Fe-30 wt% TiC composite powders are fabricated by in situ reaction synthesis after planetary ball millingof (Fe, TiH2, Carbon) powder mixture. Two sintering methods of a pressureless sintering and a spark-plasma sinteringare tested to densify the Fe-30 wt% TiC composite powder compacts. Pressureless sintering is performed at 1100, 1200and 1300oC for 1-3 hours in a tube furnace under flowing argon gas atmosphere. Spark-plasma sintering is carried outunder the following condition: sintering temperature of 1050oC, soaking time of 10 min, sintering pressure of 50 MPa,heating rate of 50oC/min, and in a vacuum of 0.1 Pa. The curves of shrinkage and its derivative (shrinkage rate) areobtained from the data stored automatically during sintering process. The densification behaviors are investigated fromthe observation of fracture surface and cross-section of the sintered compacts. The pressureless-sintered powder com-pacts are not densified even after sintering at 1300oC for 3 h, which shows a relative denstiy of 66.9%. Spark-plasmasintering at 1050oC for 10 min exhibits nearly full densification of 99.6% relative density under the sintering pressure of50 MPa.

Analyzing asphalt mixture images can provide crucial information not only for generating advanced geometry structure in several numerical computations (i.e. FEM and/or DEM) codes, but also for numerically evaluating the material microstructure. It is well known that 3D X-Ray Computer Tomography (CT) can provide accurate and realistic microstructure information of asphalt mixtures; however, this technology still presents two limitations: 1) the equipment is very expensive and, therefore, only few pavement agencies can afford it, and 2) the software required to generate realistic image of asphalt mixture with three-phase structure (aggregate, asphalt binder and air-voids) is based on a global thresholding algorithm which cannot be easily accessed and edited by users and practitioners. In this paper, accurate and realistic 2D three-phase asphalt mixture images were generated using an advanced DIP analysis code (implemented on MATLABTM) and a common flatbed scanner, which can be easily purchased at relatively low price. The threshold algorithm was developed based on the computed results of Gmm (maximum specific gravity), Gmb (bulk specific gravity), VMA (voids in mineral aggregates) of given asphalt mixtures which can be experimentally obtained in a laboratory environment. 2D three-phase images of asphalt mixtures were derived from grey scale images (color intensity from 0 to 255) obtained from original RGB (Red-Green-Blue) scale images with a dual-threshold computation techniques (i.e. one step for computing air voids phase, T1, and a second step for computing asphalt binder (and/or mastic) phase, T2). An example of DIP analysis results is shown in Figure 1. Based on the computation results, quite accurate and good visual agreement was observed between RGB scale image and DIP analyzed image. The findings indicate that this advanced DIP analysis technique can provide reliable geometry and microstructural information for several numerical simulations such as finite element method (FEM) and discrete element modeling (DEM). This research work represents a solid base for performing simple 2D microstructure analysis using 2- and 3-point correlation function and for developing the Moon Cannone Falchetto (MCF) model which will be introduced in the next annual KSRE conference.

1-부탄올/물의 투과증발 분리특성을 알아보기 위해 (주)에어레인사에서 개발한 PEI 중공사막에 PDMS로 코팅한 복합막 모듈을 이용하여 랩테스트와 파일럿테스트를 실시하였다. 공급액으로는 물과 1-부탄올을 각각 99 : 1로 혼합하여 사용하였다. 실험 결과로 30°C에서 투과도 132.7 g/m2hr, 선택도 23.4로 높은 선택도를, 50°C에서 투과도 505.1 g/m2hr, 선택도 5.1로 높은 투과도를 얻을 수 있었으며 일본의 나가셉사에서 개발한 지지체가 없는 PDMS 막 모듈과 비교했을 때 (주)에어레인사에서 개발한 복합막 모듈이 약 10~20 g/m2hr의 높은 투과도를 나타내었다. 테스트를 진행한 복합막 모듈의 내구성을 알아보기 위하여 약 35일간의 장기테스트를 진행하였고 그 결과 약 510~520 g/m2hr의 투과도와 20~25의 선택도로 초기 측정량과 큰 차이가 없음을 나타내었다.

This study was performed to produce WBM (wheat and barley mixture) bread containing molokhia powder with quality characteristics and antioxidant activities. Analysis of the chromaticity of WBM prepared with molokhia powder showed that; the lightness and redness were decreased, but yellowness was increased. In mechanical properties, hardness, gumminess, and chewiness were significantly increased as the amount of molokhia powder was increased. However, cohesiveness was significantly decreased. In sensory evaluation, WBM bread containing 1.5% of molokhia powder (MB1.5) showed an overall high preference level. The total polyphenol content of molokhia powder EtOH extract and MB1.5 were 29.19 and 58.18 mg TAE/g, respectively. The total flavonoid contents of molokhia powder EtOH extract and MB1.5 were 20.62 mg and 33.25 mg RE/g, respectively. The radical scavenging ability (IC50) of DPPH (IC50) for molokhia powder EtOH extract and MB1.5 was 31.04 and 58.18 μg/mL, respectively while that of ABTS was 33.25 and 54.15 μg/mL, respectively. The α -glucosidase inhibitory effects of molokhia powder EtOH extract and MB1.5 were 494.88 and 814.88 μg/mL, respectively. MB bread containing 1.5% molokhia powder showed antioxidative effects and α-glucosidase inhibitory activity, meaning that not only molokhia but also MB1.5 bread has the potential to prevent chronic degenerative diseases such as diabetes.

PURPOSES : The hydrated lime-modified asphalt, which improves moisture resistance, is normally used for pavements to reduce the number of potholes. However, the method of applying the material properties of the lime-modified asphalt mixture for use in pavements is not covered in the Korean Pavement Research Program (KPRP). The objective of this research is to find a method for the design application of lime-modified asphalt’s material properties to the KPRP. METHODS: The section for test design is selected in some conditions which are related to the level of design regarding Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT). To define the application methods of hydrated lime in the KPRP, the models of fatigue, rut and international roughness index (IRI) are determined based on the M-EPDG test results from some earlier research results. Moreover, it is well known that dynamic moduli of the unmodified mixture are not different from those of the lime-modified mixture. RESULTS: The performance results of hydrated lime-modified asphalt pavement were not very much different from those of the unmodified pavement, which meant the limited design regulations regarding fatigue failure, rutting deformation and IRI. CONCLUSIONS: The KPRP uses the weather model from the data for previous 10 years. It implies that the KPRP cannot predict abnormal climate changes accurately. Hence, the predictive weather data regarding the abnormal climate changes are unreliable. Secondly, the KPRP cannot apply the moisture resistance of asphalt mixtures. Therefore, a second level of design study will have to be performed to reflect the influence of moisture. It means that the influence on pavement performance can be changed by the application of hydrated lime in asphalt mixture design.

PURPOSES: Evaluation of the wind speed effect on the temperature drop of an asphalt mixture during construction, by using the transient heat transfer theory and dominant convective heat transfer coefficient model. METHODS: Finite difference method (FDM) is used to solve the transient heat transfer difference equation numerically for various wind speeds and initial temperature conditions. The Blasius convective heat transfer coefficient model is adapted to account for the effect of wind speed in the temperature predictions of the asphalt mixture, and the Beaufort number is used to select a reasonable wind speed for the analysis. As a function of time and depth, the temperature of the pavement structure is predicted and analyzed for the given initial conditions. RESULTS : The effect of wind speed on the temperature drop of asphalt mixture is found to be significant. It seems that wind speed is another parameter to be accounted for in the construction specifications for obtaining a better quality of the asphalt mixture. CONCLUSIONS: It is concluded that wind speed has a significant effect on the temperature drop of the asphalt layer. Although additional field observations have to be made to reflect the effect of wind speed on the construction specifications, it appears that wind speed is a dominant variable to be considered, in addition to the atmospheric temperature.

ZnO micro/nanocrystals at large scale were synthesized through the thermal evaporation of Al-Zn mixtures under air atmosphere. The effect of synthetic temperature and time on the morphology of the micro/nanocrystals was examined. It was found that the temperature and time affected the morphology of the ZnO crystals. At temperatures below 900 oC, no crystals were synthesized. At a temperature of 1000 oC, ZnO crystals with a rod shape were synthesized. With an increase in temperature from 1000 oC to 1100 oC, the morphology of the crystals changed from rod shape to wire and granular shapes. As the time increased from 2 h to 3 h at 1000 oC, tetrapod-shaped ZnO crystals started to form. XRD patterns showed that the ZnO crystals had a hexagonal wurtzite structure. EDX analysis revealed that the ZnO crystals had high purity. It is believed that the ZnO nanowires were grown via a vapor-solid mechanism because no catalyst particles were observed at the tips of the micro/nanocrystals in the SEM images.

본 연구는 냉장육과 냉동-해동육의 혼합비율(100/0 (T1), 0/100 (T2), 50/50 (T3), 70/30 (T4) and 30/70 (T5))의 차이에 따른 유화형 소시지의 품질특성에 미치는 영향에 대해 조사하였다. 분석결과, 냉장 및 냉동-해동육의 비율이 소시지의 육색 중 백색도, 황색도, chroma 값 및 hue angle의 변화에는 영향을 주지 않았으나, 적색도는 냉동육만을 사용한 처리구가 가장 높게 나타났다(p<0.05). 처리구간별 pH 및 보수력은 유의적인 차이를 나타내지 않았으나, 수분함량은 냉장육의 비율이 높은 처리구(T1 및 T4)가 다른 시험구보다 유의적으로 높게 나타났다(p<0.05). 미생물 특성의 경우, 모든 처리구에서 coliform은 검출되지 않았다. 하지만, 총균수는 T2처리구가 다른 시험구보다 유의적으로 높게 나타났으며, 유산균은 냉동-해동육의 비율이 높은 처리구(T2 및 T5)가 냉장육의 비율이 높은 처리구(T1 및 T3)보다 유의적으로 높게 나타났다(p<0.05). 시료간 단백질변패도, 지방산패도 및 관능적 특성은 처리구간 유의적인 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 조직감 측정결과, 경도, 검성, 씹힘성 및 부착성에는 유의적인 차이를 나타내지 않았으나, 응집성 및 탄력성은 T1이 T2처리구보다 유의적으로 높게 나타났다(p<0.05). 이상의 결과, 냉장육 및 냉동-해동육 혼합하여 유화형 소시지를 제조할 때, 전반적인 품질특성에는 차이를 나타내지 않지만, 신선육의 비율이 높을수록 응집성, 탄력성 및 미생물학적 특성이 우수하게 나타났다.

High temperature plasma coating technology has been applied to recover damaged aluminum dies from wear by spraying pure aluminum and alumina powder. However, the coated mixed powder layer composed of aluminum and alumina often undergoes a detachment from the substrate, making the coated substrate die unable to maintain its expected life span. In this study, in order to increase the bonding strength between the substrate and the coating layer, a pure aluminum layer was applied as an intermediate bond layer. In order to prepare the specimen with variable bond coating conditions, the bond coat layers with a various gun speed from 10 cm/sec to 30 cm/sec were prepared with coating cycle variations ranging from three to nine cycles. The specimen with a bond coat layer coated with a gun speed of 20 cm/sec and three coating cycles exhibited ~13MPa of adhesion strength, while the specimen without a bond coat layer showed ~6 MPa of adhesion strength. The adhesion strength with a variation of bond coat layer thickness is discussed in terms of coating parameters.

The safety of a new natural plant composition (ADP) was assessed on the genotoxicity study and 14-day repeat dose toxicity study. ADP contains a mixed water extract obtained from the mixture of Phellodendron cortex (Phellodendron amurense) and Anemarrhena rhizoma (Anemarrhena asphodeloides), and poses the contractile properties mediated by alpha-adrenoceptor of the prostate and urethra as well as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. In order to evaluate genetic safety, in vivo micronucleus test was performed in ICR mice orally administered with three dose levels of 1250, 2500, 5000 mg/kg body weight, and vehicle and positive control. In the 14 days study, Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with ADP at the dose levels of 500, 1000, 2000 mg/kg once a day, and clinical signs, body weights, hematology, serum biochemistry, necropsy findings and organ weights were monitored and examined. In experimental results, ADP treatment, compared with vehicle control, did not induce the micronucleated erythrocytes from mouse bone marrow. In the 14 days study, any significant and toxicological differences in all measurements of parameters were not observed in ADP treatment groups of animals, compared with vehicle treatment. The No-Observed-Adverse-Effect-Level (NOAEL) of ADP in the 14 days study was determined to be greater than 2000 mg/kg/day in both sexes.

본 연구에서는 식육원료 4종(소, 돼지, 말 및 닭)을 각 각 판별하기 위하여 real-time PCR을 이용한 판별법을 개발하였다. 종판별을 위한 유전자로는 미토콘드리아 유전자 중 12S rRNA와 16S rRNA 부분을 대상으로 하였으며, 특이 프로브의 Reporter dye는 FAM, Quencher dye는 TAMRA로 설계하였다. 개발된 프라이머 및 프로브 세트 로 유사종에 대한 비 특이적 signal의 생성 유무를 관찰하기 위하여 총 10종을 대상으로 특이성을 확인한 결과, 비 특이적 signal은 확인되지 않았다. 식육원료에 대하여 realtime PCR을 통한 식육 판별 시 식육 혼합 방법에 따른 CT값의 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 의도적 혼합 및 비의도적 혼입을 판별하기 위한 정량법 개발에서는 의도적 혼합의 경우 100% 식육과의 CT 값 차이가 4 cycle 이내이고, 비의도적 혼입일 경우 100% 식육과의 CT 값 차이가 6 cycle 이상이었다. 따라서 본 연구를 통하여 개발한 식육 원료의 의도적, 비의도적 혼입 판별법은 불량식품 유통 근절 및 소비자 인권보호에 크게 기여할 것으로 기대된다.

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the antimicrobial effects of ε-poly-L-lysine mixture (EPM) on cheon-ggukjang and to determine the optimal mixing ratio in cheonggukjang. Increasing the EPM up to 2% decreased via-ble cell counts at both 15oC and 30oC storage. The pH of cheonggukjang without EPM increased slowly over thestorage periods, but cheonggukjang with EPM showed a slight increasing tendency, with the highest pH at 2% EPM.The sensory scores, such as texture and flavor, were highest in samples containing 2% EPM; however, overall pref-erence was not significantly different when compared to the control. For the optimum cheonggukjang processingconditions, 13 experimental points were selected. Soybean and EPM were chosen as independent variables. Viablecell count, pH, texture, and overall preference were measured. The optimum formulation of cheonggukjang usingthe numerical analysis was found to be 98.52% soybean and 1.48% EPM, resulting in a 0.722 desirability value.

This study was conducted to assess the feasibility of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) as a rapid and reliable method for the estimation of crude protein (CP) fractions in forage legume mixtures (sudangrass and pea mixture, and kidney bean and potato mixture). A total of 178 samples were collected and their spectral reflectance obtained in the range of 400~2,500 nm. Of these, 50 samples were selected for calibration and validation, and 35 samples were used for calibration of the data set, and the modified partial least square regression (MPLSR) analysis was performed. The correlation coefficient (r2) and the standard error of cross-validation (SECV) of the calibration models in the CP fractions, A, B1, B2, B3, and C, were 0.94 (1.05), 0.92 (0.74), 0.96 (0.95), 0.91 (0.42), and 0.83 (0.38), respectively. Fifteen samples were used for equation validation, and the r2 and the standard error of prediction (SEP) were 0.87 (1.45), 0.91 (0.49), 0.94 (1.13), 0.36 (0.96), and 0.74 (0.67), respectively. This study showed that NIRS could be an effective tool for the rapid and precise estimation of CP fractions in forage legume mixtures.

PURPOSES: Evaluation of thermal conductivity and convection properties of asphalt mixture by using thermodynamics. METHODS: In this research, temperature prediction model based on thermodynamics is derived for asphalt mixture in transient state and it is verified with laboratory test results. RESULTS: The derived temperature prediction model shows good agreement with laboratory test results. CONCLUSIONS: It is concluded that the derived model based on thermodynamics and thermal properties in the literature are good enough to capture temperature variation in laboratory test. The approach based on thermodynamics can be applied to more complex temperature simulations.

The effect of oxygen pressure on the synthesis of ZnO nanowires by means of melt-oxidation of an Al-Zn mixture was investigated. The samples were prepared in oxygen ambient for 1 h at 1,000˚C under oxygen pressure ranging from 0.5 to 100 Torr. ZnO nanowires were formed at oxygen pressures lower than 10 Torr. As the oxygen pressure increased from 0.5 to 10 Torr, the width of the nanowires increased, but their length decreased. The ZnO nanowires had a needle shape, which became gradually thinner toward the tip. X-ray diffraction patterns showed that the nanowires had a hexagonal wurtzite structure. However, ZnO nanowires were not observed when the oxygen pressure increased from 10 Torr to 100 Torr. In roomtemperature cathodeluminescence spectra of the ZnO nanowires, the intensity of ultra-violet emission at 380 nm increased with decreasing oxygen pressure, which indicated that the lower the oxygen pressure, the better the crystallinity of the ZnO nanowires.

Translucent alumina is a potential candidate for high temperature application as a replacement of the glassor polymer. Recently, due to the increasing demand of high power light emitting diode (LED), there is a growing inter-est in the translucent alumina. Since the translucent property is very sensitive to the internal defect, such as voids insideor abnormal grain growth of sintered alumina, it is important to fabricate the defect-free product through the fabricationprocess. Powder injection molding (PIM) has been commonly applied for the fabrication of complex shaped products.Among the many parameters of PIM, the flowability of powder/binder mixture becomes more significant especially forthe shape of the cavity with thin thickness. Two different positions of the gate were applied during PIM using the disctype of die. The binder was removed by solvent extraction method and the brown compact was sintered at 1750oC for3 hours in a vacuum. The flowability was also simulated using moldflow (MPI 6.0) with two different types of gate.The effect of the flowability of powder/binder mixture on the microstructure of the sintered specimen was studied withthe analysis of the simulation result.

자동차 연료용 바이오가스의 고순도 메탄 분리정제를 위해 2단 재순환 분리막 공정을 연구하였다. 2단 재순환 분리막공정을 개발하기 위해 폴리설폰(Polysulfone) 중공사 모듈을 채택하여 이산화탄소, 메탄의 순수투과도를 측정하였다. 또한 모델 혼합가스를 대상으로 모듈의 메탄농도와 압력에 대해 투과실험을 수행하여 메탄의 농도와 회수율에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 그 결과를 토대로 2단 재순환 분리막 파일럿 플랜트를 제작하였으며 현장에서 발생되는 바이오가스를 대상으로 공정변수에 대한 메탄 회수율과 농도에 관한 투과실험을 수행하였다. 제습기와 탈황설비 등의 전처리설비를 거쳐 가스 내의 수분을 500 ppm 이하, 바이오가스내의 황화수소 농도를 20 ppm 이하로 제거하였으며 그 정제된 혼합가스를 대상으로 파일럿 분리막 공정의 막면적비에 따른 운전결과를 알아보기 위하여 1, 2단의 막면적비가 각각 1:1, 1:3, 2:2가 되도록 구성하여 실험을 진행한 결과, 1단의 막면적은 1 m2로 동일하고 2단의 면적비가 1 m2에서 3 m2로 증가하였을 경우 최종 공급유량은 6.6 L/min에서 80.7 L/min로 그리고 메탄 회수율은 메탄순도 95%에서 47.1%에서 92.5%로 증가하였다. 또한, 막 면적비가 1:1로 동일한 경우 전체 면적이 2배로 증가함에 따라서 유량은6.6 L/min에서 100.8 L/min로 회수율은 47.1에서 88.3%를 나타내었다. 1:3 면적비에서 공급유량이 증가하는 경우, 최종 메탄 순도는 감소하고 메탄 회수율은 증가하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 운전압력이 증가할수록 공급유량은 증가하고 회수율은 다소 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 실험을 통해 유효막면적, 공급압력과 공급유량의 변화가 공정 성능향상에 중요한 영향을 미친다는 것을 확인하였다.