• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.393-398
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• 2010

This study prepared and utilized an imitation trial test chamber for a petroleum spill to predict the concentration of discharged Volatile Organic Compounds in the air at the time of Tae-An peninsula's petroleum spill, which happened in December, 2007. The petroleum spill imitation trial test chamber measured and analyzed the concentration variation of total VOCs. As the ambient air velocity increased, so the concentration of VOCs decreased; and as the water temperature rose, the concentration of VOCs increased. Furthermore, it appears that total concentration of VOCs decrease by more than 90% 6 days after the initial petroleum spill compared to the initial concentration of VOCs.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.57-64
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• 2009

A material database has been developed for VOCs and formaldehyde emitted from building materials in this study. New classification system has been made by correlating the classification methods used in Korean Air Cleaning and Environmental Protection Agency. The developed databases include emission rates of TVOC, 5VOC and formaldehyde emitted from each building material. In addition, the databases can be used as an input variable to estimate indoor air quality (IAQ) using computer simulation since they also contain chemical component and general imformation. Box plot was used to do statistical analysis for emission rates of formaldehyde and TVOCs from different types of building materials. Also we confirmed the building materials worsening IAQ by categorizing the emission characteristic of different types of pollutants.

• 월간산업보건
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• s.290
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• pp.27-37
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• 2012

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.545-547
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.60-62
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• 2008

중 소규모 조선소의 조업이 주변 지역의 유해대기오염물질 농도에 미치는 영향을 평가하고자 주변 지역에 미치는 환경영향을 클 것으로 예측되는 조사지점을 선정하여 휘발성유기화합물 및 알데히드류의 분석을 수행하였다. 총휘발성유기화합물(TVOCs) 농도는 조선소와 거리가 가까울수록 높은 것으로 나타났으며 주요 VOC 성분은 조선소 도장작업장에서 분석되는 성분과 일치하는 것으로 나타나 조선소에서 이루어지는 도장작업으로 인해 주변지역이 영향을 받음을 알 수 있었다. 알데히드류의 경우, 발생원으로부터 직접 배출되기보다는 배출된 VOC의 화학반응에 의해 생성되므로 조선소에 가까이 위치한 지점들보다 조선소로부터 일정한 거리가 떨어져 있는 지점의 농도가 높게 나타나는 것으로 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.532-534
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.348-349
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• 2001

휘발성유기화합물 (VOCs)은 복잡 다양한 발생원에서 배출되고 있다. 1990년에 개정된 미국 공기청정법 (US Clean Air Act Amendments, CAAA)에서는 총 189개의 화합물을 인간환경에 유해한 유해 대기 오염물질 (HAP, hazordous air pollutants)로 분류하고 있다 (MacKensie, A.R 등, 1991). 이 중 미국 EPA에서는 유해 대기오염물질로서 43개의 VOCs를 정하여, TO-14 화합물로서 일컫고 있다 (허귀석, 1999). (중략)

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.291-295
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• 2011

A bake-out process using auto switchgear for five days was performed to evaluate the reduction effect of the concentration of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and formaldehyde in a newly-built elementary school gymnasium. Reduction rates of VOCs were observed as followings: 38.2, 64.2, 86.3, 80.2, and 71.5% for benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, and styrene, respectively, which satisfies the indoor air quality standards of newly-built apartment houses in Korea. The reduction rate of total VOCs and formaldehyde were 67.0 and 24.7%, respectively. Those results proved that the bake-out process using auto switchgear was effective for reducing indoor air pollutants.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.489-495
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• 2004

In this article, various aspects of errors involved in the measurement of TVOC were examined as part of study to develop the indoor pollution indices. For this purpose, TVOC term was computed by two different calibration approaches, i.e., by assuming all VOC are detected in the same manner as toluene and by summing up as many individual VOC as possible. The results of our study indicate that the common, toluene-based method suffers from errors inherent in the development of such theory. Consequently, it is concluded that more research efforts have to be directed to the improvement of such concept as TVOC.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.680-683
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• 2010

Nano carbon balls (NCBs), activated carbons (ACs) and their mixture (new carbon mixtures, NCMs) were used to reduce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from the automobile felt. The optimum analytical method to measure the trace amount of the VOCs, including formaldehyde and acetaldehyde, has been established by utilizing high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatography (GC). The levels of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde released from newly produced felt were in the ranges of 0.3~6.0 ppm and 0.2~3.0 ppm, respectively. After 14 days of aging at the room temperature, however, their levels were still in the ranges of 0.2~0.5 ppm and 0.2~0.4 ppm, respectively. By applying NCMs of 2 wt% to the automobile felt, the amount of the total volatile organic compounds (TVOCs) was reduced under the chronic inhalation minimum risk level of $0.32mmmm{\mu}g/TP$.