• 한국기후변화학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.41-50
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• 2017

As serious consequences of climate change became indisputable, vehicles based on fossil fuel has to be shifted toward more sustainable way to drastically reduce carbon emissions. Eco-friendly vehicles contribute mitigating climate change through reducing the greenhouse gas emissions. The goal of this research is to find ways to promote the eco-friendly vehicle industry in Korea. In order to achieve this goal, surveys are collected from the professionals of eco-friendly vehicle industry, and analyzed through Delphi method. Results show that the first thing is to promote the eco-friendly vehicle market by introducing the economic incentives. The second thing is to allow more emission credit for eco-friendly vehicle manufacturers. The third thing is to build more concrete infrastructure for the eco-friendly vehicles. The increase of the number of the electric or hydrogen charging system would be one of the good examples of the infrastructure. The fourth thing is that the government supports the research & development of eco-friendly vehicles. The fifth is to regulate that the government agency is mandatory to use the eco-friendly vehicles. The sixth thing is to provide the low-carbon certification for eco-friendly vehicles. The seventh thing is to support advertising the eco-friendly vehicles. The results from this research can be used as a guideline to make policies to stimulate the eco-friendly vehicle industry in Korea.

• 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.509-546
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• 2010

석탄은 중요한 에너지원이지만 가장 "기후비친화적인" 연료로 알려져 있다. 석탄의 생산과 소비를 줄이기 위해서는 일반적으로 탄소세나 환경세, 배출권거래제가 정책수단으로 지금까지 많이 논의되어 왔다. 그러나 석탄에 대한 보조금이 일반화되어 있는 우리나라의 경우, 환경세나 배출권거래제보다는 보조금 제도를 점진적으로 철폐하는 것이 시장왜곡을 줄이는 데에 더 적절할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 석탄에 대한 보조금을 폐지하고, 여기서 발생하는 재원을 석탄과 연료 호환성이 뛰어난 목질계 바이오매스의 원활한 대체를 위해 가격보조 혹은 공공지출 확대에 이용할 경우 어떤 방식이 더 우수하며, 미거시적 영향과 온실가스 저감에 미치는 영향은 어떻게 나타나는지를 연산가능일반균형모형을 이용하여 분석하였다. 분석 결과 비록 이중배당가설이 성립하지는 않지만, 공공지출보다는 가격보조 방식이 소비자 후생에 대한 부정적인 영향이 더 적고, 단위당 온실가스 배출비용이 더 적은 것으로 평가되었다.

• 에너지공학
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.36-40
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• 2018

Climate change is one of the major issues in both the developed and developing world. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission is one of the implications for climate change. It is increasing rapidly. Although the emission is much less when compared to the rest of the world, Ethiopia has also faced this global issue. The major source for GHG emission in Ethiopia is agriculture. Therefore, the agriculture sector has to be given more attention in Ethiopia. To overcome the problem, Climate-Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) strategy has been initiated. One way of executing this target is to create a sustainable and environmentally friendly pathway to use agricultural byproducts. Sugarcane is one of the major plants in Ethiopia. Its byproducts are bagasse, molasses, and press mud. Since it is a waste product, it is economical and creates a sustainable and green environment by reducing GHG emissions. Sugarcane byproducts have versatile applications like as fuel, as cement replacing material, as a mitigation for expansive soils, as biosorbent for the treatment of water and wastewater and also as a wood material. However, Ethiopia has not used this byproduct massively as it is readily available. This paper reviews the possible applications of sugarcane byproducts to mitigate climate change.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.93-99
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• 2012

The investigation of clean and environment-friendly coal utilization technology is actively progressed due to high oil price and serious climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions. In this study, the plasma gasification was performed using a 6kW microwave plasma unit under various reaction conditions: the particle sizes of coal ($45{\mu}m-150{\mu}m$), $O_2$/fuel ratio (0 - 1.3), and steam/fuel ratio (0 - 1.5). The $H_2$ composition decreases with decreasing coal particle size. With increasing $O_2$/fuel ratio, the $H_2$ composition in the syngas decreased while the $CO_2$ composition increased. As the steam/fuel ratio increased from 0 to 1.5, the $H_2$ composition in the syngas increased while the $CO_2$ composition decreased. From the results, it was proven that the variation of syngas composition greatly affected by $O_2$/fuel ratio than steam/fuel ratio. The $H_2$ composition in the syngas, carbon conversion, and cold gas efficiency increased with increasing plasma power.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.332-337
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• 2013

대기오염으로 인한 기후변화, 에너지 자원의 고갈 및 에너지 안보 등의 이유로 세계 각국에서는 신재생 에너지 연구 개발에 국가적 노력을 아끼지 않고 있다. 신재생 에너지 중 바이오디젤 연료는 기존의 디젤연료를 대체할 친환경 에너지로써 각광을 받고 있으며, 일정한 비율로 디젤연료와 혼합 시 기존 디젤기관의 개조 없이 사용가능하다. 다양한 연구결과에 의해 선박의 배기가스 배출계수는 지속적으로 예측되고 있지만 특수선박으로 분류되는 함정의 배출계수 연구결과는 부족한 실정이며, 특히 바이오디젤 혼합 연료에 대한 배기가스 배출계수는 함정뿐만 아니라 선박에서도 연구 실적이 부족한 상황이다. 본 논문에서는 해군함정에 탑재되어 있는 추진 디젤기관에 바이오디젤 혼합 연료를 적용시켰을 때 배출되는 이산화황 및 이산화탄소의 배출계수를 연료성분 분석 결과를 이용하여 구하고, 연료소비율 계산을 통하여 배출량을 정량적으로 예측하였다.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2014년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.203-204
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• 2014

해양환경은 세계화에 따른 해상운송에 대한 수요 증가로 그 중요성이 더욱 부각되고 있으며, 이에 따라 선진 항만에서는 해양환경보호를 위한 그린포트 수립에 대하여 노력하고 있다. 컨테이너 물동량 처리 기준으로 전 세계 5위의 항만 위상을 가진 대한민국 항만에서도 그린포트 수립을 위하여 노력하고 있으나, 대부분의 노력이 재생에너지 발전, AMP 설치, 항만시설의 연료전환과 같은 하드웨어 측면에 집중되고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 항만운영과 같은 소프트웨어 측면에서의 그린포트 구축 방안을 모색하기 위하여 친환경 선박 평가 제도를 개발 적용하고 이를 통하여 대한민국 항만의 그린포트 구축 노력의 다각화를 모색하고 국내 항만의 글로벌 녹색경쟁력을 제고할 수 있는 대책을 제시하고자 한다.

• 기술사
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.46-50
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• 2011

Wind energy, as an alternative to fossil fuels, is plentiful, renewable, widely distributed, clean, and produces no greenhouse gas emissions during operation. However, the construction of wind farms is not universally welcomed because of their visual impact, competing land use, comprising human health impacts, building and crop damage, loss of amenities and ecological impact, impact on wildlife, danger to birds, safety hazard, aesthetics and noise. Offshore wind power, in particular, offers a huge potential to generate clean energy. However, the envisaged massive expansion of wind farms in oceans is already causing severe environmental conflicts. Wind farms cause further harm to already threatened oceans. Wind power has negligible fuel costs, but a high capital cost. The expansion of climate-friendly wind energy use both onshore and offshore can only be successful it the legal and organizational conditions undergo some clear improvements.

• 펄프종이기술
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.34-45
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• 2016

Global warming and climate change have been caused by combustion of fossil fuels. The greenhouse gases contributed to the rise of temperature between $0.6^{\circ}C$ and $0.9^{\circ}C$ over the past century. Presently, fossil fuels account for about 88% of the commercial energy sources used. In developing countries, fossil fuels are a very attractive energy source because they are available and relatively inexpensive. The environmental problems with fossil fuels have been aggravating stress from already existing factors including acid deposition, urban air pollution, and climate change. In order to control greenhouse gas emissions, particularly CO2, fossil fuels must be replaced by eco-friendly fuels such as biomass. The use of renewable energy sources is becoming increasingly necessary. The biomass resources are the most common form of renewable energy. The conversion of biomass into energy can be achieved in a number of ways. The most common form of converted biomass is pellet fuels as biofuels made from compressed organic matter or biomass. Pellets from lignocellulosic biomass has compared to conventional fuels with a relatively low bulk and energy density and a low degree of homogeneity. Thermal pretreatment technology like torrefaction is applied to improve fuel efficiency of lignocellulosic biomass, i.e., less moisture and oxygen in the product, preferrable grinding properties, storage properties, etc.. During torrefacton, lignocelluosic biomass such as palm kernell shell (PKS) and empty fruit bunch (EFB) was roasted under an oxygen-depleted enviroment at temperature between 200 and $300^{\circ}C$. Low degree of thermal treatment led to the removal of moisture and low molecular volatile matters with low O/C and H/C elemental ratios. The mechanical characteristics of torrefied biomass have also been altered to a brittle and partly hydrophobic materials. Unfortunately, it was much harder to form pellets from torrefied PKS and EFB due to thermal degradation of lignin as a natural binder during torrefaction compared to non-torrefied ones. For easy pelletization of biomass with torrefaction, pellets from PKS and EFB were manufactured before torrefaction, and thereafter they were torrefied at different temperature. Even after torrefaction of pellets from PKS and EFB, their appearance was well preserved with better fuel efficiency than non-torrefied ones. The physical properties of the torrefied pellets largely depended on the torrefaction condition such as reaction time and reaction temperature. Temperature over $250^{\circ}C$ during torrefaction gave a significant impact on the fuel properties of the pellets. In particular, torrefied EFB pellets displayed much faster development of the fuel properties than did torrefied PKS pellets. During torrefaction, extensive carbonization with the increase of fixed carbons, the behavior of thermal degradation of torrefied biomass became significantly different according to the increase of torrefaction temperature. In conclusion, pelletization of PKS and EFB before torrefaction made it much easier to proceed with torrefaction of pellets from PKS and EFB, leading to excellent eco-friendly fuels.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제59권1호
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• pp.19-27
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• 2023

The interest in greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted from all industries is emerging as a very important issue worldwide. This is affecting not only the global warming, but also the environmentally friendly competitiveness of the industry. The fisheries sector is increasingly interested in greenhouse gas emissions also due to the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015. Korean industry and government are also making a number of effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions so far, but the effort to reduce GHG in the fishery sector is insufficient compared to other fields. Especially, the investigation on the GHG emissions from Korean fisheries did not carry out extensively. The studies on GHG emissions from Korean fishery are most likely dealt with the GHG emissions by fishery classification so far. However, the forthcoming research related to GHG emissions from fisheries is needed to evaluate the GHG emission level by species to prepare the adoption of Environmental labels and declarations (ISO 14020). The purpose of this research is to investigate which degree of GHG emitted to produce the species (swimming crab and snow crab) from various fisheries. Here, we calculated the GHG emission to produce the species from the fisheries using the life cycle assessment (LCA) method. The system boundary and input parameters for each process level are defined for LCA analysis. The fuel use coefficients of the fisheries for the species are also calculated according to the fuel type. The GHG emissions from sea activities by the fisheries will be dealt with. Furthermore, the GHG emissions for producing the unit weight species and annual production are calculated by fishery classification. The results will be helpful to establish the carbon footprint of seafood in Korea.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.81-91
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• 2013

A novel design process of a parallel multi-flow type air-cooled condenser of a dual-loop waste heat recovery system with Rankine steam cycles for improving the fuel efficiency of gasoline automobiles has been investigated focusing on reduction of the pressure drop inside the micro-tubes. The low temperature condenser plays a role to dissipate heat from the system by condensing the low temperature loop working fluid sufficiently. However, the refrigerant has low evaporation temperature enough to recover the waste from engine coolant of about $100^{\circ}C$ but has small saturation enthalpy so that excessive mass flow rate of the LT working fluid, e.g., over 150 g/s, causes enormously large pressure drop of the working fluid to maintain the heat dissipation performance of more than 20 kW. This paper has dealt with the scheme to design the low temperature condenser that has reduced pressure drop while ensuring the required thermal performance. The number of pass, the arrangement of the tubes of each pass, and the positions of the inlet and outlet ports on the header are most critical parameters affecting the flow uniformity through all the tubes of the condenser. For the purpose of the performance predictions and the parametric study for the LT condenser, we have developed a 1-dimensional user-friendly performance prediction program that calculates feasibly the phase change of the working fluid in the tubes. An example is presented through the proposed design process and compared with an experiment.