• 한국가스학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.18-25
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• 2018

산업의 발전에 따라 화학물질 중 독성물질의 종류와 사용량도 함께 증가하였고 이에 따라 산업현장에서의 사고 발생 가능성과 사고 영향성도 높아질 것으로 예측된다. 특히 독성물질의 누출은 인명 및 인근 지역의 환경에 치명적인 피해를 주기 때문에 누출사고 시 대피 및 안전거리 계산은 매우 중요하다. 이에 본 연구에서는 액체성상의 독성물질의 경우 알고리즘을 새롭게 제시하였으며, 벤젠 및 아크릴로나이트릴을 선정하여 영향범위에 대하여 알아보고자 한다. 시나리오는 화학물질 안전원의 지침대로 최악의 시나리오 분석 시 10분간 전량 방출할 경우와, 즉시 방출하여 독성 액체가 방류벽을 범람할 경우로 하였으며 대안의 시나리오는 저장용기의 연결된 배관의 부분 파열로 인하여 누출공이 생긴 경우로 하였다. 각각의 시나리오에서 방류벽의 유무를 중심으로 연구를 진행하였으며 그로부터 기상 및 지형조건에 따라 ALOHA(Areal Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres) 프로그램을 사용하여 ERPG-2(Emergency Response Planning Guideline) 농도의 끝점 도달거리를 알아보았다. 그 결과 데이터를 통하여 그래프 및 회귀식으로 나타내었고, 이러한 자료는 피해범위를 예측함으로써 비상상황 발생 시 비상대책 자료로 활용될 수 있기를 기대한다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.407-417
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• 2024

이 연구의 목적은 유해화학물질 중 하나인 염소를 운송하는 차량이 사고 등으로 전복되어 가스 누출 시 염소독성(ppm)에 의해 예상되는 피해를 예측하고 최소화를 위한 효율적 대응방안을 마련하는데 있다. 피해예측을 위해 염소차량 운행 중 운전자의 부주의 등으로 발생할 수 있는 염소 누출에 따른 독성(ppm) 피해거리를 ALOHA 프로그램을 적용하여 정량적으로 산정하였다. 독성가스 누출시 피해거리는 누출된 위험물의 양과 누출당시의 기상조건 등에 영향을 받는다. 따라서 위험물질의 누출량과 기상조건의 다양한 변화를 통해 피해거리를 다각적으로 분석하였다. 중간 이하의 조건(누출량:5ton, 풍속:3m/s, 대기안정도:D)으로 산정한 피해거리는 AEGL-2의 경우(LOC:2ppm) 9km로 나타났으며, 이는 염화수소의 독성과 유사하고 심각한 호흡장해 등 인명피해를 발생시킬 수 있는 농도이다. 특히, 도심지역에서의 누출은 대규모 인명피해로 연결될 수 있다. 이에 누출사고 발생 시 누출지점 및 누출량에 따른 적절한 대응을 통해 피해를 최소화 하는 방안을 제시하였다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.419-427
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• 2024

지하철 공사장 인근에서 천공작업 중 부주의로 지하에 매설된 도시가스 배관에 구멍을 발생시켜 새어 나온 가스가 우수관 및 하수관을 통하여 지하 공사장 내부로 유입 정전기 등의 점화원과 접촉 폭발할 경우 피해 영향범위 및 위협구역을 ALOHA 프로그램에 적용 산정하였다. 도시가스 배관의 길이,직경 및 압력 등 다양한 조건을 입력하여 위협구역 산정결과 증기구름 가연성지역의 Red Zone는 1.2~1.4km, 폭발지역의 Yellow Zone는 0.8~1.0km 및 제트화재의 Red Zone는 45~61m로 나타났다. 이 연구에서는 증기구름의 가연성 지역에서 농도와 조건이 적절히 조합된 상태이면 가연성을 증가시키고, 폭발지역 내부에서는 유리창이 깨질 수 있는 압력인 1.0psi로 폭발이 일어날 수 있으며, 제트화재인 경우에는 높은 온도와 열복사가 발생 주위 건물 밀집지역으로 화재가 빠르게 확산할 뿐만 아니라 열복사 영향으로 많은 인명피해가 발생할 수 있음을 영향범위 및 위협구역 범위로 나타내었다.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.34-38
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• 2006

In this paper, an overview of anti-collision algorithm for RFID system of a standard EPC Class1 protocol is presented, and the binslotted dynamic search algorithm (BDS) based upon the slotted ALOHA and binary tree procedure is proposed and analyzed. Also, the performance is evaluated as comparing the BDS algorithm with the standard bin-slotted algorithm (BSA) through the simulation program. The performance of the proposed BDS algorithm is improved by dynamically identifying the collided-bit position and the collided bins stored in the stack of the reader. As the results, the number of request command that a reader send to tags in the reader s interrogation zone and the total recognition time are decreased to 59% as compared with BSA algorithm. Therefore, the tag identification performance is fairly improved by resolving a collision problem using the proposed BDS algorithm.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.346-357
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• 2023

The purpose of this study is to suggest improvement plans for prevention regulations by reflecting the toxicity, fire and explosion effects of hazardous materials factories and surrounding areas using an off-site consequence assessment program. Regarding the effects of the hydrogen cyanide leak accident, which is the 1st petroleum of the 4th class flammable liquid, Areal Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres (ALOHA) program was used to compare and analyze the extent of damage effects for toxicity, overpressure, and radiation. As a result, the toxicity was analyzed to exceed 5km in the area with Acute exposure guideline level (AEGL)-2 concentration or higher, the overpressure was 103m in the range of 1 psi or more, and the radiant heat was analyzed to be 724m in the range of 2kw/m² or more. Toxicity and radiation affected the area outside the hazardous material storage area, but the overpressure was limited to the inside of the hazardous material storage area. Therefore, we propose to improve the safety management of hazardous materials by conducting a risk assessment for hazardous materials and reflecting the results in internal and external emergency response plans to prepare prevention regulations.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.272-278
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• 2018

Recently, the use of hazardous chemicals has been continuously increasing. Therefore, the international trade volume is growing and chemical accidents have increased. Nowadays, the safety awareness of the public has increased. As a result, the management and supervision of hazardous chemicals have been strengthened. However, the port policy of Korea has focused on increasing the volume of cargo through facility development. Thus, the port management of hazardous chemicals has been relatively neglected. For national economic growth and society, the port management of hazardous chemicals should be considered to efficiently ensure safety and economic growth. Therefore, this study assumed scenarios where hazardous materials were moved in a dangerous container, not only on appropriate wharfs but also in ports that were close to a big city. The BTX substances were selected among the toxic chemicals with large import and export volumes, and the risk distance and damage effects were predicted using various risk assessment programs. It is expected that this could be used to improve a port safety management system and could be utilized to determine the safety distance in case of an accident.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.28-34
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• 2019

현재 울산국가산업단지에는 생산량의 증대와 이송의 편의를 위해 막대한 규모의 지하매설배관이 설치되어 있다. 현재 울산국가산업단지에는 62개 사에 총 1,293km의 지하배관이 설치되어 있으며, 이 중에서 상당수는 사업장 외부에 설치되어 있다. 최근 3년간 울산국가산업단지에서는 5건의 누출사고가 발생하였으며, 대응시간은 평균 8시간 이상 걸렸다. 이러한 사고대응의 지체는 심각한 2차 사고로 이어질 수 있으며, 이는 지역주민들에게 큰 위험을 줄 수도 있다. 본 연구에서는 지하매설배관에 긴급차단장치를 설치하는 경우 사고영향평가를 통해 얼마나 누출사고의 영향이 경감되는지 분석하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 통해 긴급차단장치 설치가 지하매설배관의 누출사고의 피해를 줄이는 데 큰 역할을 할 수 있음을 검증하였다. 향후, 지하매설배관의 안전성 향상을 위해 시급히 긴급차단장치의 설치를 입법화하고 실행되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2022

Most factories deal with toxic or flammable chemicals in their industrial processes. These hazardous substances pose a risk of leakage due to accidents, such as fire and explosion. In the event of chemical release, massive casualties and property damage can result; hence, quantitative risk prediction and assessment are necessary. Several methods are available for evaluating chemical dispersion in the atmosphere, and most analyses are considered neutral in dispersion models and under far-field wind condition. The foregoing assumption renders a model valid only after a considerable time has elapsed from the moment chemicals are released or dispersed from a source. Hence, an initial dispersion model is required to assess risk quantitatively and predict the extent of damage because the most dangerous locations are those near a leak source. In this study, the dispersion model for initial consequence analysis was developed with three-dimensional unsteady advective diffusion equation. In this expression, instantaneous leakage is assumed as a puff, and wind velocity is considered as a coordinate transform in the solution. To minimize the buoyant force, ethane is used as leaked fuel, and two different diffusion coefficients are introduced. The calculated concentration field with a molecular diffusion coefficient shows a moving circular iso-line in the horizontal plane. The maximum concentration decreases as time progresses and distance increases. In the case of using a coefficient for turbulent diffusion, the dispersion along the wind velocity direction is enhanced, and an elliptic iso-contour line is found. The result yielded by a widely used commercial program, ALOHA, was compared with the end point of the lower explosion limit. In the future, we plan to build a more accurate and general initial risk assessment model by considering the turbulence diffusion and buoyancy effect on dispersion.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.15-24
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• 2020

With the development of the chemical industry, the chemical accident is increasing every year, thereby increasing the risk of accidents caused by chemicals. The Ministry of Environment provides the criteria for determining shelter-in-place or outdoor evacuation by material, duration of accident, and distance from the toxic substance leak. However, it is hard to say that the criteria for determining the transition point are not clear. Transition point mean the time that evacuation method is switched from shelter-in-place to outdoor evacuation. So, the purpose of this study was to calculate appropriate transition point by comparing the cumulative toxic load. Namdong-gu in Incheon Metropolitan City was finally selected as the target area, considering the current status of the population of Incheon Metropolitan City in 2016 and the statistical survey of chemicals in 2016. The target materials were HCl, HF, and NH₃. Modeling was simulated by ALOHA and performed assuming that the entire amount would be leaked for 10 min. Residents' evacuation scenarios were assumed to be shelter-in-place, immediate outdoor evacuation, and outdoor evacuation at an appropriate time after shelter-in-place. Based on the above method, the appropriate transition point from residents located in A(800 m away), B(1,200 m away), C(1,400 m away) and D(2,200 m away) was identified. In HCl, appropriate transition point was after 15 min, after 16 min, after 17 min, after 20 min in order by A, B, C and D. In HF, appropriate transition point was before 1 min or after 16 min, before 4 min or after 19 min, before 5 min or after 20 min, before 14 min or after 26 min in order by A, B, C and D. In NH₃, appropriate transition point at A was before 4 min or after 16. Others are not in chemical cloud. This study confirmed the transition point to minimize the cumulative toxic load can be obtained by quantitative method. Through this, it might be possible to select evacuation method quantitatively that cumulative toxic load are minimal. In addition, if the shelter-in-place is maintained without transition to outdoor evacuation, the cumulative toxic load will increase more than outdoor evacuation. Therefore, it was confirmed that actions to reduce the concentration of chemicals in the room were necessary, such as conducting ventilation after the chemical cloud passed through the site.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.13-21
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• 2019

Leakage accidents in businesses dealing with hazardous chemicals can have a great impact on the workers inside the workplace, as well as residents outside the workplace. In fact, there were cases where hazardous chemicals leaked from many businesses. As a result, the Chemicals Control Act(CCA) was enacted in 2015, the Ministry of Environment introduced an Off-site Risk Assessment(ORA). The purpose of the ORA is to secure safety from the installation of the design of the workplace facilities so that chemical accidents of hazardous chemical handling facilities do not cause human or physical damage outside the workplace. In general, the ORA qualitatively determines where a protected facility is within the scope of the accident scenario. However, elderly who belong to the sensitive group is more sensitive than the general group under the same chemical accident effect, and the extent of the damage is serious. According to data from the Korea National Statistic Office, the number of elderly people is expected to increase steadily. Therefore, a quantitative risk analysis considering the elderly is necessary as a result of a chemical accident. In this study, accident scenarios for 14 locations were set up to perform emergency evacuation due to toxic gas leakage of Cl₂(Chlorine) and HF(Hydrogen Fluoride), and the effects of exposure were analyzed based on the evacuation velocity difference of age 20s and 60s. The ALOHA(Areal Locations of Hazardous Atmospheres) program was used to calculate the concentration for assessing the effects. The time of exposure to toxic gas was calculated based on the time it took for the evacuation to run from the start point to the desired point and a methodology was devised that could be applied to the risk calculation. As a result of the study, the relative risk of the elderly, the sensitive group, needs to be determined.