This study examined the quality characteristics of Makgeolli to investigate the availability of Korean sweet potato cultivars as alcoholic beverages. The following sweet potato varieties were used: Gogunmi, Daeyumi, Shingunmi, Shinyulmi, Shincheonmi, Jinyulmi, Jinhongmi, Jeungmi and Pungwonmi; their alcohol contents ranged from 12.20% to 14.20%, with the lowest value in Makgeolli made with Jeungmi and the highest value in Makgeolli made with Jinhongmi. The DPPH radical scavenging activity was in the range of 37.51~77.02%, with the lowest value in Makgeolli made with rice (control) and the highest value in Makgeolli made with Gogunmi. As a result of analyzing the aroma component of sweet potato Makgeolli, 27 kinds of aroma components were detected, and six kinds of alcohols, 13 kinds of esters, four kinds of acids, and four kinds of other compounds were found. Regarding the number of aroma compounds, Makgeolli made with Shinyulmi showed the lowest number with 14 kinds, while Makgeolli made with Pungwonmi showed the highest number with 27 kinds.

Carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membrane surpasses the upper-bound trade-off and plasticization phenomenon of polymer membrane. Recently, supported CMS membranes have been investigated to provide both high performance and mechanical strength. Herein, we have investigated the supported CMS hollow fiber membranes on low-cost alumina hollow fiber. To prepare the thin and uniform layers, the dip-coating parameters for intermediate and polymeric layers were varied in terms of the withdrawal rate and solution viscosity, respectively. Then, in order to confirm its feasibility in real industry, mixture gas was permeated through prepared CMS membranes. Moreover, the property of long-term stability was characterized in harsh conditions and further modified.

In the epoxy resin manufacturing process, carcinogenic ECH (epichlorohydrin), IPA (isopropanol) and Biphenol-A materials has been generally used. After the reaction, byproducts containing ECH/IPA/Water is remained along with final product. But, in the recovery process, ECH and IPA forming an azeotropic mixture with water containing feed solution at any temperature condition, the recovery of high purity ECH is difficult only by distillation. Therefore, pervaporation process could be suitable countermeasure due to its mild operation condition for separation of azeotropic mixtures at the point of energy and cost saving. In this study, Alumina-PVA composite membrane was prepared for pervaporation dehydration of ECH/IPA/Water feed mixtures and pervaporation performance and stability of the prepared composite membrane was identified.

본 연구에서는 상전이법을 이용하여 P(VDF-co-HFP) 분리막의 구조를 조절하였다. Macrovoid 없는 구조를 얻기 위하여 다양한 조건에서 비용매유도상전이(NIPS) 공법으로 분리막을 제막하였으나 고분자의 낮은 결정화 속도로 인해 macrovoid가 생성된다는 것을 관측하였다. 이를 극복하기 위해 증발유도상전이법(EIPS)과 증기유도상전이법(VIPS)을 도입하였으며 NIPS공법과 함께 제막되었을 때 이상적인 구조를 얻을 수 있다는 것을 확인하였다.

다양한 수처리 공정에서 적용되고 있는 분리막 기술의 효율을 높이기 위해서는 무엇보다 분리막 모듈에 대한 이해를 높이고 성능 향상을 위한 기술 개발이 필요하다. 여러 가지 형태의 분리막 가운데, 단위부피당 표면적이 크고 모듈화 및 대형화에 용이하여 수처리 및 기타 분리 공정에 활용되고 있는 중공사형 분리막 모듈에 대해 중점을 맞춰 연구를 수행하였다. 기존 수처리 공정 및 해수담수화 공정 특성에 따라 다른 중공사 분리막 모듈의 구조 및 내부 흐름에 대해 분석하고, 이를 바탕으로 모듈 구조 개선 및 공정 운전 조건 최적화등을 통해 중공사 분리막 모듈 성능 향상시키기 위한 방법을 다각적으로 모색하고자 한다.