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062009. 04
No. 5 View. 7488
Technology developed for speedy production of dream insulation material
Technology developed for speedy production of 'dream insulation material, Aerogel,' 26 times faster than conventional methods. Korea institute of Energy Technology constructs facility for low-cost commercialization, capable of mass production. Product costs half price of foreign products, saves energy by over 30 %. Korean researches have developed a process technology for Aerogel, which is known as a "Dream Insulation Material," as it was used as insulator for Sojourner, the Mars expedition robot, in 1997. The Korea Institute of Energy Technology (President Han Moon-hee) said on April 2 that it has developed "process technology for the commercial production of silica Aerogel powder," a material that was not been adequately commercialized due to a complicated production process and high costs. The new technology allows for mass production of the material by reducing the production process time from 168 hours to only six hours. Korea has been developing the technology for years, but has had difficulties penetrating the market because it failed to secure core technology held by advanced countries. However, the development of the new technology has led to the establishment of production facilities for the first time in Korea, which can churn out up to 50,000 tons of prototype product of silica Aerogel powder per year. Conventional facilities for commercial production of the material use supercritical CO2 drying process, which requires high pressure equipment in addition to very costly material (Alokoxide: 96800 won/kg), but in the newly developed process, water glass, a general industrial material, is directly put in, and a new technology is used, which processes surface reforming and the reaction for transformation into gel simultaneously, and which allows for the adoption of a Fluidized Bed-drying process that is capable of drying the material successively, which in turn drastically reduces the production process and process time. Notably, the technology involves a low carbon 'green production' process compared with conventional methods that use carbon dioxide for supercritical drying. Compared with the conventional supercritical carbon dioxide-dependent drying process, the normal atmospheric drying process technology can save 25,900 toe/year during energy processing; and 200 toe/year in sewage treatment, and thus save a combined annual total of 26,100 toe (7.8 billion won). As such, the new technology is expected to drastically reduce energy use and costs for environmental processing. In particular, silica Aerogel powder that is produced using the newly commercialized technology boasts quality and performance on par with foreign products currently available in the market in terms of physical property. It also is expected to cost less than half the price of foreign products, which are sold for 130,000 won per ton. More than anything, the achievement is significant because Korean scientists have developed outstanding core technology that overcomes technology held by foreign companies. The Korean researcher submitted application for six patents for the technology. Ahn Young-soo, the head of the research team, said, "Since we now can mass produce costly silica Aerogel powder, which Korea relied solely on foreign imports thus far, at less than half the import price, the material industry will likely be activated. Cost saving resulting from the new technology will reach more than 30 percent in the areas of construction and industries. Since, Aerogel boasts extremely high isolation capacity, is harmless and inflammable, and generates no toxic gas in the event of fire, the boundary of application of the Aerogel insulation material will likely further expand." Hello DD.com,Lim Eun-hee,redant645 at hellodd.com[April 06, 2009]- - - - - - -Source - HelloDD.com -
082009. 01
No. 4 View. 6992
Opening ceremony for the year of 2009
KISTI held the opening ceremony for the year of 2009 at its main office on Jan.2nd. Dr. PARK YOUNG SEO,President has complimented KISTI staff for their contribution and research performances for 2008. At his speech, Dr.Park also opened strategic plan for 2009. He emphasised the importance of trust management for solidarity -
132008. 11
No. 3 View. 7708
The 3rd Korea-Vietnam workshop on information support for SMEs
KISTI organized the 3rd international workshop in Hanoi,Vietnam on Nov.4-5. The workshop was held in cooperation with NACESTI, which is the national S&T information center under the Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam. This workshop aimed to provide researchers and administrators working for science and technology of Vietnam with up-to-dated technology and knowledge on cyberinfrastructure R&D environment. KISTI researchers from information analysis division, knowledge information center, information technology development division, supercomputing center, e-Science division introduced their research performance and future high-tech trend they will pursuit in the future. -
252008. 01
No. 2 View. 6889
The CERN Executive Director visited KISTI
Dr. Rolf-Dieter Heuer, the European Organization for Nuclear Research(CERN) Executive Director, visited KISTI on January 22, 2010. The object of this visit was to promote mutual cooperation and exchange information between KISTI and CERN.Dr. Kim Joong-kwon, the KISTI Vice President, and Dr. Lee Jy-soo, the Director of KISTI Supercomputing center, greeted him and had a discussion on cooperation issues on collaborative research using supercomputers. After the meeting, he had the time to take a look around KISTI's facilities. During the visit, Dr. Heuer showed considerable interest in the work of KISTI, and he was hopeful that KISTI and CERN promote mutual cooperation on data sharing and developing software for the researchers. -
252008. 01
No. 1 View. 6760
KISTI Held the Opening Ceremony for the Year of 2010
The KISTI employees gathered at its headoffice in Daejeon to start the New Year 2010 to promote a sense of community among the employees. President, Park Young-seo, complimented KISTI staffs for their contribution and research performance for last year. He then suggested "Creation of the World's best Intelligent Information" as strategic plan for New Year.