• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2019년도 학술발표회
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• pp.161-161
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• 2019

Water security issues, stimulated by increasing population and changing climate, are growing and pausing major challenges for water resources managers around the world. Proper utilization, management and distribution of all available water resources is key to sustainable development for achieving water security To alleviate the water shortage, most of the current research on multi-sources combined water supplies depends on an overall generalization of regional water supply systems, which are seldom broken down into the detail required to address specific research objectives. This paper proposes the concept of optimization framework on multi water sources selection. A multi-objective water allocation model with four objective functions is introduced in this paper. Harmony search algorithm is employed to solve the applied model. The objective functions addresses the economic, environmental, and social factors that must be considered for achieving a sustainable water allocation to solve the issue of water security.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.34-44
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• 2016

Background: Little is known about how chemical water quality is associated with ecological stream health in relation to landuse patterns in a watershed. We evaluated spatial characteristics of water quality characteristics and the ecological health of Dongjin-River basin, Korea in relation to regional landuse pattern. The ecological health was assessed by the multi-metric model of Index of Biological Integrity (IBI), and the water chemistry data were compared with values obtained from the health model. Results: Nutrient and organic matter pollution in Dongjin-River basin, Korea was influenced by land use pattern and the major point sources, so nutrients of TN and TP increased abruptly in Site 4 (Jeongeup Stream), which is directly influenced by wastewater treatment plants along with values of electric conductivity (EC), bacterial number, and sestonic chlorophyll-a. Similar results are shown in the downstream (S7) of Dongjin River. The degradation of chemical water quality in the downstream resulted in greater impairment of the ecological health, and these were also closely associated with the landuse pattern. Forest region had low nutrients (N, P), organic matter, and ionic content (as the EC), whereas urban and agricultural regions had opposite in the parameters. Linear regression analysis of the landuse (arable land; $A_L$) on chemicals indicated that values of $A_L$ had positive linear relations with TP ($R^2=0.643$, p < 0.01), TN ($R^2=0.502$, p < 0.05), BOD ($R^2=0.739$, p < 0.01), and suspended solids (SS; ($R^2=0.866$, p < 0.01), and a negative relation with TDN:TDP ratios ($R^2=0.719$, p < 0.01). Conclusions: Chemical factors were closely associated with land use pattern in the watershed, and these factors influenced the ecological health, based on the multimetric fish IBI model. Overall, the impairments of water chemistry and the ecological health in Dongjin-River basin were mainly attributes to point-sources and land-use patterns.

• 시스템엔지니어링학술지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.73-87
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• 2016

Combining power generation and water production by desalination is economically advantageous. Most desalination projects use fossil fuels as an energy source, and thus contribute to increased levels of greenhouse gases. Environmental concerns have spurred researchers to find new sources of energy for desalination plants. The coupling of nuclear power production with desalination is one of the best options to achieve growth with lower environmental impact. In this paper, we will per-form a sensitivity study of coupling nuclear power to various combinations of desalination technology: {1} thermal (MSF [Multi-Stage Flashing], MED [Multi-Effect Distillation], and MED-TVC [Multi-Effect Distillation with Thermal Vapour Compression]); {2} membrane RO [Reverse Osmosis]; and {3} hybrid (MSF-RO [Multi-Stage Flashing & Reverse Osmosis] and MED-RO [Multi-Effect Distillation & Reverse Osmosis]). The Korean designed reactor plant, the APR1400 will be modeled as the energy production facility. The economical evaluation will then be executed using the computer program DEEP (Desalination Economic Evaluation Program) as developed by the IAEA. The program has capabilities to model several types of nuclear and fossil power plants, nuclear and fossil heat sources, and thermal distillation and membrane desalination technologies. The output of DEEP includes levelized water and power costs, breakdowns of cost components, energy consumption, and net saleable power for any selected option. In this study, we will examine the APR1400 coupled with a desalination power plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) as a prototypical example. The KSA currently has approximately 20% of the installed worldwide capacity for seawater desalination. Utilities such as power and water are constructed and run by the government. Per state practice, economic evaluation for these utilities do not consider or apply interest or carrying cost. Therefore, in this paper the evaluation results will be based on two scenarios. The first one assumes the water utility is under direct government control and in this case the interest and discount rate will be set to zero. The second scenario will assume that the water utility is controlled by a private enterprise and in this case we will consider different values of interest and discount rates (4%, 8%, & 12%).

• 한국관개배수논문집
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.127-140
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• 2014

Recently drastic climate changes(e.g., extreme floods and droughts) are often taking place around the world. Even an increase in uncertainty, population, and mega cities has caused drastic changes in water recycle process. As in other countries, Korea has faced some issues relevant to water security. In response to these changes, Smart Water Grid(SWG) system combining the current water resources management with ICT (Information and Communications Technology) is considered as a new paradigm for the Korean water resources management. This study aims to explore and identify influential factors contributing to the SWG system's application to analyze the importance and role of those factors, and then to offer a policy suggestion for the successful application of the SWG system along with legislative improvements in Korea. In this study, we looked at different barriers related to the SWG application and also the complicated Korean water laws, enacted by different ministries and in order to efficiently apply the SWG system to the current Korean water resources management structures. This study employed qualitative research methods to analyze and identify the priorities of the tasks to be implemented by analyzing conditions for the SWG application, especially related to multi water sources and micro water grid, because legal and institutional measures can be more important to manage conflicts between different stakeholders once the SWG enters a phase of standardization and commercialization from its development stage.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.1052-1065
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• 2024

Advanced Pressurized Water Reactors (APWRs) and Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs) employ a suppression pool as a heat sink to prevent containment overpressure. Steam can be discharged into the pool through multi-hole spargers or blowdown pipes in both normal and accident conditions. Direct Contact Condensation (DCC) creates sources of momentum and heat. The competition between these two sources determines the development of thermal stratification or mixing of the pool. Thermal stratification is of safety concern as it reduces the cooling capability compared to a completely mixed pool condition. In this work we develop a scaling approach to prediction of the thermal stratification in a water pool induced by steam injection through spargers. Experimental data obtained from large-scale pool tests conducted in the PPOOLEX and PANDA facilities, as well as simulation results obtained using validated codes are used to develop the scaling. Two injection orientations, namely radial injection through multi-hole Sparger Head (SH) and vertical injection through Load Reduction Ring (LRR), are considered. We show that the erosion rate of the cold layer can be estimated using the Richardson number. In this work, scaling laws are proposed to estimate both the (i) transient erosion velocity and (ii) the stable position of the thermocline. These scaling laws are then implemented into a 1D model to simulate the thermal behavior of the pool during steam injection through the sparger.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.57-62
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• 2017

The heat transfer performance of a multi-heat-source fluidized bed heat exchanger was analyzed. The fluidized bed heat exchanger examined in this study can simultaneously recover the waste heat from gas, water vapor, and hot water. The effects of waste water flow rate, gas flow rate, and cooling water flow rate were examined to find their experimental correlations with the heat transfer coefficient. A computer program using the correlations was developed in this study to predict the thermal performance of the fluidized bed heat exchanger. The calculated heat transfer rates of gas, water vapor, waste water, and cooling water were compared with the measured values. It was found that the error of the calculated values was less than 12%.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제55권1호
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• pp.59-70
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• 2022

상수도관망은 대표적인 사회기반시설로 수원에서 수용가에게 물을 공급하는 과정에서 병원성 미생물을 소독하기 위해 염소를 주입한다. 안전한 물의 공급을 위해 잔류염소 농도 기준(0.1-4.0 mg/L)을 유지하도록 규정하고 있으나, 사용자의 사용 패턴, 수령, 상수도관망의 형식 및 특징은 수리학적(i.e., 절점의 압력, 관로의 유속) 및 수질적(i.e., 잔류염소 농도) 특징에 영향을 미친다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 Multi-objective Harmony Search (MOHS)를 사용하여 수질-수리 인자를 고려한 상수도관망 최적 설계 기법을 개발하였다. 설계인자로는 설계비용과 시스템 탄력성을 고려하였으며, 절점의 압력과 잔류염소 농도를 제약조건으로 적용하였다. 도출된 최적설계안은 상수도관망의 형식 및 특징에 따라 분석하였다. 이러한 최적설계안은 경제적인 측면과 수질 측면의 안전성을 충족할 수 있으며, 사용자의 사용성을 증가시킬 수 있다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.511-517
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• 2011

To evaluate carbon emission in water treatment processes, LCA (life cycle assessment) was applied to 8 multi-regional water treatment plants (WTPs) from intake to supply of tap water. Investigation of 8 WTPs revealed that average carbon emission for 1 $m^3$ of tap water was 221 g. Major carbon emission sources in water supply system were intake and supply processes. Meanwhile, mixing process was the main carbon emission source in unit water treatment processes. Carbon emission was proportional to the turbidity and COD of raw water. Intake of better raw water and minimization of energy consumption in unit processes are needed to reduce carbon emission in the WTPs. In addition, comparison of carbon emission among WTPs can be used as a parameter for optimization of operation and maintenance of water treatment processes.

• 천문학회보
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.109.2-109.2
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• 2011

We have carried out a multi-epoch, simultaneous 22GHz $H_2O$ and 44GHz class I $CH_3OH$ maser survey of 109 low-mass protostars. $H_2O$ maser emission was detected in 23 sources, while $CH_3OH$ maser emission in 12 sources. Eight of the $CH_3OH$ detected sources are new detections. For comparison, only four low-mass protostars have been previously found to emit the maser emisison. We investigate difference between the properties of the two masers, such as relative velocity with respect to molecular gas and variability. We also compare the isotropic luminosities of both masers with the bolometric luminosity of the central star.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.306-314
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• 2023

하천퇴적물은 유역내 다양한 오염원으로부터 발생하는 중금속, 유기물 등 오염물질의 수용체일 뿐만 아니라 수질 오염 및 수생태 악영향을 유발할 수 있는 2차적 오염원이기에 중요한 관리대상이라고 할 수 있다. 오염된 하천퇴적물의 효과적인 관리를 위해서는 오염원에 대한 식별과 이와 연계된 관리대책의 수립이 우선되어야 한다. 본 연구는 하천퇴적물내 측정된 다양한 이화학적 오염항목 분포 특성에 기반하여 퇴적물의 주요 오염원을 식별하기 위한 방법으로서 기계학습모델의 적용성을 평가하였다. 기계학습 모델의 성능 평가를 위해 전국 4대강 수계내 주요 폐금속광산 및 산업단지 인근에서 수집된 총 356개의 하천퇴적물에 대한 중금속 10개 항목(Cd, Cu, Pb, Ni, As, Zn, Cr, Hg, Li, Al)과 토양항목 3개(모래, 실트, 점토 비율) 수질항목 5개(함수율, 강열감량, 총유기탄소, 총질소, 총인)를 포함한 총 18개 오염항목에 대한 분석자료를 활용하였다. 기계학습 분류 모델로서 선형판별분석(linear discriminant analysis, LDA)과 서포트벡터머신(support vector machine, SVM) 분류기를 사용하여 폐금속광산('광산')과 산업단지('산단') 인근에서의 하천퇴적물 시료의 분류 성능을 평가한 결과, 채취 지점 및 시기별 4가지 경우(비강우시 광산, 강우시 광산, 비강우시 산단, 및 강우시 산단)에 대한 퇴적물 시료의 분류 성능이 우수하였으며, 특히 비선형 모델인 SVM(88.1%)이 선형모델인 LDA(79.5%) 보다 퇴적물을 분류하는데 있어 보다 우수한 성능을 나타냈다. SVM 앙상블 기반 비배타적 다중라벨분류기 모델을 이용하여 각 시료채취 지점 상류 유역 1km 반경 내 지배적인 토지이용 및 오염원을 다중 타겟값으로 다중분류 예측을 수행한 결과, 폐금속광산과 산업단지의 분류는 비교적 높은 정확도로 수행하였으나, 도시와 농업지역 등 다른 비점오염원에 대한 분류정확도는 56~60%범위로 비교적 낮게 나타났다. 이는 다중라벨 분류모델의 복잡성에 비해 데이터셋의 크기가 상대적으로 작아서 발생한 과적합에 기인한 것으로 향후 보다 많은 측정자료가 확보될 경우 기계학습 모델을 적용한 오염원 분류의 정확도를 보다 향상시킬 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.