• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.55 no.5
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• pp.600-608
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• 2017

Hazard risk of explosion on pharmaceutical raw materials dust in pharmaceutical industry often exists when it is handled or processed in the industrial sites, and explosion accident is caused by this. In this study, the dust explosion characteristics of the three pharmaceutical raw materials samples were measured. The main explosion characteristics are as follows: $P_{max}$, MIE and MIT of loxoprofen acid having $5.31^{\circ}C$ of median diameter are obtained 8.4 bar, 1 mJ < MIE < 3 mJ and $550^{\circ}C$. $P_{max}$, MIE and MIT of camphorsulfonate having $95.63^{\circ}C$ of median diameter are obtained 7.9 bar, 30 mJ < MIE < 100 mJ and $510^{\circ}C$. $P_{max}$, MIE and MIT of rifampicine having $26.48^{\circ}C$ of median diameter are obtained 7.9 bar and 1 mJ < MIE < 3 mJ and $470^{\circ}C$. The deflagration index ($K_{st}$) and the explosion index (EI) were obtained by using these data. The explosion hazard assessment of pharmaceutical raw materials dust was compared and examined. As a result, the explosion hazard assessment according to deflagration index and explosion index were the explosion class with St 2 and the explosion hazard rating of severe for loxoprofen acid & rifampicine and St 1 and strong for clopidogrel camphorsulfonate, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.23-33
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• 2020

As the scale of the economy expands, the number of cases of damage in enclosed spaces such as tunnels is increasing due to the accident of transportation vehicles of dangerous substances such as explosive flammable materials that have increased rapidly. In the case of road tunnels in particular, in the aspect of protection against the long-winding trend and the environment in the downtown area, the number of cases of passing through the downtown area increases, and securing the safety of structures against unexpected extreme disasters such as explosions during tunnel passage is very urgent. For this reason, developed countries are already conducting a review of internal bombardment, but there are almost no evaluation and countermeasures for explosion risk in Korea. Therefore, in this study, in order to evaluate the explosion safety of road tunnels, a boiling liquid explosive explosion (BLEVE), which is considered to have the greatest explosion load among vehicles driving on the road, is set as a reference explosion source, and the equivalent TNT explosion load is used for simulation of the explosion. A method of conversion was presented. In addition, by applying the derived explosion load, dynamic behavior simulation was performed by assuming various variables for the tunnel, and the explosion safety of the tunnel was analyzed.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.11-19
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• 2003

A micro sensor array with 4 discrete sensors integrated on a microhotplate was developed for identifying the kinds and quantities of explosive gases. The sensor array consisited of four tin oxide-based thin films with the high and broad sensitivity to the tested explosive gases and uniform thermal distribution on the plate. The microhotplate, using silicon substrate with N/O/N membrane, dangling in air by Al bonding wires, and controlling the thickness by chemical mechanical process (CMP), has been designed and fabricated. By employing the sensitivity signal of the sensor array at 40$0^{\circ}C$, we could reliably classily the kinds and quantities of the explosive gases like butan, propane, LPG, and carbon monoxide within the range of threshold limit values (TLVs), employing principal component analysis (PCA).

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.1-12
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• 2023

A basic assessment of techniques to mitigate the risk of blast shock waves from proximity explosions was conducted. Common existing techniques include using mitigant materials to form barriers around the explosive or in the direction of propagation of the shock wave. Various explosive energy dissipation mechanisms have been proposed, and research on blast shock wave mitigation utilizing impedance differences has drawn considerable interest. In this study, shear thickening fluid (STF) was applied as a blast mitigation material to evaluate the effectiveness of STF mitigation material on explosion shock wave mitigation through explosion experiments and numerical analysis. As a result, the effectiveness of the STF mitigant material in reducing the explosion shock pressure was verified.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 1997.05a
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• pp.91-94
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• 1997

반도체의 생산공정은 생산제품의 특성상 많은 종류의 위험물과 가스를 이용하는 것이 보통이지만, 자동화가 이루어진 대부분의 작업공정과는 달리, 작업자에 의해 직접 이루어지는 것이 보통이다. 이때 작업자의 사소한 실수나 과오로 인해 일단 누출등의 사고가 발생하면, 취급물질 자체의 위험성으로 인해 인명 피해, 화재 및 폭발 둥의 2차 대형재해를 초래할 수 있기 때문에, 반도체공장의 어느 누구도 그 위험성에 대해 과소평가하지 않는 것이 현실이다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 1999.06a
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• pp.253-258
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• 1999

최근 가스 소비량이 급증하면서 가스 관련 사고 또한 증가하고 있는 추세에 있다. 가스관련 사고에 대한 분석결과 조정기의 제품불량으로 인한 사고 발생율이 급격하게 증가하고 있으며, 다수의 사고가 발생하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서는 LPG용 조정기의 불량에 의한 가스사고를 예방하고 사용상의 문제점을 개선하기 위해서 현재 유통되고 있는 사용중인 LPG용 조정기의 폭발위험성과 충격안전성을 고찰하여 폭발, 화재 방지 대책을 수립하고 시중에서 사용중인 조정기의 안전성을 검증하였다. (중략)

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.427-434
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• 2017

Recently, awareness of the public about the explosion damage has increased due to the increased risk of terrorism. The criteria for blast-resistance design is not sufficient in Korea, it is necessary to develop blast-resistance design for the stability and safety of building by static analysis of current blast-resistance design. In addition, as the increase of earthquake occurrence necessitates the seismic design, it is studied to judge the blast-resistance performance of members applying seismic design without blast-resistance design. Currently, the general analysis of blast load is to refer to UFC 3-340-02 manual. Blast-resistance performance was studied by applying characteristics of blast load through UFC 3-340-02 manual, beam converted into equivalent SDOF System. It is proved that blast-resistance performance is improved when seismic detail is applied considering the maximum deflection of normal, intermediate, and special moment frames.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.47-57
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• 1988

정전기에 의한 사고가 발생하려면, 정전기의 발생, 착화 능력을 가진 위험한 방전의 발생, 폭발성 가스, 증기가 공기와의 비율에서 폭발 한계 내에 존재할 것 등의 세가지 조건이 필요하다. 따라서 정전기에 의한 착화, 폭발 사고를 방지하기 위해서는 항상 이 세가지 관점에서 검토하여, 어떤 조건 하에서도 3개 조건 중 적어도 하나 이상을 제거하는 것이 필요하다. 이하, 정전기에 의한 재해 중에서 그 방전이 착화원이 되어서 발생하는 가연성 가스 등의 폭발, 화재에 의한 재해의 방지 대책에 한정해서 개설한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.61-64
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• 2002

Dust explosion은 combustible solid의 미세한 입자가 공기 혹은 산소중에서 폭발범위의 농도에서 부유할 때 화염 혹은 Spark 등의 에너지 공급에 의해 폭발하는 현상이며 plastic 공업, 금속분말, 유기약품, 무기약품, 안료, 농수산건조물 등에서 분체취급 분야의 확대 및 취급량의 증가에 따라 분진폭발의 잠재 위험성이 급증하고 있어 화학적 성질, 농도, 입경, 폭발 압력 등의 분진특성과 함께 분진폭발의 착화온도와 상한 및 하한 농도에 대해 이론 및 실험적으로 광범위하게 연구가 진행되어져 왔다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.433-438
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• 2002

화재 및 폭발 특성치로 인화점, 최소발화온도, 폭발한계, 최소발화에너지, 연소열 등을 들 수 있다 이 가운데 폭발한계(explosive limits)는 가연성물질(가스 및 증기)을 다루는 공정 설계 시 고려해야 할 중요한 변수로써, 발화원이 존재할 때 가연성가스와 공기가 혼합하여 일정 농도범위 내에서만 연소가 이루어지는 혼합범위를 말한다/sup 1)/. 특히 폭발범위는 온도, 압력, 불활성가스의 농도, 화임전과 방향, 용기의 크기, 무리리적 상태 등에 의해 변한다/sup 2)/.(중략)