• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.128-133
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• 2012

People are exposed to air pollution from a range of indoor and outdoor sources. Concentration of nitrogen dioxide $(NO_2)$, which is hazardous to health, can be significant in both types of environment. This paper reports on the measurement and analysis of indoor and outdoor $NO_2$ concentrations and their comparison with measured personal exposure in house and workplace indoors with 28 office workers during winter and summer seasons. Time activity patterns were used to determine the effects of these factors on personal exposure. The residential indoor and office indoor times were $12.29{\pm}1.58,$ $7.86{\pm}1.97$ hours in winter and $11.04{\pm}2.18,$ $8.26{\pm}2.04$ hours in summer, respectively. Measured residential indoor, outdoor and office indoor, personal exposure $NO_2$ concentrations were $23.10{\pm}8.46$ ppb, $23.97{\pm}6.86$ ppb, $21.91{\pm}11.50$ ppb, $22.08{\pm}8.64$ ppb in winter, and $19.94{\pm}6.04$ ppb, $21.21{\pm}6.84{\pm}$ ppb, $22.55{\pm}9.54$ ppb, $27.45{\pm}8.96$ ppb in summer, respectively. Contributions of residential and office indoor $NO_2$ concentration on personal exposure were estimated by 57.98%, 35.62% in winter and 37.38%, 28.97% in summer, respectively.

• 센서학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.169-173
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• 2023

With the increasing concern of global warming caused by greenhouse gases owing to the recent industrial development, there is a growing need for advanced technology to control these emissions. Among the various greenhouse gases, nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) is a major contributor to global warming and is mainly released from sources, such as automobile exhaust and factories. Although semiconductor-type NO₂ gas sensors, such as SnO₂, have been extensively studied, they often require high operating temperatures and complicated manufacturing processes, while lacking selectivity, resulting in inaccurate measurements of NO₂ gas levels. To address these limitations, a novel sensor using PbS quantum dots (QDs) was developed, which operates at low temperatures and exhibits high selectivity toward NO₂ gas owing to its strong oxidation reaction. Furthermore, the use of P3HT conductive polymer improved the thin film quality, reactivity, and reaction rate of the sensor. The sensor demonstrated the ability to accurately measure NO₂ gas concentrations ranging from 500 to 100 ppm, with a 5.1 times higher sensitivity, 1.5 times higher response rate, and 1.15 times higher recovery rate compared with sensors without P3HT.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.378-386
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• 2014

The use of bus stop in the center lane has reduced the emissions of exhaust gas on the road due to the improvement of the traffic speed but has caused a health problem for the citizens who are waiting for the bus in the platform, and thus the air pollution control of bus stop in the center lane is emerging as a more important part. This study was conducted to investigate the air pollution degree for the center lane-bus stops in four regions using mobile air measuring vehicle, and to evaluate the characteristics of air pollution by comparing with the data measured at the urban air monitoring site close to the bus stops. In addition, the correlation analysis was performed to analyze the impact to neighboring region by vehicle exhaust gas. The regional mean concentration of nitrogen dioxide in the center lane-bus stops ranged from 0.025 to 0.043 ppm which shows from 2.5 times to 5.3 times higher than the values of urban air monitoring site selected as a control group. The regional mean concentration of ozone in the center lane-bus stops ranged from 0.023 to 0.034 ppm which shows from 3% to 28% lower than the values of urban air monitoring site selected as a control group. The concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and ozone for the sampling regions did not exceed one hour-air quality environmental standard (0.1 ppm). The mean concentration of particulate matter for four center lane-bus stops was $28{\mu}g/m^3$ which shows about 27% higher than the values of urban air monitoring site selected as a control group, and that of particulate matter did not exceed one day-air quality environmental standard ($100{\mu}g/m^3$). In the results of correlation analysis between data from center lane-bus stops and data from urban air monitoring sites, the correlation coefficient (r) of nitrogen dioxide was relatively low as 0.316 to 0.416, and the correlation coefficient was high as the distance was close and vice versa. However, the correlation coefficient of ozone ranged from 0.167 to 0.658 and the correlation coefficient was high as the distance was far and vice versa.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제62권1호
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• pp.67-71
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• 2019

All countries, including Korea, are currently experiencing the effect of rapid climate change. As a result, the cultivation area of many crops including wheat is changing, or productivity is falling sharply. If enough nitrogen is present in the soil, the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide due to the greenhouse effect can lead to increased photosynthesis of plants, resulting in increased productivity. By contrast, a low proportion of nitrogen in soil does not increase production, often leading to the use of nitrogen fertilizers to increase crop productivity: this causes serious environmental pollution due to the leakage of nitrogen fertilizers used by crops. Increasing the understanding of the molecular level of the plant nitrogen use efficiency mechanism may contribute to increased productivity of crops and reduced of environmental pollution by nitrogen. In Korea, cultivars have developed 35 kinds of wheat, such as 'keumgang' and 'Chokyeong', which can be used for specific purposes such as baking or noodles. In this study we investigate 'keumgang' and 'Chokyeong' in order to elucidate the mechanism of nitrogen use ability of wheat and contribute to the reduction of environmental pollution by providing guidelines for the proper use of nitrogenous fertilizer.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.553-558
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• 2010

Increasing demands on fossil fuel have led to the unprecedented attraction to microalgal biofuel as an alternative energy. In this study, we investigated growth and lipid productions of microalga Nannochloris oculata under various carbon dioxide or nitrogen source concentrations and irradiance conditions. Biomass production of N. oculata was highest under 2% $CO_2$ with 0.3 flow rate (vvm). In addition, biomass productivities were proportional to the concentration of nitrogen source, whereas lipid biosynthesis was suppressed under higher nitrogen concentration (up to 50 mg/L). High irradiation ($160{\sim}180\;{\mu}mol/m^2{\cdot}s$) enhanced growth rate and lipid production of N. oculata.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.220-224
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• 2017

Nitrogen dioxide ($NO_2$) is an important urban pollutant in Korea. Expecially, diesel vehicles are responsible for the most traffic rated nitrogen oxide ($NO_X$) emission, including nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide ($NO_2$). Though nitrogen oxide ($NO_X$) emission from vehicle was applied a strict enforcement of emission standard, the specific $NO_2$ fraction in $NO_X$ ($NO_2/NO_X$) from various types of diesel vehicles was not understood. In order to investigate the fraction of $NO_2/NO_X$, the vehicle emission study was carried out at the facility of Transport Pollution Research Center (TPRC), National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), Korea. Three different types of diesel vehicles(VAN, SUV, passenger) were tested on the NIER driving mode. The result of $NO_2/NO_X$ ratio was over 0.1 for all test vehicles and the highest $NO_2$ emission was observed at the van vehicle. The observation was showed that the emission trend of $NO_2/NO_X$ for passenger and SUV vehicles were inversely proportional. Also, as the emission standard has been strengthen, the emission rate of $NO_2$ has been decrease.

• 멤브레인
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.204-212
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• 2006

이산화탄소에 대한 가소화 안정성 및 이산화탄소/질소의 분리특성이 탁월한 폴리이서술폰(PES)중공사 분리막에 의한 이산화탄소 분리특성을 수치해석으로 알아보고자 하였다. 공정변수에 따른 이산화탄소 분리 거동을 예측하기 위하여 공급 기체와 투과기체가 같은 방향으로 흐르는 병류 흐름에 대한 분리막 공정 지배 방정식을 5차 Runge-Kutta-Verner 방법을 사용하여 Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6 소프트웨어를 이용 공정모사 프로그램을 개발하였다. 개발된 프로그램을 사용하여 수치해석을 수행한 결과, 이산화탄소 투과특성에 영향을 주는 가장 중요한 인자로서 공급 이산화탄소 분압, 투과측과 분리막 내부의 압력비 그리고 공급 기체가 분리막 내부에 머무르는 체류 시간임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국도서관정보학회지
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.635-658
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 S대학 중앙도서관을 대상으로 측정 유해인자를 ① 공기 중 유해물질 ② 생물학적 유해인자 ③ 일산화탄소·이산화탄소·이산화질소 농도로 구분하여 관련 기준과 비교하여 측정·분석하였다. 분석한 결과 공기 중 유해물질인 미세먼지, 석면, 휘발성 유기화합물, 포름알데히드 모두 관련 기준 보다 낮은 수준으로 나타났으며, 생물학적 유해인자인 공기 중 곰팡이, 그람음성박테리아, 엔도톡신 등도 특별한 문제를 찾을 수 없었다. 공기 중 일산화탄소, 이산화탄소, 이산화질소 농도도 일반 대기 중의 농도 대비 특이한 점이 없이 유지되고 있었다. 다만, 도서관은 다중이용시설로 주기적인 청소와 환기를 통한 환경 관리가 필요한 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.255-263
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• 2007

Indoor air quality is the dominant contributor to total personal exposure because most people spend a majority of their time indoors. The purposes of this study were to evaluate the alternative method for improvement of indoor air quality in house after coating titanium dioxide ($TiO_2$) photocatalyst for interior part of the house using nitrogen dioxide ($NO_2$) multiple measurements. To evaluate the alternative method in indoor environment, daily indoor and outdoor $NO_2$ concentrations of an apartment and a detached house were daily measured for consecutive 21 days in winter and summer, respectively, Another daily 21 measurements were carried out after $TiO_2$ coating on wall paper of interior part in houses. All $NO_2$ concentrations were measured by passive filter badges. Indoor air quality models using mass balance are useful tool to quantify the relationship between indoor air pollution levels, ambient concentrations, and explanatory variables. Using a mass balance model and linear regression analysis, penetration factor (ventilation rate divided by sum of ventilation rate and decay rate) and source strength factor (emission rate divided by sum of ventilation rate and decay rate) were calculated. Subsequently, the decay constants were estimated. In this study. magnitude of improvement of indoor air quality could be evaluated by decay constant.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.373-379
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• 2009

고정층 반응기에서 cesium carbonate 흡착제를 사용하여 이산화탄소($CO_2$), 질소 및 수분의 혼합기체로부터 $CO_2$를 수착하여 $CO_2$-cesium carbonate의 반응속도론을 구하기 위하여 $CO_2$의 파과곡선을 측정하였다. 비촉매 불균일반응계에서 반응속도론을 해석하기 위하여 $CO_2$의 파과곡선을 사용하여 비활성화 모델로부터 반응속도론을 구하고 $CO_2$의 파과곡선의 비선형해석으로부터 비활성화 모델에서 수착속도상수와 비활성속도상수를 구하였다.