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Fabrication of SnO$_2$ Thin Film Sensor for $CH_3$CN Detection ($CH_3$CN 검지용 SnO$_2$ 박막형 센서의 제작)

  • 최낙진;반태현;곽준혁;허증수;이덕동
    • Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.233-234
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    • 2003
  • 9. 11 테러사건 이후 세계는 그 발생 장소와 시간을 예측할 수 없는 테러 공포에서 벗어나기 위해 지대한 관심을 갖고 대책 마련에 부심하고 있다. 특히 가공할만한 생화학무기의 사용이 현실적인 문제로 다가오고 있으며 그로 인한 대량살상은 인류의 생존을 위협하는 대재난을 불러일으킬 것으로 예상되고 있다. 따라서 생화학 테러에 대비할 수 있는 기술을 개발하는 일은 인류생존의 차원에서 절실히 필요한 실정이다(이종철, 1999). (중략)

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Detection of Misfire in Car Engines using Walsh Discrete Fourier Transform (WDFT를 이용한 자동차 엔진의 실화검출)

  • 김종부;이태표;오정수;임국현
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics T
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    • v.35T no.1
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    • pp.67-74
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    • 1998
  • The primary cause of air pollution by vehicles is imperfect combustion of fuel. One of the most usual causes of this imperfect combustion is the misfire in IC engins. The U.S. EPA(Environment Protection Agency) and the CARB(California air Resources Board) have imposed regulations for the detection of misfiring in automotive engines. The OBD-II regulations require that misfire should be monitored by the engine diagnostic system, and that the goal of OBD-II is to alert the driver to the presence of a malfunction of the emission control system. Several solutions to the misfire detection problem have been proposed for the detection of misfires. However, the performance of these methods in the presence of misfire is not altogether clear. This paper presents a precise method and system for internal combustion engine misfire. Present invention based upon measurements of engine roughness as derived from crankshaft angular velocity measurements with special signal processing method. Crankshaft angular velocity signals are processed by WDPT, so that the more reliable misfire detection than the time domain analysis. Experimental work confirms that it is possible to apply the WDFT for the detection of misfires in no-load idle and road testing.

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Object Detection Capabilities and Performance Evaluation of 3D LiDAR Systems in Urban Air Mobility Environments (UAM 환경에서 3D LiDAR 시스템을 통한 객체 검출 기능 및 성능 평가)

  • Bon-soo Koo;In-ho choi;Jaewook Hwang
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.300-308
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    • 2024
  • Urban air mobility (UAM) is emerging as a revolutionary transportation solution to urban congestion and environmental issues. Especially, electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft are expected to enhance urban mobility, reduce traffic congestion, and decrease environmental pollution. However, the successful implementation and operation of UAM systems heavily rely on advanced technological infrastructure, particularly in sensor technology. Among these, 3D light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems are essential for detecting obstacles and generating pathways in complex urban environments. This paper focuses on the challenges of developing LiDAR-based perception solutions, emphasizing the importance and performance of object detection capabilities using 3D LiDAR. It integrates LiDAR data processing algorithms and object detection methodologies to experimentally validate the effectiveness of perception solutions that contribute to the safe navigation of aircraft. This research significantly enhances the ability of aircraft to recognize and avoid obstacles effectively within urban settings.

An active system for unnecessary noise reduction in kitchen range hoods

  • Kim, Eunhee;Jang, Jaechun;Lim, Changmok
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.91-96
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    • 2016
  • We have surrounded undesired living noises in our life. One of biggest noises coming out of range hood during cooking in the kitchen. A range hood is one of the most important appliances in the kitchen because it ventilates polluted air out during cooking, and maintains air quality in the kitchen. But current kitchen range hoods bring up some issues; First, the range hoods consume massive amount of standby power not in use condition. Second, current models have designed manual fan operating system with sudden onset of noise with starting. In this paper, we propose an auto control system entire processes from air ventilation to noise reduction. Our system is consist of three parts (Eco-sensors pack, Main Controller and Active Noise Controller); Eco-sensors pack detects air pollution of kitchen areas and sends the detection values to Main Controller. Main Controller determines operation of range hood by detected values. Active Noise Controller is located inside of the range hood. It received starting signals from Main Controller which elicits degrees of polluted air condition and fan operating speed from 1 to 3. Once Active Noise Controller detected the signals, it runs a ventilating fan until new value from Main Controller becomes 0. while the range hood works, A noise cancellation algorithm inside of Active Noise Controller become activated to reduce levels of noise. As a result, the proposed system clearly shows reduction in power consumption include standby power and decreases in levels of noise.

Genotoxicity of the Herbicide 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D): Higher Plants as Monitoring Systems

  • Enan, Mohamed R.
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.147-155
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    • 2009
  • Higher plants provide valuable genetic assay systems for screening and monitoring environmental pollutants. They are now recognized as excellent indicators of mutagenic effects of environmental chemicals and are applicable for the detection of environmental mutagens both indoor and outdoor. 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) is a herbicide commonly used in agriculture. The residues of 2,4-D are present in air, water, soil and edible plants. It constitutes a real hazard to the public health because it's wide spread use in agriculture. Genotoxic effects of 2,4-D on plant cells and potential of higher plants as a biomonitoring system for detecting chemical mutagens are evaluated. It is recommended that higher plant systems have been accepted by regulatory authorities as an alternative biomonitoring system for the detection of possible genetic damage resulting from pollution and the use of environmental chemicals.

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A Study on the Detection of Misfire in Gasoline Engine via Walsh Transform (월쉬변환에 의한 가솔린엔진 실화검출에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Tae-Pyo;Kim, Jong-Bu;An, Du-Su
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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    • v.49 no.6
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    • pp.299-306
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    • 2000
  • The primary cause of air pollution by vehicles is imperfect combustion of fuel. One of the most usual causes of this imperfect combustion is the misfire in IC(Intenal Combustion) engine. Recently it is obligated for an ECU to monitor the emission level and warn the driver in case of exceeding specified emission standards. Therefore, in order to comply with this OBD-II regulations, car makers are investing a considerable amount into technology which would enable the detection of misfire and the particular cylinder in which misfire is taking place. So far, it has been able to detect misfire using engine speed, which can be obtained crank angle. However, such a method posed a problem in analyzing at high speed and in recognizing the misfire from the load impact at bumpy road. In this paper, misfire detection is made possible by simple arithmetic using WDFT, especially at high engine speed. In addition, the moving window method of a Walsh function is applied to determine the cylinders under misfire in case of multiple misfires. An actual experiment was conducted to prove that WDFT is applicable to effective in computation speed and to same result in misfire detection and cylinder determination at idle, part load and bumpy road conditions.

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The misfire detection using the mean exhaust pressure gradient index (평균 배기 압력 구배 지수를 이용한 실화 검출)

  • Chung, Sung-Won;Sim, Kook-Sang;Kim, Se-Woong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.371-378
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    • 2001
  • This paper proposes a method to detect the misfired cylinder using a new misfire detection index. The new method of misfired cylinder is a comparison of pressure gradient during the blowdown period of exhaust stroke. If a misfire occurs, the engine will he lost some power and consumes the more fuel and the torque will be unsteady. Most of all, the misfire affects a bad influence of the 3-way catalyst and emits unburned hydrocarbon in the air. To prevent these unusual phenomena and eliminate the factor of the environmental pollution, it is important to detect the misfired cylinder. To do the experiment, set up the assist device on the manifold. This assist device is not deformed for conventional exhaust manifold and installed in the end of the exhaust manifold. Experimental results showed that the method using the mean gradient pressure index is proven to be effective in the detection of misfired cylinder on gasoline engine regardless loads and revolutions of the engine.

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Implementation of Film Type Sensor for Synthetic Lube Oil and High Pressure Hydraulic Fluid Leak Detection (합성 윤활유 및 고압 작동유 누출감지 필름형 센서의 구현)

  • Park, No-Jin;Yu, Dong-Kuen;Yu, Hong-Kuen
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.266-271
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    • 2014
  • Chemical sensors are used in various industrial facilities such high-risk and prevent the leakage of substances, important in life and environmental protection and the safe use of industry, used for management. In particular, high-temperature environments such as power generation equipment of the rotating part due to leakage generated by the various oil, power plants Shut Down, fire, work environment (exposure to various chemical solution and gas leak) and various water, air and soil pollution causes. Thus, over the long term through various channels such as crops and groundwater contamination caused by the slow, serious adverse effect on the ecosystem. In this paper, synthetic lube oil and high pressure hydraulic fluid leakage and immediately detect a new Printed Electronic implementation of technology-based film-type sensors, and its performance test. Thus, industrial accidents and environmental pollution and for early detection of problems, large accidents can be prevented. Experimental results of the synthetic lube oil and high pressure hydraulic fluid solution after the contact time depending on the experiment and the oil solution of the sensor material of the conductive porous PE resistance value by a chemical reaction could be confirmed that rapid increase. Also implemented in the film-type oil sensor electrical resistance change over time of the reaction rate and the synthetic lube oil is about 2 minutes or less, the high pressure hydraulic fluid is less than about 1 minute was. Therefore, more high-pressure hydraulic fluid such as a low volatility synthetic lube oils are the resistance change and the reaction rate was confirmed to be the slowest.

Quality Control(QC) Analysis of Ambient VOCs in Canisters Using GC/MSD Method (Canister와 GC/MSD를 이용한 대기 중 VOCs 분석시스템의 정도관리(QC))

  • Jeon, Jun-Min;Hur, Dang;Kim, Dong-Sool
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.527-538
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    • 2002
  • In this study, the performance of sampling and of analytical methodology was examined against a number of selected volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the ambient air. The canister-based sampling method for VOCs has been a viable and widely used approach that is based on research and evaluation performed over the past several years. VOCs were determined using canisters by GCMSD analysis. A total of target analyses in this study included approximately 30 VOCs designated in TO-l4A categories including BTEX. The methodology for QC(quality control) was intensively investigated with a wide range of performance criteria such as; (1) cleanliness of canisters, (2) reproducibility of diluter, (3) instrumental detection limits of preconcentrator and GCMSD, and (4) precision and accuracy of GCMSD. For most of the compounds tested, precision was less than $\pm$5%, IDL was 0.2 ppbv, accuracy was $\pm$5%, respectively. This study demonstrated that the combination of canister sampling and GC/MSD analysis could be reliably applied to the measurements of BTEX in ppbv levels that are typically observed in/outdoor air environment.

Properties of Cement Matrix using Carbon Black (카본블랙을 혼입한 시멘트 경화체의 특성)

  • Lee, Jeon-Ho;Lee, Chang-Woo;Lee, Sang-Soo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2021.05a
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    • pp.217-218
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    • 2021
  • With the prolonged Covid-19 epidemic, movement restrictions such as social distancing are prolonged, and as people stay indoors for a longer time, interest in indoor air pollution is increasing. Indoor air quality is not easily purified unlike outdoors. Among indoor building materials, paints and flooring contain formaldehyde that causes sick house syndrome and VOCs that contain carcinogenicity and harmfulness. For modern people who spend a lot of time living indoors for more than an hour, the occurrence of these harmful substances can be said to be fatal. In response to these risks, in July 2019, the government reinforced the standards for indoor air quality to protect the public's health by raising the detection standards for fine dust, ultrafine dust, and formaldehyde in indoor multi-use facilities. People use machines such as air purifiers to improve indoor air quality, or make efforts such as periodic ventilation. In order to reduce or support these other ancillary efforts more effectively, to reduce the generation of pollutants in the building itself, or to adsorb or purify pollutants in the air, use carbon black as an admixture to make a cement hardened body, and to grasp basic physical properties and adsorption capacity. And the result is as follows. As a result of the experiment to determine the appropriate amount of carbon black, it was confirmed that the more the amount of carbon black was added, the better it was in the formaldehyde emission test, but the tendency was not clear when measuring the flexural strength, so a further experiment to improve this is needed.

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