• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.39-46
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• 2010

Recently, the effective use of closed waste landfill nearby urban areas has been demanded, because of the lack of the usable land. However, the reuse of closed landfill is needed an adequate stabilization of liner system. But most of these places are consisted of steep slope and hence it is necessary to use the geosynthetics liners in there. Liner system of waste landfills is an important facility which prevents leachate outgoing from the landfills and also groundwater infiltrating from surroundings into the landfills. During the waste disposal stage, differential settlement and tensile stress of the geosynthetic materials could occur due to impact load of trucks and dozers, waste loads and weak foundation soils. In this study, the tensile strength and tracer test were performed to evaluate the stability of geomembrane liner systems. Based on the tensile strength test result of in-situ geomembrane sample, the yield tensile strength maintain the suitable strength by specification and current law. However, according to the tracer test, the damage of geomembrane liner was detected on sanitary landfill section.

• Clean Technology
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.228-234
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• 2007

In this study, the productivity and environmental effects of laser aided direct metal deposition (LADMD) process which is one of promising rapid manufacturing technology is evaluated. The production time predicted using PowerMill shows that the productivity of LADMD is superior to that of conventional milling process. Though LADMD is known as an environment-friendly technology, it has a disadvantage to utilize much energy to generate laser beam. Considering both productivity and environmental effects, LADMD is expected to be widely used in remanufacturing industry.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.69-76
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• 2012

A recent shortage in Korean aggregate market leads a social demand to utilize recycled aggregate to more advanced level, such as the use in concrete structures or paving materials for surface and base layers. Government announced a recycled aggregate guideline in 2009 to provide an institutional framework for recycled aggregate in such an up-scaled use. The use of recycled aggregate in such use; however, is very minimal. This paper evaluates the validity of the impurity content criteria of recycled aggregate for lean concrete base through a series of material tests. The analysis results shows that reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) in recycled aggregate not only influence a strength lean concrete adversely, but also influence negatively on an absorption and abrasion characteristics of aggregate system significantly that made those two indices lower. Since absorption and abrasion characteristics are very important indices for recycled aggregate quality, RAP in recycled aggregate could significantly mislead the recycled aggregate qualification. This paper provides a suggestion to resolve these problems.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.102-108
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• 2010

The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of recycled PET (RPET) fiber made from waste PET bottles to examine application on concrete member. To evaluate the reinforcement effect of RPET fiber in concrete member, experimental tests were performed, such as mechanical property tests (compressive strength, modulus of elasticity and splitting tensile strength) and drying shrinkage test. In mechanical property tests, compressive strength and modulus of elasticity in concrete mixed with RPET fiber gradually decreased, but splitting tensile strength gradually increased as volume fraction of fiber increased. In drying shrinkage test, free drying shrinkage increased. In restrained case, in contrast, crack occurrence was delayed because of tensile resistance increase by RPET fiber. The comparison of RPET and PP fiber added concrete specimen's properties showed that two materials had similar properties. In conclusion, RPET fiber is an alternative material of PP fiber, even finer for its excellence in eco-friendliness due to the recycling of waste PET bottles and its possible contribution to the pollution declination.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2001.09a
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• pp.120-123
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• 2001

국내 원전에서 배출되는 사용후핵연료의 안정한 장기 보관과 평화적 재활용을 위한 많은 연구중에서 금속저장체 연구는 사용후핵연료의 장기 보관에 따른 부식 문제 해결과 방사성 붕괴열 제거 관점에서 관심을 끌고 있다. 본 논문에서는 고준위 방사성폐기물로 분류되는 금속저장체를 국내 심지층 암반에 영구 처분했을 때 발생하는 처분장 요구 면적과 영구 처분에 따른 방사선적 안전성에 관한 고찰을 통해 금속 저장체를 이용한 사용후핵연료 관리의 장단점을 분석하였다. 예비 조사 결과 주어진 데이터 조건에서는 금속 저장체는 고준위 방사성폐기물 처분장의 면적을 5 배 정도 줄일 수 있을 것이며 방사선적 안전성 또한 우수한 것으로 판명되었으나 향후 경제성과 핵비확산성을 고려한 종합적인 타당성 연구가 수행되는 것이 바람직하다고 판명되었다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.131-138
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• 2013

This study was carried out to investigate the possibility of using basalt powder sludge instead of sand in a normal cement dry mortar as a way to recycle basalt powder sludge, which is a waste product from the manufacturing a process of basalt in Jeju. Basic performance evaluations of the dry mortar material included a compressive strength test, a flexural strength test, and SEM to observe the micro structure. The compressive and flexural strengths were increased to a replacement ratio of 21% of basalt powder sludge, whereby a strength enhancement of about 40% greater than that of normal dry mortar was shown. However, the creation of hydration products affected the replacement ratio of the basalt powder sludge. The possibility of using basalt powder sludge waste was identified in this study, and results showed that the basalt powder sludge waste could be used as a material for a secondary product of concrete.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.40-47
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• 2014

Feasibility of utilizing unburned carbon residue in coal ash as a potential precursor for the production of activated carbon was assessed to seek for solution to recycle unburned carbon residue. The unburned carbon concentrate generated from the 4 stages of cleaner flotation has a grade of 87% carbon. The crystalline impurities in the concentrate included quartz and mullite. Unburned carbon had a low specific surface area of $10m^2/g$, which might be related to a high degree of coalification of domestic anthracite coal. Carbon particles were mostly porous and have a turbostratic structure. When 1g of carbon was activated with 6g of KOH powder, the highest specific surface area value of $670m^2/g$ was achieved. Low wettability of unburned carbon particles, which was resulted from high temperature combustion in a boiler, might cause poor pore formation when they were activated by KOH solution. The activated carbon produced in this study developed micropores, with an equivalent quality of general-purpose activated carbon made from coal. Hence, it is concluded that chemically treated unburned carbon can be used for water purification or an alternative to carbon black as it is.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2013.04a
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• pp.115-115
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• 2013

최근의 분진폭발은 플라스틱, 의약품, 목재, 곡물 저장고, 고체연료, 화학제품 제조공정 등을 포함하여 성형 및 가공 공정 등에서 화재폭발사고가 발생되고 있다. 폐목재를 재활용하여 PB(Particle board)를 생산하는 국내 제조사업장에서는 화재폭발 사고가 빈번히 발생하고 있어 예방대책이 요구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 폐목재 제조공정의 사고예방과 목재분진 취급공정에 대한 안전대책 등을 제시하기 위하여 사고원인 물질인 폐목재 부유분진의 폭발특성실험을 실시하고 실험결과를 검토하였다. 또한 폐목재 분진의 화재폭발위험성을 상세히 평가하기 위하여 해당 물질의 자연발화점, 축열저장시험, 및 최소점화에너지 등의 화재폭발위험특성값을 실험적으로 조사하였다. 본 연구에서 사용한 폐목재 시료의 비구형 입자형태를 가지는데 입도분석기의 측정 결과 평균 입경은 $15.96{\mu}m$로 조사되었다. 또한 목재 분진의 함수율은 3.88%이며 중금속함유량은 1.73%이다. 자연발화점 측정결과 $225.5^{\circ}C$로서 비교적 낮게 측정되었고 퇴적분진에 대한 화재의 위험성은 높게 나타났다. 반면에 축열저장시험 결과를 통하여 공정관리 온도 및 보관온도를 $150^{\circ}C$ 이하로 관리하면 축열에 의한 자기분해 위험성은 낮은 것으로 판단되었다. 그러므로 축열에 의한 화재폭발 등의 위험성은 낮은 것으로 사료 된다. 최대폭발압력($P_{max}$)은 8.7 bar이며 폭발하한농도 (LEL)는 $60g/m^3$으로 나타났다. 부유분진의 폭발특성실험 결과 분진폭발지수(Kst)는 폭발등급 St 1 (0$bar{\cdot}m/s$)으로 나타났으며 폭발에 의한 위험성이 약한 분진으로 판정되었다. 최소점화에너지(MIE)는 10mJ < MIE <30mJ의 범위로 측정되었으며, 계산에 의해 추정된 최소점화 에너지(Es) 값은 14 mJ로서 일반적인 발화감도(Normal ignition sensitive)로 분류되었다. 이는 실질적인 점화원만 제거하여도 분진폭발을 예방할 수 있다는 것을 의미한다. 그러나 분진 폭발사고를 예방을 위하여 MIE값이 공정운전온도 $100^{\circ}C$ 초과 시에 급격히 낮아질 수 있으므로 운전 온도 설정에 있어서 주의가 필요하다.

• Clean Technology
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.39-49
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• 2000

Ultra Rapid Coagulation (URC) can dramatically remove pollutants loaded in wastewater by adding weighted coagulation additives (WCA) and recycling sludge into the coagulation basin to increase settling velocity and surface adsorption ability of floc. Also settling chamber together with lamella plates offers the high rate settling velocity, which can economically treat a considerable amount of pollutants like as combined sewage overflow (CSO) during the heavy rainfall and reduce the pollutants load into the receiving water for securing water source. It was estimated optimal configuration of settling chamber by using fluent model and the possibilities of reusing the sludge generated in this system.

• Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.1812-1821
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• 2015

In this study, we evaluate the eco-efficiency for recycling processes of Busan Resources Recycling Center for each year from 2010-2012. It analyze the impact of global warming on the power consumption by Life Cycle Assessment. Also calculate the economic value by net profit components those are sales amount and electric charge in accordance with the process operation. On the basis of these results, each of the eco-efficiency Factor analysis and dynamics analysis of 2011 and 2012 as the base year to 2010 are performed. As a result, the impact of global warming in all the recycling processes is increased by increasing power consumption 2010-2012. But net profit is decreased. In addition, the eco-efficiency of all the recycling processes is decreased and analysis result of the eco-efficiency trends is located on the Fully non Eco-efficiency (--) level. Therefore, all the recycling processes are necessary improvement for power consumption reducing and net profit increasing to further the environmental and economically sustainable direction.