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Basic Research for Reducing Fine Dust in Urban Construction Sites Using Water Fog (미분무수를 활용한 도심지 건설현장 미세먼지 저감을 위한 기초연구)

  • Han, Jae Goo;Kim, Young Hyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2019.11a
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    • pp.209-210
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    • 2019
  • This paper investigates and analyzes related systems, policies, and research trends that are used to prepare the operating regulations for drone-based fine dust monitoring and water fog injection systems in small-sized construction site. As a result of the study, we have drawn a total of six major items to consider when drafting the drone related operational regulations. It will also be used as a basis for future development system operation regulations.

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A Basic Study on the Mobile Separator and Sorter Development of Small and Medium-sized Discharge Site's Mixed Construction Waste in Rural Area (농촌지역 혼합건설폐기물의 중·소규모 배출현장용 이동식 분리선별기 개발을 위한 기초연구)

  • Kim, Byung-Yun;Park, Ji-Sun
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.17-24
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    • 2019
  • This study aimed to develop a mobile separating and sorting device for discharge sites to separate and sort mixed construction waste generated in small and medium scale in small provincial cities into inorganic materials and combustible materials. The study results can be summarized as follows: 1) As a result of analyzing the existing domestic technology for the separating and sorting mixed construction waste, a device sorting the waste by fusing the vibration screen, disc screen, air blowing methods and the separating and sorting the combustible waste is applied in Korea. 2) In foreign countries, the air blowing, screen, gravity sorters are used for separating and sorting combustible waste in the same way as in Korea. Especially German T Company suggests a construction waste separating and sorting system using an optical sorter. 3) As for the test device for separating and sorting mixed construction waste to be buried in landfill, the processing capacity was set as 16 tons per day. 4) For separating and sorting inorganic materials by granularity, this study set a trommel with two types of diameter as a basic. To operate the mobile all-in-one system, the device is designed to locate a conveyor, a combustible waste conveying device, inside of the trommel. 5) The device is designed in a mobile mode under the concept of primary separating and sorting device, and it can be transported using a 2.5-ton truck minimum. The diameter and length of the trommel are designed to be within 1500mm and 3000mm, respectively. In a further study, an optimized separating and sorting technology is planned to be presented through an experimental study for processing efficiency analysis at the mixed construction waste site by manufacturing the pilot experiment facility reflecting the design elements in the result of this study.

Source Apportionment of Fine Particle $PM_{2.5}$ in Beijing, China

  • Zhang, Yuanhang;Zhu, Xianlei;Zeng, Limin;Wang, Wei
    • Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.216-225
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    • 2003
  • Fine particles with aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 ${\mu}m$ (PM2.5) were collected from three sites in Beijing during April, August, and November 2000 and January 2001. After chemical components in samples are analyzed, a chemical mass balance (CMB) receptor model using PARs as tracers is applied to quantify the source contributions to PM2.5 in Beijing. The results show that the major sources are coal combustion, fugitive dust, vehicle exhaust, secondary sulfate and nitrate, and organic matter while biomass burning and construction dust contribute only a small fraction. In addition, source inventory in Beijing is used to determine the primary source contributions. The two methods result in comparable results. Source apportionment at three sampling sites presents similar contributions to PM2.5 although the sites are far away from each other. However, distinct seasonal pattern is presented for the source contributions from coal combustion, fugitive dust, biomass burning, secondary sulfate and nitrate.

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Crew Productivity and Cost Analysis of Sandwich Panel Construction Work by Applying Web-Cyclone Simulation (Web-Cyclone을 활용한 샌드위치 패널공사 작업조별 생산성 분석 및 공사금액 예측에 대한 연구)

  • Cho, Dong-Ryul;Lee, Seung-Hyun;Son, Jae-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.262-267
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    • 2008
  • The domestic construction market started to expand steadily since 1970s. The building market which utilizes a sandwich panel with advantages of economical construction expenses and convenient construction has grown rapidly in recent years. However, the companies which specialize in constructing sandwich panels are relatively small or medium size, compared with other construction companies. As a result, studies on the improvement of productivity have not been conducted sufficiently. In this study, the construction sites of sandwich panel are investigated, and the work processes by each team are analyzed. Additionally, the productivity and the construction cost of each construction team are analyzed by constructing a model using the Web-Cyclone. It is expected that the results of this study can be applied to estimate the productivity and the construction cost of a sandwich panel construction that is appropriate for the on-site characteristics of small and medium sized construction companies in Korea. Also, similar processes can be simulated based on the modeling constructed in this study.

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A Study on the Correlation Analysis between the Daily Earthwork Volume and Fine Dust Concentration

  • Dong-Myeong, CHO;Ju-Yeon, LEE;Tae-Hwan, JEONG;Woo-Taeg, KWON
    • Journal of Wellbeing Management and Applied Psychology
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2023
  • Purpose: Fine dust is classified as a group 1 carcinogen and poses a significant environmental problem that urgently requires improvement to protect the environmental rights of citizens. Given the difficulty of implementing measures to reduce overseas sources of fine dust, it is essential to first devise specific measures to address domestic emission sources. As such, this study aims to analyze the correlation between earthwork volume control and fine dust concentration as preliminary management measures to reduce the impact of scattering dust at construction sites. Based on real-time air quality information, field management measures will be presented to mitigate the effects of dust emissions. Research design, data and methodology: As examples, we selected construction sites that had recently undergone small-scale environmental impact assessment consultations. The standard earthwork volume was classified into grades using 20% intervals, and we applied AERMOD to predict the weighted concentration of fine dust based on the earthwork volume class and analyzed its correlation. Results: The results of this study demonstrate a strong correlation between earthwork volume and fine dust concentration. By utilizing the correlation analysis between earthwork volume and fine dust concentration on-site, this finding can be utilized as an effective fine dust management plan. Conclusions: This involves determining the daily earthwork intensity based on real-time air quality information and implementing measures to reduce scattering dust.

The Essential Point for the Selection of Small Hydropower Turbine & Generator (소수력 수차발전기의 선정 주안점)

  • Lee Eun-Woong;Lee Gyeong-Bae
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.452-455
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    • 2005
  • We have studied the prearranged plan and the economy of a candidate site for the development of small hydro power. And also we have confirmed its economy by suggesting the technology of the unmanned operation and the selection of the water turbine generator which has a great efficiency. working rate and suitability to the topographical characteristics of various development sites, for example, irrigation reservoirs, water works pipes, sewage systems and cool ing water of a steam power stat ion. Besides we give more examples of the select ion of Francis, propeller turbine and induction generator which can achieve a maximum of power production at a minimum construction cost. With a water turbine which runs at the low head we are able to suggest many programs to boost a development of small hydro power more economically.

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Computer Vision-based Continuous Large-scale Site Monitoring System through Edge Computing and Small-Object Detection

  • Kim, Yeonjoo;Kim, Siyeon;Hwang, Sungjoo;Hong, Seok Hwan
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.1243-1244
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    • 2022
  • In recent years, the growing interest in off-site construction has led to factories scaling up their manufacturing and production processes in the construction sector. Consequently, continuous large-scale site monitoring in low-variability environments, such as prefabricated components production plants (precast concrete production), has gained increasing importance. Although many studies on computer vision-based site monitoring have been conducted, challenges for deploying this technology for large-scale field applications still remain. One of the issues is collecting and transmitting vast amounts of video data. Continuous site monitoring systems are based on real-time video data collection and analysis, which requires excessive computational resources and network traffic. In addition, it is difficult to integrate various object information with different sizes and scales into a single scene. Various sizes and types of objects (e.g., workers, heavy equipment, and materials) exist in a plant production environment, and these objects should be detected simultaneously for effective site monitoring. However, with the existing object detection algorithms, it is difficult to simultaneously detect objects with significant differences in size because collecting and training massive amounts of object image data with various scales is necessary. This study thus developed a large-scale site monitoring system using edge computing and a small-object detection system to solve these problems. Edge computing is a distributed information technology architecture wherein the image or video data is processed near the originating source, not on a centralized server or cloud. By inferring information from the AI computing module equipped with CCTVs and communicating only the processed information with the server, it is possible to reduce excessive network traffic. Small-object detection is an innovative method to detect different-sized objects by cropping the raw image and setting the appropriate number of rows and columns for image splitting based on the target object size. This enables the detection of small objects from cropped and magnified images. The detected small objects can then be expressed in the original image. In the inference process, this study used the YOLO-v5 algorithm, known for its fast processing speed and widely used for real-time object detection. This method could effectively detect large and even small objects that were difficult to detect with the existing object detection algorithms. When the large-scale site monitoring system was tested, it performed well in detecting small objects, such as workers in a large-scale view of construction sites, which were inaccurately detected by the existing algorithms. Our next goal is to incorporate various safety monitoring and risk analysis algorithms into this system, such as collision risk estimation, based on the time-to-collision concept, enabling the optimization of safety routes by accumulating workers' paths and inferring the risky areas based on workers' trajectory patterns. Through such developments, this continuous large-scale site monitoring system can guide a construction plant's safety management system more effectively.

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An Analysis of the Current State of Window Constructions in Small-scale Private Architecture in Consideration of the Energy Consumption Efficiency Rating System (소규모 민간건축에 있어서 에너지소비효율등급제를 고려한 창호공사 현황분석)

  • Kang, Suk-Pyo;Jin, Eun-Mi
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.43-51
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    • 2015
  • At present, in the case of small and medium window manufacturers in South Korea, glazing and window frame manufacturers are divided into separate businesses. However, in the fenestration energy consumption efficiency rating system and the energy-saving design criteria for buildings, the coefficient of overall heat transmission standard for windows is defined by window sets, which integrate glazing and window frames. At most construction sites, windows are constructed by installing separately supplied glass and frames. Research that can integrate the reality and the system is therefore necessary. The present study first investigated and analyzed the on-site situation of the fenestration energy consumption efficiency rating system. According to the results, while overall understanding of the fenestration energy consumption efficiency rating system was high, satisfaction with it was low, and the general practice at construction sites was to use windows assembled on site rather than integrated window systems manufactured at factories, thus making it difficult to confirm that the current rating system was well applied on site. Consequently, the reality of industrial sites must be reviewed and a realistic alternative to the fenestration energy consumption efficiency rating system must be presented instead of focusing on theory.

Development and Performance Evaluation of Single Process Separating and Sorting Pilot for Mixed Construction Waste (혼합건설폐기물의 단일 공정 분리·선별 장치 개발 및 성능평가)

  • Song, Tae-Hyeob;Park, Ji-Sun
    • Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.371-378
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    • 2016
  • In this study, a small portable sorting pilot for separation that can be used in dismantling construction site, which is the stage of construction waste generation, was developed, and its separation efficiency was evaluated to increase the actual recycling rate of the construction waste. The pilot was developed as portable sorting pilot for separation of 6 ton capacity that can handle one arm roll box within a $15m^2$ area in consideration of narrow places in the downtown area where a number of dismantling sites are located and various processes performed in the dismantling sites. In order to evaluate the efficiency performance of the developed device, the separation and sorting were carried out ten times with respect to trommel rotational speed RPM 2-3, 4-6 and 7-8. According to the results, the highest efficiency of about 90% was shown at RPM 6-7.

Detection of Porno Sites on the Web using Fuzzy Inference (퍼지추론을 적용한 웹 음란문서 검출)

  • 김병만;최상필;노순억;김종완
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.419-425
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    • 2001
  • A method to detect lots of porno documents on the internet is presented in this parer. The proposed method applies fuzzy inference mechanism to the conventional information retrieval techniques. First, several example sites on porno arc provided by users and then candidate words representing for porno documents are extracted from theme documents. In this process, lexical analysis and stemming are performed. Then, several values such as tole term frequency(TF), the document frequency(DF), and the Heuristic Information(HI) Is computed for each candidate word. Finally, fuzzy inference is performed with the above three values to weight candidate words. The weights of candidate words arc used to determine whether a liven site is sexual or not. From experiments on small test collection, the proposed method was shown useful to detect the sexual sites automatically.

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