• 한국음향학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.172-178
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• 2017

초음파는 세포사멸을 포함하여 의학 및 생물학분야에 널리 응용되고 있으나 그 정확한 기작에 대해선 논쟁의 여지가 있다. 본 연구에서는 40 kH 초음파 조사시스템을 단세포 효모에 적합하게 개발하고 세포사멸 유도시 40 kH 초음파의 생물학적 현상을 살펴보았다. 아이오딘화 칼륨 선량 측정법을 이용하여 1.5 ml 실험튜브에 40 kH 초음파 조사 시스템의 최적 조건을 맞추어 세포사멸을 시간 의존적 방식으로 연구하였고 초음파 조사과정동안 온열효과와는 별개로 세포 사멸이 관찰되었다. 40 kH 초음파와 과산화수소의 동시 처리는 세포사멸에 상조적인 효과가 관찰되어 활성산소가 40 kH 초음파사멸에 관련이 있었다. 그러나 활성산소 저해제, NAC(N-acetyl-Lcysteine)는 초음파에 의한 세포사멸에 약한 영향만을 미쳤고 다른 세포사멸, 괴사억제제[글리실리진(glycyrrhizin) 또는 zVAD-fmk] 역시도 세포사멸을 완전히 억제하진 못하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 40 kH 초음파에 의한 세포사멸에는 온열효과나 활성산소만으로 사멸이 유도되지는 않는 것으로 보인다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.506-513
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• 2006

The effects of ultrasound stimuli on the germination and sprout growth of brown rice were investigated. Ultrasound was applied to brown rice at the frequencies of 28, 40, and 60 kHz before germination test and it was germinated in three methods (Type I, II and III). Type I was to soak brown rice into water for 60 hours. Type II was to expose brown rice to air for 48 hours after soaking them into water for 12 hours. Type III was a repetitive method of water-soaking and air exposure for 12 hours respectively. The most effective method for the germination was Type III without ultrasound. However, Type I was a best method after ultrasound treatment. As power of ultrasound increased, sprouts grew faster after brown rice were treated in 40%, 70%, and 100% power (0.137, 0.241, and 0.344 $W/cm^2$) at 40 kHz. The good treatments for fast sprout growth of brown rice at each frequency were the 28 kHz-10min group, the 40 kHz-5min group, and the 60 kHz-20min group of Type I. The best effective treatment was the 40 kHz-5min group at 0.344 $W/cm^2$ and at that condition the time required for sprout growth of 2.5 m was 51.9 hours. The ultrasound stimuli was very effective in the beginning of the rice germination, and the germination ratio was more than 95% in all ultrasound treatments.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.207-215
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 화학적 1차 처리 침출수(시료 I)와 생물학적 처리 침출수(시료 II)를 대상으로 한 막 분리 공정에서 막의 막힘현상을 개선하기 위한 기술로서 초음파 조사방법을 도입하여 그에 대한 영향을 평가하였다. 초음파의 투과속도 개선효과에 관한 실험은 주기적으로 초음파를 조사할 수 있는 초음파막 분리장치를 제작하여 막의 재질(PS과 PVDF)과 막의 종류(MF와 UF), 초음파의 단일주파수(40 kHz와 120 kHz), 초음파의 세기(200 W와 400 W)에 따라 실시하였으며. 아울러 40 kHz와 120 kHz를 동시에 사용하는 복합초음파 조사 실험을 실시하였다. 주기적인 초음파 조사에 관한 시나리오 실험을 통해 UF막과 MF막을 비교한 결과 MF계열의 막에서 더 높은 투과속도의 개선효과를 나타냈으며, 두 가지 PS와 PVDF재질로 만들어진 MF막의 경우 PVDF재질의 MF막이 더 높은 개선효과를 지속적으로 나타내었다. 또한 용액(폐수)의 특성에 따라 초음파 조사에 의한 투과속도의 개선효과가 다르게 나타났으며, 두 가지 초음파주파수(40 kHz과 120 kHz)를 동시에 활용한 복합초음파를 주기적으로 조사한 경우에 투과속도의 상승률은 세정효과가 큰 낮은 주파수(40 kHz)의 단일초음파를 이용하는 경우보다 작았으나, 재막힘 현상은 복합초음파를 사용하는 경우가 더 크게 억제되어 막의 투과속도 개선효과가 지속적으로 유지되었다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.467-475
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• 2019

고출력의 초음파는 매질을 진행하면 음향 흐름과 음향 방사힘을 만들어낸다. 공기를 매질로 하는 3차원 공간상에 음향 방사힘을 발생시키면 입체적인 촉감을 형성할 수 있으므로 공간적인 정보를 직접 피부에 촉각으로 전달할 수 있다. 본 논문은 40 kHz의 작은 초음파 송신자 154개를 묶어 오목한 형태로 배열시켜서 초음파를 송신하여 집속초점에서 음향 방사힘을 발생시켰다. 초음파 음장의 초점의 근처에서 음향 방사힘에 의한 촉각을 확인하였다. 촉각 감도를 올리기 위하여 송신 초음파를 60 Hz의 구형파로 진폭 변조를 하였다. 초음파 촉각의 응용으로 음향 방사힘이 형성되는 허공에 촉각이 감지되는 영역을 형성시켜서, 손의 위치를 지정하는 지시자로 사용하였다. 촉각이 감지되는 초점위치에 있는 손의 모양을 영상 입력으로 받아서 손가락의 개수를 기계에 피드백하는 시스템을 구현함으로써 초음파를 이용한 촉각의 유용성을 확인하였다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.893-906
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• 2011

The effect of ultrasound pretreatment on sludge degragability was investigated at different condotions: ultrasonic frequency(28, 40, 50kHz), intensity(10, 25, 50W), sonication time(10, 20, 30, 60min). Total suspended solid(TSS) and soluble chemical oxygen demand(SCOD) concentration were measured for the evaluation of pretreatment efficiency. The pretreated sludge was used as the feedstock for anaerobic digestion process. Biogas production and volatile suspended solid(VSS) removal were determined for evaluating the process performance. 1. TSS concentration of the sludge decreased at a constant rate as sonication operation was applied. The degradation rate of TSS increased when ultrasound frequency was decreased from 50kHz to 28kHz and intensity was increased from 10W to 50W. Efficiency of TSS degradation per input energy increased as ultrasonic frequency and intensity were decreased. At the frequency of 28 and 40kHz, SCOD concentration rapidly increased during the initial 30min of sonication time, and then it gradually increased. At 50kHz, SCOD concentration constantly increased for 60min of the sonication time. The SCOD production rate increased with increasing intensity under all ultrasound frequencies. 2. The optimum condition of ultrasound treatment was 28kHz, 50W and 60min for maximizing the biogas production, methane fraction, VSS removal. The highest values in biogas production, methane fraction in biogas, VSS removal were 370ml, 70%, 2.45g, respectively. Methane production rate per input energy increased at ultrasonic frequency and intensity decreased. 3. When raw sludge was pretreated at the condition of ultrasonic frequency of 28 and 40kHz in series, sequential-frequency sonication, intensity of 50W and 60min, biogas production, methane fraction, VSS removal were about the same that of 28kHz single-frequency sonication. When sequential-frequency sonication of 28 and 50kHz was applied in series, biogas production, methane fraction, VSS removal were 356 ~ 423ml, 69 ~ 71%, 2.41 ~ 2.78g, respectively. The pretreatment efficiency of 28-50kHz sequential-frequency sonication which sonication time of 28kHz and 50kHz was 40min and 20min was higher than that of 28kHz single-frequency sonication.

• 대한임상전기생리학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.63-83
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• 2006

This study conducted the following experiment to examine anesthetic effects of 500 kHz ultrasound with lidocaine. Clinical experiment was conducted to compare local anesthetic effects by ultrasound frequencies and drugs with 40 normal adults and it divided subjects into experimental group (I) applying only ultrasound, ointment group (II) applying only lidocaine, phonophoresis group of 1 MHz (III), phonophoresis group of 500 kHz lidocaine (IV) for pain threshold and nerve conduct experiments. Mechanical threshold was measured with von Frey monofilament, thermal pain threshold with halogen lamp and digital thermometer, action potential in median nerve with diagnostic electromyography before and after treatment, and at 30 min., 60 min., 90 min., and 120 min. after treatment. Results of this study can be summarized as follows. Topical anesthesia experiment showed that pain threshold of phonophoresis groups was significantly increased, but there were little differences in ultrasound frequency and drugs among phonophoresis groups. Conduction anesthesia experiment showed that phonophoresis group of 500 kHz using lidocaine had significant difference in pain threshold and sensory nerve conduction compared to ointment group and ultrasound group, but there was no great difference from other phonophresis groups and light nerve block effect was found. It was considered that application of 500 kHz ultrasound using lidocaine will be more effective in deep anesthesia or nerve block than 1 MHz ultrasound. However, researches considering various frequencies, intensities and application hours in low frequency areas including kHz ultrasound are needed to increase deep permeation of drugs.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권10호
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• pp.3039-3045
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• 2013

Dual-frequency ultrasound assisted photocatalysis (DUAP) method was proposed to degrade a stable organic model effluent, cresol red (CR), using the prepared $Fe^{3+}$-doped $TiO_2$ with active carbon fiber loading ($Fe^{3+}-TiO_2/ACF$) as photocatalyst. The influence of key factors, including Fe doping amount and power density of dual-frequency ultrasounds (20/40 kHz), on the degradation efficiency was investigated. The degradation efficiency rises to 98.7% in 60 min accompanied by the color removal of CR liquid samples from yellow to colorless transparent at optimal conditions. A synergy index of 1.40 was yielded by comparison with single ultrasound assisted photocatalysis (SUAP) and the photocatalysis without ultrasound assisted (UV/$TiO_2$), indicating that a clear synergistic effect exists for the DUAP process. Obvious enhancement of degradation efficiency for the DUAP process should be attributed to production of large amount of free radicals by strong cavitational effects of dual ultrasounds.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.79-89
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• 2009

나프탈렌은 휘발성이 있는 소수성 물질로 발암유발 가능성이 있고, 수생태계에 심각한 영향을 미친다. 본 연구는 초음파의 주파수 및 반응조건별 나프탈렌 분해효율과 OH 라디칼 변화량을 조사하였다. C-18 역상칼럼을 이용한 LC/FLD (1200 series, Agilent)로 나프탈렌을 분석한 결과 MDL (Method detection limit)은 0.01 ppm이었다. 초음파 조사동안 휘발된 나프탈렌은 거의 검출되지 않았고(0.05 ppm 이하), 반응조 덮개 개폐별 나프탈렌 분해효율은 거의 차이를 보이지 않았다(1% 이내). 초음파 반응온도가 증가할수록 나프탈렌 제거효율은 감소하는 경향($15^{\circ}C$: 95% ${\rightarrow}$ $40^{\circ}C$: 85%)을 보였고, pH가 낮을수록 나프탈렌 분해효율이 증가(pH 12: 84% ${\rightarrow}$ pH 3: 95.6%)하였다. 나프탈렌 초기농도의 감소에 따라 반응속도는 증가하는 경향을 보여주었다(2.5 ppm: $27.3{\times}10^{-3}\;min^{-1}$, 5 ppm: $27.3{\times}10^{-3}\;min^{-1}$, 10 ppm : $19.0{\times}10^{-3}\;min^{-1}$). 동일한 초음파 조건(2.5 ppm 나프탈렌, 0.075 W/mL, $20^{\circ}C$, pH 6.8)에서 28 kHz의 분해효율이 132 kHz보다 약 1.46배 높았고(132 kHz: 56%, 28 kHz: 82.7%), 유사 일차반응 속도상수($k_1$)도 약 2.3배 높게 나타났다(132 kHz: $2.4{\times}10^{-3}\;min^{-1}$, 28 kHz: $5.0{\times}10^{-3}\;min^{-1}$). 초음파 조사 10분 후 $H_2O_2$ 농도는 132 kHz가 28 kHz보다 약 7.2배 높았지만(132 kHz: 0.36 ppm, 28 kHz: 0.05 ppm), 조사 90분 후에는 28 kHz가 132 kHz보다 1.1배 높았다(28 kHz: 0.45 ppm, 132 kHz: 0.4 ppm). 2.5 ppm 나프탈렌 용액에 132 kHz와 28 kHz 초음파 조사시 발생된 $H_2O_2$ 농도는 초순수에 초음파 조사한 결과보다 각각 0.1 ppm과 0.05 ppm씩 낮게 나타났다. 혼형(24 kHz)과 배스형(28 kHz) 초음파의 나프탈렌 분해효율은 각각 87%와 82.7%였고, $k_1$은 $22.8{\times}10^{-3}\;min^{-1}$와 $18.7{\times}10^{-3}\;min^{-1}$로 산출되었다. 다주파 복합형 초음파 시스템(28 kHz 배스형 + 24 kHz 혼형 초음파)의 나프탈렌 분해효율은 단일주파수 24 kHz(혼형)와 비슷한 제거효율을 보였으나(88%), $H_2O_2$의 농도는 약 3.5배 높게 조사되었다(28 kHz + 24 kHz: 2.37 ppm, 24 kHz: 0.7 ppm). 이와 같은 다주파 복합형 초음파 시스템은 OH 라디칼에 의해 산화가 잘 일어나는 물질의 분해에 매우 효과적으로 적용될 수 있을 것으로 예상된다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.129-134
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• 2008

Ultrasonic cavitational energy distributions were measured in a large-scale sonoreator. In application of 110 and 170 kHz of ultrasound, the cavitational energy was just detected near the transducer module. However 35 and 72 kHz ultrasound made good distributions from the module to the end of the sonoreactor, Especially, 72 kHz ultrasound application showed most stable and highest cavitational energy value through the whole length. In the comparison between input power and cavitational energy, linear relationships were obtained in 35 and 72 kHz and it was anticipated that these results would be used for the optimization of input power for the design of sonoreactors. And three dimensional energy distribution was depicted through the mapping of cavitaional energy. Average energy in the large-scale sonoreactor was estimated as 62.8 W, which was about 40 % of input power.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.115-121
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• 2014

This study explored the effects of water or brine (2% NaCl, w/v) immersion thawing combined with ultrasound treatment (40 kHz, 150 W) on the quality characteristics of pork. Ultrasound treatment of pork was conducted in two cold media (at $4^{\circ}C$), water and 2% (w/v) brine, respectively. Because the ultrasound treatment caused temperature increase in the media from $4^{\circ}C$ to $16^{\circ}C$, the qualities of pork thawed by ultrasound were compared with those thawed by immersion either in water or brine where the temperature was being maintained at either $4^{\circ}C$ (low temperature control) or $17^{\circ}C$ (high temperature control). The ultrasound treatment resulted in rapid thawing of pork where the thawing rate was similar to those thawed in the $17^{\circ}C$ media. For quality characteristics, ultrasound-treated pork in brine had an advantage of less cooking losses when comparing to the control. In particular, ultrasound treatment in brine exhibited the lowest shear force (or highest tenderness) among the freezing/thawing treatments. Although the ultrasound processing in brine caused discoloration of the pork, this thawing technique had potential to be applied as a commercial thawing technology for frozen foods.