(ICP-MS) and secondary ion mass spectroscopy(SIMS) analyses that the effectiveness of layer removal increases with increasing chemical concentrations. The purity of silicon recovered through the process, using the optimal concentration for each process, is analyzed using inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy(ICP-AES). In addition, the silicon wafer is recovered through optimum etching conditions for silicon recovery, and the solar cell is remanufactured using this recovered silicon wafer. The efficiency of the remanufactured solar cell is very similar to that of a commercial wafer-based solar cell, and sufficient for use in the PV industry.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.47-55
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• 2022

Tungsten carbide is widely used in carbide tools. However, its production process generates a significant number of end-of-life products and by-products. Therefore, it is necessary to develop efficient recycling methods and investigate the remanufacturing of tungsten carbide using recycled materials. Herein, we have recovered 99.9% of the tungsten in cemented carbide hard scrap as tungsten oxide via an alkali leaching process. Subsequently, using the recovered tungsten oxide as a starting material, tungsten carbide has been produced by employing a self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) method. SHS is advantageous as it reduces the reaction time and is energy-efficient. Tungsten carbide with a carbon content of 6.18 wt % and a particle size of 116 nm has been successfully synthesized by optimizing the SHS process parameters, pulverization, and mixing. In this study, a series of processes for the high-efficiency recycling and quality improvement of tungsten-based materials have been developed.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.723-732
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• 2020

RHDS 촉매는 코크와 황 화합물 그리고 금속인 바나듐이 표면에 침적되어 비활성화가 된다. 이러한 오염물을 제거하기 위해서 먼저 폐 RHDS 촉매에 묻어있는 중질유분의 세정, 코크와 황 화합물을 고온 배소 처리한 후, 과량으로 침적되어 있는 바나듐의 침출량을 조절하기 위하여 0.5, 1 wt% 옥살산 수용액을 이용하여 초음파 교반기에서 50 ℃, 10 sec 동안 교반하여 NOx 저감을 위한 SCR 촉매로의 적용 가능성을 확인하고자 하였다. 재생처리 한 RHDS 촉매의 성분은 XRF 를 사용하여 분석하였고, 상압 고정층 연속 흐름 반응기 상에서 NOx 저감 성능을 측정하였다. 옥살산 수용액 0.5 wt%, 10 sec 동안 초음파 침출한 촉매가 가장 안정적인 NOx 저감 성능을 보였으며, 375 ℃ 이상의 고온에서는 상용 촉매와 동등 수준의 NOx 저감 성능을 확인할 수 있었으나 저온영역 200 ℃에서 250 ℃까지는 상용 촉매보다 낮은 NOx 저감 성능을 보였다. 따라서 폐 RHDS 촉매를 재생처리 한 후 분말로 메탈 코로게이트 지지체에 워시코팅한 촉매는 상용 SCR 촉매로서 이용 가능함을 확인하였다.