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Experimental Investigation on the Enhancement of Methane Hydrate Formation in the Solid Transportation of Natural Gas (천연가스 고체화 수송을 위한 메탄 하이드레이트 충진율 증대에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • 김남진;정재성;김종보
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.14 no.10
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    • pp.863-870
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    • 2002
  • Fossil fuels have been depleted gradually and new energy resource which can solve this shortage is needed now. Methane hydrate, non-polluting new energy resource, satisfies this requirement and considered the precious resource prevent the global warming. Fortunately, there are abundant resources of methane hydrate distribute in the earth widely, so developing the techniques that can use these gases effectively is fully valuable. the work presented here is to develop the skill which can transport and store methane hydrate. As a first step, the equilibrium point experiment has been carried out by increasing temperatures in the cell at fixed pressures. The influence of gas consumption rates under variable degree of subcooling, stirring and water injection has been investigated formation to find out kinetic characteristics of the hydrate. The results of present investigation show that the enhancements of the hydrate formation in terms of the gas/water ratio are closely related to operational pressure, temperature, degrees of subcooling, stirring rate, and water injection.

Distribution of five rare plants in Korea

  • Son, Sung-Won;Lee, Byung-Chun;Yang, Hyung-Ho;Seol, Ye-Joo
    • Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.280-286
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    • 2011
  • The natural habitats and distribution of five rare plants were recently discovered in Korea. Salomonia oblongifolia DC., which grows in mountain wetlands, was found in Gijang-gun, Busan, Gokseong-gun, Jeollanam-do, and Shinan-gun, Jeollanam-do. Glaux maritima var. obtusifolia Fernald, which grows along the coast, was found in Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do and Buk-gu, Ulsan. Tillaea aquatica L. and Limosella aquatica L., which was previously not known to be present in Korea, were discovered in Gijang-gun, Busan for the first time. Apocynum lancifolium Russanov, which has a narrow distribution range in Korea, was also found in Samcheok-si, Gangwon-do, Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do, Jung-gu, Incheon, Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do and Shinan-gun, Jeollanam-do.

Water Pollution and Economic Growth in Western China

  • Lu, Xing;Lei, Shi;Weili, Ye
    • Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.629-641
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    • 2007
  • Chinese government has implemented the West Development Strategy since 1999 to boost the region's growth and prevent the environmental degradation. Until now, the regional economy and living standard in Western China have been greatly improved, while it also indicated by the State Council that the ecological environment still deteriorated with part improvement, and pressure of water shortage increased. The paper focus on the relationship of GDP per capita and the volume of industrial waste water discharge of all the 12 provinces in Western China from 1989 to 2004, by the expanded EKC model in the cubic form. Results show that they mainly have down trend in the whole sample space but small up trend in the recent years. That means controlling of industrial wastewater discharge is still an important task to be insisted in the Western China.

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Enhancing Astaxanthin Accumulation in Haematococcus pluvialis by Coupled Light Intensity and Nitrogen Starvation in Column Photobioreactors

  • Zhang, Wen-wen;Zhou, Xue-fei;Zhang, Ya-lei;Cheng, Peng-fei;Ma, Rui;Cheng, Wen-long;Chu, Hua-qiang
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.28 no.12
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    • pp.2019-2028
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    • 2018
  • Natural astaxanthin mainly derives from a microalgae producer, Haematococcus pluvialis. The induction of nitrogen starvation and high light intensity is particularly significant for boosting astaxanthin production. However, the different responses to light intensity and nitrogen starvation needed to be analyzed for biomass growth and astaxanthin accumulation. The results showed that the highest level of astaxanthin production was achieved in nitrogen starvation, and was 1.64 times higher than the control group at 11 days. With regard to the optimization of light intensity utilization, it was at $200{\mu}mo/m^2/s$ under nitrogen starvation that the highest astaxanthin productivity per light intensity was achieved. In addition, both high light intensity and a nitrogen source had significant effects on multiple indicators. For example, high light intensity had a greater significant effect than a nitrogen source on biomass dry weight, astaxanthin yield and astaxanthin productivity; in contrast, nitrogen starvation was more beneficial for enhancing astaxanthin content per dry weight biomass. The data indicate that high light intensity synergizes with nitrogen starvation to stimulate the biosynthesis of astaxanthin.

The Effects of Strategic Planning, Human Resource and Asset Management on Economic Productivity: A Case Study in Indonesia

  • SARA, I. Made;SAPUTRA, Komang Adi Kurniawan;UTAMA, I Wayan Kartika Jaya
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.381-389
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    • 2021
  • This study aims to examine the effect of strategic planning, human resource management, and asset management on increasing the productivity of the rural economy. This research is a quantitative approach. The research sample was carried out by simple random sampling and data collection using a questionnaire so that 129 respondents were determined. The research test was conducted using multiple linear regression with the OLS (Ordinary Least Square model. The results obtained were that strategic planning, human resource management, and asset management had a significant positive effect on increasing the productivity of the rural economy. This shows that strategic planning is the most important thing in industry, companies, or organizations as a guideline to achieve optimal performance. In addition, human resource management and asset management are positive supports for increasing the economic productivity of rural communities to achieve welfare goals. This research proves that strategic planning must be carried out by considering the existing potential, both sources. natural resources, human resources, and economic resources Meanwhile, human resource management and asset management are mandatory to support the sustainability of an organization or company so that the benefits of the study as study material in strategic decision making, both in business and public policy.

Radical Scavenging Activities of Fruits of Crataegus pinnatifida BUNGE Major. from Korea

  • Choi, You Jin;Hwang, Keum Hee
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.186-191
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    • 2013
  • Screenings of potential antioxidant activities of Crataegus pinnatifida BUNGE Major. fruits extracted 80% methanol were performed using four antioxidant assays. Significant differences were observed both in total phenolic contents (TPC) and total flavonoid contents (TFC), DPPH radical scavenging activity, nitric oxide scavenging activity, ABTS radical scavenging assay, and reducing power assay. The total polyphenol content and total flavonoid content in the extract were measured to be $224.4{\pm}0.52$ mg GAE/100 g and $12{\pm}0.25$ mg QE/100 g, respectively. When the tested concentration was $500{\mu}g/mL$, DPPH and ABTS radical-scavenging activities of methanolic extracts were 84.15% and 88.8%, respectively. The reducing power and nitric oxide scavenging activity were increased at the manner of dose-dependently. These results suggest that methanolic extracts of Crataegus pinnatifida Bge. fruits possess excellent radical scavenging activities and may serve as a potential source of natural antioxidant.

A Survey of the Needs for the Development of Ecopark and Ecological Education Program of Ecopark (생태공원 조성 및 생태교육 프로그램에 대한 요구 조사)

  • Park, Tae Yoon;Noh, Kyung Im
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.9 no.6
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    • pp.95-106
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    • 2006
  • Ecopark enables sustainable use of natural resource and can be used as a place for site-based environmental education as well as for recreation. This study investigated the opinion for the development of ecopark and ecological education program of ecopark. Nine hundred and fifteen (918) students, 388 teachers, 341 adults, 200 administrators of district education offices, and 40 administrators of environmental offices participated in this survey with a response rate of 89.7%. Results of this survey indicated the followings are needed to develop ecopark : natural resources and facilities, ecological educational program and its operation, human resource and professional development, and cooperation system with educational and environmental offices. On the basis of these results, the way of improvement was discussed and proposed.

Derivation and Application of the Green Plan Factors Inherent in the Existing Old Settlements in Local City - Focused on Topdong 'Yangdalmal' - (지방 도시의 옛마을 관련 친환경 계획요소의 추출 및 적용검토 - 청주 탑동 '양달말'을 대상으로-)

  • Chae, Su-Min;Byun, Kyeong Hwa;Kim, Tai Young
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.115-124
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study is to derive and to apply green factors focusing on the existing old settlements, Topdong 'Yangdalmal' in Cheongju City. This study is conducted through literatures and GBCC (Green Building Certification Criteria) review. Literatures cover the traditional characteristics of farming village and the modern characteristics of urban space today. The results are following as; first, Land Use, Environment, Resource and Energy are the most important green factors by literatures and GBCC. Second, traditional elements and natural elements such as history and culture, natural resource use and passive planning are added. Finally information communication is added as the green factor showed feature of modern society.

A Classification on the Causes of Wind Turbine Accidents (풍력발전기의 사고 발생요인의 분류)

  • Kim, Gui-Shik;Jeong, Ji-Hyun
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.76-81
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    • 2015
  • The production of electricity from wind energy is noticed as economic power generation system in the natural resource. Lately, since lots of wind turbine have installed globally, the accidents have increased gradually. In this paper, we classified domestic information for 10 years, information of new energy and industrial technology development organization(NEDO) for 4years and caithness windfarms information forum(CWIF) for 15 years according to part and cause of wind turbine accident. We found that the main causes of accidents are storm, lightening and carelessness. The results of classifying and analyzing the informations, should be used to take measures on the accident prevention of wind turbine.

Valuing Natural Park as Environmental and Cultural Resources : Mu Deung Mt. as a Case Study (환경자원과 문화자원으로서 자연공원의 가치추정 - 무등산 자연공원을 사례로 -)

  • Eom, Young Sook;NamGung, Mun
    • Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.1-23
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    • 2001
  • This paper reviews a single trip decision to visit individual sites of a natural park within a random utility framework as an alternative to travel cost model. The model is applied to a 1998 survey of on-site visitors to Mu Deung Mt. neighboring Kwang Ju. city. Out of four sites considered, the model seemed to provide a reasonable description of behavior for three sites. In addition to travel costs as an implicit price, variables reflecting characteristics of each site also influenced decisions to visit the site. Moreover, benefits estimates derived from the RUM implied that visitors placed three times higher values on a site based on cultural inheritance compared with those of two recreational sites.

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