• Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.95-102
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• 2012

To evaluate the effect of the 4 major rivers restoration project in the Nakdong River to water quality of the river, the Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC) and Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program (WASP), are applied in series. Results showed overall decrease in biochemical oxygen demand ($BOD_5$) concentrations and increase in chlorophyll-a concentrations, while total nitrogen and total phosphorous concentrations did not show significant changes, relatively. Decrease in $BOD_5$ concentrations seems to be influenced by an increased hydraulic residence time, which may allow more time for the degradation of organic material. Changes in Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentration, due to the project were more significant for the upper stream areas that show relatively low Chl-a concentration ranges (less than 20 g/L). After the introduction of the Geumho River in the middle part of the Nakdong River, rapid growth of phytoplankton was observed. However, in this middle part of the Nakdong River, the ratio of Chl-a concentration change are less significant, compared to the upper stream areas, due to the project. In the lower stream area, Chl-a concentration decreased after the project. This seems to be resulted from the decreased light availability, due to increased depth, while the nutrient concentrations have been high enough to support phytoplankton growth.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.580-588
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• 2019

The flow of the middle and downstream of the Yeongsan River is stagnant by two weirs of Seungchon and Juksan and the estuary dam and maintained in freshwater. In this study, the Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code-National Institute of Environment Research(EFDC-NIER) model was applied to the Yeongsan River to simulate water flow, temperature, and salinity stratification. The EFDC-NIER model is an improved model which can simulate multi-functional weirs operation, multiple algal species, and the vertical movement mechanism of algal based on the EFDC model. The simulation results for the water level, water temperature, velocity, and salinity reproduced the observed values well. The mean absolute error(MAE) of the model calibration in the annual variations of the water level was 0.1-0.3 m, water temperature was 0.8-1.7 ℃, velocity was 4.5-7.1 cm/sec, and salinity was 1.5 psu, respectively. In the case of scenario simulation for the full opening of the estuary dam, the water level of the estuary dam was directly impacted by the tide so it was predicted to rise - 1.35 m to 0.2 m on average sea level. The velocity was also predicted to increase from 2.7 cm/sec to 50.8 cm/sec, and the flow rate to increase from 53 ㎥/sec to 5,322 ㎥/sec.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.58 no.6
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• pp.9-21
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• 2016

Agricultural reservoirs in Korea have been recognized as an emerging resource for recreational and cultural activities for residents. However, most of the reservoirs are eutrophic and showing high level of contamination with nuisance algal bloom and offensive odor during the summer. For better management and restoration of the reservoirs' water quality, scientific modeling approaches could be used to diagnose the problems and evaluate the efficacy of alternative control measures. The objectives of this study were to validate the performance of a three-dimensional (3D) hydrodynamic and water quality model (Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code, EFDC) for a eutrophic agricultural reservoir and assess the effect of bypassing of the effluent from a wastewater treatment plant on the reservoir water quality. The 3D model successfully simulated the temporal variations of water temperature, DO, TOC, nitrogen and phosphorus species and Chl-a observed in 2014 and also captured their spatial heterogeneity in the reservoir. The simulation results indicated that the point source bypassing may reduce the T-N and T-P concentrations of the reservoir by 6.6 ~ 8.2 %, and 1.7 ~ 16.8 %, respectively. The bypassing, however, showed a marginal effect on the control of TOC due to the increased algal biomass associated with the increased water retention time after bypassing as well as the lower TOC level of the effluent compared to the ambient reservoir water.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.297-306
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• 2014

In this study, EFDC (Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code) model was used to simulate the salinity distribution for sea water inflow and rainfall runoff. The flowrate was given to the boundary conditions, which can be calculated by areal-specific flowrate method from the measured flowrate of the representative outfall. The boundary condition of the water elevation can be obtained from the hourly tidal elevation. The flowrate from the outfall can be calculated using the condition of the 245 mm raifall. The simulation results showed that at Sites 1~2 and the Mangsan island (Site 4) the salinity becomes 0 ppt after the rainfall. However, the salinity is 30 ppt when there is no rainfall. Time series of the salinity changes were compared with the measured data from January 1 to December 31, 2010 at the four sites (Site 2~5) of Yongwon channel. Lower salinities are shown at the inner sites of Yongwon channel (Site 1~4) and the sites of Songjeong river (Site 7~8). The intensive investigation near the Mangsan island showed that the changes of salinity were 21.9~28.8 ppt after the rainfall of 17 mm and those of the salinity were 2.33~8.05 ppt after the cumulative rainfall of 160.5 mm. This means that the sea water circulation is blocked in Yongwon channel, and the salinity becomes lower rapidly after the heavy rain.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.39-39
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• 2011

하천에서 수공구조물을 설계시 구조물의 규모, 형식, 운영방식, 안정성 등을 검토하기 위하여 일반적으로 수리모형실험과 수치모형실험을 이용한다. 수리모형실험은 자연현상의 왜곡을 최소화하여 검토결과를 얻을 수 있다는 장점이 있지만, 많은 시간과 비용, 인력 및 공간이 필요하기 때문에 단기간에 다양한 검토가 필요한 경우에는 많은 제약이 따른다. 반면에 수치모형실험은 제한적인 조건에서 검토목적 및 용도에 따라 다양한 수치모의기법을 활용하여 상대적으로 낮은 비용과 신속하고 다양한 검토가 가능하다는 장점을 가지고 있다. 그러나 수치모형실험은 어디까지나 자연현상에 대한 수학적, 물리적 기법을 활용한 분석이기 때문에 결과에 대한 신뢰성 확보가 매우 중요하다. 최근에는 컴퓨터의 계산능력 향상과 유체의 복잡한 동수역학적 거동 해석 기법의 다양화, 그리고 많은 적용성 검토 연구결과로 인한 신뢰성 향상 등으로 인해 수치모형실험에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 본 연구는 현재 금강에 건설 중인 금강보에 대하여 다차원 수치모형인 EFDC(Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code)를 이용하여 하천 구조물 및 물리적 환경변화에 대한 정밀수리분석을 실시하기 위한 사전절차로, EFDC 모형을 하천수리해석에 적용할 경우 모형에 포함되어 있는 다양한 변수설정 및 제약조건들에 대하여 적용한계를 검토하고자 한다. 검토방법은 금강보가 건설되기 이전의 하천지형 상황에서 EFDC 모형과 HEC-RAS 모형을 이용한 수리분석을 수행하고, 수리거동 결과 들을 상호 비교 분석 한다. 수치모의 대상구간은 금강보 건설구간을 포함하여 약 20km 구간이고, 대상구간에 대하여 3차원 정밀지형자료를 구축하였으며, 과거 호우사상에 대한 구간 내 관측 수위 및 모형별 계산수위결과를 비교 검토하였다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.922-934
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• 2010

To arrange artificial reefs for marine afforestation effectively, tidal currents were analyzed by numerical experiments, and particle tracking based on tidal currents was carried out to clarify the path of algae spores. The experiments were conducted by the Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC), and water column was vertically divided into five layers. Tidal current patterns were showed to be affected by main currents outside of the study area, and two circle currents were observed during the analysis of residual currents. Particle tracking lasted 15 days at three installation places where artificial reefs for marine afforestation could be deployed. According to the results of the particle tracking experiment, particle movements at the No.1 and No. 3 stations were belt types along the coastal line. The No. 2 station documented an ellipse type movement 300~500m from coast line. These results suggest that artificial reefs for marine afforestation should be installed in the belt zones at of the No. 1 and No. 3 stations, and in the ellipse zone at the No. 2 station.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.60 no.3
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• pp.135-148
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• 2018

Reservoir sedimentation is a major environmental issue, and various sediment load controls and plans have been proposed to secure clean and safe water resources. The objectives of this study were to estimate soil loss in the upper basins and predict sediment deposition in Ipjang reservoir using hydrologic and hydraulic model. To do so, SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) and EFDC (Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code) was used to estimate soil loss in two upper basins and to predict spatial distribution and amount of sediment deposition in the Ipjang reservoir, respectively. The hydrologic modeling results showed that annual average soil loss from the upper basins was 500 ton. The hydraulic modeling results demonstrated that sediment particles transported to the reservoir were mostly trapped in the vicinity of the reservoir inlet and then moved toward the bank over time. If long-term water quality monitoring and sediment survey are performed, this study can be used as a tool for predicting the dredging amount, dredging location and proper dredging cycle in the reservoir. The study findings are expected to be used as a basis to establish management solutions for sediment reduction.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.7
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• pp.3275-3284
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• 2012

This study analyzed a 3D hydrodynamic advection diffusion using the EFDC model (Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code) in the agriculture lake to prevent stratification when we install a water circulator. EFDC model was predicted the range of the water circulator and various operational parameters ware derived for minimize the impact of the internal lake. Through EFDC simulation, water circulation is started overall circulation after 30days and a lake overall circulation showed that it was possible operated the water circulator after about 100days. Also, advection diffusion concentration was low in a lake when water circulator operate intermittent condition than continuous condition. And the entire circulation was stable in this condition. The S/B (Surface/Bottom) ratio can reduce the impact of lake as the surface water mixing a lot of. When the same condition (S/B ratio(3:1)), Case 8 (50days operation: 50days stop) of condition were able to minimize the impact of lake.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.2220-2224
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• 2009

하천의 수질모의를 위해서는 정상상태 모델인 QUAL2E 가 널리 사용되어 왔다. 그러나 우리나라는 기후 특성상 하절기에 강우가 집중되고 경우에 따라서는 댐등에 의해 장기간 수류의 지체현상이 발생하므로 지역 및 시기에 따라 발생하는 수질 문제가 서로 다를 수 있다. 따라서 우리나라의 대부분의 수체에서는 시간에 따라 모의를 할 수 있는 비정상 상태의 수질모델이 적용되어야 할 필요가 종종 발생한다. 미국공병단에서 개발된 CE-QUAL-W2 모델은 2차원 모델로서 수리동역학과 수질반응역학을 한데 묶어서 풀이하였다는 점에서 획기적인 변화로 볼 수 있다. 이 모델은 종방향으로 길고 수심이 깊으며 상대적으로 하폭이 좁은 형태의 수체에 적합하며 하폭방향의 수질 변화를 나타내는 데 사용되지 못하는 단점이 있다. WASP(Water Quality Analysis and Simulation Program) 은 미국 환경부에서 개발한 비정상상태 3차원 수질모델로서 세계적으로 다양한 수체에 널리 사용되어 왔다. 이 모델에서 1차원적 흐름을 예측할 수 있는 DYNHYD 라는 수리학적 부프로그램은 2차원 또는 3차원 상황에서는 사용할 수가 없었음에 따라 수리학적 고려가 빈약한 것이 이 모델의 가장 큰 약점으로 지적되어 왔다. 최근 미국 환경부는 EFDC(Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code) 라는 3차원 수리동역학 프로그램을 이용하여 대상 수체의 수리학적 거동을 모의하고 그 결과를 WASP7 에 연계시킬 수 있도록 하여 기존의 단점을 대폭 보완하였다. 본 연구에서는 금강 상류에 위치하고 있는 용담호를 대상으로 EFDC 를 이용하여 2005년 1년간 수위 및 수온성층현상을 예측하고 그 결과가 WASP 에 연결되어 사용될 수 있도록 하였다. 적절한 격자의 수를 결정하기 위하여 다양한 경우가 시행착오적으로 시험되었으며 비교적 적은 숫자의 격자로도 수위 및 수온의 모의가 가능하다는 것을 발견하였다.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.51 no.6
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• pp.53-62
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• 2009

The EFDC (Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code), a numerical model for simulating three-dimensional (3D) flow, transport, and biogeochemical processes in surface water systems including rivers, reservoirs, and estuaries, was applied to assess the effect of sea water and fresh water exchange rates ($Q_e$) on the mixing characteristics of a conservative pollutant (tracer) induced from upstreams and salinity in Saemangeum Lake, Korea. The lake has been closed by a 33 km estuary embankment since last April of 2006, and now seawater enters the lake partially through two sluice gates (Sinsi and Garyuk), which is driving the changes of hydrodynamic and water quality properties of the lake. The EFDC was constructed and calibrated with surveyed bathymetry data and field data including water level, temperature, and salinity in 2008. The model showed good agreement with the field data and adequately replicated the spatial and temporal variations of the variables. The validated model was applied to simulated the tracer and salinity with two different gate operation scenarios: RUN-1 and RUN-2. RUN-1 is the case of real operation condition ($Q_e=25,000,000\;m^3$) of 2008, while RUN-2 assumed full open of Sinsi gate to increase $Q_e$ by $120,000,000\;m^3$. Statistical analysis of the simulation results indicate that mixing characteristics of pollutants from upstream can be significantly affected by the amount of $Q_e$.