• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.3-25
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• 2012

Generally speaking, firms, faced with a regulatory environment, are likely to use more or less inputs than optimal level due to allocative inefficiency of inputs. This paper, first, tests allocative efficiency of fuel inputs and calculates the divergence between the actual and optimal levels of each fuel input conditional on the optimal level of capital stock in Korean thermal power industry. Then, given that each fuel is efficiently allocated. potential reduction of $CO_2$ is estimated over the period 1987~2008. The null hypothesis of allocative efficiency with respect to all fuels is rejected, indicating that thermal power plants fail to attain cost minimization subject do market prices. Allocative efficiency between each pair of fuels is also tested; efficient uses of fuels relative to each other are all rejected. Empirical results indicate that coal and gas are used more and oil is used less than optimal level. On average, more than 10 million tons of $CO_2$ per year could be reduced by achieving allocative efficiency of fuels.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.441-468
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• 2004

We estimate carbon embodied in the export goods of Korea. A commodity-by-industry IO model ($CO_2$ hybrid IO model) is constructed for the estimation. In the model, all monetary units of energy commodities are converted to physical unit, carbon tons. Results show that total $CO_2$ embodied in the exports of non-energy goods of Korea equals 51.18 million carbon ton or 44% of total $CO_2$ emissions in Korea in 2000. Overall carbon intensity of export goods is estimated as 0.227 carbon ton per million Won. These findings suggest Korea's responsibility on global warming may be imputed to the countries who import and consume Korean goods. It is in accordance with the user pay principle. It is also argued that if UNFCCC impose the burden of $CO_2$ mitigation on importing countries rather than exporting countries, we can prevent '$CO_2$ emission leakages' effectively.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.37-58
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• 1995

Whole tues were put uto cement kiln inlet where the tempmalures or gas and cemcnt-raw-materials were 1050 and 800- 850.C. respcclrvely. Tl~ck iln consisls of \ulcorner-stage suspension preheatel- and air quenching coolers The amount of wusle tlrcs added in lhc normal encrgy in lhc ce~ncnlk iln was 3, 5, 7% by volume Welght and steel contents of tiles. ulti~~iaalcn d elemental analysis, ash contents. ash hsion temperature. etc, wete detcnutned to inveshgate thc prnpcrlics a1 tires and ilreir ashes. Flucluat~ons of cement kiln placess, cement quality and an pollulton were invesligalerl during lhc burning tins. When the Ieeding ralio ol wasle lires to normal cncrgy was 50'0, there was nn wlde d~ffereilces m the cemmt quctlity and air pollutcon between operation with tiles and withoul tires. Tl~ch cal iccovcry was uhout 50% w~th5 % add~tionI n the nonndl energy. There was a little lxt fluctuation of cement quultty ncld an pollution at olher feeding ralios.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.537_538
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• 2009

본 논문의 목적은 전력 소비자 입장에서 비용 최소화를 하는 DR(Demand Response)프로그램의 설계이다. 이는 DR자원을 입찰받는 환경에서 시장의 가격을 고려하여 DR자원의 투입량과 그 보상금을 결정하는 것에 초점을 맞추고 있다. 또한 수요 감축이 이루어진 후에 발생하는 수요증가현상(Payback)현상을 고려하였다. payback 현상을 고려하지 않고 DR프로그램을 설계할 경우 당장의 피크를 줄이기 위해 많은 DR자원 투입하는 경우가 있다. 이런 경우 당장의 피크는 없어지지만 추후의 증가하는 수요에 의해 제2의 피크가 발생하거나 비용이 증가하는 현상이 생긴다. 따라서 Payback은 DR프로그램을 실행하는데 있어서 반드시 고려되어야할 중요한 현상이다. 본 논문에서는 몇 가지 payback 모델을 바탕으로 소비자 입장에서 비용 최소화하는 DR프로그램을 구현하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.129-133
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• 2020

The concentration of remaining formaldehyde contained in waste liquid emitted from the process of urea-formaldehyde microcapsule synthesis was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Three factors that can affect on the reaction of formaldehyde were selected including pH, ammonium chloride input and temperature. The effect of these factors on the concentration of remaining formaldehyde was studied. When ammonium chloride input was 0.025g, microcapsules could not be obtained or core substance leaked out because of weak shell, and therefore this reaction condition would be inadequate. It was confirmed that the concentration of remaining formaldehyde could be minimized when the microencapsulation was conducted at 70℃ and pH 2.5 by using a ammonium chloride input of 0.050g. This study can make contribution to UF microencapsulation in safer working environment.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.745-766
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• 2009

It is not valid to measure the degree of market power based on the markup of price over marginal market cost in an industry for which the market price of some inputs is not available because those inputs are then excluded in estimating the dual total cost function. If the roles of those inputs are ignored, the markup of price over marginal market cost is likely to be positive in the perfectly competitive industry. In order to have accurate market power markups for the environmentally regulated Korean iron and steel industry, in which the market price of raw material and the price of abatement capital are hard to obtain, in this paper, a dual cost function is derived given the optimal quantities of raw material and abatement capital, and then estimated jointly with the supply relation. The annual average degree of market power for the industry is estimated to be 0.49 over the period 1982~2001. Ignoring environmental regulation would overstate the degree of market power by about 8 percent.

• International Area Studies Review
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.439-458
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• 2009

In this paper, Two countries have invested directly using the two models Multinational Enterprises, foreign companies doing R&D subsidy policy analysis in their activities to attract. Multinational Enterprises to get the spillover effect from competitors, the introduction of subsidiary R&D resources with an incentive to R&D activities. The government has established a subsidiary to bring the country to foreign Multinational Enterprises for the purpose of improving the technological capabilities of Multinational Enterprises with their parent company R&D to increase the resources by foreign companies in their R&D investment to subsidize R&D activities that have an incentive to attract. In addition, foreign companies and government cooperative R&D by two things also increase the rate of funding for activities to bring the two subsidiaries of multinational R&D has increased the amount of additional resources, the economic interests of both countries get more will increase.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.11-19
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• 2021

Arsenic (As) oxidation followed by precipitation from a high-As(III)-containing leaching solution derived from a sulfidic ore was investigated in this study to remove aqueous As from the solution using activated carbon (AC) with air injection as an oxidant. To obtain the initial leaching solution, a domestic sulfidic ore was leached in a sulfuric acid solution at pH 1 and 50℃ for 95 h, and approximately 7 g/L of Fe and 3 g/L of As were leached out. To determine the effect of the oxidative reaction utilizing AC with air injection, the leaching solution was tested under the following five oxidative conditions at an initial pH of 1 and 90℃ for 72 h: air-only injection; air injection with 1, 5, and 10 w/v% of AC addition; and H₂O₂ addition. The tests in the presence of both air and AC revealed that the oxidation kinetics and As removal were improved by the reaction between the metallic species and the surface group formed on the AC surface. In addition, the greater the amount of AC added, the better was the reaction efficiency, removing 93-94% of As with more than 5 w/v% of AC addition. Finally, X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed that the precipitate formed from the oxidative reaction was scorodite (FeAsO₄·2H₂O).

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.307-344
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• 1995

이 논문은 산업공해의 발생 요인을 규명하는 부분과 여기서 규명된 요인에 따라 배출량을 규제하고 그 규제효과를 추정하는 두 가지 부분으로 이루어져 있다. 이 논문에서는 환경(環境) 산업연관(産業聯關) 분석(分析) 모형(模型)을 이용하여 우리 나라의 산업(産業) 공해(公害) 배출(排出) 요인(要因)을 규명하고자 하였다. 이 분석의 결과 얻은 잠정적 결론은 첫째, 우리 나라는 지난 10년간 에너지 절약적(節約的)인 기술개발(技術開發)등 에너지의 효율성과 생산기술(生産技術)(투입구조(投入構造))의 개선 등 생산기술측면에서는 대기오염 배출량을 감소시키는 구조적 변화가 있었던 반면에, 수출입(輸出入) 구조(構造)등 수요 측면에서는 그 배출량을 증가시키는 구조적 변화가 발생하였다. 그러나 전체적으로 구조적 요인은 공해 배출량을 증가시키지 않은 반면 경제 성장에 따른 생산 규모의 확대로 총 배출량은 크게 증가하였다. 산업공해의 배출량을 감축시키기 위한 한 가지 정책수단(政策手段)으로 우리는 일정 율의 탄산까스 배출량(排出量)을 규제하기 위해 필요한 공해 제거 비용을 계산하고 배출 단위 제거비용을 Pigou적 공해조세(公害租稅)로 제시함으로서 일정 배출량 감축 효과를 가지는 공해세를 계산하고자 시도하였다. 이 같은 배출 규제(規制)에 의한 물가상승(物價上昇)의 파급정도(波及程度)는 각 산업의 공해제거(公害除去)를 위한 중간투입물(中間投入物) 수요(需要)와 규제대상(規制對象) 산업(産業)과의 산업연관(産業聯關) 정도(程度)에 따라 상이하다. 배출량(排出量)이 큰 6대(大) 공해산업(公害産業)에 대한 규제(規制)는 자기(自己) 가격상승율(價格上昇率)이외에 산업연관효과(産業聯關效果)의 차이 때문에 산업별로 다른 물가 파급효과를 발생시킨다는 것을 보였다. 특히 석유와 석탄 등의 에너지에 대한 탄산까스 배출 규제는 규제 산업의 자기 가격을 매우 높은 율로 상승시키며, 각각 화학, 고무, 섬유, 의복 제품과 1 차금속, 전력 가스, 조립금속, 시멘트 등에 높은 물가 파급효과를 나타내므로서 이산화탄소의 배출 규제 내지 탄소세의 부과가 몇 몇 산업의 가격 경쟁력에 집중적인 영향을 줄 것임을 시사하고 있다.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.214-225
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• 2016

Gasification is one of the important contribution to resource recycling by conversion of biomass to a variety of energy sources such as alcohol, SNG etc., and to global warming prevention by reduction of green house gases such as $CO_2$. The aim of this study is to draw the optimal operation condition of dual fluidized-bed gasifier with biomass fuel, to verify SNG production efficiency and to establish the basis for the domestic commercialization of dual fluidized bed gasification. As a result, dual fluidized-bed gasifier has the optimal conditions at $826^{\circ}C$ with steam input 1,334 g/hr, air input 5.56 L/min. The carbon conversion is 81% and SNG production efficiency was $CH_4$ 92%.