We report the synthesis and gas sensing properties of bare and ZnO decorated TeO2 nanowires (NWs). A catalyst assisted-vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth method was used to synthesize TeO2 NWs and ZnO decoration was performed using an Au-catalyst assisted-VLS growth method followed by a subsequent heat treatment. Structural and morphological analyses using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning/transmission electron microscopies, respectively, demonstrated the formation of bare and ZnO decorated TeO2 NWs with desired phase and morphology. NO2 gas sensing studies were performed at different temperatures ranging from 50 to 400 oC towards 50 ppm NO2 gas. The results obtained showed that both sensors had their best optimal sensing temperature at 350 oC, while ZnO decorated TeO2 NWs sensor showed much better sensitivity towards NO2 relative to a bare TeO2 NWs gas sensor. The reason for the enhanced sensing performance of the ZnO decorated TeO2 NWs sensor was attributed to the formation of ZnO (n)/ TeO2 (p) heterojunctions and the high intrinsic gas sensing properties of ZnO.

본 연구에서는 합성가스의 에너지화를 위한 가스엔진 성능 평가를 수행하였다. 회전수 1800 rpm 조건에서 공기과잉률이 1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 증가에 따른 엔진출력(kWm)과 열효율(%)을 평가한 결과, 공기과잉률 λ 1.4에서 엔진출력 34 kWm를 나타냈으며, 공기과잉률이 증가할수록 엔진 열효율은 전반적으로 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 엔진출력 34 kWm 조건에서 공기과잉률이 1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 증가시 열효율이 34.2%, 36.9%, 37.2%, 37.4%, 38.1%로 증가하였고, 발전출력을 통한 종합효율은 발전출 력 30 kWe 부하조건에서 38.7 kg/h의 연료를 소모하여 32.1%의 발전효율과 냉각수와 배기가스에서의 열 회수를 통해 57.3 kW의 폐열을 회수하여 53.8%의 열을 회수하여 총 85.8%의 종합효율을 보이는 것으로 나타났다.

The gas sensor is essential to monitoring dangerous gases in our environment. Metal oxide (MO) gas sensors are primarily utilized for flammable, toxic and organic gases and O3 because of their high sensitivity, high response and high stability. Tungsten oxides (WO3) have versatile applications, particularly for gas sensor applications because of the wide bandgap and stability of WO3. Nanosize WO3 are synthesized using the hydrothermal method. Asprepared WO3 nanopowders are in the form of nanorods and nanorulers. The crystal structure is hexagonal tungsten bronze (MxWO3, x =< 0.33), characterized as a tunnel structure that accommodates alkali ions and the phase stabilizer. A gas detection test reveals that WO3 can detect acetone, butanol, ethanol, and gasoline. This is the first study to report this capability of WO3.

We present a high-performance polymeric membrane based on self-cross-linkable poly(glycidyl methacrylate-g-poly-(propylene glycol))-co-poly(oxyethylene methacrylate) (PGP-POEM) graft copolymer for CO2/N2 separation. The self-cross-linked membranes can be easily prepared under mild conditions without any additional cross-linking agents or catalyst. We investigated the gas separation performance of the membranes as a function of POEM content in the copolymer. The self-cross-linked PGP-POEM membranes showed an improvement in both permeance and selectivity with increasing POEM content up to 51.2 wt %. The best performance of the membrane was achieved by optimizing membrane thickness, showing a CO2 permeance of 500 GPU (1 GPU = 10-6 cm3 (STP)/(s cm2 cmHg)) and CO2/N2 selectivity of 22.4.

In2O3 doped WO3 powders were prepared by a polymer solution route and their NO2 gas sensing properties were analyzed. The synthesized powders showed nano-sized particles with specific surface areas of 6.01~21.5 m2/g and the particle size and shape changed according to the content of In2O3. The gas sensors fabricated with the synthesized powders were tested at operating temperatures of 400~500 oC and 100~500 ppm concentrations of NO2 atmosphere. The particle size and In2O3 content affected on the initial sensor resistance in an air atmosphere. The highest sensitivity (8.57 at 500 oC), which was 1.77 higher than the sensor consisting of the pure WO3 sample, was measured in the 0.5 mol% In2O3 doping sample. In addition, the response time and recovery time were improved by the addition of In2O3.

We present a facile, room temperature synthesis of poly(ethylenealt- maleic anhydride)-graft-poly(propylene glycol) (PEMA-g-PPG) graft copolymer-based CO2/N2 gas separation membrane with 100% conversion reaction without any further purification process. As confirmed by the Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectroscopy, the PEMA-g-PPG was successfully synthesized with 100% conversion of PEMA and PPG monomers. It was confirmed that the PEMA-g-PPG was amorphous and rubbery state according to the X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC0 results. Therefore, PEMA-g-PPG/polysufulfone composite membrane exhibited high performance of CO2 permeability (99.1 Barrer) and selectivity (82.6 for CO2/N2 and 26.8 for CO2/CH4), surpassing conventional PEBAX block copolymer membrane.

본 연구에서는 합성가스 CO를 생산하기 위해 저급 석탄-CO2 촉매 가스화 실험을 수행하였 다. 제조된 CO가스 특성은 키데코 탄과 신화 탄에 KOH, K2CO3, Na2CO3 촉매들의 화학적 활성화 방 법을 이용하여 조사되었다. CO 제조공정은 석탄과 화학약품 활성화 비율, 가스 유량, CO2 전환 반응온 도와 같은 실험 변수 분석을 통해 최적화되었다. 제조된 합성 가스는 가스 크로마토그래피(GC)에 의해 분석 되었다. 실험조건 T = 950 °C, CO2 유량 100 cc/min에서, 20 wt% Na2CO3가 혼합된 키데코 탄 에 대해 98.6%, 20 wt% KOH가 혼합된 신화탄에 대한 98.9% CO2 전환율을 얻었다. 또한, 저급 석탄-촉매 가스화 반응은 동일한 공급 비와 반응 조건에서 97.8%, 98.8%의 CO 선택도를 얻었다.

Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework(ZIF)는 기체의 선택적인 분리나 센서, 촉매 반응 등의 목적으로 널리 연구된다. 특히 촉매의 역할이 가능하기 때문에 반응과 동시에 가스를 분리 할 수 있는 막 반응기의 역할을 할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 ZIF-8 입자를 합성하고, 이를 PVC-g-POEM 고분자 매트릭스에 분산하여 MMM(Mixed matrix membrane)으로 제조하였다. 특히, α-알루미나 지지체 위에 PVC-g-POEM/ZIF-8 혼합 용액을 스핀 코팅하여 균일한 두께의 MMM을 얻을 수 있었다. 합성된 MMM은 XRD, FE-SEM을 통해 결정상과 표면, 코팅 두께 등을 측정하였으며, 이성분계 기체 투과 실험을 통해 다양한 이성분계 기체에 대한 투과 특성을 살펴보았다.

The numerical study of laminar syngas-fuel/air mixture with 10% hydrogen content impinging plate was conducted. Effects of impinging distance, Reynolds number and equivalence ratio were major parameters on combustion and emission for stagnation point. The numerical result calculated by SPIN application of the CHEMKIN software. There result showed the following : The Peak point of the axial velocity, the flame temperature and CH reaction were appeared in tip of the inner reaction zone. The emission results in impinging flame of syngas fuel show that the characteristics of NOx emission traced well with adiabatic temperature trend and CO emission due to fuel rich condition increased continuously with respect to the equivalence ratio.

The heat transfer characteristics of laminar syngas-fuel/air mixture with 10% hydrogen content impinging normally to a flat plate has been conducted experimentally. There were investigated by the effects of impinging distance, Reynolds number and equivalence ratio as major parameters on heat fluxes of stagnation point with the direct photos and data acquisitions from heat flux sensor. There were 3 times of maximum and 2 times minimum heat flux of stagnation point with respect to the impinging distance for the investigation of Reynolds number and equivalence ratio effect. The heat transfer characteristics between the stagnation and wall jet region in radial heat flux profiles was also investigated by the heat flux profiles.

We report the nitrogen monoxide (NO) gas sensing properties of p-type CuO-nanorod-based gas sensors. We synthesized the p-type CuO nanorods with breadth of about 30 nm and length of about 330 nm by a hydrothermal method using an as-deposited CuO seed layer prepared on a Si/SiO2 substrate by the sputtering method. We fabricated polycrystalline CuO nanorod arrays at 80˚C under the hydrothermal condition of 1:1 morality ratio between copper nitrate trihydrate [Cu(NO2)2·3H2O] and hexamethylenetetramine (C6H12N4). Structural characterizations revealed that we prepared the pure CuO nanorod array of a monoclinic crystalline structure without any obvious formation of secondary phase. It was found from the gas sensing measurements that the p-type CuO nanorod gas sensors exhibited a maximum sensitivity to NO gas in dry air at an operating temperature as low as 200˚C. We also found that these CuO nanorod gas sensors showed reversible and reliable electrical response to NO gas at a range of operating temperatures. These results would indicate some potential applications of the p-type semiconductor CuO nanorods as promising sensing materials for gas sensors, including various types of p-n junction gas sensors.

We report on the NO gas sensing properties of non-directional ZnO nanofibers synthesized using a typical electrospinning technique. These non-directional ZnO nanofibers were electrospun on an SiO2/Si substrate from a solution containing poly vinyl alcohol (PVA) and zinc nitrate hexahydrate dissolved in distilled water. Calcination processing of the ZnO/PVA composite nanofibers resulted in a random network of polycrystalline ZnO nanofibers of 50 nm to 100 nm in diameter. The diameter of the nanofibers was found to depend primarily on the solution viscosity; a proper viscosity was maintained by adding PVA to fabricate uniform ZnO nanofibers. Microstructural measurements using scanning electron microscopy revealed that our synthesized ZnO nanofibers after calcination had coarser surface morphology than those before calcination, indicating that the calcination processing was sufficient to remove organic contents. From the gas sensing response measurements for various NO gas concentrations in dry air at several working temperatures, it was found that gas sensors based on electrospun ZnO nanofibers showed quite good responses, exhibiting a maximum sensitivity to NO gas in dry air at an operating temperature of 200˚C. In particular, the non-directional electrospun ZnO nanofiber gas sensors were found to have a good NO gas detection limit of sub-ppm levels in dry air. These results illustrate that non-directional electrospun ZnO nanofibers are promising for use in low-cost, high-performance practical NO gas sensors.

ZnO nanorods for gas sensors were prepared by a hydrothermal method. The ZnO gas sensors were fabricated on alumina substrates by a screen printing method. The gas-sensing properties of the ZnO nanorods were investigated for CH4 gas. The effects of growth time on the structural and morphological properties of the ZnO nanorods were investigated by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope. The XRD patterns of the nanocrystallized ZnO nanorods showed a wurtzite structure with the (002) predominant orientation. The diameter and length of the ZnO nanorods increased in proportion to the growth time. The sensitivity of the ZnO sensors to 5 ppm CH4 gas was investigated for various growth times. The ZnO sensors exhibited good sensitivity and rapid response-recovery characteristics to CH4 gas, and both traits were dependent on the growth time. The highest sensitivity of the ZnO sensors to CH4 gas was observed with the growth time of 7 h. The response and recovery times were 13 s and 6 s, respectively.

SnO nanosheets were prepared at room temperature through a reaction between an aqueous solution of SnCl2, N2F4, and NaOH and were converted into SnO2 nanosheets without a morphological change. The SnO nanosheets were formed through a dissolution-recrystallization mechanism. Uniform and well-dispersed SnO nanosheets with the round-shape morphology were attained when the solution was treated by ultrasonic sound immediately after the addition of NaOH. The SnO2 nanosheets prepared by means of solution reduction under the ultrasonic treatment, and subsequent oxidation at 600˚C showed a high level of gas sensitivity to C2H5OH and CH3COCH3.