• 한국가스학회지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2013

현대사회의 산업발전과 새로운 기술개발로 다양한 화학제품이 생산되어 인류생활을 윤택하게 하였지만 일부 화학물질은 국민의 안전과 환경에 많은 위험을 주고 있으며, 이들의 운송, 저장, 취급 등의 안전관리 문제가 대두되고 있는 실정이다. 특히, 도로운송 위험물은 사고빈도가 높아서 체계적인 안전관리시스템이 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 국내 운송위험물의 현황, 관련법 및 문제점을 파악하고, 국제운송위험물규칙(UN-RTDG)과 비교 검토하여 선진화된 안전관리 정책제언과 도로운송 위험물 분류표준화 방안 및 통일된 운송위험물 표시를 제시하였다. 이와 같은 선진화된 위험물질 안전관리에 의해 사고예방 및 대응을 최적화하여 인류의 건강과 환경보호에 기여할 것이다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.14-20
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• 2015

A Large Eddy Simulation(LES) was performed for the prediction of unsteady dispersion behavior of hydrogen fluoride (HF). The HF leakage accident occurred at the Gumi fourth industrial complex was numerically investigated using the Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) based on the LES. The accident area was modeled three-dimensionally and time-varying boundary conditions for wind were adopted in the simulation for considering the realistic accident conditions. The Message Passing Interface (MPI) parallel computation technique was used to reduce the computational time. As a result, it was found that the present LES simulation could predict the unsteady dispersion features of HF near the accident area effectively. The dispersion behaviors of the leaked HF was much affected by the unsteady wind direction. The LES could predict the time variation of the HF concentration reasonably and give an useful information for the risk analysis while the prediction with the time-averaging concept of HF concentration had a limitation for the amount of HF concentration at specific location point. It was identified that the LES is very useful to predict the dispersion characteristics of hazardous chemicals.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.81-88
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 화학사고의 인명사고 특성을 분석하기 위해 화학사고의 유형, 사고 발생 장소, 사고 사업장 규모, 사고 물질 등에 따른 화학사고, 인명사고, 사망자, 부상자 등을 조사하여 분석하였다. 화학사고로 인한 인명사고 및 인명피해 현황을 살펴보면 "화학물질관리법" 시행 이전인 2013년과 2014년에 인명사고는 각각 16건, 17건이었고, 법 시행 이후인 2015년과 2016년에는 각각 46건, 23건으로 조사되었다. 전체 화학사고와 인명사고 모두 유 누출에 의한 사고가 가장 많았고, 인명피해 현황 또한 가장 많았다. 화학사고 발생 장소에 따른 사고 및 인명피해 현황을 조사한 결과 사업장에서 모든 조사항목이 가장 높은 수치를 나타냈다. 사고다발 상위 10개 물질을 조사한 결과 폐산을 제외한 9개 물질이 모두 유해화학물질이면서 사고대비물질과 유독물에 포함되는 물질이었다. 따라서, 유 누출 사고, 사고에 취약한 사업장, 위험 화학물질 등에 대한 관리를 강화시킬 필요가 있다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.145-153
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• 2003

The goal of this study is to develop a biomarker used in monitoring abnormal behaviors of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) as a model organism caused by hazardous chemicals. Japanese medaka was treated by copper of appropriate sublethal concentrations after starvation for 48 hr. The untreated individuals showed common behavioral characteristics (i.e. , smooth and linear movements). Locomotive activity of the fish was monitored using an image processing and automatic data acquisition system. When treated with copper (100 ppb), the fish showed shaking patterns more frequently. As the concentration of copper increased to 1,000 ppb, activity decreated, and the fish showed an erratic movement. Fish were exposed to copper at various concentrations (0,100 and 1,000 ppb) for 24 hrs, and acetylcholine esterase (AChE) activity was observed. When fish were exposed to 1,000 ppb of copper, the body AChE activities appeared to decrease but the head AChE activities showed little change. Expressions of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) protein in the different organs from both head (brain) and body (kidney) portions affected by the copper treatment were analyzed using immunohistochemical technique compared with control. Five organs of the fish (olfactory bulb, hyothalamus, optic lobe, pons and myelencephalon regions) showed a relatively strong TH protein expression in the control experiment. A differential expression of TH, however, was observed in the treatment (100 ppb and 1,000 ppb). The treatment (1,000 ppb) significantly suppressed TH protein production in the brain regions. In kidney, however, the same treatment caused little suppression compared with the control. Copper appeared to be less effective in suppression of TH than diazinon, a known TH suppressor. It was concluded that TH could be used at a potential biomarker to monitor the acute copper toxicity in Japanese medaka.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제14권1_2호
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• pp.1-12
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• 1999

Recently, several new methods for the detection of genetic damages in vitro and in vivo based on molecular biological techniques were introduced according to the rapid progress in toxicology combined with cellular and molecular biology. Among these methods, mouse lymphoma thymidine kanase (tk) gene forward mutation assay, single cell gel electrophoresis (comet assay) and transgenic animal and cell line model as a target gene of lac I (Big Blue) and lac Z (Muta Mouse) gene mutation are newly introduced based on molecular toxicological approaches. The mouse lymphoma tk$\^$+/-/ gene assay (MOLY) using L5178Y tk$\^$+/-/ mouse lymphoma cell line is one of the mammalian forward mutation assays, and has many advantages and more sensitive than hprt assay. The target gene of MOLY is a heterozygous tk$\^$+/-/ gene located in 11 chromosome, so it is able to detect the wide range of genetic changes like point mutation, deletion, rearrangement, and mitotic recombination within tk gene or deletion of entire chromosome 11. The comet assay is a rapid, simple, visual and sensitive technique for measuring and analysing DNA breakages in mammalian cells, Also, transgenic animal and cell line models, which have exogenous DNA incorporated into their genome, carry recoverable shuttle vector containing reporter genes to assess endogenous effects or alteration in specific genes related to disease process, are powerful tools to study the mechanism of mutation in vivo and in vitro, respectively. Also in vivo acridine orange supravital staining micronucleus assay by using mouse peripheral reticulocytes was introduced as an alternative of bone marrow micronucleus assay. In this respect, there was an International workshop on genotoxicity procedure (IWGTP) supported by OECD and EMS (Environmental Mutagen Society) at Washington D. C. in March 25-26, 1999. The objective of IWGTP is to harmonize the testing procedures internationally, and to extend to finalization of OECD guideline, and to the agreement of new guidelines under the International Conference of Harmonization (ICH) for these methods mentioned above. Therefore, we introduce and review the principle, detailed procedure, and application of MOLY, comet assay, transgenic mutagenesis assay and supravital staining micronucleus assay.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2007

This study investigated the current management staus of chemical substance information on Material Safety Data Sheets(MSDS) and Chemical Information Cards(CIC) provided by Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency(KOSHA) and also researched the kind and the characteristics of chemical substance information provided in other organizations. MSDS DB in Korean provided on KOSHANET(which is Kosha website) is 50,802 in total, among whom are single chemical substances with 31,870 kinds(18,932%) and are mixed chemical substances with 31,870 kinds(62.7%). The number of visiting MSDS DB on KOSHANET for the search of chemicals was 2,049,806. The number has increased each year. The CIC provided for workplaces is all 542 kinds : 14 harmful substances subject to permission, 168 harmful substances subject to management, 360 KOEL(Korean Occupational Exposure Limits) establishment substances. MSDS internationally provided by organizations producing MSDS DB was written with 16 sections, which is suitable for the writing basis of American Standards Institute(ANSI) and International Organization for Standardization(ISO) and provided chemical substance information on more than 100,000 kinds in most organizations.

• 한국근적외분광분석학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국근적외분광분석학회 2001년도 NIR-2001
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• pp.1258-1258
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• 2001

Estimation of sugar and reducing sugar content in molasses is very important task in sugar refineries. Conventional methods of determination of sugar content in molasses samples are highly time consuming and employ hazardous chemicals. Due to the physical properties of molasses, probability of error in conventional analytical techniques is high. These methods have proven to be inefficient for a process control in any sugar industry. Hence development of a rapid, inexpensive, physical and also accurate method for sugar determination in molasses will be highly useful. Near Infrared spectroscopy is being widely used worldwide as an analytical technique in food industry. The technique offers the advantage of being non-destructive and rapid. The present paper highlights the potential of near infrared reflectance spectroscopy as a rapid and automated analytical technique for determination of sugar and reducing sugar content in molasses. A number of molasses samples were collected during and after the sugar season from Havana Sugar Industry, Havana. The samples were chosen so as to obtain a wide range of concentration of sugar and reducing sugars. This was done in order to achieve a good calibration curve with widely spread data points. These samples were scanned in the region of 1100 - 2500 nm in diffuse reflectance mode. An indigenous ELICO NIR spectrophotometer, modified according to the requirements of sugar industry was used for this purpose. Each sample was also analyzed simultaneously by standard chemical methods. Chemical values were taken as reference for near infrared analysis. In order to obtain the most accurate calibration for the set of samples, various mathematical treatments were employed. Partial Least Square method was found to be most suitable for the analysis. A comparison is made between the actual values (chemical values) and the predicted values (NIR values). The actual values agree very well with the predicted values showing the accuracy of the technique. The validity of the technique is checked by predicting the concentration of sugar in unknown molasses samples using the calibration curve. The present investigation assesses the feasibility of the technique for on-line monitoring of sugars present in molasses in sugar industries.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.489-499
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• 2006

Since the application of chemicals in confined spaces under the canopy of an orchard is hazardous work, it is needed to develop an autonomous guidance system for an orchard sprayer. The autonomous guidance system developed in this research could steer the vehicle by tracking an overhead guidance rail, which was installed on an existing frame structure. The autonomous guidance system consisted of an 80196 kc microprocessor, an inclinometer, two interface circuits of actuators for steering and ground speed control, and a fuzzy control algorithm. In addition, overhead guidance rails for both straight and curved paths were devised, and a trolley was designed to move smoothly along the overhead guidance rails. Evaluation tests showed that the experimental vehicle could travel along the desired path at a ground speed of 30 $\sim$ 50 cm/s with a RMS error of 5 cm and maximum deviation of less than 12 cm. Even when the vehicle started with an initial offset or a deflected heading angle, it could move quickly to track the desired path after traveling 2 $\sim$ 3 m. The vehicle could also complete turns with a curvature of 1 m. However, at a ground speed of 50 cm/s, the vehicle tended to over-steer, resulting in a zigzag motion along the straight path, and tended to turn outward from the projected line of the guidance rail.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2018

지구온난화로 인하여 태양광 발전에 대한 관심이 커지고 있다. 이에 따라 태양전지를 만드는 핵심물질인 폴리실리콘의 수요도 나날이 증가하고 있으며 시장이 커짐에 따라 생산공정에서 크고 작은 사고들이 발생하고 있다. 그 예로 2013년 상주시의 폴리실리콘 제조공장에서 염산이 누출되었고 2014년에는 여수시의 폴리실리콘 제조공장에서 화재가 발생하였으며, 2015년에는 군산시의 폴리실리콘 제조공장에서 STC(Silicon Tetrachloride)가 누출되었다. 이러한 누출 사고들은 사업장 내부에만 영향을 주는 것이 아니라 인근지역까지 영향을 줄 수 있다는 것이 특징이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 폴리실리콘 제조공정에서 사용되는 위험물질을 파악하고, 최악의 누출 시나리오를 적용했을 때 누출량과 피해범위를 정량적으로 예측하였다. 그 결과 폭발에 따른 피해거리는 726 m로 예측되었고, 독성에 대한 피해거리는 4,500 m로 예측되었다. 그리고 TCS(Trichlorosilane), STC(Silicon Tetrachloride), DCS(Dichlorosilane)가 누출되어 공기 중의 수분과 반응하여 HCl이 생성될 경우 피해거리는 최대 5.7 km까지로 예측되었다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제22권2호통권57호
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• pp.171-175
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• 2007

Indigenous species means a species that is likely, due to historical presence, to occur at a specified site for some portion of its life span. Therefore, indigenous species can be useful as an indicator to assess environmental risk caused by hazardous chemicals in a specific site. So far a few toxicity studies using freshwater species which are indigenous to Korea have been carried out. In this study, a freshwater shrimp (Neocardina denticulata) indigenous to Korea was used for acute toxicity test of heavy metals. Neocardina denticulata were exposed to cadmium chloride $(CdCl_2)$, copper chloride $(CuCl_2)$ and zinc chloride $(ZnCl_2)$ using automatic flow-through system for 96 hours. The 96h LC50s were calculated as 0.043 $(0.042{\sim}0.045)mg\;CdCl_2/L,\;0.104(0.098{\sim}0.113)mg\; CuCl_2/L\;and\;2.021\;(1.633{\sim}2.594)mg\;ZnCl_2/L$. When compaired with some international standard species such as medaka(Oryzias latipes), Neocardina denticulata had high sensitivity. Therefore, this study suggested that Neocardina denticulata have possibilities for a sensitive test species to test heavy metal toxicity in aqua-system.