• Mycobiology
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.286-290
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• 2014

Fungi are the known sources of irritation associated with atopic diseases (e.g., asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, and atopic eczema). To quantitatively estimate their presence in the indoor environment of atopic dermatitis-inflicted child patient's houses (ADCPHs), the high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters installed inside the air cleaners of three different ADCPHs were investigated for the presence of mold. The air cleaner HEPA filters obtained from the three different ADCPHs were coded as HEPA-A, -B, and -C, respectively, and tested for the presence of mold. The colony forming units (CFUs) corresponding to the HEPA-A, -B, and -C filters were estimated to be $6.51{\times}10^2{\pm}1.50{\times}10^2CFU/cm^2$, $8.72{\times}10^2{\pm}1.69{\times}10^2CFU/cm^2$, and $9.71{\times}10^2{\pm}1.35{\times}10^2CFU/cm^2$, respectively. Aspergillus, Penicillium, Alternaria, Cladosporium, Trichoderma, and other fungal groups were detected in the 2,494 isolates. The distribution of these fungal groups differed among the three filters. Cladosporium was the major fungal group in filters HEPA-A and -C, whereas Penicillium was the major fungal group in the filter HEPA-B. Nine fungal species, including some of the known allergenic species, were identified in these isolates. Cladosporium cladosporioides was the most common mold among all the three filters. This is the first report on the presence of fungi in the air cleaner HEPA filters from ADCPHs in Korea.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.126-131
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• 2011

Cyclone, a type of particle collector widely used in the field of ambient sampling and industrial particulate control, is the principal type of gas-solids separator that uses a centrifugal force. The goal of this study is to design and evaluate the cyclone that can be used for the household vacuum cleaners. A multi cyclone with a 1st cyclone and several 2nd cyclones is designed to improve dust collection efficiency. The dust collection efficiency and the suction power of 1st cyclone are evaluated. And the dust collection efficiency and the suction power of multi cyclone are evaluated according to various sizes of inlet and vortex finder. As a result, a cone shape porous filter has better dust collection efficiency than a cylinder shape porous filter. The dust collection efficiency of a multi cyclone is 3.5% greater than that of a single cyclone.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2012

A computational study on the improvement of the pressure loss of intake system, which is located at engine manifold of the combat vehicle, has been conducted using a finite-volume-based, Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) solver. The computational result of the pressure loss through the air cleaner is in good agreement with equivalent experimental data. A parametric study was done for improving of the pressure loss of intake system over the baseline case. The effects of five primary parameters such as the height of inlet, the width of interconnection pipe, the shape of drain chamber and the diameter of filter housing were considered in this study. Consequently, this computational investigation can contribute to finding an optimal guideline for the idea of improvement in the pressure loss of intake system.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.21-31
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• 2000

본 연구에서는 공기청정기, 기수분리기 및 중성능 필터로 구성되는 습식 공기청정장치를 대상으로 입자와 유해가스인 $SO_2$, NO, $NO_2$, HCHO 및 $NH_3$의 제거 특성을 실험적으로 살펴보고, 실험결과를 대상물질의 물리화학적 특성과 연관시켜 검토하였다. 입자제거 실험에서는 대기 에어로졸을 송풍기를 통해 장치에 도입하여 장치의 3곳에서 2대의 레이저 입자계수기로 입자크기 분포를 측정하여 각 구성요소의 입자제거효율을 구하였다. 실험결과로부터 기수분리기에서는 입경이 $5{\mu}m$ 이상인 조대 입자가 주로 제거되고. 중성능 필터에서는 이보다 작은 미세 입자가 주로 제거됨을 알 수 있었다. 유해가스 제거 실험에서는 시험용 가스를 송풍기의 출구에 주입하여 공기청정기의 상류와 기수분리기의 하류에서 가스농도를 측정하여 유해가스 제거효율을 구하였다. 실험결과로부터 헨리상수가 큰 수용성인 $SO_2$, HCHO 및 $NH_3$는 제거효율이 높았으나, 헨리상수가 낮아 난용성인 NO와 $NO_2$는 제거효율이 낮음을 알 수 있었으며, 공기청정기에서 상당량의 음이온이 발생됨을 알았다.

• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.98-103
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• 2004

Diesel engine offers superior fuel consumption than gasoline engine of equivalent capacity. For this reason, diesel engines are widely used in heavy duty transport applications. Specially, it has been many years that exhaust gases from gasoline automobile rather than from diesel is the major object concerned by Korea and other countries, and it is strongly required on the reduction techniques on harmful NOx, Soot, CO, He. Thus, this paper focused on the emission reduction and target for this paper is heavy-duty diesel engine equipped with power filter such as wet type air cleaner. In this paper, the performance, exhaust emissions(CO, THC, NOx, Soot) and noise of heavy-duty diesel engine were measured at maximum load condition and the range of 1,000∼2,200rpm. The smoke was measured at FAS(Free Accel Smoke) test mode.

• 대한설비공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한설비공학회 2008년도 하계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.517-522
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• 2008

Ventilation rate and filter were selected to simultaneously satisfy indoor air quality and minimize energy consumption in residential housing. The concentrations of indoor particles were calculated using an adapted mass balance model for various ventilation airflow rates. To satisfy the guidelines for indoor concentrations of particles, the minimum ventilation rates of 1.0/h, 0.6/h and 0.4/h were required for MERV11, MERV13 and MERV14, respectively. And the fan power consumptions induced by ducts, a heat exchanger and a filter were calculated for various ventilation airflow rates. The increase in the ventilation rate caused a dramatic increase in the power consumption, but the filter performance did not have much of an effect on the fan power for ventilation airflow rates lower than 0.4/h. The use of the ventilation filter of MERV 14 was suggested at a ventilation rate of 0.4/h when the fan power consumptions were considered in addition to the indoor concentrations of particles and $CO_2$. The use of the MERV14 filter at a ventilation rate of 0.6/h could be more effective than the additional use of an indoor air cleaner when the residential housing unit was ventilated.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.114-117
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• 2005

Air cleaners in all of the automotive engines have been used for decades. In the early 1920's the oil bath type was the popular shape of air cleaners. The air cleaners of the oil wetted bath type were introduced in 1940's. The shape of the dry pleated paper type media was introduced in the 1950's. This trend still continues with new and innovative media being introduced. Engine air cleaners should have effectively removed and reduced harmful contaminants being ingested into engines. This studies show that both, the ingested contaminant size and concentration need to be controlled. This paper com pare and analyze the characteristics over the economics, engine performances and reduction of noises of power-plus air filters with wet paper which were sticked to heavy duty diesel engine.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.1284-1291
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• 2006

기상 휘발성 유기화합물인 아세톤과 포름알데히드에 대한 분해반응을 $TiO_2$ 광촉매에 귀금속을 혼합 담지하여 분해능을 연구하였다. 아세톤의 경우 $TiO_2$에 팔라디움 혼합담지에 의하여 분해 반응성이 개선되었으며, 일반적인 광촉매 반응에 있어서 수분의 첨가시 OH기의 형성에 따른 분해반응성의 증가를 실험한 결과 아세톤의 경우 수분의 흡착에 의하여 분해반응성이 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 아세톤의 경우 $45^{\circ}C$가 최적으로 나타났으며, 포름알데히드의 경우는 $75^{\circ}C$가 최적으로 나타났다. 귀금속 담지에 의한 영향에서는 아세톤의 경우 Pd를 $TiO_2$의 중량비 1wt%를 첨가한 경우 반응성의 향상을 보았으며, 포름알데히드의 경우 Pt가 반응성의 향상을 나타내었다.

• 청정기술
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.283-289
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• 2014

가정용 진공청소기는 기본적으로 집진장치(dust collector), 프리 필터(pre filter), 모터(motor), 배기 필터(exhaust filter)의 구조를 가지며, 흡입된 먼지가 포함된 공기는 이러한 구조를 지나 깨끗한 공기가 되어 대기로 방출된다. 본 연구에서는 실생활에 사용되고 있는 구조가 다른 2개의 사이클론 청소기를 선정하여 사이클론 청소기 내 집진장치의 내부 공기 유동에 대해 전산유체역학을 적용하여 집진성능을 평가하고자 하였다. 사이클론 콘(cyclone cone) 영역에서 공기의 유선(streamline)을 해석한 결과, 사이클론 콘 영역에서 상당한 선회수를 가지는 것을 확인하였다. 특정 형상의 청소기에 대한 전산해석 결과에서 출구에서의 속도 분포가 매우 불균일한 결과를 나타내었고 이로 인해 집진성능에 악영향이 나타남이 파악되었다. 이 문제를 해결하기 위해 집진장치 형상에 추가적으로 배플을 설치하여, 달라진 속도 분포에 의한 속도 RMS (Root Mean Square) 값의 개선을 평가하였다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2008년도 제39회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1326-1327
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• 2008

Recently, the air pollution is supposed is to be the most serious environmental problem. Therefore, a small air cleaner is asked to make comfortable indoor environment for the moderns who have frequent indoor activity. In this study, without generating of the second pollution source, dust in the air and harmful microorganisms can be removed by the electric dust collecting technology which has high reliability and efficiency to be able to remove the impurities even though it is just 0.01${\mu}m$. Accordingly, power sources of the dust collector use, it is not inefficiency and offering to dust collector unstable. In order to overcome the point at issue, a this study, for power factor compensating use the PFC circuit, for removing the noise use EMI filter and for generating the hight voltage use the Cockcroft Walton Circuit. And we study power source on characteristic and improvement.