• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2004년도 임시총회 및 추계학술발표회
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• pp.312-316
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• 2004

Single-well tracer tests, especially push pull tracer tests, are more effective to estimate hydraulic parameters and microbial metabolic activities in terms of duration and cost compared to multi-well tracer tests. However, there are some drawbacks in accuracy, complicated data analysis and uniqueness. These shortages are thought to be derived from the applied conditions which affect mass recovery curve and breakthrough curve. Factors such as extraction rate, resting period, hydraulic conductivity and hydraulic gradient are considered as the major factors determining the mass recovery rate and shape of the breakthrough curve. The results of the sensitivity analysis are summarized as follows: 1) the significant change in concentration of breakthrough curve is obtained when the extraction rate increases. This effect would also be much higher if the hydraulic conductivity is lower; 2) the mass recovery rate decreases with the increase of resting time, and the difference of mass recovery rates for different resting times is inversely proportional to the hydraulic conductivity; 3) the sensitivity values decrease with time. The hydraulic conductivity affects not only the early period, but the later period of the breakthrough curves; 4) The influence of the hydraulic gradient on the breakthrough curves is greater at earlier stage than at later stage. The mass recovery rate is inversely proportional to the hydraulic gradient.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2006년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.407-410
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• 2006

Studies were performed on evaluating the applicability of activated carbon bugs on dye tracer tests as tracer detectors by using its adsorption isotherm of the grained activated carbon. We preliminary conducted several standard adsorption and extraction tests and obtained the relationship between standard dye solution and detected concentrations from activated carbon samples in dry and wet conditions. the slopes of the regression line were 0.71 for wet condition and 0.74 for dried one. Field dye tracer tests were performed in a karst area, where several faults occur along a stream and pass the test area. We sampled water samples and activated carbon samples at three points in Hwangji Pond, where groundwater outflows from the karst conduit. According to the results of breakthrough curve analysis, the regional flow along the conduit, which is assumed to cause a karst conduit, was estimated as 0.18 m/day. The relationship between the concentrations of water sample and extracted activated carbon bugs shows the similar slopes with those from standard solution tests. This suggests that activated carbon could be useful as a dye tracer detector because the extraced concentration can be quantified.

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.210-214
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• 2003

This paper presents a residence time distribution (RTD) measurement method using a radioisotope tracer and the estimation method of RTD model parameters to analyze a submerged bio-reactor. The mathematical RTD models have been investigated to represent the flow behavior and the existence of stagnant regions in the reactor. Knowing the parameters of the RTD model is important for understanding the mixing characteristics of a reactor The radioisotope tracer experiment was carried out by injecting a radioisotope tracer as a pulse into the inlet of the reactor and recording the change of its concentration at the outlet of the reactor to obtain the experimental RTD response. The parameter estimation was performed by the Levenberg-Marquardt optimization algorithm. The proposed scheme allowed the parameter estimation of RTD model suggested by Adler-Hovorka with very low deviations. The estimation procedure is shown to lead to accurate estimation of the RTD parameters and to a good agreement between experimental and simulated response.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2023

내부 침식은 제방 손상 및 붕괴의 주요 원인 중 하나이며, 그 대표적인 유형으로 후퇴 침식 파이핑을 들 수 있다. 후퇴 침식 파이핑은 내부 침식 관련 제방 손상의 약 1/3 정도를 차지하며이를 예측하고 예방하는 것은 제방의 안전성 유지를 위해 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 추적자를 이용해 파이핑 현상을 예측하여 사전에 예방하는 것을 목적으로 실험을 실시하였다. 실험은 상류측과 하류측의 수두차, 유사의 크기, 차수벽의 유무 세 가지 조건을 변경하여 진행하였다. 추적자인 로다민은 실험을 시작할 때와 파이핑이 발생했다면 발생한 직후, 총 두 번 주입하였다. 실험을 진행하는 동안 파이핑 형성 과정을 영상으로 기록하였고 추적자의 농도와 유출구에서의 유량의 시계열을 측정하였다. 실험을 통해 본 연구에서는 유사의 종류에 따라 파이핑이 발생하는 수두차가 다르며 수두차가 클수록 파이핑이 쉽게 발생한다는 점을 관찰하였다. 또한 파이핑이 발생한 시점 직후에 추적자의 농도가 급격하게 증가하는 그래프의 양상을 확인했고 이를 통해 추적자의 농도 시계열 자료를 획득함으로써 파이핑의 발생 유무를 발견할 수 있다는 점을 확인하였다. 파이핑으로 인한 제방 손상 및 붕괴를 예방하는 데 있어서 본 연구의 활용도가 높으리라 기대된다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.283-292
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• 2007

Atmospheric concentrations of radon had been continuously observed in Seoul, Korea since December 1999, as a tracer for long-range transport of air pollutants from China continent to Korea. In order to study radon as a tracer of long-range transport, it is important to know information about the atmospheric distribution and variation of radon concentration and its time variation. Atmospheric radon concentration are measured with electrostatic radon monitor(ERM) at Hanyang University located in Eastern area of Seoul. Air sample is taken into a vessel of ERM, and alpha particles emitted by radon daughters $Po^{218}$ are detected with ZnS(Ag) scintillation counter. Hourly mean concentrations and hourly alpha counts are recorded automatically. The major results obtained from time series observation of atmospheric radon were as follows : (1) The mean of airborne radon concentration in Seoul was found to be $7.62{\pm}4.11\;Bq/m^3$ during December $1999{\sim}January$ 2002. (2) The hourly variation of radon concentrations showed the highest in 8:00AM ($8.66{\pm}4.22\;Bq/m^3$) and the lowest in 3:00AM ($6.62{\pm}3.70\;Bq/m^3$) and 5:00AM ($6.62{\pm}3.39\;Bq/m^3$). (3) the seasonal variation of radon concentrations showed higher during winter-to-fall and lower during summer-to-spring. (4) Correlation between airborne radon concentration and the meteorological factors were -0.21 for temperature, 0.09 for humidity, -0.20 for wind speed, and 0.04 for pressure. (5) The mean difference of airborne radon concentration between Asian dust ($5.36{\pm}1.28\;Bq/m^3$) and non-Asian dust ($4.95{\pm}1.49\;Bq/m^3$) phenomenon was significant (p=0.08). We could identify time series distribution of radon concentration related meteorological factors. In addition, radon can be considered a good natural tracer of vertical dispersion and long-range transport.

• 지질공학
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.245-254
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• 2006

부산시 좌천동의 단열암반층에서 자연구배 추적자시험으로 브롬이온농도를 관측하여 심도별 단열발달 상태에 따른 수리분산특성을 비교하였으며, 단열암반층의 유효공극율과 종분산지수를 추정하였다. 수직적인 수리분산특성의 차이는 브롬이온의 농도이력곡선, 관측심도별 브롬이온농도와 시간에 대한 선형회귀분석 및 관측지점별 수리단열특성을 이용하여 규명되었다. 관측공 내 지표면하 18 m(RQD 13%, 평균절리간격 2 cm, TCR 100%) 지점이 주입지점에서의 이격거리가 짧고 단열이 더욱 발달되어 있었기 때문에 25 m(RQD 41%, 평균절리간격 7 cm, TCR 100%) 지점보다 추적자가 빨리 도달하였으며, 초기농도와 최고농도가 더 높게 나타났다. 최고농도도달 전후의 농도변화에 의하면 추적자가 최고농도도달시까지는 주로 1차 단열을 통해 이송되었고, 최고농도도달 이후에는 2차 단열을 통해 이송되거나 기질확산에 의한 수리 분산이 진행되었다. 선형회귀분석에 의한 지표면하 18 m 지점에서 브롬이온농도의 증가/감소 기울기는 3.46/-1.57이며 지표면하 25 m 지점에서는 3.19/-0.47로서 파쇄가 더 심한 지표면하 18 m 지점에서의 용질이송이 빠르게 진행됨을 알 수 있었다. 농도이력곡선에서 브롬이온의 농도증가 형태는 가우시안함수로 나타나고, 농도감소 형태는 기질확산에 의한 꼬리효과(tailing effect)로 인해 지수함수로 나타났다. CATTI 코드를 이용하여 추정한 단열암반층의 유효공극율은 10.5%, 종분산지수는 0.85 m이었다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.437-452
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• 2002

The Metropolitan Tracer Experiment (METREX) was performed over the Washington, D.C. area using two inert, non-deposition perfluorocarbon gases for over 1 year period (November 1983∼December 1984). Two perfluorocarbon gas tracers (PDCH, PMCH) were released simultaneously at intervals of every 36 hours for 6 hours, regardless of the meteorological conditions in metropolitan area. Samples were collected continuously for 8 hours at a central downtown and two adjacent suburban locations. Monthly air samples were collected at 93 sites across the whole region (at urban, suburban, and rural locations). The purpose of this study is to simulate INPUFF and ISCST model using METREX data, and to compare calculated and observed concentrations. In the case of INPUFF simulation, two meteorological input data were used. One is result data from wind field model which was calculated by diagnostic wind model (DWM), the other is meteorological data observed at single station. Here, three kinds of model calculation were performed during April and July 1984; they include (1) INPUFF model using DWM data (2) INPUFF model using single meteorological data (3) ISCST model. The monthly average concentration data were used for statistic analysis and to draw their horizontal distribution patterns. Eight-hour-averaged concentration was used to describe movement of puff during the episode period. The results showed that the concentrations calculated by puff model (INPUFF) were better than plume model (ISCST). In the case of puff model (INPUFF), a model run using wind field data produced better results than that derived by single meteorological data.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2010

Experimental examinations for evaluating fracutres were conducted by using transparent replicas of a single fracture in order to obtain the fracture data to contribute to the methodlogy on how to improve the definitaion of representative parameter values used for a parallel plate fracture model. Quantitative aperture distribution and quantitative tracer concentration data at each point in time were obtained by measuring the attenuation of transmitted light through the fracture in high spatial resolution. the representative aperture values evaluated from the multiple different measurement methods, such as arithmetic mean of aperture distribution measured by the optical method, transport aperture evaluated from the tracer test, and average aperture evaluated from the fracture void volume measurement converged to a unique value that indicates the accuracy of this experimental study. The aperture data was employed for verifying the numerical simulation under the assuption of Local Cubic Law and showed that the calculated flow rate through the fracture is 10%-100% larger than hydraulic test results. The quantitative tracer concentration data is also very valuable for validating existing numerical code for advection dispersion transport in-plane heterogeneous fractures.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.757-765
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• 1999

Lagrangian particle dispersion model(LPDM) is an effective tool to calculate the dispersion from a point source since it dose not induce numerical diffusion errors in solving the pollutant dispersion equation. Fictitious particles are released to the atmosphere from the emission source and they are then transported by the mean velocity and diffused by the turbulent eddy motion in the LPDM. The concentration distribution from the dispersed particles in the calculation domain are finally estimated by applying a particle count method or a Gaussian kernel method. The two methods for calculating concentration profiles were compared each other and tested against the analytic solution and the tracer experiment to find the strength and weakness of each method and to choose computationally time saving method for the LPDM. The calculated concentrations from the particle count method was heavily dependent on the number of the particles released at the emission source. It requires lots fo particle emission to reach the converged concentration field. And resulting concentrations were also dependent on the size of numerical grid. The concentration field by the Gaussian kernel method, however, converged with a low particle emission rate at the source and was in good agreement with the analytic solution and the tracer experiment. The results showed that Gaussian kernel method was more effective method to calculate the concentrations in the LPDM.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.45-53
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• 2013

Many cases of strategically designed groundwater remediation have lack of information of hydraulic conductivity or permeability, which can render remediation methods inefficient. Many studies have been carried out to minimize this shortcoming by determining detailed hydraulic information either through direct or indirect measurements. One popular method for hydraulic characterization is the pilot point method (PPM), where the hydraulic property is estimated at a small number of strategically selected points using secondary measurements such as hydraulic head or tracer concentration. This paper adopted a D-optimality based pilot point method (DBM) developed previously for hydraulic head measurements and extended it to include both hydraulic head and tracer measurements. Based on different combinations of trials, our analysis showed that DBM performs well when hydraulic head is used for pilot point selection and both hydraulic head and tracer measurements are used for determining the conductivity values.