• 상하수도학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2020

In this study, the physicochemical characteristics and fluoride adsorption capacity of the bone char pyrolyzed at different temperatures; 200℃, 300℃, 350℃, 400℃, 500℃, 600℃, and 700℃ were investigated. Analytical studies of the synthesized bone char including; SEM-EDS, XRD, BET and FT-IR, showed the presence of hydroxyapatite(HAP), which is the main substance that adsorbs fluoride from aqueous solutions containing high fluoride concentrations. Bone char pyrolyzed from 350~700℃ specifically revealed that, the lower the temperature, the higher the fluoride adsorption capacity and vice versa. The loss of the fluoride adsorption function of HAP (OH^- band in the FTIR analysis) was interpreted as the main reason behind this inverse correlation between temperature and fluoride adsorption. Bone char produced at 350℃ hence exhibited a fluoride adsorption capacity of 10.56 mgF/g, resulting in significantly higher adsorption compared to previous studies.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.220-237
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• 2019

Solid waste management (SWM) is one of the poorly rendered services in developing countries - limited resources, increasing population, rapid urbanization and application of outdated systems leads to inefficiency. Lack of proper planning and inadequate data regarding solid waste generation and collection compound the SWM problem. Decision makers need to formulate solutions that consider multiple goals and strategies. Given the large number of available options for SWM and the inter-relationships among these options, identifying SWM strategies that satisfy economic or environmental objectives is a complex task. The paper develops a mathematical model for a municipal Integrated SWM system, taking into account waste generation rates, composition, transportation modes, processing techniques, revenues from waste processing, simulating waste management as closely as possible. The constraints include those linking waste flows and mass balance, processing plants capacity, landfill capacity, transport vehicle capacity and number of trips. The linear programming model integrating different functional elements was solved by LINGO optimization software and various possible waste management options were considered during analysis. The model thus serves as decision support tool to evaluate various waste management alternatives and obtain the least-cost combination of technologies for handling, treatment and disposal of solid waste.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제31권10호
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• pp.833-844
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• 2022

A zeolite material with a Si/Al molar ratio of 1.2 was synthesized by changing the NaOH/CFA ratio of coal fly ash (CFA) via a fusion/hydrothermal reaction in the HD thermal power plant. The change in the crystal structure of the zeolite was confirmed using XRD and SEM, and the ammonia adsorption capacities of the synthesized zeolitic materials and a commercial zeolite (Na-A zeolite) were analyzed via an ammonia temperature-programmed desorption (NH₃-TPD) process. The SEM and XRD results revealed out the zeolitic materials from the coal fly ash maintained a hexagonal Linde-type crystal structure similar to that of Na-A zeolite, but the crystallinity of the synthesized zeolitic material was reduced due to impurities. The NH₃ adsorption capacity, determined from the NH₃-TPD analysis of was 1.122 mmol/g of the synthesized zeolitic material, which was lower than the NH₃ adsorption capacity of the Na-A zeolite.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.587-594
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• 2023

This study investigates the impacts of nuclear energy consumption on environmental quality from a different perspective by focusing on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, ecological footprint, and load capacity factor. In this context, the South Korea case, which is a leading country producing and consuming nuclear energy, is investigated by considering also economic growth, and the 1997 Asian crisis from 1977 to 2018. To this end, the study employs the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach. Different from previous literature, this study proposes a load capacity curve (LCC) and tests the LCC and environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypotheses simultaneously. The analysis results reveal that (i) the LCC and EKC hypotheses are valid in South Korea; (ii) nuclear energy has an improving effect on the environmental quality; (iii) renewable energy does not have a significant long-term impact on the environment; (iv) the 1997 Asian crisis had an increasing effect on the load capacity factor; (v) South Korea has not yet reached the turning point, identified as $55,411, where per capita income improves environmental quality. Overall, the results show the validity of the LCC and EKC hypotheses and prove the positive contribution of nuclear energy to South Korea's green development strategies.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.23-28
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• 2020

사질토지반에서 적용할 수 있는 합리적인 침투능 산정기법을 제시하기 위하여 실내실험결과를 분석한 결과, 단위중량이 감소함에 따라 침투속도는 증가하는 경향을 보였으며, 강우강도가 증가함에 따라 침투속도 또한 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 본 논문에서 제안한 초기침투능 감소상수(α계수)를 적용한 침투능 변화 곡선에 대하여 비교·분석한 결과 시간에 따른 침투능 변화가 거의 일치하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서는 침투능 및 침투량 산정 시 널리 사용되고 있는 Horton 경험식이 사질토지반에서는 적용이 어려운 점을 개선하여 침투능 산정 모형을 제안하였다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제55권6호
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• pp.745-753
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 도시 개발에 따라 왜곡된 도시 물 순환을 LID 시설을 통하여 자연적인 물 순환으로 되돌리고자 하는 설계전략이 제안된다. 이는 도시 개발 전과 후의 유황곡선이 동일하게 유지되는 최적의 LID 시설 설계용량을 결정함으로서 구현된다. 부산 녹산 국가산업단지의 일부지역이 연구대상지역으로 선정되었으며, 다양한 토지이용시나리오 및 LID 시설 설계용량에 대한 강우유출수 모의를 위하여 EPA SWMM이 구축되었다. 연구대상지역이 개발이전에 임야지역 또는 농경지역이라 가정하였을 경우, 도시 개발 이후에도 유황곡선이 도시 개발 전과 동일하게 유지되기 위해서는 불투수지역의 7.3% 또는 5.5%를 생태저류지의 면적으로 할당해야 함을 확인하였다. 또한 지역별 강우특성에 따른 생태저류지 설계용량의 민감도 분석을 수행한 결과, 농경지역의 개발 시에는 불투수지역의 3.8~5.5% 정도의 설계용량이 필요한 것으로 나타남에 따라 지역별 강우특성에 따라 생태저류지의 최적용량이 유의하게 달라질 수 있음을 살펴볼 수 있었다. 반면에, 생태저류지 각 층별 깊이의 변화에 따른 설계용량의 민감도 및 처리대상구역의 크기에 따른 민감도를 분석한 결과, 생태저류지의 설계 제원 및 처리대상구역의 크기에 따른 최적설계용량의 민감도는 크지 않은 것으로 나타났다.

• 지역연구
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.21-36
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• 1996

This thesis focused on the extent of the area-by-area gap of the unit production cost that should be taken into account without exception in supply of the local public goods production cost. With the advent of the local autonomy era, what should be considered in the local governmen's production of the local public goods are the government's fiscal capacity and the environmental difference that shows up in accordance with the area's characteristics. Though with the same level of the fiscal capacity, an occurrence of environmental difference will lead inevitably to the different level of actual supply of the local public goods. The method of analysis used in this thesis was first to bring out implicit price, to combine this with induced expenditure function, to separate demand function parameter and cost function parameter, and then to analyzed the impact of environmental variables on the production cost. The environmental variables were set on the basis of the ones that affected expenditure per person of the public goods. The analysis was conducted in distinction of city areas and county areas. The results showed that, in cases of cities, more production cost of the public goods was in presence in urban areas and in areas where there was sluggish development. In other words, distinction could be drawn between areas where there was a large consumption of production cost resulting from poor environmental sparked by slow development and those where additional costs were required due to population concentration caused by a certain level of accomplished development. In the meantime, in cases of county areas, the results were around the same. However, a comparison between city areas and county ones told that overall difference between city areas was not that big in the production cost while that in county areas was large enough. In times ahead, in implementation of grant-in-aid scheme, production cost index for local public goods could be used as it was written in consideration of environmental characteristics of areas concerned.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.138-147
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• 2014

In order to determine the best operating rules for the Nakdong River, three cases were applied to analyze the simulated results of water supply capacity by HEC-ResSim model. This study discussed to present the best operating rules for conjunctive operating of existing the dams and new constructed the weirs through system network. The system network was constructed considering the water supply, the river environment and the operating facility. The water supply capacities are separately evaluated for each case applying the best rules. It is case1 that the dams are operated individually, case2 that the dams are operated in conjunction with the others dams, and case3 that dams and weirs are operated in conjunction with the others dams-weirs. Comparing the cases, case 3 has shown the best water supply capacity of the Nakdong River.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2009

Due to environmental issues, the development of low energy consumption products has become one of the main topics in the home appliance industry. The energy consumption of a refrigerator depends on the efficiency of its compressor as well as on the refrigerator cycle design, such as the capacity modulation. In this study, a dual capacity, i.e., two-step capacity modulation (TCM), reciprocating compressor is developed. In a TCM compressor, capacity modulation is achieved by changing the dead volume in the cylinder. Instead of a concentric sleeve, an eccentric sleeve, a key, and a spring are used to change the dead volume for the clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of a motor. When the compressor changes its operating mode from full capacity to partial capacity or in opposite direction, the key may collide with the eccentric sleeve. The structural reliability and mode change reliability were confirmed by analysis and experiment.

• 한국환경과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경과학회 2006년도 학술발표회 발표논문집
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• pp.333-337
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• 2006

Biosorption can be used to eliminate heavy metals from industrial effluents or to recover precious metals from processing solutions. Scanning Electron Microscopedetected a high Cr sorption capacity of L. Japonica biomass almost 45% of its dry weight at pH 4.5. It should be mentioned that adjusting the pH influences on sorption capacity of biomass.