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Formaldehyde Release from Medium Density Fiberboard in Simulated Landfills for Recycling

  • Lee, Min;Prewitt, Lynn;Mun, Sung Phil
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.42 no.5
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    • pp.597-604
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    • 2014
  • Laboratory-scale landfills (simulated landfills) were designed to determine the formaldehyde released into air and leachate from medium density fiberboard (MDF). Simulated landfills were constructed using cylindrical plastic containers containing alternating layers of soil and MDF for a total of five layers. The highest concentration of formaldehyde was found in the air and leachate from the MDF only treatment compared to treatments containing MDF and soil. At the end of the study (28 days), formaldehyde concentrations in air and leachate from treatments containing MDF and soil decreased by 70 percent and 99 percent, respectively, while the treatment containing MDF only still released formaldehyde into the air and leachate. Therefore, waste MDF after storing 4 weeks in water may be recycled as compost or mulch based on formaldehyde leaching. Also, these data indicate soil restricts formaldehyde release into air and leachate and provides new information about the fate of wood-based composite waste containing UF resin disposed in landfills.

A Study on Paintless Injection Molding in TV Mask Front (TV MASK FRONT 무도장 성형에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Chae-Sung;Kim, Jong-Kab;Park, Sang-Duck;Chang, Jae-Eon
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2000.04a
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    • pp.737-740
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    • 2000
  • Injection molded plastic parts have many appearance imperfections: weld line sink mark flow mark, gloss, shading, scratching, etc. Because these appearance faults have not accepted esthetically, so pastic parts are produced through painting or texturing. The purpose of this paper is to develop a paintless molded part of TV Mask Front, using numerical simulations and experiments. In order to minimize problems of injection, this study carried out computer aided injection mold filling simulations using MF/FLOW. Based on these numerical results we developed FR(Flame Retardant) HIPS and estabilished guidelines of part design, mold design, and processing conditions. We took effects of cost savings, inprovement of productivity, and utilization of recycling by eliminated painting process.

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The Properties of Concrete containing Waste-glass Powder (혼화재로서 폐유리 미분말을 사용한 콘크리트의 특성 평가)

  • Choi, Sung-Woo;Ryu, Deug-Hyun;Kim, Jun-Hyoung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2017.05a
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    • pp.222-223
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    • 2017
  • In the automotive industry, such as scrap metal and plastic scrap process is being recycled. Although the glass beads are used as road paving or other additives and processing crushing, recycling is known that there are limits. The utilization of waste glass was evaluated as a concrete admixture by using powder characteristics and chemical composition of the glass. As a result of using waste-glass powder as an admixture, it is difficult to expect the pozzolanic effect, but it is found that it can increase the fluidity of concrete and ensure the durability performance in the appropriate amount range.

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The Fluidity of the Recycled Thermoplastic Elastomer on the Injection Molding Process (사출성형공정에서 엘라스토머 재생재의 유동성)

  • No, B.S.;Han, S.R.;Jeong, Y.D.
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.16 no.4 s.94
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    • pp.271-275
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    • 2007
  • These days, recycling of plastic material has become a major issue due to the landfills and environmental problem. This study investigates the fluidity of thermoplastic vulcanizate(TPV), which can be used for an automobile part such as a weather strip, in order to replace ethylene propylene rubber(EPDM). Injection molding experiments with the spiral flow test mold and panel cover mold are conducted to examine the fluidity of TPV during injection molding. It is found out that the recycled TPV's flow length is a little bit longer than the virgin TPV. However, the filling weight for a panel cover parts by a recycled TPV is almost the same as that by a virgin TPV.

A Study on the Recycle and Reuse Suitability Environmenttal Furniture Design - Design Of Street Furniture with Maneking - (재사용 및 재활용에 적합한 환경가구디자인에 관한 연구 - 마네킹(Maneking)을 이용한 스트리트 퍼니처(Street Furniture) 디자인을 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, Min-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Furniture Society
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.47-54
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    • 2006
  • This study focused on designing environment-friendly furnitures by recycling useless stuffs. I designed environment-friendly furnitures by using plastic manekings, which do not decay easily. Designing environment-friendly furnitures by using maneking, we should consider the following; to make our surrounding comfortable and pleasant, to make the appearance of the streets more beautiful, and to consider our future environment. We need to use reusable and recyclable wastes much more to make environment-friendly furnitures from now on.

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Physical and mechanical properties of cement mortar with LLDPE powder and PET fiber wastes

  • Benimam, Samir;Bentchikou, Mohamed;Debieb, Farid;Kenai, Said;Guendouz, Mohamed
    • Advances in concrete construction
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.461-467
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    • 2021
  • Polyethylene-terephthalate (PET) from bottle waste and linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) from barrels and tanks waste are widely available and need to be recycled. Recycling them in concrete and mortar is an alternative solution for their disposal. In this study various quantities of sand (5%, 10%, 15% and 20%) were substituted by powder from LLDPE waste. In addition, PET waste fibers (corrugated, straight) were added to the mortar with different percentages (0.5%, 1%, 1.5% and 2%) of cement mass. This paper evaluate the mechanical and physical properties of the composites in fresh (workability, air content and density) and hardened state (compressive and flexural strength, water absorption and total shrinkage). From the experimental results, it can be concluded that the strengthening in tensile of the mortar with plastic waste corrugated fibers is improved. Other important results are that the water absorption and the density rate are less than that of the ordinary mortar.

Novel Automatic Plastic Bottle Distinguishing and Recycling Rate Improvement System Via Deep Learning (딥러닝을 통한 페트병 자동 분리수거 재활용률 개선 시스템)

  • Park, Jun-Seok;Yoo, Jae-Chern
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2022.11a
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    • pp.547-549
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    • 2022
  • 최근 소비경제의 폭발적 성장과 더불어 쓰레기로 인해 우리 생활 주변은 물론 해양까지 환경오염이 점점 심각해지고 있다. 그에 따른 재활용 시스템의 필요성이 높아지고 있으며, 지속 가능한 발전을 위해 세계적으로 환경을 위한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 딥러닝 기반의 AI 기술을 적극적으로 활용하여 분리수거가 아닌, 페트병을 재활용하는 과정을 집중적으로 개선한다. 이를 통하여, 페트병이 원인인 환경오염을 해결할 뿐만 아니라 고급 재활용 원료를 생산할 수 있게 하여 경제적인 효과도 얻을 수 있는 시스템을 제안한다.

Development of Concrete and Evaluation of Properties of Combined Steel making Slag Aggregates for Offshore Structure Production(II) (해양구조물 제조를 위한 제강슬래그 골재 조합별 물성평가 및 콘크리트 개발(II))

  • Jung, Won-Kyong;Kim, Hyun-Seok;Park, Dong-Cheon;Cho, Bong-Suk
    • Resources Recycling
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.60-68
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    • 2016
  • In this study, earlier analyzed tetrapod, one of an original group of offshore constructions studied for manufacturability of the concrete using the properties of steel making slag aggregate. steel making slag aggregate assessment, RCS and Blast Furnace Slag : the 20 mm air-cooled slag and combinations by 50 %, aggregate properties on the most appropriate for the properties of recycled aggregate concrete optimal mix, and assessing it. Properties of concrete used to be derived are judged as to bury the studies show that the hollowing-out of the RCS, plastic sole use is in the workability of the aggregate, plastic in the 20 mm slag also assessed to be a slight disadvantage, but RCS by mixing air-cooled coarse and 50 percent to 20 percent 50 mm. Thus, steel making slag marine structures using recycled aggregate, in rapid chilled slag or air-cooled slag. The sole use of the aggregate them than to combine the aggregate of concrete. After they satisfy the quality standard quality shall be used will aggregate steel making slag who meet the criteria concrete manufacturing in general or par with the aggregate of concrete. Performance was assessed as to develop a more than that.

Investigation of Development of Bumper Back-Beam Using a Thermoplastic Polyolefin (열가소성 폴리올레핀으로 구성된 범퍼 후방 보 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Ahn, Dong-Gyu;Kim, Se-Hun;Park, Gun-Sung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.29 no.8
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    • pp.896-905
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    • 2012
  • Recently, the application of the plastic material to automotive components and structures has steadily increased to satisfy demands on the saving of overall weight and the improvement of energy efficiency. The objective of this paper is to investigate the development of a bumper back-beam using a thermoplastic olefin (TPO). The bumper back-beam was designed to be manufactured from the injection molding process. In order to obtain a proper design of the bumper back-beam, three-dimensional finite element analyses were performed for various design alternatives. Stress-strain curves for different strain rates were measured by high speed tensile tests of the TPO to consider strain rate effects in the FEA. The influence of the sectional shape and the rib formation on the contact force-intrusion curves, the deflection and the energy absorption rate of the bumper back-beam was examined. From the results of the examination, a proper design of the bumper back-beam was acquired. The bumper back-beam consisting of TPO was fabricated from the injection moulding process and the vibration welding. Pendulum crash tests were carried out using the fabricated bumper back-beam. The results of the tests showed that the designed bumper back-beam can satisfy requirements of the federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS). Through the comparison of the previously designed bumper back-beam with the newly designed bumper back beam, it was noted that the weight of the designed bumper back-beam is lighter than that of the previously designed bumper back beam by nearly 16 %. In addition, it was considered that the newly designed bumper back beam can improve recycling of the bumper back-beam.

Biodegradation Characteristics of food waste on various collection systems (수거 형태에 따른 음식물류 폐기물의 혐기성 분해 특성)

  • Choi, Jae-Min;Kim, Jung-Kwang;Lee, Chae-Young
    • Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.23-28
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    • 2015
  • This study was conducted to evaluate the biodegradation characteristics of food waste on various collection systems using anaerobic batch test. The ultimate methane production from food waste in standard plastic garbage bags (sample A) was $285.6mL\;CH_4/g$ volatile solids (VS) which is the lowest, and reaction constant was $0.215d^{-1}$. The ultimate methane production from food waste in waste vessel based on RFID (sample D) was $493.4mL\;CH_4/g$ VS which is the highest, and reaction constant was $0.162d^{-1}$. The determinants of rate limiting step on all samples showed positive numbers, and the methane production step was found a rate limiting step.