• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2021년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.365-368
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 적외선 센서를 이용한 페트병 분리수거 시스템을 구현하였다. 제안된 시스템은 인식부, 제어부, 알람부 및 구동부로 구성된다. 인식부는 페트병을 감지해 페트병과 센서와의 거리를 측정하고 값을 추출하고 추출된 값을 표준 범위와 비교하여 값이 표준 범위를 벗어날 경우에는 제어값을 제어부에 전송하고, 특정범위를 넘어간 경우 라벨 혹은 뚜껑의 유무결과를 제어부에 전송한다. 제어부에서는 센서부로부터 전송받은 결과값에 따라서 수거함의 입구를 개방하거나 알람부를 제어하는 기능을 수행한다. 제안된 시스템 구현을 위하여 인식부는 적외선 센서로 구현하였고, 제어부는 C언어 기반의 아두이노 스케치 프로그램으로 제작하였다. 또한, 인식부와 제어부는 아날로그 신호를 이용하여 통신할 수 있게 하였다. 제안된 시스템은 정해진 알고리즘에 따라 페트병의 라벨과 뚜껑의 유무를 정확히 판단한 후 라벨 혹은 뚜껑이 부착되었을 때 수거함의 입구를 막는다. 국민 1인당 배출되는 폐기물의 양이 높고 재활용이 되지 않아 쓰레기의 대다수를 소각시키고 있는 상황에서 본 연구에서 제안한 시스템을 통하여 페트병의 재활용률을 높이기를 기대한다.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2023

Excessive use of plastic bottles contributes to a significant environmental issue due to the high volume of plastic waste generated. To address this, efforts are needed to reduce the weight of plastic bottles. However, indiscriminate weight reduction may compromise the essential rigidity required for plastic bottles. Extensive research on rib shape for pressure vessels are exists, but there is a few research of rib shapes to enhance the stiffness of plastic bottles. The following results were obtained from the analyses conducted in this study. 1) Among the rib cross-sections of square, trapezoid, and triangle, the buckling critical load of PET bottles with square-shaped ribs is improved by about 14% compared to the buckling critical load of PET bottles without ribs. 2) The buckling critical load is improved by about 18% when a square-shaped rib with an aspect ratio of 0.2 is applied, compared to the buckling critical load of the bottle without the rib. 3) When longitudinal and transverse square ribs were applied to the axial direction of the PET bottle, the buckling critical load was improved by about 32% and 58% compared to the buckling critical load of the PET bottle without ribs, respectively, indicating that applying longitudinal ribs is effective in reinforcing the stiffness of PET bottles. 4) When 14 transverse ribs were applied, the maximum improvement was about 48% compared to the buckling critical load of the plastic bottle without ribs. 5) When 3 longitudinal ribs were applied on each side, the maximum improvement was about 76% compared to the buckling critical load of the bottle without ribs. Therefore, it was concluded that for effective stiffness reinforcement of a 500ml square bottle with a thickness of 0.5mm, 3 square-shaped ribs with an aspect ratio of 0.2 should be applied in the longitudinal direction relative to the axial direction of the bottle.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2009년도 춘계 학술발표회
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• pp.813-818
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• 2009

Shear properties of plastic bottle film/plastic bottle film and plastic bottle film/granitic soil which were evaluated from static friction tests. The monotonic shear experiments were performed by using an tilt table apparatus and large direct shear device. The test results showed that the friction angle of each interface and the interface depended on the amount of normal stress, the type of the interface used. Therefore, the testing method should be determined carefully by considering the type of loads and normal stress expected in the field with using the materials installed in the site.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 마찰하전형정전선별법을 적용하여 폐플라스틱 맥주병(PET, Nylon)의 재활용을 위한 재질분리 연구를 수행하였다. 하전재질 선정을 위한 하전특성 연구결과, PMMA가 폐플라스틱 맥주병(PET, Nylon)의 재질분리에 가장 효과적인 하전재질로 확인되어, PMMA를 사용한 pipe line와 cyclone 하전장치를 개발하였다. 본 연구에서 개발된 pipe line과cyclone 하전장치를 이용한 재질분리 실험결과, 최적 실험조건에서 PET의 품위와 회수율이 각각 99.6%와 88.2%인 결과를 얻어, 폐플라스틱 맥주병(PET, Nylon) 재활용을 위한 재질분리 기술을 확립하였다.

• 한국포장학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.31-42
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• 2024

This review paper provides a detailed analysis of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottle recycling in Japan. Japan is a global leader in PET bottle recycling due to its advanced regulatory framework and proactive industry initiatives. Japan's success attributes to the widespread adoption of bottle-to-bottle recycling, driven by the beverage industry's commitment to sustainability. By utilizing post-consumer PET bottle recovery and food-grade mechanical recycling technologies, Japan has achieved significant milestones in PET bottle recycling. This paper examines regulatory frameworks, collection systems, reprocessing facilities, and food safety assessments to highlight Japan's innovative approaches to PET bottle recycling and their impact on global sustainability efforts. Drawing parallels with Korea's early stages of PET recycling, it suggests involving major beverage companies and re-evaluating regulations to promote bottle-to-bottle recycling. The focus is on the implications for Korea to promote circular economy principles in plastic recycling.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제57권4호
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• pp.205-214
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• 2022

Research on reducing the thickness of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles is necessary to reduce the amount of plastic used. However, as decreasing a PET bottle's thickness weakens it, a robust bottle design is required. Therefore, in this study, we numerically analyzed various bottom designs of a carbonated soft drink PET bottle with 245 and 500 ml capacities and complicated petaloid shapes. Deformation, equivalent stress, maximum principal stress, and its direction according to each design were analyzed to study the strength of the bottle. The results serve as a reference to design robust petaloid PET bottle bottoms with a reduced thickness for carbonated soft drinks.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.123-127
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• 2019

Shrink film is currently being used for plastic container lavels to avoid the use of glue. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle lavels also use shrink films in the same PET materials for easy recycling of PET bottles. An air layer is generated between the shrink film and PET bottle surface due to the bent shape of the bottle surface. This air layer can insulate external heat, as air has a relatively lower thermal conductivity. In this study, the insulation property of the air layer was examined by computer simulation. Two PET bottle models were used, one with and the other without an air layer between the PET bottle surface and lavel. The two bottle models were filled with cold liquid and exposed to room temperature for 6 h, and the temperatures of the contents were then compared. The results showed that the temperature of the contents in the bottle with the air layer was lower than that without the air layer by at least $2^{\circ}C$. This study suggests an effective lavel design of PET bottles while ensuring that the temperature of the bottle contents is maintained.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.385-392
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• 2019

플라스틱 비닐을 이용한 톱밥배지를 기반으로 하는 표고 재배방식은 환경문제를 일으킬 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 비닐 대신 플라스틱 용기를 이용하여 표고의 재배실험을 실시하였다. 참나무 톱밥과 밀기울을 4:1 비율로 혼합하여 함수율을 65%로 맞춘 톱밥배지를 분리가 가능한 플라스틱 용기에 입병하였다. 접종한 배지는 배양일, 명배양 광조건 등을 달리하여 80일 또는 120일간 배양하였다. NIFoS 2464 균주에서는 300 Lux의 광도에서 명배양을 진행하였을 경우 배지의 중량감소율이 더 높았고, 빛의 세기는 배지의 중량감소와 연관이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 버섯 발생시에는 발생실의 공기순환 팬 속도를 달리하였다. NIFoS 2464 균주는 암배양 80일, 명배양 500 Lux에서 40일, 공기순환 팬 속도 30 rpm에서 가장 높은 생산량을 나타내었다. 120일 동안 배양된 병 배지의 경우, 명배양을 40일간 진행한 배지에서 생산량이 더 높았다. 암배양을 80일간 진행한 배지의 경우 배지 상면으로의 반복적인 살수작업 및 배양실 내의 빛 자극으로 인해 자실체가 발생하였다. 첫 수확 후 배지의 수축으로 인해 배지는 병으로부터 분리되었다. 분리된 플라스틱 병은 버섯 재배에 재사용할 수 있으며 이를 이용하면 플라스틱 폐기물의 양을 줄일 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.484-496
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• 1996

This paper presents an anlaysis on the thermodynamic performance of ice storage system. The primary interest in this work is the exergetic efficiency of the system. The ice storage system considered here is the capsule type system with the waste plastic bottle being used as a capsule. To examine the characteristics of irreversibility production and exergetic efficiency in detail the ice storage system to be analyzed has been separated from the refrigerator in this analysis. The analysis is based on the lumped model with 3 uniform temperatures. The results indicate that 3 dimensionless parameters can describe the exergetic efficiency of the system, from which the characteristics of irreversibilities and the ranges of these parameters to ensure the reasonable performance of the system can be found. Experiments also have been performed to demonstrate the feasibility of such a system. This analysis only shows the performance of ice storage side, with the refrigeration side excluded. However, the results can be interpreted as a total performance if the refrigerator coupled with the ice storage system operatres reversibly.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.81-86
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• 2019

Robots are used in various industrial sites, but traditional methods of operating a robot are limited at some kind of tasks. In order for a robot to accomplish a task, it is needed to find and solve accurate formula between a robot and environment and that is complicated work. Accordingly, reinforcement learning of robots is actively studied to overcome this difficulties. This study describes the process and results of learning and solving which applied reinforcement learning. The mission that the robot is going to learn is bottle flipping. Bottle flipping is an activity that involves throwing a plastic bottle in an attempt to land it upright on its bottom. Complexity of movement of liquid in the bottle when it thrown in the air, makes this task difficult to solve in traditional ways. Reinforcement learning process makes it easier. After 3-DOF robotic arm being instructed how to throwing the bottle, the robot find the better motion that make successful with the task. Two reward functions are designed and compared the result of learning. Finite difference method is used to obtain policy gradient. This paper focuses on the process of designing an efficient reward function to improve bottle flipping motion.