• 제목/요약/키워드: Environmental Information Systems

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VALUATION OF A MULTI-STAGE RAINWATER HARVESTING TANK CONSTRUCTION USING A REAL OPTION APPROACH

  • Byungil Kim;Hyoungkwan Kim;SangHyun Lee
    • 국제학술발표논문집
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    • The 5th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • pp.386-389
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    • 2013
  • Under climate change and urbanization, rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems are emerging as an alternative source of water supply because of growing concern about water sustainability. RWH systems can satisfy the various watering needs and provide the environmental benefits of lessening the damages from flood, drought, and runoff. The economic success of a RWH system is vitally concerned with the determination of the design capacity of storage tank to be built in the system. The design capacity is determined by the factors of average annual rainfall, period of water scarcity, and water price during the whole life-cycles. Despite the high uncertainties inherent in these factors, the current engineering design of RWH system construction often assumes that storage tanks should be built all at once. This assumption implicitly ignores the managerial flexibility in responds to the future as new information comes out-the right to build storage tanks stage by stage depending on the evolution of demand. This study evaluates the value of a multistage storage tank construction using a real option approach. A case study involving a typical RWH system construction in Jeonju, the Republic of Korea is conducted. The managerial flexibility obtained from the real option perspective allows engineers to develop investment strategies to better cope with the issue of water sustainability.

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The User Identification System Using Walking Pattern over the ubiFloor

  • Yun, Jae-Seok;Lee, Seung-Hun;Woo, Woon-Tack;Ryu, Je-Ha
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 제어로봇시스템학회 2003년도 ICCAS
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    • pp.1046-1050
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    • 2003
  • In general, conventional user identification systems require users to carry a TAG or badge or to remember ID and password. Though biometric identification systems may relieve these problems, they are susceptible to environmental noise to some degree. We propose a natural user identification system, ubiFloor, exploiting user's walking pattern to identify the user. The system identifies a user, while tracking the user's location, with a set of simple ON/OFF switch sensors or equipments. Experimental results show that the proposed system can recognize the registered users at the rate of 92%. Future improvement in recognition rate may be achieved by combining other sensors such as camera, microphone, etc.

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Improvement of Control Performance by Data Fusion of Sensors

  • Na, Seung-You;Shin, Dae-Jung
    • International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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    • 제4권1호
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    • pp.63-69
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    • 2004
  • In this paper, we propose a general framework for sensor data fusion applied to control systems. Since many kinds of disturbances are introduced to a control system, it is necessary to rely on multisensor data fusion to improve control performance in spite of the disturbances. Multisensor data fusion for a control system is considered a sequence of making decisions for a combination of sensor data to make a proper control input in uncertain conditions of disturbance effects on sensors. The proposed method is applied to a typical control system of a flexible link system in which reduction of oscillation is obtained using a photo sensor at the tip of the link. But the control performance depends heavily on the environmental light conditions. To overcome the light disturbance difficulties, an accelerometer is used in addition to the existing photo sensor. Improvement of control performance is possible by utilizing multisensor data fusion for various output responses to show the feasibility of the proposed method in this paper.

교통공학적 측면에서 바이모달 트램의 특성 연구 (Characteristics of the Bimodal Tram in terms of Traffic Engineering)

  • 윤희택;박영곤;장세기
    • 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국철도학회 2011년도 정기총회 및 추계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.1760-1765
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    • 2011
  • Recently, a variety of new transportation systems have been developed or introduced, but there has been a lot of confusion in the selection process of systems because there is no such domestic cases, and a lack of information on the systems. It does not make sense to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the systems in a single frame because each system has different characteristics and purposes. It is important to compare the relative values of the systems considering the status of the project site, transport demand, costs, and environmental aspects of cities. In the present paper, the operational system and infrastructure technologies of the bimodal tram developed in Korea were investigated. Based on this, the values for the bimodal tram was compared with similar new transportation systems through several practice cases. It is expected to promote in the practical use of the bimodal tram through this study.

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영국의 설계홍수량 산정모형인 FEH-ReFH의 국내 남천유역 적용성 평가 (Applicability Test of UK Design Flood Estimation Model FEH-ReFH to Korean Namcheon Watershed)

  • 김상호;안소라;장철희;김성준
    • 한국지리정보학회지
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    • 제16권3호
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    • pp.68-80
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    • 2013
  • 본 연구는 미계측유역의 설계홍수량 산정을 목적으로 영국의 강우-유출모형인 FEH-ReFH(Flood Estimation Handbook-Revitalised Flood Hydrograph)의 국내 적용성을 평가하기 위해 위천유역의 일부인 남천유역($165.12km^2$)을 대상으로 한 강우-유출 모형을 구성하는데 있다. 모형의 입력자료인 유역 및 수문특성인자를 한국 실정에 맞게 구축하기 위해 GIS기반 전처리 프로그램을 개발하였다. 모형은 남천 유역에 대하여 관측된 6개의 강우-유출 사상을 이용한 보정을 실시하여, 모형의 적용 적합성을 분석하였다. 모형의 손실율 및 단위유량도 매개변수를 대상으로 실측자료를 이용한 보정을 실시하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 기존의 설계홍수량 산정과정에 있어, 영국의 방법을 고려한 국내의 표준 설계홍수량 산정과정을 정립하는데 기여할 것으로 판단된다.

유전자변형생물체 안전관리제도 인식조사 (An Investigation on the Recognition of Biosafety Regulation Systems for the Living Modified Organism)

  • 노영희;홍정유
    • 한국환경농학회지
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    • 제33권1호
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    • pp.63-67
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    • 2014
  • BACKGROUND: The present study is an exploratory research to establish national biosafety regulation systems through a survey on the recognition of safety regulation systems for the living modified organism(LMO). METHODS AND RESULTS: We have conducted a survey on an awareness of LMO safety regulation systems in scientific working groups. The data of 235 respondents were analyzed using various statistical methods. As a result, 72.8% of the respondents were male; 27.2% were female, and 43.4% of them work in the university. A total of 33.2% of the respondents majored in general biology, and their most common job position was the laboratory safety manager. The difference of an awareness on LMO law and regulatory system was not statistically significant by either work places or job positions. CONCLUSION: For the rapid settlement and the efficient implementation of LMO safety management policy, we conclude that it is required to reduce the gap between the recognition and fulfillment of safety management. Furthermore, the mutual exchanges of information among researchers are needed with the settlement of the safety management system and the harmony of policy with improvement of the absurd regulations. The ongoing and specialized training, inspections, and the strengthening of public relations are also required along with the efforts to improve the absurd regulations.

Design of a Method for Disassembly Works on Recycle Products

  • Matsumoto, Toshiyuki;Yahata, Yuko;Shida, Keisuke
    • Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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    • 제8권1호
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    • pp.66-71
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    • 2009
  • This study proposes a new framework for designing disassembly methods. In recent years, environmental problems have become global issues. Recycling of used products or resources is recognized as a matter of significance since it may help reduce the risk of exhausting natural resources. Considering possible exhaustion of limited natural resources in the near future, reuse of products would gain more environmental significance. As yet, it relies hugely on manual disassembly, which labor cost places burden on the total recycling cost. The purpose of this study is to propose a methodology designing for manual disassembly works, and a creation method of a jig. By focusing on parts' connection and attachment relationship, parts are categorized in 5 categories (parent part, joint key part, attaching key part, child part, and independent part) according to the features that parts possess, and 3 kinds of connection relationships (parent part-joint key part connection, parent part-independent part connection and child part-child part connection) are clarified. Connection relationship and attachment relationship charts have also been created, and utilizing them, disassembly orders are settled, and a disassembly jig is devised. The proposed methodology is also applied to a real product and its work time is improved 42% form 31 to 13 seconds.

분산형 물 인프라의 도시 하수관리 시스템 도입을 위한 기술적 발전방안 (Technical Advancements Needed for the Introduction of Distributed Water Infrastructure to Urban Wastewater Management Systems)

  • 최용주;이우람
    • 한국물환경학회지
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    • 제39권1호
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    • pp.76-86
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    • 2023
  • We are on the verge of paradigm shift for the design and operation of our urban water systems from treatment- and efficiency-based to recirculation- and sustainability-based. One of the most frequently suggested alternatives to embody this paradigm shift is to decentralize the currently highly centralized urban water infrastructure. However, claims for water infrastructure decentralization are often criticized due to poor economic feasibility, unstable performance, and unprofessional operation and maintenance. The current study critically reviews the literature to discuss the technical advancement needs to overcome such challenges. Firstly, decentralized water infrastructure was briefly defined and the rationale for the proposal of its introduction to the next-generation urban water systems was laid down. The main discussion focused on the following water technologies, which require special attention when working with decentralized water infrastructure: i) material collection, storage, and transport; ii) easily scalable water treatment; iii) sensor, information, and communications; and iv) system optimization. The principles, current development status, and challenges were discussed for each of the water technologies. The discussion on the water technologies has enabled the identification of future research needs for their application to the next-generation urban water systems which will be designed following decentralized water infrastructure. This paper will significantly improve the current understanding on water infrastructure decentralization and provides insight on future direction of water technology development.

In situ analysis of the bacterial community associated with the Korean salty fermented seafood jeotgal

  • Hyunjun Kim;Yoomin Ahn;Chulhee Park;Eungbin Kim
    • 환경생물
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    • 제39권4호
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    • pp.515-522
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    • 2021
  • Jeotgal is a salty and fermented traditional Korean fish sauce. Unlike most other previous studies that investigated samples purchased from retail markets, this study focused on samples of jeotgal with traceable history to Yeonggwang, a timehonored fishing village in Korea. Three jeotgal samples, which were made from small yellow croakers, largehead hairtail, and miscellaneous fish, were selected based on information obtained from interviews with local craftsmen and literature reviews. Bacterial community profiles of the three jeotgal samples were investigated to identify indicator (and potentially core) bacteria for jeotgal ripening. The 16S rRNA gene-based metagenomic analysis revealed that the dominant phyla and classes, (Gammaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria, Bacilli, and Clostridia) of the three different jeotgal were identical, albeit with different composition ratios. Diversification was evident beginning at the order level. Interestingly, each dominant order was mainly comprised of single members even at the genus level. The dominant genera included Halomonas, Tetragenococcus, Halanaerobium, Pseudomonas, Massilia, and Lentibacillus. This observed genus-level heterogeneity suggests that there are diverse bacterial signatures in jeotgal and that these can be used as indicators for jeotgal ripening and/or as starters to increase its sensory quality and functionality.

저탄소도시계획지원을 위한 포털서비스의 구축방향 (A Study on Building up the Portal Service to Support Low-Carbon City Planning in Korea)

  • 김한준;최홍준
    • 한국산학기술학회논문지
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    • 제14권5호
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    • pp.2465-2473
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    • 2013
  • 본 논문은 도시.지역계획 등 공간계획 분야의 계획지원시스템(PSS)을 핵심구성요소인 도시모형(특히, 토지이용-교통 모형 LUTM)과 지리정보시스템(GIS) 기술의 발전과정을 중심으로 검토하고, 지구온난화 등 환경문제를 중심으로 한 계획과정에 대한 시민참여 요구 확대, 인터넷과 모바일을 기반으로 한 IT 기술심화를 주요 특징으로 하는 변화된 계획환경에 대응하여 PSS의 보완 또는 확장 개념으로서 저탄소도시계획지원에 초점을 둔 포털서비스의 구축방향을 제안한다.