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Development and Evaluation of Human Reliability Analysis Model for the Reduction of Human Errors (인적오류 저감을 위한 인간 신뢰도 분석 체계 및 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Jung, Kyung-Hee;Byun, Seong-Nam;Cho, Jai-Rip
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.2048-2051
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    • 2010
  • Almost all companies have paid much attention to the safety management ranging from maintenance to operation even at the stage of designing in order to prevent accidents, but fatal accidents continue to increase throughout the world. In particular, it is essential to systematically prevent such fatal accidents as fire, explosion or leakage of toxic gas at factories in order to not only protect the workers and neighbors but also prevent economic losses and environmental pollution. In addition, HRA may be used to detect the human errors which may cause accidents or trace back to any mistake on the part of workers. Usually, HRA technique is used in association with other risk assessment techniques. Moreover, it can serve to enumerate the human errors which may occur during operation or down-time or correct the existing system to reduce the mistakes. This work focuses on the coincidence of human error and mechanical failure for management of human error, and on some important performance shaping factors to propose a method for improving safety effectively of the process industries.

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The Operation Characteristics of Domestic Stirling Engine Cogeneration System (가정용 스털링엔진 열병합발전시스템 운전특성에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Jae-Joon;Park, Byung-Sik;Jung, Dae-Heon
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2009.06a
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    • pp.309-314
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    • 2009
  • The unpredicted worldwide oil price makes the energy efficiency technology be more importance than any other period. The small cogeneration system is one of the most representative technology among the energy efficiency technologies, and the Stirling engine cogeneration system has been concerned and investigated due to the preferable characteristics - low toxic emission, low noise and vibration level, and the various form of fuel. A tiny, 1kW of electrical output, gas fueled Stirling engine cogeneration system was investigated. The electrical efficiency and thermal efficiency of the system were measured. The experiment was executed at an independent Stirling engine mode, independent secondary burner mode, and the combined mode. Part load characteristics of the Stirling engine cogeneration system were investigated also. With the efficiency characteristics, the $O_2$ and NOx emission characteristics were measured.

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Flow Behavior in a Rectangular Tunnel Opened and Closed at Both Sides Using CFD

  • Lee, Yong-Ho
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.368-377
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    • 2012
  • Most tunnel simulations have been focused on the thermal field and the critical velocity for suppression of hot back-layering flow in case of fire and on the characteristics of a tunnel fire in terms of the flame propagation and the toxic gas generation. In this paper, a comparative study of the flow characteristics of polluted air with no heat source in a tunnel model opened and closed at both end sides is implemented into a recognized CFD simulation code. The model is used to investigate the flow characteristics depending on the three different Reynolds numbers of 640, 1270 and 2120, which have been chosen by the flow velocities of 0.3, 0.6 and 1.0 m/s through the inlet. The results of this study have shown that the CFD predictive and experimental approaches are available in qualitatively studying the correlation of flow behaviors for a better tunnel design.

Fire resistance of Light-weight Ceramic Board for Exterior Fire resistance Material (경량세라믹보드의 외장재 적용을 위한 화재성능평가)

  • Shin, Hyeon-Uk;Song, Hun;Chu, Yong-Sik;Lee, Jong-Kyu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2016.10a
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    • pp.119-120
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    • 2016
  • This study is about development of inorganic insulation material using by-product materials. The organic material is due to toxic gas emission, when a fire occurs. And it has lower water resistance. The inorganic material is heavy and worse thermal performance than organic materials. In this study, installed light weight ceramic insulation by concrete structure to evaluation fire resistance.

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Operation Characteristics of an UASB at High Organic Loading Condition for Thermal Elutriated Acids of Piggery Wastewater Treatment (가축분뇨 고온 세정산발효액 처리를 위한 고부하 조건에서의 UASB 운전특성)

  • Kwon, Koo-Ho;Jung, Yong Jun;Min, Kyung-Sok
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.781-785
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    • 2012
  • This study was carried out to treat the thermal elutriated acids of piggery wastewater using UASB process. The UASB reactor was operated at an organic loading rate (OLR) of $7.4\;kgCOD/m^3-day$ (6.5 ~ 9.0). During the start-up period, the low COD removal efficiency (20%) was caused by shock loading and instability in the reactor. It was mainly due to the high concentration amounts of ammonia nitrogen, which caused inhibitory and toxic effects to toward the anaerobic bacteria. In steady state, the UASB reactor showed a SCOD removal efficiency of 71% and a VS removal efficiency of 39%. The gas production and methane content were 1.3 L/day $(0.21\;m^3\;CH^4/kg$ COD removed) and 77%, respectively.

Numerical Simulations on Reduction of Toxic Gas Propagation at High-Rise Apartment Building Fires (계단형 공동주택 화재시 독성가스 전파 저감에 관한 수치해석적 연구)

  • Lee, Seong-Chul;Hong, Yi-Pyo;Park, Young-Rok
    • Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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    • 2008.04a
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    • pp.255-258
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    • 2008
  • 본 연구에서는 이전의 연구를 통해 계단형 공동주택 화재 시 재실자 피난특성 및 연기거동에 관한 연구를 실물실험을 통해 수행한 바 있으나 이때 야기된 문제점들을 적절한 방재설비를 도입함으로써 일부 해소하고자 하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이전의 연구와 동일한 대상 건물과 조건에서 수치해석을 수행하며 특히 계단실에 방재설비(배연팬 등) 설치 유 무에 따른 독성가스의 전파 특성 및 최상층까지의 도달시간등을 비교 검토하였다. 계단형 공동주택에서 층간에 배연팬이 설치되어 작동되는 경우가 배연팬이 없는 경우보다 약 45%의 CO 방출량을 줄일 수 있을 것으로 판단되지만 1층 출입구를 통해 유입되는 공기량은 배연팬이 없는 경우가 배연팬이 설치되어 작동되는 경우보다 약 23% 크기 때문에 이로 인해 제연풍속의 증가를 가져올 수도 있을 것이다.

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A study on assessment for combustion toxic gas of building finish materials by NFPA 269 (NFPA 269에 의한 건축물 마감재의 연소가스독성평가연구)

  • Chun, Ji-Hong;Lee, Jong-Chun;Choi, Jae-Bum;Cho, Nam-Wook
    • Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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    • 2011.04a
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    • pp.340-344
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    • 2011
  • 건축물 마감재료의 연소시 발생되는 독성가스는 대형화재로 인한 인명피해의 주된 원인 중의 하나이다. 현행 건축법에서는 건축물마감재료에 대하여 동물의 평균행동정지시간을 측정하는 가스유해성시험을 실시하고 있다. 본 연구는 동물시험이 아닌 NFPA 269에 의한 유효량분율(FED: Fractional effective does)을 이용하여 건축물 마감재의 독성지수를 도출하였다. 현행 가스유해성 평가 방법에서 사용되는 채임버(피검상자)를 이용하여 적외선분광분석 및 산소분석기로 연소가스를 정량 분석하였으며, NFPA269에서 규정하는 FED를 도출하였다. 몇 가지 건축재료에 대한 가스유해성시험의 평균행동정지시간과 FED의 상대적인 비교를 통해 연소가스독성평가를 수행하였다.

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The Formation of CIGS Thin Films by Sputter Coating Using Single Composite Target and Change of Microstructure with Heat Treatment (단일 복합 타겟으로 스퍼터 코팅된 CIGS 박막의 형성과 열처리에 따른 미세구조 변화)

  • Song, Young Sik;Kim, Jongryoul
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.61-67
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    • 2013
  • Thin film solar cells have attracted much attention due to their high cell efficiency, comparatively low process cost, and applicability to flexible substrates. In particular, CIGS solar cells have been widely studied and produced because they demonstrated the highest cell efficiency. However, the deposition process of CIGS films generally includes the selenization process conducted at elevated temperature using toxic $H_2Se$ gas. To avoid this selenization process, CIGS thin films were, in this study, deposited by RF sputtering using single composite CIGS target. In addition, the effects of sputtering bias voltage and heat treatment on the microstructural and morphological changes in deposited CIGS films were investigated and discussed.

A Study on Detection Method of Fire-toxic Gas in Large Space using Open Path FT-IR (Open path FT-IR을 활용한 대공간 화재독성가스 검출 연구)

  • Cho, Nam-Wook;Lee, Bong-Jae;Lee, Jong-Cheon
    • Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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    • 2011.11a
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    • pp.318-323
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    • 2011
  • 대규모 화재실험 또는 실제 화재에서 발생되는 독성가스의 분석은 화재가스에 대한 샘플링, 시료전처리, 분석데이터 처리 등의 여러 가지 문제로 인해 측정이 불가능하였다. 본 논문에서는 개방형 FT-IR 장비를 활용하여 대공간에서 발생되는 유해가스를 직접적인 접촉 없이 원거리에서 검출하는 실험적 연구를 수행하여 측정 가능성을 입증하였다.

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Physical Properties of Inorganic Foam Material for Exterior Fire Resistance Material (무기발포체의 화재확산 방지용 외장재 적용을 위한 물성평가)

  • Shin, Hyeon-Uk;Kim, Ji-hyeon;Song, Hun;Chu, Yong-Sik;Lee, Jong-Kyu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2016.05a
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    • pp.124-125
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    • 2016
  • This study is to development of inorganic insulation material using by-product materials. The organic material is due to toxic gas emission, when a fire occurs. And it has lower water resistance. The inorganic material is heavy and worse thermal performance than organic materials.In this study, cullet and fly ash were used as basic materials in order to secure a recycling technology of by-products which was mostly discarded and reclimed, and measure of physical properties of light-weight ceramic insulator.

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