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기술사 마당 - 주방 후드 부스타 배기 방식

  • Jin, Nam Gi
    • Journal of the Korean Professional Engineers Association
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    • v.45 no.6
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    • pp.44-51
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    • 2012
  • Local functional, closed the hood and exhaust are classified as open-style hood. Around the closed hood contaminants prevent the spread of contaminants. Surrounded Some pollutants (open-style hood is used in cases where the odor, vapor diffusion, and inferior) of indoor allowed to Hood expressions, which are used for kitchen, laboratory, factory canopy is typical. Contamination that occurs during cooking, kitchen ventilation barrier materials are the biggest problem, its solution by introducing fresh outside air in the kitchen troubleshoot and. Study on the kitchen exhaust airflow for my kitchen, and perform a number of each Institute and at the University of hydrodynamic analysis is investigated.

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Content Analysis of advertised Eco-interior Materials and Products in Domestic Interior Magazines (국내 친환경 실내 마감재 및 제품의 전문잡지 광고지면 내용분석 연구)

  • Lee, Yeun-Sook;Lee, Soo-Jin;Kim, Kyu-Lee;Oh, So-Yeon;Kwon, Hyun-Joo
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.15 no.5 s.58
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    • pp.298-305
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study is to figure out the profiles of eco-friendly finishing materials and intoner products through content analysis on the advertisements of three domestic interior design magazines, which have been published for 4 years since 2002. The amount of advertisements has been continuously increasing due to the public concerns on well-being. Finishing material types absolutely took the greatest proportion (92.8%), while products such as furniture and household equipments were only 7.2% among the advertisements. Charcoal, natural jade, yellow soil and nano-silver were the frequently mentioned health-related components in the finishing material. Only 35.7% of the finishing materials hold certification on indoor air quality. Among the interior products, phytonchid in air cleaner was the only advertised component related to health. In conclusion, controlling pollutants of indoor air quality, such as HCHO, VOC, seems to be the big issue in both materials and products due to the concern of Sick Building Syndrome. However, more scientific and objective guidelines are necessary for consumers to live in healthy interior environment.

Correlation of Air Pollutants and Thermal Environment Factors in a Confined Pig House in Winter

  • Choi, Hong L.;Kim, Ki Y.;Kim, Hyunook
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.574-579
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    • 2005
  • Optimal management of indoor air quality in a confined pig house, especially in winter, is indispensable for preventing infectious respiratory disease to workers and animals. This study was performed to elucidate the correlation of aerial contaminants and climate factors in a confinement. It was observed that indoor air contaminants ion in the confinement was the highest at 2:00-5:00 pm in a day, followed by 8:00-11:00 pm and 8:00-11:00 am. This was attributed to the increase of pig activities in the afternoon. The concentration of total dust and total airborne bacteria was found to have a significant correlation with temperature and relative humidity (p<0.05). Correlation of total dust and total airborne bacteria, total dust and ammonia, and total dust and odor were shown statistically significant at 95% confidence level. In conclusion, temperature and total dust concentration correlated significantly with all the parameters except for hydrogen sulfide ($H_2S$). This could be explained by the fact the dryness of pig feces by increase of interior temperature and resuspension of feed deposited on the floor by the pig activity, resulted in high generation of dust which adsorbed and carried the airborne bacteria and odor compounds in a confined pig house. It was proved that the adsorptive capacity of dust with ammonia ($NH_3$) was higher than that with hydrogen sulfide ($H_2S$).

A Study on the Indoor Air Pollutants Emission Characteristics by Composed Building Materials (건축자재 마감구성에 따른 실내공기오염물질 방출특성에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Jin-Chul;Rhee, Eon-Ku;Yu, Hyung-Ku
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.3-8
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    • 2005
  • Building parts of Multi-Family Houses are consisted of several building material assembly. Therefore, after selecting building materials with test result of emission intensity and their feature, composed building materials are made equally with actual construction methods, and experimented emission intensity. 7 days after experiment, formaldehyde emission intensity appeared low in an order of Tile Wall, Wood Flooring, Wallpaper, Reum Flooring, Silk Wallpaper, and 20 days after experiment, TVOC emission intensity appeared low in an order of Tile Wall, Reum Flooring, Silk Wallpaper, Wood Flooring, Wallpaper. There was a clear difference in TVOC emission intensity according to kind of building materials. Composed building materials that weight per unit area is big and omission intensity is high, they effect continuously to indoor air because decrement is small.

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Assessment of Risk in Wireless-Wired Network Based Control of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in Subway Stations (유무선 네트워크기반 지하철역사 공기질 제어의 위험성 평가)

  • Choi, Gi Heung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2014
  • With increasing number of citizen using subway stations everyday, safety, health and comfort of passengers and occupants became an important social issue. Considering the fact that various physical variables and pollutants are related to indoor air quality (IAQ) which may cause health problem, IAQ need to be closely monitored and controlled in multiple locations in subway stations. This study is a continuation of the previous studies and delay induced in wireless-wired network is experimentally evaluated and the risk involved is assessed. In doing that, a key parameter is identified to be the network delay in different network media. Application of information-theoretic measure to assess the risk in network delay is then discussed. The idea is based on the general principles of engineering design and their applications to quantification of uncertainty in network delay. Experimental results show that more risk is involved in wireless data communication. Efficient and fast conversion of transmission data in both LonWorks/IP server and ZL converter is also noted.

The Removal of Indoor Suspended Microorganisms of Eco-friendly Antimicrobial Copper Net Filter (친환경소재인 항균동망 필터의 실내 부유 미생물 제거 연구)

  • Kim, Dong-Woo;Je, Dong-Hyun;Ji, Keunho
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.311-316
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    • 2018
  • As the lives of people have improved, the demand for improved indoor air quality has increased. Various methods are used to remove biological air pollutants, such as UV/photocatalytic devices and ozone generators. However, these methods have disadvantages such as energy consumption, high corrosivity and toxicity. To overcome these disadvantages, an antibacterial copper filter was fabricated and its antimicrobial activity was then tested against two fungi (P. pinophilum, C. globosum) and one bacteria (S. aureus) Moreover, the ability to remove suspended microorganisms was tested step by step from the chamber stage to the air conditioning system. The results revealed 100% antimicrobial activity after 24 hours for the two fungi, while this value was 99.9% after 18 hours for the bacteria. Moreover, the antibacterial activity was higher when the chamber and air purifier were used than was obtained using a general antibacterial HEPA filter. Also, as a filter for system air conditioner, the antibacterial activity was lowered in offices and hospitals. In conclusion, the copper filter was found to have sufficient antibacterial activity for use as an antibacterial filter; however, further research on its preparation methods and materials is warranted.

Technology Trends of Indoor Air quality for Public transportation (대중교통 실내공기질 기술 동향)

  • Park, Mijeong;Choi, Jinsik;Park, Byung Hyun
    • Prospectives of Industrial Chemistry
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.13-19
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    • 2020
  • 수년간 고농도 미세먼지 발생으로 인한 실내공기질 관리방안에 관한 논의가 계속되고 있다. 특히, 시민들이 하루에 1.75시간 이상 지하철 및 버스 등의 대중교통 내에서 머물고 있는 것으로 발표되고 있어 환경부에서는 2019년 대중교통에서의 공기질 관리 방안을 강화하는 것으로 발표한 바 있다. 최근 철도차량 등의 대중교통 차량에서 공기질 개선장치가 도입되고 있는 추세이긴 하나, 대부분의 기존 대중교통차량에서는 공기질 개선장치가 적용되어 있지 않고 대기질이 나쁨인 경우 실내 환기가 어려워 이용 시민들의 건강을 해칠 수 있는 상황이다. 이러한 상황에서 강화되는 실내공기질관리법을 만족하기 위해서는 다양한 대중교통 차량에서의 공기질 관리기술을 토대로 신규차량 뿐만 아니라 기존차량에서 적용할 수 있는 실제적인 논의가 필요하다. 본 기고문에서는 대중교통에서의 공기질 현황을 알아보고 효율적인 공기질개선을 위한 미세먼지 및 이산화탄소 저감에 관한 연구동향을 정리하고자 한다.

Effect of Slot Discharge-Angle Change on Exhaust Efficiency of Range Hood System with Air Curtain (에어커튼형 레인지후드의 슬롯 토출 각도 변화와 배기 효율)

  • Sung, Sun-Kyung
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.27 no.9
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    • pp.468-474
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    • 2015
  • When oil is used for cooking in detached or apartment houses, large amounts of oil-mist, smoke, and particulate substances are generated and dispersed into the indoor-air environment. These pollutants diffuse into the surroundings and spread their odor while rising fast at a high temperature due to the heat energy from the gas range. Although the exhaust gas is discharged from the exhaust hood, which is installed on the top of a gas range to remove the diffuse pollutants, the exhaust conditions can vary greatly because they depend on the shape of the exhaust hood and the discharge rate. In this paper, the air that is required for the gas-exhaustion process is supplied by an air curtain that surrounds the kitchen hood, and the pollutant-capturing efficiency varies depending on the angle of the discharge grills; the pollutant-capturing efficiency was studied using a numerical-analysis method. The results indicate that the pollutant-capturing efficiency is not significantly changed by a change of the discharge-grill angle at a low air-discharge rate; however, at a high air-discharge rate, the efficiency value increases with an increase of the discharge-grill angle, whereby the best value occurs at 30 degrees and the efficiency decreases above this angle. Below 30 degrees, the effect of the discharge rate on the capturing efficiency is more than that of the discharge-grill angle.

The State of the Art and Architectural Environmental Property Evaluation of Earth Construction Material (주요 흙 건축재료 현황 및 건축환경 관련 물성 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Song, Seol-Young;Koo, Bo-Kyoung;Song, Seung-Yeong
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.83-91
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    • 2006
  • As a demand for sustainable development rises, the preference for earth house (earth construction) increases gradually. However, there are few data for predicting and evaluating the thermal environment and indoor air quality of earth house. Thus, this study aims to measure thermal properties(thermal conductivity, density and specific heat) and pollutants emission intensities(formaldehyde and volatile organic compounds) of current main earth construction materials and make a comparison between earth and cement construction materials. As results, quantitative thermal properties and pollutants emission intensities of current main earth construction materials are shown.

Affecting Factors of Personal Exposure to Toluene according to Sociodemographic Characterization and Time-activity Pattern (사회·인구학적 요인과 시간활동양상에 따른 톨루엔 개인노출의 영향요인 분석)

  • Jung, Soon-Won;Lee, Seok-Yong;Kim, Hyun jeong;Choi, Wookhee;Kim, Suejin;Yu, Seungdo;Yang, Wonho
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.43 no.2
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    • pp.157-166
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    • 2017
  • Objectives: Exposure to hazardous air pollutants could be affected by sociodemographic factors such as age, gender and more. Information on time spent in microenvironments has a critical role in exposure assessment. The purpose of this study was to analyze the exposure pathways which influence personal exposure through time-activity patterns and sociodemographic factors. Methods: A total of 379 subjects were collected from the second term of the Korean National Environmental Health Survey. A questionnaire survey in relation to sociodemographic factors and a time-activity diary were carried out for personal exposure to toluene. Focusing on personal exposure to toluene, factors affecting personal exposure were analyzed using multiple regression analysis. Results: Participants spent their time in an indoor house for $16.8{\pm}4.0hr$, workplace or school $2.3{\pm}3.5hr$, and other indoor $2.1{\pm}2.2hr$. Sociodemographic factors were significantly different among each personal exposure and microenvironment. Time of staying at an office turned out to be a main factor from point of exposure in exposure pathway using multiple regression analysis. As a result, this means that exposure may be different according to the time of staying in each microenvironment. Conclusions: Personal exposure to air pollutants might be decided by time-activity pattern indicating when, where, and which activities people pursue, as well as individual sociodemographic factors.