• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.643-672
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• 2006

본 연구는 한국의 산업별 독성물질 배출량을 이용하여 산업별 인체유해도를 측정한 것이다. 분석에 이용된 자료는 146종의 인체유해화학물질 배출량과 2000년도 산업연관표이다. 분석결과, 총배출 강도가 높은 산업의 순위는 목재나무제품펄프종이(1.1632) >유기화학기초제품(0.9750) >기타화학제품(0.9620) >플라스틱제품(0.3804) >합성수지 및 합성고무(0.3412) >선박 및 기타 수송장비(0.3275) 등이다. 또한 인체발암지수는 산업 전체가 $11.86198{\times}10^3$(이미지참조)이며, 산업 평균이 $0.26360{\times}10^3$(이미지참조)으로 계산되었다. 인체유해도가 높은 산업의 순위를 보면, 자동차 및 부문품(7.85033) >선철 및 강반성품(4.57409) >철강 1차 제품(4.36668) >선박 및 기타 수송장비(3.43293) >무기화학기초제품(2.64379) 등이다. 총배출강도나 인체유해도 등은 인체유해 화학물질 감축을 위한 수요 및 산업 정책을 전개할 때, 규제산업의 우선순위를 결정하는 근거가 될 수 있다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2023

The significance of gas sensors has been emphasized in various industries and applications, owing to the growing significance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management in corporate operations. In particular, the monitoring of hazardous gas leakages and detection of fugitive emissions have recently garnered significant attention across several industrial sectors. As industrial workplaces evolve to ensure the safety of their working environments and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the demand for high-performance gas sensors in industrial sectors dealing with toxic substances is on the rise. However, conventional gas-sensing systems have limitations in monitoring fugitive gas leakages at both critical and subcritical concentrations in complex environments. To overcome these difficulties, recent studies in the field of gas sensors have employed techniques such as mobile robotic olfaction, remote optical sensing, chemical grid sensing, and remote acoustic sensing. This review highlights the significant progress made in various technologies that have enabled accurate and real-time mapping of gas distribution and localization of hazardous gas sources. These recent advancements in gas-sensing technology have shed light on the future role of gas-detection systems in industrial safety.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.653-693
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• 2009

본 연구는 한국의 환경투입산출모형을 이용하여 유독물질 및 발암물질의 산업별 배출강도와 배출량 변동에 대한 경제적 요인을 분석하고, 배출 감축을 위한 정책조합을 제시한 것이다. 분석에 이용된 자료는 2000년~2007년의 산업별 화학물질 배출량과 산업연관표 자료이다. 분석결과, 동기간 중 발암물질의 배출은 감소하였으나, 유독물질의 배출은 증가하고 있다. 유독물질의 총배출 강도가 높은 산업은 출판인쇄 및 복제(12), 기타운송장비(26), 펄프종이 및 종이제품(11), 가죽가방 및 신발(9), 섬유직물(7) 등이며, 발암물질의 TEI가 높은 산업은 목재 및 나무제품(10), 자동차 및 트레일러(25), 고무 및 플라스틱제품(15), 영상음향 및 통신장비(23) 등이다. 유독물질과 발암물질의 변동에 크게 기여한 경제적 요인은 생산 과정에서의 배출계수 관리와 수요면의 최종수요 요인으로 나타났다. 배출량을 효율적으로 감축하기 위한 정책 수단의 조합은 물질군별로 산업부문별로 상이하게 나타난다. 섬유직물(7), 컴퓨터 및 사무용기기(21), 운송장비(26) 등은 배출계수를 관리하는 것이 효율적이며, 조립금속제품(18)은 최종수요를 관리하는 것이 효율적이다. 배출계수 관리가 이루어지고 있는 가구 및 기타제조업(27), 고무 및 플라스틱(15)은 최종수요 관리가 적극 추진되어야 하며, 자동차(25), 코크스석유정제(13), 1차금속(17), 화학(14)은 배출계수 관리와 보조적인 최종수요 관리가 요구되는 부문이다. 이러한 정책 조합은 인체유해 화학물질 감축을 위한 환경정책의 수단에서 산업부문별 물질군별 우선순위를 결정하는 근거가 될 수 있다.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.407-413
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• 2006

The liquefied petroleum gas(LPG), mixture of propane and butane, has the potential to reduce toxic hydrocarbon emissions and inhibit ozone formation due to its chemical composition. Conventional mixer systems, however, have problems in meeting the future lower emission standards because of the difficulty in controlling air-fuel ratio precisely according to mileage tar accumulation. Liquid Phase LPG injection(LPLi) system has several advantages in more precise fuel metering and higher engine performance than those of the conventional mixer type. On the other hands, leakage problem of LPLi system at the injector tip is a main obstacle for meeting more stringent future emission regulations because these phenomena might cause excessive amount of THC emission during cold and hot restart phase. The main focus of this paper is the development of a leaked fuel recirculation system, which can eliminate the leaked fuel at the intake system with the activated carbon canister. Leaked fuel level was evaluated by using a fast response THC analyzer and gas chromatography. The result shows that THC concentration during cold and hot restart stage decreases by over 60%, and recirculation system is an effective method to meet the SULEV standard of the LPLi engine.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.207-217
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• 2002

This study was designed to investigate the characteristics of atmospheric concentrations of toxic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Korea. Target compounds included 1,3-butadiene, aromatics such as BTEX, and a number of carbonyl compounds. In this paper, as the second part of the study, the seasonal and locational concentrations of atmospheric VOCs were evaluated. Sampling was conducted seasonally at seven sampling sites. each of them representing a large urban area (commercial and residential), a small urban area (commercial and residential), an industrial area (a site within the complex and a residential), and a background place in Korea. In general, higher concentrations were found in the petro-chemical industrial site than other sites, while VOCs measured in commercial (heavy -traffic) sites were higher than residential sites. Seasonality of VOCs concentrations were not so much clear as other combustion related pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, indicating that the VOCs are emitted from a variety of sources, not only vehicle exhaust and point sources but fugitive emissions. Except the industrial site, the concentrations of VOCs measured in this study do not reveal any serious pollution status, since the levels did not exceed any existing ambient standards in the U.K. and/or Japan. However, the increasing number of petrol -powered vehicles and the rapid industrialization in Korea may result in the increased levels of VOCs concentrations in many large urban areas in the near future, if there is no appropriate programme implemented for the control of these compounds.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.319-327
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• 2007

소각은 유기성 유해폐기물에 대해 가장 발달된 유용한 처리기술로 인정되어 왔다. 그러나 PCBs와 같이 유해한 폐기물의 처리를 위한 소각로의 부지확보나 인허가가 유해한 대기오염 물질의 배출에 대한 주민의 우려로 용이하지 않다. 최근에 많은 소각 대체기술들이 개발되어 왔으며 이 기술들은 소각에 비해 다이옥신이나 퓨란과 같은 유해한 물질의 배출이 적어 주민의 우려를 완화시킬 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 다양한 유해폐기물의 종류에 대해 현재 적용이 가능한 소각 대체기술들을 검토하였다. 다양한 범주의 비열처리 및 열처리 소각 대체기술들을 공정운전조건, 적용대상 폐기물 및 이차폐기물 발생특성의 관점에서 평가하고 몇 가지 소각 대체기술들에 대해서는 공정의 운전원리에 대해 자세히 설명하였다.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.241-256
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• 2018

Objectives: This study aimed to review the characteristics of three-dimensional printing technology focusing on printing types, materials, and health hazards. We discussed the methodologies for exposure assessment on hazardous substances emitted from 3D printing through article reviews. Methods: Previous researches on 3D printing technology and exposure assessment were collected through a literature review of public reports and research articles reported up to July 2018. We mainly focused on introducing the technologies, printing materials, hazardous emissions during 3D printing, and the methodologies for evaluation. Results: 3D printing technologies can be categorized by laminating type. Fused deposition modeling(FDM) is the most widely used, and most studies have conducted exposure assessment using this type. The printing materials involved were diverse, including plastic polymer, metal, resin, and more. In the FDM types, the most commonly used material was polymers, such as acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene(ABS) and polylactic acids(PLA). These materials are operated under high-temperature conditions, so high levels of ultrafine particles(mainly nanoparticle size) and chemical compounds such as organic compounds, aldehydes, and toxic gases were identified as being emitted during 3D printing. Conclusions: Personal desktop 3D printers are widely used and expected to be constantly distributed in the future. In particular, hazardous emissions, including nano sized particles and various thermal byproducts, can be released under operation at high temperatures, so it is important to identify the health effects by emissions from 3D printing. Furthermore, appropriate control strategies should be also considered for 3D printing technology.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.292-299
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• 2018

The objective of this research is to investigate the impact of engine oil aging on PM(Particulate Matter), exhaust gases, and DPF. It is widely known that the specification of a lubricant and its consumption in an ICE considerably influences the release of regulated harmful emissions under normal engine operating conditions. Considering DPF clogging phenomena associated with lubricant-derived soot/ash components, a simulated aging mode is designed for DPF to facilitate engine dynamometer testing. A PM/ash accumulation cycle is developed by considering real-world engine operating conditions for the increment of engine oil consumption and natural DPF regeneration for ash accumulation. The test duration for DPF aging is approximately 300 h with high- and low-SAPs engine oils. Detailed engine lubricant properties of new and aged oils are analyzed to evaluate the effect of engine oil degradation on vehicle mileage. Furthermore, physical and chemical analyses are performed using X-CT, ICP, and TGA/DSC to quantify the engine oil contribution on the PM composition. This is achieved by sampling with various filters using specially designed PM sampling equipment. Using high SAPs engine oil causes more PM/ash accumulation compared with low SAPs engine oils and this could accelerate fouling of the EGR in the engine, which results in an increase in harmful exhaust gas emissions. These test results on engine lubricants under operating conditions will assist in the establishment of regulated and unregulated toxic emissions policies and lubricant quality standards.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.657-662
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• 2012

Mercaptoacetic acid (MAA) and mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) capped ZnS:Mn nanocrystals were synthesized and their physical characteristics were examined by XRD, HR-TEM, EDXS, and FT-IR spectroscopy. The optical properties of the MPA capped ZnS:Mn nanocrystals dispersed in aqueous solution were also measured by UV/Vis and solution photoluminescence (PL) spectra, which showed a broad emission peak around 598 nm (orange light emissions) with calculated relative PL efficiency of 5.2%. Comparative toxicity evaluation of the uncoordinated ligands, MAA and MPA, with the corresponding ZnS:Mn nanocrystals revealed that the original ligands significantly suppressed the growth of wild type E. coli whereas the ligandcapped nanocrystals did not show significant toxic effects. The reduced cytotoxicity of the conjugated ZnS:Mn nanocrystals was also observed in NIH/3T3 mouse embryonic fibroblasts. These results imply that potential toxicities of the capping ligands can be neutralized on ZnS:Mn surface.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.8-13
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• 2008

Emissions from automobiles have long been considered a prime source of pollutants involved in smog formation and ozone production. Especially VOCs are associated with serious environmental problems such as photo-chemical smog as well as human health effects. Since motor vehicles are a major source of VOCs, estimating of emission from mobile source is the most important factor to control VOCs. VOCs are emitted from various pollution like motor vehicles, mobile and stationary source that has characteristics of toxicity, cancer-causing, bio-accumulation, durability in air and diffusion can exert a bad influence upon human health and environment. However we don't have any standard or regulation about VOCs emissions. This study is summarized as VOCs emission characteristics from in-use light-duty diesel and LPG fueled vehicles. The vehicle exhaust-gas test mode is CVS cycle and nier-10 cycles that developed on EPA and National Institute of Environmental Research. TO-14 method (Toxic Organic) was chosen for VOCs analysis from EPA in USA. This study results will be useful when make a emission factor and rule making of emission standard about domestic VOCs emission for the improve to air condition.