• 한국안전학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.156-161
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• 2016

An accident of an ammonia tank pipeline at a storage plant resulted in one death and three injuries in 2014. Many accidents including toxic gas releases and explosions occur in the freezing and refrigerating systems using ammonia. Especially, the consequence can be substantial due to that the large amount of ammonia is usually being used in the refrigeration systems. In this study, offsite consequence analysis has been investigated when ammonia leaks outdoors from large storages. Both flammable and toxic effects are under consideration to calculate the affected area using simulation programs for consequence analysis. ERPG-2 concentration (150 ppm) has been selected to calculate the evacuation distance out of various release scenarios for their dispersions in day or night. For offsite residential, the impact area by flammability is much smaller than that by toxicity. The methodology consists of two steps as followings; 1. Calculation for discharge rates of accidental release scenarios. 2. Dispersion simulation using the discharge rate for different conditions. This proactive prediction for accidental releases of ammonia would help emergency teams act as quick as they can.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.37-46
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• 2022

As the amount of livestock wastewater increases, ammonia contamination in surface water and groundwater is also increasing, and its treatment is urgently needed. In this study, indigenous soil bacteria was utilized for ammonia removal in artificial wastewater and associated removal mechanisms and efficiencies were evaluated. Two batch reactors were configurated to contain natural soil and artificial wastewater at 1:10 mass ratio, and incubated for 84 and 168 hours, respectively. The results showed that ammonia was completely removed within 48 and 72 hours in the first and second reactors, respectively. There were no significant changes in ammonia concentrations in the control groups without soil. Nitrate was formed in the reactors, indicating that the main removal mechanism of ammonia was nitrification by nitrifying bacteria. Nitrate was further converted to nitrogen gas by denitrification in the anaerobic environment, which was caused by consumption of oxygen during the nitrification process.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.62-69
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• 1999

In this study, the synthesis of PZT powder by bubble column reactor was investigated at various reaction conditions. As a result, the volume % of $NH_3$ gas used as a precipitator had no effect on the synthesis, but the more research is needed to control particle size.As a carrier gas, Ar, $O_2$ and air only increased the stirring effect but had no effect chemically on the synthesis. The calcination temperature of prepared PZT powder was about $500-600^{\circ}C$ and the meanparticle size of synthesized PZT powder was about $0.17{\mu}m$. The grain size of sintered body is about $0.5~3{\mu}m$ and this is similar with the value of commercial products.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.729-738
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• 2004

Seasonal variation of major inorganic ions in the greater Seoul area was estimated using a photochemical box model and a gas/aerosol equilibrium model with emphasis on semi -volatile nitrate. Pollutant emission was determined by season by comparing the predicted concentration with the measurement one obtained for a year from the late 1996. The results showed that particulate nitrate was the highest in summer but about 40% of total nitrate was present in the gas phase. This was due to volatilization at high temperature since ammonia was sufficient to neutralize all nitrate regardless of season. As relative humidity in summer was higher than the deliquescence point, particulate ion concentration with water was two times higher than that in other season. So called ‘NOx disbenefit’ indicating increase in particulate ion concentration with decrease in NOx emission was evident especially in winter.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.828-834
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• 2003

A diffusion absorption refrigerator is a heat-generated refrigeration system. It uses a three-component working fluid consisting of the refrigerant (ammonia), the absorbent (water) and the auxiliary gas (hydrogen or helium). In this study, experimental investigations have been carried out to examine the effects of charging conditions of working fluids on the evaporating temperature for diffusion absorption refrigerator. Experimental parameters considered in the present experiments are charging concentration, solution charge and system pressure determined by auxiliary gas charged. As a result, in the charging condition of 35% of concentration and 20 kg$_{f}$cm$^2$ of system pressure, the system has the lowest evaporating temperature. It was found that there exists a minimum value of solution charge for the operation of diffusion absorption refrigerator.r.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.9-19
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• 2003

Exhaust emissions were characterized for a fleet of 10 alternative-fuel vehicles (AFVx) including 5 compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles. 3 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vehicles and 2 85% methanol/15% California Phase 2 gasoline (M85) vehicles. In addition to the standard regulated emissions and detailed speciation of organic gas compounds, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) was used to measure ammonia (NH$_3$) and nitrous oxide ($N_2$O) emissions. NH$_3$, emissions averaged 0.124 g/mi for the vehicle fleet with a range from <0.004 to 0.540 g/mi. $N_2$O emissions averaged 0.022 g/mi over the vehicle fleet with range from <0.002 to 0.077 g/mi. Modal emissions showed that both NH$_3$, and $N_2$O emissions began during catalyst light-off and continued as the catalyst reached its operating temperature. $N_2$O emissions primarily were formed during the initial stages of catalyst light-off. Detailed speciation measurements showed that the principal component of the fuel was also the primary organic gas species found in the exhaust. In particular, methane, propane and methanol composed on average 93%, 79%, and 75% of the organic gas emissions, respectively, for the CNG, LPG. and M85 vehicles.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.94-102
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• 2010

Water content of $PM_{2.5}$ (particles in the atmosphere with a diameter of less than or equal to a nominal $2.5{\mu}m$) was estimated by using a gas/aerosol equilibrium model, SCAPE2, for the particles collected at Seoul and Gosan, Korea. From measured and analyzed characteristics of the particles, the largest difference between Seoul and Gosan is the proportions of total ammonia (t-$NH_3$=gas phase $NH_3$+particle phase ${NH_4}^+$), total nitric acid (t-$HNO_3$=gas phase $HNO_3$+particle phase ${NO_3}^-$) and sulfuric acid ($H_2SO_4$). Even though both sites have sufficient t-$NH_3$ to neutralize acidic species such as $H_2SO_4$, t-$HNO_3$, and t-HCl (total chloric acid=gas phase HCl+particle phase $Cl^-$), equivalent fraction of t-$NH_3$ and t-$HNO_3$ are higher at Seoul and $H_2SO_4$ is higher at Gosan. Based on the modeling result, it is identified that the $PM_{2.5}$ at Seoul is more hygroscopic than Gosan if the meteorological conditions are the same. To reduce water content of $PM_{2.5}$, and thus, mass concentration, control measures for ammonia and nitrate reduction are needed for Seoul, and inter-governmental cooperation is required for Gosan.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.561-569
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• 2017

In this study, a synthetic amine made using the ethylene oxide-ammonia reaction was used as an absorbent to remove carbon dioxide. Existing absorbents were used in a mix in order to improve performance; however, because the ethylene oxide-ammonia reaction generates primary, secondary, and tertiary amines simultaneously, it has the merit that separate mixing of the absorbents was not needed. The performance of carbon dioxide absorption with the synthetic amine was compared to that of MEA. As a result of an experiment, it was determined that the $CO_2$ loading was 1.15 times better than that of MEA (a commonly used amine), while the cyclic capacity was 2.28 times higher. Because the heat of reaction was 1.10 times lower than for MEA, the synthetic amine showed superior performance in terms of absorption and regeneration.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2019

석탄 화력발전소 등의 대형 연소기기에서 질소산화물을 저감하기 위해 선택적 촉매환원 방법(SCR)의 탈질설비가 널리 쓰이고 있다. 본 연구에서는 SCR 탈질설비에서 암모니아를 공급하는 암모니아 분사 그리드(AIG)에 있는 암모니아와 희석 공기 혼합기에서 암모니아와 희석 공기의 균일한 혼합에 적합한 최적의 혼합기 형상을 도출하는 것을 목적으로 전산유체해석을 통해 수행하였다. 이를 위해 기본 형상의 혼합기(Case 1)에서 유동 특성과 $NH_3$ 농도 분포 특성을 살펴보았다. 기본 형상의 혼합기에서는 희석 공기 주 배관에서 암모니아 주입 배관 입구 반대쪽의 벽면으로 $NH_3$ 분포가 치우치는 것을 확인하였다. 이를 개선하기 위해 암모니아 주입 배관의 상단 구멍 1 개와 측면 구멍 4개를 막은 경우(Case 2)와 암모니아 주입 배관의 상단에 수평 평판을 설치한 경우(Case 3), 수평 평판과 함께 원호 평판을 설치 한 경우(Case 4)의 혼합기 형상에 대하여 유동과 $NH_3$ 농도 분포 특성을 분석하였다. 암모니아 주입 배관 상단에 수평 평판과 원호 평판을 설치한 경우(Case 4)에 혼합기 출구에서 $NH_3$ 분포의 % RMS 값이 가장 작은 값인 4.92%이고 농도 비율($R_{NH3}$) 범위가 -10.82~8.34%로 가장 최적의 $NH_3$ 균일 분포임을 알 수 있었다.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.31-44
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• 1998

돈분 슬러리와 톱밥 혼합물을 퇴비화 급속(분해)과정의 파이로트 규모 반응조 성능 평가를 입증하기 위해 간헐통기법으로 퇴비화 처리했다. 계측은 퇴비온도, 산소와 탄산가스농도, 통기량 및 암모니아가스 배출 등의 측정으로 구성됐다. 퇴비화 급속과정의 암모니아 농도는 14일째에 수준이하(I)보다 최적수준(II)부근에서 신속하게 허용범위 34-40ppm 이내로 감소되어 짐을 알 수 있었다. 암모니아가스 저감에 있어서 수분(55-65%), 탄질비(20-40%), 수소이온농도(7-8%) 및 퇴비온도(<$60^{\circ}C$) 등의 최적수준 영향은 상업용 퇴비화에 무시 할 수 없었다.