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Micro-PIXE as a Technique for Multi-elemental Detection and Localization in Various Atmospheric Environmental Samples

  • Ma, Chang-Jin;Choi, Sung-Boo
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.24 no.E1
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    • pp.54-62
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    • 2008
  • Microbeam PIXE, often called micro-PIXE, is one of powerful tools for analyzing a wide range of elements for various samples. Moreover, it has important applications of interest to the atmospheric science. In the present study, a qualitative elemental imagination for various atmospheric environmental species was attempted using micro-PIXE. Especially, in combination with a novel individual droplet collection method and the micro-PIXE analytical technique, the chemical specification of various individual atmospheric samples could be carried out. Here, we briefly introduce the results of an application of micro-PIXE to the study of atmospheric environment. The detailed spatial resolution of multiple elements for various samples like individual ambient particles, individual raindrops, individual fog droplets, and individual snow crystals could be successfully achieved by scanning 2.6 MeV $H^+$ micro beam ($1{\sim}2{\mu}m$) accelerated by 3 MeV single-end accelerator.

Digital Assembly Simulation of Micro Factory Constructed with Rectangular Pattern (사각패턴으로 구축된 초소형 공장의 디지털 조립 시뮬레이션)

  • Park, Sang-Ho;Choi, Sung-Il;Subramaniyam, Murali;Seo, Joo-Hyun;Song, Joon-Yub;Park, Se-Jin
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.64-69
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    • 2008
  • In recent years, most of the researchers have been working on micro system manufacturing technological environment. With this international trend and one of the key researches in Korea, this paper gives the keynote on manufacturing the micro-scaled part with digital micro factory and its simulation. In order to construct and estimate reconfigurable simulation time, the digital simulation has been performed for the micro factory and for ultra small machines. From simulation result we came to know that micro factory requires less work-in space and processing time to manufacture micro-scaled part with different environment.

Tertiary Treatment of Sewage by Micro Bubble Ozone and BAF System (미세기포 오존과 생물여과 시스템을 이용한 생활하수의 3차 처리에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Dong-Han;Jang, Young-Ho;Kim, Jong-Su;Kim, Keug-Tae
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.877-884
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, the removal characteristics of dissolved organic carbon (DOCs) by micro bubble ozonation process and $O_3/UV$ process were comparatively studied. In the point of DOC removing reaction coefficient, micro bubble ozonation system and $O_3/UV$ process had not significant difference, $0.0120sec^{-1}$ and $0.0141sec^{-1}$. Therefore micro bubble ozonation process is more suitable for tertiary treatment of sewage in the point of installation and maintenance cost-reducing. The optimum ozone injection rate was 2.0 g $O_3/g$ DOC and HRT was 3 min for the micro bubble ozonation process. The removal efficiency of DOC and SUVA in micro bubble ozonation system was 32.8% and 58.3% respective. Biological aerated filter (BAF) process was installed to remove soluble organic material increased by micro bubble ozonation system. And the effluent BOD of BAF was below 1.0 mg/L. In the view of cost-effectiveness, $O_3/BAF$ process was more profitable than $O_3/UV/BAF$ process for tertiary treatment of sewage. In order to nitrify ammonia in the BAF process completely, $NH_4{^+}-N$ concentration in the influent water of BAF should be designed considering low water temperature in the winter season.

A Study on How to Improve the Accuracy of Automatic Micro Dust Measurement Equipment (미세먼지 자동측정장비의 정확도 향상 방안 연구)

  • Cho, Min-cheol;Kim, Seung-Ho;Na, Hye-Yun;Kim, Nan-Hee;Cho, Gwang-un;Bae, Seok-Jin;Lee, Se-Haeng
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.31 no.5
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    • pp.447-456
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    • 2022
  • This study was conducted to propose a way to increase the accuracy and precision of 𝛽-ray measurement equipment. Statistical processing results of equivalent evaluation data from 2016 to 2021 confirmed that the concentration of micro dust measured by 𝛽-ray measurement equipment was higher than that of micro dust sampler. According to quarterly data, it was confirmed that the data from the third quarter (July to September) showed a different trend from other periods, which is assumed to be due to weather conditions. This study indicates that automatic micro-dust measurement equipment evaluation at air pollution measuring stations during the third quarter should be excluded. The evaluation cycle should be changed from once every two years to quarterly. In addition, when the criterion for determining equivalence evaluation falls within the range of the slope and intercept values of the existing trend line, it is necessary to evaluate the R2 value together and reduce the slope from 0.9-1.1 to 0.9-1.0.

A Basic Study on Burr Formation of Micro Cutting Process with the Ferrous Metal at tow Temperature (철계 금속 마이크로 절삭 가공시 저온 환경에서의 버 발생에 관한 기초연구)

  • Kim, G.H.;Kim, D.J.;Sohn, J.I.;Yoon, G.S.;Heo, Y.M.;Cho, M.W.
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.166-171
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, a basic study on micro cutting process with SM20C at low temperature environment was performed. In macro cutting fields, the cryogenic cutting process has been applied to cut the refractory metal but, the serious problem may be generated in micro cutting fields by the cryogenic environment. However, if the proper low temperature is applied to micro cutting area, the cooling effect of cutting heat is expected. Such effect can make the reduction of tool wear and burr formation. For verifying this possibility, the micro cutting experiment at low temperature was performed and SEM images were analyzed.

Performance Analysis to Evaluate the Suitability of MicroVM with AI Applications for Edge Computing

  • Yunha Choi;Byungchul Tak
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.107-116
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    • 2024
  • In this paper, we analyze the performance of MicroVM when running AI applications on an edge computing environment and whether it can replace current container technology and traditional virtual machines. To achieve this, we set up Docker container, Firecracker MicroVM and KVM virtual machine environments on a Raspberry Pi 4 and executed representative AI applications in each environment. We analyze the inference time, total CPU usage and trends over time and file I/O performance on each environment. The results show that there is no significant performance difference between MicroVM and container when running AI applications. Moreover, on average, a stable inference time over multiple trials was observed on MicroVM. Therefore, we can confirm that executing AI applications using MicroVM instead of container or heavy-weight virtual machine is suitable for an edge computing.

A Study on the Development for Environment Monitoring System of Micro Data Center (마이크로 데이터센터의 환경 모니터링 시스템 개발 연구)

  • Lee, Kap Rai;Kim, Young Sik
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.355-360
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    • 2022
  • In this paper, we present design and developing method for EMS(environment monitoring system) of micro data center. This developing EMS monitors operating environment of micro data center and analyze sensing data through IoT(Internet of things) sensors in real time. Firstly we present configuration method of IoT sensing package and design method EMS hardware platform. Secondly we design data collector software for data collection of IoT sensor with different protocol and develop monitoring software of EMS. The data collector software consists of sensor collector module and collector manager module. Also we design EMS software which has micro service architecture structural style and component based business logic.

Separation of micro-plastics from sea water using electromagnetic archimedes force

  • N. Nomura;F. Mishima;S. Nishijima
    • Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.18-21
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    • 2023
  • Pollution of the environment by micro-plastics is now a worldwide problem. Plastics are difficult to decompose and put a great load on the marine environment. Especially a plastic with a size of 5 mm or less is defined as micro-plastic and are carried by ocean currents over long distances, causing global pollution. These are not easily decomposed in the natural environment. In this paper, we aimed to experimentally demonstrate that micro-plastics in seawater can be continuously separated by electromagnetic Archimedes force. Using polyethylene particles of 3 mm in diameter as the separation target, a flow channel was fabricated and separation conditions were investigated by particle trajectory calculations for separation experiments. Based on the calculation results, a solenoid-type superconducting magnet was used as a source of magnetic field to conduct separation experiments of micro-plastics in seawater. Although a high separation rate was assumed in the simulation results, the experimental results did not show any significant improvement in the separation rate due to the electromagnetic Archimedes force. It was found that the gas generated by the electrolytic reaction may have inhibited the migration of the particles.

Development of Method for In-situ Micro-Scale Observation of Stress Corrosion Cracking in High-Temperature Primary Water Environment (원전 고온 1차수 환경에서 응력부식균열의 실시간 마이크로 스케일 관찰 방법 개발)

  • Jung-Ho Shin;Jong-Yeon Lee;Sung-Woo Kim
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.265-272
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    • 2023
  • The aim of this study was to develop a new in-situ observation method and instrument in micro-scale to investigate the mechanism of stress corrosion cracking (SCC) initiation of Ni-base alloys in a high temperature water environment of pressurized water reactors (PWRs). A laser confocal microscope (LCM), an autoclave with diamond window view port, and a slow strain-rate tester with primary water circulation loop system were components of the instrument. Diamond window, one of the core components of the instrument, was selected based on its optical, chemical, and mechanical properties. LCM was used to observe the specimen in micro-scale, considering the experimental condition of a high-temperature primary water environment. Using in-situ method and instrument, it is possible to observe oxidation and deformation of specimen surface in micro-scale through the diamond window in a high-temperature primary water in real-time. The in-situ method and instrument developed in this work can be utilized to investigate effects of various factors on SCC initiation in a high-temperature water environment.

A Study on the Actual Condition of Microplastic Contamination in Mackerel

  • Kwon, Woo-Taeg;Kim, Kui-Sung;Lee, Woo-Sik;Kwon, Lee-Seung;Rha, Young-Ah
    • Culinary science and hospitality research
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.119-127
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the contamination level of micro plastics in Korean mackerel and to investigate the detection method of micro plastics in fish. This study analyzed the detection and composition of micro plastics using natural mackerel and wild mackerel. 30% hydrogen peroxide and surfactant were added to GF/C filter paper in order to detect micro plastics in the sea. If micro plastics are exposed to the ocean for a long time, accumulation of heavy metals in the water will make pollutant bioaccumulation more serious. Microscopic consequences The risk to human health of plastics has already been studied by many researchers and the risks to human health already caused by marine microorganisms and zooplankton are becoming clear. The conclusion of this study is that there is a difference between the length and height of the mackerel when it is cooked from the standpoint of food in terms of practical implications. The conclusion of this study is that the probability of micro-plastic-contaminated mackerel to reach and be consumed by end-consumers is low in academic implications. Residual contaminants adsorbed on micro plastics are absorbed by digestive organs and cause disruption, and further research on micro plastics is needed in the future.