• 대기
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.625-635
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• 2021

South Korea established the 2050 Carbon Neutral Plan in response to the climate crisis, and to achieve this policy, it is very important to monitor domestic carbon emissions and atmospheric carbon concentration. Both CO₂ and CO are emitted from fossil fuel combustion processes, but the relative ratios depend on the combustion efficiency and the strength of local emission regulations. In this study, the relationship between CO₂ and CO was analyzed using ground observation data for the period of 2018~2020 at Anmyeon-do site and the CO/CO₂ ratio according to regional origin during high CO₂ cases was investigated based on the footprint simulated from Stochastic Time-Inverted Lagrangian Transport (STILT) model. CO₂ and CO showed a positive correlation with correlation coefficient of 0.66 (p < 0.01), and averaged footprints during high CO₂ cases confirmed that air particles mainly originated from eastern and north-eastern China, and inland of Korean Peninsula. In addition, it was revealed that among the cases of high CO₂ concentration, when the CO/CO₂ ratio is high, the industrial area of eastern China is greatly affected, and when the ratio is low, the contribution of the domestic region is relatively high. The ratio of CO₂ and CO in this study is significant in that it can be used as a useful factor in determining the possibility of domestic and foreign origins of climate pollutants.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.113-139
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• 2022

철강산업은 온실가스 배출량이 가장 많은 제조업이면서 핵심소재산업으로서 국민경제에 미치는 파급효과가 크다. 본 연구는 한국, 일본, 독일을 중심으로 1990~2019년 기간에 걸쳐 철강산업의 온실가스 배출 탈동조화 양상을 국제비교하였다. 특히, 연료연소 배출량만을 고려한 선행연구들과는 달리 본 연구에서는 연료연소 배출량, 산업공정 배출량, 전력 및 열 사용에 따른 간접 배출량을 모두 고려하였다. 분석결과, 한국은 확장적 동조화, 일본은 탈동조화, 독일은 불분명으로 해석된다. 따라서 한국 철강업이 나아가야 할 탈동조화 경로는 독일이 아니라, 일본과 유사하거나 일본보다 더 효과적인 탈동조화 방안을 모색하는 형태로 진행되어야 할 것이다. 또한, 본 연구는 철강업의 특성을 최대한 고려하고 일본 및 독일과의 비교를 통해 탈동조화 분석결과의 원인과 한국 철강업에의 시사점도 제시하였다. 특히, 일본의 탈동조화 촉진 요인으로 일본 철강재의 고부가가치화, 일본 철강산업의 에너지효율기술 개발, 일본 철강산업의 전략적 M&A, 일본 철강재의 폐쇄적 유통구조에 따른 경쟁력 유지, 4가지를 제시하였다. 한국 철강업도 일본의 사례를 벤치마크로 삼아 철강재의 품질 고도화 및 품목 다변화를 통해 부가가치를 더 높이는 동시에, 신기술 개발을 통해 온실가스를 근본적으로 줄이기 위해 노력해야 할 것이다.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회논문지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.77-84
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• 2023

농업 분야에서도 내연기관 트랙터에서 벗어나 전기 트랙터 및 수소 트랙터와 같은 대체 에너지원을 사용하는 동력원이 개발되고 있다. 기존의 내연기관 트랙터에서 사용되던 엔진 및 변속기와 같은 부품들이 모터와 배터리 등으로 교체되면서 무게중심이 변화하게 되며, 이에 따라 전도 위험성을 새로이 고려해야 한다. 이 연구의 목적은 동역학 시뮬레이션을 통해 전기 트랙터의 주요 부품 위치별 전도 각도를 분석하여 전도 사고를 최소화하고 안정성을 향상하기 위한 부품 최적의 배치를 도출하는 것이다. PTO 모터, 구동 모터와 배터리 팩의 구성 수준 3가지와 배치 방법 3가지 요인으로 실험 설계하여 총 9가지 동역학 시뮬레이션을 진행하였다. 실험 결과, 구동 모터와 PTO 모터를 트랙터 앞쪽과 뒤쪽에 각각 위치하고 두 개의 배터리 팩을 트랙터 중간에 위치시킨 Type 3 Level 3가 전도 각도가 높은 것을 확인하였다. 본 연구 결과 무게중심을 뒤쪽으로 배치할수록, 아래에 위치할수록 안정성이 증가하였다. 향후 연구로는 부품의 성능과 배치 효율성을 고려한 부품의 최적 위치를 찾는 연구가 필요하다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2024

구형 디젤 엔진들을 대체할 수 있는 손쉬운 접근 방식은 CNG나 LPG와 같은 연료를 활용한 가스 엔진으로 대체하는 것이다. 그러나, LPG와 같은 연료는 대형 가스 엔진에 적용된 사례가 많지 않아서 CNG 연료를 기반으로 하는 가스 엔진에서의 성능을 예측하기가 쉽지 않다. 이에 본 연구에서는 CNG 기반 대형 가스 엔진에 LPG 연료를 적용하여 성능과 배출가스 특성이 어떠한지 살펴보았다. 특히, NOx 저감을 위해 널리 사용되는 EGR 적용 시에 어느 정도의 효과를 보이는지에 대해서도 시험을 통해 결과를 확인하였다. 그결과, LPG의 경우에는 심각한 노킹을 배제할 수준까지 운전 조건을 확보하였음에도 고부하에서 약한 수준의 노킹은 여전히 CNG보다는 빈도수가 높음을 알 수 있었고, 다만 고속 영역에서는 CNG와 유사한 출력 수준을 확보할 수 있었다. CNG보다는 빠른 연소 속도로 인해 LPG의 효율이 높았고, EGR 적용을 통해 NOx는 물론 동시에 약한 노킹의 빈도수를 동시에 저감 가능할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.54-63
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• 2015

Increasing air pollution levels and the global oil crisis has become a major hindrance in the growth of our automobile sector. Traditional Internal Combustion engines running on non-renewable fuels are proving to be the major culprit for the harmful effects on environment. With few modifications and also with assistance of few additional components current small SI engines can be modified into a pneumatic engine (commonly known as Compressed Air Engines) without much technical complications where the working fluid is compressed air. The working principle is very basic as adiabatic expansion of the compressed air takes place inside the cylinder pushing the piston downwards creating enough MEP to run the crank shaft at decent RPM. With the assistance of new research and development on pneumatic engines can explore the potential of pneumatic engines as a viable option over IC engines. The paper deals with analysis on RPM variation with corresponding compressed air injection at different crank angles from TDC keeping constant injection time period. Similarly RPM variation can also be observed at different injection pressures with similar injection angle variation. A setup employing a combination of magnetic switch (reed switch), magnets and solenoid valve is used in order to injection timing control. A conclusive data is obtained after detailed analysis of RPM variation that can be employed in newly modified pneumatic engines in order to enhance the running performance. With a number of benefits offered by pneumatic engine over IC engines such as no emissions, better efficiency, low running cost, light weight accompanied by optimized injection conditions can cause a significant development in pneumatic engines without any major alteration.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.121-131
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• 2018

Domestic sewage treatment plants (STPs) consume about 0.5 % of total electric energy produced annually, which is equivalent to 207.7 billion Korean won per year. To minimize the energy consumption and as a way of mitigating the depletion of energy sources, the sewage treatment strategy should be improved to the level of "energy positive". The core processes for the energy positive sewage treatment include A-stage for energy recovery and B-stage for energy-efficient nitrogen removal. The integrated process is known as the A/B-process. In A-stage, chemically enhanced primary treatment (CEPT) or high rate activated sludge (HRAS) processes can be utilized by modifying the primary settling in the first stage of sewage treatment. CEPT utilizes chemical coagulation and flocculation, while HRAS applies returned activated sludge for the efficient recovery of organic contents. The two processes showed organic recovery efficiencies ranging from 60 to 70 %. At a given recovery efficiency of 80 %, 17.3 % of energy potential ($1,398kJ/m^3$) is recovered through the anaerobic digestion and combustion of methane. Besides, anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) can recover 85% of organic contents and generate $1,580kJ/m^3$ from the sewage. The recovered energy is equal to the amount of energy consumption by sewage treatment equipped with anaerobic ammonium oxidation (ANAMMOX)-based B-stage, $810{\sim}1,620kJ/m^3$. Therefore, it is possible to upgrade STPs as efficient as energy neutral. However, additional novel technologies, such as, fuel cell and co-digestion, should be applied to achieve "energy positive" sewage treatment.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.323-330
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• 2017

Ash remaining after coal combustion was used as a catalyst support for tar steam reforming with various proportions of $Al_2O_3$ added for higher reforming efficiency. At a constant Ni content of 12 wt%, a coal ash and $Al_2O_3$ were mixed at a ratio of 5:5, 7:3, 9:1. As a result, the catalytic activity for toluene steam reforming was improved by adding $Al_2O_3$ at $500-600^{\circ}C$. The catalysts with ratio 7:3 and 5:5 reached toluene conversion of 100% above $700^{\circ}C$. When comparing the catalysts in which the coal ash and $Al_2O_3$ mixed at a ratio of 5:5 and 7:3 with the Ni/Al catalyst, it was concluded that this coal ash catalyst has efficient catalytic performance.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.805-810
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• 2002

Development of a small gas-turbine combustor for 100㎾ class APU(Auxiliary Power Unit) has been performed. This combustor is a reverse-annular type and has a tangential swiller in the liner head to improve the fuel/air mixing and flame stability. Three main and three pilot fuel injectors of the simplex pressure-swirl type are used. The performance target at the design condition includes a turbine inlet temperature of l170k, a combustion efficiency of 99%, a pattern factor of 30%, and an engine durability of 3000 hours. Under developing the combustor, we conducted the performance test of our first prototype(TS1) with some variants. As a result of the test, the performance targets of the combustor are satisfied except that the pattern factor is about 4% higher than the target value. Therefore, the second prototype(TS2) was redesigned and the performance test was conducted with the critical focus on the pattern factor and the exit mean temperature. We adopted TS2 four variants to check the improvement of the pattern factor. As a result, the pattern factors of several variants were satisfied with the performance target. Finally, the TS2A variant was chosen as a final combustor fur our APU model.

• 에너지공학
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.171-176
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• 2010

천연가스-수소 혼합가스를 엔진 연료로 사용하는 방법은 배기가스 저감뿐만 아니라 다가올 수소에너지 시대를 대비하여 수소 인프라를 구축하는 데도 의의가 있다. 또한 수소 혼합 천연가스 연료 엔진은 천연가스 엔진 보다 더 높은 열효율 확보할 수 있어 에너지의 효율적 사용에 있어서도 매우 우수한 연료이다. 본 연구에서는 시내버스가 가장 많이 운전되는 조건인 아이들 조건을 대상으로 수소 혼합 천연가스 연료가 연료소모량과 배기가스 저감에 미치는 영향을 파악하였다. 실험 결과 수소 혼합 천연가스 연료는 천연가스에 비해 아이들 조건에서 연료소비율이 20%이상 저감되었으며 유해 배출가스인 THC, NOx를 근원적으로 저감시킴을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.196-203
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• 2017

The renewable energy sources can be thought of one of the major measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the industries. However, the utilization technology for those sources is approaching in the different matters. One of them, thermoelectric generation might be applicable to fishing industry. A various of internal combustion engines are used in a wide range of fisheries. After the ignition process, the heat passed out from the exhaust outlet. Recycling the heat could be not only an energy source but also reduction of green gas emission. Therefore, this study was designed to verify the feasibility of generation from wasted exhaust gas and analyze the performance. The designed experiment devices were connected with a data logger and an electric loader to quantify the currency and voltage. The devices were installed in a coastal fishing vessel for a gillnet fishery. During the whole fishing trips, the amount of generation was measured by engine rpm and the fishing operation procedures including vessel operations. At the maximum 1,500 rpm in the practical range, the generation amount was 113.6 W. The amount difference in relation to connection method was within 5 W: serial connection was 111.4 W and parallel connection was 115.8 W.