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Performance of Nano Ceramic Filter for the Removal of Ultra Fine Particles (초미세입자 제거를 위한 나노세라믹 필터의 성능 평가)

  • Kim, Jong-Won;Ahn, Young-Chull;Yi, Byeong-Kwon;Jeong, Hyeon-Jae
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2009.06a
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    • pp.751-756
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    • 2009
  • In the perspective of saving energy in buildings, the high performance of insulation and air tightness for improving the heating and the cooling efficiency, has brought economically positive effects. However, these building energy saving technologies cause the lack of ventilation, which is the direct cause of increasing the indoor contaminants, and is also very harmful to the residents, because they spend over 90% of their time indoors. Therefore, the ventilation is important to keep the indoor environment clean and it can also save the energy consumption. In this study, a HEPA type nano ceramic filter is designed as a passive ventilation system to collect airborne particles and to supply fresh outdoor air. The double layer filter, which has $30{\mu}m$ in diameter at the conditions of 10wt% of concentration and 3kV/cm of the electric intensity, is produced by electrospinning. The filtration coating technology is confirmed in the solution with $SiO_2$ nano particles using polymer nano fibers. Also double layer filters are coated with $SiO_2$ nano particles and finally the porous construction materials are made by sintering in the electric furnace at $200{\sim}1400^{\circ}C$. The efficiency is measured 96.67% at the particle size of $0.31{\mu}m$, which is slightly lower than HEPA filter. However the efficiency is turned out to be sufficient.

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A Study on the Collection Efficiency Characteristic in Electret filter (Electret filter의 포집 효율의 특성에 관한 연구)

  • 김은권;정진도
    • Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.121-122
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    • 2000
  • 현재, 반도체 등의 정밀 공업제품의 제조 기술의 발전에 따라서, 공기중의 미세 입자 제거 기술의 고도화가 요구되어 지고 있다. 이러한 미세 입자 제거에 사용되는 물질중 섬유층 필터는 구조가 단순하고, 여러 가지의 집진 조건에 비교적 용이하게 사용이 가능하여, 오늘날 폭넓은 분야에서 사용되어 왔다. 이러한 고성능의 포집 효율을 위한 노력으로, 섬유경을 작게하에 제작된 HEPA필터등이 이제까지의 청정공기의 생성에 널리 이용되어 왔지만, 장치를 대형화하지 않고서는 고포집효율, 저압력손실로 대량의 공기를 처리하는 것에는 한계가 있으며, 섬유경이 작게 되면, 압력손실이 증가되고, 압력손실의 증가는 동력 비용을 높이는 결과와 함께, 섬유 충진율의 분균일성등의 문제점이 발생한다. (중략)

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Performance assessment of HEPA filter against radioactive aerosols from metal cutting during nuclear decommissioning

  • Lee, Min-Ho;Yang, Wonseok;Chae, Nakkyu;Choi, Sungyeol
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.52 no.5
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    • pp.1043-1050
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    • 2020
  • Radioactive aerosols are produced during the cutting of contaminated and activated metals. They must be collected and removed by a high-performing filtration system before releasing to the environment from the decommissioning workplace. The filtration system requires regular replacement to ensure the sufficient removal of radioactive aerosols because its filtration efficiency gradually decreases. This study evaluates the efficiency and lifetime of filters while cutting metals by using a plasma arc cutter. Particularly, this study considers the aerodynamic diameter distribution of number and mass concentrations for aerosols from 6 nm to 10 ㎛ when evaluating the performance of filters. After 20 time reuses for cutting operation performed in a cutting chamber, the removal efficiency is reduced from over 99 to below 93% at 2 ㎛. The results are used to analyze the lifetime of filters, the frequencies of their replacements, and impact on internal radiation dose.

Current Status of the Spent Filter Waste and Consideration of Its Treatment Method in KAERI (KAERI 저장 폐필터의 현황과 처리방법에 관한 고찰)

  • Ji, Young-Yong;Hong, Dae-Seok;Kang, Il-Sik;Shon, Jong-Sik
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.257-265
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    • 2007
  • Spent filter wastes of about 1,000 units (200 L) have been stored in the waste storage facility of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute since its operation. At the moment, to secure space in a waste storage facility as well as to efficiently manage spent filter wastes, it is necessary to conduct a compaction treatment of these spent filters, and finally, to repack the compacted spent filters into a 200 liter drum. To do that, the spent filter wastes were first classified according to their generation facilities, their generation date and their surface dose rate by investigating the inventory of the spent filters. In order to repack a compacted spent filter in a 200 liter drum, it is first necessary to conduct a radionuclide assessment of a spent filter before compacting it. Therefore, after taking a representative sample from a spent filter without a dismantlement, the nuclide analysis for it will be conducted. And then, after putting a spent filter into a regular drum by conducting the columnar shaping of the hexahedral form of a spent filter, the compaction treatment of the shaped spent filter will be conducted by vertically compacting it.

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An Experimental Study on the Deodorization Performance of Exhaust Filter Unit in a Laboratory Animal Breeding Facility (실험동물 사육실에서의 Exhaust Filter Unit의 악취제거성능에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Kwon, Soon Wook;Hong, Jin Kwan
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.194-200
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    • 2013
  • In this study, an exhaust filter unit for removing bad smells is designed and manufactured to understand the characteristics, damages, and effects on humans and animals of bad smell substances in laboratory animal breeding facilities. Using the exhaust filter unit, a deodorization performance test using ammonia gas, as a typical bad smell in an animal breeding room, was carried out for three types of activated and impregnated charcoal filters. The experimental results showed that the pressure loss of the HEPA and carbon filter was increased with flow rate and that the average deodorization performance for the case where an impregnated carbon filter was installed was a maximum value of between 93 and 96%, with various fractional flow rates ranging from 1,500 to $3,500m^3/h$ in a laboratory animal breeding room. The experimental results will also be used for the design and manufacture of a practical and efficient exhaust filter unit to cope with bad smell problems in animal breeding facilities.

A study on the photocatalyst filter design using UV-C (UV-C를 이용한 광촉매 필터 디자인에 관한 연구)

  • Han, Sang Yun;Kang, Seung Min
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.276-282
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study was to analyze the structure of general filter using ultrafine filter (Profilter), dust collector filter, HEPA (HAPA-High Efficiency Particulate Air) filter, deodorized filters, etc. of air purifiers and to study new types of purified filters that can improve ultrafine dust, harmful gases, and sterilization cleanup performance. The study was also conducted by adding photocatalyst filters to the existing step-by-step filtration filter types, which were proposed in the design three coupling structure filters of the left and right UV-LED installation frames and the photocatalyst coating honeycomb frame. Future research is needed on the effect of photocatalyst filters. This study was to investigate the application and structure of photocatalyst filters to air purifiers.

Development of an air purification system using moss and evaluation of air purification capability for each moss (이끼를 활용한 공기정화 시스템 개발 및 이끼별 공기정화 능력 평가)

  • Ahn, DoHyun;Choi, Hyeunwoo;Lee, JongMin;Heo, SungPhil
    • Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.21-28
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    • 2022
  • Fine dust enters the lungs or blood vessels through the respiratory tract through the air. Recently, due to the fine dust problem, the demand for air purifiers in Korea is also increasing rapidly. Moss is the oldest terrestrial plant, and it is known that it has the property of adsorbing and decomposing heavy metals and fine dust. To compare the effect of reducing fine dust between moss and the existing chemical filter (Hepa), a cube of 1 m3 was manufactured and the amount of fine dust reduction under a controlled environment was compared. Under the fine dust conditions, an umbrella moss filter, rat tail moss filter, feather moss filter, and silk moss filter were inserted for a total of 40 experiments, 10 times each in 4 different situations. The difference between the amount after 30 minutes was statistically significant for all filters. However, as a result of the test, it was confirmed that there was no statistically significant difference between filters for fine dust, mixed gas, CO2, and O2. In particular, it was confirmed that the previously claimed effect of oxygen generation was almost nonexistent. Through this result, it was confirmed that the reduction of fine dust is effective regardless of the species view of moss, and it is expected to replace or supplement the chemical filter of the existing air purifier through future improvement.

A Study on Construction and Application of Nuclear Grade ESF ACS Simulator (원자력등급 ESF 공기정화계통 시뮬레이터 제작 및 활용에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Sook-Kyung;Kim, Kwang-Sin;Sohn, Soon-Hwan;Song, Kyu-Min;Lee, Kei-Woo;Park, Jeong-Seo;Hong, Soon-Joon;Kang, Sun-Haeng
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.319-327
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    • 2010
  • A nuclear plant ESF ACS simulator was designed, built, and verified to perform experiment related to ESF ACS of nuclear power plants. The dimension of 3D CAD model was based on drawings of the main control room(MCR) of Yonggwang units 5 and 6. The CFD analysis was performed based on the measurement of the actual flow rate of ESF ACS. The air flowing in ACS was assumed to have $30^{\circ}C$ and uniform flow. The flow rate across the HEPA filter was estimated to be 1.83 m/s based on the MCR ACS flow rate of 12,986 CFM and HEPA filter area of 9 filters having effective area of $610{\times}610mm^2$ each. When MCR ACS was modeled, air flow blocking filter frames were considered for better simulation of the real ACS. In CFD analysis, the air flow rate in the lower part of the active carbon adsorber was simulated separately at higher than 7 m/s to reflect the measured value of 8 m/s. Through the CFD analyses of the ACSes of fuel building emergency ventilation system, emergency core cooling system equipment room ventilation cleanup system, it was confirmed that all three EFS ACSes can be simulated by controlling the flow rate of the simulator. After the CFD analysis, the simulator was built in nuclear grade and its reliability was verified through air flow distribution tests before it was used in main tests. The verification result showed that distribution of the internal flow was uniform except near the filter frames when medium filter was installed. The simulator was used in the tests to confirm the revised contents in Reg. Guide 1.52 (Rev. 3).