• Resources Recycling
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.3-18
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• 2019

Due to the increasing demand for clean energy, the consumption of lithium ion batteries (LIBs) is expected to grow steadily. Therefore, stable supply of lithium is becoming an important issue globally. Commercially, most of lithium is produced from the brine and minerals viz., spodumene, although various processes/technologies have been developed to recover lithium from other resources such as low grade ores, clays, seawaters and waste lithium ion batteries. In particular, commercialization of such recycling technologies for end-of-life LIBs being generated from various sources including mobile phones and electric vehicles(EVs), has a great potential. This review presents the commercial processes and also the emerging technologies for exploiting minerals and brines, besides that of newly developed lithium-recovery-processes for the waste LIBs. In addition, the future lithium-supply is discussed from the technical point of view. Amongst the emerging processes being developed for lithium recovery from low-grade ores, focus is mostly on the pyro-cum-hydrometallurgical based approaches, though only a few of such approaches have matured. Because of low recycling rate (<1%) of lithium globally compared to the consumption of lithium ion batteries (56% of lithium produced currently), processing of secondary resources could be foresighted as the grand opportunity. Considering the carbon economy, environment, and energy concerns, the hydrometallurgical process may potentially resolve the issue.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.409-409
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• 2019

개발도상국 중심의 전 세계인구 증가추세와 도시화 현상, 경제발전 등의 요인으로 자원 수요량이 꾸준히 증가하고 있으며 글로벌 자원전쟁 및 기후변화는 자원 확보 및 활용에 대한 불확실성을 가중시키고 있다. 특히 필수자원인 물, 에너지 그리고 식량은 서로 밀접한 연관성 (Interconnection)으로 인해 각 자원 간의 상호의존성(Interdependence), 상충관계(Trade-off), 시너지(Synergy)가 존재한다. 이를 인식하고 관련 데이터베이스를 구축하여 통합적인 관점에서 분석하는 것이 물-에너지-식량 넥서스(Water-Energy-Food Nexus, WEF Nexus)이다. 현재 해외에서는 WEF Nexus에 대한 정의를 정립하고 적용방안에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행 중이다. 하지만 국내 연구는 대부분 개념과 필요성 제시에 불과하며, 정량적인 방법들에 대한 분석은 부족한 실정이고, 다양한 적용방안에 대한 연구는 초기 단계에 불과하다. 이에 본 연구는 국내외 WEF Nexus에 대한 정량적 가치평가 연구들을 조사 분석하여, 국내 적용 시의 문제점 및 시사점을 제시하고자 한다. 국외에서도 전력, 양수발전, 소규모 수력발전, 원예, 도시농업 등 다양한 분야에서 WEF Nexus 접근방식을 통한 연구들이 진행되고 있으나 실제 구체적이고 명확한 방식에 의해 정량적 가치를 도출한 사례는 많지 않은 실정이다. 그러나 넥서스 접근방법의 긍정적 효과를 제시하기 위해서는 이와 같은 정량적 분석이 시급이 필요한 시점이다. WEF Nexus 접근법을 국내에 성공적으로 적용시키기 위해서는 (1) 자원별 데이터베이스 구축 (2) 다양한 다양한 평가 툴 개발 및 적용 (3) 자원간 통합적 접근 방안이 필요하다. 이러한 과정들 하나하나가 현실적이고 구체화하기 위해서는 아직까지 많은 시행착오가 필요할 것으로 보인다. 본 연구에서는 국제사회에서 제한적으로 적용된 다양한 정량화 방안들을 검토하고 국내 적용을 위해서 어떠한 사항들이 필요하고 구축되어야 하는지 제시하고자 한다.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.693-710
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• 2022

Social interest in occupational safety and health is increasing due to ESG management and the implementation of the Serious Accidents Punishment Act. This study examines the current status of occupational accidents, which is the safety level of energy companies, and the impact of occupational accidents on the management performance (sales per capita, operating profit per capita, operating margin per capita) of energy companies over the period of 2015 to 2021 was empirically analyzed. As a result of the analysis, the level of occupational accidents in the 157 energy companies to be analyzed was lower than the occupational injury accident rate in Korea, but the disease rate was high.As a result of analyzing the impact of occupational accidents on management performance, it is estimated that an increase in the occupational accident rate reduces per capita sales, per capita operating profit, and gross margin rate.Through this study, the vulnerability of energy companies to occupational accidents was confirmed, and the direct and indirect costs of occupational accidents quantified the negative impact on management performance.Referring to the results of this study, energy companies should strengthen their efforts to prevent occupational accidents by increasing investment in safety and health to protect the lives of valuable workers and create sustainable business performance.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.49-67
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• 2022

This study applied the method of Diebold and Yilmaz (2012, 2014, 2016) to analyze the connectedness between the Freight Index (BDI, BDTI, BCTI), energy price(oil, natural gas, coal), and grain price(soybean, corn, wheat) from July 19, 2007 to March 31, 2022. The main analysis results of this paper are as follows. First, according to the network analysis results, the total connectedness was measured to be 20.43% for the entire analysis period, indicating that there was a low correlation between the freight index and the commodity price. In addition, looking at the directional results, the variable with the greatest effects was corn, and conversely, the variable with the lowest effects BDI. When classified by events, BCTI was found to play a major role only during the COVID-19 period. Second, according to the results of the rolling-sample analysis, the total connectedness be found to be highly correlated with changes in economic conditions such as the financial crisis, trade war, and COVID-19 when specific events occurred.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.7
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• pp.187-201
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• 2022

This study analyzed the dynamic changes in the energy poverty structure of all households, elderly households, and single-person households in Korea. To this end, a TIP curve was derived and the focus was on changes in energy poverty intensity and poverty incidence. For the data, annual and quarterly data on fuel costs from the National Statistical Office's Household Income and Expenditure Survey were used. And the results were presented using data from the first quarter, where the energy poverty problem can be prominent due to the high proportion of heating costs among the four quarters. As a result of the analysis, there was no clear improvement in poverty intensity and poverty incidence over time in the analysis of all households. However, the analysis of elderly and single-person households showed improvement in poverty intensity and poverty incidence over time. In particular, in the results of the analysis using the data for the first quarter, the poverty intensity and poverty incidence of elderly and single-person households improved remarkably. In addition, the poverty intensity and poverty incidence of the elderly and single-person households were larger than the all households, and the energy poverty of single-person households was more severe than that of the elderly households.

• Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.342-348
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• 2021

Almost all ferrous foundries use press scrap as the main charge material. In this study, we tried to reduce the melting energy by optimizing the shape and size of press scrap. The experiment was conducted using 3t/h medium frequency induction melting furnaces at two foundries. In the case of the improved condition, customized press scrap was used for initial charging, and small press scrap was used for additional charging. The energy reduction effect of the improved condition was enhanced by reinforcing the cleaning process of the return scrap surface. The reduction ratios of the melting energy basic unit by the improved condition at the two foundries were almost the same (23.3 and 23.9%). The improved condition was very effective in both foundries with different basic unit levels. The reasons for energy reduction and the economic effects of the improved condition were described.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.36-42
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• 2019

Europe and North America are paying attention to residential ESS(Energy Storage System) that can manage energy efficiently. The ESS is a system that stores and manages the electric power by charging and discharging the battery. The ESS is generally used in conjunction with photovoltaic systems. The ESS supplies the load of the power generation time and stores the remaining PV power to supply the load at the non-power generation time. However, due to the high price of residential ESS, low electric rates and increasing block rates, there is no market of residential ESS in Korea. This paper reviews the price condition and the capacity for applying PV and residential ESS to household of apartments using HOMER in Korea.

• Journal of Environmental Policy
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.47-67
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• 2010

Carbon productivity is an efficiency concept, well suited to maximizing product/service(economic) value of firms and minimizing environmental impact($CO_2$ emissions). This study investigates the causal relationship between carbon productivity (eco-efficiency) and financial performance in Korean firms. The result shows that firms improving carbon productivity are able to gain superior financial performance. The analysis also show that changes in financial performance have a positive impact on the improvement of carbon productivity. However this study reports that carbon productivity does not have a long-run impact on financial performance and vice versa. Finally, the results also show that differences exist in the relationship between carbon productivity and financial performance when grouped by industry characteristics.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.14 no.7
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• pp.151-160
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• 2009

The aim of this study is to propose economical driving speed index which those are geometric road status; assess the levels of which those cost-benefit of driving energy consumption and emission; are search road safety design and operational technology for driving simulator. For the objective, we analyzed the current status of driving energy consumption and driving scenarios by the road alignments, and reviewed driving and technical specifications by the geometric types of road according to the implementation, and extended completion. Throughout the result of this study, diverse related driving information provision service, efficiently navigation driving module is expected to be implemented in the national highway design system.

• International Area Studies Review
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.37-56
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• 2016

The purpose of this research is to present the implication for Korean firms' entry into the power market in Myanmar. This study investigated the characteristics of the Myanmar power market and analyzed SWOT, focusing on energy policy, power supply and demand, energy relations with neighboring countries and climate change issue. Opportunity factors are changes in energy strategies, the launch of an energy integration organization, changes in the power energy portfolio, rapid economic and power demand growth, and a clean development mechanism. The threats are high nonfulfillment of a contract, high power loss rates and low electricity distribution rates, increased energy exports to neighboring countries, and vulnerability to climate change. We suggest the use of CHP (Combined Heat and Power), Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), and Multilateral Development Bank (MDB).