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Research on appropriate search altitude for drone-based air pollution search

드론기반 대기오염 탐색을 위한 적정 탐색고도 연구

  • Ha, Il-Kyu (School of Computer Science, Kyungil University) ;
  • Kim, Ki-Hyun (School of Computer Science, Kyungil University) ;
  • Kim, Jin-Hyung (School of Computer Science, Kyungil University)
  • Received : 2021.12.31
  • Accepted : 2022.01.09
  • Published : 2022.02.28
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Abstract

Recently, drones have been widely used to solve environmental problems such as environmental protection and natural disaster monitoring. This study focuses on the problem of the search altitude of drones when using drones to search for air pollution in order to maintain the urban air environment. In particular, when exploring air pollution in cities using drones, various experiments are conducted to determine the appropriate search altitude for each air pollution source and each communication module. Through the experiment, the maximum measurable altitude for the most common air pollutants, such as CO (carbon monoxide), NO2 (nitrogen dioxide), O3 (ozone), and P10, P2.5 (fine dust), was identified, and the effective search altitude for each air pollution source was determined. As a result of the experiment, three types of drone search altitudes including legally measurable altitudes were suggested. The communication module measurable altitude was 60m to 120m depending on the communication module, and the effective measurable altitude was analyzed from 10m to 100m.

최근 드론은 환경보호와 자연재해감시 등 환경문제 해결에 많이 활용되고 있다. 본 연구는 도심의 대기환경을 유지하기 위하여 대기오염을 탐색하는데 드론을 활용하고자 할 때 드론의 탐색고도 문제에 초점을 둔다. 특히, 드론을 활용하여 도시의 대기오염을 탐색할 때 대기오염원 별 그리고 통신모듈 별 적정한 탐색고도를 파악하기 위한 다양한 실험을 진행한다. 실험을 통해 가장 일반적인 대기오염원인 CO(일산화탄소), NO2(이산화질소), O3(오존), P10, P2.5(미세먼지)를 위한 최대측정가능고도를 파악하고, 각 대기오염원 별 유효한 탐색고도를 도출한다. 실험 결과 법적 측정가능고도 등 세 가지 유형의 드론 탐색고도가 제시되었다. 통신모듈 측정가능고도는 통신모듈에 따라 60m에서 120m로 나타났으며, 유효 측정가능고도는 10m에서 100m로 분석되었다.

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Acknowledgement

This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (No.2021R1I1A3044091).

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