• Asian review of World Histories
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2014

This paper examines the historical relationship between the Little Ice Age and the Anthropocene, which has not yet been studied. The Little Ice Age is the coldest multi-century period in the Holocene. The reforestation of huge farmlands, abandoned due to pandemics in the Americas, aggravated the cooling weather of the Little Ice Age. It was in the long and severe cold of the Little Ice Age that the transition from renewable energy to non-renewable energy was completed in Britain in the latter part of the eighteenth century, and when the pattern of linear growth in greenhouse gas concentrations was forged in the ecosystems of the Earth. The Little Ice Age forced humans to depend on fossil fuels while the advent of warmer and more stable climate in the Holocene enabled them to start agriculture in an energy revolution 11,000 years ago, thus making the coming of the Anthropocene possible.

• Mycobiology
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.159-165
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• 2006

One of the most economically viable processes for the bioconversion of many lignocellulosic waste is represented by white rot fungi. Phanerochaete chrysosporium is one of the important commercially cultivated fungi which exhibit varying abilities to utilize different lignocellulosic as growth substrate. Examination of the lignocellulolytic enzyme profiles of the two organisms Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Rhizopus stolonifer show this diversity to be reflected in qualitative variation in the major enzymatic determinants (ie cellulase, xylanase, ligninase and etc) required for substrate bioconversion. For example P. chrysosporium which is cultivated on highly lignified substrates such as wood (or) sawdust, produces two extracellular enzymes which have associated with lignin deploymerization. (Mn peroxidase and lignin peroxidase). Conversely Rhizopus stolonifer which prefers high cellulose and low lignin containg substrates produce a family of cellulolytic enzymes including at least cellobiohydrolases and ${\beta}-glucosidases$, but very low level of recognized lignin degrading enzymes.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.71-77
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• 2003

To inject fresh air into a fire room, Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV) can be used and the blower of PPV increases inside pressure of the room. It makes high flow rate of products of combustion, smoke and heat from the structure, and it is very helpful to fireman on the fire extinguishing work. The flame moves to the direction of airflow and the temperature of flame can be decreased rapidly. In this experiment, a water mist system is applied to PPV to increase the effectiveness, and various effective factors are studied. n-Heptane and pine wood stick were used as fuel. Temperatures at the above and behind the combustion pan were strongly reduced by the water mist system and by the convective cooling with airflow. The smoke density was also decreased by PPV with water mist system and it can be explained by the absorption of smoke particles on the water mist droplet and by the strong exhausting effects of mobile fan.

• 한국가구학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.300-306
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• 2008

Nepal is rich country in terms of its vast array of biological diversity. The relationship between local communities and the biological diversity in Nepal is a very entangle one, whereby two-thirds of our population are heavily dependent upon the biodiversity for their survival. The destruction of biodiversity signifies the destruction of people's livelihoods and survival. Biodiversity and genetic resources conservation has been a most significant part of the Nepalese society due to its socio-economic and cultural importance and provides the human race trees for timber, fuel, food, industrial raw materials, pharmaceuticals, beverages and environmental stabilization. Threats to biodiversity at global level is of greater concern, specially, human activities are the greatest factor currently affecting biodiversity, through the use of natural resources by industry, agriculture, hunting, and energy generation.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.14-19
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• 2016

Biomass is a renewable and sustainable source of energy used to create electricity or pressurized steam. In biomass-fueled power plants, wood waste or other waste is burned to produce steam that runs a turbine to make electricity, or that provides heat to industries and homes. Biomass power plants, apart from producing energy, help to reduce the $CO_2$ emission. However, the main problem is the high-temperature corrosion due to fuel corrosivity, especially of the straw. This limits both the temperature of the steam and also the effectiveness of the power plant. The corrosion in biomass-fueled plant was described.

• 펄프종이기술
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.15-23
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• 2010

Bio-ethanol is the most potential next generation automotive fuel for reducing both consumption of crude oil and environmental pollution from renewable resources such as wood, forest residuals, agricultural leftovers and urban wastes. Lignocellulosic based materials can be broken down into individual sugars. Therefore, saccharification is one of the important steps for producing sugars, such as 6-C glucose, galactose, mannose and 5-C xylose, mannose and rhamnose. These sugars can be further broken down and fermented into ethanol. The main objective of this research is to study the feasibility and optimize saccharification and fermentation process for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to low cost bioethanol.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.455-463
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• 2021

This study investigated the biomass content of fluff type SRF(Solid refuse fuel) operated in B city according to the physical composition. As a result of analyzing the physical composition of SRF, it was investigated that papers 25.2%, fiber 15.1%, vinyl·plastics 42.6%, woods 9.4%, rubbers 1.5%, diapers 3.2% and incombustibles 3.0%. The average of ash and combustible content of SRF was 10.5% and 89.5%, and the higher the proportion of paper and wood, the lower proportion of ash. In addition, the biomass of SRF is 24.9%~58.0%, with an average of 42.6%.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.420-427
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• 2017

최근 화석연료의 고갈, 지구온난화 그리고 환경오염이 세계적인 공공의 문제로 대두됨으로써 신재생에너지에 관한 연구들이 많이 진행되고 있다. 이러한 신재생에너지들 중 바이오연료는 다루기 쉬울 뿐만 아니라, 낮은 가격과 풍부한 자원성이 미래에 화석연료를 대체할 수 있는 잠재성을 가지고 있다. 바이오연료 중 본 연구에서 사용한 급속 열분해유는 폐목재나 억새, 갈대와 같은 비식용작물에서부터 추출되었고, 이는 무한한 자원성 때문에 디젤엔진에서 디젤유를 대체할 신재생에너지로 주목받고 있다. 하지만 열분해유는 낮은 세탄가, 높은 점도, 높은 산도 그리고 낮은 발열량으로 인해 디젤엔진에 직접적으로 적용하기가 어렵다. 따라서 이러한 낮은 물질적 특성을 개선하기 위해서 본 연구에서는 에탄올과 같은 알코올계 연료와 혼합하여 투입하였다. 알코올계 연료인 에탄올이 열분해유의 저장 및 보관성에도 도움을 줄뿐 아니라 점도를 낮춰주어 엔진에 적용하기 수월하게 만들기 때문이다. 열분해유-에탄올 혼합연료를 파일럿 분사한 디젤유 이후 분사하여 연소시켜 이때의 연소 및 배기특성에 대해 고찰해 보았고, 그 결과로 미연탄화수소와 일산화탄소는 증가하는 경향을 띄지만 NOx와 PM이 현저히 줄어든 결과를 확인할 수 있었다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제57권6호
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• pp.874-882
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• 2019

본 연구에서는, Lab-scale 기포 유동층 가스화기(직경 : 0.11 m, 높이 : 0.42 m)에서 미이용 산림 바이오매스 4종과 폐목재 1종의 가스화 특성을 살펴보았다. 실험은 온도와 연료 주입량을 각각 $800^{\circ}C$, 1 kg/h로 고정하고, ER 0.15-0.3, 가스 유속 $2.5-5U_0/U_{mf}$으로 변화시키면서 진행했다. 층 물질로는 silica sand와 olivine을 사용하였다. 생성 가스의 조성은 NDIR 분석기와 GC를 통해 분석하였으며, 분석 결과 평균적으로 $H_2$ 3~4 vol%, CO 15~16 vol%, $CH_4$ 4 vol%, $CO_2$ 18~19 vol.%으로 미이용 산림바이오매스와 폐목재 모두 비슷한 조성을 보였으며, 생성 가스의 평균 저위발열량은 $1193{\sim}1301kcal/Nm^3$을, 고위발열량은 $1262{\sim}1377kcal/Nm^3$을 나타내었다. 또한, 타르 저감 효과를 알아보고자 층 물질로 olivine을 사용 시 silica sand에 비해 생성 가스 내 C2 이상 성분이 대부분 감소하였고, $H_2$ 함량이 증가하여 타르의 cracking 반응이 생겼음을 확인하였다. 비응축성 타르는 72% ($1.24{\rightarrow}0.35g/Nm^3$), 응축성 타르는 27% ($4.4{\rightarrow}3.2g/Nm^3$) 가량 감소하는 효과를 확인하였다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.55-63
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• 2016

A dust explosion is a phenomenon of strong blast wave propagation involving destruction which results from dust pyrolysis and rapid oxidation in a confined space. There has been some research done to find individual explosion characteristics and common physical laws for various dust types. However, there has been insufficient number of studies related to the heat of combustion of materials and the oxygen consumption energy about materials in respect of dust explosion characteristics. The present study focuses on the relationship between dust explosion characteristics of wood dust samples and oxygen consumption energy. Since it is difficult to estimate the weight of suspended dust participating in explosions in dust explosion and mixtures are in fuel-rich conditions concentrations with equivalent ratios exceeding 1, methods for estimating explosion overpressure by applying oxygen consumption energy based on unit volume air at standard atmospheric pressure and temperature are proposed. In this study an oxygen consumption energy model for dust explosion is developed, and by applying this model to TNT equivalent model, initial explosion efficiency was calculated by comparing the results of standardized dust explosion experiments.