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A Study of the Small Urban Space Design Method in Consideration of Ecological Environment (생태적 환경을 고려한 소도시공간설계 방법에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Gwangyoung;Chong, Geonchai
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.75-88
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    • 2000
  • This study is based on the Ecological Design Theories related with the Urban space planning. The purpose of this study is to propose the Urban Space Design Method in consideration of Ecological Environment. To achieve this purpose, Normative Theory Study which means Logical Analysis of Ecological Theories in the new field of Ecological Urban Design, is done in accordance with the object of this study. This results derived of this study are as follows: 1. Six(6)-Ecological Urban Planning Elements related with the purpose of this study, are clarified these are Land-use planning, Transformation planning, Plants and Living-thing Ecological System planning, A Culture planning related with water, Energy and resource planning, and Urban-amenity planning. 2. Urban Space Design Method in consideration of Ecological Environment is porposed by means of the Normative theroy study analysis and contents analysis related with Ecological Urban planning which contain Ecological Planning Elements.

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Current Status and Perspectives of Shale Gas Water Treatment Technology (셰일가스 수처리 기술 동향 및 전망)

  • Koo, Jae-Wuk;Lee, Sangho;Hong, Seungkwan;Kim, Joon Ha
    • Transactions of the KSME C: Technology and Education
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.75-81
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    • 2013
  • Shale gas has the potential to significantly change the way of the world's energy use. However, there are increasing concerns on environmental problems, particularly with respect to water use and wastewater treatment. This paper highlights issues related to shale gas water management and technologies currently used to address them. It also presents perspectives of emerging technologies for the treatment of shale gas wastewater, including forward osmosis (FO) and membrane distillation (MD).

Sustainable Buildings - or Sustainable Cities?

  • Schwettmann, Mark
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.103-107
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    • 2015
  • China's rapidly growing cities offer a unique opportunity to create highly sustainable communities. Architects and their clients, typically real estate developers, are highly focused on strategies that are effective at reducing energy and water usage at the scale of the individual building or within a master plan of multiple related buildings. However, a closer look at energy consumption reveals that transportation uses more energy worldwide than residential and commercial buildings combined. In light of this, it is appropriate that China is making massive investments in transportation infrastructure like heavy rail rapid transit and grade separated expressways, but the end result of these investments to date has been to enable people to live further from where they work and shop rather than closer - while simultaneously not creating walkable communities. Using positive and negative examples from Asia and the rest of the world, this article will investigate the specific urban design policies such as height limits, setbacks, land use restrictions, parking ratios, and parcel size which might change to enable the creation of truly sustainable communities for China's 21st century.

Design Method for Flowing Water Purification with UV Lamp (UV램프를 이용한 유수처리형 살균장치의 설계방법)

  • Jung, Byung-Kyun;Lee, Jin-Jong;Jeong, Byeong-Ho
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.58 no.4
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    • pp.455-460
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    • 2009
  • A number of factors combine to make ultraviolet radiation a superior means of water purification for ground water, rainwater harvesting systems and so on. Ultraviolet radiation is capable of destroying all types of bacteria. Additionally, ultraviolet radiation disinfects rapidly without the use of heat or chemical additives which may undesirably alter the composition of water. In a typical operation, water enters the inlet of a UV lamp and flows through the annular space between the quartz sleeve and the outside chamber wall. The irradiated water leaves through the outlet nozzle. Several design features are combined to determine the dosage delivered. The first is Wavelength output of the lamp, the Second is Length of the lamp - when the lamp is mounted parallel to the direction of water flow, the exposure time is proportional to the length of the lamp, the third is Design water flow rate - exposure time is inversely related to the linear flow rate, the forth is Diameter of the purification chamber - since the water itself absorbs UV energy, the delivered dosage diminishes logarithmically with the distance from the lamp. In this paper, It describe the how to design optimal UV disinfection device for ground water and rainwater. To search the optimal design method, it was performed computer simulation with 3D-CFD discrete ordinates model and manufactured prototype. Using proposed design method manufactured prototype applied to disinfection test and proved satisfied performance.

Characterization and Preparation of the Hydrogel has Excellent Release Effect of the Active Ingredients Using a Radiation Cross-linking Technology (방사선 가교 기술을 이용한 유효성분 방출력이 우수한 하이드로겔 제조 및 특성 분석)

  • Hwang, Seung-Hyun;Ahn, Sung-Jun;Park, Jong-Seok;Jeong, Sung In;Gwon, Hui-Jeong;Lee, Dong Yun;Lim, Youn-Mook
    • Journal of Radiation Industry
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.199-207
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    • 2015
  • Typical radiation cross-linked hydrogels has the characteristic that high water content, but low emission efficiency of active ingredients. Therefore, the hydrogel was prepared by the addition to collagen, which is closely related to the formation of skin wrinkles in biocompatibility and highly water-soluble carboxymethyl cellulose sodium salt (CMC) in order to preparation of hydrogels has excellent emission efficiency of active ingredients. Hydrogels were prepared by dissolving CMC and collagen each of 0.5%, 10% concentration in deionized water. Then, prepared hydrogels are performed by gamma-radiation at 1, 3, 5 kGy irradiation dose. The results showed that the gel fraction of after irradiated 3 kGy hydrogel was higher than before irradiated gelation as long as the 55.3%. The swelling rate of irradiated 3 kGy hydrogel was lower than the non-irradiated sample. The compressive strength of 3 kGy irradiated hydrogel was the highest. The visco-elastic did not show any significant differences, even after irradiation. The CMC hydrogel in this study suggested a potential use as a material for the mask pack for improved emission efficiency of the active ingredient and anti-wrinkles.

A Study on the Floating Building as a New Paradigm of Architecture (새로운 패러다임으로서의 플로팅 건축에 대한 연구)

  • Moon, Chang-Ho
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.315-320
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    • 2013
  • According to climate change, deficiency of usable land, large water portion of the Earth surface, and improvement of income level, floating architecture is emerging as a strong & attractive alternative. The aim of this study is to suggest some related applying ways for new building projects around waterside. New paradigm of architecture can be described as a new model and/or system of architecture with new concept and Zeitgeist like sustainability and green building. Floating building is already a new paradigm of architecture comparing with the preconception of building only on the land and current building regulations. New paradigm features from the sample projects can be summarized as new concepts of building, application of various renewable energy resources(water, solar, wind), modular construction, use of local raw material, dual purpose usage, long term and relocatable usage, and special building materials for green building.

The Effects of Extrusion Cooking and Milling on the Instant Properties of Wheat Powders

  • Tanhehco, E.J.;Ng, P.K.W.
    • Food Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.758-765
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    • 2005
  • Instant powders that only require mixing with water prior to consumption can be produced by extrusion for use in products such as instant beverages. Both extrusion processing conditions and particle size of powder are important to end-product characteristics. In this study, a twin-screw extruder was used under various processing conditions (feed moisture, barrel temperature, and screw speed) to produce extrudates from soft wheat flour, which were ground to powders with particle size ranges of less than 93, 93-145, and $145-249\;{\mu}m$. Effects of adding soy lecithin to wheat flour before extrusion were also investigated. Water absorption, solubility, suspension viscosity, and dispersibility of wheat powders were related to specific. mechanical energy measured during extrusion. Powder particle size was important to instant properties, especially ease of dispersal in water and stability to sedimentation. Addition of lecithin significantly improved dispersibility of powders.

Experimental Investigation on the Enhancement of Methane Hydrate Formation in the Solid Transportation of Natural Gas (천연가스 고체화 수송을 위한 메탄 하이드레이트 충진율 증대에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • 김남진;정재성;김종보
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.14 no.10
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    • pp.863-870
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    • 2002
  • Fossil fuels have been depleted gradually and new energy resource which can solve this shortage is needed now. Methane hydrate, non-polluting new energy resource, satisfies this requirement and considered the precious resource prevent the global warming. Fortunately, there are abundant resources of methane hydrate distribute in the earth widely, so developing the techniques that can use these gases effectively is fully valuable. the work presented here is to develop the skill which can transport and store methane hydrate. As a first step, the equilibrium point experiment has been carried out by increasing temperatures in the cell at fixed pressures. The influence of gas consumption rates under variable degree of subcooling, stirring and water injection has been investigated formation to find out kinetic characteristics of the hydrate. The results of present investigation show that the enhancements of the hydrate formation in terms of the gas/water ratio are closely related to operational pressure, temperature, degrees of subcooling, stirring rate, and water injection.

A Study of the High Efficiency Sea Water Cooling System for the Propulsion Diesel Engine of Warships (함정 추진디젤기관의 고효율 해수냉각시스템에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Byoung-Soo;Lim, Young-Soo;Jo, Kwan-Jun
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.468-472
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    • 2015
  • Recently, there has been increasing interest in the efficient use of energy due to policies related to the reduction of greenhouse gas. This paper suggests a highly efficient sea water cooling system for the load-dependent control of a seawater pump depending on the load, to improve energy efficiency of the warship. This study models the propulsion diesel engine and simulation reflecting the characteristics of the warship operation state that checked the performance of high efficiency sea water cooling system. The simulation results revealed the cooling system of high efficiency with energy savings of approximately 53% compared to the existing cooling systems. These results can be used to improve the performance of the cooling system of the warship propulsion diesel engine in the future.

Effects of the Voluntary Scheme of Total Maximum Daily Load based on Water Quality and Annual Evaluation data in the Gyeongan Watershed, South Korea (경안천 유역 수질 및 이행평가 자료를 통한 임의적 오염총량관리제도 시행의 성과 분석)

  • Lee, Bum-Yeon;Lee, Chang-Hee
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.263-274
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    • 2021
  • This study presents the achievements and limitations of the voluntary-based Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) through statistical analysis of water quality monitoring data and performance assessments of TMDL plans implemented in the Gyeongan watershed. The results clearly showed that responsible local governments complied the allocated TMDL and the designated water quality goals were successfully achieved in the required period. This was possible because the Ministry of Environment provided innovative incentives, such as, relaxations of the existing tight land-use regulations and full-scale financial aids for constructing and operating public treatment facilities to draw local government voluntary participation. However, a couple of problems which decreased the effectiveness and efficiency of the voluntary TMDL were identified. The different TMDL implementation schedules between upstream (Yongin) and downstream (Gwangju) governments caused delay in water quality improvement and exaggerated TMDL allocation to the local development which made excessive investment in the treatment facilities. Although it is not directly related to the voluntary scheme, technical methods for establishing and assessing the water quality goals should be improved so that the effects of flow conditions on water quality are properly assessed. We expect that results of this case study contribute to developing a more effective voluntary-based scheme for the implementation of the so-called 'tributary TMDL' in the future.