• 공업화학
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.703-710
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• 2011

분리막 모듈 내 스페이서는 용액의 원활한 흐름을 위한 공간 확보와 더불어 유체의 난류를 형성시키므로 농도분극화 현상을 감소시키고 막 표면에 축적되는 오염물을 용액 내로 혼합하여 높은 투과유속과 분리막 모듈을 장기간 운전하는데 도움을 준다. 본 연구에서는 분리막 모듈 내 원형, 십자형, 다이아몬드형 및 육각형 단면의 스페이서와 스페이서의 배열 각도, 용질 배제율 및 투과유속에 대한 농도 변화를 "COMSOL Multiphysics" 프로그램으로 수치 해석하여 최적화하였다. 4가지 형태의 스페이서 중에서 십자형 단면 스페이서를 포함한 모듈의 경우가 분리막 표면 농도를 가장 낮게 유지하였으며 스페이서의 배열 각도는 $30^{\circ}$가 효율적이었다. 스페이서가 없는 모듈 출구에서 분리막 표면의 농도는 입구보다 약 2.09배까지 증가하였으나 가장 효율적인 십자형 스페이서를 $30^{\circ}$로 배열할 경우 약 1.29배로서 최대 37% 낮았다. 또한 투과유속이 증가할수록 십자형 스페이서의 농도분극 감소효과는 급격히 증가하였다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.209-218
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• 2022

Recently, research on the development of anion exchange membranes (AEMs) has received considerable attention from the scientific community around the world. Here, we fabricated a series of AEMs with branched structures with different alkyl spacers and conducted comparative evaluations. The introduction of these branched structures is an attempt to overcome the low ionic conductivity and stability problems that AEMs are currently facing. To this end, branched polymers with different spacer lengths were synthesized and properties of each membrane prepared according to the branched structure were compared. The chemical structure of the polymer was investigated by proton nuclear magnetic resonance, Fourier transform infrared, and gel permeation chromatography, and the thermal properties were investigated using thermogravimetric analysis. The branched anion exchange membrane with (CH₂)₃ and (CH₂)₆ spacers exhibited ionic conductivities of 8.9 mS cm^-1 and 22 mS cm^-1 at 90℃, respectively. This means that the length of the spacer affects the ionic conductivity. Therefore, this study showing the effect of the spacer length on the ionic conductivity of the membrane in the polymer structure constituting the ion exchange membrane is judged to be very useful for future application studies of AEM fuel cells.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.513-524
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• 2015

In this study, the effects of the angles of spacer filaments and the different feed Reynolds number on the fluid flow behavior have been investigated. Three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study is carried out for fluid flow through rectangular channels within different angles ($30^{\circ}$, $40^{\circ}$, $50^{\circ}$, $60^{\circ}$, $70^{\circ}$, $80^{\circ}$, $90^{\circ}$, $100^{\circ}$, $110^{\circ}$, $120^{\circ}$, respectively) between two filaments of spacer for membrane modules. The results show that the feed Reynolds number and the angles of spacer filaments have an important influence on pressure drop. While the feed Reynolds number is fixed, the optimal angle of spacer should be between $80^{\circ}$ to $90^{\circ}$, because the pressure drop is not only relatively small, but also high flow rate region expanded significantly with the increase of the angles between $80^{\circ}$ to $90^{\circ}$.The Contours of velocities and change of the average shear stress with the different angle of spacer filaments confirm the conclusion.