• The Korean journal of internal medicine
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.25-33
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• 2024

A high level of particulate matter (PM) in air is correlated with the onset and development of chronic respiratory diseases. We conducted a systematic literature review, searching the MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases for studies of biomarkers of the effect of PM exposure on chronic respiratory diseases and the progression thereof. Thirty-eight articles on biomarkers of the progression of chronic respiratory diseases after exposure to PM were identified, four of which were eligible for review. Serum, sputum, urine, and exhaled breath condensate biomarkers of the effect of PM exposure on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma had a variety of underlying mechanisms. We summarized the functions of biomarkers linked to COPD and asthma and their biological plausibility. We identified few biomarkers of PM exposure-related progression of chronic respiratory diseases. The included studies were restricted to those on biomarkers of the relationship of PM exposure with the progression of chronic respiratory diseases. The predictive power of biomarkers of the effect of PM exposure on chronic respiratory diseases varies according to the functions of the biomarkers.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.96-104
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• 2020

The numerical simulations were conducted to investigate the thermal-fluid phenomena occurred inside the experimental apparatus during a PCCS, used to remove heat released in accidents from a containment of light water nuclear power plant, operation. Numerical simulations of the flow and heat transfer caused by wall condensation inside the containment simulation vessel (CSV), which equipped with 18 vertical heat exchanger tubes, were conducted using the commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software ANSYS-CFX. Shear stress transport (SST) and the wall condensation model were used for turbulence closure and wall condensation, respectively. The simulation using the actual size of the apparatus. However, rather than simulating the whole experimental apparatus in consideration of the experimental cases, calculation resources, and calculation time, the simulation model was prepared only in CSV. Selective simulation was conducted to verify the effects of non-condensable gas(NC gas) concentration, CSV internal pressure, and wall sub-cooling conditions. First, as a result of the internal flow of CSV, it was observed that downward flow due to condensation occurred surface of the vertical tube and upward flow occurred in the distant place. Natural convection occurred actively around the heat exchanger tube. Due to this rising and falling internal flow, natural circulation occurred actively around the heat exchanger tubes. Next, in order to check the performance of built-in condensation model using according to the non-condensable gas concentration, CSV internal flow and wall sub-cooling, the heat flux values were compared with the experimental results. On average, the results were underestimated with and error of about 25%. In addition, the influence of CSV internal pressure and wall sub-cooling was small, but when the condensate was highly generated due to the low non-condensable gas concentration, the error was large compared to the experimental values. This is considered to be due to the nature of the condensation model of the CFX code. However, in spite of the limitations of CFD, it is valid to use the built-in condensation model of CFD for PCCS performance prediction from a conservative perspective.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제27권8호
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• pp.1051-1060
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• 2003

The heat and mass transfer on two kinds of tube surfaces (bare stainless steel tube and Teflon coated tube) in steam-air mixture flow are experimentally studied to obtain design data for the heat exchanger of the latent heat recovery from flue gas. In the test section, 3-tubes are horizontally installed, and steam-air mixture is vertically flowed from the top to the bottom. The pitch between tubes is 67mm, the out-diameter of tube is 25.4mm, and the thickness is 1.2mm ; blockage factor (cross sectional tube area over the cross sectional area of the test section) is about 0.38. All of sensors and measurement systems (RTD, pressure sensor, flow-meter, relative humidity sensor, etc.) are calibrated with certificated standard sensors and the uncertainty for the heat transfer measurement is surveyed to have the uncertainty within 7%. As experimental results, overall heat transfer coefficient of the Teflon (FEP) coated tube is degraded about 20% compared to bare stainless tube. The degradation of overall heat transfer coefficient of Teflon coated tube comes from the additional heat transfer resistance due to Teflon coating. Its magnitude of heat transfer resistance is comparable to the in-tube heat transfer resistance. Nusselt and Sherwood numbers on Teflon (FEP) coated surface and bare stainless steel surface are discussed in detail with the contact angles of the condensate.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.343-348
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• 1986

본 연구는 이와 같은 필요성에 의해 빛의 간섭현상을 이용하여 액체막이 부차 적인 유동을 일으키기 이전에 용착성장속도를 정량적으로 측정할 수 있었고, 터어빈 날개의 부식에 직접적으로 문제를 일으키는 황산나트륨과 황산칼륨의 용착성장속도를 측정하였다. 본 연구는 종래 액체막의 성장속도만을 빛의 간섭현상을 이용하여 측정 해오던 측정범위를 광원으로 사용된 레이저의 편광상태, 굴절율, 입사각등의 변화에 따른 간섭신호의 비교연구를 통해 고체상태막의 성장속도 및 막이 기화되어 증발되는 현상도 측정하였다. 따라서 증기상태의 무기염이 금속표면에 용착될 때 적용해온 Rosner의 이론을 실험결과와 비교할 수 있었고 응축된 상태로 증기에 표함되어 있는 경우와 이슬점(dew point:표면에 더 이상 용착이 일어나지 못하는 표면온도)의 해석에 보다 확장된 개념들을 도입할 수 있었다.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2005

방사성폐기물 시료 중 $^{241}$Am 과 $^{244}$Cm 을 정량하기 위하여 음이온교환수지 및 DTPA-lactic acid 용리액을 사용하는 HDEHP 추출크로마토그래피로 이들 핵종을 분리하였다 분리된 핵종은 황산염 매질에서 전착한 다음 알파분광분석법으로 각 핵종의 방사능을 측정하였다. 모의 시료용액 중 $^{241}$Am 및 $^{244}$Cm 을 측정한 결과 각각 85.2$\pm$ $17\% 및 86.3$\pm$ $15.3\%$ 의 회수율을 나타내었다. 본 방법을 방사성 농축폐액 시료에 적용하여 $^{241}$Am 과 $^{244}$Cm 을 정량한 결과 각각 1.5-1.9 Bq/g 및 -1.7 Bq/g 의 방사능 값을 나타내었다.

• 콘크리트학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.156-163
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• 1995

앞 선 연구에서는 스티렌과 무수말레인산으로부터 스티렌-무수말레인산 공중합체(SMA)를 합성하고 이들을 황산화하여 수용성의 SMA를 제조하였다. 본 연구에서는 이들 카르본산계 공중합체를 첨가한 시멘트 모르타르의 플로우 및 경화시멘트 모르타르의 강도를 조사하여 고성능감수제로서의 성능을 평가하였다. 플로우 실험 결과 황산화 SMA(SSMA)를 첨가한 시멘트 모르타르의 플로우는 아미노페놀이 치환된 황산화 SMA(SmSMA)를 첨가한 경우보다 더 큰 값을 나타내었다. 또한 공중합체를 첨가한 시멘트 모르타르의 플로우 유지율은 기존의 나프탈렌계(NSC)를 첨가한 경우보다 우수하게 나타났다. 시멘트 모르타르에 SMA와 SmSMA를 시멘트 중량에 대해 0.5% 첨가하여 제조한 경화 시멘트 모르타르의 28일 압축강도를 조사하였다. 그 결과 SSMA 및 SmSMA를 첨가한 경우 plain 보다 각각 31%와 13%의 강도 증가를 나타내었다. 이상의 결과로부터, 본 연구에서 사용한 SSMA 및 SmSMA의 카르본산계 공중합체는콘크리트용 고성능감수제로서 크게 기대되어진다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.217-224
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• 2009

Inhaled inorganic dusts such as coal can cause inflammation and fibrosis in the lung called pneumoconiosis. Chronic inflammatory process in the lung is associated with various cytokines and reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation. Expression of some cytokines mediates inflammation and leads to tissue damage or fibrosis. The aim of the present study was to compare the levels of blood cytokines interleukin (IL)-$1\beta$, IL-6, IL-8, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-$\alpha$ and monocyte chemoatlractant protein (MCP)-1 among 124 subjects (control 38 and pneumoconiosis patient 86) with category of chest x-ray according to International Labor Organization (ILO) classification. The levels of serum IL-8 (p= 0.003), TNF-$\alpha$ (p=0.026), and MCP-1 (p=0.010) of pneumoconiosis patients were higher than those of subjects with the control. The level of serum IL-8 in the severe group with the small opacity (ILO category II or III) was higher than that of the control (p=0.035). There was significant correlation between the profusion of radiological findings with small opacity and serum levels of IL-$1\beta$(rho=0.218, p<0.05), IL-8 (rho=0.224, p<0.05), TNF-$\alpha$ (rho=0.306, p<0.01), and MCP-1 (rho=0.213, p<0.01). The serum levels of IL-6 and IL-8, however, did not show significant difference between pneumoconiosis patients and the control. There was no significant correlation between serum levels of measured cytokines and other associated variables such as lung function, age, BMI, and exposure period of dusts. Future studies will be required to investigate the cytokine profile that is present in pneumoconiosis patient using lung specific specimens such as bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), exhaled breath condensate, and lung tissue.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.198-204
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 규불화염, 가용성 실리카, 방향족계 고분자 축합물 그리고 잠열특성을 지닌 질산염계 무기화합물로 구성된 규불화염계 수화열 저감제를 시멘트 모르타르의 수화열 및 건조수축에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 규불화염계 수화열 저감제의 첨가로 시멘트 모르타르의 단열상승온도 및 건조수축에 의한 길이변화가 저감되는 특성을 나타내었다. 또한, 규불화염계 수화열 저감제가 첨가된 판상형 시멘트 모르타르 시험체의 균열 패턴을 측정한 결과, 수화열 저감과 건조수축에 의해 길이변화가 저감되는 복합적 효과를 통해 시멘트 모르타르의 균열저감성이 개선되는 것을 확인하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제29권12호
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• pp.1291-1298
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• 2005

Since the interior shape of a pressure regulator is complex and the change of fluid resistance at each operation condition is rapid and big, the pressure regulator can become the major factor that causes big loss in pipelines. So the suitable pressure regulator modeling by each operation condition is important to obtain reliable results especially in small scale pipeline network analysis. And in order to prevent the condensation and freezing problems, it is needed to confirm both whether temperature recovery is achieved after passing by the pressure regulator's narrow neck and how much amount of low temperature area that can cause condensate accumulation is distributed by various PCV models at every inlet-outlet pressure ratio. In this research, the numerical model resembling P company pressure regulator that is used widely for high pressure range in commercial, is adopted as the base model of CFD analysis to investigate pressure regulator's flow characteristics at each pressure ratio. Additionally it is also introduced to examine pressure regulator's critical flow characteristics and possibility of condensation or freezing at each pressure ratio. Furthermore, the comparison between the results of CFD analysis and the results of analytic solution obtained by compressible fluid-dynamics theory is attempted to validate the results of CFD modeling in this study and to estimate the accuracy of theoretical approach at each pressure ratio too.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제29권12호
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• pp.1299-1306
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• 2005

The suitable pressure regulator modeling at each opening ratio and pressure ratio is very important to obtain reliable results, especially in small scale pipeline network analysis such as a pressure regulator system. And it is needed to confirm both whether temperature recovery is achieved after passing by the pressure regulator's narrow neck and how much amount of low temperature area that can cause condensate accumulation is distributed by various PCV models and driving conditions. In this research, the numerical model resembling P company pressure regulator that is used widely for high pressure range in commercial, is adopted as the base model of CFD analysis to investigate pressure regulator's flow characteristics at each pressure ratio and opening ratio. And it is also introduced to examine pressure regulator's critical flow characteristics and possibility of condensation or freezing at each pressure ratio and opening ratio. Additionally, the comparison between the results of CFD analysis and the results of analytic solution obtained by compressible fluid-dynamics theory is attempted to validate the results of CFD modeling in this study and to estimate the accuracy of theoretical approach at each pressure ratio and opening ratio too.