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Treatability Study on Oil-Contaminated Soils for Bioremediation Application (유류오염토양의 생물적용기술 적용타당성 검토)

  • Lee, Yeon-Hui;Seol, Mi-Jin;O, Yeong-Suk
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.11a
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    • pp.578-581
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    • 2001
  • A treatability study was conducted using a hydrocarbon-contaminated soil for the oPtimization of bioremediation strategy best fit to a given set of contamination. The applicability of nutrients, biosurfactant, and oil-degrading microorganisms were examined by monitoring $CO_2$ evolution and oil degradation The addition of inorganic nutrients in the form of slow released fertilizer accelerated the initial rate of $CO_2$ evolution by a factor of 3. The application of oil-degrading microorganisms did not significantly increased $CO_2$ evolution or biodegradation efficiency. Application of a commercial biosurfactant was most effect in terms of the total $CO_2$ evolution and the oil degradation rate. The results indicate that $CO_2$ evolution measurement was found to be a simple and reliable countermeasure of crude oil hydrocarbon mineralization for the rapid determination of the best-fit bioremediation strategy.

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Development and Characterization of Optical Dissolved Oxygen Sensor based on the Fluorescence Detection (형광검출기반 광학식 용존산소 측정센서 개발 및 특성 분석)

  • Kwak, Hyun Min;Kwon, Myeunghoi;Choi, Gyewoon;Jung, Yoonseok;Jung, Changhwan;Park, Kiuha;Sohn, Okjae;Kim, Junhyong
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.569-574
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    • 2014
  • We developed and evaluated a fluorescence-based optical DO sensor (OS-100, Global Optical Communication Ltd., Korea) for long-term monitoring of the dissolved oxygen concentration in waste water treatment. Fluorescent sensing membrane containing $Ru(Dpp)_3{^{2+}}$ (tris(4,7diphenyl-1, 10-phenanthroline) ruthenium(II)) was prepared with GA sol-gel matrix and coated on a quartz plate by sprayed method. Properties of sensor film exhibit deviation about ${\pm}1%$ under wide range of DO concentration from 3 to 10. The developed optical DO sensor was actually mounted in waste water from dyeing industry and successfully applied for on-line DO monitoring. Online monitoring results showed the changes of DO concentrations in wastewater treatment processes with accuracy better than ${\pm}2%$ during the 6 months measurements period in vicious environmental conditions.

The Optimization Experience of Occupational Exposure during Unclear Power Plant Outage (원자력발전소 계획예방정비 기간중 피폭최적화 경험)

  • Song, Young-Il;Kim, Hyung-Jin;Park, Hun-Kook;Kim, Hee-Geun
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.145-154
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    • 2003
  • By optimizing the radiation protection the collective dose and individual dose could be reduced during YGN #4 $5^{th}$ outage in 2001. The collective doses for the two high radiation jobs decreased to 85% and 65% of expected doses. The proportion of workers with low dose (below 1mSv) exposure increased 4% while the proportion of workers with over 3mSv and 5mSv exposure are decreased to 2%, 1% respectively. But none is exposed over 8mSv for the annual dose. To aid decision of utilizing the robot, cost- benefit analysis was performed and reasonable point was proposed to use the robot. For the first time job, repeated ALARA meeting and mock up training were implemented to set up working procedure by identifying the trouble. To easily set up standard procedure, mockup process was videotaped and reviewed during ALARA meeting. Monitoring is a good approach to chase radiological working condition such as working time, dose rate. behavior of workers, especially for high radiation work. Those data were estimated and adjusted from the stage of work planning to mock up. At the stage of actual work the monitoring data were compared to the estimation and recorded to database. This database will not only be used as a powerful tool for dose optimization at the following outage but also as a guideline to dose constraint set up for optimization for each specific situation.

Development of Maintenance Effectiveness Monitoring Program for APR1400 Safety Related Systems (APR1400 안전관련계통 정비효과감시 프로그램 개발)

  • Yeom, Dong Un;Hyun, Jin Woo;Song, Tae Young
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.191-198
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    • 2014
  • Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) has developed and implemented the maintenance effectiveness monitoring (MR) programs for the operating nuclear power plants. MR programs are developed by reflecting design characteristics of the operating nuclear power plants to monitor the plant performance for improving the safety and reliability. Recently, KHNP has developed the MR program for APR1400 safety related systems to establish the advanced maintenance system and will verify the suitability of the MR program through evaluating initial performance. Consequently, it is expected that the safety of the new plant will be improved by developing and implementing the MR program.

Wireless Sensors Module for Remote Room Environment Monitoring

  • Lee, Dae-Seok;Chung, Wan-Young
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.449-452
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    • 2005
  • For home networking system with a function of air quality monitoring, a wireless sensor module with several air quality monitoring sensors was developed for indoor environment monitoring system in home networking. The module has various enlargements for various kinds of sensors such as humidity sensor, temperature sensor, CO2 sensor, flying dust sensor, and etc. The developed wireless module is very convenient to be installed on the wall of a room or office, and the sensors in the module can be easily replaced due to well designed module structure and RF connection method. To reduce the system cost, only one RF transmission block was used for sensors' signal transmission to 8051 microcontroller board in time sharing method. In this home networking system, various indoor environmental parameters could be monitored in real time from RF wireless sensor module. Indoor vision was transferred to client PC or PDA from surveillance camera installed indoor or desired site. Web server using Oracle DB was used for saving the visions by web-camera and various data from wireless sensor module.

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A Bio-database Management System for the Monitoring and Automatic FTP of Public Databases

  • Tae, Hong-Seok;Han, Jeong-Min;Ahn, Bu-Young;Park, Kie-Jung
    • Genomics & Informatics
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.95-97
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    • 2008
  • Many bioinformatics sites have managed local bio-databases, including major databases such as GenBank and PIR with update load. We have developed several programs to monitor the update status of these databases and to FTP them automatically. These programs can be used for maintaining local bio-databases as recent versions and providing up-to-date databases through FTP sites. Currently, the program serves major bio-databases and will extend to accommodate many more bio-databases.

Process Monitoring in Laser Beam Cutting by Photo Diode (레이저 절단에서 광소자를 이용한 가공공정 모니터링)

  • 김봉채;장욱진;김재도
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 1994.10a
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    • pp.354-359
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    • 1994
  • On-line process control equipment for CO $_{2}$ laser cutting is unavailable for industrial application. The major part of the industrial cutting machines are regulated off-line by highly educated engineers. The quality inspection of the sample is visual and referred to different quality scales. Due to lack of automation potential laser users hesitate to implement the cutting method. The first step toward an automation of the process is development of a process monitoring system and the research is concentrated on the area of on-line quality detection during CO $_{2}$ laser cutting. The method bases on the detection of the emitted light from the cut front by photo diode. the signal from photo diode has been undertaken from Fourier analysis and statistical analysis. As a result, it is possible to estimate striation pattern according to beam travel speed.

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Establishment of a special pathogen free Chinese Wuzhishan Minipigs Colony

  • Pan, Jinchun;Min, Fangui;Wang, Xilong;Chen, Ruiai;Wang, Fengguo;Deng, Yuechang;Luo, Shuming;Ye, Jiancong
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • v.57 no.3
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    • pp.7.1-7.7
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    • 2015
  • To meet the increasing demands of specific pathogen free (SPF) minipigs in biomedical researches, 8 pregnant Chinese Wuzhishan minipigs (WZSP) sows with clear background were chosen to obtain SPF WZSP by hysterectomy. At $111{\pm}days2$ of the pregnancy, piglets were aseptically taken out from the sows and artificially suckled for 40 to 45 days in the positive isolators. Then, the piglets defined as F0 were transferred to barrier environment and fed with standard feeds. The original SPF colony was formed for breeding by selected piglets from F0 group of 6-8 months old. Biological characteristics of SPF WZSP were collected and further compared to those of conventional (CV) WZSP, including growth performance, reproductive performance, hematology and blood biochemistry, and major pathogens detection. As a result, 61 F0 piglets were obtained from 8 candidate sows, and 55 out of them survived. After strictly selection, 35 F0 piglets were used to form the original SPF colony, which produced 14 litters of SPF piglets defined as F1. Piglet survival rates, growth performance, and reproductive performance of SPF WZSP were similar to CV WZSP. Some hematology and blood biochemistry parameters showed significant differences between SPF and CV WZSP. Eighteen kinds of pathogens were identified to be free in F0 and F1 SPF colony by repeated pathogen detections. In conclusion, we established a satisfied SPF WZSP colony maintaining original characteristics, free of controlled diseases, and being proved to be a suitable laboratory animal.

Design of multi-sensor system for comprehensive indoor air quality monitoring

  • TaeHeon Kim;SungYeup Kim;Yoosin Kim;Min Hong
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.29 no.7
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    • pp.149-158
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    • 2024
  • This study aims to design and develop AirDeep-Room, a multi-sensor system for monitoring air quality in various indoor environments. The system measures CO2, TVOC, particulate matter, temperature, and humidity in real-time. By integrating multiple sensors, AirDeep-Room allows convenient correlation analysis using low data format in real-time. The sensor system was installed in a server room and a classroom. Data analysis showed a negative correlation of -0.24 between temperature and humidity in the server room, and a positive correlation of 0.43 in the classroom, indicating different interactions. A high correlation (r=0.69) between the number of students and concentrations of CO2 and TVOC demonstrated the significant impact of occupancy on air quality. AirDeep-Room effectively manages air quality across various environments and provides essential data for improving air quality in densely populated areas.

Study of Performance Criteria Methodology for Maintenance Effectiveness Monitoring Program for Nuclear Power Plants (원전 정비효과성감시 프로그램의 성능기준설정 방법론 개선)

  • Song, Tae-Young;Yeom, Dong-Un;Hyun, Jin-Woo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.26-32
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    • 2012
  • The systems of the nuclear power plant are designed based on the User Requirement Document, and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) implements preventive maintenance activities to keep the specific design function of the system consistently. To monitor the preventive maintenance effectiveness, KHNP has also developed maintenance effectiveness monitoring (MR) program based on NUMARC 93-01 since 2003, and has implemented the program in all operating plants. Recently, KHNP has upgraded MR programs by reflecting implementing experiences ; reestablishing the performance monitoring level, improving analysis for standby function and performance criteria for passive components, reestablishing the availability performance criteria and the performance criteria for the same type of components. These upgraded MR programs will contribute to enhance safety and improve equipment reliability through monitoring maintenance effectiveness.