• Carbon letters
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• 제22권
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• pp.1-13
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• 2017

Porous materials play a vital role in science and technology. The ability to control their pore structures at the atomic, molecular, and nanometer scales enable interactions with atoms, ions and molecules to occur throughout the bulk of the material, for practical applications. Three-dimensional (3D) porous carbon-based materials (e.g., graphene aerogels/hydrogels, sponges and foams) made of graphene or graphene oxide-based networks have attracted considerable attention because they offer low density, high porosity, large surface area, excellent electrical conductivity and stable mechanical properties. Water pollution and associated environmental issues have become a hot topic in recent years. Rapid industrialization has led to a massive increase in the amount of wastewater that industries discharge into the environment. Water pollution is caused by oil spills, heavy metals, dyes, and organic compounds released by industry, as well as via unpredictable accidents. In addition, water pollution is also caused by radionuclides released by nuclear disasters or leakage. This review presents an overview of the state-of-the-art synthesis methodologies of 3D porous graphene materials and highlights their synthesis for environmental applications. The various synthetic methods used to prepare these 3D materials are discussed, particularly template-free self-assembly methods, and template-directed methods. Some key results are summarized, where 3D graphene materials have been used for the adsorption of dyes, heavy metals, and radioactive materials from polluted environments.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2000

인간은 풍요로움과 편리함을 위하여 지구의 생태계를 외면한 채 산업화의 길을 걸어왔으며 이로 인한 폐품의 처리, 자원의 고갈, 오존층의 파괴, 대기 및 수질, 토양의 오염 등의 생태계 균형이 깨지면서 인간의 생존권마저 위협하고 있는 실정이다. 이러한 상황하에 최근에 와서는 전 세계에 걸쳐 기업경제활동 방식과 소비의식 변화를 요구하고 있으며, 기업들은 환경친화적 디자인 활동을 추진하고 있다. 그러나 기업과 소비자 측면에서의 직접적이고 현실적인 불이익은 환경의 중요성을 알면서도 적극적인 환경친화적 제품의 생산활동을 어렵게 하고 있으며, 특히 고집적, 다품종 소량의 부품으로 이루어진 가제제품의 경우에는 타 분야의 활동에 비해 소극적인 자세를 취하고 있는 실정이다. 또한 디자인적인 측면에서도 아직 재활용 소재의 사용 및 천연소재의 적용 등 물리적 측면에서의 소극성은 여전하며, 그 적용사례도 드물다. 그러므로 디자인 단계에서의 자연생태계를 위한 적극적인 사고와 실행은 더욱 중요한 것이다. 본 연구에서는 이상과 같은 현실에 비추어 기업과 소비자 그리고 환경이 함께 공존할 수 있는 환경친화적 디자인을 위하여 기초가 되는 개념을 이해하고, 디자이너의 입장에서 보다 적극적이고 실질적인 환경친화적 디자인의 실천방안을 모색하고자 한다.

• Environmental Sciences Bulletin of The Korean Environmental Sciences Society
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.57-68
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• 1998

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAMs) are ubiquitous contaminants in marine environments. PAMs enter estuarine and nearshore marine environment via several routes such as combustion of fossil fuels, domestic and industrial effluents and oil spills. PAHs have been the focus of numerous studies in the world because they are potentially carcinogenic, mutagenic, and teratogenic to aquatic organisms and humans from consuming contaminated food. However, one can hardly find any available data on PAM content in marine organisms in Korea. The present study was carried out in order to determine PAM content in oysters from the intertidal and subtidal zones of Chinhae Bay, which is located in near urban communities and an industrial complex, and the bay is considered to be a major repositories of PAHs. 16 PAHs were analyzed by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) with uv/vis and fluorescence detectors in oysters: they are naphthalene (NPTHL), acenaphthylene (ANCPL), acenaphthylene (ACNPN), fluorene (FLURN), phenanthrene (PHEN), anthracene (ANTHR), fluoranthene (FLRTH), pyrene (PYR), benzo(a)anthracene (BaA), chrysene (CHRY), benzo(b)fluoranthene (BbF), benzo(k)fluoranthene (BkF), benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), dibenz(a,h)anthracene(DahA), benzo(g,h,i)peryne (BghiP) and indeno(1,2,3,-cd)pyrene (I123cdP). The PAM contents in oysters from the intertidal and subtidal zones of Chinhae Bay ranged from < 0.1 to 992.0 ug/kg (mean $69.8\pm9.8$ ug/kg).

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.403-409
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• 2005

Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) contamination in groundwater often coexists with benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) near the source of the plume. Then, groundwater contamination problems have been developed in areas where the chemical is used. Common sources of water contamination by BTEX and MTBE include leaking underground gasoline storage tanks and leaks and spills from above ground fuel storage tanks, etc. In oil-contaminated environments, anaerobic biodegradation of BTEX and MTBE depended on the concentration and distribution of terminal electron acceptor. In this study, effect of electron acceptor on the anaerobic biodegradation for BTEX and MTBE-contaminated soil was investigated. This study showed the anaerobic biodegradation of BTEX and MTBE in two different soils by using nitrate reduction, ferric iron reduction and sulfate reduction. The soil samples from the two fields were enriched for 65 days by providing BTEX and MTBE as a sole carbon source and nitrate, sulfate or iron as a terminal electron acceptor. This study clearly shows that degradation rate of BTEX and MTBE with electron acceptors is higher than that without electron acceptors. Degradation rate of Ethylbenzene and Xylene is higher than that of Benxene, Toluene, and MTBE. In case of Benzene, Ethylbenzene, and MTBE, nitrate has more activation. In case of Toluene and Xylene, sulfate has more activation.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.57-64
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• 2016

Initial prevention activities and rapid propagation conditions is the most important to prevent diffusion of water pollution. If water pollutants flow into streams river or main stresm located in environmental conservation area or water intake facilities, we must predict immediately arrival time and the diffusion concentration to the proactive. National Institute of Environmental Research developed water pollution incident response prediction system linking dam and movable weir. the system is mathematical model which is updated daily. Therefore it can quickly predict the arrival time and the diffusion concentration when there are accident of oil spills and hazardous chemicals. Also we equipped with mathematical model and toxicity model of EFDC(Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code) to calculate the arrival time and the diffusion concentration. However these systems offer the services of an offline manner than real-time control services. we have ensured the reliability of data collection and have developed a real-time water quality measurement data transmission device by using the data linkage utilizing a mode bus communication and a commercial SCADA system, in particular, we implemented to be able to do real-time water quality prediction through information infrastructure of the water quality integrated management business created by utilizing the construction of the real-time prediction system that utilizes the data collected, the Open map, the visual representation using charts API and development of integrated management system development based on web maps.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.474-483
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• 2016

Accidental events such as collisions, groundings, and hydrocarbon explosions in marine structures can cause catastrophic damage. Thus, it is extremely important to predict the extent of such damage, which determines the total amount of oil spills and the residual hull girder strength. Punching fracture tests were conducted by Choung (2009b), where various sizes of indenters and circular unstiffened steel plates with different thicknesses were used to quasi-statically realize damage extents. A three-dimensional fracture strain surface was developed based on a reference (Choung et al., 2015b), where the average stress triaxiality and average normalized Lode angle were used as the parameters governing the fracture of ductile steels. In this study, new numerical analyses were performed using very fine axisymmetric elements in combination with an Abaqus user-subroutine to implement the three-dimensional fracture strain surface. Conventional numerical analyses were also conducted for the tests to identify the best fit fracture strain values by changing the fracture strains. Based on the phenomenon of the average normalized Lode angle starting out positive and then becoming slightly negative, it was inferred that the shear stress primarily dominates in determining the fractures locations, with a partial contribution from the compressive stress. It should be stated that the three-dimensional fracture surface effectively predicted at least the shear stress-dominant fracture behavior of a mild steel.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.57-68
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• 1993

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAMs) are ubiquitous contaminants in marine environments. PAHs enter estuarine and nearshore marine environment via several routes such as combustion of fossil fuels, domestic and industrial effluents and oil spills PAHs have been the focus of numerous studies in the world because they owe potentially carcinogenic, mutagenic, and teratogenic to aquatic organisms and humans from consuming contaminated food. However, one can hardly find any available data on PAM content in marine organisms in Korea. The present study was carried out in order to determine PAH content in oysters from the intertidal and subtidal zones of Chinhae Bay, which is located in near urban communities and an industrial complex, and the bay is considered to be a major repositories of PAHs. 16 PAHs were analyzed by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) with uv/vis and fluorescence detectors in oysters: they are naphthalene (NPTHL), acenaphthylene (ANCPL), acenaphthene (ACNPN), fluorene (FLURN), phenanthrene (PKEN), anthracene (ANTHR), fluoranthene (FLRTH), pyrene (PYRf), benzo(a)anthracene (BaA), chrysene (CHRY), benzo(b)- fluoranthene (BbF), benzo(k)fluoranthene (BkF), benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), dibenz(a, h)anthracene (DhA), benzo(g, h, i)peryne (Bghip) and indeno(1, 2, 3, -cd)pyrene (I123cdP). The PAH contents in oysters from the intertidal and subtidal zones of Chinhae Bay ranged from < 0.1 to 992.0 $\mu\textrm{g}$/kg (mean 69.8 $\pm$ 9.8 $\mu\textrm{g}$/kg). Key words . polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, high performance liquid chromatography, oyster, Chinhae Bay.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.547-557
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• 2022

해양 유류오염 및 유출량 증가에 따라 방제능력을 추가로 확보에는 많은 위험이 있다. 현재 해역에 배치된 방제선을 재배치하여 유휴능력을 개선하고 부족한 해역에 배치하고자 하고자 해양오염지수를 도출하고 해역별 해양오염지수 대비 방제능력을 비교하여 방제선 배치의 적절성을 검증하였다. 해양오염을 유발하는 항목에 대한 해역별 수치에 전문가 집단에서 도출한 가중치를 곱하여 해양유류 오염위험지수를 도출하였다. 해역별 해양오염 위험지수(F) 대비 방제능력(A)이 부족한 해역은 목포(F:13.4, A:1.9), 부산(F:14.3, A:6.4), 여수(F:21.5, A:16.6)이고, 여유있는 해역은 마산(F:5.9, A:13.3), 군산(F:1.7, A:8.3), 제주(F:2.7, A:6.9)이다. 따라서 해양오염 위험도에 비례한 평준화된 방제능력을 제고하기 위해 방제능력 여유 해역인 마산, 군산, 제주의 방제선을 방제능력 부족해역인 목포, 부산, 여수으로 재배치되어야 함을 시사한다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.96-103
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• 2009

Objectives : We evaluated the health effects of exposure to BTEX(Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, m,p-Xylene, o-Xylene) in the Taean area after the Hebei Spirit oil spill. Methods : We used a questionnaire survey to look for health effects among 80 pregnant women 2 to 3 months following the Hebei Spirit oil spill. Their BTEX exposures were estimated using the CALPUFF method. We then used a multiple logistic regression analysis to evaluate the effects of BTEX exposure on the women s health effets. Results : Pregnant women who lived near the accident site reported more symptoms of eye irritation and headache than those who lived farther from the site. There was a trend of decreasing symptoms with an increase in distance from the spill site. Pregnant women exposed to higher ambient cumulative levels of Xylene were significantly more likely to report symptoms of the skin(OR 8.01 95% CI=1.74-36.76) in the first day after the accident and significantly more likely to report abdominal pain(OR 3.86 95% CI=1.02-14.59 for Ethylbenzene, OR 6.70 95% CI=1.82-24.62 for Xylene) during the 1st through 4th days following the accident. Conclusions : This study suggests that exposure to BTEX from an oil spill is correlated with an increased risk of health effects among pregnant women. This implies the need to take proper measures, including the development of a national policy for environmental health emergencies and a plan for studying the short- and long-term chronic health effects associated with such spills.

• 환경정책연구
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.1-23
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• 2009

본 연구는 레이더 위성영상을 활용한 침수피해 지역 파악 및 그 완화방안의 도출을 위해 실제 침수지역을 대상으로 레이더 위성 영상의 침수피해에의 활용가능성을 살펴보았다. 이를 위하여 시계열 레이더 위성영상 자료를 활용하여 홍수에 취약한 침수 지역을 추출하고, 동일지역의 토지이용도에 대한 GIS 중첩분석을 통하여 토지이용 현황별 침수피해를 분석하였다. 사례 분석지역의 경우 침수피해가 심한 토지이용 형태는 농경지와 숲으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 레이더 위성영상을 활용하여 구축 가능한 침수피해 지도를 바탕으로 침수피해 완화를 위한 대응정책도 함께 논의하였다. 침수가 발생할 경우 긴급복구와 같은 위기대응적 접근도 중요하지만 무엇보다도 침수피해 지도와 같은 자료를 기반으로 위험한 지역에 건물의 입지를 제한하는 등 상습 침수피해 지역이 개발되지 않도록 예방적 차원에서의 토지 이용적 접근을 하여야 할 것이다. 본 연구에서 제안한 방안은 레이더 위성 영상의 환경 분야 활용과 침수피해를 최소화하는 방안의 일부이며, 레이더 위성영상은 대규모 홍수와 같은 재해문제 이외에도 다양한 환경 분야에 있어 활용 잠재력이 높으므로 향후 다양한 지역을 대상으로 레이더 위성영상을 여러 환경문제에 적용하는 연구가 계속되어야 할 것이다.