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The present state of natural disaster caused by extreme heat in the Korea Peninsula (폭염으로 인한 한반도 자연재해 현황)

  • Kim, Eun-Byul;Park, Jong-Kil;Kim, Baek-Jo
    • 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.02a
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    • pp.323-326
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    • 2007
  • Recently, occurrence frequency of natural disasters decrease but scale of damage increase remarkably by the Climate change due to global warming. Especially, extreme heat become more critical weather problem in the Korean Peninsula. But, we don't have exact threshold about extreme heat. Extreme heat does not classify into natural disaster. Therefore, we have compared death count of the natural disaster with the one of extreme heat at Seoul, Korea. As a result, the number of death by extreme heat don't smaller than one by the natural disasters and we knew extreme heat have also to consider as natural disaster.

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The Meteorological Disaster Analysis for the Natural Disaster Mitigation in the Korean Peninsula (자연재해 저감을 위한 한반도 피해 현황 분석)

  • Park, Jong-Kil;Choi, Hyo-Jin;Jung, Woo-Sik
    • 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.02a
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    • pp.319-322
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    • 2007
  • This study aims to find the characteristics of damage and states of natural disasters at the Korean Peninsula from 1985 to 2004. Using the data of Statistical yearbook of calamities issued by the National Emergency Management Agency and Annual Climatological Report issued by the Korea Meteorological Administration. we have analyzed the cause, elements, and vulnerable regions for natural disasters. Major causes of natural disaster at Korean Peninsula are four, such as a heavy rain, heavy rain typhoon, typhoon, storm snow, and storm. The frequency of natural disaster is the highest from June to September. The period from December to March also shows high frequency. The total amount of damage is high during the summer season(Jul.-Sept). The period from January to March shows relatively high amount of damage due to storm and storm snow The areas of Gangwon-do, Gyeongsangnam-do and Gyeongsangbuk-do are classified the vulnerable region for the natural disasters. By establishing mitigation plans which fit the type and characteristics of disaster for each region, damage from disaster can be reduced with efficient prevention activities.

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A Study on Spark Ignition Natural Gas Engines

  • Cho Haeng-Muk
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.455-462
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    • 2006
  • Natural gas is a promising alternative fuel to meet strict engine emission regulations in many countries. Natural gas engines can operate at lean burn and stoichiometric burn conditions with different combustion and emission characteristics. In this paper, the fuel economy, emissions, misfire, knock and cycle-to-cycle variations in indicated mean effective pressure of lean burn natural gas engines are highlighted. Stoichiometric burn natural gas engines are briefly reviewed. To keep the output power and torque of natural gas engines comparable to that of gasoline engines, high boosting pressure should be used. High activity catalyst for methane oxidation and lean deNOx system or three way catalyst with precisely control strategies should be developed to meet stringent emission standards.

Experimental Study on the Structural Characteristics of Gas Hydrates for the Transportation of Natural Gas (천연가스 수송을 위한 가스 하이드레이트의 구조적 특성에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • Kim, Nam-Jin;Kim, Chong-Bo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.251-258
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    • 2003
  • Natural gas hydrates typically contain 85 wt.% water and 15 wt.% natural gas, and commonly belongs to cubic structure I and II. When referred to standard conditions, 1㎥ solid hydrates contain up to 172N㎥ of methane gas, depending on the pressure and temperature of production. Such large volumes make natural gas hydrates can be used to store and transport natural gas. So, the tests were performed on the formation of natural gas hydrate is governed by the pressure, temperature, gas composition etc. The results show that the formation pressure of structure II is lower about 65% and the solubility is higher about 3 times than that of structure I.

Molecular Cloning and mRNA Expression a Glutathione S-Transferase cDNA from the Spider, Araneus ventricosus

  • Shin, Geun Ho;Kim, Hyung Suk;Kwon, Dong Wook;Lee, Jin Young;Byeon, Gyeong Min;Sohn, Hung Dae;Jin, Byung Rae
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.65-71
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    • 2004
  • A fat body-specific glutathione S-transferase cDMA was cloned from the spider, Araneus ventricosus. The cDNA encoding A. ventricosus glutathione S-transferase (AvGST) is 645 base pairs long with an open reading frame of 215 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular weight of approximately 24 kDa. Northern blot analysis showed the tissue-specifically expression of AvGST in the A. ventricosus fat body.