Pyrolysis of methane is a carbon-economic method to obtain valuable carbon materials and COx- free H2, under the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals. In this work, we propose a methane pyrolysis process to produce graphite and H2 using bubble column reactor containing NiO/Al2O3 and NaCl–KCl (molten salt). The process was optimized by the different amounts of NaCl–KCl, the CH4/ Ar ratio and temperature, indicating that the CH4 conversation rate could reach 92% at 900 °C. Meanwhile, we found that the addition of molten salt could obtain pure carbon materials, even if the conversation rate of CH4 decreases. The analysis of the carbon products revealed that graphite could be obtained.

As an approach for estimation of the droplet size in the molten salt-liquid metal extraction process, a droplet formation experiment at room temperature was conducted to evaluate the applicability of the Scheele-Meister model with water-mercury system as a surrogate that is similar to the molten salt-liquid metal system. In the experiment, droplets were formed through the nozzle and the droplet size was measured using a digital camera and image analysis software. As nozzles, commercially available needles with inner diameters (ID) of 0.018 cm and 0.025 cm and self-fabricated nozzles with 3-holes (ID: 0.0135 cm), 4-holes (ID: 0.0135 cm), and 2-holes (ID: 0.0148 cm) were used. The mercury penetration lengths in the nozzles were 1.3 cm for the needles and 0.5 cm for the self-fabricated nozzles. The droplets formed from each nozzle maintained stable spherical shape up to 20 cm below the nozzle. The droplet size measurements were within a 10% error range when compared to the Scheele-Meister model estimates. The experimental results show th

Although disinfection in drinking water treatment plants provides a safer water supply by inactivating pathogenic microorganisms, harmful disinfection by-products may be formed. In this study, the disinfectant, chlorine, was produced on-site from the electrolysis of salt (NaCl), and the by-products of the disinfection process, bromate and chlorate, were analyzed. The provisional guideline levels for bromate and chlorate in drinking water are 10 μg/L and 700 μg/L, in Korea, respectively. Bromide salt was detected at concentrations ranging from 6.0 ~ 622 mg/kg. Bromate and chlorate were detected at concentrations ranging from non-detect (ND) ~ 45.3mg/L and 40.5 ~ 1,202 mg/L, respectively. When comparing the bromide concentration in the salt to the bromate concentration in the chlorine produced by salt electrolysis, the correlation of bromide to bromate concentration was 0.870 (active chlorine concentration from on-site production: 0.6–0.8%, n=40). The correlation of bromate concentration in the chlorine produced to that in the treated water was 0.866.

The particle size of MgO was examined as a function of the Na content in Mg(OH)2 powders and the calcination temperature. Mg(OH)2 suspension was obtained by dropwise precipitation of Mg(NO3)2·6H2O and NaOH solutions. The suspension was diluted by varying the dilution volume ratio of distilled water to Mg(OH)2 suspension to change the Na salt concentration in the suspension. Mg(OH)2 slurry was filtered and dried at 60˚C under vacuum, and then its Mg(OH)2 powder was calcined to produce MgO with different amount of Na content at 500~900˚C under air. Investigation of the physical and chemical properties of the various MgO powders with dilution ratio and calcination temperature variation was done by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, BET specific surface area and thermal gravimetric analysis. It was observed that MgO particle size could depend on the condition of calcination temperature and dilution ratio of the Mg(OH)2 suspension. The particle size of the MgO depends on the Na content remaining in the Mg(OH)2 powder, which powder was prepared by changing the dilution ratio of the Mg(OH)2 suspension. This change increased as the calcination temperature increased and decreased as the dilution ratio increased. The growth of MgO particle size according to the increase of temperature was more effective when there was a relatively high content of Na. The increase of Na content lowered the temperature at which decomposition of Mg(OH)2 to MgO took place, thereby promoting the crystal growth of MgO.

전해정련공정을 통해 생산된 우라늄 전착물은 약 30%의 용융염을 포함하고 있으므로, 순수한 우라늄을 회 수하여 금속 잉곳으로 용이하게 제조하기 위해서는 용융염을 먼저 제거하는 공정이 필요하다. 우라늄 전착물의 염증류 거동을 고찰하기 위해서는 염증류의 주요 공정변수인 유지온도와 진공압의 염제거율에 대한 영 향를 고찰해야 한다. 이전 연구에서 우라늄전착물에 대한 염증류 거동에 대해 Hertz-Langmuir 관계식을 적 용하여 각 용융염의 휘발 조건에 대해 염휘발계수를 얻을 수 있었으며 이로부터 우라늄 전착물에 대해 99% 이상의 염제거율을 나타내는 염증류공정의 조업조건을 도출하였다[1]. 한편, 염증류 장치에서 사용되는 재질 인 스테인리스강에 대해 우라늄 전착물에서 염휘발된 우라늄 금속이 스테인리스강의 주성분인 철, 니켈, 크 롬 등과 공정(eutectic melt)을 형성하지 않는 온도에서 염증류공정을 수행해야 하는 제한 조건이 따른다. 이 번 연구에서는 우라늄 금속과 스테인리스강과의 반응성을 검토함으로써 우라늄 전착물의 염을 99% 이상 제 거할 수 있는 조건을 확인하였다. 그리고 염증류 속도를 증진시키며 휘발된 염을 더 효율적으로 회수하기 위 해 공급되는 알곤 흐름에 의한 염증류 장치의 열해석을 수행함으로써 알곤 흐름에 의한 우라늄 전착물에 대 한 염증류 거동을 고찰하였다.

본 실험에서는 우리나라에서 널리 애용되고 있는 전통 발효식품인 김치와 젓갈류 중의 NA와 전구물질의 함량을 분석하고 인공타액 및 위액을 혼합하여 in vitro 상에서 소화시킴에 따라 이들 식품의 섭취 후 체내에서 생성될수 있는 NA의 함량을 예측하고자 하였다. 질산염은 김치에서 10.7∼24.5 ㎎/㎏, 멸치젓에서 1.5∼5.6 ㎎/㎏, 새우젓에서 1.0∼2.0 ㎎/㎏ 아질산염은 모든 시료에서 평균 0.3 ㎎/㎏이 검출되었다. DMA는 새우젓에서 함량차가 매우 커 30.3∼177.9 ㎎/㎏의 범위였고, TMA는 김치에서 0.6∼0.8 ㎎/㎏, 멸치젓에서 1.9∼2.8 ㎎/㎏, 새우젓에서는 4.4∼21.3 ㎎/㎏으로 정량되었다. NA를 분석한 결과 NDMA가 김치에서 0.8∼6.9 ㎍/㎏, 멸치젓에서 불검출∼1.2 ㎍/㎏, 새우젓에서는 불검출∼0.9 ㎍/㎏의 범위로 검출되었고, 인공소화시킨 후에는 모든 시료에서 약 1.5배 증가하였다. 각 시료에 아질산염을 첨가하여 인공소화시킨 경우 모든 시료에서 무첨가군에 비하여 아질산염의 농도에 비례하여 NDMA의 생성량이 증가하였는데, 특히 새우젓에서는 8 mM의 아질산염 첨가시 NDMA는 183배 증가하여 220.9 ㎍/㎏이 검출되었다. 인공타액에 thiocyanate를 1.6, 3.2, 6.4mM 농도로 가하여 인공소화시킨 결과 무첨가구에 비해 NDMA 생성량은 약 1.5배 증가하였고 아스코르브산을 농도별로 첨가하여 인공소화시킬 경우 NDMA 생성량은 아스코르브산의 농도와 반비례하였고 12.8 mM 첨가시 김치는 92.4%, 멸치젓과 새우젓은 각각 50.0%, 82.46%의 생성 억제 효과가 있었다.

Polyethesulfone(PES) 상변환 막 제조 시 캐스팅 용액에의 무기염 첨가가 막의 구조 및 성능에 미치는 효과를 캐스팅 용액의 열역학적.속도론적 특성치로서 연구하였다. PES/NMP 캐스팅 용액에 첨가시킨 무기염의 종류[CaCl2, LiCl, LiCl4, ZnCl2 및 Mg(ClO4)2]와 양을 달리하여 제조된 막의 몰폴로지와 막성능(순수 투과량 및 용질 배제도)을 캐스팅용액의 점도와 coagulation vague, 제막시간에 따른 광투과도 변화, 총괄 다공도와 순수 투과량, bovine serum albumin(BSA) 용액의 한외여과 실험 및 막단면의 SEM 사진 결과로서 설명하였다. 이 결과 모든 종류의 무기염에 대해 첨가량이 증가할수록 캐스팅 용액의 점도는 증가하고, coagulation value는 낮아져 열역학적 불안정성이 증가하며, 막 단면 상층부(top layer below skin surface)의 an게가 증가하였으며, BSA 배제도는 감소하고 순수 투과량은 CaC12 및 LiCl 무기염을 제외하고는 점차 증가하였다. CaC12 및 LiCl 무기염을 첨가한 경우는 첨가량이 증가함에 따라 macrovoid의 형성이 억제되었으며, 순간분리의 침강형식은 유지하나 침강 속도가 점차 느려졌다. 반면 LiCl4 및 Mg(ClO4)2무기염을 첨가한 경우는 침강속도가 점차 빨라졌다.

The effect of ripening temperature, pH and salinity on the formation of N-nitrosamine (NA) during Kimchi fermentation and in vitro was studied, respectively. During Kimchi fermentation for six weeks at cold storage temperature (4℃) and room temperature (16 ±2℃), the contents of nitrite and dimethylamine (DMA) showed variation at room temperature but no variation at cold storage temperature. The maximum generation of nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) resulted low content (2.69 ug/kg) at cold storage temperature but started to increase after one week fermentation and reached to the 18-fold higher generation (49.6 ug/kg) at room temperature. During Kimchi fermentation, no correlation was observed between the variation of nitrite and DMA content and the generation of NDMA. However, pH showed effective relation to NDMA generation such as the highest NDMA generation was obtained at lowest pH 4. During in vitro test, higher temperature and lower pH resulted more NDMA generation and generation amount was affected more by pH. Also, the salinity of Kimchi provided inhibitory effects on the formation of NDMA. NDMA was produced 5.86 ug/kg at normal salinity (2.5%) but 90.9 ug/kg at lower salinity (15%) after three week. The higher salinity showed lower formation of NDMA in vitro test, too.

To prevent climate change which is thought to be caused by the carbon dioxide emitted from industrial facilities by human activities, the efforts to reduce the concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have been widely made. One of the method is to capture carbon dioxide by liquid absorbent. In this method, flue gas containing carbon dioxide is introduced to the absorber where the absorbent captures carbon dioxide selectively. After capturing, carbon dioxide is separated by heat at desorber and separated CO2 is transprted to storage site such as deep ocean or underground. However, stored CO2 is not permanently stable and these can be problematic that can cause ecosystem destruction due to low pH of the gas. By applying metal cation supplying unit after the capture process, carbon dioxide can be converted to metal carbonate salt in solid phase which can be stored stably or can be utilized or reused for industrial application. In this research, the mechanisms of carbon dioxide conversion were suggested and basic properties and conditions of the system were introduced.

A study on vegetation in the Mangyeong River and Dongjin River basins and the surrounding regions of the Saemangeum Reclaimed Land was conducted in a series of efforts to determine the expected ecological changes in the salt marshes, to restore their vegetation, to explore the restoring force of halophyte, to examine the community mechanism and, ultimately, to rehabilitate marshy land vegetation along the lakeside, coastal dune and salt marshes of the Saemangeum Project Area. The findings of the study may be summed up as follows: Five species such as Suaeda japonica, Salicornia herbacea, Atriplex gmelini, Aster tripolium and Suaeda asparagoides that are mostly distributed in the estuary of the Saemangeum Reclaimed Land were analyzed to examine the mechanism of halophyte to maintain their community. To find out the strategies of plants for survival and the cause of forming community structure, a research was made as for appearance ratio of biomass, root lengths and germination. With regard to biomasses of halophyte, the biomass of Suaeda japonica increases rapidly, while Salicornia herbacea adopts a strategy of unstable growth pattern by which the biomass increases slowly in parallel with its slow speed of growth since initial appearance of young sapling. In contrast, Suaeda asparagoides, Atriplex gmelini and Aster tripolium choose to adapt themselves to environment promptly by being transformed into life form of annual or biennial plant, a pattern that is presumed to be favorable and stable for survival in the later stage of growth. In short, there is a sharp distinction among the 5 species: i.e. Suaeda japonica that begins to grow fast in the length of surface and underground section but slows down from the mid-stage on; Salicornia herbacea that grows slowly in the beginning step but starts to step up from the middle onward; Atriplex gmelini and Aster tripolium growing slowly in the initial stage but fast later on; and Suaeda asparagoides that turns from the constant growth in the beginning to rapid growth in the later period. The outcomes of the analysis into status of growth and influencing factors of Suaeda japonica in the sowing field that is most widely prevalent in the Saemangeum Reclaimed Land as a sort of ecological pioneer in the salt marshes showed that the average size of grass lands, density and number of individuals increase in the natural sowing field as well as in the plowing field regardless of their physical as well as physico-chemical features of the soil as the season progresses from June to October of a year.