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Status of Government Supports to Overcome the Hebei Spirit Oil Pollution Accident and Suggestion of Responsive Policies (허베이스피리트호 유류오염사고 극복을 위한 정부지원 현황 및 대응정책 제언)

  • Chung, Kwang-Yong;Lee, Seung-Hwan
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.10 no.7
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    • pp.153-159
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    • 2012
  • The Hebei Spirit oil pollution accident which occurred in Tae-an in 2007 has brought considerable impacts on the surrounding environment such as struggles among the regions and the residents in the damaged area as well as devastation of local economy and ocean environment. The majority of the impact was related with economic problem. Also, the main factor to cause the regional community conflict was found to be firstly economic problems and secondly the insufficiency of government's management system and policy measures for the community conflicts. Therefore, the government's policy to overcome oil accidents should focus on improvement of the economic support systems and conflict resolution. In this study, the support policies taken by government after the Hebei Spirit accident was examined and responsive policies which can be used by government in future accidents are suggested.

Analysis of Behavior Characteristics of Water Pollutants in Yeongsan River Using 3D Hydraulic Model (3차원 수리 모델을 이용한 영산강 수질오염물질의 수체 내 거동 특성 분석)

  • Hye Yeon Oh;Eun Jung Kim;Jung Hyun Choi
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.39 no.6
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    • pp.439-450
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    • 2023
  • The Yeongsan River, a major water resource for Jeollanam-do, that is adjacent to industrial complexes and agricultural areas, is exposed to water pollution. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the impact of water pollution incidences and prepare response systems for river environment safety for other water resources in the future. Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC) was applied to the mainstream of the Yeongsan River where residential, commercial, and agricultural areas are located to analyze the behavior of pollutants conducting the scenario analysis. Considering the pollutants that affected the study area, two pollutants, oil and benzene, with different physical and chemical characteristics were selected for the analysis. As a result of comparing the actual and simulated values of the water elevation, temperature, and flow rate, it was confirmed that the model adequately reproduced the hydraulic characteristics of the Yeongsan River. The oil flow dynamics showed that an increase in flow rate led to reduction in the maximum height of the slick. Notably, the behavior of the oil was predominantly influenced by the wind conditions. In the case of benzene, lower flow scenarios exhibited decreased arrival times and residence times accompanied by an elevation in the maximum concentration levels. From the results of pollutant behavior in the study area, it is feasible to utilize the section of tributary confluence for collection and the weir area for dilution. This study enhances the understanding of the pollutant's behavior with different characteristics and develops effective control systems tailored to the physicochemical attributes of pollutants.

Optical Characteristic Analysis of Bilge Water for Developing an Oil Content Meter (유분검출기 개발을 위한 빌지 배출수의 광특성 분석)

  • 최상화;황정웅;정병건
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.311-320
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    • 2001
  • Since 1998 for protection of marine pollution, all ships must have oil filtering equipment and 15ppm bilge alarms which satisfy Requirements of MARPOL 73/78. Oily-water separator used in machinery area of ships usually consists of two parts; one is filtering equipment and the other is oil content meter(OCM). This study presents optical characteristics of bilge were acquired form oil content sensing module. The oil content sensing module consists of IR-LED light source, photo-diode light receivers, and a glass tube for bilge water sample. The experiment with the bilge water demonstrates various valuable optical properties. These optical properties suggest notes and guides to make the low-cost, easy operation and good performance commercial type OCM that satisfy the requirements of MARPOL 73/78.

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Ecological Grinding Technology Using Compressed Cold Air and Oil Mist (압축냉각공기와 오일미스트를 이용한 환경친화 연삭가공기술)

  • 이석우;최헌종;허남환
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.24-27
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    • 2002
  • The environmental problems by using coolant demanded the new cooling methods. As one of them, the studies on the finding with compressed cold air and oil mist have been done. The cooling method using compressed cold air was effective through going down the temperature of compressed air supplied below $-25^{\circ}$ and increasing the amount of compressed cold air, but had not enough cooling effect due to the low performance of lubrication. Therefore, the cooling methods using oil mist newly were suggested. This method can satisfy both cooling effect and lubrication with only small amount of coolant, also have the benefit in the point of decreasing the environmental pollution. This paper focused on analyzing the grinding characteristics of the cooling method using oil mist. The grinding test according to compressed cold air, oil mist spray pressure and oil mist supply direction were done.

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PAHs Accumulation in Various Marine Organisms by the Marine Pollution after Oil Spill Accidents (해상 유류 유출 사고 후, 유류 해양 오염에 따른 주요 해산 어.패류내 PAHs 축적)

  • 황인영;박정류;박관하;김정상;정홍배;배철한
    • Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.57-66
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    • 2001
  • Marine organisms such as fish (Sebastes schlegeli) and mussels were cultured in sea water tanks placed at Dukpo area which was contaminated by the two oil spill accidents. Results showed that PAHs concentrations in flesh tissue were higher than in fish fiver. This was explained by the cytochrome P45O 1A induction in fish limier after PAHs exposure. Other studies showed that higher PAHs levels were detected in mussels cultures in oil contaminated area than in control site. From these results, we concluded that Dukpo area is still polluted by oil including PAHs and it takes a long time to recover of oil contamination after the oil spill accidents.

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Identification and Determination of Oil Pollutants Based on 3-D Fluorescence Spectrum Combined with Self-weighted Alternating Trilinear Decomposition Algorithm

  • Cheng, Pengfei;Wang, Yutian;Chen, Zhikun;Yang, Zhe
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.204-211
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    • 2016
  • Oil pollution seriously endangers the biological environment and human health. Due to the diversity of oils and the complexity of oil composition, it is of great significance to identify the oil contaminants. The 3-D fluorescence spectrum combined with a second order correction algorithm was adopted to measure an oil mixture with overlapped fluorescence spectra. The self-weighted alternating trilinear decomposition (SWATLD) is a kind of second order correction, which has developed rapidly in recent years. Micellar solutions of #0 diesel, #93 gasoline and ordinary kerosene in different concentrations were made up. The 3-D fluorescence spectra of the mixed oil solutions were measured by a FLS920 fluorescence spectrometer. The SWATLD algorithm was applied to decompose the spectrum data. The predict concentration and recovery rate obtained by the experiment show that the SWATLD algorithm has advantages of insensitivity to component number and high resolution for mixed oils.

A Study on Characteristics of Rice Bran Oil as an Alternative Fuel in Diesel Engine(I) (디젤기관의 대체연료로서 미장유의 특성 연구(I))

  • 오영택;최승훈;김승원
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.15-22
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    • 2002
  • Lately, our world is faced with very serious problems related to the increased air pollution of the exhaust emissions from automobiles. In particular, the exhaust emissions of diesel engines are recognized as a main cause which strongly influence environment. Lots of researchers have attempted to develop various alternative fuels to reduce these harmful emissions in diesel engine. The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate the possibility of esterfied rice bran oil for diesel fuel substitution in a naturally aspirated D. 1. diesel engine, and also find means to reduce smoke emissions in esterfied rice bran oil combustion. The smoke emission of esterfied rice bran oil is reduced remarkably in comparison with commercial gas oil, that is, it was reduced approximately 58.2% at 2500rpm. But, power, torque and brake specific energy consumption didn't have no large differences. It was concluded that esterfied rice bran oil can utilize effectively as an alternative and renew- able fuel fur diesel engine.

A Study on the Prevention of Spill of Fuel Oils and Lubricating Oils for Sunken Ships

  • Han, Won-Heui;Ju, Hae-Ji
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.309-314
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    • 2015
  • A sunken ship often involves an oil spill. This paper was carried out to minimize environmental and cost damages stemming from oil spil of sunken shipl. Through the analysis of both the standards of the oil tank system and installation, we have identified potential oil spill sites and proposed a remedy of prevention. The result of study, the air pipes of the oil tank are a vulnerable point for oil spill. Also, the remote control devices of emergency shut-off valve have poor accessibility at abandon ship, making it difficult to shut off the emergency shut-off valve. Thus, we propose the addition of a remote quick closing valve in the air pipe and the building of a central control system.

A Study on the Electrochemical Properties of Water-soluble Waste Cutting Oil using Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes (붕소도핑 다이아몬드 전극을 이용한 수용성 폐절삭유의 전기화학적 특성연구)

  • J.H., Park;T.G., Kim
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Heat Treatment
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    • v.35 no.6
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    • pp.337-342
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    • 2022
  • In metal cutting, water-soluble cutting oil is used for cooling the surface of the workpiece and improving the surface roughness. However, waste cutting oil contains preservatives and surfactants, and if it is discarded as it is, it has an great influence on environmental pollution. For this reason, regulations on the use of cutting oil are being stricter. Hence, the development of eco-friendly treatment technologies is required. In this study, a diamond electrode doped with boron on a niobium substrate was deposited by thermal filament chemical vapor deposition and waste cutting oil was treated using an electrochemical method. Compared to the total amount of organic carbon contained in the waste cutting oil, it was confirmed that the boron-doped diamonds developed from this study showed much better performance than electrodes that has been widely used before.

Standardization for Quantitative Analysis of Aromatic Hydrocarbon in Oil Spill Dispersant (유처리제의 방향족 탄화수소 정량방법에 대한 표준화)

  • Cho, Jong-Hoi;Lim, Yoon-Taek;Kim, Woo-Seok;Yun, Young-Ja;Kim, Shin-Jong
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.302-310
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    • 2002
  • Demand for organic analysis increase as industries are growing and many products are spreaded in the daily life. One of many products is oil spill dispersant. It was used for oil accident in the ocean. When oil spill dispersant spread at the ocean, the petroleum in the ocean is dispersed. The oil spill dispersant is made of non ionic surfactant and petroleum oil. The non ionic surfactant disperse petroleum from oil accident. The other part is petroleum oil which has aromatic hydrocarbon. Because the aromatic hydrocarbon is cancerogenic material, it directly injure animals in the ocean. This cause the second pollution in the human body. Many oil accidents still are controlled by oil spill dispersant. Therefore quality control of the oil spill dispersant become important and this also demand for the exact quantitative analysis of aromatic hydrocarbon. Hereupon the first we develop separate petroleum oil from surfactant. The second standardize analytical method of aromatic hydrocarbon in the separated petroleum oil.