뛰어난 단열성능을 가지는 폴리우레탄 폼(polyurethane foam, PUF)은 다양한 구조물에서 다른 재료들과 함께 사용되고 있다. 현재 LNG 운반선의 단열시스템에는 유리섬유로 강화된 폴리우레탄 폼(reinforced-polyurethane foam, R-PUF)이 사용되고 있으며, 이는 단열재 역할뿐만 아니라 슬로싱 하중을 포함한 다양한 압축하중에 대한 구조부재 기능을 수행하고 있다. 폴리우레탄 폼은 혼합과 발포를 통해 제작되는 다공성 재료이기 때문에, 본 연구에서는 기공체적비율을 통해 재료의 거동을 모사할 수 있는 Gurson damage model을 사용하여 폴리우레탄 폼의 비선형 압축거동을 모사하였으며, 폴리우레탄 폼의 기계적 성질에 영향을 미치는 영향변수로서 기공체적비율에 의존적으로 알려져 있는 밀도를 설정하였다.

We investigated usefulness of chicken feather as bioadsorbent for removal of hexavalent chromium[Cr(Ⅵ)] and oil from aqueous solution. Chicken feather was chemically treated with DTPA, EDTA, NaOH and SDS, respectively. Among them, EDTA was the most effective in adsorbing Cr(Ⅵ). Cr(Ⅵ) uptake by chicken feather was increased with decreasing pH; the highest Cr(Ⅵ) uptake was observed at pH 2.0. By increasing Cr(Ⅵ) concentration, Cr(Ⅵ) uptake was increased, and maximum Cr(Ⅵ) uptake was 0.34 mmol/g. Cr(Ⅵ) adsorption by chicken feather was well described by Freundlich isotherm than Langmuir isotherm and Freundlich constant(1/n) was 0.476. As the concentration of chicken feather was increased, Cr (Ⅵ) removal efficiency was increased but Cr(Ⅵ) uptake was decreased. Most of Cr(Ⅵ) was adsorbed at early reaction stage(1 h) and adsorption equilibrium was established at 5 h. On the other hand, chicken feather adsorbed effectively oils including bunker-A and bunker-C. In conclusion, our results suggest that chicken feather waste could be used to remove heavy metal and oil; it is a potential candidate for biosorption material.

In order to develop bacterial cellulose (BC) with antimicrobial activity against pathogenic microorganisms, silver and chitosan were incorporated into BC, respectively. Experiment results showed that antimicrobial activity against pathogenic microorganisms was improved with increasing silver concentration. Chitosan also showed a direct proportion between its concentration and antimicrobial activity. These results suggest that antimicrobial effects of BC using silver and chitosan are well proven to be effective. We also tested the stainability of BC with natural colorant for the application of food industry. Stainability of BC was enhanced with increasing natural colorant concentration. Decolorization of BC stained was observed by dipping it into distilled water with one hour-intervals. As a result, there was no significant difference. Combination of natural colorant-stainability and antibiosis of BC is expected to be useful in making colored antibiotic BC in various industrial application areas, considering its antimicrobial activity, high stainability and low decolorization tendency.