• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제26권12호
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• pp.1333-1339
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• 2017

Coal-fired power plants emit various Particulate Matter(PM) at coal storage pile and ash landfill as well as the stack, and affect the surrounding environment. Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy and Energy Dispersive X-ray analyzer(FE-SEM/EDX) were used to develop identification factor and the physico-chemical analysis of PM emitted from a power plant. In this study, three samples of pulverized coal, bottom ash, and fly ash were analyzed. The pulverized coal was spherical particles in shape and the chemical composition of C-O-Si-Al and C/Si and C/Al ratios were 200~300 on average. The bottom ash was spherical or non-spherical particles in shape, chemical composition was O-C-Si-Al-Fe-Ca and C/Si and C/Al ratios were $4.3{\pm}4.6$ and $8.8{\pm}10.0$. The fly ash was spherical particles in shape, chemical composition was O-Si-Ai-C-Fe-Ca and C/Si and C/Al ratios were $0.5{\pm}0.2$ and $0.8{\pm}0.5$.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제11권8호
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• pp.92-99
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• 2021

광산란법을 이용한 초미세먼지 측정기는 초 단위의 측정이 가능하고 휴대할 수 있는 크기로 설계될 수 있다. 또한 하나의 센서로 여러 크기별 (PM_1.0, PM_2.5, PM_4.0, 및 PM₁₀) 농도를 측정할 수 있다. 이 방식은 입자의 개수와 크기를 측정하고 이를 단위 부피당 무게인 농도로 변환하는 과정 때문에 큰 밀도를 가지는 황사에 대해서는 큰 오차를 나타낸다. 본 논문은 광산란 초미세먼지 측정기가 여러 크기별 PM 농도를 이용하여 황사 발생 시 초미세먼지(PM_2.5)의 농도의 오차를 정확히 보정할 수 있고, 황사가 발생하지 않을 때도 영향을 받지 않는, 다중 선형외기 기법의 기계학습에 의한 보정 기법을 제시한다. 두 가지 또는 세 가지의 PM 크기 입력만으로도 광산란 미세먼지 측정 장치의 황사 오류를 크게 보정할 수 있음을 보인다. 한 달 동안 중부권대기환경연구소의 베타레이 측정기와 광산란 측정기의 측정값을 비교·분석하였다. 황사가 없는 구간에서 이 두 장비의 상관계수(R²)는 0.927이었고, 황사를 포함한 전 구간에서 상관계수는 0.763이었지만, 기계학습을 통하여 상관계수가 0.944로 향상되었다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.8-14
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• 2020

미세먼지의 인체 영향이 밝혀지며 예보정확도 개선에 대한 요구가 증가하고 있다. 이에 기계 학습 기법을 도입하여 예측 정확성을 높이려는 노력이 수행되고 있으나, 저농도 발생 비율이 매우 큰 미세먼지 데이터로 인해 전체 예측 성능이 떨어지는 문제가 있다. 본 논문에서는 PM10 미세먼지 예보 정확도 향상을 위해 농도별 분리 예측 모델을 제안한다. 이를 위해 천안 지역의 기상 및 대기오염 인자를 활용하여 저, 고농도별 예측 모델을 설계하고 전 영역 예측 모델과의 성능 비교를 수행하였다. RMSE, MAPE, 상관계수 및 AQI 정확도를 통한 성능 비교 결과, 전체 기준에서 예측 성능이 향상됨을 확인하였으며, AQI 고농도 예측 성능의 경우 20.62%의 성능 향상이 나타났음을 확인하였다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제20권4호통권51호
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• pp.365-374
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• 2005

Ambient air particulate matters are classified into two distinct modes in sire distribution, namely the coarse and fine particles. Correlation between high particulate concentration and adverse effect on human populations has long been recognized. However, the toxicology of these adverse efforts has not been clarified. We investigated the genotoxic effect of PM 2.5 collected from urban area in Seoul by comet assay (A549 cells), CBMN assay (CHO-K1 cells) and EROD-microbioassay (H4IIE cells). Results from in vitro micronucleus assay and comet assay showed that PM 2.5 samples collected from traffic area, residential area and indoor air induced chromosomal damage and DNA breakage in a non-cytotoxic dose. The complex mixture effect of these PM 2.5 extracts was quantified by EROD-microbioassay in terms of its bio-TEQ (biologiral -TCDD equivalent concentration) which was 70.87$\pm$28.07, 93.55$\pm$21.80 and 14.31 $\pm$ 1.10 ng/g-PM 2.5 in traffic area, residental area and indoor air samples, respectively. Conclusively, we suggested that PM 2.5 collected from traffic area and residential area contains CYPIA inducer and genotoxic materials.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.21-35
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• 2009

The Asian dust storms which originated in the deserts of Mongolia and China transported particles to Korea and led to a high concentration of atmospheric particulate matters (PM) of more than $1000{\mu}g/m^3$ throughout the country in the spring, of 2007. Public concern, in Korea, about the possible adverse effects of these dust events has increased, as these dust storms can contain various air pollutants emitted from heavily industrialized eastern China. The objectives of this study were to understand the concentration characteristics of PM as a function of particle size between the Asian dust storm episodes and non-Asian dust period and to consider the mass size distribution of PM in the Asian dust storms and their water soluble ion species on the potential, possible effects on deposition levels in the three regions (nasopharyngeal, tracheobronchial, and alveolar) of the human respiratory system. The size distribution of PM mass concentration during the Asian dust storms showed a peak in the coarse particle region due to the long-range transport of soil particles from the deserts of Mongolia and China, which was identified by HYSPLIT-4 model for backward trajectory analysis of air arriving in the sampling site of Iksan. During the non-Asian dust period, there were two different types in PM size distribution: bimodal distribution when low concentrations of $PM_{2.5}$ were observed, while unimodal distribution having a peak in fine particle region when high concentrations of $PM_{2.5}$ were showed. This unimodal distribution with high concentrations of fine particulate and secondary air pollutants such as ${SO_4}^{2-}$, ${NO_3}^-$, ${NH_4}^+$ was found to be due to the long-range transport of air pollutants from industrialized eastern China. During the Asian dust storms, the mean concentrations of PM that can be deposited in the nasopharyngeal, tracheobronchial, and alveolar region were $128.8{\mu}g/m^3$, $216.5{\mu}g/m^3$, and $89.6{\mu}g/m^3$, respectively. During the non-Asian dust period, the mean concentrations of PM that can be deposited in the nasopharyngeal, tracheobronchial, and alveolar region were $8.4{\mu}g/m^3$, $9.5{\mu}g/m^3$ and $38.5{\mu}g/m^3$, respectively.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.319-325
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• 2017

In this study, the new particulate matter emissions considering condensable PM (CPM) of stationary pollutant sources were calculated to modify the CAPSS emissions based on only filterable PMs in Seoul and Incheon. When the new calculated emissions were compared to the existing filterable PM based emissions of local governments, different contribution patterns of emission sources were found. For example, the proportion of mobile sources was high when the filterable PM was considered; however, the contribution of non-industrial sources was dominant in Seoul when the emissions of CPM were considered. Also, the proportion of energy industrial combustion and manufacturing combustion sources was significant in Incheon when CPM emissions considered. Therefore, it seems to be much desirable to consider CPM emissions for determining adequate locations of collective energy facilities and manufacturing combustion facilities in the future. In addition, CPM should be considered to solve the dust problem nationwide. The emission analysis, diagnosis, prediction and countermeasures using CPM emissions should be appropriately performed.

• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.55-68
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• 2012

Particulate matters (PM) which are collected into a diesel particulate filter (DPF) system have to be periodically removed by thermal oxidation. In this report, we fabricated an electrohydrodynamic-assisted pressure-swirl nozzle to spray diesel droplets finer. Atomization performance of the nozzle was evaluated using both experimental and numerical methods. Two types of nozzle designs, the charge induction type and the charge injection type, were tested. While the former generated diesel droplets of $400\;{\mu}m$ at an applied electric potential over 10 kV, the latter presented the droplets smaller than $23\;{\mu}m$ at an applied electric potential of 8 kV. The numerical simulation results showed that the reduced size of droplets caused higher evaporation of droplets and therefore the increased temperature, which would eventually increase the regeneration performance of the DPF system.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.689-695
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• 2018

본 연구는 배기가스 기준을 만족하기 위해 차량에 장착된 배기가스 후처리 장치(DPF)의 재생제어 방안에 대한 것이다. DPF는 배기가스에 포함된 입자상 물질(PM)을 포집하기 위한 필터로 DPF에 포집된 PM은 일정 조건에 이르렀을 때 고온의 배기가스로 연소시킨다. 이러한 과정을 재생(Regeneration)이라 하는데 DPF의 정상적인 성능을 위한 필수 과정이다. 재생이 잘 되지 않을 경우, 차량의 성능저하와 심한 경우 차량의 화재로도 이어질 수 있다. DPF의 재생은 제어로직에 의해 수행되는데 재생제어 로직이 차량의 운용특성을 제대로 반영하지 못한 경우 DPF 재생이 이루어지지 않을 수 있다. 그렇기 때문에 전술차량의 운용특성을 파악하여 DPF가 정상적으로 재생될 수 있도록 하는 것이 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 전술차량의 운용 특성과 DPF의 특성을 분석하여 이에 맞는 DPF의 재생 제어 로직을 추가하고자 한다. 더불어 추가된 재생 제어 로직에 따른 운용 시 발생될 수 있는 추가적인 문제점까지 동시에 개선하고자 한다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.297-304
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• 2024

PM (Particulate Matters) was collected from a bag filter dust collector at an aluminum foundries, and its physicochemical properties were investigated using particle size analyzer and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (SEM/EDS). The median volume diameter of the particles passing through the pretreatment dust collector of the cyclone was approximately 10 ㎛. The cyclone pretreatment dust collector was shown to significantly reduce the throughput of large particles with a particle size of 100 ㎛ or more. The chemical composition of the particles showed a high Al content, and trace amounts of Mg, Si, and Zn were detected.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.41-46
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• 2001

Objectives : To investigate the effects of particulate matter (PM), a marker of environmental pollution derived from combustion sources, on lung epithelial cells (A549) and macrophage (RAW 264.7). Methods : The production of reactive radicals from lung cells, the lipid peroxidation of cell membrane, and the cytotoxicity of PM were measured using an in vitro model. The results were compared with a control group. Results : The presence of PM significantly increased the production of reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species with time and in a dose dependent pattern and also increased the malondialdehyde concentration in lung epithelial cells. The cytotoxicity of PM was increased with increasing concentration of PM. Conclusions : It has been suggested that urban particulate matter causes an inflammatory reaction in lung tissue through the production of hydroxyl radicals, nitric oxides and numerous cytokines. The causal chemical determinant responsible for these biologic effects are not well understood, but the bioavailable metal in PM seems to determine the tonicity of inhaled PM.