Odor dispersion from road emissions were investigated using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics). The Shear Stress Transport k-ω model in FLUENT CFD code was used to simulate odor dispersion around the road. The two road configurations used in the study were at-grade and fill road. Experimental data from the wind tunnel obtained in a previous study was used to validate the numerical result of the road dispersion. Five validation metrics are used to obtain an overall and quantitative evaluation of the performance of Shear Stress Transport k-ω models: the fractional bias (FB), the geometric mean bias (MG), the normalized mean square error (NMSE), the geometric variance (VG), and the fraction of predictions within a factor of two of observations (FAC2). The results of the vertical concentration profile for neutral atmospheric show reasonable performance for all five metrics. Six atmospheric stability conditions were used to evaluate the stability effect of road emission dispersion. It was found that the stability category D case of at-grade decreased the non-dimensional surface odor concentration smaller 0.78~0.93 times than those of stability category A case, and that F case decreased 0.39~0.56 times smaller than those of stability category A case. It was also found that stability category D case of filled road decreased 0.84~0.92 times the non-dimensional surface odor concentration of category A case and stability category F case decreased 0.45~0.58 times compared with stability category A case.

최근 안전하고 질 좋은 ‘로컬푸드’에 대한 생산과 소비에 대한 관심이 높아지면서 지역 밭농업의 기계화와 생력화를 절실히 필요하게 되었다. 본 연구의 목적은 밭농업을 생력화하기 위한 일관화 작업 평두 둑 복합기의 개념을 설계하고 후방전도 안정성을 검토하는데 있다. 일관화 작업 복합기는 경운·정지, 휴립, 방제, 멀칭 및 파종·정식의 다섯 단계별 작업기를 통합하여 트랙터 부착 견인형으로 일관작업 체계의 개념으로 설계하였다. 기존의 개별 작업기들를 참고하여 복합기의 자중과 소비동력을 추정하고 국내 농가에서 사용하는 트랙터에 적용 할 수 있는지를 동력 공학적으로 검토하였다. 방제용액을 포함한 작업기의 추정 자중은 1,270kgf으로 예상 총소비 동력 33.5kW을 제공할 트랙터를 검토한 바, 45PS(33.6kW)급 트랙터는 히치 상승능력과 총동력에 있어 적절한 한계선 이내에 있는 것으로 판단되었다. 또한 복합작업기의 자중에 의한 후방전도의 안정성을 검토하였는데, 본 연구에서 설계한 복합 작업기를 카테고리 I(<48kW) 트랙터에 장착하여 사용할 경우 트랙터 전면 평형추(ballast)로서 전방 버켓로더를 부가하여 후방전도 안정성을 유지해야 한다.

As part of planning for waste minimization, decontamination foam has been considered as a potential application for the cleaning of radioactive contaminant. In this study, we synthesized silica particles to improve foam stability by varying synthesis parameters. Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) was found to influence the stability of the decontamination foam. The reason was that higher interaction between SiO2 nanoparticles and surfactant at the air-water interface in aqueous solution is beneficial for foam stability. CTAB can also be used as an additive for the aggregation of silica nanoparticles. In the separation of SiO2 nanoparticles, CTAB plays a critical role in the nanoparticles flocculation because of the charge neutralization and hydrophobic effects of its hydrocarbon tails.

Lithium-ion batteries have been considered the most important devices to power mobile or small-sized devices due to their high energy density. LixCoO2 has been studied as a cathode material for the Li-ion battery. However, the limitation of its capacity impedes the development of high capacity cathode materials with Ni, Mn, etc. in them. The substitution of Mn and Ni for Co leads to the formation of solid solution phase LiNixMnyCo1-x-yO2 (NMC, both x and y < 1), which shows better battery performance than unsubstituted LiCoO2. However, despite a high discharge capacity in the Ni-rich compound (Ni > 0.8 in the metal site), poor cycle retention capability still remains to be overcome. In this study, aiming to improve the stability of the physical and chemical bonding, we investigate the stabilization effect of Ca in the Ni-rich layered compound Li(Ni0.83Co0.12Mn0.05)O2, and then Ca is added to the modified secondary particles to lower the degree of cationic mixing of the final particles. For the optimization of the final grains added with Ca, the Ca content (x = 0, 2.5, 5.0, 10.0 at.%) versus Li is analyzed.

Chronic problems of water treatment membranes are fouling phenomena and membrane damage during the cleaning process. In this study, to solve these problems, a separation membrane in the form of a hollow fiber having excellent physical properties was produced by using the thermally induced phase separation (TIPS). The material used to make the water treatment membrane is poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF). In the evaluation of the properties of the manufactured hollow fiber, citric acid which is an acidic solution and NaCl which is a basic solution were used and experiments of chemical resistance were proceed. In order to confirm the performance of hollow fiber membrane, water flux and tensile strength were measured.

Climate change is believed to increase the amount of dissolved organic matter in surface water, as a result of the release of bulk organic matter, which make difficult to achieve a high quality of drinking water via conventional water treatment techniques. Therefore, the natural water treatment techniques, such as managed aquifer recharge (MAR), can be proposed as a alternative method to improve water quality greatly. Removal of bulk organic matter using managed aquifer recharge system is mainly achieved by biodegradation. Biodegradable dissolved organic carbon (BDOC) and assimilable organic carbon (AOC) can be used as water quality indicators for biological stability of drinking water. In this study, we compared the change of BDOC and AOC with respect to pretreatment methods (i.e., ozone or peroxone). The oxidative pretreatment can transform the recalcitrant organic matter into readily biodegradable one (i.e., BDOC and AOC). We also investigated the differences of organic matter characteristics between BDOC and AOC. We observed the decreases in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and the tryptophan-like fluorescence intensities. Liquid chromatographic - organic carbon detection (LC-OCD) analysis also showed the reduction of the low molecular weight (LMW) fraction (15% removed, less than 500 Da), which is known to be easily biodegradable, and the biopolymers, high molecular weight fractions (66%). Therefore, BDOC consists of a broad range of organic matter characteristics with respect to molecular weight. In AOC, low molecular weight organic matter and biopolymers fraction was reduced by 11 and 6%, respectively. It confirmed that biodegradation by microorganisms as the main removal mechanism in AOC, while BDOC has biodegradation by microorganism as well as the sorption effects from the sand. O3 and O3 + H2O2 were compared with respect to biological stability and dissolved organic matter characteristics. BDOC and AOC were determined to be about 1.9 times for O3 and about 1.4 times for O3 + H2O2. It was confirmed that O3 enhanced the biodegradability by increasing LMW dissolved organic matter.

두유는 단백질, 지방, 다당류 등으로 구성된 에멀젼으로서 저장 중 상분리 또는 침전 현상이 발생하게 되는데, 이에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 것은 입도크기인 것으로 알려져 있다. 최근 보고에 의하면 양친매성의 계면활성제는 두유의 이러한 현상을 억제하는 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 두유의 가공조건과 천연 계면활성제인 사포닌(순도=80%)이 두유의 저장 안정성에 미치는 영향을 확인하고자 하였다. 실험에 사용한 두유액은 고형분을 제거한 후, 사포닌을 0%, 1%(w/w)를 각각 첨가하였으며, 고속균질기와 고압균질기를 순차적으로 사용하여 입도가 균일한 두유로 제조하였다. 두유의 저장 안정성 테스트를 위하여 15일 동안 저장(온도=4℃, 25℃ and 37 ℃) 하면서 visual appearance, microstructure, transmittance, particle size distribution, terminal velocity를 각각 측정 하였다. 두유의 상분리는 25 ℃와 37 ℃에서 GSP 0% 첨가의 경우 각각 120 및 48 h 후 GSP 1% 첨가의 경우 각각 192 및 48 h 후에 발생하였으나, 4℃에서는 저장기간 동안에 관찰되지 않았다. 저장기간 동안, 두유의 microstructure는 GSP 0% 첨가의 경우 입자가 응집되는 것이 관찰 되었으나, GSP 1%를 첨가한 경우 두유 입자의 응집 현상은 관찰되지 않았다. 모든 샘플은 저장 시간이 지남에 따라 transmittance가 증가하는 경향을 보였는데, 높은 저장온도에서 transmittance가 빠르게 증가하였다. 두유의 입도크기는 저장 0 h에서 GSP 0% 첨가의 경우 8.8 μm로서 GSP 1% 첨가의 경우(12.3 μm)보다 작은 값을 나타내었다. 이후 저장 시간이 지남에 따라 입도 크기가 감소하는 경향을 보였는데, 저장온도 25 및 37 ℃에서는 저장 2 h 이후부터 GSP 1%와 0% 간에 유의적인 차이는 나타나지 않았으나, 4 ℃ 저장의 경우 360 h에서 GSP 0% 첨가의 경우 0.99 μm로서 GSP 1% 첨가의 경우(0.72 μm)보다 큰 값을 나타내었다. GSP가 입자 침전 속도에 미치는 영향인 terminal velocity는 저장온도 25 및 37 ℃에서는 유의적인 차이는 나타나지 않았으나, 4 ℃ 저장의 경우 360 h 후 GSP 0%와 1% 첨가하였을 때 각각 0.31 mm/h, 0.16 mm/h로 측정되어, GSP를 첨가하는 경우에 terminal velocity를 낮추었다. 위의 결과를 토대로, 천연 계면활성제인 사포닌은 두유의 상분리를 억제하여 저장 안정성을 향상시키는 효과가 있음을 확인하였다.

클로렐라 열수 추출물을 첨가하여 제조한 물김치의 저장 기간 중 품질 안정성을 조사하기 위하여 클로렐라 추출물 분말을 0~0.1%(w/w) 첨가한 물김치를 제조하여 물김치의 숙성 적기에 이르도록 10℃에서 6일간 발효하여 시료를 준비하였다. 최적으로 숙성시킨 클로렐라 추출물 첨가 물김치를 4℃에서 보관하면서 pH, 적정산도 및 젖산균 수의 변화를 경시적으로 조사하였다. 저장 15일까지 대조구와 클로렐라 추출물 첨가 물김치의 pH는 거의 변화하지 않았다. 그러나 적정산도는 모든 물김치에서 동일하게 서서히 증가하여 저장 15일에는 저장 첫날에 비하여 약 2배까지 증가하였다. 또한 저장 중 젖산균 수는 모든 물김치에서 저장 2일 후에 107CFU/g수준으로 약간 감소하였으나 저장 15일까지 107CFU/g이상으로 유지되었다. 전체적으로 4℃에서 클로렐라 추출물을 첨가한 물김치의 저장 중 품질 안정성은 15일까지 대조구와 유사한 경향이었다.

In the present study, we investigate the effects of milling time and the addition of a process control agent (PCA) on the austenite stability of a nanocrystalline Fe-7%Mn alloy by XRD analysis and micrograph observation. Nanocrystalline Fe-7%Mn alloys samples are successfully fabricated by spark plasma sintering. The crystallite size of ball-milled powder and the volume fraction of austenite in the sintered sample are calculated using XRD analysis. Changes in the shape and structure of alloyed powder according to milling conditions are observed through FE-SEM. It is found that the crystallite size is reduced with increasing milling time and amount of PCA addition due to the variation in the balance between the cold-welding and fracturing processes. As a result, the austenite stability increased, resulting in an exceptionally high volume fraction of austenite retained at room temperature.