Green synthesis of graphene using leaf extracts as sustainable reducing and capping agents is a thrust area of research owing to its simplicity, eco-friendly nature and the ease of access to graphene. Moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam) plant is widely cultivated in India owing to its important medicinal and nutritional values. Inspired by these reports, herein we report a simple, green and economic synthesis of graphene, Moringa leaf extract employed reduced graphene oxide (MRGO) with excellent dye removal efficiencies. The MRGO is prepared by refluxing a mixture of aqueous dispersion of graphene oxide and Moringa leaf extract for 10 h. Further, we elucidated the role of synthesized MRGO in the removal of methylene blue (MB) and rhodamine B (RB) dyes through the sonochemical method. This as-synthesized material exhibited excellent dye removal efficiencies of about 93% and 87% against MB and RB dyes, respectively. Graphene with huge surface area expedited the better adsorption of dye molecules, thus, facilitated the better removal of the latter. Therefore, the superior dye removal efficiencies of MRGO were attributed to its adsorption capacity. This cost-effective synthetic approach of MRGO nanomaterial has a great potential for the innovative applications in water purification technology and find its place in further industrialization.

Ceramic membranes can be applied under extreme operating conditions such as low pH, high pressure and high temperature. In particular SiC has excellent mechanical properties and also has excellent properties related to membrane performance. However, high processing temperature increases cost of SiC products and thus limit’s its use. In this study oxidation bonding technique was used to fabricate cost-effective SiC microfiltration membrane at low temperature. The oxidation behavior at different thermal treatments was related with pore morphology and ultimately the membrane permeability. We have found that the membrane made by coating of oxidation bonded SiC layer over clay-bonded SiC support, sintered at 1000-1100°C could make a defect-free microfiltration membrane with pure water permeability above 700 LMH per bar. The membrane has narrow pore size distribution with average pore size about 0.1 μm.

With the matters of climate change, energy security and resource depletion, a growing pressure exists to search for replacements for fossil fuels. Among various sustainable energy sources, hydrogen is thought of as a clean energy, and thus efficient hydrogen storage is a major issue. In order to realize efficient and safe hydrogen storage, various porous materials are being explored as solid-states materials for hydrogen storage. For those purposes, it is a prerequisite to characterize a material’s textural properties to evaluate its hydrogen storage performance. In general, the textural properties of porous materials are analyzed by the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) measurement using nitrogen gas as a probe molecule. However, nitrogen BET analysis is sometimes not suitable for materials possessing small pores and surfaces with high curvatures like MOFs because the nitrogen molecule may sometimes be too large to reach the entire porous framework, resulting in an erroneous value. Hence, a smaller probe molecule for BET measurements (such as hydrogen) may be required. In this study, we describe a cost-effective novel cryostat for BET measurement that can reach temperatures below the liquefaction of hydrogen gas. Temperature and cold volume of the cryostat are corrected, and all measurements are validated using a commercial device. In this way, direct observation of the hydrogen adsorption properties is possible, which can translate directly into the determination of textural properties.

국가연구개발사업 규모가 매년 증가함에 따라 이에 대한 간접비 금액도 증가하 고 있다. 간접비는 연구개발사업의 효율적인 추진에 필요하기 때문에 이에 대한 관심도 높아 지고 있다. 현재 국가 연구개발과제의 실제 간접비율이 고시비율보다 현저하게 낮다는 주장 들이 있다. 하지만 이러한 실제 간접비율의 계산에 고시된 간접비율을 적용하지 않는 간접비 예외사업이 포함되어 낮게 나타난 것으로 파악되고 있다. 그런데 간접비 예외사업은 고시간 접비율의 적용이 곤란한 사업적 특성을 가지고 있는 사업에 한정하여야 하는데, 이에 대한 검토가 미흡한 실정이다. 따라서 간접비 고시비율 예외 적용사업의 타당성을 검토하고, 당해 사업에서 간접비 발생 원인을 탐색하여 적정한 간접비 지급기준을 설정할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 현행 국가연구개발사업의 간접비 고시비율 예외사업을 조사하고, 정률 예외사업의 원가동인을 탐색하여 적정한 간접비 지급기준을 설정함으로써 합리적인 사업관리 방안을 모색하고자 하였다. 원가동인을 탐색하기 위하여 우선 정률예외사업에 대한 특성과 비목구조를 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 4개의 정률예외사업별로 각각 비목 구성의 고유한 특성이 도출되었다. 기반구축사업에서는 연구장비재료비의 비중이 50%로서 가장 높게 나타났으 며, 인력양성사업에서는 학생인건비의 비중이 43%로 가장 높게 나타났다. 국제공동예산사업 에서는 국제활동비를 식별할 수 없었으나, 연구장비재료비의 비중이 50%로 가장 높으며, 연구활동비가 31%의 비중을 차지하고 있었다. 하지만 평가조정사업은 내부인건비(37%), 연구 과제추진비(21%), 연구활동비(19%) 순으로 나타나고 있으며, 기관별로 큰 차이가 없어서 예 외적용사업이 아닌 일반사업으로 분류하는 것이 타당한 것으로 판단되었다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 각 사업별로 비목 구성비율의 특성에 따른 원가동인을 고려하여 조 정간접비율을 산정하는 식을 마련하였다. 이를 통해 다음과 같이 우리나라 정률예외사업에 적용될 고시 간접비율 설정방안 세 가지를 제시하였다. 1) 사업 특성별로 거액 비목은 간접 비율 계산에서 제외하고 고시비율 적용한다. 2) 정률예외사업을 분리하여 별도의 고정간접비율 적용한다. 3) 고시사업과 통합하되 특정 거액 비목은 제한을 설정하여 고시비율 적용한다. 본 연구는 국가연구개발 정률예외사업에 대하여 처음으로 원가구조를 분석하고, 합리적인 간접비 설정방안을 제시하였다는 데에 그 의의가 있다. 간접비는 직접비와 함께 국가연구개 발사업을 효과적으로 수행하는 데에 기여한다. 따라서 본 연구에서 제시된 간접비 고시비율 예외적용 기준안을 통해 국가연구개발사업을 수행하는 연구기관에 실소요 간접비를 지원함으로써 연구개발사업의 효율적 추진을 도모할 것으로 기대된다.

To replace methyl bromide (MeBr) due to its ozone depletion properties and the life-threatening to related worker as well as fumigators, ethyl formate (EF) fumigation on exported and imported fruits and vegetables has been developed by QIA in Korea since 2005. The benefits of using ethyl formate (EF) fumigant is considered as the safest practice among the commercially available chemical alternatives. The issues was that the cylinderized EF with carbon doxide (CO2) is not enough to extend their applications in terms of fumigation cost. We have developed the cost-effective liquid EF applications with nitrogen gas and demonstrated in quarantine trials (10m3) on imported bananas. We showed the new 35 gm-3 of EF applications with inert gas (nitrogen), were completely control all stage of citrus mealybug (Planoccous citri) for 4hr fumigation at 13°C. These applications meet the quarantine guidelines and protocols in terms of efficacies to target pest and safety concern as well as satisfactions of consumers showing no damages to imported bananas. Extensively, this cost effective EF technology could be acceptable to other fruit and vegetable commodities to reduce the fumigation costs and green house gas (CO2).

Polymer electrolyte membranes consisting of a PVP/AgCF3SO3/Al(NO3)3 complex were prepared for the separation of a propylene/propane mixture. In this study, the effect of Al(NO3)3 on inhibiting the reduction of silver ions generated from AgCF3SO3 was investigated, where AgCF3SO3 was used as a cost-effective alternative to AgBF4 in the facilitated olefin transport membranes. When Al(NO3)3 was incorporated into a PVP/AgCF3SO3 complex membrane, the selectivity of propylene/propane and mixed gas permeance showed 5 and 0.5GPU, respectively. Moreover, the PVP/AgCF3SO3/Al(NO3)3 complex membranes showed long-term stability although AgCF3SO3 is easily reduced to silver nanoparticles. It was thus proved that Al(NO3)3 played the role of a retardant for the reduction of silver ions generated from AgCF3SO3 as well as from AgBF4.

The trend is going to obtain the accurate and fast information to the development of information technology and electronic technology as an important part of corporate management. Press equipment to produce products that target is small and medium businesses. Became so economical real-time production information system(R-PIS) model has been implemented. R-PIS configure the embedded hardware and PC application software. This system is easy maintenance and upgrade that general-purpose PC and a modular hardware devices. Consists of modules such as wireless communication, LCD, Key-pad, memory control, and sensor signal. R-PIS is efficient materials and product management to maximize the productivity of the enterprise.

Activated carbon fibers (ACFs) were prepared from cost effective commercial textiles through stabilization, carbonization, and subsequently activation by carbon dioxide. ACFs were characterized for surface area and pore size distribution by physical adsorption of nitrogen at 77 K. ACFs were also examined for various surface characteristics by scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and CHNO elemental analyzer. The prepared ACFs exhibited good surface textural properties with well developed micro porous structure. With improvement in physical strength, the commercial textile grade acrylic precursor based ACFs developed in this study may have great utility as cost effective adsorbents in environmental remediation applications.

  This research was conducted in order to present the strategies of implementing the logistics information system for effective logistics cost management with the case study of a leading global company. The strategy for effective logistics information sys

Purpose : We will develop the distribution method of wide oil extract technology to develop repellent using this technology and study mosquito repellent persistence. Research design, data and methodology : A positive control group containing purified water, ethanol and picaridin was prepared, and the experimental control group was prepared in the same proportion as the positive control group, and 0.6% of broad oil was added. The results were summarized using the calculation method according to the avoidance effect and statistically tested by t-test using the excel statistics program. Results : Experiments on skin surface area and voice control of participants showed that men had 8.9% wider skin surface area than women, and voice control tests showed that women were bitten by mosquitoes five times more than men. Both the positive and the experimental control groups had a valid duration of up to three hours, but from the time of five hours, the positive control group had 77% and the experimental control had 90%, indicating a difference of 14.4% over the positive control group. Conclusions : The mosquito repellents developed in this study on the basis of safety and continuity are cost-effective in terms of mosquito repellent, and in addition fragrance, odor removal, perfume, ink, skin care and massage effect.

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to apply a cost effective ultrasonic odor reduction method that generated micro-bubbles using ejector to the Southeast Asian wastewater market. Research design, data, and methodology - A leather maker located in Ansan-city, Gyunggi-do, South Korea was sampled from the collection tank to select experimental materials. Experimental setup consisted of circulating water tank-air ejector-ultrasonic device, and circulating wastewater. Sample analysis was performed by CODcr, T-N, T-P, and turbidity by the National Environmental Science Institute. Results - Experimental results show that it is most effective in removing odors when the frequency range of ultrasonic wave is 60∼80 Khz and the output is 200 W. It showed that the concentration of complex odor dropped from a maximum of 14,422 times to a minimum of 120 times. Also, analysis of ammonia and hydrogen sulfide in specific odor substances has shown that they were reduced from 1.5 ppm to 0.4 ppm and from 0.6 ppm to 0.1 ppm, respectively. Conclusions - It is possible to shorten more than 12 hours in the treatment of micro-organisms. It can be seen that the processing time of odor after ultrasonic treatment in the pre-treatment facility is reduced by 25% when compared to the resultant micro-organisms after the chemical treatment, that is, the time of the bio-treatment of micro-organisms. Based on the results, it was confirmed that the pre-treatment method using the ultrasonic and the air ejector device of the experiment shows the effect of reducing the water pollutants and odor more effectively in a relatively short time than the conventional advanced oxidation method.

A telerobot offers a more engaging and enjoyable interaction with people at a distance by communicating via audio, video, expressive gestures, body pose and proxemics. To provide its potential benefits at a reasonable cost, this paper presents a telepresence robot system for video communication which can deliver speaker’s head motion through its display stanchion. Head gestures such as nodding and head-shaking can give crucial information during conversation. We also can assume a speaker’s eye-gaze, which is known as one of the key non-verbal signals for interaction, from his/her head pose. In order to develop an efficient head tracking method, a 3D cylinder-like head model is employed and the Harris corner detector is combined with the Lucas-Kanade optical flow that is known to be suitable for extracting 3D motion information of the model. Especially, a skin color-based face detection algorithm is proposed to achieve robust performance upon variant directions while maintaining reasonable computational cost. The performance of the proposed head tracking algorithm is verified through the experiments using BU's standard data sets. A design of robot platform is also described as well as the design of supporting systems such as video transmission and robot control interfaces.