• 제목/요약/키워드: Global Environmental Problems

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Reduction of cement consumption by producing smart green concretes with natural zeolites

  • Trung, Nguyen Thoi;Alemi, Nima;Haido, James H.;Shariati, Mahdi;Baradaran, Seyedata;Yousif, Salim T.
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • 제24권3호
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    • pp.415-425
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    • 2019
  • This study was carried out to evaluate the natural zeolite in producing green concrete as an effort to prevent global warming and environmental impact problems of cement industries. To achieve this target, two types of natural zeolites applied to study physical, chemical and compressive strength of concrete containing different percentages of zeolites. The results in comparison with control samples indicate that compressive strength of zeolites mixes increases with the 15% replacement of zeolite instead of cement in all types of samples. In the water-cement ratio of 0.6, results showed an increase in the compressive strength of all percentages of replacement. This results indicate that using natural zeolites could be produced a green concrete by a huge reduction and saving in the consumption of cement.

국내 스마트양식 기술 동향 (Domestic Smart Aqua-farming Technology)

  • 정훈;허태욱;이일우
    • 전자통신동향분석
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    • 제36권5호
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    • pp.62-73
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    • 2021
  • A stable protein source is required to support the rapidly increasing global population, and fishery products are a particularly important part of the required protein supply. However, due to continued overfishing, fishery resources are depleted, and the number of fish caught by fishing boats has stagnated. Consequently, the aquaculture industry is becoming increasingly important. Internationally, smart aquaculture technology that minimizes labor and environmental pollution has been established through technological developments supported by large investments in automation and water treatment technology over the last several decades. In the case of Korea, the aquaculture industry has not yet emerged as a labor-intensive primary industry. However, in recent years various attempts have been made to apply ICT technology to aquaculture to overcome these problems. In this study, domestic and foreign technologies and patent trends for smart aquaculture are analyzed. In addition, the current status of the smart aquaculture cluster business that the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries has been promoting since 2019 to utilize ICT technology in aquaculture is introduced.

그린ICT 산업의 VC투자 동향과 시사점 (Trends and Implications of Venture Capital Investment in Green Information and Communication Technology)

  • 최새솔;서혜진
    • 전자통신동향분석
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    • 제37권4호
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2022
  • As the response to climate change becomes a more pressing global issue, so do expectations for climate change in the green information and communication technology (ICT) industry and the possibility of solving environmental problems through ICT. However, because the green ICT industry is still in its early stages, there is little research on it. Understanding the startup ecosystem in the industry is helpful for recognizing innovation trends in emerging technologies such as green ICT. In this regard, this paper investigates the current state and characteristics of the green ICT ecosystem and presents implications based on an examination of startup venture capital investment trends and submarket identification in the green ICT industry as emphasized by the carbon neutrality paradigm shift. The analysis included 4,807 companies and 3,990 funding records, as well as exploratory data analysis and "k-means" clustering techniques.

단열성능향상 재료를 사용한 콘크리트의 열전도 특성에 관한 연구 (Study on the Thermal Conduction of Concrete using Insulation Performance Improvement Materials)

  • 김정호;박영신;김상헌;전현규
    • 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국건축시공학회 2014년도 춘계 학술논문 발표대회
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    • pp.280-281
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    • 2014
  • Recently, it is certain that the increase of heating and cooling energy consumption by radical change in climate condition has caused serious problems related to environmental and energy concerns associated with increase of fossil fuel usage and carbon dioxide production as well as global warming. Therefore, various actions to reduce greenhouse gas and energy consumption have been prepared by world developed countries. The energy consumption by buildings approximately reaches 25% of total korea energy consumption. The greatest part in the buildings of the energy consumption is building facade. But a few research projects on concrete comprising more than 70% of outsider of buildings has been tried. This research is structural insulation concrete what improved insulation performance using micro form admixture and calcined diatomite powder and lightweight aggregate.

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울산광역시 해양공간 활용 정책 동향 (The Policy Trends of the Ocean Space Utilization in Ulsan metropolitan city)

  • 정원조
    • 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국항해항만학회 2021년도 추계학술대회
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    • pp.97-98
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    • 2021
  • 전 지구적 환경변화로 한계상황에 직면한 현대도시가 안고 있는 문제점 해결을 위한 방안으로 울산광역시가 추진하고 있는 지속가능한 미래 도시 건설을 위한 정책들을 살펴보고 관련 사업 추진을 위한 지역 여건, 입지조건, 추진과제 등에 대해 소개한다.

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Current status, challenges and prospects for pig production in Asia

  • Lu Wang;Defa Li
    • Animal Bioscience
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    • 제37권4_spc호
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    • pp.742-754
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    • 2024
  • Asia is not only the primary region for global pig production but also the largest consumer of pork worldwide. Although the pig production in Asia has made great progress in the past, it still is confronted with numerous challenges. These challenges include: inadequate land and feed resources, a substantial number of small-scale pig farms, escalating pressure to ensure environmental conservation, control of devastating infectious diseases, as well as coping with high temperatures and high humidity. To solve these problems, important investments of human and financial capital are required to promote large-scale production systems, exploit alternative feed resources, implement precision feeding, and focus on preventive medicine and vaccines as alternatives to antibiotics, improve pig breeding, and increase manure recycling. Implementation of these techniques and management practices will facilitate development of more environmentally-friendly and economically sustainable pig production systems in Asia, ultimately providing consumers with healthy pork products around the world.

드론과 광학원격탐사 기법을 이용한 천해 수심측량 (Coastal Shallow-Water Bathymetry Survey through a Drone and Optical Remote Sensors)

  • 오찬영;안경모;박재성;박성우
    • 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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    • 제29권3호
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    • pp.162-168
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    • 2017
  • 드론을 이용하여 고도 100 m에서 촬영한 고해상도 카메라 이미지를 분석하여 천해 해저지형 측량을 시도하였다. 쇄파대 내의 수심측량은 해안침식의 원인분석 등 관련 연구를 위해 가장 중요한 입력자료 중의 하나이다. 특히 이동한계수심 이내의 천해 수심자료는 연안 침퇴적 수치모델링을 위한 가장 중요한 입력자료 임에도 불구하고 정확한 해저지형측량 자료를 얻을 수 없었다. 그 이유는 선박을 이용한 상세 수심측량이 흘수 등을 고려할 때 수심 2 m 이내에서는 거의 불가능하며, 또한 쇄파와 연안류로 인해 선박 또는 사람이 직접 충분한 해상도로 측량하기에 매우 어렵기 때문이다. 따라서 소형 드론과 고해상도 카메라 이미지를 이용한 광학원격탐사는 매우 효과적인 천해수심측량 수단이 될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 경북 월포해수욕장에서 드론으로 촬영한 고해상도 카메라 이미지의 적색, 녹색, 청색 그리고 회색 밴드 이미지를 다변수 선형회귀분석법으로 분석하여 천해 수심을 추정하고 실측한 수심자료와 비교하여 천해수심측량의 가능성과 정확도를 검토하였다. 드론에서 촬영한 이미지를 해저 지질, 바닷물의 색상, 부유사의 농도 등의 영향을 고려하지 않고 수심추정 알고리즘을 이용하여 분석한 결과 수심 5 m 이내에서 상관계수 0.99 이상, 절대오차 0.2 m 이하로 수심을 정확하게 추정할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

전문가시스템을 이용한 석면 및 비석면의 분류 및 확인 (Classifying and Identifying Asbestos and Non-Asbestos Fibers by a Rule Building Expert System)

  • 최영아;이태정;김동술
    • 한국대기환경학회지
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    • 제24권3호
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    • pp.346-356
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    • 2008
  • Asbestos is the name of a group of minerals with long and thin fibers that originate naturally in the environment. Asbestos mainly affects lungs and the membrane that surrounds the lungs. In general, PCM (phase contrast microscopy) and PLM (polarized light microscopy) have been used to analyze asbestos fibers. However, these methods have often problems to over-estimate number concentration when counting real asbestos fibers. Moreover, there are many difficulties when separating and identifying various asbestos and non-asbestos fibers. In order to determine quantitative information on fibrous particles, source profiles for asbestos and non-asbestos fibers must be initially developed on the basis of their chemical compositions and physical parameters. In our study, a SEM/EDX was used to develop source profiles from known asbestos samples as reference samples. We could make the source profile matrix consisting of 6 types of asbestos fibers and 2 types of non-asbestos fibers by analyzing 380 fibers. Based on these profiles, a rule building expert system was developed by using the visual basic application (VBA). Various fibers were successfully classified by 2 simple rules in the EXCEL environment based on several visual steps such as inserting data, viewing results, and saving results. For a case study to test the expert system, samples from a construction materials and from various indoor environments such as a residental area, a preschool classroom, and an underground store were collected and analyzed. As a result of the survey, a total of 76 individual test fiber particles was well classified into 5 different types of particle classes; 9.3% of chrysotile, 15.4% of amosite, 0.8 of crocidolite, 4.2% of tremolite, 5.8% glass fiber, 21.1% of other fibers, and 43.5% of unknown fibers in terms of number concentration. Even though unknown portion was high, it will be decreased markedly when expanding fiber source profiles.

IPCC가이드라인을 이용한 중소도시 C위생매립장의 메탄가스 발생량 예측을 통한 경제성 평가 (Estimation of Economics thorough Prediction of Methane Generation using IPCC Guideline from C Sanitary Landfill)

  • 이상우;박서윤;장인수;강병욱;박상찬;연익준
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.189.1-189.1
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    • 2011
  • Global warming effect was intensified due to rapid growth of fossil fuel consumption caused by urbanization and industrialization. Various efforts was being done to solve the problems leading to anomaly climate such as flood, downpour, heavy snow. As a results of international efforts for management of global warming, Kyoto Protocol, which was passed in Kyoto, Japan in 1997, designated $CO_2$, $CH_4$, $N_2O$, HFCs, PFCs, $SF_6$ as a global warming gases. And IPCC(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) suggested IPCC guideline for systematic establishment of national greenhouse gas inventory. Among five categories in IPCC guideline, the representative emission source of waste category is SWDS(solid waste disposal site). The concentrative research should progress for effective management of greenhouse gas related with waste. In this study, Tier1 and Tier2 methods which was suggested by 2006 IPCC(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) guideline, was used to predict methane generation from C sanitary landfill located in Chungju area. To predict methane generation from C sanitary landfill, all factors were defaults values that were provided by 2006 IPCC guideline and Korea emission factors for Tier1 and Tier2 method. And economics of generated methane was estimated. From the predicted result using IPCC guideline, the methane generation was persistingly increased over a 9-year period(2000 ~ 2008). Aggregated amount of methane generation was about 3,017ton and 3,170ton predicted by Tier1 and Tier2, respectively. From the results of estimated economic value gained by generated methane from the C sanitary landfill for ten years from now(2010 ~ 2020), the profit was about 2.39 ~ 2.76 hundred million won.

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제로에너지 빌딩 평가를 통한 제도적 개선방안에 대한 조사 연구 (Investigation of Institutional Improvement through Evaluation of Zero-Energy Buildings)

  • 채수권;김주환;채현병
    • 에너지공학
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    • 제25권3호
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    • pp.83-94
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    • 2016
  • 전 세계에서 건물 내에서 사용되고 있는 에너지는 지구온난화의 주요원인일 뿐만 아니라 기후변화 대응을 위해 다루어져야할 주요 과제이다. 본 연구는 빌딩을 대상으로 사용되고 있는 에너지의 평가를 통하여 개선사항을 도출하고자 하였으며 이를 위하여 제로에너지빌딩을 검토하고 영향인자들을 조사하였다. 또한 실제 건물을 대상으로 환경적 요인과 환경부하로 구분하여 평가항목을 설정하였으며 평가결과를 토대로 개선사항을 제안하고자 하였다. 그 결과 제로에너지빌딩을 구현하기 위한 평가단계에서는 건물부지의 지형과 기후변수가 고려되어야 하며, 신재생에너지의 이용, 저장 및 관리 측면에서는 비용 상승에 따른 제도적 지원이 필요한 것으로 나타났다. 또한 제로에너지 빌딩에서는 에너지 효율이 중요하나 현재 건물 내에서 사용되는 에너지 소비량을 확인하고 관리하기 위해서 모니터링과 같은 평가항목이 필요하다. 이와 같은 모니터링 결과를 사용해서 세부적인 체계로서 절약과 낭비 에너지에 대하여 국내 실정에 적적한 체계적인 관리가 요구된다.