Applied Chemistry for Engineering (공업화학)

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Application of Molecular Simulation in Reverse Osmosis Membrane Research

역삼투압 분리막 연구에서의 분자 전산모사 응용

  • Lee, Tae Kyung (Department of Materials Engineering and Convergence Technology, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Nam, Sang Yong (Department of Materials Engineering and Convergence Technology, Gyeongsang National University)
  • 이태경 (경상국립대학교 나노신소재융합공학과) ;
  • 남상용 (경상국립대학교 나노신소재융합공학과)
  • Received : 2022.10.25
  • Accepted : 2022.11.25
  • Published : 2022.12.10
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Abstract

The desalinated water obtained by the water treatment process based on the membrane is attracting a lot of attention as a promising technology that can solve the global water shortage problem. Reverse osmosis membrane-based desalination, one of the most widely used desalination processes, is a technology that desalinates abundant seawater on Earth, thus having great potential in the desalination industry. To improve the performance of the desalination process, it is necessary to understand the reverse osmosis mechanism of the membrane at the atomic/molecular level. In this review, we introduce molecular simulation, which plays an important role in material research today, and the roles of computational simulation at the atomic/molecular level in the development of reverse osmosis membranes.

분리막을 활용한 수처리 공정을 통해 얻어진 담수된 물은 전 세계적인 물 부족 문제를 해결해 줄 수 있는 유망한 기술로 많은 주목을 받고 있다. 오늘날 담수화에 가장 널리 활용되고 있는 역삼투압 분리막 기반 공정은 지구상에 풍부한 바닷물을 담수화하는 기술이기 때문에 산업적으로도 그 잠재성이 매우 풍부하다. 이러한 담수 공정 성능을 향상시키기 위해서는 분리막의 역삼투압 메커니즘을 원자/분자 수준에서 이해할 필요가 있다. 본 총설에서는 오늘날 소재 연구에 있어 중요한 역할을 담당하고 있는 분자 전산모사에 대한 소개와 함께 역삼투압 분리막 연구 개발에 있어 원자/분자 수준에서의 전산모사 역할을 소개하고자 한다.

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본 논문은 산업통상자원부 및 산업기술평가관리원의 지원(20019441)과 정부(교육부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원(No. 2020R1A6A03038697)을 받아 수행됨.

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