Current desulfurization and denitrification technologies have reached a considerable level in terms of reduction efficiency. However, when compared with the simultaneous reduction technology, the individual reduction technologies have issues such as economic disadvantages due to the difficulty to scale-up apparatus, secondary pollution from wastewater/waste during the treatment process, requirement of large facilities for post-treatment, and increased installation costs. Therefore, it is necessary to enable practical application of simultaneous SOx and NOx treatment technologies to remove two or more contaminants in one process. The present study analyzes a technology capable of maintaining simultaneous treatment of SOx and NOx even at low temperatures due to the electrochemically generated strong oxidation of the wet-pulse complex system. This system also reduces unreacted residual gas and secondary products through the wet scrubbing process. It addresses common problems of the existing fuel gas treatment methods such as SDR, SCR, and activated carbon adsorption (i.e., low treatment efficiency, expensive maintenance cost, large installation area, and energy loss). Experiments were performed with varying variables such as pulse voltage, reaction temperature, chemicals and additives ratios, liquid/gas ratio, structure of the aeration cleaning nozzle, and gas inlet concentration. The performance of individual and complex processes using the wet-pulse discharge reaction were analyzed and compared.

The influences of corona charging parameters on collection efficiency and surface potential of air filters were investigated. A polypropylene filter medium was electrically charged using a corona charger, and the resulting surface potential and filtration efficiency against neutralized KCl particles were measured. The filter media was charged under different conditions of applied voltage, voltage polarity, charging time, and distance between electrodes. In addition, we considered charging both sides of the filter as well as charging one side of the filter. As a result, electrical force obtained by charged fiber affected filtration efficiency when the apply voltage strength was higher than 7 kV. Negatively charged filter had higher filtration efficiency than positively charged filter while the surface potential of the negatively charged filter was slightly lower than those of positively charged filter. Moreover, the filtration efficiency increased as the charging time of filter fiber increased and the distance between electrodes decreased. The filtration efficiency was more sensitive to changes of charging time than to those of electrode distance, and the efficiency of both sides charged filter was higher than that of single side charged filter.

Numerical analysis has been conducted on three-dimensional airflow distribution in the passenger cabin of a high-speed electric train. The types of air distribution systems investigated in the present study were those of TGV and Shinkansen. The Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations governing the mass and momentum conservations of the airflow in the cabin were solved by using a finite volume method, which are coupled with the standard $k-{\varepsilon}$ turbulence model equations. Predicted velocity distributions were presented on several selected planes in the passenger cabin. The present three-dimensional simulations were found to show the overall features of the airflow in the passenger cabin fairly well. In particular, it was shown that the type of air distribution for Shinkansen was more suitable for a non-smoking cabin than that for TGV.

본 연구에서는 국내에서 가장 일반적인 유형의 주택으로서 3인 가구가 거주하는 공급면적 $117.69m^2$의 일반형 아파트를 측정 주택으로 선정하여 실증 측정을 진행하였다. 황사 발생이 포함된 3일 측정기간 동안 미세먼지 변화 특성을 관찰하여 분석하였다. 관측된 미세먼지($PM_{10}$)를 상대적으로 큰 먼지($PM_{10-2.5}$)와 초미세먼지($PM_{2.5}$)로 나누어 대기와 실내의 먼지의 농도변화를 분석하였다. 연구 결과로 재실자의 활동이 없는 외출이나 취침 기간에는 주택의 침기 특성을 확인할 수 있었다. 미세먼지 중 상대적으로 큰 $PM_{10-2.5}$ 크기 입자는 외기의 풍속이 5 m/s까지 증가하여 침기량이 증가해도 대기 농도 대비 실내 농도비가 7% 이하인 반면, $PM_{2.5}$의 경우 외기 속도가 5 m/s까지 증가하면 50% 이상으로 증가하였다. 황사가 심한 대기 상태에도 본 연구의 측정 주택의 경우 실내 $PM_{10-2.5}$는 시평균$15{\mu}g/m^3$로 대기 농도의 5% 수준으로 일상 조건과 비슷했다. 재실자의 활동이 있는 경우에는 미세먼지 중 초미세먼지를 제외한 상대적으로 큰 먼지는 자연환기와 실내 사람의 움직임과 같은 행동 영향이 지배적이었다. 실내 $PM_{10-2.5}$ 농도는 대기 농도가 낮은 경우에는 대기 농도의 약 50%를 차지하는 경우도 있었다. 재실자의 활동 중, 초미세먼지의 발생이 클 것으로 예상되는 굽기나 튀기기가 포함된 조리나 실내 흡연이 없었기 때문에, 재실자가 없는 경우와 마찬가지로 초미세먼지는 실내 농도가 실외 농도의 추이에 따라 함께 변동하는 양상을 보였다. 외부공기가 침기에 의해 창틈, 문틈으로 유입되는 과정에서 초미세먼지는 약 30~40% 정도가 제거되고 실내로 많은 비율이 유입되기 때문에 실외 초미세먼지의 실내에 대한 영향이 컸다. 본 연구의 분석 데이터는 측정이 이루어진 대표 주택에 해당하는 것으로, 새로 지어진 기밀 성능이 높은 신축 아파트나 침기가 상대적으로 클 것으로 예상되는 오래된 단독주택에서는 다른 특성이 나타날 것으로 예상되므로, 이에 대한 추가적인 연구가 필요하다고 생각된다.