• Korean Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.135-145
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• 2023

Aggregate is used to produce stable materials like concrete and asphalt and is fundamental to meet the social needs of housing, industry, road, energy and health. A total of 42.35 billion tons of aggregate were produced in 2021 worldwide, an increase of 0.91% compared to the previous year. Among them, 2 billion tons were produced in China, India, European Union and United States, making up to 71.75% of the share. South Korea has witnessed a constant increase in aggregate production, overtaking Mexico and Japan for seventh place with 390 million tons and 0.85% of the share. The industrial sand and gravel produced globally amounted to 352.66 million tons. The top seven countries with the highest production were China, United States, Netherlands, Italy, India, Turkey and France, and their production exceeded 10 million tons and held a share of 74.69%. Exports of natural rock recorded $21.68 billion in 2021, increased by $2.3 billion compared to the previous year, while exports of artificial rock increased by $2.66 billion to $13.59 billion. Exports of sand reached $1.71 billion with United States, Netherlands, Germany and Belgium being the four countries with the highest exports of sand. The four countries exported more than $100 million in sand and took up 57.70% of the total amount. Exports of gravel totaled $2.75 billion, with China, Norway, Germany, Belgium, France and Austria in the lead, making up to 48.30% of the total share. The aggregate quarry started to surge in the 1950s due to the change in people's lifestyle such as population growth, urbanization and infrastructure delvelopment. Demand for aggregate is also skyrocketing to prevent land reclamation and flood caused by sea-level rise. Demand for aggregate, which was around 24 gigatons in 2011, is expected to double to 55 gigatons in 2060. However, it is likely that aggregate extraction will heavily damage the ecosystem and the world will eventually face a shortage of aggregate followed by tense social conflict.

• Korean Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.1-11
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• 2024

World stone production in 2021 stood at 162.5 million tons, up by 7.5 million tons, or 4.8 percent, compared to the previous year when the production came in at 155 million tons. Six top countries with the most of stone production were China, India, Turkey, Brazil, Iran and Italy and these six countries accounted for 72.8 percent of total production in the world. Stone exports stood at $21.68 billion in 2021, up by $2.3 billion from the previous year. Exports of raw materials and processed stones stood at 54.4 million tons, up by 2.98 million tons from the previous year. In terms of aggregate exports, exports of natural stones increased by $2.3 billion to $21.7 billion while exports of artificial stones rose $2.6 billion to $13.6 billion in 2021 compared to the previous year. The average price of stone (Code: 68.02) was up by $65.2 per ton to $794.82. The price of board, processed stone, an ingredient for building materials, increased by $3.52 per square meter to $42.96 per square meter. Recycling was always the problem as the volume of the total quarry was 333.5 million tons, of which only 28.8 percent were finished products and the remaining 71.2 percent were waste generated from stone extraction and processing. Korea's stone exports stood at $1.97 million in 2021, down 38.3 percent on year, while imports were up 8.6 percent to $758.9 million. Stone exports are expected to grow to 66.1 million tons in 2025, while usage is expected to reach 108.92 million tons, or 2 billion square meters.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.41-57
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• 2022

The global demand for carbon neutrality in response to climate change is in a situation where it is necessary to prepare countermeasures for carbon trade barriers for some countries, including Korea, which is classified as an export-led economic structure and greenhouse gas exporter. Therefore, digital transformation, which is one of the predictable ways for the carbon-neutral transition model to be applied, should be introduced early. By applying digital technology to industrial gas manufacturing facilities used in one of the major industries, high-tech manufacturing industry, and hydrogen gas facilities, which are emerging as eco-friendly energy, abnormal detection, and diagnosis services are provided with cloud-based predictive diagnosis monitoring technology including operating knowledge. Here are the trends. Small and medium-sized companies that are in the blind spot of carbon-neutral implementation by confirming the direction of abnormal diagnosis predictive monitoring through optimization, augmented reality technology, IoT and AI knowledge inference, etc., rather than simply monitoring real-time facility status It can be seen that it is possible to disseminate technologies such as consensus knowledge in the engineering domain and predictive diagnostic monitoring that match the economic feasibility and efficiency of the technology. It is hoped that it will be used as a way to seek countermeasures against carbon emission trade barriers based on the highest level of ICT technology.

• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.141-170
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• 2012

There are a couple of methods to analyze the trade effect of FTA. Some compare bilateral trade amounts, partner's share in total export, or market share in partner's total import. Others set up partial equilibrium models or general equilibrium models for more sophisticated analyses. The purpose of this paper is to analyze bilateral trade between Korea and Chile, Singapore, Switzerland and Norway using the Intensity of Trade and Special Country Bias. The Trade Intensity Analysis focuses on how much the real trade diverges from the expected one which is derived by the Gravity Model, and it enable us to define how much the bilateral trade is closely related with each other compared with the rest of the world. Also by excluding the effects of changes in Trade Complementarity, it enables us to evaluate the trade effect of FTA. The results show that regarding Korea's export, the biggest trade effects are found with Norway, and the effects are evading after a couple of years of outstanding accomplishment with Chile and Singapore. With Switzerland, however, almost no effect is found. Regarding Korea's import, Norway has recorded the biggest advance into Korean market, whereas, other countries do not show significant changes.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.9-21
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to identify the current situation and actual condition of the video security industry, The research method was based on interviews with twelve specialists, and examined the market trends, the problems of the video security industry, the improvement plan and the government promotion strategy. The problem with the domestic video security industry is that there are the decline in overseas exports and the slowdown in exports to China, insufficient measures to overcome certification barriers due to the strengthening of national certification system, domestic demand growth slowed, expansion of domestic market share of Chinese products, lack of high-tech development of domestic products, lack of expertise in technology development and operation and inadequate legislation for revitalizing the video security industry. The improvement plan is as follows. Need to implement export expansion support policy, need to build tailored response system for each country, need improvement of security related demand creation system, take measures such as domestic industrial protection policy, certification barriers and tariff barriers, induce future core technology to create high added value. The government also needs to actively support human resources development, and induce stabilization of relevant laws and institutions. This study will contribute to the development of related industries by suggesting the development direction of the video security industry.

• Food Science and Industry
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.25-33
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• 2016

우리나라의 발효식품 산업의 규모는 2010년 약 4조 원으로 식품 산업 전체의 4.0%정도이며, 이 중 전통 발효식품이 50.0% 수준으로 전체 식품 산업 대비 비중은 2.0%에 불과하지만, 발효제품의 세계 시장 규모는 2000년 152억 달러, 2010년 730억 달러로 급속한 성장으로 확대되고 있다. 국내 소금시장의 규모는 2010년 기준 1,300억 원이며, 전 세계적으로 나트륨 대체 염미제의 시장수요는 절실히 필요한 실정으로, 최근 2,000억 원대 규모를 유지하고 있는 간장 시장에서 염도를 낮춘 '저염 간장'매출 성장세를 보이고 있어 소금을 줄이는 식생활 개선에 대한 교육 홍보와 더불어 '나트륨 저감화 식품 개발의 필요성'이 국민건강증진, 경제성 측면에서 날로 커지고 있다. 또한, 2007년부터 웰빙 열풍으로 자연조미료 제품의 비중이 크게 늘어나는 추세이며, 100% 천연재료로 사용하여 소비자용 제품 출시 등 다양한 변화를 가져온 결과, 자연조미료 시장은 2008년 151억 3,200만 원의 매출규모에서 215억 2,600만원으로 무려 42.3%를 차지했으며, 저염을 위하여 활용하는 저염 소금도 연령대가 높아질수록 선호도가 높아지는 있다는 보고가 있다. 식품의약안전처의 '나트륨 저감화 사업'은 2012년부터 연차별로 가공식품의 나트륨 저감화 가이드라인을 개발하여 가공식품 생산업체들의 참여를 유도하며, 다양한 홍보를 펼쳐 2014년 6월 기준으로 165개 제품의 나트륨이 저감화 되었으며, 2015년에는 95종의 면류제품의 나트륨 함량이 약 20% 이상 저감되는 실적을 보여주었다. 여러 지역자체 단체들은 지역의 특성을 최대한 살려 다양한 발효산업 육성을 진행하고 있음에 영남권의 장류 업체를 대상으로 나트륨 섭취량을 줄일 수 있도록 '경북 발효식품 수출농업기술지원단'은 식품의약품안전처와 연계하여 지속적으로 가공식품 중 나트륨 저감화에 노력을 할 것이며 이에 대기업과 함께 중소기업들의 참여도를 높이기 위해 현장 컨설팅을 지역적으로 실시할 계획으로 각 지역별 업체들의 참여도를 높일 계획이다. 이를 통해 전통 발효식품이 기능성을 유지하면서 나트륨 함량을 줄인 건강식품으로 우리나라 식품산업 발전에 기여하고자 노력할 것이다. 향후 발효산업 중 한류의 매운맛, 김치 등을 시작으로 고성장이 기대되는 세계화 전략 품목이며 지역 농산물을 활용한 발효식품 세계화를 위하여 나트륨 저감화는 반드시 선행되어야 할 것으로 생각된다.

• JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL WORLD
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• s.351
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• pp.89-94
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• 2006

에너지 해외의존도 97%, 무역의존도 70%인대한민국. 우리는하루220만배럴, 연간8억배럴이상을소비한다. 부존자원이 극도로 빈약한 우리나라가 나아가야 할 길은자명하다. 에너지 자원을 거의수입해 의존하다보니 이를고부가화 해 내수에 돌리면서 최우선으로 수출을 통해 온나라가 먹고 살고 있다해도 과언이아니다. 해외 에너지자원을 안정적으로 확보하는 것이 바로 국가경쟁력의 근원이 되는것은 어제오늘의 일이 아니다. 고유가 파고를 헤쳐나가야 한다는 절박한현실에서안정적인 에너지자원확보를 위한 정부의 해외자원분야 정책 및 민관전략이 올들어 의욕적으로 전개되고 있다. 우선정부는 자원개발 업무를 강화하기 위해 현재1과1팀의 자원개발조직을 보강하 고유전개발팀을 신설하는 등 모두3개팀으로 늘린다. 나아가 해외 자원확보에주력 산업 동반진출도 착착진행하고 있다. 국내 자원 개발 기업과 에너지관련기업, 해외진출기관등 14곳으로 구성된 ‘에너지산업해외진출협의회’도 최근 출범시켰다. 유전을탐사하거나 개발하는데 개인들도간접투자할수있는 ‘유전개발펀드’도 7월에 첫 선을 보인다. 약2000억원규모의이 시범펀드 도입 등을 통해 자원개발을 가속화,2013년까지원유-가스자주개발률을18%(원유15%, 가스30%)까지 끌어 올릴 계획이며 여기에16조원 신규투자가 소요 될 것으로보고있다. 이같은 일련의 공격적인 움직임은 단순히 돈을 주고 자원을 사오는 기존방식을 앞으로는과감히탈피,자원부국이 원하는 산업인프라등을 수주해제 공한뒤 그 대가로자원을 확보하는 총체적 자원확보전략에 무게를두겠다는 의지를 담고 있어 고무적이다. 여기에 다원유 등 수입원자재 가격이 급등세를 보이고있는 가운데 우리나라의 해외 자원개발사업이 활기를 띠고있다.석유공사는 민간기업들과 함께 지난해에만 예멘2곳 등 전세계 5개국9곳의 석유 및 천연가스 광구계약을체결, 올들어 최근참여사들과 함께 주주간계약 서명식을 갖고본격적인 사업을 추진 중이다. 광업진흥공사역시 SK네트웍스와제휴, 최근 전체 매장량이650만t으로 추정되는 중국 후난성의 아연광 탐사권을 획득, 합작 사설립계약을 체결한 것으로 알려지고 있다. 민간기업들도 해외자원분야진출이 활발하다. 기업들의 해외 자원개발을 위한 투자규모도 늘어 올해38개 해외 자원개발기업이 32개국 211개 사업에 모두31억달러를 투자할 계획인것으로 나타났다. 이에본지는 올해 들어서도 고유가의 지속으로 속증하고 있는에너지수입동향과 해외 자원 개발의 현실과 문제점, 개선방향, 나아가 최근 안전적인 자원확보를 위한 동향을 진단해본다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.523-529
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• 2021

Medical service robots are variously defined and classified by researchers and related government departments, but surgical robots and rehabilitation robots are commonly included in medical service robots, and except for these, the robots are classified as other medical service robots. In this study, domestic and foreign development trends and use cases were considered, focusing on logistics, guidance, and drug processing robots among other medical service robots. Logistics and guidance robots were developed quite a lot in Korea and completed a pilot project, or are being commercialized in hospitals, and exported. However, although the drug prcocessing robots was developed in Korea, the robot being use in the hospital was an imported. In order to expand and activate the robot market, systematic follow-up studies such as demand prediction studies are needed.

• Journal of the Korea society of information convergence
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.85-90
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• 2012

Our eyewear industry, the recent growing its position has been weakened because of Chinese low labor costs, Japanese quality and technology and Italian excellent design, brand and marketing. Investigate the recent trend for the trade balance of China and Italia, the largest importer of the eyewear market in Korea. Sunglasses are the most vulnerable sectors of the eyeglasses industry in Korea. Continued investment and attention is needed to the eyewear design for the improvement of the trade balance.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07a
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• pp.327-328
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• 2006

배전자동화 시스템은 컴퓨터와 통신기술을 활용하여 원거리에 산재되어 있는 배전선로용 개폐장치를 현장에 가지 않고 제어실에서 원격 명령으로 운전상태를 감시하고 제어하며, 고장정보를 수집하여 고장구간을 판단하여 처리하고, 전압과 전류 등 선로운전 정보를 자동으로 수집하여 배전계통을 최적 상태로 운전하도록 하는 시스템이다. 국내에서는 변전소 원격감시제어 시스템인 SCADA와 배전선로의 개폐장치를 원격감시 제어하는 배전자동화 시스템인 DAS가 별도로 운영되지만, 외국의 경우에는 대부분 SCADA와 DAS가 통합되어 운영되고 있다. 또한 배전자동화에 대한 개념, 시스템의 기능, 배전자동화에서 처리하는 업무영역 등이 우리나라의 배전자동화 시스템과 다르다. 특히 소규모 변전소 원격감시제어 시스템인 SCADA와 배전선로의 개폐장치를 원격감시 제어하는 배전자동화 시스템을 통합한 시스템을 많이 사용하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 외국의 배전자동화 기술동향을 분석하고, 우리나라의 배전자동화 기술과 비교하여, 국외 수출이 가능한 배전자동화 중앙제어장치가 가져야 하는 주요핵심 기능인 배전관리시스템(DMS), 지리정보시스템(GIS), 정전관리시스템(OMS) 등의 개발 방향에 대해 기술하고자 한다.