• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2010

To understand the effects of acclimation schemes on the formation of anode biofilms, different electrical performances are characterized in this study, with the roles of suspended and attached bacteria in single-chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs). The results show that the generation of current in single-chamber MFCs is significantly affected by the development of a biofilm matrix on the anode surface containing abundant immobilized microorganisms. The long-term operation with suspended microorganisms was demonstrated to form a dense biofilm matrix that was able to reduce the activation loss in MFCs. Also, a Pt-coated anode was not favorable for the initial or long-term bacterial attachment due to its high hydrophobicity (contact angle = $124^{\circ}$), which promotes easy detachment of the biofilm from the anode surface. Maximum power ($655.0\;mW/m^2$) was obtained at a current density of $3,358.8\;mA/m^2$ in the MFCs with longer acclimation periods. It was found that a dense biofilm was able to enhance the charge transfer rates due to the complex development of a biofilm matrix anchoring the electrochemically active microorganisms together on the anode surface. Among the major components of the extracellular polymeric substance, carbohydrates ($85.7\;mg/m^2_{anode}$) and proteins ($81.0\;mg/m^2_{anode}$) in the dense anode biofilm accounted for 17 and 19%, respectively, which are greater than those in the sparse anode biofilm.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.120-127
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• 1997

A diesel engine is one of the major prime movers owing to its high thermal efficiency. But due to the recent attention for the environmental pollution, the emissions of diesel engine became a important problem. So it is needed to understand the characteristics of diesel spray injected into a combustion chamber. Because the diesel combustion is strongly controlled by a fuel spray injected into a combustion chamber. This study provides the informations for the diesel spray with the atmospere condition in combustion chamber by PMAS. As the result, the spray tip penetration and angle is increased with the increase of spray pressure and nozzle diameter. And the comparisions between the measured outline of the free-spray and the calculated model have been conducted and obtained the resonable results.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.667-673
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• 2001

As an alternative cooling method to reduce environmental hazard, vortex tubes have been studied for energy separation into cold and hot streams. Hence, the experiments were carried out systematically to find the best ratio of vortex chamber diameter to tube diameter. Also, the work was don to investigate how inlet pressure and geometric ratios of vortex tube affected temperature differences at tow needs as ell as cooling capacity and cooling efficiency. The result showed that the maximum temperature differences at the both ends and the maximum cooling efficiency were obtained when the ratio of vortex chamber diameter was about 1.45, while the inlet pressure ws not higher than 0.7 MPa.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2017

Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the emission of VOCs from clothing that had been dry cleaned. Methods: In order to ensure the same conditions, f100% wool scarves were selected as the fabric type. Four identical tests were conducted on the option of either removing the plastic bags which came from the dry cleaning shop or not. The scarf was located inside a closet or room for one or two days. Small chamber tests were conducted to determine the VOC emission characteristics under the same conditions such as temperature, humidity, loading factor, and air exchange rates. Air from the chamber for VOCs was sampled by Tenax TA tube and analyzed by thermal desorption and GC/MSD. Results: Assuming that test represented dry cleaning and consumer's conditions well enough, we can conclude that immediate emissions after the dry cleaning of the scarfs caused elevated levels of TVOC, five VOCs (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, stylene), and decane group compounds. Conclusions: By removing the plastic bags which came from the dry cleaning shop or not, the storage conditions of dry cleaned scarfs by consumers during the storage time periods (one to three days) would be significant for reducing VOC emissions.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.237-245
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• 2020

BACKGROUND: The closed chamber method is the most commonly used for measuring greenhouse gas emissions from upland fields. This method has the advantages of being simple, easily available and economical. However, uncertainty estimation is essential for accurate assessment of greenhouse gas emissions and verification of emission reductions. The nitrous oxide emissions from upland field is very important for the nitrogen budget in the agriculture sectors. Although assessment of uncertainty components affecting nitrous oxide emission from upland field is necessary to take account of dispersion characteristics, research on these uncertainty components is very rare to date. This study aims at elucidation of influencing factors on measurement uncertainty of nitrous oxide concentrations measured by an automated open closed chamber method from upland field. METHODS AND RESULTS: The nitrous oxide sampling system is located in the upland field in Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services (37°13'22"N, 127°02'22"E). The primary measurement uncertainty components influencing nitrous oxide concentrations (influencing factors) investigated in this research are repeatability, reproducibility and calibration in the aspects of nitrous oxide sampling and analytical instrumentation. The magnitudes of the relative standard uncertainty of each influencing factor are quantified and compared. CONCLUSION: Results of this study show what influencing factors are more important in determination of nitrous oxide concentrations measured using the automated open closed chambers located in the monitoring site. Quantifying the measurement uncertainty of the nitrous oxide concentrations in this study would contribute to improving measurement quality of nitrous oxide fluxes.

• 한국전통조경학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.120-126
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• 2010

역사지역의 중요성이 높아지고 있는 현재, 남한산성의 종각 건립은 역사적 교육적 문화적 의의가 매우 크다. 본 연구는 남한산성 종각에 관한 연구로 문헌조사, 현지조사, 고지도 분석을 통해서 종각의 위치를 추정하고, 종과 종각의 규모와 형태를 밝혀냄으로써 현대에 종각을 재현할 때 자료로 삼고자 한다. 문헌조사, 5회에 걸친 현지조사, 고지도 분석 결과, 종각의 위치는 행궁권역의 초입인 로터리 내 지금의 오로지 찻집 부근 혹은 백제장 주차장 부근인 것으로 추정된다. 교통체계는 남문과 동문을 연결하는 308번 지방도와 종각지에서 북쪽으로 연결되는 도로의 Y 혹은 T형 교통체계의 옛 길이 있었으며, 종각에서 행궁으로 진입하는 관아거리가 있었던 것으로 추정된다. 종각의 모양은 팔작지붕이나 우진각 지붕이며, 5개의 지도 모두 사모지붕은 보이지 않았다. 종각의 방향은 동향이 3곳, 남향이 2곳인 것으로 보아 가로 세로의 크기는 별 차이가 없었던 것으로 추정되며, 가로 3칸, 세로 2칸, 총 6칸의 건물이며, 종각의 방향은 행궁의 방향과 같은 동향이었을 것으로 사료된다. 종은 천안 성거산 천흥사에 있었던 종이 천흥사가 폐사되면서 남한산성의 종으로 쓰였다는 기록이 있으므로 천흥사 종의 역사성 예술성을 고려하여 남한산성의 종의 제원으로 사용할 것을 제언한다. 본 연구는 2009년 남한산성 종과 종각의 복원을 위한 기초연구이다. 그러나 문화재는 철저한 고증에 의한 복원이 이루어져야 한다. 보다 정밀한 연구는 지표조사에 의해 추후 과제로 남겨두기로 한다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1997년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집; 한국전력공사 서울연수원; 17-18 Oct. 1997
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• pp.1371-1374
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• 1997

We had developed the on-line environmental monitoring system which has installed around Kori Nuclear Power Plants and will be taken the place of the existing system. The system consists of a main computer and 11 sets of radiation monitoring post equipments. Nal(Tl) scintillation detectro was adopted in addition to ion-chamber detector and implemented with DCU(Dose Conversion Unit) and SCA(Single Channel Analyzer). Compared with the existing system, it has revised feature in the radiation measurements which are detection of artificial radioactivity and 2-ways of the radiatiion detectors. The field test trsults show that the developed radiation detecting equipments can measure environmental radiation withn 5.0% of the theoretical value.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.301-308
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• 2011

The temporal variations of methene emission and its relation to air temperature were investigated in Upo-swamp during June 2007 through July 2008. To perform this study, the methene emission and air temperature were observed using the buoy-type chamber and automatic weather observation system(AWS), respectively. The methene emissions were much during summertime(June~August). The maximum value(about 73.4 mg/$m^2$/hr) appeared at August. The emission diminished by degrees after August. The methene emissions were fewer from September to May of the following year. The peak value(73.4 mg/$m^2$/hr) of the methene emission is very much compared to that of rice pappy field known as about 28.7 mg/$m^2$/hr.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.90-99
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• 1999

Fume extracting welding gun is one of the promising options for reducing the welder's fume exposure. The performance of the gun was assessed on the basis of capture efficiency. Capture efficiencies were measured in a test chamber recommended by American Welding Society. The overall capture efficiency was turned out to be above 95%. But it did not include the effect of crossdraft existing in the real work environment because all experiments were conducted in a closed chamber. It thus needs more work in the future. In addition, the future directions for improving the pres ent commercial techniques of the gun were discussed.

• 한국농림기상학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.34-46
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• 2018

온실가스 배출로 인한 기후변화는 되먹임 고리의 형태로 연결되어 공진화 하는 자연생태계와 사회시스템의 지속가능성을 저해하는 위험요소가 되었다. 기후변화가 인위적인 온실가스 배출량의 상승에 의한 것으로 지적됨에 따라, 온실가스 배출원과 대기 간의 에너지 및 물질 교환과정에 대한 관심이 고조되었다. 본 고찰에서는 온실가스 모니터링의 배경에 대한 역사와 특별히 농업에서 배출되는 온실가스 관측을 위한 챔버법의 개발에 대해 요약하였다. 챔버를 이용하여 온실가스의 방출 특성을 분석한 국내 선행 연구들의 검토를 기반으로, 기후변화 적응을 위해 보다 나은 과학적 기초자료를 구축할 수 있도록 국내 챔버 관측의 문제점과 개선 방향을 간략히 논의하였다.