Abstract:
A multiple oscillation-type generator includes: a first reciprocating member arranged inside a fluid and configured to reciprocate by lifting force, lowering force, or flow energy resulting from the fluid; a second reciprocating member arranged inside the fluid at a distance from the first reciprocating member and configured to reciprocate by lifting force, lowering force, or flow energy resulting from the fluid; a first conversion unit connected to the first reciprocating member and configured to convert reciprocating movements into rotational movements; a second conversion unit connected to the second reciprocating member and configured to convert reciprocating movements into rotational movements; a main power shaft configured to make rotational movements by rotational movements of the first conversion unit and the second conversion unit; and a generation unit configured to produce electric power using transferred rotational movements of the main power shaft.
Abstract:
A cold-adapted protease derived from Pseudoalteromonas arctica PAMC 21717 or a recombinant cold-adapted protease obtained by expressing a gene encoding the cold-adapted protease in E. coli is described, and more particularly, a crystal of a protease exhibiting activity at low temperatures, a method for crystallizing the protease, a method for preparing the protease, a recombinant microorganism that expresses the protease, a method for preparing the recombinant microorganism, a method for preparing the recombinant protease and the use of the cold-adapted protease. The cold-adapted protease exhibits high activity at low temperatures, and securely maintains its enzymatic activity even in the presence of high pH, various metal ions and surfactants. Thus, it is useful in various industrial applications.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an apparatus for bi-directionally mining a manganese nodule. The apparatus includes a traveling device to travel in a predetermined traveling direction, collecting devices installed at both ends of the traveling device, respectively, to collect the manganese nodule, and a control device to sense the traveling direction of the traveling device and to drive one of the collecting devices installed at both ends of the traveling device, which is placed in the sensed traveling direction.
Abstract:
A magnetic levitation rotor sail is proposed. The rotor sail may include a coil unit provided at a lower portion of a body of the rotor sail, and an electromagnet configured to levitate the coil unit. The rotor sail may also include a support member supporting the electromagnet, and a gap sensor provided at the support member and configured to measure a gap between the coil unit and the electromagnet.
Abstract:
A floating type offshore wind structure having improved structural strength and reduced weight, including a floating body having buoyancy in the seat; and a wind power generation unit fixed to the floating body, wherein the floating body includes a plurality of columns disposed at the vertex positions of a triangle, respectively, and a plurality of pontoon units disposed in the form of a triangle, so as to connect the plurality of columns, the wind power generation unit is placed at any one of the plurality of columns, each of the plurality of columns includes a first side in contact with a first pontoon unit which is any one of the plurality of pontoon units, and a second side in contact with a second pontoon unit which is another one of the plurality of pontoon units, and each of the first side and the second side is a planar surface.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a novel compound and a composition for preventing or treating neuroinflammatory brain diseases, the composition comprising same as an active ingredient and, more specifically, to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating neuroinflammatory brain diseases and a food composition for preventing or ameliorating neuroinflammatory brain diseases, the compositions comprising a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 as an active ingredient. The novel compound of the present invention can be effectively used to provide a therapeutic agent for preventing or treating neuroinflammatory brain diseases, a food for ameliorating neuroinflammatory brain diseases, or a functional food for enhancing a cognitive function.
Abstract:
Proposed is a microplastic collection device utilizing a cyclone The device may include a cylindrical barrel part accommodating a first suction fan and a first suction fan drive at an upper end thereof, and a microplastic suction pipe installed at an interior center of the barrel part to communicate with the first suction fan and configured to suck in microplastics. The device may also include a suction pipe spaced at a predetermined distance from the upper end of the barrel part, coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the barrel part to communicate with an interior of the barrel part, and configured to suck in external particles. The device may further include a microplastic capture pipe coupled to an upper end outer circumferential surface of the barrel part that surrounds the suction pipe. The device can effectively collect microplastics on seashores and separate them from nature.
Abstract:
Provided are an apparatus and a method for measuring water depth. In order to solve a problem of water depth measurement apparatuses and methods in the related art, provided are a system and a method for measuring water depth using radar image processing, wherein an underwater environment, such as the shape of a seafloor surface, is more accurately recognized through analysis of a SAR image using synthetic-aperture radar (SAR), and thus, more efficient and accurate water depth measurement is achieved for a wide region with a relatively simple configuration and low cost.
Abstract:
Provided is a buoyancy-resistant pile for subsea structure installation, the buoyancy-resistant pile including: a pile main body having one end buried in a seabed or a concrete foundation and having a hollow portion provided therein; and a pull-out resistor coupled to pass through a side surface of the pile main body and buried in the seabed or the concrete foundation.
Abstract:
Proposed is an underwater drift tracking system based on a maritime positioning platform. The underwater drift tracking system may include a plurality of underwater drifting objects configured to transmit sound wave signals including their own water depth information by using sound wave communication while drifting underwater. The underwater drift tracking system may also include a maritime drift tracker configured to track real-time underwater locations of the underwater drifting objects by moving on the sea under its own power, receiving the transmitted sound wave signals from the plurality of underwater drifting objects, and calculating absolute location information of the plurality of underwater drifting objects using the received sound wave signals.