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Electrical Surveys at the Seokdae Waste Landfill of Pusan (부산 석대 폐기물 매립지에서의 전기탐사)

  • Kiehwa Lee;Jong-Ryeol Yoon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Groundwater Environment
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.185-190
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    • 1997
  • Electrical surveys were conducted at the Seokdae waste landfill in July,1996. Within the landfill, 4 lines of dipole-dipole surveys and 7 Schlumberger soundings were carried out and 2 soundings in front of the landfill. In the landfill, interpretations of the survey data show low resistivity zones below 10 Ωm to a depth of 50 m from the surface and such low resistivity zones of the D block are thicker than those of the other blocks by about 2~10 m. Considering the depth of the bedrock and the height of waste reclamation, no evidence of bedrock contamination by leachate is indicated. But it is inferred that the weathered zones are contaminated in the landfill. In the block A and B, minor fault having the strike of N$70^{\circ}$W have been confirmed by dipole-dipole surveys, so future contamination of the bedrock by leachate is possible The degree of ground contamination is the highest in the D block due to the leachate plume mainly heading for this block. On the other hand, electrical soundings do not indicate ground contamination by leachate in the front area of the landfill.

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Heavy Metal Contamination in Sediments by Herbei Sprit Oil Spill (허베이 스피리트 원유 유출 사고에 의한 퇴적물의 중금속 오염)

  • Song, Yun Ho;Choi, Man Sik;Woo, Jun Sik;Sim, Won Joon
    • The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.70-79
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    • 2013
  • Since crude oil contains various pollutants including heavy metals, the environmental impact should be assessed for heavy metals as well as oil itself. In order to estimate the extent of heavy metal contamination, surface sediments were collected at the intertidal and coastal zone around the Herbei sprit oil spill area during December 2007 and January 2008. Organic carbon, sulfur and heavy metals were determined to assess heavy metal contamination in sediments. The crude oils contained C, S, V and Ni, but little toxic metals such as As, Cd, etc. From organic carbon content, the highest contaminated site was estimated that oils contributed to sediments up to 10%, and this site showed high V concentration. Potentially contaminated sediments by crude oil could be differentiated from unaffected sediments through V/Al and Ni/Al ratios, which can be used as indicators of oil contamination even after the oils were fully degraded.

Microbial contamination including Vibrio cholerae in fishery auction markets in West Sea, South Korea

  • Choi, Yukyung;Lee, Yewon;Lee, Soomin;Kim, Sejeong;Lee, Jeeyeon;Ha, Jimyeong;Oh, Hyemin;Shin, Il-Shik;Yoon, Yohan
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.22 no.11
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    • pp.26.1-26.7
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    • 2019
  • Background: The monitoring of pathogens of fishery auction markets is important to obtain safe fishery products regarding hygiene and sanitation. In this study, aerobic, coliform, Escherichia coli, and Vibrio cholerae were monitored in the fishery products and environmental samples obtained from fishery auction markets. Methods: The fishery products (flounder, octopus, skate, rock cod, sea bass, snail, monkfish, flatfish, comb pen shell, corb shell, conger eel, hairtail, croaker, and pilchard) were placed in filter bags, and the environmental samples (samples from the water tanks at the fishery auction markets, seawater from the fishery distribution vehicles, ice from wooden or plastic boxes, and surface samples from wooden and plastic boxes used for fish storage) were collected. Aerobic bacteria, E. coli, and coliform in the samples were enumerated on aerobic count plates and E. coli/coliform count plates, respectively. For V. cholerae O1 and V. cholerae non-O1 quantification, most probable number (MPN)-PCR analysis was performed. Results: Aerobic and coliform bacteria were detected in most samples, but E. coli was not detected. Wooden boxes were contaminated with high levels of aerobic and coliform bacteria in all seasons (spring, summer, and fall). During fall, V. cholerae non-O1 were detected in snails, hairtails, croakers, flatfishes, pilchards, plastic boxes, and water samples. Conclusions: These results indicate an increased prevalence of V. cholerae contamination in fishery products in fall, including food contact samples, which can be vehicles for cross-contamination.

Dipole-Dipole Resistivity Survey on the Side of Han River near Nanjido Landfill (난지도에 인접한 한강변에서의 쌍극자-쌍극자 전기탐사)

  • Lee, Kiehwa;Kwon, Byung-Doo;Oh, Seok-Hoon;Kim, Cha-Seop
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.335-343
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    • 1996
  • The dipole-dipol electrical resistivity survey was conducted to investigate the probable contamination of the Han river by leachate from the near-by Nanjido Landfill. The survey line of 3 km was set along the unpaved road toward the Han river. For the convenience of the field work, the survey line was divided into four segments. The complete two-dimensional resistivity section was constructed by connecting the inversion result of each segment. Gravity survey was also carried out along the profile parallel to the resistivity line. Near surface resistivity generally appeared to be of very low value in most part of the survey area and the boundary between the alluvium layer and underlying basement rocks is well discriminated on the resistivity section. These results agree well with those of the preceding Schlumberger depth sounding made at adjacent area by Lee and fun (1995). The variation of thickness of the alluvium layer delineated by gravity anomaly profile also correlates well with the result of the resistivity survey on the qualitative basis. The problem of contamination by leachate from the Nanjido Landfill, where various waste materials have been dumped without any proper treatment facilities, has been remains unsolved yet. Therefore, we present the most probable passages of leachate flow based on the survey results and have briefly discussed about measure for contamination control. Considering the thickness of alluvium and the possible existence of fractured zone, the middle point between 1st and 2nd landfill and the midst of 1st landfill are the most hazardous regions to make leachates flow into the Han river. Since large amounts of leachates are observed from the test wells located on the lines extending from the border between the 1st and 2nd landfill and the middle of the lst landfill, contamination protection barriers are strongly recommended near these regions.

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Assessment of Pollution Characteristics of Surface Sediments from Andong Lake(I): Studies on Characteristics of Pollution of Sediments from Andong Dam (안동댐 퇴적물의 오염도 평가(I): 안동댐 퇴적물의 오염 특성 연구)

  • Kim, Young Hun;Park, Jae Chung;Shin, Tae Cheon;Kim, Jeong Jin
    • Korean Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.377-389
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    • 2020
  • In this study, pollution characteristics were investigated for the Andong Dam sediments in the Nakdong River. Sediment samples were collected from the middle, left, and right points of the lake up to 40km upstream of the Andong Dam at intervals of about 5km by stratification and turnover period. In the case of nutrients and total organics such as loss of ignition, total nitrogen, and phosphorus, the degree of contamination is low, but heavy metals of arsenic and cadmium is very high. The contamination level of sediments in the dam area is higher than that of the branch of river and the control group, and concentration of chromium, copper, and lead are higher in the stratification period, and that of zinc is higher in turnover period. Arsenic, cadmium, manganese, and zinc showed contamination variation between upstream and downstream but chromium, copper, mercury, iron and lead didn't show the variation.

Disinfection Efficacy of an Ultraviolet Light on Film Cassettes for Preventive of the Nosocomial Infection (병원감염 예방을 위한 Film Cassette의 자외선 소독 효과)

  • Kweon, Dae-Cheol;Jeon, Yong-Woong;Cho, Am
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.27-32
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    • 2001
  • The bacteria infection on film cassette contact surface was examined at the diagnostic radiology department of the S. hospital. The objective of this study was to assess the contamination level on film cassette contact surface as a predictor of patient prevention from nosocomial infection and for improvement of the hospital environment. The laboratory result was identified non-pathologic bacterial in the five different cassette size of the contact surface. Film cassettes were exposed to ultraviolet light for 1, 2 and 3 minutes. Ultraviolet light disinfection is proven suitable for bacteria. The study concludes that presence of a bacterial infection will prevent a using antiseptic technique on film cassette contact surface. In addition education of nosocomial infection for radiographers will be required. In conclusion, ultraviolet is considered effective to irradate bacteria. Additionally, two minutes are required to sterilize film cassettes.

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Time Dependant Ozone Generation due to Oxidation of the Surface of Corona Discharge Wires (코로나방전선 표면 산화에 따른 오존발생량의 경시특성)

  • Jung, Sung-Jin;Park, Seung-Lok;Moon, Jae-Duk
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2000.07e
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    • pp.22-25
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    • 2000
  • Time dependent ozone generation characteristics of some oxide layers grown by ozone on the surface of corona discharge wires have been investigated experimentally in air ambience. Four wires of stainless steel, iron, silver and copper were used for the corona discharge wire of an ozone generator. And the effect of the metal oxide layers on ozone generation was studied and the contamination morphology of each layers was characterized. With the SEM images and the EDS spectra, it was found that all the surface of the corona wire were oxidized by the generated ozone and contaminated by airborne particles through the gradient force. As a result, the morphology and the electrical property of metal oxide layer grown on corona wire surface influenced on ozone generation characteristics i.e. discharge mechanisms.

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A Study on the Grinding Characteristics According to Cooling Methods (대체냉각 기술을 이용한 환경친화 연삭가공 기술)

  • Lee, S.W.;Choi, H.Z.;Heo, N.H.;Lee, J.H.
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.962-967
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    • 2003
  • Recently, environmental pollution has become a serious problem in industry, and many researches have been done in order to preserve the environment. The coolant, which promotes lubrication, cooling and penetration, contains chlorine, sulfur and phosphorus to improve the machining efficiency. These additives, which move around into the air during machining, pollute working. Therefore, many researches on how to reduce the amount of coolant during machining have been carried out. However, to reduce even small amount of coolant causes high temperature of a workpiece and it brings thermal defects. In this study, the experiments of wet & dry grinding using cooling methods (using coolant only, mist and compressed cold air only) are performed to solve the problem of environmental contamination and to get a better surface integrity of a workpiece by comparing surface roughness, roundness and residual stress.

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A study on the Internal machining of a large-diameter Stainless pipe for Semiconductor Using Experimental Design Method (실험계획법을 이용한 반도체용 대구경 스테인레스관의 내경 가공에 관한 연구)

  • 김창근;이은상
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.71-76
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    • 2003
  • This paper describes the characteristic of a large-diameter pipe to obtain smooth surface using Electropolishing after grinding using a non-woven fabric. Grinding using a non-woven fabric is possible under lower load and fine effect comparing with Wheel grinding. Also, the ion from the surface of the metal is eliminated by means of an electrical potential and current in Electropolishing. Electropolishing is used for leveling the surface, improving the physical appearance of the part, promoting corrosion properties and reducing contamination and adhesion of the surface. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to investigate the internal machining of a large-diameter pipe for semiconductor using experimental design method.

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Effect of ultra - violet laser treatment on multi - wall carbon nanotube surface

  • Kim, Jun-Sik;Ahn, Kyoung-Soo;Lee, Chang-Hyo;Kim, Chae-Ok;Hong, Jin-Pyo
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.08a
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    • pp.689-691
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    • 2002
  • Well-aligned multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have been grown on both Coming glass and silicon substrates at about 400 $^{\circ}C$ by a modified plasma - enhanced chemical vapor deposition system. We have investigated laser irradiation effect on carbon nanotube surface by using an ultra - violet laser. The laser operated to modify structural defect of was carbon nanotube and to ablate possible contamination of carbon nanotube surface. The morphology and surface transformation of MWCNTs as analyzed by a SEM. In addition, the field emission measurement was also carried out in a vacuum chamber with a $10^{-7}$ Torr base pressure by applying bias voltages up to 1000V.

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