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The Influence of Air Pollution Level on Resident's Evaluation and Cognition for Indoor Environment in Ulsan (울산지역의 대기오염 환경의 차이가 거주자의 실내환경 평가 및 인식에 미치는 영향)

  • Yoo, Bok-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.87-94
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    • 2010
  • The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of air pollution level in industrial and residential district of Ulsan on resident's evaluation and cognition for indoor environment. The evaluation of air pollution materials (as $SO_2$, $NO_2$, $O_3$, CO, PM10) were investigated to understand the distributional characteristics in survey area, and air quality monitoring data from 2007 to 2009 were used. The data was applied in a realtime measurement of industrial and residential area respected to difference of the pollution level in Ulsan. The questionnaire of this survey for resident's cognition was to find out characteristics on perception of indoor environment and outdoor air quality recognition based on the distinct characteristics of the areas. The results of this study shows that resident's satisfaction at clean level outdoor air and indoor environment were different whether it was residential area or industrial area and outdoor air pollution level has direct influence on resident's satisfaction in indoor environment.

Development of Air-Environment management guideline in Building construction process (건설사업추진단계에서의 대기환경 관리지침 개발에 관한 연구 - 군 건설사업 중심으로 -)

  • Na Duk-So;Suh Sang-Wook;Lee Chan-Sik
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.376-379
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    • 2004
  • Building construction Is essential part that we get the enjoyment and promote the quality in human life. But construction process itself has an bad effect on environment: air Pollution, water Pollution, soil Pollution ,etc. These day, Air-environment management becomes very important part in Construction because Construction duration delay which is caused by civil petitions related air-environment occurs frequently. For developing the management-guideline of environment management, This study suggests an executive management-guideline based on surveying air-environmental related laws, regulations and literatures, making out important factors. With the management guideline, The Purpose of this study is to make an air-environmental management system through that Process.

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Integrated Environment Impact Assessment of Brick Kiln using Environmental Performance Scores

  • Pokhrel, Rajib;Lee, Heekwan
    • Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.15-24
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    • 2014
  • The capital city of Himalayan Country Nepal, Kathmandu Valley is surrounded by consecutive high mountains, which limits the air distribution and mixing effects significantly. It in turn generates steady air flow pattern over a year except in monsoon season. The air shed in the Valley is easily trapped by the surrounded mountains and the inversion layer formulated as the cap. The $PM_{10}$ concentration was noticeably higher than the standard level (120 ${\mu}g/m^3$) in urban and suburban area of Kathmandu valley for all seasons except monsoon period. The Valley area experiences similar wind patterns (W, WWS, and S) for a year but the Easterly wind prevails only during the monsoon period. There was low and calm wind blows during the winter season. Because of this air flow structure, the air emission from various sources is accumulated within the valley air, high level of air pollution is frequently recorded with other air polluted cities over the world. In this Valley area, brick kilns are recognized as the major air pollution source followed by vehicles. Mostly Bull Trench Kiln (BKT), Hoffman Kiln and Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln (VSBK) are in operation for brick firing in Kathmandu valley where the fuels such as crushed coal, saw dust, and natural gas are used for processing bricks in this study. Tool for the Reduction and Assessment of Chemical and Other Environmental Impacts (TRACI) was used for screening and quantifying the potential impacts of air emission from firing fuels. The total Environmental Performance Score (EPS) was estimated and the EPS of coal was approximately 2.5 times higher than those of natural gas and saw dust. It is concluded that the crushed coal has more negative impact to the environment and human health than other fuel sources. Concerning the human health and environment point of view, alternative environment friendly firing fuel need to be used for brick industry in the kiln and the air pollution control devices also need to be applied for minimizing the air emissions from the kilns.

Evaluation on comfort in P.C. Apartment (공업화 주택의 쾌적성에 대한 거주자 반응)

  • 이지숙
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.107-112
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    • 1997
  • This thesis is dealt with the thermal environment, the indoor air environment, the sound environment and the light environment in P.C apartment house. The purpose of this study is to analyze degrees of 'the cognition'. 'the importance', and ‘the satisfaction' on indoor environmental factors and to evaluate comfort of indoor environment based on residents' responses. The questionnaire survey was given to the residents at P.C apartment complex in Rowon-Gu, Seoul. The following are the results obtained in this thesis. The results of Path analysis on comfort revealed that factors of direct effect to comfort were the satisfaction on indoor air environment and sound environment and the cognition on indoor air environment and sound environment. The satisfaction on indoor air environment was the biggest variable which decided the comfort. By the survey of P.C apartment residents' responses, the level of P.C apartment indoor comfort was found uncomfortable. It is meaningful to su99est the model evaluating comfort by residents' responses .

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The Improvement of The Exterior Air Flow Environment in The Inner Curved Area of Tower Type Apartment (탑상형 아파트 만곡부의 외부 통풍환경 개선에 대한 연구)

  • Chang, Hyun-Jae;Kim, Hyung-Jin
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.61-69
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    • 2012
  • Recently, tower type apartment has been a main stream at the apartment market, in Korea. Tower type apartment has features that is easy to maintain a proper distance between apartment buildings, and to keep a prospect comparing to flat type apartment However, there is usually a inner curved area at tower type apartment, and it is able to make an unhealthy environment because of shaded area through a day and a bad air flow. In this study, the duration of sunshine and the exterior air flow environments are examined. As results, the duration of sunshine at the inner curved area of tower type apartment was extremely short, and the exterior air flow environment was very bad for the low air velocity of about 0.08m/s. Installing pilotis in the 1st floor which faces to the inner curved area makes the good improvement of exterior air flow environment.

The Experimental Study on Thermal Characteristics of PEM(Personal Environment Module) System (개별환경제어(PEM)시스템의 열적 특성 및 성능개선에 관한 연구)

  • 조성환;장철용;태춘섭
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.12 no.5
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    • pp.439-447
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    • 2000
  • The PEM(Personal Environment Module) system is an individual air conditioning system developed in order to improve thermal comfort in office buildings. In this study, thermal characteristics of a PEM system have measured experimentally and compared with UFAC(Under Floor hir Conditioning) system in the EC(Environment Chamber) constructed in KIER. Results showed that the PEM system was better than UFAC system for thermal comfort and energy conservation.

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Current Status and Research Trend of the Green Technology for Atmospheric Environment (대기환경 개선을 위한 녹색기술 현황과 연구동향)

  • Kim, Daekeun;Park, Sung-Kyu;Jeon, Eui Chan
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.574-580
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    • 2013
  • Green technology encompasses a growing group of methods and materials, from techniques for generating energy and alternative resources to non-toxic cleaning products. Green technology is expected to solve current problems in atmospheric environment such as climate changes due to green house gases and hazardous air pollutants. This paper provides a review on the status of green technology and policy guidelines in Korea as well as the green technology for air pollutants. It presents the R&D projects and future direction in atmospheric environment, and the green technology in mobile source air pollution. Emerging green technology contributes to sustainable growth and development of atmospheric environmental industry for better air quality.

Particle collection characteristics of carbon fiber sheet discharge electrode by particle size and application to air cleaner (탄소섬유 시트 방전극의 입자 크기 별 집진 특성 및 공기청정기로의 응용)

  • shin, Dongho;Woo, Chang Gyu;Hong, Keejung;Kim, Hak-Joon;Kim, Yong-Jin;Han, Bangwoo
    • Particle and aerosol research
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.81-88
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    • 2018
  • The market for improving the indoor air quality is continuously increasing, and air cleaners are the representative products. As interest in indoor air quality increases, so are the ultrafine particle which are harmful to the human body. Despite its many advantages, electrostatic precipitators are less used in indoor air due to ozone production. In this study, the carbon fiber sheet was applied to the discharge electrode and compared with the conventional tungsten wire discharge electrode. The particle collection efficiency and the amount of ozone generation were measured for 10-100 nm particles. Furthermore, it was applied to commercial air purifier with electrostatic precipitator to compare particle removal performance. The carbon fiber sheet type discharge electrode generates a small amount of ozone, and thus it can be applied to improve indoor air quality.

A Study on Evaluation of IAQ in Dwelling House (주거건축의 IAQ에 관한 연구)

  • 박미진
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.108-112
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    • 1997
  • Recently, the use of Dwelling House has been expanded due to the rapid urbainzation and congestion of population in City. Indoor Air Quality in apartment houses was investigated by measuring pollutants such as $CO_2$ gas, dust concentration. In this study, the mesurements of indoor air environment were performed in Dwelling house in Seoul area to investigate indoor air environment and the relation of air contaminative and the response level. Indoor air contamination and living environment of the occupants have been compared & analyzed with practical investigation of IAQ in Seoul, Korea and Tokyo, Japan.

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Review on Air Quality Modeling in Environmental Impact Assessments (환경영향평가시 대기확산모델의 사용현황과 개선방안)

  • 김석철;이영수
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.827-841
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    • 1999
  • The air quality simulation models in wide use for air quality impact assessmetns are reviewed. After an intensive survey and comparative study upon the environmental impact assessment reports submitted to Ministry of Environment during 1990~1998, we could identify the major common problems with the air quality impact assessment procedures. Several remedies are presented here, including use of the screening models applicable to the complex terrain.

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