• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.502-511
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.231-232
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• 2001

도시지역의 주 오염물질 중 하나인 입자상 물질(Particulate Matter:PM)은 공기역학적 직경 2.5$\mu\textrm{m}$을 기준으로 이산형 분포를 하여 2.5$\mu\textrm{m}$이하를 미세입자, 2.5$\mu\textrm{m}$이상을 조대입자로 나뉜다. 이 미세입자는 주로 자동차 배출, 산업연소에서 배출되는 가스상 물질의 2차 반응으로 발생한다(Pope et al., 1995). 미세입자는 상당량이 2차 반응에서 생성되는 물질이며, 크기가 작은 대신 상대적으로 표면적이 크기 때문에 각종 중금속과 유해 대기오염물질과의 흡착이 용이하여 호흡기 계통의 질병을 일으킬 수 있는 확률이 조대입자에 비해 높다고 알려져 있어 인체에 미치는 영향이 클 것으로 시사되고 있다(Dockery et al., 1998). (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.475-477
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• 1999

최근 지하공간에서 체류하는 시간이 점차 증가됨에 따라 지하공간상의 특성상 지하공간내 실내공기오염에 따른 위해성에 대한 논의가 계속되고 있다. 지하공간으로 대표적인 지하철 역사의 경우 근무자들이 노출되는 NO$_2$를 포함한 여러 가지 실내공기오염물질들이 역사에 설치된 각종 공조설비의 운영이 적절치 못할 경우 근무자들 뿐만 아니라 지하철 이용 승객들에게도 건강상 악영향을 미칠 우려가 있으므로 그 실태 파악이 요구된다.(중략)

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.71-75
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• 1988

대기오염이 인체에 미치는 영향을 연구하기 위하여 오염의 농도가 지극히 심할 것으로 예측되는 고속도로 서울톨게이트에 근무하는 근로자 37명과 사무직 15명을 대상으로 혈액 및 요중 납함량과 요중 코프로포르피린을 정량하고 임파구 중 자매염색분체 교환빈도를 계산하여 인적특성에 따라 비교 검토하였다. 한편 대기오염의 정도를 파악하고자 1986년 4월부터 약 3개월에 걸쳐 아황산가스, 이산화질소, 일산화탄소, 부유분진, 납, 벤조파이렌 등 인체에 유해한 오염물질들을 톨게이트 근무자가 근무하는 위치의 공기 중에서 정량하였다. 이들 성적을 비교 검토한 바 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 톨게이트 내의 공기 중 이산화질소, 일산화탄소, 부유분진, 벤조파이렌, 납량 등이 서울시내 일반 대기보다 월등히 높았다. 2. 톨게이트 근로자의 혈중 납량, 요중 납 및 포프로포르린량, 그리고 임파구 내의 자매염색분체 교환빈도의 평균치가 사무직근로자보다 유의하고 높았다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.155-158
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 현장규모의 biopile을 제작하여 유류로 오염된 토양을 정화하였다. 오염토양의 TPH농도는 평균 2,800mg/kg(최고 3,590mg/kg)이었으며, 오염토양의 양은 $746m^3$이었다. Biopile $(17{\times}20{\times}2.5m)$을 약 3개월간 운전하며 일정 시간 간격으로 토양가스($O_2,\;CO_2)$ 및 VOCs) 및 토양의 TPH농도를 분석하였다. 지속적인 공기의 주입/추출에 의해 biopile내부는 호기조건을 유지하였으며, 미생물의 활성도 증가에 따라 이산화탄소의 농도가 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 또한 토양가스 분석결과 휘발성 유기오염물질(VOCs)은 약 40일 경과 후 90% 제거되었으며, 90일 경과 후 토양의 TPH 제거율은 98%로 나타났다.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.87-94
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• 2009

Surfactant-enhanced air sparging (SEAS) was developed to suppress the surface tension of groundwater prior to air sparging resulting in higher air saturation and larger contact area between NAPL and gas during air sparging. Larger contacting interface between NAPL and gas means faster mass transfer of contaminants from NAPL to gas phase. This new technique, however, is limited to relatively volatile contaminants because vaporization is its basic mechanism of mass transfer. In this study, SEAS was tested at an elevated temperature for a semi-volatile n-decane, which is expected not to be a good candidate of SEAS application due to its low vapor pressure at ambient temperature. Three sparging experiments were conducted using 1-dimensional column (5 cm id, 80 cm length) packed with sand; (1) ambient temperature ($23^{\circ}C$), column saturated with distilled water, (2) SEAS at ambient temperature ($23^{\circ}C$), for n-decane contaminated sand, (3) SEAS at elevated temperature ($73^{\circ}C$), for n-decane contaminated sand. Higher air saturation was achieved by SEAS compared to that by air sparging without surfactant application. The n-decane removal efficiency of SEAS at elevated temperature was significantly higher(> 10 times) than that of ambient SEAS. The n-decane concentrations in the gas effluent from column during SEAS at $73^{\circ}C$ are found to be 10 times of those measured at ambient temperature. Thus, SEAS technique can be applied for removal of semi-volatile contaminants provided that an appropriate technique for elevating aquifer temperature is available.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.181-188
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• 2004

The contaminative influence of beef due to the inhalation of air and the ingestion of soil of livestock, both of which are dealt with as minor contaminative pathways in most radioecological models but may not be neglected, was comprehensively investigated with the improvement of the Korean food chain model DYNACON. As the results, it was found that both pathways can not be neglected at all in the contamination of beef in the case of an accidental release during the non-grazing period of livestock. The ingestion of soil was more influential in the contamination of beef than the inhalation of air over most time following an release. If precipitation is encountered during an accidental release, contaminative influence due to the ingestion of soil was far greater compared with the cases of no precipitation. This fact was more distinct for a long-lived radionuclide $^{l37}Cs$ than a short-lived radionuclide $^{131}I$ (elemental iodine). Compared with the results for milk performed prior to this study, the contaminative pathways due to the inhalation of air and the ingestion of soil were more important in beef because of longer biological half-lives. On the other hand, in the case of an accidental release during the grazing period of livestock, radioactive contamination due to the ingestion of pasture was dominant irrespective of the existence of precipitation during an accidental release. It means that contaminative influence due to the inhalation of air and the ingestion of soil is negligible, like the cases of milk.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2003.05b
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• pp.369-370
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• 2003

여러 가지 실내공기 오염물질중 라돈은 주로 자연 발생원으로부터 기인하는 물질로써 우리가 원하지 않는 비자발적 위험 요인(unwanted and involuntary risk factor)이며 전체 자연 방사성물질의 노출량에서도 많은 비율을 차지하는 것으로 알려져 있다(환경부, 2002). 라돈은 무색, 무취의 가스로 이를 흡입하는 경우 폐암을 유발하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 토양중 라돈은 지하수로 용해되어 지하수를 섭취하는 경우 노출될 수 있는데, 이로 인한 위해도보다는 실내공기로 인한 흡입 노출시의 위해도가 매우 크고, 이로 인해 실내 공기중 라돈의 위해도가 라돈으로 인한 전체 위해도의 90% 수준에 달하는 것으로 알려져 있다(NAS, 1999; 김순애 등, 2002). (중략)

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.23-30
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• 2008

Air sparging technique has been used for remediation of VOC(volatile organic compound)-contaminated aquifer. The aim of this study was to develop an innovative air sparging technique that enhances the efficiency of air intrusion into a specific horizontal layer of aquifer where the contaminants exist with the help of water-soluble surfactant. A twodimensional physical box model, packed with homogeneous sand, was used for simulating the aquifer in this study. Aqueous solution of anionic surfactant (100 mg/L, sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate) was used to suppress the surface tension of groundwater. Three sets of experiments were conducted: air sparging experiment without surfactant application, air sparging experiments for box model where the surfactant solution was applied right above the air injection point, and air sparging experiments with surfactant solution layer formed in the middle of the box. It was found that the sparging influence zone was expanded up to five times of that formed by sparging without surfactant application. The size of sparging influence zone was more sensitive to the air flow (injection) rate with surfactant application than that without surfactant. More importantly, injection of air into the target aquifer layer was successful with surfactant application. Findings in this study are expected to provide more options for designing remediation processes using air sparging.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.21 no.2 s.74
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• pp.150-157
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• 2006

Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) is an illness symptom such as irritation of eyes, skin eruption and vomit ing in newly constructed buildings. It is mainly due to the harmful gases from the materials installed in building such as Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Semivolatile Organic Compounds (SVOCs), floating bacteria, fungi, fungal spores and viruses, human bioeffluents in many modem buildings. The general ways to improve the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) are ventilating, utilizing eco-material without harmful gases and reducing or removing harmful gases through additional treatment to the building materials. This study aimed to improve the Indoor Air Quality(IAQ) by applying surface coating on the building materials and to make safe living environments through the analysis of air quality before and after surface coating treatment in buildings.