• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.239-254
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• 2015

Little information on HUmic-Like Substances (HULIS) in ambient particulate matter has been reported yet in Korea. HULIS makes up a significant fraction of the water-soluble organic mass in the atmospheric aerosols and influence their water uptake properties. In this study 24-hr $PM_{2.5}$ samples were collected between December 2013 and October 2014 at an urban site in Gwangju and analyzed for organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC), water-soluble OC (WSOC), HULIS, and ionic species, to investigate possible sources and formation processes of HULIS. HULIS was separated using solid phase extraction method and quantified by total organic carbon analyzer. During the study period, HULIS concentration ranged from 0.19 to $5.65{\mu}gC/m^3$ with an average of $1.83{\pm}1.22{\mu}gC/m^3$, accounting for on average 45% of the WSOC (12~ 73%), with higher in cold season than in warm season. Strong correlation of WSOC with HULIS ($R^2=0.91$) indicates their similar chemical characteristics. On the basis of the relationships between HULIS and a variety of chemical species (EC, $K^+$, $NO_3{^-}$, $SO_4{^{2-}}$, and oxalate), it was postulated that HULIS observed during summer and winter were likely attributed to secondary formation and primary emissions from biomass burning (BB) and traffics. Stronger correlation of HULIS with $K^+$, which is a BB tracer, in winter ($R^2=0.81$) than in summer ($R^2=0.66$), suggests more significant contribution of BB emissions in winter to the observed HULIS. It is interesting to note that BB emissions may also have an influence on the HULIS in summer, but further study using levoglucosan that is a unique organic marker of BB emissions is required during summer. Higher correlation between HULIS and oxalate, which is mainly formed through cloud processing and/or photochemical oxidation processes, was found in the summer ($R^2=0.76$) than in the winter ($R^2=0.63$), reflecting a high fraction of secondary organic aerosol in the summer.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.393-401
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• 2013

Objectives: Endotoxins in dust generated in occupational settings is known to contribute to the occurrence of respiratory illness among workers. The relationship between the level of endotoxins in total dust or respirable particulates collected from swine farms and immunological markers related with respiratory allergy was evaluated among swine husbandry workers. Materials and Methods: Peripheral blood samples were collected from ten workers at ten swine farms at Gyeonggi province, Korea. Peripheral mononuclear cells were stimulated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and ionomycin for 48 hours. The levels of various cytokines produced at culture supernatants were determined using a commercially available ELISA kit. The concentration of particulate matter($PM_{10}$) in the indoor air of the swine farms was evaluated using a PVC membrane filter and mini volume air sampler, and endotoxin levels in the dust were measured by Limulus Amebocyte Lysate Kinetic QCL method. Results: Levels of endotoxins in the total dust were categorized into high(geometric mean: $109.35EU/m^3$) and low concentrations (geometric mean: $0.95EU/m^3$) for five swine farms. Interleukin-4 levels were higher in the high endotoxin group than in the low endotoxin group, while interferon-${\gamma}$ levels were lower in the high endotoxin group than in the low endotoxin group. The ratio (interferon-${\gamma}$ to interleukin-4), indicating immunologic skewedness against allergic reactivities, was lower in the high endotoxin group($1.15{\pm}0.60$) than the low endotoxin group($3.09{\pm}2.38$). In addition, the level of interleukin-13, another cytokine contributing to the occurrence of allergic responses, was significantly higher in the at the high endotoxin group($1.12{\pm}0.37ng/m{\ell}$) than in the low endotoxin group($0.37{\pm}0.04ng/m{\ell}$). Hematologic assessment showed significantly lower cellularity in the number of total leukocytes, neutrophils, and eosinophils in the high endotoxin group than in the low endotoxin group. Conclusions: Even though a sufficient number of swine workers and farms were not investigated, this study generlly suggests that the immunological function of swine farm workers exposed to high levels of endotoxin could be modulated toward allergic reactivities.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.564-573
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• 2006

This study was performed to examine the effect of particulate matter less than 10 ${\mu}m$ in diameter($PM_{10}$) on respiratory-related admission in Seoul, 1999. Daily counts of respiratory-related admission were analyzed by generalized additive model with adjustment for effects of air temperature, humidity, and day of the week as confounders in a nonparametric approach. The results follow associations between $PM_{10}$ and asthma, acute upper respiratory disease, acute lower respiratory disease, pneumonia, and chronic respiratory disease. The relative risks were 1.30(95% CI=1.14$\sim$1.50) for pneumonia, 1.18(95% CI=1.01$\sim$1.37) for acute lower respiratory disease in less than 15 years, respectively. The relative risks were 1.85(95% CI=1.22$\sim$2.81) for acute lower respiratory disease, 1.28(95% CI=1.04$\sim$1.57) for asthma, 1.25(95% CI=1.01$\sim$1.54) for pneumonia and 1.19(95% CI=1.01$\sim$1.41) for acute upper respiratory disease in 15 to 64 years, respectively The relative risks were 1.54(95% CI=1.15$\sim$2.08) for asthma, 1.38(95% CI=1.06$\sim$l.80) for chronic respiratory disease in more than 65 years, respectively. The study showed that $PM_{10}$ was considerably affects daily counts of respiratory-related admission in Seoul, 1999 Statistically significant associations were mostly found in the adult group like If to 64 years. The highly relative risks come out in the elderly.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.360-372
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• 2010

Concentrations of ambient air particles such as total suspended particulates (TSP), particulate matter $(PM)_{10}$, and $PM_{2.5}$, were monitored simultaneously from May to June, 2007, at four locations at Alashan and Beijing in China, and Seoul and Gosan in South Korea. These monitoring sites are in the pathway of Asian dust (AD) storms traveling from China to the Korean peninsula. An AD event was observed in the Korean peninsula on May 25-26. During the sampling period, the average concentrations of TSP and PM10 were each higher than $150\;{\mu}g/m^3$ in Alashan and Beijing, but not in Seoul and Gosan. The concentration of TSP in Alashan (where the dust storm originated) on the day of the AD event reached $1824.7\;{\mu}g/m^3$, this being the highest concentration of air particles observed during the sampling period. The level was decreased to 15% of this ($274.7\;{\mu}g/m^3$) in Seoul and to 8.7% ($159.0\;{\mu}g/m^3$) in Gosan when the AD was observed two days later in Korea. Gosan, a representative background site in East Asia, displayed the lowest concentration of particles, with this maximal TSP concentration of $159\;{\mu}g/m^3$. Inorganic element contents in the air particles were also measured, and the concentrations in the four different regions compared. Concentrations of anthropogenically-enriched heavy metals in $PM_{10}$ and $PM_{2.5}$, such as lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury, were higher in the metropolitan cities of Beijing and Seoul compared to non-industrialized regions of Alashan and Gosan. However, the concentrations of inorganic soil elements including iron, magnesium, aluminum sodium, and manganese, were higher in Alashan compared to those in other sampling sites.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.393-399
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• 2021

본 연구는 다양한 미세먼지 농도 환경의 야간 CCTV 영상을 학습 시켜 영상에 의한 미세먼지 농도 추정에 대한 실험을 진행하였다. 주간 영상의 경우 많은 관련 연구가 존재하였고, 영상의 다양한 텍스쳐와 밝기 정보가 잘 표현되어 학습에 영향을 주는 정보가 뚜렷하다. 하지만 야간 영상의 경우 주간 영상에 비해 담고 있는 정보가 적고 야간 영상만 사용한 연구가 드물다. 따라서 차량과 가로등 같은 광원 때문에 특징이 균일하지 못한 야간 촬영 영상들과 비교적 광원이 일정한 건물 지붕, 건물 벽, 가로등을 ROI로 결합한 실험을 진행하였다. 이후 야간 영상으로 딥러닝 기반 미세먼지 농도 추정이 가능한지 상관도를 주간 실험과 비교 분석하였다. 실험 결과, 지붕 ROI (Region of Interest) 학습한 경우의 결과 값이 가장 높았고, 전체 영상과의 결합 학습모델은 더 향상된 결과를 보여주었다. 전체적으로 R²가 0.9를 상회하여 야간 CCTV 영상으로부터 미세먼지 추정이 가능함을 나타내고 있고, 날씨 자료의 추가 결합 학습은 실험 결과에 크게 영향을 주지 않은 것으로 계산되었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.2461-2476
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• 2013

To assess environmental contamination with carcinogens, carbonaceous compounds, water-soluble ionic species and trace gaseous species were identified and quantified every three hours for three days st three different atmospheric layer at the heart of chiang-Mai, bangkok and hat-Yai from December 2006 to February 2007. A DRI model 2001 Themal/Optical Carbon Analyzer with the IMPROVE thermal/optical reflectance (TOR) protocol was used to quantify the organic carbon(OC) and elemental carbon content in $PM_{10}$. Diurnal and vertical variability was also carefully investigated. In general, OC and EC contenttration shoeed the highest values at the monitoring period o 21.00-00.00 as consequences of human activities at night bazaar coupled with reduction of mixing layer, decreased wind speed and termination of photolysis nighttime. Morning peaks of carboaceous compounds were observed during the sampling period of 06:00 -09:00, emphasizing the main contribution of traffic emission in the three cities. The estimation of incremental lifetime partculate matter exposure (ILPE) raises concern of high risk of carbonaceous accumulation over workers and residents living close to the observatory sites. The average values of incremental lifrtime particulate matter exposure (ILPE) of total carbon at Baiyoke Suit Hotel and Baiyoke Sky Hotel are approsimately ten time shigher then those air sample collected at prince of songkla University Hat-Yai campus corpse incinerator and fish-can maufacturing factory but only slightly higher than those of rice straw burnig in Songkla province. This indicates a high risk of developing lung cancer and other respiratory diseases across workers and residents living in high buildings located in Pratunam area. Using knowledge of carbonaceous fractions in $PM_{10}$, one can estimate the gas-particle partitioning of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Dachs-Eisenreich model highlights the crucial role of adsorption in gas-particle partitioning of low molecular weight PAHs, whereas both absorption and adsorption tend to account for gas-particle partitioning of high molecular weight PAHs in urban residential zones of Thailand. Interestingly, the absorption mode alone plays a minor role in gas-partcle partitiining of PAHs in Chiang-Mai, Bangkok and hat-Yai.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.302-313
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• 2008

본 연구는 포항지역 대기 중 PM$_{2.5}$의 물리 화학적 성분들의 농도분포특성을 파악하여 PM$_{2.5}$에 대한 배출원 기여도를 정량적으로 추정하고 PM$_{2.5}$농도 변동에 영향을 미치는 배출원을 알아보고자 하였다. 시료채취지점은 포항지역 내의 대조적인 두 지점인 공업지역과 주거지역에서 각 1개 지점을 선정하였다. 시료채취는 2003년 3월부터 12월에 걸쳐서 계절별 10$\sim$15일 동안 고용량공기시료채취기를 이용하여 24시간 연속 채취였다. PM$_{2.5}$ 시료에 함유된 화학성분들은 산추출하여 ICP와 이온크로마토그래피로 분석하였다. PM$_{2.5}$의 전체평균은 공업지역이 36.6 $\mu$g/m$^3$, 주거지역에서 30.6 $\mu$g/m$^3$로 나타났다. 계절별로는 두 지점 모두 봄철에 가장 높은 농도를 보이고 있으며 다음으로 겨울철, 가을철, 여름철의 순으로 나타났다. 두 측정지점에서 PM$_{2.5}$ 중 가장 많이 함유된 화학성분들은 이차생성입자를 형성하는 성분인 NO$_3^-$, SO$_4^{2-}$으로 나타났으며 각각의 농도는 공업지역에서 4.2 및 8.6 $\mu$g/m$^3$, 주거지역에서 3.7 및 6.9 $\mu$g/m$^3$로 나타났다. 반면, 공업지역에서는 Fe, Mn, Cr 등의 금속성분 농도가 주거지역에 비해 상당히 높게 나타나 공업지역이 철강산업의 영향을 반영하고 있는 것으로 추측된다. 포항지역 대기 중 PM$_{2.5}$의 농도 변동에 미치는 주요 영향인자를 파악하기 위하여 주성분 분석 및 다중회귀분석을 실시한 결과, 공업지역과 주거지역에서 가장 중요한 변수는 도로 비산먼지와 이차생성입자인 것으로 나타났으며, 이들 변수의 변동이 전체 PM$_{2.5}$ 농도변동에 가장 큰 영향을 미친다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 포항지역 PM$_{2.5}$에 대한 주요 발생원의 기여도를 평가하기 위하여 CMB 모델링을 수행한 결과 공업지역의 경우 기여도가 큰 발생원은 토사 및 도로상의 비산먼지로 나타났고 그 다음으로 이차생성입자, 자동차, 해염입자, 금속산업의 순을 보였으며 주거지역도 이와 유사한 양상을 보였다. 이와 같은 결과를 토대로 국내에서 측정된 먼지시료를 대상으로 CMB 모델링 수행 시 그 적용한계성과 문제점 등을 고찰하였다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.118-128
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• 2016

대기오염에 관한 관심은 국내 외에서 점진적으로 상승하고 있으며, 자동차와 연료 연구자들은 청정(친환경 대체연료) 연료와 연료품질 향상 등을 이용하여 새로운 엔진 설계, 혁신적인 후 처리 시스템 등의 많은 접근을 통하여 차량 유해 배기가스를 감소시키려고 노력하고 있다. 이러한 연구들은 가솔린 자동차의 배출가스 및 가솔린 차량의 PM 입자 배출 등의 두 가지 이슈로 진행되고 있다. 자동차의 배출가스 및 PM(입자상 물질) 입자는 환경오염과 인체에 악영향을 주는 많은 문제를 일으키고 있다. 추가로, 함산소 첨가제로서 연료에 포함된 MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether)에 대한 환경 문제점을 연구하고 있다. 연구자들은 MTBE가 건강에 미치는 영향에 대한 많은 데이터를 가지고 있다. 이러한 데이터는 높은 MTBE 용량에서 잠재적인 발암 물질 임을 결론짓고 있다. 함산소 연료첨가제 유형 (MTBE, 바이오 ETBE, 바이오 에탄올, 바이오 부탄올)에 기초하여, 본 논문은 가솔린 연료 물성 및 증발가스 배출 특성에 대해 산소함량의 영향을 검토하였다. 또한, 연료물성에 대한 휘발유 차량의 가속 및 출력 성능을 평가하였다.

• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.49-59
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• 2020

Various devices have been developed to the measurement of particulate matter pollutants, and Optical Particle Counter (OPC) that can be easily and quickly measured is widely used lately. The measured value by OPC is converted to weight concentration using the correction factor (CF). The calculation of CF is very important to improve the reliability and accuracy of OPC. In this study, the CF calculation study of light scattering laser photometer (model 8533, TSI) was carried out to measure in the atmospheric environment using 2 gravimetric devices and 3 light scattering laser photometer devices. Regression analysis and Tukey tests were used to significance the test of measurement devices. Measurements were carried out twice. There was a comparative analysis of measurement data between light scattering laser photometer and gravimetric devices in 1st measurement, and then the Evaluation of PM2.5 concentration corrected by CF performed in 2nd measurement. As a result of the significance analysis between light scattering laser photometer and gravimetric devices, the correlation between the same method was high, but the correlation between different methods was low. CF was calculated as 0.4258 based on the measurement results, and it is a similar level to previous studies at home and abroad. It is expected that these results can be used as basic data in the future study for air quality measurement research using light scattering laser photometer. Also, in order to improve the accuracy of the measurement techniques and the development of technology in the atmospheric environment, CF calculation research should be conducted continuously.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.17-25
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 지하역사와 지상역사에서의 실내공기질을 측정하고, 외부 공기에 의한 영향 정도를 확인하고자 하였다. 측정된 물질은 '실내공기질 관리법'상에서 유지기준과 권고기준으로 지정된 항목 중, 농도가 검출되지 않은 석면을 제외한 미세먼지($PM_{10}$), 이산화탄소($CO_2$), 일산화탄소(CO), 이산화질소($NO_2$), 폼알데하이드(HCHO), 오존($O_3$), 총부유세균(TAB), 총휘발성유기화합물(TVOC), 라돈 등 9종이다. 또한 미세먼지, 이산화질소, 오존 등 세 가지 물질은 I/O ratio를 통해 외기에의한 영향을 확인하였다. 공기질 측정결과 지상역사에 비해 지하역사에서 미세먼지, 폼알데하이드, 총휘발성유기화합물, 이산화질소, 라돈 등이 높은 농도로 검출되었으며, 이는 지하역사 내부에 그 오염물질의 발생요소가 존재하기 때문으로 판단된다. 오존 농도는 지상역사에서 지하역사보다 높은 농도로 검출되었으며, 특히 외부로 노출되어있는 지상역사 승강장에서 높은 농도를 보임으로써 외기 유입에 의한 영향이 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 따라서, 외기에 의한 영향을 받는 오염물질은 역사의 기계환기시 제거 과정을 거쳐 오염물질의 실내유입을 차단하고, 지하역사에서 기인한 미세먼지 등의 물질들은 실내에서 그 발생원에 따른 별도의 처리가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.