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Recovery of High Unsaturated Fatty Acid from Squid Processing Wastes using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extraction Method (초임계 이산화탄소 추출법을 이용한 오징어 가공 부산물로부터 고도불포화 지방산 회수)

  • KANG Seong-Sil;KIM Byung-Jun;CHUN Byung-Soo
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.217-222
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    • 1999
  • A squid viscera oil contains a high content of EPA, DHA, and other valuable polyunsaturated fatty acids. The extractions of squid viscera oil by supercritical carbon dioxide both with/without $3\%$ (v/v) ethanol were performed in a semicontinuous flow extractor at 8.3 to 13.8 MPa and 25 to $50^{\circ}C$. When ethanol was added to $SC-CO_2$, the extraction ratio of lipid increased. The extracts contained high content of unsaturated oils like DHA and EPA. The highest extraction yield of lipid from squid viscera oil extracted by supercritical carbon dioxide was obtained at 12.4 MPa and $40^{\circ}C$ with/without entrainer. The main fatty acids of squid viscera oil extracted by supercritical carbon dioxide were myristric acid (14:0), palmitic acid (16:0), palmitoleic acid (16:1), oleic acid (18:1), arachidic acid (20:0), eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5), and docosahaxaenoic acid (22:6).

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A Study on the Reduction of Flooding in Oncheon-Cheon through the Connection between Oncheon-Cheon and Hoedong-Reservoir Considering GIS (GIS를 고려한 온천천-회동저수지 연계를 통한 온천천 침수 저감 방안에 관한 연구)

  • Choo, Yeonmoon;Choe, Yeonwoong;Choo, Taiho;Jeon, Kunhak;Jeon, Haesung
    • Journal of Wetlands Research
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2021
  • The average annual rainfall in Busan to increase, and in case of Oncheon-Chen in Busan, frequent flooding occurred frequently. The middle and lower reaches of the Oncheon-Chen are relatively flat and urban areas are developed. Therefore, due to the frequent flooding of rivers and the large flood damage, a method of effectively eliminating the flow rate of Oncheon-Chen in the event of heavy rain is needed. In this study, underground waterway was established in the east of Hoedong-Reservoir as a measure to reduce floods in hot springs and simulated with EPA-SWMM. The information needed to construct the basin was utilized by GIS. In middle part of the Suyeong-Gang, there is a Hoedong-Reservoir and a dam is installed and has better conditions than the Nakdong-Gang. It also analyzed the effect of the Oncheon-Chen flow through the underground waterway on the Suyeong-Gang when it was transferred to the Hoedong-Reservoir. It was analyzed that the flood reduction rate at the flood risk points set up in this study was reduced by 24.64% on average when the underground waterway was installed, and the inflow of the water into the Suyeong-Gang increased by 1% on average when the flow rate was excluded by the Suyeong-Gang.

Design and Implementation of Fugitive Dust Measurement System using Optical Method (광학기법을 이용한 비산 먼지 측정 시스템의 설계 및 구현)

  • Chae-Hoon, Ban;Hyun-Gun, Son
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.1237-1242
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    • 2022
  • Fugitive dust, which accounts more than 50% of fine dust, is an air pollutant, that is generated by a lot in construction work(29.5%) and the law provides standards for facility installation and measures to control this. However, small-scale construction sites are not subject to management standards, and the law to measure and manage fugitive dust generated from construction sites is insufficient. In this paper, we designed and implemented the method to easily measure and monitor fugitive dust using the digital optical method for turbidity of dust. We presented the method to measure the turbidity of fugitive dust using the digital optical method and measured the actual turbidity of fugitive dust at the construction sites after implementing the fugitive dust measurement system.

Synchronous Reservation Protocol for Variable-sized Messages in a WDM-based Local Network (WDM 망에서 가변 길이의 메시지 전송을 위한 동기 예약 프로토콜)

  • Lee, Jae-Hwoon;Rim, Min-Joong
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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    • v.38 no.6
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2001
  • In this paper, we propose a synchronous reservation protocol that is efficient for supporting variable sized messages in a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) based local network using a passive star topology. A. control channel is used to coordinate transmission on data channels. Time is slotted with fixed-sized slots. The network can accommodate a variable number of nodes, and can operate independently of the change of the number of nodes. So, any 'new' node can join the network anytime without network re-initialization. Moreover, with the protocol, we can avoid data channel and destination conflicts. We analyze the performance by using EPA method according to the variation of the end to end propagation delay with respect to one slot time, and validate the results by simulation.

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A Study on the VOCs Emission Characteristics by the Light Duty Diesel and LPG Fueled Vehicles (소형승합차량 및 RV차량의 휘발성 유기 화합물 배출특성 변화에 관한 연구)

  • Eom, Myung-Do;Ryu, Jung-Ho;Han, Jong-Su;Lyu, Young-Sook;Kim, Dae-Wook;Kim, Jong-Choon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.8-13
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    • 2008
  • Emissions from automobiles have long been considered a prime source of pollutants involved in smog formation and ozone production. Especially VOCs are associated with serious environmental problems such as photo-chemical smog as well as human health effects. Since motor vehicles are a major source of VOCs, estimating of emission from mobile source is the most important factor to control VOCs. VOCs are emitted from various pollution like motor vehicles, mobile and stationary source that has characteristics of toxicity, cancer-causing, bio-accumulation, durability in air and diffusion can exert a bad influence upon human health and environment. However we don't have any standard or regulation about VOCs emissions. This study is summarized as VOCs emission characteristics from in-use light-duty diesel and LPG fueled vehicles. The vehicle exhaust-gas test mode is CVS cycle and nier-10 cycles that developed on EPA and National Institute of Environmental Research. TO-14 method (Toxic Organic) was chosen for VOCs analysis from EPA in USA. This study results will be useful when make a emission factor and rule making of emission standard about domestic VOCs emission for the improve to air condition.

Childrens' Health Risk Assessment on Indoor Hazardous Air Pollutants of Preschool Facility (유아교육시설 내 실내공기유해오염물질에 대한 어린이 건강위해성평가)

  • Koh, Yeon-Jung;Kim, Shin-Do;Park, Suk-Young;Jang, Seong-Ki
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.78-85
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    • 2009
  • In this study, the hazard rate of the indoor environment of Children's Educational Facilities in Seoul was conducted, in order to determine how the indoor environments of these facilities, where infants and children spend the most time of their away from home day, can effect their health. The way of measurement and analysis were done according to the Indoor Air Quality Standard Method, and the Risk Assessment was accomplished with several significant ways - Hazard Identification, Exposure Assessment, Dose-response Assessment, Risk Characterization, which are deighed by National Research Council (NRC). On each exposure factors, documentary and questionary research such as Epidemiological study and Toxicological study were conducted. The result of the CTE (Central tendency exposure) of Formaldehyde and Benzene by Monte-Carlo simulation was $6.79{\times}10^{-6}$, $2.50{\times}10^{-7}$ which in the case of Formaldehyde exceeded the permitted standard ($10^{-6}$) of the US EPA. The RME(Reasonable maximum exposure) was $7.31{\times}10^{-5}$, $2.65{\times}10^{-6}$ which did not exceed $10^{-4}$, the maximum permitted standards in the US EPA.

Preliminary Studies on Mercury Bioaccumulation within Various Fish Tissues as Heavy Metal Stressor in Aquatic Ecosystems

  • Lee, Eui-Haeng;An, Kwang-Guk
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.569-575
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    • 2007
  • This study was carried out to determine bioaccumulation levels of total mercury on various fish tissues in two streams (Banseok and Hasin Stream) and one lake (Yeongsan Lake) during April-May 2007. We also determined natural background levels of total mercury bioaccumulation to evaluate relative individual impacts of fish and compared the levels with reference sites as a preliminary study to evaluate heavy metal stressor using fish. For the study, we collected fishes in the sampling sites and analyzed the concentrations of total mercury in the liver, kidney, gill, vertebral column, and muscle tissues using Direct Mercury Analyzer (DMA-80, US EPA Method 7473). The levels varied depending on the types of waterbody and tissues used. Concentrations of total mercury ranged between 5.1${\mu}g$ $kg^{-1}$ and 108.6 ${\mu}g$ $kg^{-1}$ in the streams and between 5.3${\mu}g$ $kg^{-1}$ and 87.3 ${\mu}g$ $kg^{-1}$ in the reservoir, and the values were highest in the muscle tissues. Levels of natural background levels of total mercury, even though the sampling number was few, averaged 23.6 ${\mu}g$ $kg^{-1}$ in the study sites. The individual and mean values in each system was not so high in terms of US EPA criteria of fish health and human health, indicating that the impact was minor in the study site. Further studies should be done for the determination of mercury levels in the systems.

Antioxidative Effect of Commercial Lecithin on the Oxidative Stability of Fish Oil (어유의 산화안정성에 미치는 레시틴의 산화방지 작용)

  • Ahn, Tae-Hoe;Kim, Jin-Ho;Kim, Hyun-Suk;Park, Ki-Moon;Choi, Chun-Un
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.578-581
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    • 1991
  • The antioxidative effects of three kinds of commercial lecithin in fish oil(EPA 25%, DHA 10%) were investigated through active oxygen method (AOM, hrs. at $97.8^{\circ}C$), Oven test, polymer test by gel chromatography and coloring test. Although there were difference of antioxidative effect among commercial lecithins, antioxidative effects of the lecithins added to the fish oil increased with increasing the concentration of lecithin. Lecithin III(acetone insoluble content 65%) had the greatest antioxidative effect and the addition of 1%, 5 and 10% enhanced the oxidative stability to 310%, 620% and 840%, respectively. The results also showed that the polymerization in presence of 10% lecithin III did not occur up to 10 hours at the AOM condition, and the degree of color(Gardner number) increased as storage time went by and was accerated at high temperature.

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Development of DNA-Based Assessment Method for Mold in Floor Dust of Dwellings in Korea (바닥 먼지내에서 DNA 기반 곰팡이 분석기법 개발)

  • Lee, Jeong-Sub;Kim, Sung Yeon;Choi, Kil Yong;Ryu, Jungmin;Hwang, Eun Seol;Lee, Juyeong;Kwon, Myunghee;Chung, Hyenmi;Seo, SungChul
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.324-332
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    • 2017
  • Objectives: Much scientific evidence indicate a positive association between moldy environments and respiratory illnesses and/or symptoms. However, few comprehensive assessments of mold have been performed for such settings. Spore counts or microscopic enumeration only may not be sufficient for evaluating fungal exposure. Recently, Mold Specific QPCR technology developed by the US EPA (Environmental Relative Moldiness Index, ERMI) has been widely used worldwide and great performance for assessing fungal exposure has been shown. Methods: We aimed to develop a Korean version of ERMI suitable for the distribution of fungal flora in Korea. Thirty dwellings in the Seoul and Incheon area were selected for sampling, and each was classified as 'Flooded, 'Water-damaged' or 'Non-water-damaged'. Results: Dust on the floor and airborne sampling were collected using an MAS100 and a 'Dustream' collector. Samples were analyzed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction(QPCR) for the 36 molds belonging to ERMI. Student t-test and ANOVA tests were carried out using SAS software. The median ERMI values of flooded, water damaged, and non-water damaged dwellings were 8.24(range: -5.6 to 27.9), 5.47(-25. 4 to 32.7), and -15.30(-24.6 to 14.8), respectively. Significant differences were observed between flooded and non-water damaged dwellings (P=0.001) and between water-damaged and non-water damaged dwellings (P=0.032). Conclusion: Our findings indicate that ERMI values attributed to dust samples in Korea could be applicable for the identification of flooded or water damaged buildings. However, much data is needed for continuously developing the Korean version of ERMI values.

Phenolic Acid Composition and Antioxidative Activity of Chestnut Endoderm (밤 삽피의 페놀산 조성과 항산화 활성)

  • Kim, Young-Chan;Kim, Mi-Yeon;Chung, Shin-Kyo
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.162-167
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    • 2002
  • Free, soluble esterified and insoluble bounded phenolic acids were separated from Eungi chestnut endoderm. The composition and contents of phenolic acid were analyzed by gas chromatography, and their antioxidant activity was examined by DPPH assay, 2-deoxyribose oxidation, and ferric thiocyanate method. Gallic, ellagic, salicylic, and gentisic acids in free phenolic acid fraction, gallic, ellagic, and protocatechuic acids in soluble esterified fraction, sianpic and gentisic acids were the major phenolic acids in insoluble bounded fraction. Marked differences were observed in the phenolic acid composition and contents among the fractions. Free phenolic acid fraction showed the strongest antioxidant activity. Results revealed chestnut endoderm could be a potential antioxidant source containing gallic and ellagic acids.