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Environmental Load Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste using LCA (LCA를 통한 도시 고형 페기물의 환경부하평가)

  • ;Susumu Tohno;Mikio Kasshara
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.643-650
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    • 2003
  • We analyzed the amount of environmental loads, and the amount of energy consumption through life cycle assessment from a discharge stage to the ultimate disposal to municipal solid waste in Seoul. We carried out inventory analysis of the amount of environmental loads that made the object range collection, intermediate treatment, and the final treatment, and took into consideration each stage exceptions CO$_2$ and NOx , the amount of SOx discharge, and energy consumption. We applied the data of an object model, and acquisition processed the scale of an object model suitably and applied to it to difficult data using the data of the Yokohama City incineration plant in Japan. The amount of environmental loads per Iton of municipal waste were analyzed CO$_2$ 0.4C-ton, SOx 0.4kg and NOx 0.8kg. Moreover, the amount of energy consumption which is 2.4Gcal was computed.

A Case of Exacerbated Pulmonary Tuberculosis after Contracting Measles (홍역 이환으로 악화된 폐결핵 1례)

  • Lee, Yong Soon;Lee, Soo Jin;Yoo, Young;Kim, Shin Na
    • Pediatric Infection and Vaccine
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.229-233
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    • 2001
  • The incidence of complications of measles is about 4% and most of the chief complications are in the respiratory system, such as pneumonia, bronchitis. One of other potential dangers of measles is exacerbation of an existing pulmonary tuberculosis. We report a case of exacerbated pulmonary tuberculosis in 15-year old male child after contracting measles during epidemic in year 2001.

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Status of Technology development of RDF for municipal wastes in Korea (국내 생활폐기물 RDF 기술개발 동향)

  • Lee, Ha-Baik;Choi, Yeon-Seok
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.705-708
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    • 2007
  • RDF means Refuse Derived Fuel, it is made pellets with combustible materials in municipal waste and RDF use a renewable energy instead with natural coal. RDF Technology is a essential one to treat municipal waste steadily and secure a energy source in Korea. Already RDF Technology commercialize in Japan, USA, Europe and there are many of RDF production plants and utilization facilities. The first RDF plant was constructed in Wonju Korea in October 2006 and is good operation. Government accelerate establishment of concerning laws and support to develop technology and spread RDF plants and utilization facilities.

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Municipal solid waste management in Aba, Nigeria: Challenges and prospects

  • Ezechi, Ezerie Henry;Nwabuko, Chima George;Enyinnaya, Ogbonna Chidi;Babington, Chibunna John
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.231-236
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    • 2017
  • Solid waste disposal and management is a critical problem in Nigeria. Annually, a huge quantity of municipal solid waste is generated in Aba. Municipal solid waste disposal in Aba poses severe challenge to environmental safety, public health and welfare of citizens. The situation is made worse by the indiscriminate dumping of refuse at roadsides, streets, waterways and empty lands. The impact of this waste management practice in Aba is environmental deterioration. Efforts to improve waste management in Aba have not recorded significant success. This paper therefore aims to highlight the challenges facing the waste management sector in Aba and proffer solutions on how to improve the sector.

A Comparative Study on the Human Resource Efficiency between the Korean and Japanese Municipal Hospitals using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA를 이용한 한국과 일본 공공병원의 인적자원 효율성 평가)

  • Nam, Sang-Yo
    • Korea Journal of Hospital Management
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.51-74
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    • 2007
  • This study applied Data Envelopment Analysis to a set of Korean Public Corporation Medical Centers and Japanese Municipal Hospitals to compare their relative human resource efficiencies. Based on the data provided on the inputs and outputs, the analysis showed Japanese municipal hospitals were relatively efficient than Korean hospitals. The result of analysing BCC model shows 5 hospitals in Japan and 7 in Korea with an efficiency rating of less than 1 as considered relatively inefficient. For the inefficient hospitals the manner in which inefficient hospitals may be made efficient were indicated by the managerial strategies based on dual variables. A subsequent analysis of Wilcoxon rank-sum test revealed that the medical revenue per medical expense, labor cost per value added revenue were statistically significant between efficient and inefficient Korean hospitals and medical revenue per medical expense, labor cost per value added revenue, bed occupancy rate, average length of stay, rate of personnel expenses per medical revenue were statistically significant between efficient and inefficient Japanese hospitals.

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Application of Paper and Paperboard Packaging for the Environmental Issues in U.S.A and E.U (환경을 고려한 선진국의 지.판지 포장재 적용 추세)

  • Kim, Jae-Neung
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.33-42
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    • 1996
  • The portion of the recycled paper and paper board packaging material has been the highest in recycled municipal solid waste since 1960 but still the portion of the discarded paper and paper board packaging material is the highest (32.3%) in whole discarded municipal solid waste in USA. In order to reduce more the discarded paper and paper board, the common municipal solid waste treatments were compared and recycling treatment was still recommended for the the discarded paper and paper board rather than of the waste treatments, landfill, incineration, and source reduction. In this paper, the obstacled of recycling treatment of the paper and paper board in municipal solid waste and new application of recycled paper and paper board packaging material are discussed.

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A Study on Mercury Emission Factor for Environmental Impact Assessment of Municipal Waste Incinerator (소각장 환경영향평가시 수은 배출 계수에 관한 연구)

  • Chun, Mee-Kyung;Park, Seok-Soon
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.113-125
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    • 1998
  • The amount of mercury emitted from an incinerator depends on the properties of waste, combustion condition, and control devices. Mercury concentration in air proportionates to the increase of incinerator installation. The purpose of this study is to provide a method for determination of mercury emission factor which can predict the amount of mercury emitted from each incinerator specifically. Case study was performed for N municipal waste incinerator. Based on the method presented in this paper, we obtained mercury emission factor as 1.85~1.95 g Hg/t at N Municipal Waste Incinerator and this result was regarded as reasonable when compared with existing mercury emission factor in reference cases. Fluorescent lamps turned out to be the most important source(44.4%) of mercury in municipal waste and its amount will tend to increase, while batteries become less significant. In addition, medical waste is one of the major source of mercury.

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Prediction of Polychlorinated-dibenzofurans (PCDFs) Formation in Municipal Waste Incinerator (도시소각로에서 Polychlorinated-dibenzofurans (PCDFs)의 생성 예측)

  • Ryu, Jae-Yong;Suh, Jeong-Min
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.842-850
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    • 2006
  • The role of chlorination reactions in the formation of polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in a municipal waste incinerator was assessed using a chlorination model for predicting PCDF isomer distributions. Complete distributions of PCDF congeners were obtained from a stoker-type municipal waste incinerator operated under 13 test conditions. Samples were collected from the flue gas prior to the gas cleaning system. While total PCDF yields varied by a factor of five to six, the distributions of congeners were similar. A chlorination model, dependent only on the observed distribution of monochlorinated isomers, was developed to predict the distributions of poly-chlorinated isomers formed by chlorination of dibenzofuran (DF). Agreement between predicted and measured PCDF isomer distributions was high for all homologues, supporting the hypothesis that DF chlorination can play an important role in the formation of PCDF byproducts.

Effects of Landfill Leachate on the Treatment of Municipal Wastewater (매립지 침출수가 도시하수처리에 미치는 영향)

  • Jang, Ji-Hee;Kim, Yeong-Kwan
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.117-123
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    • 1996
  • A bench-scale continuous activated sludge system was operated in order to study the effects of solid waste landfill leachate on municipal wastewater treatment. The leachate sample was collected from Nanjido landfill. During the 7 weeks of operational period, the leachate content in the influent fed to the system was increased stepwise from 3% to 5% and 7%. The solids retention time was the major process control parameter, and it was 10 days. With the municipal wastewater alone, COD removal was 75%. The removal percents, however, decreased to 60% and 45% when the leachate content was 3% and 7%, respectively. For the wastewater spiked with the leachate, the sludge production was higher than for the municipal wastewater alone. Sludge settleability determined by SVI deteriorated with the increase of leachate content. The specific oxygen uptake rate, however, was measured higher as leachate content increased.

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Municipal waste classification system design based on Faster-RCNN and YoloV4 mixed model

  • Liu, Gan;Lee, Sang-Hyun
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.305-314
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    • 2021
  • Currently, due to COVID-19, household waste has a lot of impact on the environment due to packaging of food delivery. In this paper, we design and implement Faster-RCNN, SSD, and YOLOv4 models for municipal waste detection and classification. The data set explores two types of plastics, which account for a large proportion of household waste, and the types of aluminum cans. To classify the plastic type and the aluminum can type, 1,083 aluminum can types and 1,003 plastic types were studied. In addition, in order to increase the accuracy, we compare and evaluate the loss value and the accuracy value for the detection of municipal waste classification using Faster-RCNN, SDD, and YoloV4 three models. As a final result of this paper, the average precision value of the SSD model is 99.99%, the average precision value of plastics is 97.65%, and the mAP value is 99.78%, which is the best result.