• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.175-187
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• 2014

The subways play an important part in serious traffic problems. Almost seven million citizens a day are using subways as a means of traffic communication in the Seoul metropolitan city in 2012. However, the subway system is a semi-closed environment, so many serious problems occurred in subway stations and injured passengers' health. Platform screen doors (PSD) are expected to prevent negligent accident such as injury or death from falling and improve the air quality of the subway station. Installation of PSD at stations in Seoul metropolitan subway had been completed in December 2009. Consequently, the underground transportation system became a closed environment, so the air quality has improved the platforms, but it has deteriorated in the tunnels. Especially, the subway cabin has many doors, and the doors are frequently opened and closed. For this reason, the effect of door opening on subway cabin, dust flow inside the subway cabin. In this process, the maintenance work may influence the health of people who work underground, as well as that of subway users (passengers). In this study, we measured air quality inside and outside of the subway cabin line 2 in Seoul, Korea. This study focused on the investigation of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and measurement target pollutants are PM10, CO, $CO_2$, $NO_2$, $O_3$. It was found that levels of PM10, $CO_2$, and $NO_2$ inside subway cabin line 2 exceeded the Korea IAQ standard. Concentrations of PM10, $CO_2$, and $NO_2$ inside of the cabin are higher than outside of the cabin (Indoor Outdoor ratio is higher than 1.). Concentrations of CO, $O_3$ inside of the cabin are lower than outside of the cabin (Indoor Outdoor ratio is lower than 1.). There is a high correlation between $CO_2$ and passengers inside of the cabin and PM10 is only the weakest correlation with passengers. Therefore, it is important to find out the emission source of $NO_2$. The results of this study will be useful as fundamental data to study indoor air quality of a subway cabin.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.443-449
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• 2017

최근 국내 도시철도 지하역사에는 승강장 안전문의 설치로 인한 승강장의 급 배기 불균형이 일어나며, 이러한 불균형은 승강장 내 오염물질 축적과 환기부족에 의한 쾌적성 저하를 일으키는 원인이 된다. 본 연구에서는 시뮬레이션 유동해석 프로그램을 이용하여 지하역사 바닥배기 시스템의 최적화 설계를 하고, 제작된 바닥배기 시스템의 미세먼지 제거 성능을 실험으로 검증하였다. 바닥배기 시스템의 시뮬레이션 유동해석은 CFX 17.0 프로그램을 이용하였으며, HEEDS를 최적화 소프트웨어로 적용하였다. 3차에 걸쳐 이루어진 최적화 결과, 약 430 Pa의 차압과 61%의 미세먼지 제거 성능을 갖는 전체높이 1.78 m의 바닥배기 시스템이 도출되었다. 최적화 설계에 따라 실규모로 제작된 바닥배기 시스템을 이용하여 미세먼지 집진 성능 실험을 실시하였으며, 약 65%의 집진효율을 보임으로써 수치해석을 통해 도출된 최적설계 결과와 유사한 수준임을 검증하였다. 결과적으로 최적화 프로그램을 활용한 바닥배기 시스템의 설계가 급배기 불균형을 갖고 있는 지하역사 승강장에 적용 가능함을 확인하였으며, 설계된 바닥배기 시스템이 공간상의 제약으로 추가적인 배기설비 설치가 어려운 기존 지하 역사에서 배기개선 및 미세먼지 제거에 효과적으로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.989-993
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• 2007

It was intended in this study to seek for the measures to utilize the USN technique, which has high usability due to low price and low power consumption, in air quality monitoring. As a method, the sensors of temperature, humidity, particulate matters (PM10), and carbon dioxide ($CO_2$) were installed in the self-manufactured sensor nodes; the nodes were installed in the waiting rooms and platforms of a subway station and the measurements were collected at real time with use of a computer which micro gateway was built in. Collected data was to be processed by the statistics program installed in the computer; the collected data is to be used in managing the air quality of stations after transmission to the ventilation system of ventilation chambers.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2005년도 학술대회 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.484-486
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• 2005

Passenger safety is a primary concern of railway system but, it has been urgent issue that dozens of people are killed every year when they falloff from train platforms. Recently, advancements in IT have enabled applying vision sensors to railway environments, such as CCTV and stereo camera sensors. In this paper, we propose a stereoscopic video coding scheme for subway accident monitoring system. The proposed scheme is designed for providing flexible video among various displays, such as control center, station employees and train driver. We uses MPEG-2 standard for coding the left-view sequence and IBMDC for predicting the P- and B-types of frames of the right-view sequence. IBMDC predicts matching block by interpolating both motion and disparity predicted macroblocks. To provide efficient stereoscopic video service. we define both temporally and spatially scalable layers for each eye's-view by using the concept of Spatio-Temporal scalability. According to the experimental results. we expect the proposed functionalities will play a key role in establishing highly flexible stereoscopic video codec for ubiquitous display environment where devices and network connections are heterogeneous.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.201-208
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• 2015

We investigated the pollution levels of $PM_{2.5}$ at Wangsimni station at which four subway lines (Line 2, Line 5, the Jungang line, and the Bundang Line) are simultaneously under the operation. The analysis of $PM_{2.5}$ was made for the period of 1~ 11 Nov. 2014. The results of our field campaign were analyzed to assess the effects of various factors and conditions on the $PM_{2.5}$ pollution (such as installation of the screen door, density of floating population, weekdays and weekend, and the depth of platforms). The mean concentrations of $PM_{2.5}$ in each subway line of the Wangsimni station was measured as: the line 2 ($22.5{\mu}g/m^3$) ; the line 5 ($18.3{\mu}g/m^3$) ; the Jungang line ($31.8{\mu}g/m^3$); and the Bundang line ($32.2{\mu}g/m^3$). Based on the detailed analysis of $PM_{2.5}$ pollution at four subway lines, we aimed to provide some perspectives on reducing the concentration of ultrafine particles in a highly populated urban area.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.270-277
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• 2015

수도권 도시철도 일부 구간에서는 이용객의 집중화에 따라 극심한 혼잡이 발생하고 있다. 도시철도 운영회사들은 정기 및 분기별 혼잡조사를 실시하여, 혼잡개선 대책을 수립하고 있다. 하지만, 이러한 조사는 열차혼잡도에 국한되어 있으며, 이벤트 발생에 따른 비반복 혼잡에 대한 조사가 어려운 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 교통카드자료를 활용한 시간대별 승강장 혼잡도를 추정하는 알고리즘을 개발하도록 한다. 알고리즘 검증을 위하여 2호선 잠실~신도림 구간의 비환승역을 대상으로 혼잡도 추정치와 실측치 값을 비교하였으며, 오차의 범위는 ${pm}2%$ 이내였다. 연구결과는 승강장 혼잡도를 시간대별로 상시 모니터링할 수 있으며, 장기적인 승강장 혼잡도분석을 통한 승강장 대기공간의 적정성 여부도 판단할 수 있을 것이다. 추후 연구에서는 본 연구에서 반영하지 못한 역별 게이트에서 승강장까지의 혼잡상황을 고려한 동적보행시간이 고려되어야 할 것이다.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2012

This study was aimed to thoroughly estimate the characteristics of indoor particulate matter (PM) collected on subway platforms by the cooperative approach of semi-bulk and single particle analyses. The size-resolved PM and its number concentration were measured on the platform in a heavily traveled subway station in Fukuoka, Japan. Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) and micro-PIXE techniques were applied to the chemical analyses of semi-bulk and single particle, respectively. There was the close resemblance of timely fluctuation between PM number concentration and train service on the third basement floor (B3F) platform compared to the second basement floor (B2F) and its maximum level was marked in rush hour. Higher number counts in large particles ($>1{\mu}m$) and lower number counts in fine particles ($<1{\mu}m$) were shown on the platform compared to an above ground. PM2.5 accounted for 58.2% and 38.2 % of TSP on B3F and on B2F, respectively. The elements that were ranked at high concentration in size-resolved semi-bulk PM were Fe, Si, Ca, S, and Na. The major elements tending to have more elevated levels on B3F than B2F were Fe (4.4 times), Ca (17.3 times), and Si (46.4 times). Although concentrations were very low, Cr ($11.9ng\;m^{-3}$ on B3F, $2.4ng\;m^{-3}$ on B2F), Mn ($3.4ng\;m^{-3}$ on B3F, $0.9ng\;m^{-3}$ on B2F), and Pb ($0.6ng\;m^{-3}$ on B3F, $1.6ng\;m^{-3}$ on B2F) were detected from PM2.5. Individual PM was nearly all enriched in Fe with Si and Ca. Classifying and source profiling of the individual particles by elemental maps and particle morphology were tried and particles were presumably divided into four groups (i.e., train/rail friction, train-rail sparking, ballast/abrasive, and cement).

• 과학기술학연구
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.77-105
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• 2010

이 글은 지하철 위험의 해결책으로 제시된 스크린도어를 대상으로 "기술적 해결"(technological fix)의 가능성과 한계를 검토하고 있다. 지하철 위험은 그 유형에 따라 모두 다섯 종류―"전철운행 사고", "역사 내 사고", "승강장 사고", "지하의 공간적 위험", "범죄 및 테러의 위험"―로 분류할 수 있는데, 가장 중요한 것은 궤도와 역사의 접촉면에 위치한 승강장에서 발생하는 승강장 사고이다. 스크린도어는 승강장 사고를 예방할 수 있는 효과적인 기술적 수단으로 여겨진다. 여기에는 사고를 기술적 수단을 통해 해결하려는 기술적 해결의 이데올로기가 강하게 작용한다. 신설되는 역이 아니라 기존 역의 승강장에 스크린도어를 설치하는 것이 세계적으로 유래를 찾기 힘든 경우라는 사실이 이를 잘 보여준다. 스크린도어는 현실적 수단으로서 가시적 효과를 낳았지만 예상치 못한 비가시적 위험을 가중시킨 측면도 없지 않다. 승강장 내부, 특히 출퇴근 환승역 승강장에서 화재가 발생했을 때, 스크린도어는 승객의 탈출로를 차단하는 "통곡의 벽"으로 돌변할 수 있다. 기술적 해결에 대한 지나친 기대와 의존은 금물이며, 그 한계에 대한 성찰이 요구되는 이유이다.

• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.87-95
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• 2017

Radon ($Rn^{222}$) is a radioactive gas and is found at high concentrations underground. Investigations were done in many years specifically on public transportations such as in the subway stations, concourses and platforms for these are located underground areas. This study correlates the $Rn^{222}$ concentrations with the Particulate Matter (PM) concentration for the gas could be attached or trapped inside these particles. It was done on the opening subway tunnel of Miasageori Station going to Mia Station (Line 4) last August 2016. Based on the result, the $Rn^{222}$ were more influenced on the mass ratio (%) of PM present in the air instead of its mass concentration (${\mu}g/m^3$). As the $PM_{10}$ mass ratio increases ($42.32{\pm}1.03%$) during morning rush-hours, radon starts to increase up to $0.97{\pm}0.03pCi/L$. But during the afternoon $Rn^{222}$ concentrations decreased while the composition were stable at $22.96{\pm}3.0%$, $39.04{\pm}0.6%$ and $38.01{\pm}0.3%$ in $PM_1$, $PM_{2.5}$ and $PM_{10}$ respectively. It was then assumed that it could be the composition of the morning hours of the station were influencing the concentration of the radon.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.207-215
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• 2003

The purpose of this study is to estimate the air quality of subway stations having underground platforms in Busan Metropolitan City, from September to November 2000, over seven times. The places of the investigation include Yonsan-dong station, Somyon station, Busan station, Nampo-dong station, and Dusil station. Samplings were conducted at three points in each station, i.e. gates, ticket gates, and platforms. CO, NO, $NO_2$, and $O_3$ were the main components of air for this analysis. In order to more fully understand station environments, we also measured an air temperature at each point. The results showed that the $O_3$ average concentration of Yonsan-dong station was higher than others with 38~51 ppb. The average concentration of NO was high at the ticket gate and platform at Somyon station (119 ppb, 122 ppb) and Nampo-dong station (102 ppb, 100 ppb). These results show that the air pollution of stations with underground shopping malls were higher than others. At Somyon station having a junction station, NO and $NO_2$ concentration levels of platform-2 (noncrowded) were higher than platform-1 (crowded). This is most likely due to the accumulation of air pollutants and inadequate ventilation systems. To find the relationship of the indoor (platform) and outdoor (gate), we analyzed the I/O ratio. The averages of CO and $O_3$ were both higher than one: 1.16 and 1.82, respectively. In the correlations between each material and the others, NO vs $NO_2$ was the highest with R=0.63. In the correlations between indoor and outdoor, $O_3$ was the highest with R=0.64.