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Numerical Study on the Internal Flow in the Cyclone Vacuum Cleaner (사이클론 청소기 내부 유동에 관한 수치해석적 연구)

  • Lee, Chanhyun;Chang, Hyuksang
    • Clean Technology
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.283-289
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    • 2014
  • General household vacuum cleaners consist of dust collector, pre filter, motor and exhaust filter, and the filtered clean air is discharged to the atmosphere. By using the CFD methods, we estimated the internal flow in two types of commercial cyclone vacuum cleaners to evaluate the dust collection performance. From the analysis, it was known that the number of revolution had higher values in cyclone cone region. CFD analysis in a specific showed non-uniform velocity distribution at outlet, which results in the deterioration of particle collection performance. In order to improve flow condition, the installation of baffle was proposed and the values of velocity RMS were estimated.

Fresh Produce Container Operated with a Routine of Hypobaric Application, CO2 Injection and Diffusion Tube Opening for Keeping Beneficial Modified Atmosphere

  • Park, Su Yeon;An, Duck Soon;Lee, Dong Sun
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.53-60
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    • 2020
  • A concept of household container to create and keep the modified atmosphere (MA) beneficial for fresh produce mix was devised and tested under typical chilled storage conditions of 3℃. The container system containing mixed products is initialized by applying weak hypobaric condition (0.9 atm) and subsequently injecting CO2 gas at an appropriate low level (0.03 atm). The passive atmosphere modification by produce respiration is then induced to reach a target until gas diffusion tube of proper dimension starts to open. The design was made to attain quasi-steady state mass balance of O2, CO2 and N2 to maintain the desired MA through the storage. Interrupted opening for taking out or placing some products was to reinitialize the loop of control logic. The developed concept was tested by the container which held commodities of spinach, pak choi, oyster mushroom, peeled onion, strawberry and cut carrot. The target optimum MA of 11% O2 and 10% CO2 (0.11 and 0.10 atm, respectively) was set to avoid injurious range of O2 and CO2 concentrations for any commodities. The developed container system could work to reach and maintain beneficial MA of 0.10-0.12 atm O2 and 0.07-0.10 atm CO2 close to the target during the storage contributing to quality retention of products measured in weight loss, chlorophyll content of spinach, ascorbic acid content of pak choi, color of onion, texture of oyster mushroom, bacterial count of strawberry and carotenoids of carrot. The container system shows potential to improve current preservation practice of fresh produce mix on consumers' level.

Development of Green Drying System Using Waste Heat from Charcoal Kiln (폐열에너지를 활용한 친환경건조시스템 개발)

  • Kwon, Gu-Joong;Kwon, Sung-Min;Jang, Jae-Hyeok;Hwang, Won-Joung;Kim, Nam-Hun
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.39 no.6
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    • pp.512-520
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    • 2011
  • This study was preformed to investigate the characteristics of the green drying system for utilizing heat wasted during carbonization process. The green drying system utilizing waste heat is one of environment-friendly equipments because it needs no other energies from fossil fuel and etc. In this study, waste heat from three kilns was collected by stainless connection pipe, and in the green drying system the temperature and humidity was hardly changed. Charcoal charecteristics as fixed carbon, refining degree, hardness, pH, calorific value, and charcoal yield were analyzed to investigate kiln performance due to installation of green drying system. As a result, the green dry system installation hardly affected the characteristics of charcoal. In conclusion, the green drying system can be applied to maximize the profit of the farm household income and contribute to reduce fossil energy.

Implementation of Intelligent Home Network System using Wireless Sensor (무선센서를 이용한 지능형 홈네트워크 시스템 구현)

  • Ju, Jae-han;Na, Seung-kwon
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.294-299
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    • 2017
  • Home network service is evolving into a service that can receive contents such as remote education, home automation, remote meter reading and various entertainment anytime and anywhere by connecting all household appliances in home with wired and wireless network. In this paper, an intelligent home gateway installed at home is connected to the mobile communication terminal from the outside to solve the problems of the existing home network and configure and maintain a more efficient and comfortable home network environment for the user, In the window, the login page is activated to confirm the user access authority, and the user proceeds the authentication procedure through own login information. When the normal authentication procedure is performed, the intelligent home gateway maintains only the network connection with the user, and the user presents the intelligent home network system using the RFID which is accessed by the intelligent home network system.

Socio-economic and Environmental Impact Assessment in Agricultural Cultivation, Case Studies in Rice Cultivation and Shrimp Farming in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam

  • Nguyen, Tran Nhan Tanh;Tran, Thi Hong Ngoc
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.461-467
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    • 2009
  • This paper provides two case studies of environmental impacts with socio-economic values. The first case is on flood protection levees conducted from 2003 to 2004 in Phu Tan district, An Giang province. The impacts were found by comparing full flood protection levees area (FFPL) to non-full flood protection levees area (NFFPL). Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) tools per each group of rich, middle, and poor people were used to list the impacts. Then, major impacts were selected by ranking and interviewing 60 households per site, and assessed by Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) in rice production from 1996 to 2002 between two areas. The tested research indicated moving system of NFFPL to that of FFPL lost about 11 million VND/ha/year. The second case is on impacts of Penaeid shrimp farming conducted in Duyen Hai District, Tra Vinh Province in 2004-2005. Ninety households and 12 local officials were interviewed. Four PRAs were conducted and 36 water samples were taken inside and outside shrimp pond to measure values of DO, COD, Fe total, TSS, N-$NO_3{^-}$, N-$NH_4{^+}$, P-$PO{_4}^{3-}$, and Chlorophyll-a. Research results showed only 36.7% of the households got profit from shrimp farming. Highest financial efficiency was 0.72 for the semi-intensive system. Tested water indicators showed surface water quality did not match Vietnamese standard for surface water in coastal area (TCVN 5943-1995) and in rain. The water was very muddy and contaminated by organic aluminum. Summarily, the impacts were clarified more obviously via adding socio-economic values to assessment. Importantly, the values were transformed to household's income which is an indicator for policy-makers to consider the impacts obviously. Besides, data of different group of people impacted are cases contributing to consideration of the impacts in an appropriate social level.

A Study on Improving the Unbalanced Deployment of Urban Parks (신·구시가지의 도시공원 불균형 분포 분석 및 개선방안 연구)

  • Sung, Hyun-Chan;Lee, Yang-Ju
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.1-15
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    • 2012
  • The objective of this study is to analyze the distribution of urban parks and its problems in a city in Gyeonggi-do where new towns and old towns are mixed. The study will also analyze and understand the unbalanced deployment of urban parks - rest areas and carbon absorbers of an entire city - between old towns and new towns, suggest improvement opportunities and examine and suggest plans to create and expand urban parks in old cities that lack urban parks. Findings showed that first, new towns were 1.2~1.6 higher than old towns in the number of parks, park area, and per capita park area, indicating that parks were unbalanced across towns. Second, as for a plan for improving the unbalanced deployment of urban parks, when the use area needs to be changed in an urban development project, it was suggested to donate 10% of the project site to the city to create it into a park and it was suggested to identify and proactively improve alternative park resources that can replace parks such as rivers and recreational sites. Third, regarding a plan for improving urban parks in old towns, it was suggested to secure urban parks by attracting various urban development projects to old town areas. The amendment of related laws was proposed to double required park area to $6m^2$ per household. Amendments were also suggested for one law and four guidelines to specifically define the location of urban parks as well.

A study on correlation between frictional coefficients and subjective evaluation while rubbing cosmetic product on skin (화장품을 바를 때 피부 마찰계수의 변화와 주관적인 평가와의 상관관계 연구)

  • Kwon Young-Ha;Kwon Hyun-Joon;Rang Moon-Jeong;Lee Su-Min
    • Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.385-391
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    • 2005
  • A frictional coefficients of in-vivo skin characteristic is the most important factor of the cutaneous mechanical properties ant the method of evaluating skin care in the fields of cosmetics products. In-vivo skin characteristic varies in many different ways depends on what is applied to the skin, loading condition, shape, surface roughness, and material of the probe. In this research, we designed a system which can be measured frictional coefficients of a human skin on real time. It consists of multi-components load-cell, actuator, linear motor and arm fixator. This measurement system was automatically controlled by computer. We measured frictional coefficients between probe an4 skin using this system ant inquired adjectives for subjective evaluation while rubbing cosmetic product on skin. Lastly, we analyzed correlation between two factors by calculating Pearson Correlation Coefficient. As a result, we could know that frictional coefficients varied from 0.17-1.2 according to cosmetic products, normal forte, materials and surface conditions of probe. We also confirmed sensual feelings of cosmetic products have close correlation with frictional coefficients.

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An Empirical Research on Skin Care Application Adoption (피부관리 애플리케이션 수용에 대한 설문조사 연구)

  • Jung, Eun-Young;Noh, Joo-Young;Park, Dong-Kyun
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.51-60
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    • 2016
  • Consumers who use mobile applications for their skin care are increasing due to increasing interest in skin care and smart phone use. A survey was conducted to select popular skin care mobile applications to be installed in the smart phone targeting 1,000 men and women in South Korea who are interested in their skin care. Questioned items included skin care awareness and recognition, skin care type, and the intention of using skin health care mobile services. The respondents thought the best skin as 'Flawless skin (52.3%)'. Also, 'Skin trouble' and 'Skin aging' were their major concerns. 47.1% of the respondents used mobile skin care applications, and 56.6% intended to try new mobile skin care services. The results on interesting field of skin care showed significant difference depending on gender, marital status, and annual average household income. Moreover, the results on effort made for skin care showed significant difference depending on age, gender, and marital status. They wanted the functions such as 'Review on cosmetic products by brand (23.8%)', 'Self skincare method (16.8%)', 'Continuous monitoring service (16.2%)', 'Information on cosmetic products (13.4%)'. The result of this study would be reliable as basic material for skincare mobile service area. Further studies could be focused on developing application in accordance with needs and how it should be applied.

Magnetic Induction Communication System for Electric Vehicle on Smart Grid (스마트 그리드 전기자동차를 위한 자기장 통신 시스템 구현 연구)

  • Lee, Jong-Min;Chang, Woo-Hyuk;Jung, Bang-Chul
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.35 no.9B
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    • pp.1381-1389
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    • 2010
  • The smart grid technology is expected to significantly improve energy efficiency by dynamic power supply. One of its application is the Vehicle-to-Grid(V2G) that utilizes an electric vehicle's battery as a household storage battery. Meanwhile, a lot of researches are recently investigated in the area of wireless energy transfer technology because of its convenience and safety in charging a battery. With the wireless energy transfer infrastructure a wireless magnetic induction communication technique can help the dynamic power supply of the smart grid more efficient. In this paper, we propose a wireless magnetic induction communication sion cowhich includes data transmission and location-aware functions. We expect the sion cohelp the smart grid to control power supply more efficiently. We also developed its test-bed and evaluated the performance.

Impact of Travel Experience on Employee's Happiness and Motivations to Work (성인자녀가 지각하는 부모양육태도가 결혼가치관 및 결혼이미지에 미치는 영향)

  • Jeong, Cha Sook;Kim, Jin Sook
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.317-322
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    • 2020
  • This study was conducted to examine the effect of parenting attitude perceived by adult children on marriage values and marriage image. For this purpose, online and face-to-face surveys were conducted for 411 unmarried men and women in their 20~30s living in the Daegu, Gyeongsangbuk-do and Gyeongsangnam-do areas. The SPSS 25.0 program was used for analysis and the results are as follows. First, in the general characteristics of the study subjects, there was a significant difference in marriage values according to gender, age, marriage type of parents, religion, and birth order, but no significance found according to education and occupation, family members living together, monthly average household income, or education of parents. Also, marriage image showed significant difference based on gender, marriage type of parents, and marriage intention. Second, the parenting attitude perceived by adult children confirmed that the lower the father's rejective parenting attitude and the higher the mother's acceptive parenting attitude, the more stable the value of marriage was and that the effect of parenting attitude on marriage image confirmed that the lower the father's rejective parenting attitude, the better the marriage image.