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Development of Moisture Loss Index Based on Field Moisture Measurement using Portable Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR) for Cold In-place Recycled Pavements (휴대용 TDR 함수량계로 측정한 현장 함수비를 이용한 현장 상온 재활용 아스팔트 포장의 수분 감소계수 개발)

  • Kim, Yong-Joo;Lee, Ho-Sin David;Im, Soo-Hyok
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.139-145
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    • 2011
  • The practice of asphalt pavement recycling has grown rapidly over the decade, one of which is the cold in-place recycling with the foamed asphalt (CIR-foam) or the emulsified asphalt (CIR-emulsion). Particularly, in Iowa, the CIR has been widely used in rehabilitating the rural highways because it significantly increases the service life of the existing pavement. The CIR layer is typically overlaid by the hot mix asphalt (HMA) to protect it from water ingress and traffic load and obtain the required pavement structure and texture. Most public agencies have different curing requirements based on the number of curing days or the maximum moisture contents for the CIR before placing the overlay. The main objective of this study is to develop a moisture loss index that the public agency can use to monitor the moisture content of CIR layers in preparation for a timely placement of the wearing surface. First, the moisture contents were measured in the field using a portable time domain reflectometry (TDR) device. Second, the weather information in terms of rain fall, air temperature, humidity and wind speed was collected from the same location. Finally, a moisture loss index was developed as a function of initial moisture content, air temperature, humidity and wind speed. The developed moisture loss index based on the field measurements would help the public agency to determine an optimum timing of an overlay placement without continually measuring moisture conditions in the field.

Improvement of Verification Method for Remedial Works through the Suggestion of Indicative Parameters and Sampling Method (정화 보조지표와 시료 채취 방법 제안을 통한 토양정화검증 제도 개선 연구)

  • Kwon, Ji Cheol;Lee, Goontaek;Kim, Tae Seung;Yoon, Jeong-Ki;Kim, Ji-in;Kim, Yonghoon;Kim, Joonyoung;Choi, Jeongmin
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.179-191
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    • 2016
  • In addition to the measurement of the concentration of soil contaminants, the new idea of indicative parameters was proposed to validate the remedial works through the monitoring for the changes of soil characteristics after applying the clean up technologies. The parameters like CFU (colony forming unit), pH and soil texture were recommended as indicative parameters for land farming. In case of soil washing, water content and the particle size distribution of the sludge were recommended as indicative parameters. The sludge is produced through the particle separation process in soil washing and it is usually treated as a waste. The parameters like water content, organic matter content, CEC (cation exchange capacity) and CFU were recommended as indicative parameters for the low temperature thermal desorption method. Besides the indicative parameter, sampling methods in stock pile and the optimal minimum amount of composite soil sample were proposed. The rates of sampling error in regular grid, zigzag, four bearing, random grid methods were 17.3%, 17.6%, 17.2% and 16.5% respectively. The random grid method showed the minimum sampling error among the 4 kinds of sampling methods although the differences in sampling errors were very little. Therefore the random grid method was recommended as an appropriate sampling method in stock pile. It was not possible to propose a value of optimal minimum amount of composite soil sample based on the real analytical data due to the dynamic variation of $CV_{fund{\cdot}error}$. Instead of this, 355 g of soil was recommended for the optimal minimum amount of composite soil sample under the assumption of ISO 10381-8.

Effect of Whole Soy Flour on the Properties of Wet Noodle (대두분말의 첨가가 제면특성에 미치는 영향)

  • 홍예문;김주숙;김동원;김우정
    • The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.417-422
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    • 2003
  • Addition of whole soy flour(WSF) to wheat flour(WF) was studies for its effects on dough and noodle characteristics. The WF used was medium grade of strength and WSF was a fine flour of 350 mesh. The addition ratio of WSF to. n was up to 20%. The dough properties and textural properties of wet and cooked noodles were measured with using Farinograph, Amylograph and Rheometer. Farinogram data showed the minimum dough development time and stability at 6% addition of WSF. Amylograph data of initial pasting temperature and time were increased while the maximum and final viscosity and setback were decreased as the WSF added more to W The initial pasting temperature of 2.0∼6.0% WSF added flour were comparable to 100% WF eventhough viscosity was almost half of WF. The water absorption capacity was increased from 81.6% to 92.3% at 6.0% WSF and then decreased as the addition ratio of WSF increased. The extensibility of dough showed a maximal value at 8.0% WSF addition. Strengthness and hardness of wet and cooked noodle were increased to the heighest measurement as the WSF added up to 6.0% followed by a steady decrease thereafter. It was also found that WSF addition resulted an increase in adhesiveness of wet noodle and decrease in hardness and strengthness of cooked noodle.

Effect of Calcium Acetate and Potassium Sorbate on Characteristics of Kakdugi (Calcium Acetate 및 Potassium Sorbate를 첨가한 깍두기의 품질 특성)

  • Kim, So-Yeon;Um, Jin-Young;Kim, Kwang-Ok
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.1-5
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    • 1991
  • This study was conducted to examine the effect of the addition of calcium acetate and/or potassium sorbate on the characteristics of kakdugi(Korean seasoned pickles of cubed radish roots) fermented at $20^{\circ}C$ for 4 days or more. The sensory characteristics, pH, titratable acidity, non-volatile organic acids and texture by Instron were measured. The results of sensory evaluation on kakdugi stored at $20^{\circ}C$ for 4 days indicated that firmness, toughness, crispness, sour taste and overall desirability were increased by the addition of calcium acetate. Potassium sorbate was evaluated to decrease the sourness. Titratable acidity, pH and the amount of non-volatile organic acids were higher in samples containing calcium acetate than in other ones. Compression test with Instron gave the similiar result to sensory evaluation in the measurement of firmness. Calcium acetate and potassium sorbate showed synergistic effect greatly on the textural characteristics on kakdugis.

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Incident Angle Dependence of Quantum Efficiency in c-Si Solar Cell or a-Si Thin Film Solar Cell in BIPV System (광 입사각이 BIPV에 적용되는 단결정 또는 비정질 실리콘 태양전지의 양자효율에 미치는 영향)

  • Kang, Jeong-Wook;Son, Chan-Hee;Cho, Guang-Sup;Yoo, Jin-Hyuk;Kim, Joung-Sik;Park, Chang-Kyun;Cha, Sung-Duk;Kwon, Gi-Chung
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.62-68
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    • 2012
  • The conversion efficiency of solar cells depending on incident angle of light is important for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) applications. The quantum efficiency is the ratio of the number of charge carriers collected by the solar cell to the number of photons of a given energy shining on the solar cell. The analysis of angle dependence of quantum efficiencies give more information upon the variation of power output of a solar cell by the incident angle of light. The variations in power output of solar cells with increasing angle of incidence is different for the type of cell structures. In this study we present the results of the quantum efficiency measurement of single-crystalline silicon solar cells and a-Si:H thin-film solar cells with the angle of incidence of light. As a result, as the angle of incidence increases in single-crystalline silicon solar cells, quantum efficiency at all wavelength (300~1,100 nm) of light were reduced. But in case of a-Si:H thin-film solar cells, quantum efficiency was increased or maintained at the angle of incidence from 0 degree to about 40 degrees and dramatically decrease at more than 40 degrees in the range of visible light. This results of quantum efficiency with increasing incident angle were caused by haze and interference effects in thin-film structure. Thus, the structural optimization considering incident angle dependence of solar cells is expected to benefit BIPV.

Stable Macro-aggregate in Wet Sieving and Soil Properties (습식체별에 안정한 대입단과 토양특성과의 관계)

  • Han, Kyung-Hwa;Cho, Hyun-Jun;Lee, Hyub-Sung;Oh, Dong-Shig;Kim, Lee-Yul
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.255-261
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    • 2007
  • Soil aggregates, resulting from physico-chemical and biological interactions, are important to understand carbon dynamics and material transport in soils. The objective of this study is to investigate stable macro-aggregate (> 0.25mm diameter) in wet sieving (SM) and their relation to soil properties in 15 sites. The clay contents of soils were ranged from 1% to 33%, and their land uses included bare and cultivated lands of annual upland crops, orchard, and grass. Undisturbed 3 inch cores with five replicates were sampled at topsoil (i.e., 0- to 10-cm depth), for analyzing SM and physico-chemical properties, after in situ measurement of air permeability. SM of sandy soils, with clay content less than 2%, was observed as 0%. Except the sandy soils, SM of soils mainly depended on land uses, showing 27%~35% in soils with annual plants such as vegetable and corn, 51% in orchard, and 75% in grass. This sequence of SM is probably due to the different strength of soil disturbance like tillage with different land uses. SM had significant correlation with cation exchange capacity, organic matter content, sand, clay, silt, bulk density, and exchangeable potassium (K) and magnesium (Mg), whereas fluctuating properties with fertilization such as pH, EC, and water soluble phosphorus weren't significantly correlated to the SM. Particularly, exchangeable calcium (Ca) had significant relation with SM, only except soils with oversaturating Ca. This study, therefore, suggested that SM could perceive different land uses and the change of soil properties in soils, necessarily considering soil textures and Ca over-saturation.

Antioxidant Activity and Quality Characteristics of Jeonbyeong added Cedrela sinensis Powder (참죽 분말을 첨가한 전병의 항산화 활성 및 품질특성)

  • Yang, Seung-Eun;Jin, So-Yeon
    • Culinary science and hospitality research
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.279-290
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    • 2013
  • Cedrela sinensis is a Korean traditional wild herb that has special taste, aroma and red leaves. Only Korean and Chinese have been eating blanched Cedrela sinensis leaves. In this study, quality characteristics and antioxidant activity of Cedrela sinensis Jeonbyeong were compared and analyzed by pulverizing Cedrela sinensis leaves and subsequently adding by adjusting the amount of Cedrela sinensis powder. For analyzing the quality characteristics, the moisture content and pH of Jeonbyeong batter, specific volume, moisture content, color, texture profile analysis and sensory evaluations are measured. Total phenolic content showed $16.11{\pm}0.09$ mg GAE/100 g in the 12% Cedrela sinensis powder added group, which was the highest. DPPH free radical scavenging activity of Jeonbyeong indicated the highest score in the 12% Cedrela sinensis powder added group(p<0.001). While the pH(p<0.01) and moisture content(p<0.001) of batter and moisture content(p<0.01) of Jeonbyeong significantly decreased with increasing Cedrela sinensis powder content. Chromaticity measurement results of Jeonbyeong showed significantly decreased L value and b value chromaticity (p<0.001) and increased a value. Hardness significantly increased with increasing Cedrela sinensis powder content. In the sensory evaluations, 9% Cedrela sinensis powder added group ranked significantly higher than any other group in every section. From these results, we suggest that Cedrela sinensis leaves show remarkable antioxidant activity as a good ingredient for functional processed food.

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Discussion of Soil Respiration for Understanding Ecosystem Carbon Cycle in Korea (생태계 탄소순환 이해를 위한 국내 토양호흡 연구의 고찰)

  • Lee, Jae-Ho;Yi, Jun-Seok;Chun, Young-Moon;Chae, Nam-Yi;Lee, Jae-Seok
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.310-318
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    • 2013
  • In territorial ecosystem, soil has stored considerable amount of carbon, and it is vulnerable to weakness release much of the carbon to atmosphere. In this study, we have been effort realization and discussion to the error between inter-instruments and measurement methods, time and special variations, gap filling and separation from each source included in soil respiration, used to collect soil respiration data in various ecosystems in Korea. In conclusion, it have to collect calibration data throughout comparison test between methods and instruments because accumulated data from past and accumulating data in present did not calibrated. In predicting change of soil carbon dynamic using the model method, it needs important data such as longterm and short-term data, artificial handling data of major factor, data from various ecosystem, soil texture, soil depth etc. In company with, we should collect highly qualified data through deep consideration of present problems.

Quality Characteristics of Sausage Prepared with Black Garlic Extract and Dried Powder of Specialized Crops Cultivated in Namhae (흑마늘과 남해특용작물을 혼합 첨가하여 제조한 소시지의 품질특성)

  • Yoon, Hwan-Sik;Shin, Jung-Hye;Kang, Min-Jung
    • Korean journal of food and cookery science
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.444-453
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, we made sausages which included 1% black garlic extracts at $15^{\circ}Bx$ mixed with 0.3% dried powders of Curcuma longa L. (ST1), Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten (ST2), Asparagus ocinals L. (ST3) and Aloe vera (ST4), respectively, and evaluated the quality of the sausage by instrumental analysis and sensory evaluation. The sausages were stored at $8^{\circ}C$ for 4 weeks. In terms of color intensity, ST2 provided the highest lightness (L) and redness (a), while the yellowness (b) was the highest in ST3. In the initial duration, the control group of sausage showed the highest texture measurement. ST4 had the lowest pH level (highest acidity). These outcomes decreased as the storage time became longer. In the initial storage duration, the ST4 had the highest total sugar content ($17.64{\pm}0.92mg/100g$), and this increased with longer storage duration. Since the contents of TBARS for the proposed sausages had been incremented, the initial contents were generally lower than those of the control sausages. The ABTS radical scavenging activity was performed as $89.11{\pm}0.66{\sim}99.22{\pm}0.09%$ at the $1000{\mu}g/mL$ level during the initial day of storage. To conclude, the sausages supplemented the black garlic with the proposed dried powders have a high chance of being a suitable commercial product for both customs and marketing eld.

Physicochemical Properties of Yanggaeng with Lentil Bean Sediment (렌틸콩 앙금 첨가에 따른 양갱의 품질 특성)

  • Noh, Dan-Bi;Kim, Kyoung-Hee;Yook, Hong-Sun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.45 no.6
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    • pp.865-871
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    • 2016
  • This study investigated the quality characteristics of Yanggaeng added with lentil bean sediment. Yanggaeng was prepared by addition of 0, 25, 50, and 75% (w/w) lentil bean sediment to white bean basic formulation. For the proximate composition measurement, lentil bean sediment consisted of 15.63% moisture, 17.31% crude protein, 0.92% crude ash, and 0.31% crude fat. The sediment yield of lentil beans was 54.25%. The moisture content of Yanggaeng significantly increased with increasing lentil bean sediment content. The total soluble solid content ($^{\circ}Brix$) of Yanggaeng significantly decreased with increasing lentil bean sediment content, whereas the pH was not significantly different between the control and experimental groups. The lightness of Yanggaeng significantly decreased with increasing lentil bean sediment content, whereas redness and yellowness significantly increased with increasing lentil bean sediment content. The springiness, gumminess, and chewiness of Yanggaeng decreased with increasing lentil bean sediment content, whereas hardness and cohesiveness was not significantly different between the control and experimental groups. The total phenolic content and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging activity significantly increased with increasing lentil bean sediment content. Yanggaeng containing 25% lentil bean sediment had acceptable sensory properties, such as taste, texture, and overall preferences. Thus, our results suggest that Yanggaeng containing 25% lentil bean sediment could improve the sensory properties and antioxidant activities of Yanggaeng.