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Preliminary Study of Energy and GHG Footprint of CFRP Recycling Method using Korea Database

  • Pruitichaiwiboon, Phirada;Lee, Cheul-Kyu;Kim, Young-Ki
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.247-250
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    • 2009
  • Awareness of resource conservation and pollution prevention has been continually increasing. The proven benefits from CFRP's unique combination of light weight and high strength compare to conventional material is well suited for minimizing fuel consumption during vehicle in particular rail operation. Responding the awareness, this work intends to study CFRP's recycling method that is not only technical performance but also environmental view point. According to prior work of technical performance test, this work aims at quantifying the footprint of energy and GHG derived from the two appreciated performance of pyrolysis and acids recycling methods. The streamline LCA is the concept for systematic assessment. The boundary is scoped at the recycling activity, consequently, the data in and out from the specific target activity are obtained under the gate to gate data collection. Its function is recovery carbon fiber. To count and compare function, functional unit is set at 60% of recycling rate. Korea database is mainly source for acquiring the footprint of both. The numerical results presented that the energy footprint of acids and pyrolysis is 164.95 and 1,199.88 MJ-eq., respectively. Meantime, the GHG footprint of is 1,196.22 and 5,916.08 g CO2 eq. for acids and pyrolysis. In summary, the acids recycling method is, in regarding the environmental performance, better than pyrolysis recycling method.

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A study on body awareness and dietary life of adults who perform regular exercise (규칙적인 운동을 하는 성인 남녀의 체형인식 및 식생활 연구)

  • Ju, Minjeong;Shin, Yoonjin;Kim, Yangha
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • v.46 no.5
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    • pp.461-469
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    • 2013
  • This study was conducted in order to investigate body awareness and dietary life according to gender. Subjects of the study were 120 men and 127 women aged 20 to 30 years, who exercise regularly at a fitness center in Seoul. The subjects were asked to fill out a questionnaire on body awareness, reason for regular exercise, dietary behaviors, and nutrition knowledge. The percentage of overweight and obesity was 69.2% in men, and 25.2% in women. The percentage of subjects who considered themselves as overweight was 38.3% in men and 59.8% in women. Intake of protein in men was higher than the recommended nutrient intake (RNI). Intake of energy in women was lower than the estimated energy requirement (EER). Men who considered themselves as overweight showed lower energy intake than men who considered their body weight as under and normal, whereas no difference in energy intake was observed between women who considered themselves as overweight and women who considered their body weight as under and normal.

Distribution of Environmental Awareness Applying an Ecological Theory of Ted Hughes

  • CHO, Jongwhee
    • Journal of Distribution Science
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    • v.19 no.9
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    • pp.53-64
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: The current study aims and reviews the current state of research in green awareness' distribution structure using the ecological theory of Ted Hughes who was regarded as one of the best English poets of the 20 century. Ted poetry has innovated ecological distribution. It has inspired so many young people to have a positive energy impact on the environment. Research design, data and methodology: Action research design is an approach used extensively in qualitative content analysis. This design starts by adopting an exploratory claim that develops the research objectives, hence instigating the action process, which involves several strategies. This type of design involves a cyclic process of stance then action. Results: According to the investigation, there are nine solutions that can deal with the green distribution based on previous literature review, applying an ecological approach of Ted Hughes to green awareness distribution. The solutions figured out that Ted's novels had an innovative impact on the environment as it is clear that information is given to society. Conclusions: It is observed that having a highly professional environment is good enough for a structure to go green. But, on the other hand, polluting our environment can endanger species by causing health diseases and environmental problems.

Development of Hardware In the Loop System for Cyber Security Training in Nuclear Power Plants (원자력발전소 사이버보안 훈련을 위한 HIL(Hardware In the Loop) System 개발)

  • Song, Jae-gu;Lee, Jung-woon;Lee, Cheol-kwon;Lee, Chan-young;Shin, Jin-soo;Hwang, In-koo;Choi, Jong-gyun
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.867-875
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    • 2019
  • Security awareness and training are becoming more important as cyber security incidents tend to increase in industrial control systems, including nuclear power plants. For effective cyber security awareness and training for the personnel who manage and operate the target facility, a TEST-BED is required that can analyze the impact of cyber attacks from the sensor level to the operation status of the nuclear power plant. In this paper, we have developed an HIL system for nuclear power plant cyber security training. It includes nuclear power plant status simulations and specific system status simulation together with physical devices. This research result will be used for the specialized cyber security training program for Korean nuclear facilities.

A Survey of Energy Efficiency Optimization in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks

  • Abdulkafi, Ayad A.;Kiong, Tiong S.;Sileh, Ibrahim K.;Chieng, David;Ghaleb, Abdulaziz
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.462-483
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    • 2016
  • The research on optimization of cellular network's energy efficiency (EE) towards environmental and economic sustainability has attracted increasing attention recently. In this survey, we discuss the opportunities, trends and challenges of this challenging topic. Two major contributions are presented namely 1) survey of proposed energy efficiency metrics; 2) survey of proposed energy efficient solutions. We provide a broad overview of the state of-the-art energy efficient methods covering base station (BS) hardware design, network planning and deployment, and network management and operation stages. In order to further understand how EE is assessed and improved through the heterogeneous network (HetNet), BS's energy-awareness and several typical HetNet deployment scenarios such as macrocell-microcell and macrocell-picocell are presented. The analysis of different HetNet deployment scenarios gives insights towards a successful deployment of energy efficient cellular networks.

A basic study for the development of energy conservation web education programs -focused on the lighting energy (에너지 절약 웹 교육 프로그램 개발을 위한 기초 연구 -조명 에너지 중심으로)

  • Kim, Na-Young;Chang, Soo-Jung;Choi, An-Seop;Chun, Jung-Yun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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    • 2004.05a
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    • pp.200-204
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    • 2004
  • It is a global consent that we should conserve our energy consumption, due to our awareness to the environmental problems and the limitedness of the natural resource. In the country, the level of energy consumption is more than it is needed, according to its living standard and the proportion of resources imported from other countries. Educational program focused on energy conservation is essential to overcome these problems. This paper outlines a basic study on the development of an energy conservation education program for children. This program makes students aware of the importance and difficulties in energy conservation. The students can then make their own contribution and besides circulation of resources and improvement of health problems.

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A Study on the Energy-Lifestyle of Apartment Residents (공동주택 거주가구의 에너지라이프스타일 유형에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Sung-Heui;Jung, Su-Jin
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.19-30
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    • 2011
  • This study examined apartment residents' energy-lifestyle, and their energy consumption patterns by energy-lifestyle. The major findings are as follow: 1)In order to identify energy lifestyle, three dimensions - value of life, energy consuming behavior and energy awareness - were defined by literature reviews, and each dimension was tested to define components. 2)The scores of the 14 factors that were defined by factor analysis on the three dimensions of the energy lifestyle were subject to cluster analysis, and then lifestyle was categorized into five groups. G1 is very negative, and indifferent to energy waste or saving at home. G2 is passively carrying out energy saving activities at home, only within their comfort. G3 is aware of energy saving, and more actively keeping energy saving behavior in their everyday lives, while they also show energy waste behavior at the same time. G4 is particularly indifferent to energy costs, and presenting energy squandering behaviors. G5 is better aware of energy saving than other groups, and carrying out energy saving behaviors in their everyday lives. This study would be of help to establish energy saving management and education plans in apartments.

Development of IoT-based data acquisition device (Gateway) for context-awareness of hospital facilities (병원 시설물의 상황 인지형 Light Things 제어를 위한 IoT기반 데이터 수집장치(Gateway) 개발)

  • Lee, Kack-Hee;Lee, Min-Woo;Cha, Jae-Sang
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.181-184
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    • 2017
  • Korea is the world's top ten energy consumer, relying on foreign imports for 97% of its total energy. In 2007, energy imports amounted to US $ 95 billion, accounting for 26.6% of total imports. Thus, fundamental and long-term countermeasures against the same energy crisis It is a fact that is required. Despite the fact that the world is moving rapidly around the world in response to energy saving and low-carbon economic era, domestic movements are relatively slow. In this paper, we developed an IoT data collection device (Gateway) to control Light Things (lighting, signage, display, etc.) built in medium and large facilities under the assumption of hospital facilities, We propose the Light Things control algorithm and data acquisition (Gateway) development technology.

Factors Affecting Energy Drinks Consumption among Adolescents (청소년의 에너지드링크 섭취 및 관련 요인)

  • Yun, Haesun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of School Health
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.218-225
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting energy drinks consumption among adolescents in South Korea. Methods: The study is a secondary analysis. Using statistics from the 11th (2015) Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey, any variations among the subjects were presented as percentages and analyzed by $x^2$ test and logistic regression analysis. The study sample comprised 68,043 middle and high school students in South Korea. Results: In Model 1 including general characteristics, the significant factors of energy drinks consumption were gender, weekly allowance, cohabitation with family. and economic status. In the final model where health-related characteristics were added, the significant factors were gender, school type, weekly allowance, cohabitation with family, stress level, sadness, drinking, smoking and walking days. Conclusion: The result suggests that intensified education on energy drinks consumption is needed not only at schools, but in the whole community. Also, adolescents' awareness of potential health effects of energy drinks, in particular when mixed in alcoholic beverages, should be increased through health education.

Nuclear Safety: A Longitudinal Case Study from the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster (후쿠시마 원전사고 종적사례연구를 통한 원전에너지 안전성 고찰)

  • Lee, Joon-Hyuk;Jin, Young-Min;Jo, Young-Hyuk;Lee, Soon-Hong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.139-147
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    • 2016
  • Nuclear energy is considerably cheap and clean compared to other fossil fuels. Yet, there are rising safety concerns of nuclear power plants including the possibility of radiation releasing nuclear accidents. In light of the Fukushima nuclear crisis in 2011, Japan has been re-evaluating their existing energy policies and increasing the share of alternative energy. This paper first tracks the major historical changes of energy policy in Japan by time period. Next, energy security, reignited concerns and alternative energy are covered to examine Japan's energy security situation and its transition after the Fukushima disaster. Lastly, a short survey based on thematic analysis was conducted in South Korea and Japan to understand the public awareness of nuclear. This paper postulates that the case of Fukushima will contribute to establish and operate a safe-future nuclear program in South Korea, given that the country is not only geographically neighbouring Japan but also the world's fourth largest producer of nuclear energy.