• 상하수도학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.637-643
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• 2006

The bench-scale chlorine exposure study was performed to investigate the effect of pretreatment by free chlorine and monochloramine ($NH_2Cl$) on the performance of RO membranes made of polyamide (PA). Feed monochloramination at 2mg/L did not cause significant productivity loss compared to free chlorine. However, metal coagulants reacted with monochloramine, the PA membrane suffered from a gradual loss of membrane integrity by chlorine oxidation, which was characterized as a decrease in salt rejection. Especially, RO membranes exposed to alum coagulants with monochloramine revealed the salt rejection lower than those exposed to iron coagulants. XPS membrane surface analysis demonstrated that the chlorine uptake on the membrane surface increased and carbon peaks were shifted significantly when exposed to alum coagulants with monochloramine.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2024

Recurrence of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) type II poses challenges during postoperative liver transplant care. Posttransplant patients with PFIC type II risk developing recurrent cholestasis with normal gamma-glutamyl transferase activity, which mimics the original bile salt export pump (BSEP) protein deficiency and is related to a form of immunoglobulin G antibody (anti-BSEP)-mediated rejection. Bortezomib effectively induces apoptosis of actively antibody-producing plasma cells that may have a role in antibodymediated rejection. In this case, we used bortezomib to treat PFIC type II recurrence after liver transplantation in a child.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.771-778
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• 2013

Gas hydrate (GH) process is a new desalination technology, where GH is a non- stoichiometric crystalline inclusion compounds formed by water and a number of gas molecules. Seawater GH is produced in a low temperature and a high pressure condition and they are separated from the concentrated seawater. The drawback of the GH process so far is that salt contents contained in its product does not meet the fresh water quality standard. This means that the GH process is not a standalone process for seawater desalination and it needs the help of other desalting process like reverse osmosis (RO). The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of GH process on energy saving for RO process in seawater desalination. The GH product water quality data, which were obtained from a literature, were used as input data for RO process simulation. The simulation results show that the energy saving effect by the GH process is in a range of 68 % to 81 %, which increases as the salt removal efficiency of the GH process increases. Boron (B) and total dissolved solids (TDS) concentrations of the final product of the hybrid process of GH and RO were also investigated through the RO process simulation to find relavant salt rejection efficiency of the GH process. In conclusion, the salt rejection efficiency of the GH process should exceed at least 78% in order to meet the product water quality standards and to increase the energy saving effect.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.93-101
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• 2010

Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes have been widely used for desalination as well as water and wastewater treatment facilities. Cleaning process is important to maintain stable operation as well as prevention of membrane fouling. Purpose of this research is to analyze electrostatistic and chemical characteristics after cleaning of RO membrane against $SiO_2$ scale. Four RO membranes of polyamide are used and examined about effect of chemical cleaning. EDTA (ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid) and SDS (sodium dodecil sulfate) and NaOH are applied for cleaning process after operation in synthetic water. Then, cleaning was performed with chemicals such concentration as 6hr, 12hr and 24hr, respectively. As a result, transmittances of FT-IR of four membranes are compared at each cleaning concentration. Ta/Tv shows difference of chemical composition between new membrane and cleaning membrane after cleaning. Type B of RO membrane is turned out to be most vulnerable to cleaning among four membranes. In terms of zeta potential, new membrane has -16 mV to +6 mV on pH while scaled membrane has -18 mV to 2 mV. However, it changed -23mV to 0.9 mV after cleaning. In comparison with existing salt rejection of RO membranes after cleaning, the rejection of the membranes goes down 0.7% maximum. Though cleaning changes the characteristics of membrane surface, it does not greatly affect salt rejection. pH is a critical factor to flux change in PA (polyamide) membrane.

• 멤브레인
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2003

A characterization of the permeation and separation using single salt solution was carried out with charged composite membranes. Various charged composite membranes were fabricated by blending an ionic polymer with a nonionic polymer in different ratios. In this study, sodium alginate, chitosan and poly(vinyl alcohol) were employed as anionic, cationic and nonionic polymers, respectively. The permeation and separation behaviors of the aqueous salt solutions have been investigated through the charged composite membranes with various charge densities. As the content of the ionic polymer increased in the membrane, the hydrophilicity of the membrane increased, and pure water flux and the solution flux increased correspondingly, indicating that the permeation performance through the membrane is determined mainly by its hydrophilicity. Electrostatic interaction between the charged membrane and ionic solute molecules, that is, Donnan exclusion, was observed to be attributed to salt rejection to a greater extent, and molecular sieve mechanism was effective for the separation of salts under a similar electrostatic circumstance of solutes.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제10권5호
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• pp.381-385
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• 2019

Surface modification is very efficient and scalable approach to achieve improved membrane performance. We treated Reverse Osmosis Thin Film Composite (TFC RO) membrane with various concentrations of Polyethylene Glycol (PEG), a hydrophilic polymer after activation with sodium hypochlorite. This treatment resulted in an increment of the water flux by 43% and the salt rejection by 2.36% for the 3000 mg/l PEG-treated membrane. Further, these PEG-treated membranes were exposed to a mixture of 3000 mg/l PEG and 1000 mg/l sodium hypochlorite for 1 hour. Further modification of this membrane by PEG and sodium hypochlorite mixture increased the water permeance up to 133% when compared with the virgin TFC RO membrane. We characterized the treated membranes to understand the changes in wettability by contact angle analysis, changes in surface morphology and roughness by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and atomic force microscope (AFM) analysis.

• 멤브레인
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.236-246
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 기공의 크기가 $0.4{\mu}m$의 소수성 막인 폴리에틸렌 100가닥으로 모듈을 제작하여 직접접촉식과 동반기체식 막증류 과정에서 막의 양단의 온도차, 공급수의 염분농도, 그리고 냉각수/동반기체의 유량에 대해서 투과수의 플럭스를 측정하였다. 이론적으로는, 동반기체식 막증류는 직접접촉식 막증류 공정의 막의 투과측 표면과 냉각수 사이에 동반 기체층이 추가된 것으로 간주하였다. 이 동반기체층은 새로운 저항층과과 동반기체의 이동중 상변화된 수증기가 손실되는 것이 투과유속을 30% 정도 감소시키게 된다. 물질수지식을 이용하여, 기존의 식과는 다르게 보정계수(${\omega}$)를 넣어 직접접촉식 막증류와 동반기체식 막증류의 이론값을 실험값과 비교 분석하였다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.180-186
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• 2018

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)의 중공사막 표면에 2번 딥코팅하여 layer-by-layer 방식으로 나노복합막을 제조하였다. 1차 코팅에서 poly(vinylsulfonic acid)(PVSA)와 Poly(styrene sulfonic acid)(PSSA)의 농도, 이온세기(Ionic strength, IS) 등을 변화시키며 막을 제조하였으며, 2차 코팅 용액으로는 Poly(ethyleneimine) 10,000 ppm I.S = 0.3으로 고정하였다. 막의 특성평가를 위해 각각의 100 ppm NaCl, $CaSO_4$, $MgCl_2$, 그리고 25 ppm Methyl Orange (MO) 공급액에 대한 막의 투과도와 염배제율을 측정하였다. 코팅용액의 코팅 물질의 농도가 올라갈수록 염배제율이 상승하였으며, 본 실험 조건에서 PVSA보다는 PSSA를 이용하여 제조한 중공사막이 염배제율이 높은 것을 확인하였다. 대표적으로 PSSA 30,000 ppm I.S = 1.0에서 중 공사막을 제조하였을 때 25 ppm MO용액의 투과도 1.848 LMH, 염배제율 76.3%로 가장 높은 값을 나타내었다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.96-104
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• 2019

본 연구는 분리막 성능 저하로 기능을 상실한 역삼투막의 힐링을 통한 복원의 가능성을 알아보고자 하는 데에 목적이 있다. 손상된 막은 양이온고분자인 poly(styrene sulfonic acid) sodium salt (PSSA)와 음이온고분자인 polyethyleneimine(PEI)를 염석법을 이용하여 이중으로 코팅했으며 또한 소재의 순서를 바꿔 코팅을 수행했다. 그리고 농도, 시간, 이온세기 등에 따라 코팅된 역삼투막의 투과도와 배제율을 측정하여 손상된 막으로부터 복원된 정도를 알아보았다. 또한 역삼투 평막에서 복원이 우수한 조건을 가정용 정수기 모듈에 적용하여 손상된 역삼투막 모듈에 또한 대하여 복원 가능성을 알아보았다. 이로부터 PEI 30,000 ppm (IS = 0.1)/PSSA 20,000 ppm (IS = 0.7) 코팅 조건에서 역삼투막 모듈에 적용했을 때 염 배제율은 69%에서 86% (손상 전 모듈의 경우 90%)까지 복원되었다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.1383-1388
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• 2016

영상 신호처리는 다양한 분야에서 활용되고 있으며, 영상 데이터는 전송 과정에서 여러 가지 원인으로 열화가 발생된다. 일반적으로 salt and pepper 잡음 환경에 의해 훼손된 영상의 잡음을 제거하는 대표적인 방법에는 CWMF, A-TMF, AWMF 등이 있으며 이 필터들은 고밀도 잡음 환경에서 잡음제거 특성이 다소 부족하다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 중심화소가 비잡음인 경우 원 화소로 대치하고, 잡음인 경우 국부 마스크를 네 방향으로 세분화하여 선형 보간법을 이용하여 원 화소를 추정하고 추정된 화소에 공간 가중치를 적용하여 처리하는 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안한 알고리즘은 salt and pepper 잡음(P = 50%)에 훼손된 House 영상에서 26.86[dB]의 높은 PSNR을 보이고 있고, 기존의 CWMF, A-TMF, AWMF에 비해 각각 16.46[dB], 12.28[dB], 12.32[dB] 개선되었다.