• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.480-484
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 원료 유지로 산가 0.68 mgKOH/g, 수분 함량 0.09%, 고형물 함량 0.13%, 인 함량 40 ppm가량의 crude canola oil을 바이오디젤의 원료유로 활용하기 위하여 인 함량을 10 ppm 이하로 낮추는 탈검 공정을 수행하였다. Crude canola oil을 바이오디젤의 원료유로 사용하기 위해 수용성 탈검과 phospholipase A2를 탈검제로 하는 효소 탈검 공정을 비교하는 실험을 수행하였으며, 분석 결과를 바탕으로 바이오디젤의 원료유로써 조건을 만족시키는 탈검 방법을 선정하고 반응 조건을 확립하였다. 수용성 탈검의 경우에는 증류수 사용량 oil 대비 2 wt%, 반응온도 $30^{\circ}C$, 교반 속도 900 rpm에서 탈검 효율이 다른 조건에 비하여 높았으며, 반응 시간은 30분이 가장 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. Phospholipase A2를 탈검제로 사용하는 효소 탈검의 경우에는 인 함량결과를 보면 모든 조건에서 비슷한 탈검 효율을 나타내었다. 그리하여 산가 분석을 실시한 결과, 효소 투입량 oil 대비 90 ppm, pH 5, 반응 온도 $50^{\circ}C$에서의 탈검 효율이 다른 조건과 비해 우수하였다. 수용성 탈검과 효소 탈검을 비교해 보면, 효소 탈검이 효율이 높았으나 바이오디젤의 원료유를 생산하는 목적의 경우, 반응시간, 공정의 경제성을 고려할 때 수용성 탈검을 선택하는 것이 유리하다고 판단되었다.

• Advances in environmental research
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.155-172
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• 2015

In this study, a complete set of recirculating cooling water system and the required instruments were built in a semi-industrial-scale and a 50 g/h ozone generation plant and a chlorine system were designed for cooling water treatment. Both chlorination and ozonation treatment methods were studied and the results were analyzed during two 45-days periods. The concentrations of ozone and chlorine in recirculating water were constant at 0.1 mg/lit and 0.6 mg/lit, respectively. In ozone treatment, by increasing the concentration cycle to 33%, the total water consumption decreased by 26% while 11.5% higher energy efficiency achieved thanks to a better elimination of bio-films. In case of Carbon Steel, the corrosion rate reached to 0.012 mm/yr and 0.025 mm/yr for the ozonation and chlorination processes, respectively. Furthermore, consumptions of the anti-corrosion and anti-sedimentation materials in the ozone cooling water treatment were reduced about 60% without using any oxidant and non-oxidant biocides. No significant changes in sediment load were seen in ozonation compared to chlorination. The Chemical Oxygen Demand of the blow-down in ozonation method decreased to one-sixth of that in the chlorination method. Moreover, the soluble iron and water turbidity in the ozonation method were reduced by 97.5% and 70%, respectively. Although no anaerobic bacteria were seen in the cooling water at the proper concentration range of ozone and chlorine, the aerobic bacteria in chlorine and ozone treatment methods were 900 and 200 CFU/ml, respectively. The results showed that the payback time for the ozone treatment is about 2.6 years.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.24-32
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• 2012

Natural gas hydrates have a high potential as the 21st century new energy resource, because it have a large amount of deposits in many deep-water and permafrost regions of the world widely. Natural gas hydrate is formed by physical binding between water molecule and gas mainly composed of methane, which is captured in the cavities of water molecules under the specific temperature and pressure. $1m^3$ methane hydrate can be decomposed to the methane gas of $172m^3$ and water of $0.8m^3$ at standard condition. Therefore, there are a lot of practical applications such as separation processes, natural gas storage transportation and carbon dioxide sequestration. For the industrial utilization of methane hydrate, it is very important to rapidly manufacture hydrate. However, when methane hydrate is artificially formed, its reaction time may be too long and the gas consumption in water becomes relatively low, because the reaction rate between water and gas is low. So in this study, hydrate formation was experimented by adding natural zeolite and Synthetic zeolite 5A in distilled water, respectively. The results show that when the Synthetic zeolite 5A of 0.01 wt% was, the amount of gas consumed during the formation of methane hydrate was higher than that in the natural zeolite. Also, the natural zeolite and Synthetic zeolite 5A decreased the hydrate formation time to a greater extent than the distilled water at the same subcooling temperature.

• 멤브레인
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.314-322
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• 2019

기후변화로 인해 가속화되고 있는 충남 지역 가뭄현상에 대응하고 대산 임해산업단지의 증가하는 용수 수요를 만족하기 위해서, K-water에서는 100,000 ㎥/일 규모 역삼투 해수담수플랜트 건설 사업을 추진하고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 해수담수플랜트 운영비용의 70% 이상을 담당하는 역삼투 공정 성능에 영향을 미치는 주요 인자에 대한 성능 분석을 수행하였다. 대산 지역 해수 염분농도 및 수온 변화 조건에서 RO 공정의 전력소모는 2.39 ± 0.13 kWh/㎥로 나타났으며, 막여과유속과 회수율이 낮을수록 전력소모가 절감되어 연간 운영비용이 감소하였다. 주요 막 제조사별 고유량 막의 성능 비교 결과, 전량 2단 여과공정(full two pass) 기준 생산수 TDS는 평균 3.84 mg/L로 양호하였고, 전력소모는 2.22 ± 0.13 kWh/㎥ 수준으로 확인되었다. 역삼투 공정 구성을 전량 2단 여과방식에서 partial 또는 split partial 방식으로 변경함에 따라 전력소모는 최대 0.29 kWh/㎥, 막모듈 설치비용은 최대 15.6% 절감 가능할 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2022년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.322-323
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• 2022

정수장의 최적화 운영을 위하여 가장 필요한 것은 수용가에서 사용되는 수돗물의 패턴과 양을 정확하게 예측하여 필요한 만큼의 수돗물을 펌프를 이용하여 배수지로 전달하여 저장하고, 필요한 유량이 최소의 전기에너지를 이용하여 적기에 공급되어야 한다. 정수장의 수량 예측 중 에너지 최적화 운영의 관점에서 필요한 단기 수요예측은 시계열 분석, 회귀분석 및 신경망 알고리즘을 이용하여 계절별, 주요 기간별, 지역 특성별 등을 고려하여 이루어져 왔으며, 본 논문에서는 순환적 신경회로망의 일종인 LSTM(Long Short-Term Memory), GRU(Gated Recurrent Units) 등의 AI 기반 복합센서 적용성 분석을 통한 에너지 관리 방안에 대하여 분석하였다.

• 청정기술
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.449-456
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• 2014

기후변화로 인한 국지적인 이상가뭄 빈발 및 물수지 관련 불확실성 증가 등으로 각국에서는 사용가능한 담수량 확보, 즉 물안보 문제가 크게 대두되고 있다. 사용가능한 담수량 중 상당부분이 전력을 생산하는 발전 분야에도 사용되기 때문에 그 중요성이 점차 증대하고 있다. 신재생에너지원인 태양광발전은 설비제조, 설치 및 운전의 전 과정(life cycle)에서 수자원을 소비하지만 전통적인 에너지원인 화력발전이나 원자력발전에 비하면 상대적으로 수자원을 적게 사용한다는 장점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 태양광시스템의 원료채취부터 운영발전까지 물 사용량을 알아보기 위해 전 과정의 물 발자국을 측정하여 그 결과를 분석했다. 물 발자국 산정결과 태양광시스템의 전체 물 발자국은 $0.989m^3/MWh$이며, 폴리실리콘과 태양전지 공정에서 물 발자국이 높게 나타났다. 폴리실리콘 공정은 에너지 다소비 공정이기 때문에 냉각수 사용량이 많았고 태양전지 공정에서는 고효율 결정질 실리콘 세척을 위한 탈 이온수(deionized water) 사용량이 많았기 때문에 물 발자국이 높은 것으로 보인다. 태양광발전은 기존 에너지원보다 물 사용량이 적은 발전원임을 확인할 수 있었으며, 에너지 분야의 물 사용량을 절감할 수 있는 가치를 가지고 있음을 알 수 있다. 향후 에너지정책 결정에 있어서 신재생에너지의 부가적인 가치로서 물 발자국 개념의 도입이 중요하다.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.31-42
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• 2011

The purpose of the study was to investigate the characteristics of energy use behaviors and energy saving consciousness of multi-family housing residents. The energy referred to in this study includes electric energy, heating energy and water usage. This study was conducted from a survey carried out in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do. The results of the study are as follows: First, among the survey questions, the only positive energy saving behaviors shown by the occupants was turning off the lights and the television, and in the use of kitchen appliances; it could therefore be concluded that, in general, energy saving attitude and consciousness were not sufficient to reduce energy consumption. Second, the results showed high mean scores for the behaviors which were easy to control, such as turning off lights and televisions, and low mean scores for the behaviors which required extra effort to completely cut off electricity energy such as pulling out the plugs of electronic appliances. Third, it was found that the occupants generally showed the tendency to save heating energy. However, in cases where the occupants were required to continuously and directly experience indoor temperatures, they expressed passive attitudes toward saving energy. Fourth, they showed wasteful attitudes toward water usage by leaving the tap running when taking showers and washing their faces. Fifth, while they showed a strong energy saving consciousness, they also showed a passive attitude about putting this into practice; there was therefore some gap between attitude and behavior. Lastly, among the socio-demographic factors, age and family lifecycle were very important factors affecting energy use and energy saving consciousness.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.87-94
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• 2007

In this paper, with water-LiCl-$CaCl_2-Zn(NO_3)_2$ mixture which utilizes solar energy at the evaporator heat source, a thermodynamic analysis was performed to provide design data for a double-effect absorption heating system. A comparative study of the water-LiCl-$CaCl_2-Zn(NO_3)_2$ mixture against the water-LiBr pair was conducted by a computer simulation. The computer simulation is based on mass, material and heat balance equations for each part of the system. Coefficients of performance and flow ratios for effects of different operating temperatures are investigated. It is found that the heating COP is higher for the water-LiCl-$CaCl_2-Zn(NO_3)_2$ mixture than for the water-LiBr pair, and FR is lower for the former.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.73-81
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• 2006

In this paper, with water-LiBr-LiSCN mixture which utilizes solar energy as mid temperature range evaporator heat source, a thermodynamic analysis was performed to provide design data for a double-effect absorption heating system. A comparative study of the water-LiBr-LiSCN mixture against the water-LiBr pair was conducted by a computer simulation. The computer simulation is based on mass, material and heat balance equations for each part of the system. Coefficients of performance and flow ratios for effects of different operating temperatures are investigated. It is found that the heating COP is higher for the water-LiBr-LiSCN mixture than for the water-LiBr pair, and FR is lower for the former.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.327-348
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• 2013

An Oscillating Water Column (OWC) is a relatively practical and convenient device that converts wave energy to a usable form, which is electricity. The OWC is kept inside a fixed truncated vertical cylinder, which is a hollow structure with one open end submerged in the water and with an air turbine at the top. This research adopts potential theory and Galerkin methods to solve the fluid motion inside the OWC. Using an air-water interaction model, OWC design for energy extraction from regular wave is also explored. The hydrodynamic coefficients of the scattering and radiation potentials are solved for using the Galerkin approximation. The numerical results for the free surface elevation have been verified by a series of experiments conducted in the University of New Orleans towing tank. The effect of varying geometric parameters on the response amplitude operator (RAO) of the OWC is studied and modification of the equation for evaluating the natural frequency of the OWC is made. Using the model of air-water interaction under certain wave parameters and OWC geometric parameters, a computer program is developed to calculate the energy output from the system.