• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.449-461
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• 2013

As the hydrofluoric acid leak in Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do or hydrochloric acid leak in Ulsan, Gyeongsangnam-do demonstrated, chemical related accidents are mostly caused by large amounts of volatile toxic substances leaking due to the damages of storage tank or pipe lines of transporter. Safety assessment is the most important concern because such toxic material accidents cause human and material damages to the environment and atmosphere of the surrounding area. Therefore, in this study, a hydrofluoric acid leaked from a storage tank was selected as the study example to simulate the leaked substance diffusing into the atmosphere and result analysis was performed through the numerical Analysis and diffusion simulation of ALOHA(Areal Location of Hazardous Atmospheres). the results of a qualitative evaluation of HAZOP (Hazard Operability)was looked at to find that the flange leak, operation delay due to leakage of the valve and the hose, and toxic gas leak were danger factors. Possibility of fire from temperature, pressure and corrosion, nitrogen supply overpressure and toxic leak from internal corrosion of tank or pipe joints were also found to be high. ALOHA resulting effects were a little different depending on the input data of Dense Gas Model, however, the wind direction and speed, rather than atmospheric stability, played bigger role. Higher wind speed affected the diffusion of contaminant. In term of the diffusion concentration, both liquid and gas leaks resulted in almost the same $LC_{50}$ and ALOHA AEGL-3(Acute Exposure Guidline Level) values. Each scenarios showed almost identical results in ALOHA model. Therefore, a buffer distance of toxic gas can be determined by comparing the numerical analysis and the diffusion concentration to the IDLH(Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health). Such study will help perform the risk assessment of toxic leak more efficiently and be utilized in establishing community emergency response system properly.

• Electric Engineers Magazine
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• s.358
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• pp.44-45
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• 2012

2012년 03월 16일(금) 11:05경, 경기도 고양시 소재 ${\bigcirc}{\bigcirc}$물재생센터의 발전기(3기)를 교체하기 위하여 발전기 및 관련 설비를 해체하는 과정에서 가스 압축기실 내에 있던 누출된 메탄가스가 배관 등의 용단작업 중에 발생된 불꽃에 의해 점화 폭발로 1명 사망, 6명이 부상당한 재해임.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.373-376
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• 2000

현대의 화학산업시설에서는 다양한 잠재위험으로 인하여 화재, 폭발, 독성물질 누출 등의 중대산업사고의 발생 가능성 및 사고결과의 피해 범위가 증가되고 있다. 만약 사고가 발생한다면, 현장의 근로자, 인근지역 주민, 주변의 환경에 심각한 영향을 미칠 수 있으며, 사회적·경제적 불안 요소를 제공하게 된다. 지금까지는 정량적 위험성 평가라는 방법을 사용하여 화학공장의 안전관리를 수행하였으나 이번 연구에서는 이러한 사고의 위험도를 낮추기 위하여 RBI라는 기법을 사용하여 효과적이고 효율적인 안전성 향상 모델을 제시하고자 한다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.460-465
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• 2000

원자력 발전소의 중대사고는 비록 발생 확률은 매우 낮지만 사고 발생시 결말 효과가 크기 때문에 TMI 사고나 체르노빌 사고 이후 이에 대한 연구는 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 방사성 물질이 일단 환경으로 방출된 이후에 인체 및 환경에 영향을 미치는 주요 변수로는 풍향, 풍속, 강수량, 대기안정도로 대표되는 기상 조건과 방사선원 및 방출 고도, 열 함량, 방출 시간 등과 같은 방사선원 방출 특성에 관한 여러 가지 많은 변수들을 고려하여야 한다.(중략)

• 프린팅코리아
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• s.24
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• pp.144-147
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• 2004

오늘날 우리네 일상은 과학기술로 구성되거나 매개된다. 정보처리기술, 유전공학기술 등 과학기술이 급속하게 혁신됨으로써 새로운 지식정보가 쏟아져 나오고 있다. 그러나 기술문명이 발전할수록 물질적인 풍요는 늘어날지 모르지만 정작 우리의 삶은 점전 불안하고 위태롭고 피폐해지는 상황이 전개되고 있다. 새로운 지식정보를 기반으로 현대사회가 날로 복잡해지고 있으며, 인간의 삶의 질을 위협하는 위험요소가 빠른 속도로 증가하고 있는 것이다. 비행기 사고, 건물 붕괴 및 화재, 도시가스 폭발 등 공학 시설에서의 대형사고, 교통사고와 환경오염, 지하철 안전사고, 식품 및 의약품 위해성, 핵발전소 누출과 화학공장의 폭발위험, 유전공학에 의한 생명조작 등은 끊임없이 우리의 삶을 위협하고 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.165-168
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• 2002

화학물질을 대량 취급하는 사업장은 화재$\cdot$폭발 및 독성물질 누출 사고가 발생할 경우 사고의 영향이 사업장 내부는 물론 인근 주민과 주변 환경에까지 영향을 미칠 수 있기 때문에 무엇보다도 사고의 예방이 중요하나 일반적으로 공정설비의 규모가 크고, 운전$\cdot$변경 성능유지$\cdot$보수 등에 있어 고도의 전문성이 필요하며, 사고의 위험요인이 다양하기 때문에 타 산업에 비해 안전성 확보가 어려운 실정이다［1］.(중략)

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.20 no.1 s.61
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• pp.6-14
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• 2006

The data of city gas accidents has been collected and analysed for not only predictions of the fire and explosion accidents but also the criteria of societal risk. The accidents of the recent 11 years have been broken up into such 3 groups roughly as "release", "explosion", "fire" d 16 groups in detail. Owing to the Poisson probability distribution functions, 'careless work-explosion-pipeline' and 'joint loosening & erosion-release-pipeline' items respectively have turned out to record the lowest and most frequency among the recent 11-years accidents. And thus the proper counteractions must be carried out. In order to assess the societal risks tendency of the fatal gas accidents and set the more obvious safety policies up, the D. O. Hogon equation and the regression method has been used to range the acceptable range in the F-N curve of the cumulative casualties. The further works requires setting up successive database on the fire and explosion accidents systematically to obtain reliable analyses. Also the standard codification will be demanded.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.6 no.5
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• pp.373-377
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• 2005

In this paper the gas leakage controller in processing chamber for semiconductor manufacturing is proposed. A pressure sensor is connected between the final valve and the numeric valve. A pressure sensor signal and a numeric valve signal are controlled by a proposed digital circuit module. Gas leakage condition, producing by 2nd plasticity in semiconductor process, display at LED. The proposed controller module is useful for monitoring the gas flow for preventing the critical process gas leakage.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.167-171
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• 2014

Hydrofluoric acid (HF), a typical inorganic acid, has been used in the industry for its various usage and classified as the toxic compound, because it can cause the pneumonia and pulmonary edema when it was exposed to respiratory organs. The official environmental analytical method for fluorine and its compound in waste has not been developed. For this reason, we have faced some problem to treat the contaminated wastes by the HF leakage from industrial process. In this study, prepared for analytical method for combustible waste (crop, trees, etc.) generated from HF leaking accident and to be applied as the official analytical method for fluorine contaminated waste when the fluorine and its compound will be regulated as a hazardous material by the waste management law later.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.52-59
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• 2001

Factors to cause accidents were investigated through a systematic analysis of leakage accidents in welded LP-gas cylinder between 199 and 1999. As a result It was showed that most of leakage accident occurred at the pin-hole due to the localized corrosion on welded zone in cylinder. Accordingly, in this paper, we suggested that the problems of heat treatment condition in two-piece welded cylinder and substitute proposal for preventing the tearing of T zone in three-piece welded cylinder. Furthermore, corrosion rate on the weldment and base metal of welded LP-gas cylinder was evaluated using the electrochemical tests in acid rain and $3.5\%NaCl$ solution, Also, the poor adhesion and defects of film which was produced by electrostatic powder spray painting, while the LP-gas cylinder was manufactured, were analyzed using SEM(Scanning Electron Microscopy). And we proposed a optimum coating thickness of the cylinder.