• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.55-64
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• 2013

As GHG target management is introduced in Korea, designated establishment takes responsibilities to reduce more than 30% of expected GHG emission until 2020. Although decreasing GHG has been requested to universities which consume great amount of energy, there are difficulties to apply high cost countermeasures. Therefore, this research suggest a low cost, easily-applicable energy saving method, and derive potential GHG reduction amount in the case of SNU, Kwan-ak campus. First of all, 11 rooms of different use were chosen as the samples, and energy consumption in each room was measured. Standard models for each room were built through researching on the electric devices in each room. Moreover, energy consumption was computed for each devices through analyzing the pattern of electricity consumption. 32 GHG reduction technology and action program were chosen, and they were applied to the standard models for individual rooms. Through multiplying energy reduction rate of each program to energy consumption of each electric device, maximum energy reduction of each electric device is derived. Through that, Maximum GHG reduction for individual rooms and each month and the total GHG reduction capacity of Kwan-ak campus were computed. It was found out that approximately $5,311tCO_2$-eq can be reduced, when reduction technology and action program suggested by this research are applied. It appeared 24.48% of requested reduction amount to SNU can be reduced, till 2016.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.140-152
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• 2001

발전 연료로서의 활용 가치가 높은 중잔유의 효과적인 활용을 위해 중잔유의 가스화 성능에 영향을 주는 주요 변수들인 산소 공급비, 증기 공급비 및 가스화기 온도를 변화시키면서 중잔유 가스화에 미치는 영향을 파악하였으며 가스화 성능을 예측하였다. 산소량은 0.5~2.0의 산소/연료비 범위에서 변화시켰고 증기량은 0.1~2.0의 증기/연료비에서 변화시켰으며 가스화기 온도는 600~200$0^{\circ}C$의 범위에서 변화시켰다. 대상 연료는 국내산 아스팔트이며 산소-증기, 산소-온도 및 증기-온도의 조합으로 동시 변화시킬 때의 가스화에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 산소량이 증가할수록 CO와 H$_2$ 생성량은 증가한 후 감소하는 경향을 나타내었으며 증기량이 증가할수록 H$_2$ 생성량은 130$0^{\circ}C$부근까지 증가한 후 130$0^{\circ}C$ 이상에서는 서서히 감소하였으며, CO 생성량은 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 국내산 아스팔트의 경우 산소/연료비 0.92~1.01, 증기/연료비 0.18~0.49 및 가스화기 온도 1250~132$0^{\circ}C$의 영역에서 가스화 성능이 가장 좋은 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.1-10
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• 2014

The proposed scheme schedules given real-time tasks so that energy consumption of multicore processors would be minimized while meeting tasks' deadline and tolerating a permanent fault based on the primary-backup task model. Whereas the previous methods minimize the overlapped time of a primary task and its backup task, the proposed scheme maximizes the overlapped time so as to decrease the core speed as much as possible. It is analytically verified that the proposed scheme minimizes the energy consumption. Also, the proposed scheme saves up to 77% energy consumption of the previous method through experimental performance evaluation.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.414-427
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• 2008

The purpose of the study was to develop an eating habit checklist for screening elementary school children at high risk of energy overintake. Dietary habits, food intake, anthropometric data were collected from 142 children (80 boys and 62 girls) in the 4th to 6th grades of elementary schools. Energy intake, fat intake, and percentage of Estimated Energy Requirement (%EER) were used as indices to detect the risk of energy overintake of the children. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated between dietary habit scores and energy overintake indices in order to select questions included in the checklist. TV watching during the meal, meal speed, meal amount, overintake frequency, eatingout frequency, snack frequency, frequency of eating Ramyun or fast foods showed significant correlations with energy overintake indices. Stepwise regression analysis was performed to give each item a different weight by prediction strength. To determine the cut-off point of the test score, sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive values were calculated. The 7-item checklist with test results from 0 to 13 points was developed, and those with equal or higher than 5 points were diagnosed as a risk group of energy overintake. Among our subjects 13.4% was diagnosed as the risk group. Mean energy intake of the subjects in the risk group and the normal group were 2,650 kcal and 1,640 kcal, respectively. However, there were no significant differences of Index of Nutritional Quality (INQ) of the other nutrients except eating fiber between the risk group and the normal group. This checklist will provide a useful screening tool to identify children at high risk of energy overintake.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.110-113
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• 2008

태양광 발전은 태양에너지를 직접 전기에너지로 변환시키는 설비로서 Co2 발생이 적고 에너지원인 태양에너지가 무한하다는 장점이 있다. 현재 EU를 비롯한 선진국 및 개도국에서는 신재생에너지 확대를 위해 전 국가적으로 노력하고 있으며 특히 태양광 발전분야는 전 세계적으로 설비용량이 급증하고 있다. 국내에서도 발전차액지원제도 하에 태양광 발전설비를 확충하고 있으며, 정부가 발표한 1차국가에너지 기본계획에 의하면 2030년까지 3,504 MW로 공급규모를 확대할 방침이다. 그러나 현재 태양광 발전은 에너지 변환효율은 약 15%이며 날씨와 시간에 따라 발전에 제약이 따른다. 이에 태양광 발전의 신뢰성을 확보하기 위해 국내 발전차액지원을 받고 있는 태양광 발전소의 연간 발전량을 근거하여 이용률을 분석했다. 분석결과 일사량이 풍부한 전남지역의 이용률이 가장 높고,반대로 경기와 서울지역은 저조했으며, 연평균 15.70%의 이용률을 보였다. 한편 월간 이용률은 5월에 높게 나타났으며, 연중 최대 전력수요가 나타나는 7-9월에는 기상조건으로 인해 저조한 이용률을 보였다. 따라서 기후변화를 완화하고 저탄소 녹색성장을 구현하기 위해 기술개발을 통해 태양광 이용률 증대시켜야 한다.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.191-202
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• 2009

South Korea, ranks 10th largest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world, will probably be under the obligation to reduce GHG emission from 2013. It is very important to reduce the electrical energy consumption since 30% of GHG emission in South Korea is made during electricity generation. In this study, based on "the 1st national energy master plan", the GHG emission reduction potential and the feasibility of the scenario in the electricity generation have been analyzed using LEAP(Long-range Energy Alternative Planning system). The scenario of the mater plan contains the 41% expansion of nuclear power plant facilities and the 11% diffusion of renewable energy until 2030. In result, total $CO_2$ emission reduction rate is 28.8% in 2030. Also $CO_2$ emission of unit electricity generation of bituminous coal power plant is $0.85kgCO_2/kWh$ and its LNG power plant is $0.51kgCO_2/kWh$ in BAU scenario. Therefore when existing facilities is exchanged for nuclear or renewable energy power plant, substitute of bituminous power plant is more effective than LNG power.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.53 no.1
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• pp.44-50
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• 2010

Tae-Um-Jo-wee-Tang (TUJWT) and Do-Dam-Tang (DDT) have been used as an anti-obesity herbal medicine but their effect and mechanism of action have not been studied. We investigated the effects of TUJWT and DDT on energy and glucose homeostasis using Sprague Dawley female rats with diet-induced obesity. The mechanisms of action of TUJWT and DDT were studied whether they had anti-obesity effects. Rats fed a high-fat diet were divided into 3 groups: rats in each group received 2 g water extracts of modified TUJWT and DDT, or 2 g cellulose per kg body weight (a negative control) on a daily basis. A further group was fed a low-fat diet as a positive control. We found that DDT significantly decreased body weight and body fat (mesenteric fat and retroperitoneal fat) more than the control. This decrease was due to the reduction in energy intake but no changes of energy expenditure. However, DDT increased fat oxidation as a major energy source than the control. In addition, modified TUJWT and DDT improved glucose tolerance without changing serum insulin levels during an oral glucose tolerance test. In conclusion, DDT have a better anti-obesity effect than TUJWT by decreasing energy intake in female rats with diet-induced obesity. It also improves glucose tolerance.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.303-312
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• 2011

Data on the energy usage including biomass, emissions of air pollutants ($SO_x$, $NO_x$, CO), and the air quality in North Korea are analyzed. The energy usage in North Korea has decreased in the 1990s and thus, the emission amount of air pollutants. Coal and biomass constitute a major fraction of energy sources since the 1990s. It is identified that the emission amount of air pollutants per unit energy consumption in North Korea is much higher than South Korea for the period data are available (since 1990) implying that the air pollutant emission management system in North Korea is inadequate. In particular, the amount of biomass burning for household cooking and heating is significant with the huge emissions of air pollutants such as CO and organic species both in the gas and aerosol phase. Furthermore, it is found that the existing energy usage and air pollutant emission data are not consistent in biomass burning related data.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.1053-1063
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• 2014

This study presents a sustainable design method that optimizes the embodied energy of concrete beam based on the concept of sustainable development that effectively utilizes natural resource and energy within the range that our succeeding generation can afford to utilize. In order to get the flexural strength carrying the ultimate load, concrete beam sections are designed by optimization that consists of the embodied energy as a objective function and the requirements of design code as constrained conditions. The sustainable design can be used to minimize the embodied energy consumed in material production, construction, operation, demolition of the infrastructure. As a result of comparison of the cost and the embodied energy optimizations based on practical beam sections, it is shown that 20% embodied energy saving and 35% $CO_2$ emission saving are achieved by sacrificing 10% cost increase. The sustainable design method provides a new effective methodology that manages the strength design concept based on cost minimization together with economic feasibility and sustainability. In addition, the method is expected to be applied to more various structural design practices.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.615-624
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• 1993

The body fat distribution and nutritional state of the Korean and Japanese young female subjects were compared. Three-day individually weighed, dietary intakes and anthropometric measurements were determinded in 48 Korean and 60 Japanese female students. 19 to 23 yr of age, from the divisions of nutritions. The body composition estimates were measured by bioeletrical impedance-total body water(BI-TBW) method. There were no significant difference between the Korean and Japanese young females in body size and body shape. The Korean young females had lower estimated total body fat and internal fat that calculated by BI-TBW method, but there was no great difference between the Korean and the Japanese in subcutaneous fat. In contrast, the Korean young females are reported to have the same total energy expenditure per day as the Japanes young females and the total energy intakes and carbohydrate energy intake ratio per day were significantly higher than those of the Japanese young females. The difference in body fat distribution and energy intakes in Korean, and the role of capsaicin in red pepper are discussed as a possible determinant of the internal fat in the Korean vs the Japanese.