• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.63-76
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• 2023

An electrostatic precipitator (ESP) has a low pressure drop and a high collection efficiency but its collection efficiency can be reduced due to dust accumulation on the collection plates during long-term operations. In order to maintain the initial dust collection efficiency, it is necessary to periodically clean the collection plates. The common cleaning methods are using physical impacts or water sprays. These cleaning methods can lead to damage to the collection plate or generate wastewater. Herein, we implemented an electrodynamic screen (EDS) for ESP cleaning and evaluated its surface cleaning performance of particles. The EDS is an electrostatic system that can electrostatically repel particles on surfaces, allowing it to clean the ESP without causing damage and wastewater generation. Our evaluation included the analysis of the effects of AC voltage characteristics, electrode configuration and environmental conditions on the cleaning performance of the EDS with the aim of achieving effective surface cleaning. It has been demonstrated that activating the EDS cleans up to 65% of the particles on the surface, which indicates about 94% of our target cleaning zone.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.279-290
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• 1995

Recently in Korea, due to the significant drop of lead and bromine levels as a marker of autoemission source in the urban areas, the conventional application of receptor methods has many difficulties to properly apportion mass contribution of some sources. It is then needed to urgently develop alternative source profiles and identify new emission markers. Thus, the study has extensively examined the results obtained from using PAHs and elemental data for receptor modeling and has provided an opportunity to identify alternative source compositions and to determine a proper number of the ambient emission sources in Seoul area. The purpose of the study is to identify the sources of PM-10 and to estimate their mass contributions in Seoul area. Thus, a receptor model, target transformation factor analysis(TTFA) has been massively applied. The TTFA offers the possibility of determining the number of sources and their mass contributions. The input data used in this study are composed of two separate sets: fine (d$_{p}$ < 2.5.mu.m) and coarse (2.5.mu.m < d$_{p}$ < 10.mu.m) mode aerosol samples. Each sample was simultaneously collected by a PM-10 dichotomous sampler during the daytime(8 AM to 8 PM) and the nighttime(8 PM to 8 AM) from February to October 1993 on the Sungdong-Gu, Seoul. All the samples were analyzed to determine the levels of 10 inorganic elements by an XRF system as well as 14 PAHs by a HPLC. However, only 8 inorganic elements and 7 PAHs were used for the various statistical analysis.sis.

• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.111-128
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• 2023

Chungcheongnam-do has various emission sources, including large-scale facilities such as power plants, steel and petrochemical industry complexes, which can lead to the severe PM pollution. Here, we measured concentrations of PM₁₀, PM_2.5, and its metallic elements at a suburban site in Taean, Chungcheongnam-do from September 2017 to June 2022. During the measurement period, the average concentrations of PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 were 58.6 ㎍/m³ (9.6~379.0 ㎍/m³) and 35.0 ㎍/m³ (6.1~132.2 ㎍/m³), respectively. The concentration of PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 showed typical seasonal variation, with higher concentration in winter and lower concentration in summer. When high concentrations of PM_2.5 occurred, particulary in winter, the fraction of Zn and Pb components considerably increased, indicating a significant contribution of Zn and Pb to high-PM_2.5 concentration. In addition, Zn and Pb exhibited the highest correlation coefficient among all other metallic elements of PM_2.5. A backward trajectory cluster analysis and CPF model were performed to examine the origin of PM_2.5. The high concentration of PM_2.5 was primarily influenced by emissions from industrial complexes located in the northeast and northwest areas.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.162-169
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• 2020

The worldwide focus on reducing the emissions, fuel and lubricant consumption in T-GDI engines is leading engineers to consider the crankcase ventilation and oil mist separation system as an important means of control. In today's passenger cars, the oil mist separation systems mainly use the inertia effect (e.g. labyrinth, cyclone etc.). Therefore, this study has investigated high efficiency cylinder head-integrated oil-mist separator by using a compact multi-impactor type oil mist separator system to ensure adequate oil mist separation performance. For this purpose, engine dynamometer testing with oil particle efficiency measurement equipment and 3D two-phase flow simulation have been performed for various engine operating conditions. Tests with an actual engine on a dynamometer showed oil aerosol particle size distributions varied depending on operating conditions. For instance, high rpm and load increases bot only blow-by gases but the amount of small size oil droplets. Submicron-sized particles (less than 0.5 ㎛) were also observed. It is also found that the impactor type separator is able to separate nearly no droplets of diameter lower than 3 ㎛. CFD results showed that the complex aerodynamics processes that lead to strong impingement and break-up can strip out large droplets and generate more small size droplets.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.463-479
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• 2005

전북의 전주, 군산, 남원지역에서 주기적으로 채수된 강수(bulk deposition)를 지화학적으로 고찰하고 Sr과 Pb 동위원소의 환경추적인자로서의 적용 여부를 알아보고자 하였다. 강수는 pH $4\~7$의 약산성내지 산성을 띄며, 건기에는 높고, 우기에는 자연산성도 수준인 5.0수준을 유지한다. 강수에 의한 희석작용으로, 우기이후의 강수는 TDS 및 EC도 낮아지나 다시 건기에 들어서면서 상승한다. 겨울철에는 난방연료의 연소에 의해 $SO_4$과 $NO_3$이 높은 함량을 보이며, 여름철은 $CO_2$가스의 영향으로 탄산농도가 약간 높은 경향을 보인다 양이온은 겨울철에 Na의 함량이 높고, 봄부터 여름철에는 Ca의 함량이 높게 나타난다. 지리산에 인접한 남원이 전반적으로 낮은 EC 및 TDS값을 가지고 인구밀집과 도시화가 심한 전주지역은 대체로 높다. 남원지방은 다량의 수목의 호흡작용에 의한 대기중 이사화탄소의 함량이 높아 여름철 탄산 농도가 타 지역에 비해 높다. 군산지역은 해염의 영향으로 대기중 Cl의 함량이 높다. Al, Cu, Zn은 TDS와 상관계수 0.5이상의 양호한 상관관계를 보여 이들 원소가 미량원소 중 강수의 화학적 성상에 영향을 미치는 원소들 이라고 볼 수 있다. $^{87}Sr/^{86}Sr$ 값은 0.7109-0.7128으로 세 지역 모두 유사하며, 해수보다 다소 높은 값을 보이고 있어 주변의 토양입자, 꽃가루, 기타 인위기원의 에어로졸 등의 영향이 있음을 암시하나 지역 전반에 걸친 자세한 동위원소적 고찰이 있어야만 보다 정확한 해석이 가능할 것으로 생각된다. 강수의 Pb 동위원소 조성도 세 지역 모두 유사하며, 서울 에어로졸의 Pb 동위원소 조성 범위내에 포함되고 북경의 에어로졸 범위에서는 약간 벗어나 있다. 이는 한반도내의 대기 중에 함유되어 있는 Pb은 모두 유사한 기원으로 휘발유의 연소에서 발생하는 것으로 생각되며, 중국으로부터 기원한 Pb의 존재 가능성은 내포하고 있으나 그 기여율은 적을 것으로 보인다.