• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.127-130
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• 2006

It is important to coordinated interaction among neurons, astrocytes and endothelial cells to maintain the function of brain. To study their regulatory mechanisms in vitro system, the co-culture system among the isolated cells from brain may be needed. However, the method for purifying brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMEC) far culture have not established yet. In this study, the proper culture methods of mice cells using two different strains, CD1 and C57BL6, to obtain the pure and plentiful endothelial cells were described. The flatted-round forms of CD1 endothelial cells grew on the collagen-IV coating plates, while the purified cells from C57 mice preferred type collagen-I dishes for their growth. Both cells displayed anti-PECAM-1 (CD31) and von Willebrand Factor immune-reactivity. These results indicated that different coating materials not only improve attachment of isolated cells but also promoting growth of cells, suggesting that this method of purifying murine Brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMEC) provides a suitable model to investigate blood-brain-barrier (BBB) properties within neurovascular unit in vitro.

• 한국농공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농공학회 2003년도 학술발표논문집
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• pp.599-602
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• 2003

The objective of this study is to analyze the function of the paddy-field in purifying water quality. This study was carried out is based on the data in the six case studies. To improve purification function of paddy field, the following farming management is required. 1) A guideline to control the inlet and outlet of the paddy plot is need to minimize drainage water by means of a reasonable irrigation management. 2) A guideline for fertilizer application in consideration of loading nutrients dissolved in irrigation water. 3) The reuse system of agricultural drainage water is required to minimize impacts on water quality of surface water(reservoir and river).

• 대한화학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.38-43
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• 1957

Purified cellulosic materials suitable for the production of cellulose esters can be prepared from waste cotton (carding waste from textile mill). The most desirable conditions in purifying waste cotton were obtained. Waxy materials were removed by boiling in 2-3% soda ash solution for more than 30 minutes in open vessel at atmospheric pressure. As for bleaching, it is desirable to use the bleaching powder solution containing 1%, available chlorine for 60 minutes at 35 deg. C. Purified cellulosic material was acetylated to fibrous cellulose triacetate, which was fractionated in the solution of 70% monochloroacetic acid using water as a precipitant, and the degree of polymerizaion and molecular weight of each fraction were measured viscometrically, thereon, molecular weight distribution curve was drawn. Analyzing the shape of this curve, most of the polymers were concentrated on the part of higher degree of polymerization. Purified waste cotton was also analysed, the result was that this cellulosic material can be used as a raw material for cellulose esters and ethers.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2008

With architectural technology, a building has been a far dense and close. So the thermal environment of the building has become pleasant, but the quality of indoor air has been degraded. Using synthetic products for construction materials and furniture indoors escalates the concentration of volatile organic compounds(VOCs) at indoor air, threatening the health of the residents. To reduce the concentration of volatile organic compounds at indoor air, many methods are designed, and of late, concern has been increased about the effect of air purification using air purifying plants. Field measurements were performed using Aglaonema brevispathum, Pachira aquatica and Ficus benjamiana, which were verified as air-purifying plants by NASA. The effect of reducing the concentration of air contaminants by plant studied in a full scale mock-up model. The variations of concentration of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Formaldehyde were monitored. In most cases, the effect was excellent in Toluene and formaldehyde in summer.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.180-191
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• 2016

Optimizing energy usage for maximum efficiency is an essential goal for manufacturing plants in every industrial manufacturing sector. The generation and distribution of purifying compressed air is a large expense incurred in practically all manufacturing processes. Not only is the generation and treatment expensive equipment of compressed air, but frequent maintenance and effective operation is also required. As a plant's compressed air system is often an integral part of the production process, it needs to be reliable, efficient, and easy to be maintain. In this paper, we study to find operating method to save energy from the adsorption dryer in the process of purifying compressed air, which is required for a clean room production site in "A" company. The compressed air passes through a pressure vessel with two "towers" filled with a material such as activated alumina, silica gel, molecular sieve or other desiccant material. This desiccant material attracts the water from the compressed air via adsorption. As the water clings to the desiccant, the desiccant particle becomes saturated. Therefore, Adsorption dryer is an extremely significant facility which removes the moisture in the air $70^{\circ}C$ below the dew point temperature while using a lot of energy. Also, the energy consumption of the adsorption dryer can be varied by various operating conditions (time, pressure, temperature, etc). Therefore, based on existing operating experiments, we have searched operating condition to maximize energy saving by changing operating conditions of the facility. However, due to a short experiment period (from September to October), further research will be focused on considering seasonality.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.3-10
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• 2005

Indoor air quality (IAQ) is recognized as a byproduct of industrialization that took place in the 20th century. The great attention to IAQ has been gained since 1980s, and led to numerous research studies that have mainly made in the developed countries. As the development of residential environment in Korea enters in the process of qualitative growth, IAQ has viewed as one of the core issues in the society, and research in relation to IAQ has been implemented until now in the fields of engineering and medical science. It is widely known that the sources and effects of indoor air pollution have been various, and IAQ research with multidisciplinary approaches is required. Nevertheless, few research embedded into a socio-behavioral approach to identifying interventive measures of residents and analyzing their choices is made. The purpose of this study is to examine the use of an interactive measure of residents in apartments that is air purification with phytoncide available in the market, and to investigate their self-reported effects of the air purifying substance on sick building syndrome symptoms. This study utilizes a field experiment design with pre-test and post-test, and the experiment is conducted in a natural field setting. A total of 87 test subjects from 32 households with already sick building syndrome are drawn via internet, and the participation is solely voluntary. The participants receive and use the air purifying substance, and are asked to use it continuously for two weeks and identify their self-reported symptoms of before- and after-use. The research findings indicate that air purification using phytoncide is effective to alleviate their symptoms in relation to sick building syndrome. Also it is noted that the participants report that the use of the air purification causes the positive impacts on their daily life. Further research is needed that compares the group with only humidifier and evaluates the mid-term and long-term use of the air purification and its effects.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.50-56
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• 2011

The adsorption capacity of charcoal is a function of the airborne concentration of the target chemical. To evaluate the adsorption capacity of charcoal packed in the cartridges of air purifying respirators, breakthrough tests were conducted with carbon tetrachloride for three commercial cartridges (3M models #7251, #6000 and AX) at 25, 50, 100, 250 and 500 ppm. Adsorption capacities were calculated using a mass transfer balance equation derived from the curve fitting to the breakthrough curves obtained experimentally. Carbon micropore volumes were estimated by iteration to fit the Dubinin/Radushkevich (D/R) adsorption isotherm. They were 0.6566, 0.5727 and 0.3087 g/cc for #7251, #6000 and the AX cartridge, respectively. Above 100 ppm (at high challenge concentrations), #7251 and #6000 showed higher adsorption capacities. However, as the challenge concentration decreased, the adsorption capacities of #7251 and #6000 sharply dropped. On the other hand, the adsorption capacity of the AX cartridge showed little change with the decrease of the challenge concentration. Thus, the AX showed a higher adsorption capacity than #7251 and #6000 at the 5-50 ppm level. It is concluded that service-life tests of cartridges and adsorption capacity tests of charcoal should be conducted at challenge concentration levels reflecting actual working environmental conditions. Alternatively, it is recommended to use the D/R adsorption isotherm to extrapolate adsorption capacity at low concentration levels from the high concentration levels at which breakthrough tests are conducted, at a minimum of two different concentration levels.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.77-82
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• 2022

실내공기오염이 인체에 미치는 영향이 실외공기오염보다 더 크며 위험하다. 일반적으로 사람은 실내에 머무는 시간이 길고, 밀폐된 실내는 오염물질이 지속적으로 쌓여 오염된 공기가 폐에 더 잘 전달된다. 특히 어린 아이들의 경우 실내공기에 매우 민감하며 치명적이다. 이와 더불어 코로나19로 인한 더 잦은 실내활동과 지속적으로 증가하는 외부 미세먼지와 함께 환기를 못하는 현재 실내공기오염을 줄이는 방법은 더욱 중요해지고 있다. 본 논문은 기존 자율주행 공기청정 로봇의 문제점을 개선하고자 지도를 분할과 UCT(Upper Confidence bounds applied to Trees) 기반의 알고리즘을 통해 자율주행 로봇이 구역을 살균하지 않거나 한곳에 계속 머무르는 문제점과 실내공기오염에 취약한 아이들의 문제를 개선할 수 있는 그린 스마트 스쿨을 위한 공간 적응형 자율주행 공기청정 로봇을 제안한다.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.432-445
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• 2018

조성 후 5년이 경과한 생태공학적 수질정화 비오톱을 대상으로 식생 및 수환경 분석을 수행하였다. 그 결과, 총 36과에 속하는 91종의 유관속식물종이 확인되었으며 갈대, 달뿌리풀, 줄, 큰잎부들 그리고 애기부들 등 초기 식재된 대형정수식물들이 주된 식생 요소로 확인되었다. 또한, 전기전도도(P < 0.01)를 포함하여 질산태(P < 0.05) 및 암모니움태 질소(P < 0.001)와 칼륨(P < 0.05), 나트륨(P < 0.01) 및 마그네슘(P < 0.01) 등에서 수질정화 효과가 확인되었다. 그 중에서도 질산태 및 암모니움태 질소의 경우 인공습지를 경유하는 과정을 통해 각각 약 60% 및 30% 수준으로 감소하는 수질 개선 효과를 나타내었다. 15개의 단위습지(다중셀습지)가 곡류형 하천과 같은 형태로 조성됨에 따른 '분리성'과 '곡률'은 본 인공습지가 온전한 생태공학적 수질정화 비오톱으로서 지속적으로 기능할 수 있도록 기여한 것으로 판단된다. 인공습지 조성에 있어, 습지로 하여금 다양한 기능들을 안정적으로 수행할 수 있도록 함으로써 습지의 생태적 가치를 제고하는 생태공학적 디자인 요소 반영을 적극 제안하는 바이다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.398-408
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• 2023

본 연구는 지카바이러스, 메르스, coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) 등의 감염병 방역 및 의료현장에서 사용할 수 있는 의료용 공기정화호흡기(powered air purifying respirators, PAPR)의 항균성 보호복의 후드와 필터를 개발하였다. PAPR은 전동팬 본체 및 필터, 배터리팩, 후드로 구성되며 보호복의 후드 소재는 뛰어난 흡습성, 풍압, 외부충격을 견딜 수 있는 폴리프로필렌 슐폰레이스(spunlace) 부직포 직물(SFS)을 사용하였다. 사용자의 감염위험을 낮추기 위해 후드의 외피에는 피톤치드계 물질을 사용하여 99.9%의 안티-박테리얼(antibacterial) 효과를 얻었으며 내피에는 친수가공을 하여 흡수성을 25% 향상시켰다. 의료용 보호복 후드에 필요한 인공혈액 침투저항성, 건조미생물 침투저항성, 습식세균 침투저항성, 그리고 박테리오파아지 침투저항성을 평가한 결과 2~6 단계의 합격평가를 받았다. 한편, 항균 처리된 슐폰레이스(spunlace filter, SF) 헤파 필터(high efficiency particulate air, HEPA)의 성능을 평가한 결과 우수한 항균성, 분진제거율, 차압 효과를 확인하였다.