• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.285-288
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• 2020

전력수요가 많은 도심지역의 전력설비 설치가 늘어남에 따라 다수의 배전용 개폐기, 변압기와 같은 지상기기들이 보도에 설치되어 있다. 도심지역의 경우 매우 가혹한 환경(불법광고물 부착, 자동차 매연, 부식, UV 열화, 오염 등)으로 인해서 0.5-5년 내에 거리의 흉물로 변하고 있다. 불법광고물 무단 부착, 부식, 자동차 매연 및 오염, UV 열화로부터 환경친화형 배전기기를 운영하기 위해서는 광고물 부착방지, 방식, 내구성 향상, 미관 개선 기능의 현장 적용이 가능한 생체모방코팅소재 제조기술과 도포 기술 개발을 필요로 한다. 따라서 도막 경도가 단단한 실리콘레진 기반 도료를 개발하여 부착방지 및 낙서방지 기능 뿐만 아니라 도막 경도를 향상시키는 것으로 박리 현상을 저하시킬 수 있는 도료를 개발했다. 개발된 코팅제는 한국전력공사 대덕유성지사와 공동으로 노은 및 지족동 일대 배전기기 외함 9개소를 대상으로 현장 장기 실증시험을 통한 장기 내구성평가를 진행했다. 전력기기 생체모방 코팅기술은 다양한 손상 환경에 따라서 그 조건에 맞는 최적의 코팅 물질 및 공정 개발이 가능하다. 지속적인 코팅기술 업그레이드로 원천기술 및 지적재산권을 획득하고 전국의 설치된 기기로부터 장기실증 데이터를 취득함으로써 전력기기 운영/정비/보수 시장에 진출하여 경쟁력 있는 사업화의 기반 마련이 가능할 것으로 전망한다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.555-564
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• 2008

The bacterial community structure in biological activated carbon (BAC) process in drinking water treatment plant was investigated by Fluorescent in situ Hybridization (FISH) with rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probe. Samples were collected at different three points in BAC process every month for one year. They were hybridized with a probe specific for the alpha, beta, gamma subclass of the class Proteobacteria, Cytophaga-Flavobacteria group and Gram-positive high G+C content (HGC) group. Total numbers of bacteria in BAC process counted by 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) staining were $5.4{\times}10^{10}$ (top), $4.0{\times}10^{10}$ (middle) and $2.8{\times}10^{10}$ cells/ml (bottom). The number of the culturable bacteria was from $1.0{\times}10^7$ to $3.6{\times}10^7$ cells/ml and the culturability was about 0.05%. The faction of bacteria detectable by FISH with the probe EUB338 was about 83% of DAPI counts. Gamma and alpha subclass of the class Proteobacteria were predominant in BAC process and their ratios were over 20% respectively. In top and middle, alpha, beta and gamma subclass of the class Proteobacteria competed with each other and their percentages was changed according to the season. In bottom, gamma subclass of the class Proteobacteria was predominant all through the year. It could be successfully observed the seasonal distribution of bacterial community in biological activated carbon process using FISH.

• 한국해양생명과학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.87-92
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• 2023

미세플라스틱 입자는 환경 내 어디에나 존재하며 크기, 모양 또는 유형의 표준화된 입자가 아니다. 따라서 독성자료를 바탕으로 해수, 퇴적물 등 해양환경의 다차원을 정확하게 평가하고 관리하는 위험평가 프레임워크를 구축하는 것은 매우 어렵다. 본 연구에서는 해양환경 미세플라스틱의 특징과 영향을 조사하였고, 해양환경 미세플라스틱의 분포와 생물영향에 따른 위해도 평가 프레임워크(초안)를 제안하고 있다. 환경 미세플라스틱의 특성은 매우 다양하지만 대부분의 독성 데이터는 독특한 형태와 유형에 집중되어 있으며, 실험실 노출 생물과 관리해야 하는 생물 종도 다르다. 실제적으로, 지금까지의 수집된 연구결과는 위해성평가에 활용하기에 독성 데이터 품질에 있어 불확실성이 높기도 하며, 전통적인 위해성평가 프레임워크를 적용하는 데 있어 고려할 부분이 많이 존재한다. 그러나, 현재 미세플라스틱 관리에 대한 국제사회의 움직임이 점차 강화되고 있고, 해양환경의 미세플라스틱 오염도가 높아지고 있는 점을 고려하면, 해양환경의 미세 플라스틱 특성에 기초한 위해성평가 기법 구축에 대한 추가 연구가 제안되어야 할 것이다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권8호
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• pp.2935-2940
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• 2023

A polystyrene phantom was developed following the guidance of the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) for gamma knife (GK) quality assurance. Its performance was assessed by measuring the absorbed dose rate to water and dose distributions. The phantom was made of polystyrene, which has an electron density (1.0156) similar to that of water. The phantom included one outer phantom and four inner phantoms. Two inner phantoms held PTW T31010 and Exradin A16 ion chambers. One inner phantom held a film in the XY plane of the Leksell coordinate system, and another inner phantom held a film in the YZ or ZX planes. The absorbed dose rate to water and beam profiles of the machine-specific reference (msr) field, namely, the 16 mm collimator field of a GK Perfexion^TM or Icon^TM, were measured at seven GK sites. The measured results were compared to those of an IAEA-recommended solid water (SW) phantom. The radius of the polystyrene phantom was determined to be 7.88 cm by converting the electron density of the plastic, considering a water depth of 8 g/cm². The absorbed dose rates to water measured in both phantoms differed from the treatment planning program by less than 1.1%. Before msr correction, the PTW T31010 dose rates (PTW Freiberg GmbH, New York, NY, USA) in the polystyrene phantom were 0.70 (0.29)% higher on average than those in the SW phantom. The Exradin A16 (Standard Imaging, Middleton, WI, USA) dose rates were 0.76 (0.32)% higher in the polystyrene phantom. After msr correction factors were applied, there were no statistically significant differences in the A16 dose rates measured in the two phantoms; however, the T31010 dose rates were 0.72 (0.29)% higher in the polystyrene phantom. When the full widths at half maximum and penumbras of the msr field were compared, no significant differences between the two phantoms were observed, except for the penumbra in the Y-axis. However, the difference in the penumbra was smaller than variations among different sites. A polystyrene phantom developed for gamma knife dosimetry showed dosimetric performance comparable to that of a commercial SW phantom. In addition to its cost effectiveness, the polystyrene phantom removes air space around the detector. Additional simulations of the msr correction factors of the polystyrene phantom should be performed.

• 공업화학
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• 제10권7호
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• pp.1003-1007
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• 1999

금을 공침법으로 고분산시켜 제조한 촉매와 함침법으로 제조한 금 및 코발트 촉매상에서의 부타디엔과 펜타디엔의 수소화 활성 및 생성물 분포를 상압 유통식 반응기에서 조사하여, 고분산 금 입자의 수소화 반응특성 및 그의 역할에 대하여 검토하였다. 고분산된 담지 금 촉매의 수소화 활성은 함침법으로 제조한 촉매에 비하여 크게 증가하였고, 100% 전환율에서도 부분 수소화만이 진행되어 부텐의 선택율은 거의 100%이었다. 그러나 코발트 담지 촉매에서는 부탄까지 쉽게 수소화되었다. 이와 같은 금 촉매의 특성은 담체와의 계면에 존재하는 금이 수소화 적절한 친화력을 가지는 독특한 성질 때문으로 생각되었다. 고분산 담지 금 촉매의 부타디엔 및 펜타디엔에 대한 생성물 분포에서 각각 1-부텐이 60~67%, 그리고 2-펜텐이 약 62%로 거의 일정하게 얻어졌는데, 이는 공역디엔의 통계학적 수소부가 개념으로 설명할 수 있었다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제27권8호
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• pp.689-699
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• 2018

The changes on community structures of benthic macroinvertebrates, relevance to the environment and interrelationship between benthos were studied over two years in stream with large environmental disturbance, which caused by localized heavy rain during Typhoon Chaba in October 2016. As a result, the number of species and individuals were increased after localized heavy rain, especially numbers of individuals of Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera were greatly increased. On the contrary, those of Semisulcospira libertina and Semisulcospira forticosta of Mesogastropoda were greatly decreased. Dominant species was Baetis fuscatus of Ephemeroptera, numbers of species and individuals of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera(EPT group) were dramatically increased from 26 species, 110 individuals to 32 species, 365 individuals respectively. This suggests that the change of river bed and flow velocity due to heavy rain provided a suitable environment for the EPT group that preferred the rift of a stream. In the functional feeding group, only gathering collectors and filtering collectors were identified in autumn of 2017 because some functional groups preferentially adapted to the changed environment. The interspecific competition and environmental condition were the worst in autumn after heavy rain due to the increase individuals of some species. The ecological score of benthic macroinvertebrate community(ESB) was higher after the heavy rain than before. Results of the Group Pollution Index(GPI), Korean Saprobic Index(KSI) and Benthic Macroinvertebrate Index(BMI) were similar to those before and after heavy rainfall. Therefore, ESB was the most discriminating method for estimating the biological water quality in this study. Some species that are sensitive to water quality changes still appear or increase individuals in the area under investigation after the heavy rain. On the other hand, the individuals of some pollutant species decreased. This is thought to be because the habitat fluctuation caused by heavy rainfall has improved the water environment.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.97-104
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 일본 오사카에서 AERONET 선포토미터로 관측된 데이터를 분석하여 440, 675, 870, 1020 nm 파장에서의 입자 편광소멸도를 산출하였다. 산출된 결과는 같은 지역에서 측정된 라이다 자료로부터 얻어진 532 nm에서의 입자 편광소멸도와 비교하였다. 두 값은 440 nm를 제외하고는 잘 일치되는 결과를 보였고, 상관계수($R^2$)는 440, 675, 870, 1020 nm에서 각각 0.28, 0.81, 0.88 0.89의 값을 보였다. 가장 높은 상관계수를 보인 1020 nm에서의 입자 편광소멸도를 기준으로 값의 변화에 따른 입자의 혼합정도를 확인하였을 때, 순수 황사의 경우 높은 편광소멸도를 보이고 오염입자가 혼합될수록 값이 낮아짐을 보였다. 이는 단산란 알베도와 입자 크기 분포를 통하여 확인하였다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.310-320
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• 2008

Concentration of tropospheric ozone ($O_3$) was investigated for the South Korea. And then the critical ozone levels, expressed as AOT40 (Accumulated exposure over a threshold of 40 ppb) to vegetation have been used in this region within the UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) Convention on Long-Range Trans-boundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). Hourly ozone concentration data from 1996 to 2001 at 26 air monitoring stations was used to estimate the exceedance of the critical levels. It was calculated for daylight hours for each station, and mapped using surface interpolation over the South Korea. The critical levels of ozone have shown the highly exceeded value in the Gyeonggi region, southern coastal region and central inland of the South Korea. It was some different from the typical ozone distribution which represented highly in the western inland and coastal regions. The area exceeding the critical level for crops was founded to be more than 40% of the whole South Korean territory. While that for trees was to be about 17% of the South Korea. The critical ozone critical level was based upon data from experiments on specific species, and thus may not be fully representative for all types of vegetation. Nevertheless, the critical level and its exceedance of the ozone concentration would be one of the useful tools for international agreements on abatement strategies to prevent ecosystem damage.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.95-110
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• 2013

We report various synchrotron radiation laboratory based techniques used to characterize cement based materials in nanometer scale. High resolution X-ray transmission imaging combined with a rotational axis allows for rendering of samples in three dimensions revealing volumetric details. Scanning transmission X-ray microscope combines high spatial resolution imaging with high spectral resolution of the incident beam to reveal X-ray absorption near edge structure variations in the material nanostructure. Microdiffraction scans the surface of a sample to map its high order reflection or crystallographic variations with a micron-sized incident beam. High pressure X-ray diffraction measures compressibility of pure phase materials. Unique results of studies using the above tools are discussed-a study of pores, connectivity, and morphology of a 2,000 year old concrete using nanotomography; detection of localized and varying silicate chain depolymerization in Al-substituted tobermorite, and quantification of monosulfate distribution in tricalcium aluminate hydration using scanning transmission X-ray microscopy; detection and mapping of hydration products in high volume fly ash paste using microdiffraction; and determination of mechanical properties of various AFm phases using high pressure X-ray diffraction.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.737-753
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• 2011

The typical characteristics of seasonal winds were studied around the Pohang using two-stage (average linkage then k-means) clustering technique based on u- and v-component wind at 850 hpa from 2004 to 2006 (obtained the Pohang station) and a high-resolution (0.5 km grid for the finest domain) WRF-UCM model along with an up-to-date detailed land use data during the most predominant pattern in each season. The clustering analysis identified statistically distinct wind patterns (7, 4, 5, and 3 clusters) representing each spring, summer, fall, and winter. During the spring, the prevailed pattern (80 days) showed weak upper northwesterly flow and late sea-breeze. Especially at night, land-breeze developed along the shoreline was converged around Yeongil Bay. The representative pattern (92 days) in summer was weak upper southerly flow and intensified sea-breeze combined with sea surface wind. In addition, convergence zone between the large scale background flow and well-developed land-breeze was transported around inland (industrial and residential areas). The predominant wind distribution (94 days) in fall was similar to that of spring showing weak upper-level flow and distinct sea-land breeze circulation. On the other hand, the wind pattern (117 days) of high frequency in winter showed upper northwesterly and surface westerly flows, which was no change in daily wind direction.