• Journal of Animal Environmental Science
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.195-200
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• 2007

Management of odors is essential to swine industry in the Republic of Korea. This study was conducted to evaluate the odor removal efficiency of biofilter ducting systems. Rice straw and auto clave concrete(ALC) were used as filter medium. The ventilation fans(5 units, diameter: 500 mm) at the side wall of a growing pig housing were connected to a biofilter using a duct. The size of a biofilter is $2.5{\times}2{\times}1.2(W{\times}L{\times}H)$. The air velocities at the 300 mm above rice straw and ALC were 0.77 and 0.56 m/s, respectively. Ammonia concentration at the outlet of rice straw and ALC media were 2 and 3 ppm, respectively. Dust concentrations were also measured. The dust concentrations of rice straw and ALC were 93, $32\;mg/m^3$, respectively. There was no significant difference between filter mediums in terms of carbon dioxide concentrations(rice straw: 320, ALC: 270 mg/l). The concentration of hydrogen sulfide was stable over the experimentation. The actual concentrations of hydrogen sulfide were 4, 3 and 3 ppm at the days of 7, 21 and 36, respectively. These results suggest that biofilter ducting systems may remove odors from pig house effectively.

• Clean Technology
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• v.13 no.1 s.36
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• pp.1-15
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• 2007

Biological treatment is a relatively recent air pollution control technology in which off-gases containing biodegradable odors and volatile organic compounds(VOCs) are vented through microbes. It is a promising alternative to conventional air pollution control methods. Bioreactors for air pollution control have found most of their success in the treatment of dilute and high flow waste air streams containing VOCs and odor compounds. They offer several advantages over traditional technologies such as incineration or adsorption. These include lower treatment costs, absence of formation of secondary pollutants, no spent chemicals, low energy demand and low temperature treatment. The three most widely used technologies are described, namely biofiltration, biotrickling filtration, bioscrubbing. The most widely used bioreactor for air pollution control is biofilter, but it has several limitations. In the past years major progress has been accomplished in the development of vapor phase bioreaction systems, for solving problems of biofilter. Biotrickling filters are more complex than biofilters, but are usually more effective, especially for the treatment of compounds which are difficult to degrade or compounds that generate acidic by-products. This, paper reviews fundamental and theoretical/practical aspect of air pollution control in biofilter, biotrickling filter and bioscrubber, focusing more extensively on biotrickling filtration. Special emphasis is given to the operating parameters and the factors influencing performance for air pollution control, and cost estimation in biotreatment technologies.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2003.05b
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• pp.389-390
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• 2003

최근에는 실내공기질에 관한 관심이 매우 높아지고, 주거 공간의 재실자들은 좋은 실내환경에서 거주하고 싶은 기대감이 증가되면서 실내환경 개선을 위한 노력과 함께 그 중요성을 새로이 인식하고 있다. 특히, 인간이 실내에서 생활하는 시간이 하루 중 90 % 이상을 차지하며, 실내공기가 오염될 경우 쉽게 정화되지 않아 Sick House 등 재실자들의 건강을 위협하기 때문에 이에 대한 대책 마련이 시급하다. 본 연구는 실내공기 중의 주요 문제로 인식되고 있는 악취성 물질의 효과적인 제어를 위하여 광화학 반응이 적용되는 필터 시스템을 개발하고자 하였다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.587-588
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• 2010

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.51 no.4
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• pp.389-397
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• 2015

Dongchun, one of the representative streams in urban area, is a downstream that is connected to Hogyechun, Bujeonchun, Jeonpochun, Danggamchun, and Gayachun as its upstream. Hogyechun has been mostly covered with concrete structures for decades, causing sewage pollution from the upstream, overflow of the downstream region and other serious pollution that gave rise to many civil complaints from the residents nearby. In this study, we analyzed 3 stations, including control station for water quality and malodor changes of Hogyechun after applying the microbial augmentation (BM-2) for a few months including the rainy season. Amounts (g/h) of DO in the middle site (Middle) and the downstream site (Borim) increased by 1.7 times compared with the upstream site (Chuhae) after augmentation for about 2 months. Amounts (g/h) of COD and $NO_3{^-}N$ decreased by 2 and 1.7 times, respectively, in the middle and downstream sites while SS increased by 7.5 and 22 times in the middle and downstream sites, respectively. Moreover, odor removal efficiencies at the middle and downstream sites were 65% and 19%, respectively, indicating the microbial activity in reduction of malodor in the polluted stream. The dominant microbial species of the sampling sites were Hydrogenophaga caeni, Sphaerotilus natans, Acidovorax radicis, Acidovorax delafieldii, and Cloacibacterium rupense. Densities of the two species Sphaerotilus natans and Acidovorax delafieldii were significantly increased in the middle site after augmentation which possessed potential odor removal and denitrification activity, respectively. Potential pathogens (e.g., Arcobacter cryaerophilus) were also removed from the middle site after the implementation.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.265-266
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• 2000

휘발성 유기화합물(VOCs)은 새로운 유형의 스모그의 광화학반응 촉진제로서의 작용 및 환경학적 문제점들을 제기하고 있으며 공단 주변의 악취발생 및 환경 오염사건등을 유발시키고 있다. 이러한 휘발성 유기화합물을 적절하게 제어할 수 있는 방지대책의 여러 가지 방법들이 국내외적으로 활발히 연구되어지고 있다. 산업현장에서 이들 휘발성유기화합물의 배출을 제어하기 위한 기술 보유 및 개발에 있어서는 아직까지 미비한 단계에 있으며 보유기술의 현장적용의 측면에서 휘발성유기화합물이 지니고 있는 특이한 물리적 성질 등에 의해 많은 어려움을 가진다. (중략)

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.343-352
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• 2013

In this study, we have evaluated the effect of efficient microorganisms on odor-removal efficiency and early stabilization of the burial sites. We have developed an efficient microorganism designated as 'KEM' which have the ability to degrade organic compounds and remove odor effectively. Other efficient microorganisms already used on site, such as EM and Bacillus sp., were also compared. We preceded these experiment using lab-scale reactors under three conditions (control, only media and only body) and comparing the effect of with or without the application of tree efficient microorganisms separately. Analysis was focused on eight components (ammonia, TMA, $H_2S$, methyl mercaptan, dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide, $CO_2$ and $CH_4$), and as a result, efficient microorganisms were shown efficiency in the removal of ammonia and methyl mercaptan. The applied KEM decayed up to 71.2% of the buried meat. We were unable to observe significant differences in microbial communities between efficient microorganisms-treated and non-treated reactors due to the large presence of microorganisms in both soil and carcasses. However, it was possible to observe the effect on odor control and decay rate through the application of efficient microorganisms.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.29 no.7
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• pp.21-32
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• 2024

Since leather shoes cannot be washed with water, there is a need for a cleaning method that can remove extraneous substance from the inside and outside of shoes and senitize the inside of shoes without using water. For this purpose, this paper develops a shoes cleaning machine control system that automatically controls the entire process of shoes cleaning in a shoes cleaning machine that quickly cleans the inside and outside of shoes using compressed air, sterilization solution. The developed system uses Rasberry Pi, a general purpose single board computer(SBC), to control various actuators of the shoes cleaning machine. The shoes cleaning machine operated by the developed system shows a sterilization efficiency of more than 99% and an odor removal efficiency of more than 86% in a cleaning time of less than 1 minute.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2010.10a
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• pp.36-37
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• 2010

Lab scale experiment was carried out to study applicability of BM (Beneficial Microorganisms) to the conventional SBR system for the shipboard sewage treatment. BM has been successfully applied to the wastewater treatment by the SBR process and hence this system maintained a stable effluent quality together with an increased treatment efficiency, meeting the requirements of IMO regulations. The SBR system facilitated by BM would be a suitable process for cruise ships in terms of the malodor control, treatment efficiency and operation conveniences.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.13 no.7
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• pp.616-623
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• 2007

A dual micro gas sensor array was fabricated using nano sized $SnO_2$ thin films which had good sensitivities to CO and combustible gases, or $H_2S$ gas for air quality sensors in automobile. The already existed air quality sensor detects oxidizing gases and reducing gases, the air quality sensor(AQS), located near the fresh air inlet detected the harmful gases, the fresh air inlet door/ventilation flap was closed to reduce the amount of pollution entering the vehicle cabin through HVAC(heating, ventilating, and air conditioning) system. In this study, to make $SnO_2$ thin film AQS sensor, thin tin metal layer between 1000 and $2000{\AA}$ thick was oxidized between 600 and $800^{\circ}C$ by thermal oxidation. The gas sensing layers such as $SnO_2$, $SnO_2$(pt) and $SnO_2$(+CuO) were patterned by metal shadow mask for simple fabrication process on the silicon substrate. The micro gas sensors with $SnO_2$(+Pt) and $SnO_2$(CuO) showed good selectivity to CO gas among reducing gases and good sensitivity to $H_2S$ that is main component of bad odor, separately.