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Evaluation of Ventilation System Performance Using Indoor Air Quality Model (실내공기질 모델을 이용한 환기 시스템의 공기 정화 효율성 평가)

  • 최성우
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.57-66
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    • 1997
  • Successful energy conservation and good indcfor air quality (IAQ) are highly dependent on ventilation system. Air filtration is a primary solution of indoor air control strategies in terms of reducing energy consumption and improving ihdoor air quality. A conventional system with bypass filter, as it is called variable-air-volume/bypass filtration system (VAV/BPFS), is a variation of the conventional variable air volume (VAV) systems, which is designed to eliminate indoor air pollutant and to save energy. Bypass filtration system equipped with a high-efficiency particulate filter and carbon absorbent provides additional cleaned air into indoor environments and maintain good IAQ for human health. The objectives of this research were to compare the relative total decay rate of indoor air pollutant concentrations, and to develop a mathematical model simulating the performance of VAV/BPFS. All experiments were performed in chamber under the controlled conditions. The specific conclusions of this research are: 1. The VAV/BPFS system is more efficient than the VAV system in removing indoor air pollutant concentration. The total decay rates of aerosol, and total volatile organic compound (TVOC) for the VAV/BPFS system were higher than those of the conventional VAV system. 2. IAQ model predictions of each pollutant agree closely with the measured values. 3. According to IAQ model evaluation, reduction of outdoor supply air results in decreased dilution removal rate and on increased bypass filtration removal rate with the VAV/BPFS. As a results, we recommends the VAV/BPFS as an alternative to conventional VAV systems.

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Development of an Oil Mist Collector Equipped with Centrifugal De-oiling System (원심력 필터 재생기능을 갖춘 오일 미스트 여과 집진장치 개발)

  • Kim, Tae-Hyeung;Seo, Jeoung-Yoon;Ha, Hyun-Chul;Kim, Jong-Cheul;Cho, Jin-Ho
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.166-175
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    • 2005
  • Health effects associated with metal working fluid (MWF) exposures include dermatitis, respiratory disease, hypersensitive pneumonitis, and asthma. Frequently, occupational exposures to MWFs are controlled by ventilating an enclosure with an air cleaning unit that includes a fan preceded by various kinds of filtration. There are several kinds of air cleaning units used in machining centers. But the associated troubles have hindered from efficiently using these devices. The main problem is the relatively short period of filter replacement. The reason is that the air cleaning units usually do not have the de-oiling systems, thus leading the earlier clogging of filters and reducing the flow rate of hood. Thus, the first stage of study was conducted to overcome this problem by developing the new oil mist collector equipped with the easy de-oiling system. The principle of de-oiling is that the centrifugal force generated by spinning the drum covered by filter fabric separates oils from the filter fabric. It would be very similar to the spin-dry laundry. By adopting this de-oiling technique, the problems associated with the conventional oil mist collectors could be solved. Several tests/analyses were performed to make the lab-scale oil mist collector. The collection efficiencies and the de-oiling efficiencies of commercially available filter fabrics were tested. Subsequently, the endurance test were conducted by observing SEM photos of filter fabrics and measuring tensile strength/expansion coefficient after spinning the filter drum for 20 minutes at the different rotation speeds. By doing these experiments, the most appropriate filter fabric and rotation speed/duration were selected. Finally, the new oil mist collector was designed. In the near future, this device must be tested in the real machining center.

Cabin Air Filter Media Produced by Needle Punching Process (니들펀치 공정에 의한 캐빈에어필터 여재의 제조)

  • Park, Seungkyu;Kim, Heonchang
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.561-564
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    • 2009
  • Filter media finely interspersed with activated carbons were prepared by a needle punching process without using chemical binders. Their characteristics were investigated efficiently to abate environmentally harmful gas such as acetaldehyde, and were compared with those of cabin air filter coated with activated carbons by using chemical binders. These combination filters were installed on a vehicle fan placed in a test chamber of capacity similar to the interior volume of a commercially available passenger car, and the efficiency of acetaldehyde abatement was measured as a function of time. The filter utilizing chemical binders showed somewhat better performance for the elimination of acetaldehyde despite the adverse effect of the chemical binder that would clog the micropores of the activated carbons. It turned out that the needle punching process had the activated carbons agglomerated due to hydrophobic interactions, resulting in a relatively larger void area than that of the filter utilizing chemical binders.

A Study on the Compression Behaviour of Filter Cake (필터 케익내의 압축현상에 관한 연구)

  • 김정민;정용원
    • Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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    • 1999.10a
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    • pp.469-470
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    • 1999
  • 본 연구는 가스 중에 포함되어 있는 입자들을 fabric filter를 이용하여 집진할 때 형성되는 dust filter cake의 구조 및 압력강하가 입자간의 부착력(adhesion force), 마찰계수(friction coefficient)등의 여러 관련변수에 따라 변화되는 양상을 전산모사를 통해 예측하고자 하는 것이다.(중략)

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