Abstract: The present invention provides a composite catalyst for diminishing energy demand during carbon dioxide absorbent regeneration and a method for producing the same. The present invention more particularly relates to a composite catalyst in which the surface or inside of activated carbon activated carbon used as a porous carrier is modified with oxides of one or more metals selected from a transition metal group consisting of Fe, Ni, and Mo, and a method for producing the composite catalyst. The activated carbon composite catalyst modified with a metal of the present invention is able to regenerate MEA (monoethanolamine) at a low temperature of 100° C. or below to diminish heat consumption, can decrease the heat duty by increasing the carbon dioxide desorption rate at a low temperature of 100° C.

Abstract: An automated liquid sample device is disclosed.

Abstract: A single atom catalyst for carbon dioxide conversion which allows mass production at low cost without performing a pretreatment of a carbon support and a post-treatment of a final synthesized catalyst is prepared. The single atom catalyst for carbon dioxide conversion was confirmed to have a low metal content to reduce production costs, and to have high carbon monoxide selectivity, carbon monoxide production rate, and stability.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a conductive substrate, a perovskite substrate using the conductive substrate, and a solar cell using the perovskite substrate. The conductive substrate, the perovskite substrate, and the solar cell of the present invention include a conductive base and a conductive compound stacked on the conductive base. The conductive compound is represented by Formula 1, 2 or 3. The conductive compound is capable of multi-electron redox reactions, possesses p-type organic molecular properties, and has an oxidation potential or highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) matching the valence band of perovskite so that holes generated in an absorber layer are selectively separated for the application of the perovskite material, achieving enhanced photoelectric conversion efficiency of the solar cell and a significantly reduced difference between the forward and reverse conversion efficiencies (hysteresis index) of the solar cell.

Abstract: An example of the present invention provides a metal composite catalyst for ammonia decomposition and hydrogen production including a carrier; and Ni metal particles dispersed on a surface of the carrier or inside a pore, in which a content of the Ni metal particle is 15 to 70 parts by weight with reference to 100 parts by weight of the metal composite catalyst, and a diameter of the Ni metal particle is 60 nm or less. More specifically, the metal composite catalyst according to an example of the present invention is manufactured by an ultrasonic method, includes an aging step, and exhibits high efficiency and economy in ammonia decomposition and hydrogen production processes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for detecting occupants, and more specifically, to a system and method for accurately detecting positions of occupants in a building using beacon signals.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an arc risk management method comprising: pre-processing measurement values of currents flowing into an electric apparatus; estimating a level of arc energy in the electric apparatus by inputting the measurement values into one artificial intelligence network comprising a first layer including a dilated convolutional neural network and a second layer including a recurrent neural network; and indicating an arc risk to the electric apparatus in a quantitative way according to the level of arc energy.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pressure swing adsorption apparatus for hydrogen purification from decomposed ammonia gas and a hydrogen purification method using the same, and more particularly, the pressure swing adsorption apparatus of the present disclosure includes a plurality of adsorption towers including a pretreatment unit and a hydrogen purification unit wherein the adsorption towers of the pretreatment unit and the hydrogen purification unit are packed with different adsorbents, thereby achieving high purity hydrogen purification from mixed hydrogen gas produced after ammonia decomposition, making it easy to replace the adsorbent for ammonia removal, minimizing the likelihood that the lifetime of the adsorbent in the hydrogen purification unit is drastically reduced by a very small amount of ammonia, and actively responding to a large change in ammonia concentration in the raw material.

Abstract: Provided are a hollow fiber composite membrane for water vapor separation, comprising a hollow fiber membrane including two or more pores and a coating layer in which an interfacial polymer obtained from interfacial polymerization of water-soluble monomer and an organic monomer is coated on a surface of the hollow fiber membrane, and a chemical resistant substance is introduced in the interfacial polymer, and a method for manufacturing the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal-organic framework and an energy storage system having the same, and more specifically, to an energy storage system that is capable of providing excellent electrical conductivity and electrochemical capacity properties, especially excellent electrochemical performance at low temperatures, by means of a novel one-dimensional metal-organic framework having thianthrene-based organic ligands.

Abstract: Disclosed is a carbon dioxide absorbent and a carbon dioxide separation method using the same that greatly reduces energy consumption due to a small amount of latent heat required in regeneration of absorbents, enhances CO2 absorption rate, undergoes almost no thermal denaturation even at high temperatures while absorbing carbon dioxide, and results in a considerable reduction of the cost associated with absorption of carbon dioxide.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing core-shell particles using carbon monoxide, and more particularly, to a method for manufacturing core-shell particles, the method of which a simple and fast one-pot reaction enables particle manufacturing to reduce process costs, facilitate scale-up, change various types of core and shell metals, and form a multi-layered shell by including the steps of adsorbing carbon monoxide on a transition metal for a core, and reacting carbon monoxide adsorbed on the surface of the transition metal for the core, a metal precursor for a shell, and a solvent to form particles with a core-shell structure having a reduced metal shell layer formed on a transition metal core.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a cathode for a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) including preparing an electrode composition containing urea, ultrasonically spraying the electrode composition onto a GDC scaffold, and drying the scaffold. By using urea, calcination (?700° C.) after each infiltration cycle can be omitted, the next infiltration cycle is performed immediately after the drying (?100° C.), and thus the cathode manufacturing process time can be greatly reduced. Disclosed is also a solid oxide fuel cell including an anode support, an anode functional layer disposed on the anode support, an electrolyte disposed on the anode functional layer, and a cathode disposed on the electrolyte, wherein the cathode is formed by ultrasonic spraying using an electrode composition containing urea.

Abstract: A method for preparing a platinum alloy catalyst using an oxide coating according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a first step of preparing a dispersion by mixing a commercial platinum catalyst and a transition metal precursor with a solvent; a second step of preparing a catalyst by putting an ultrasonic tip into the dispersion prepared through the first step and performing an ultrasonic process; a third step of performing a primary heat treatment process on the catalyst prepared through the second step; a fourth step of performing an acid treatment process on the catalyst that has undergone the primary heat treatment process through the third step; and a fifth step of preparing a platinum alloy catalyst by performing a secondary heat treatment process on the catalyst that has undergone the acid treatment process through the fourth step.

Abstract: Disclosed is an adsorbent containing a metal oxide for adsorption of hydrogen sulfide in biogas, and a biogas purification system using the same.

Abstract: The manufacturing method of a palladium transition metal core-based core-shell electrode catalyst according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first step of preparing a slurry by irradiating ultrasonic wave to a dispersion solution including a solvent, a platinum precursor, a palladium precursor, a carbon support, and a transition metal precursor, a second step of preparing a solid material by filtering, washing, and drying the slurry prepared in the first step, and a third step of preparing a core-shell electrode catalyst by thermally treating the solid prepared in the second step in a specific gas atmosphere.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for a polymer electrolyte, a polymer electrolyte comprising the same, and a method for producing the polymer electrolyte, and specifically, to a composition for a polymer electrolyte comprising an ion conductive monomer and a polymerizable comonomer, and a polymer electrolyte comprising the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a method for preparing a gaseous- or liquid-nitridation treated core-shell catalyst and, more specifically, to a method for preparing a gaseous- or liquid-nitridation treated core-shell catalyst comprising steps of: nitridation-treating a transition metal precursor core and noble metal precursor shell particles in the presence of a gaseous nitrogen source; or forming a transition metal precursor core and noble metal precursor shell particles, by means of a liquid nitrogen source, and at the same time allowing the nitrogen source to bond with the transition metal precursor and thus allowing nitridation treatment. Therefore, the present disclosure allows a high nitrogen content in the core and thus enables a prepared catalyst to have excellent durability, a small average particle size and high degree of dispersion and uniformity, and thus to be suitable for the fuel cell field.

Abstract: Discussed is a heat transmitting system for providing a heat medium with a set temperature, the system comprises a heat source, a plurality of heat storage tanks, a heat exchanger, a heat source pump, an inlet side-heat source header, a heat source header valve, an outlet side-heat source header, an outlet valve of heat storage tank, a header outlet valve, a heat transmitting line, a heat transmitting pump, a temperature sensor of heat storage tank, and a controller conducting a heat storage mode for a heat storage tank whose temperature is the set temperature or below. During the heat storage mode, the controller operates the heat source pump, controlling the specific heat storage tank to store heat, and during the heat transmission mode, the controller suspends the operation of the heat source pump, controlling the heat medium inside the specific heat storage tank to be transmitted to the heat exchanger.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemical looping combustion and carbon dioxide direct reduction (CLC-CDR) integration system and an operation method thereof, particularly to a chemical looping combustion and carbon dioxide direct reduction (CLC-CDR) integration system including: an air reactor, wherein an oxygen carrier particle is oxidized by reacting with injected air and air from which oxygen was partially removed is discharged; a fuel reactor, wherein the oxidized oxygen carrier particle is supplied, a supplied fuel is reacted to reduce the oxidized oxygen carrier particle, and carbon dioxide including H2O is discharged; and a carbon dioxide reduction reactor, wherein the reduced oxygen carrier particle is supplied, supplied carbon dioxide is reacted to discharge carbon monoxide, and the reduced oxygen carrier particle is partially oxidized and supplied to the air reactor.