• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.120-125
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• 2009

Water stress has become a major concern in agriculture. Korea suffers from limited agricultural water supply, and wastewater reuse has been recommended as an alternative solution.A study was performed to examine the effects of microorganism concentration in the ponded-water of a paddy rice field with reclaimed-water irrigation for evaluating the microbial risk to farmers and neighborhoodchildren.Most epidemiological studies were performed based on an upland field, and they may not directly applicable to paddy fields. Beta-Poisson model was used to estimate the microbial risk of pathogen ingestion. Their risk value increased significantly high level after irrigation and precipitation.It implies that agricultural activities such as plowing, and fertilizing, and precipitation need be practiced a few days after irrigation considering health risks. The results about field application of the microbial risk assessment using E. coli showed difference according to monitoring time and treatment plot. Result of the microbial risk assessment showed that risk values of ground-water and reclaimed secondary waste water irrigation were lower than directly use of wastewater treatment plants' effluent. This paper should be viewed as a first step in the application of quantitative microbial risk assessment of E. coli to wastewater reuse in a paddy rice farming.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.96-107
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• 2014

Extreme recovery of the thermal energy from the combustion of flue gas may bring about early gas condensation resulting in the increased formation of nitric acid vapor. The behavior of the nitric acid formed inside the stack and in the atmosphere was investigated through a computer-aided simulation in this study. Low temperatures led to high conversion rates of the nitrogen oxide to nitric acid, according to the Arrhenius relationship. Larger acid plumes could be formed with the cooled flue gas at $40^{\circ}C$ than the present exiting gas at $115^{\circ}C$. The acid vapor plume of 0.1 ppm extended to 25 m wide and 200 m high. The wind, which had a seasonal local average of 3 m/s, expanded the influencing area to 170 m along the ground level. Its tail stretched 50 m longer at $40^{\circ}C$ than at $115^{\circ}C$. The emission concentration of the acid vapor in the summer season was a little lower than in the winter. However, a warm atmosphere facilitated the Brownian motion of the discharged flue gas, finally leading to more vigorous dispersion.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.55-67
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• 2019

Recently, as the amount of particulate matter blowing from China increases, the domestic air environment is rapidly deteriorating. This pollution of the atmosphere greatly affects the light energy reaching the ground. Particularly, since the light enters the solar cell module in various forms, the amount of input energy of the solar power generation system may be changed depending on the ratio of direct beam irradiation and diffused horizontal irradiation. In this paper, we analyze how the ratio of direct beam component and diffused component on global horizontal irradiation varies with the atmospheric conditions. In addition, the reliability of the regression equation, designed to decompose the global horizontal irradiation into horizontal direct beam irradiation and diffused horizontal irradiation, was verified according to the level of air pollution. So, we derive the most suitable decomposition model for use in domestic climatic conditions in Korea by comparing the ratio of direct and diffuse component on the horizontal which is calculated with Perez model and Watanabe model using the meteorological weather data observed for 14 months. Finally, to reduce the error of the transposition result, we verified the reliability of the decomposition which depends on the atmospheric environment.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.543-555
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• 2024

This study examines the seismic vulnerability of vertically irregular reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings, focusing on the effectiveness of retrofitting techniques such as rocking walls (RWs) in mitigating soft story mechanisms. Utilizing a seven-story residential apartment as a prototype in a high-seismicity urban area, this research performs detailed nonlinear simulations to evaluate both regular and irregular structures, both before and after retrofitting. Pushover and nonlinear time history analyses were conducted using OpenSees software, with a suite of nine ground motion records to capture diverse seismic scenarios. The findings indicate that retrofitting with RWs significantly improves seismic performance: for instance, roof displacements at the Collapse Prevention (CP) level decreased by up to 23% in the irregular structure with retrofitting compared to its non-retrofitted counterpart. Additionally, interstory drift ratios were more uniform post-retrofit, with Drift Concentration Factor (DCF) values approaching 1.0 across all performance levels, reflecting reduced variability in seismic response. The global ductility of the retrofitted buildings improved, with displacement ductility ratios increasing by up to 29%. These results underscore the effectiveness of RWs in enhancing global ductility, mitigating soft story failures, and providing a more predictable deformation pattern during seismic events. The study thus provides valuable insights into the robustness and cost-effectiveness of using rocking walls for retrofitting irregular RC buildings.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.120-129
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• 2008

Removal rate of $NO_3-N$ and TN in a free water surface wetland system with litter layer on its bottom was compared with that without one. The system was established on floodplain in the down reach of the Gwangju Stream in 2001. Its dimensions were 31 meters in length and 12 meters in width. Water of the stream was funneled into it and its effluent was discharged back into the channel. Average litter layer of 9.6 cm was formed on its bottom in 2007. The layer and above-ground parts of reeds and cattails on the system were eliminated in Spring 2008. Volumes and water quality of inflow and outflow of the system were analyzed from May to November in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Inflow into the system both in 2007 and 2008 averaged approximately $40m^3/day$ and hydraulic residence time both in 2007 and 2008 was about 1.5 days. Average influent $NO_3-N$ concentration in 2007 and 2008 was 2.16 and 2.05 mg/L, respectively and influent TN concentration in 2007 and 2008 averaged 3.98 and 3.89 mg/L, respectively. With a 0.05 significance level, effluent temperatures, influent concentrations of $NO_3-N$ and TN, and stem numbers per square meter and height of the emergent plants showed no difference between the system with litter layer and without one. $NO_3-N$ removal in the system with litter layer and without it averaged 55.59 and 46.06%, respectively and TN retention averaged 57.24 and 48.97%, respectively. Both $NO_3-N$ and TN abatement rates in the system with litter layer were significantly high (p < 0.001) when compared with those without one. The wetland system having litter layer on its bottom was more efficient for $NO_3-N$ and TN retention than that without one.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.696-706
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• 2023

Consequences of an anticipated Beyond Design Basis Accident (BDBA) Long-Term Station Blackout (LTSBO) event with complete loss of grid power in the VVER-1200 reactor of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) of Unit-1 are assessed using the RASCAL 4.3 code. This study estimated the released radionuclides, received public radiological dose, and ground surface concentration considering 3 accident scenarios of International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) level 7 and two meteorological conditions. Atmospheric transport, dispersion, and deposition processes of released radionuclides are simulated using a straight-line trajectory Gaussian plume model for short distances and a Gaussian puff model for long distances. Total Effective Dose Equivalent (TEDE) to the public within 40 km and radionuclides contribution for three-dose pathways of inhalation, cloudshine, and groundshine owing to airborne releases are evaluated considering with and without passive safety Emergency Core Cooling System (ECCS) in dry (winter) and wet (monsoon) seasons. Source term and their release rates are varied with the functional duration of passive safety ECCS. In three accident scenarios, the TEDE of 10 mSv and above are confined to 8 km and 2 km for the wet and dry seasons, respectively in the downwind direction. The groundshine dose is the most dominating in the wet season while the inhalation dose is in the dry season. Total received doses and surface concentration in the wet season near the plant are higher than those in the dry season due to the deposition effect of rain on the radioactive substances.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.349-355
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• 2008

섬진강 하구 시설재배지의 염류집적심화의 원인을 구명하기 위해 경남 하동군 목도리 시설재배단지 토양의 염류집적 특성과 주요 관개용수인 지하수의 수질특성, 그리고 시비실태를 조사하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 토양 내 염류농도가 우리나라 시설재배지 평균에 비해 높았으며, 특히 나트륨과 염소의 함량이 높게 검출되어 염에 대해 민감한 작목에 대해서는 유묘기에 염해발생가능성이 있을 것으로 판단되었다. 지역에서 주로 사용되고 있는 천층 지하수는 높은 농도의 염(평균 EC $2.6\;dS\;m^{-1}$)과 나트륨과 염소를 포함하고 있었다. 특히 수막시설 운영으로 관개용수의 사용량이 급격하게 증가하는 동절기 관개용수 중 염 농도는 급격하게 증가되고 있어 이시기 토양 내 염농도의 상승과 작물에 대한 염해유발 가능성을 가지고 있었다. 이외에도 지역에서 재배되고 있는 모든 작목에 대해 추천시비량 이상의 과량의 화학비료와 축산분뇨퇴비가 시용되고 있어 표층토의 염류집적을 가속화시키는 것에 기여하였다. 해당 지역의 염류피해를 경감하기 위해서는 일차적으로 양질의 관개용수의 확보와 시비량 저감을 위한 노력이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제37권6_1호
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• pp.1739-1756
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• 2021

대기 중 이산화질소(NO₂)는 주로 인위적인 배출요인으로 발생하며 화학 반응을 통해 이차오염 물질 및 오존 형성에 매개 역할을 하는 인체 건강에 악영향을 미치는 물질이다. 우리나라는 지상 관측소에 의한 실시간 NO₂ 모니터링을 수행하고 있지만, 이는 점 기반의 관측 값으로써 미관측 지역의 공간 분포 분석이 어렵다는 한계점을 지닌다. 본 연구에서는 선형 회귀 기반 모델인 다중 선형 회귀와 회귀 크리깅, 기계학습 알고리즘인 Random Forest (RF), Support Vector Regression (SVR)을 적용한 공간 내삽 모델링을 통해 서울 지역의 지상 NO₂ 농도 지도를 제작하였고, 일별 Leave-One-Out Cross Validation (LOOCV) 교차 검증을 시행하였다. 2020년 연구기간 내 일별 LOOCV에서 MLR, RK, SVR 모델의 일별 평균 Index of agreement (IOA)는 약 0.57로 유사한 성능을 보였으며, RF (0.50)보다 높은 성능이 확인되었다. RK의 일별 평균 nRMSE는 0.9483%으로 MLR (0.9501%)보다 상대적으로 낮은 오차를 나타냈다. MLR과 RK, RF 모델의 계절별 공간 분포는 비슷한 양상을 보였으며, RF는 다른 모델에 비해 좁은 NO₂ 농도 범위가 확인되었다. 본 연구에서 제안된 선형 회귀 기반 공간 내삽은 지상 NO₂ 뿐 아니라 다른 대기 오염 물질의 도시 지역 공간 내삽을 위해 활용 가능성이 높을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.332-337
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• 2013

신간척지에서 청보리의 안정재배를 위한 토양 염농도를 제시하기 위하여 새로 조성된 새만금간척지에서 토양염농도(EC) 0.8, 3.1, 6.5, 11.0 dS/m에 해당하는 지점을 선정하고, 화학비료로 $N-P_2O_5-K_2O$=150-100-100 kg/ha를 시용한 후 2011년 10월 26일에 영양보리를 220kg/ha 파종하였다. 재배기간중 토양 염농도는 수확기>출수기>파종기>월동기 순으로 파종기에 비해 수확기에 1.4~4.2배 상승하였다. 염농도가 높을수록 발근에 지장을 초래하여 지상부 생육도 저조하였고 특히 EC 11.0 ds/m에서 출현은 하였으나 겨울철이 지난 후 고사하였다. 수량은 토양염농도 0.8 dS/m(8.8 MT/ha)에 비해 3.1 dS/m과 6.5 dS/m에서 각각 68 %, 35 % 수준이었다. Proline함량은 생육초기가 수확기보다, 그리고 염농도가 높을수록 많았다. 수확기의 $Na_2O$와 MgO 함량은 염농도가 높을수록 많았고 N, $P_2O_5$, $K_2O$ 및 CaO 함량은 염농도가 높을수록 적었다. 따라서 토양 염농도가 3.1 dS/m이상으로 높아짐에 따라 청보리의 지하부와 지상부에 심각한 생육저해로 양분의 불균형 흡수를 초래하여 수량이 저조하기 때문에 안정한 청보리 생산을 위해서는 지하 배수시설 또는 관개수를 이용하여 3.1 dS/m이하로 염농도를 떨어뜨린 후 재배하는 것이 바람직할 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2006

We investigated the effects of 835-MHz electromagnetic field (EMF), one of the most popular communication frequency band in Korean code-division multiple-access (CDMA) mobile phone system, on cellular signal transduction. For this, we examined the change of intracellular calcium $([Ca^{2+}]_i)$, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and F-actin polymerization after exposure to 835-MHz EMF followed by the treatment of agonists in Rat-2 fibroblast cells. Culture cells were pretreated with serum-tree medium and concomitantly exposed to 835-MHz at specific absorption rate (SAR) of 4.0 W/kg for 24 hr in a specialized designed apparatus based on Transverse Electro Magnetics (TEM) wave theory. Intracellular $Ca^{2+}$ responses to lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) in Rat-2 fibroblast after exposure to 835-MHz EMF were shown to be similar pattern as observed in normal cultured cells. However, the LPA-induced calcium spiking was slightly delayed to 7 sec and sustained thereafter to a little higher ground level under 835-MHz EMF radiation compared to unexposed cells. ROS production level by LPA in the exposed cells was not different from that in control. Furthermore, LPA induced the production of stress fibers with no significant difference in the exposed and unexposed cells. These results suggest that mobile phone radiation (835-MHz, SAR 4.0 W/kg) may not be directly related to signal transduction in Rat-2 fibroblasts except the slight effect of calcium spiking in LPA-induced cells but remain to be further elucidated for possible indirect intervention.