Chinese cabbage is produced and consumed as a main material for kimchi and as a staple vegetable in Korea throughout the year. However, due to environmental changes unbalance between supply and demand is repeated annually, requiring development of long-term storage technologies. Chinese cabbages, were harvested, put in plastic boxes, and precooled at 2oC for 24 hours using forced air precooler. After precooling, Chinese cabbages were MAP-treated with 0.02 mm HDPE film and functional film and stored at low temperature (1±0.5oC). The weight-loss rates after 9-weeks of storage were 8.47% in the control group, 4.07% in the HDPE film-treated group, and 3.07% in the functional film-treated group, respectively, suppressing weight loss. Trimming loss rate after 6-weeks of storage was 6.86% in the functional film MAP-treated group and lower than 7.50% in the control group. In the sensory test with 7 points as the limit of commodity, the control group lost it after 6-weeks of storage while the MAP-treated groups retained over 7 points. The functional film MAP-treated group showed over 6 points for processing as kimchi until 9-weeks of storage, proving that Pallet-type MAP storage is effective for extending storage life of spring Chinese cabbage.

The National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science achieved the breeding of the moon cactus cultivar ‘Hahong’ with dark red color in 2013. Initially, the red dark colored 'Seolhong' and 'Gohong' cultivars were crossed in 2009. Their seeds were harvested after 2 months, sterilized by C2H5OH 70% and NaOCl 2%, and then sowed in 100 mL flasks filled with Kyoto medium + Charcoal 0.1%. The bottom of the germinated shoot was cut, grafted in vitro into a young vine cactus, Hylocereus trigonus, and then planted in a test tube with the same medium. After 6 months, the young grafted cactus was moved into the greenhouse and hardened for 7 days. The cactus was grafted in vivo once a year for four years, the characteristics of growth were surveyed three times from 2011 to 2013, according to the guidelines for the conduct of tests for distinctness, uniformity and stability of Gymnocalycium mihanovichii. ‘Hahong’ has a flat round shape, dark red skin color (R 46B), an average of 8.3 ribs (8 – 10 ribs) similar to ‘Seolhong’. The spine on the body has gray and brown colors and grows up to 4.1 mm in average in a straight shape. The tubercle on the rib is projecting, with a diameter of 39.6 mm, and produces 14.2 offsets in average at 10 months from planting. The preference score for this cactus is 4.2 on a five-point scale. On June 1, 2015, ‘Hahong’ was registered (registration No. 5561) and is now protected by Korean Seed Industry Law.

The objective of this study was to investigate the physicochemical characteristics of bear, pig, and cow biles to determine their authenticities for safe food distribution. The main bile acids of bear bile were tauroursodeoxycholic acid and taurochenodeoxycholic acid, while glycochenodeoxycholic acid and taurochenodeoxycholic acid for pig bile and taurocholic acid and glycocholic acid for cow bile were majorly detected by HPLC analysis. HPLC analysis was effective in monitoring of several samples imported as bear bile if employed to determine the authenticity of each bile. After the analysis of fatty acid composition by GC analysis, the ratio of the oleic acid of bear bile was relatively low compared to pig and cow biles. The ratio of the linoleic acid of bear bile was also similar to pig bile, whereas it had a tendency to be high compared to cow bear. The genetic analysis of the imported bile samples was mostly in agreement with the results of HPLC and GC analysis to identify the origin of imported biles. Finally, this study on the identification of bile origin by physicochemical analysis can give basic information to monitor the origin of biles and further to establish a reliable system for bear bile distribution.

The physiochemical properties of dried yam (Dioscorea batatas) by freeze dryer, cold-air dryer or hot-air dryer were examined for chromaticity, water absorption index (WAI), water soluble index (WSI), rehydration, viscosity properties and pasting properties. Freeze dried yam was maintained higher degree of lightness and higher WAI and WSI than those of cold-air or hot air dried one. In the case of rehydration, freeze dried yam was restored within one hour. The viscosity properties of freeze dried yam were the highest viscosity in all shear rates. Freeze dried yam was milled by roll mill (RM), pin mill (PM) or jet mill (JM) to evaluate for particle size, starch damage, pasting property and microstructure. Particle size was JM < PM < RM as 13.85~112.50 μm. In the result of starch damage, it was the highest value as 8.83 in JM, was the lowest value as 7.47 in RM. In pasting property, JM had relatively low viscosity at all shear rates. In the Microstructure by measuring scanning electron microscope, JM particle surfaces were rough with high starch damage, and particle size was confirmed fine particles in JM.

Reverse electrodialysis (RED) is green energy technologies to produce electric power using the salinity gradient. The salinity gradient generates chemical potential difference by transport of ions through the membranes. In RED system, anion exchange membrane (AEM) and cation exchange membrane (CEM) play a major role in transporting cation (Na+) and anion (Cl-), respectively. Significant technical issue is how to enhance conductivity and permselectivity of membrane simultaneously in the system. In this study, we characterized influences of cationic functional groups on AEM. We evaluated conductivity and permselectivity of AEM introduced three types of cationic salt functional groups.

Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) has been considered as promising technology utilizing blue energy1. However, polymeric thin film composite membranes are insufficient to meet requirements: robustness, high permeability and selectivity. In this study, new type of membrane has been developed consisting of thermally rearranged poly(benzoxazole) (TR-PBO) electrospun membrane as a support layer and ultra-thin polyamide (PA) active layer2. Because TR-PBO has high mechanical strength, it can be used at high hydraulic pressure. This means that high concentrated solution can be used as a draw and, subsequently, high power density can be obtained. The characteristics and performance of the membrane will be presented.

Thermally rearranged polybenzoxazole (TR-PBO) membranes has a excellent gas separation properties due to its high fractional free volume and suitable cavity size.1) Furthermore, thermally rearranged poly(benzoxazole-co-imide) (TR-PBOI) materials show the improved mechanical strength and gas separation properties.2) In this study, TR-PBOI asymmetric hollow fiber membranes was fabricated via NIPS method. In detail, the influence of co-solvent system and polymeric additives with various molecular weight on gas separation performance was observed. For further performance optimization, dope & bore flow rate and coagulation temperature were controlled.3) The characterization on membranes was conducted by FE-SEM, pure and mixed gas permeation test with micro-GC system.

Polymeric materials have been widely used in energy-related applications including fabrication of batteries and fuel cells, pressure retarded osmosis, gas separation and reverse electrodialysis processes. Despite these various versatility, their poor mechanical properties still remain as obstacles for applying to industrial levels. As a way of improving the mechanical properties, Tröger's Base (TB) which is a rigid, V-shaped, and bridged bicyclic amine have been recently introduced. In this work, polyimides incorporating TB units (PI-TBs) were synthesized in-situ polycondensation reaction using dimethoxymethane (DMM). PI-TB membranes were prepared and physicochemical characteristics including mechancial properties were investigated.

The thermally induced phase separation(TIPS) method offers higher reproducibility with lower tendency for defect formation and narrower pore size distribution, rendering the method more suitable for microfiltration(MF) and ultrafiltration(UF) applications. PVDF is widely used in membrane technology due to their excellent chemical resistance and strong mechanical properties. In case of MF and UF applications, the stretching method has been applied for increasing the performance of membrane by extending pore size. In this work, the effects of dope and bore flow rates and dope composition on the tensile strength of membranes was investigated. A design of experiment(DOE) analysis was used to understand the effects of the stretching parameters such as temperature, stretching ratio and holding time on the membrane performance.

Since Loeb and Sourirajan has introduced phase inversion method for membrane fabrication, the phase separation technique became the mainstream of membrane fabrication methods. Phase inversion includes solvent evaporation, vapor induced phase separation, thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) and nonsolvent induced phase separation (NIPS). Among those, NIPS and TIPS process is widely studied and employed for membrane fabrication. Depending on the membrane fabrication processes such as NIPS and TIPS, corresponding morphology differs from macrovoid structure to spherulitic structure, respectively. In this presentation, comparison of NIPS and TIPS effect on the final membrane morphology and controlling the membrane morphology by tuning the NIPS and TIPS effect will be presented.

기후변화에 따른 수자원 불균형 문제의 해결을 위해 최근 역삼투막 공정을 이용한 해수 담수화 시설 등이 다양하게 고려되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 역삼투 막의 막오염을 제어하기 위해 화학세정을 실시할 때, 세정효율과 오염막 표면의 잔류물질과의 상관관계를 규명하고자 공업용수 생산에 사용된 RO 막의 화학세정 전⋅후의 막표면 분석을 진행하였다. 막표면에 존재하는 주요 오염물은 미생 물에서 유래된 유기물로 나타났으며, 전형적인 화학세정 결과 대부분의 막표면 유기물이 제거되어 RO 막의 초기 성능이 회복되었다. 그러나 고분자 구조의 방 향족 유기물 특성을 나타내는 미생물 유래물질은 세정후에도 막표면에 잔류하는 것으로 나타나 장기적인 역삼투막 운전을 저해할 것으로 판단된다.