• Clean Technology
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.74-80
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• 2019

Thermochemical treatment of sewage sludge is an energy-intensive process due to its high moisture content. To save the energy consumed during the process, the hydrothermal carbonization process for sewage sludge can be used to convert sewage sludge into clean solid fuel without pre-drying. This study is aimed to investigate co-firing characteristics of the hydrothermally carbonated sewage sludge (HCS) to a pulverized coal combustion system. The purpose of the measurement is to measure the pollutants produced during co-firing and combustion efficiency. The combustion system used in this study is a furnace with a down-firing swirl burner of a $80kW_{th}$ thermal input. Two sub-bituminous coals were used as a main fuel, and co-firing ratio of the sewage sludge was varied from 0% to 10% in a thermal basis. Experimental results show that $NO_x$ is 400 ~ 600 ppm, $SO_x$ is 600 ~ 700 ppm, and CO is less than 100 ppm. Experimental results show that stable combustion was achieved for high co-firing ratio of the HCS. Emission of $NO_x$ and $SO_x$ was decreased for higher co-firing ratio in spite of the higher nitrogen contents in the HCS. In addition, it was found that the pollutant emission is affected significantly by composition of the main fuel, regardless of the co-firing ratios.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.22-28
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• 2015

In order to keep the competitiveness of LPG fuel for transportation fuel, the difference in fuel consumption with gasoline and cost for an aftertreatment system should be reduced with continuous development of technology for LPG engine. In the present study, spray-guided type direct injection combustion system, whose configuration is composed of direct injector in the vicinity of spark plug, was employed to realize stable lean combustion. A certain level of nitrogen oxides($NO_x$) emits due to a locally rich mixture regions in the stratified mixture. With the application of EGR system for the reduction of $NO_x$, 15% of $NO_x$ reduction was achieved whereas fuel consumption and hydrocarbon emission increased. By the application of EGR, the combustion speed reduced especially appeared at initial flame development period and peak heat release rates and increasing rates for heat release rate decreased as EGR rate increased due to the dilution effect of intake air.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.890-897
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• 2021

Since the enforcement of strict regulations on marine fuel oil sulfur content, demand for Low Sulfur Fuel Oil (LSFO) has been increasing. However, as LSFO properties vary greatly depending on the supply timing, region, and supplier, LSFOs can experience problems with sludge formation, blending compatibility, and stability once mixed into storage tanks. This study investigates using ultrasound cavitation effects to improve the quality of LSFOs in storage tanks. For marine gas oil (MGO), the results showed that the relative ratio of high molecular weight compounds to those of low molecular weight decreased after ultrasonic irradiation, due to cavitation-induced cracking of chemical bonds. For marine diesel oil (MDO) and blended oil, a small increase in the relative abundance of low weight molecular compounds was observed after treatment. However, no correlation between time and relative abundance was observed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.496-496
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• 2022

차량 운행이 많은 고속도로, 주차장, 교량 등의 불투수 면적에서 발생하는 비점오염 물질은 차량에서 발생하는 배기가스와 연료, 부품 등이 비강우시 노면에 축적된 후 강우시 유출되는 특징을 가진다. 고속도로 휴게소의 경우 넓은 부지에 주차장이 위치하고, 대부분 불투수면으로 설계되었으며 차량이용대수에 따라 수질오염물질, 중금속 등이 축적되어 강우시 초기에 다량의 오염물질이 유출되는 특징을 가진다. 특히, 휴게소 노면 배출지점에서 강우시 약간의 탁수 유입과 함께 유기물, 영양염류의 농도가 다소 높았으며, 중금속은 주로 Pb, Cu, Zn의 농도가 높게 나타나는 것으로 연구 되었다. 본 연구는 고속도로 휴게소에서 발생하는 오염물질의 특성을 파악하기 위해 실시하였다. 휴게소 및 고속도로 인근에서 평시 발생하는 오염원의 차량 기인 여부를 판단하기 위해 비강우시 고속도로 노면 및 휴게소 오염원 배출 지점에서 토사 및 입자 샘플링을 실시하였으며, 이를 통해 입자에 흡착된 중금속 오염도 및 차량기인 여부를 판단하였다. 본 연구를 통해 고속도로 휴게소에서의 초기강우시 오염물질 처리방안 계획 수립시 기초자료로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.583-589
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• 2016

Volatile organic compounds(VOCs) are regarded as a harmful cause substance not only causing air pollutions but also causing global warming phenomenon. For this reason, VOCs are managed politically to reduce emissions by each country. In particular, the vapor from the gas station contains VOCs which is harmful to the human body such as carcinogens benzene and pollute the atmosphere, the Ministry of Environment defined every gas station must install vapor recovery equipment to recover volatile organic compounds. Recently, there are many accidents caused by existing vapor treatment methods, the liquefaction recovery technology is getting the spotlight to cool the vapor at the field. However, because the liquefaction recovery technology have risks of fire or explosion in accordance with temperature, the real time monitoring is critical factor. In this paper, we implement an Android-based monitoring application for liquified vapor recovery device which attached sensor module for temperature and power to monitoring real time information.

• Journal of Environmental Policy
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.133-148
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• 2015

The number of used oil refining companies has been increased and it causes shortage of the volume of used oil per recycling company. In addition, the number of used oil collecting companies has been increased and it caused excessive competition among companies with excessive costs. Companies use not only proper used oil but also low quality used oil because of shortage of supply. It is the reason of environmental pollution. Also excessive competition brings high cost of refined oil and it becomes a burden on the consumer. Therefore, the recycling improvement plans of used oil is needed because of these causes. First of all, importing used oil from the developed countries of OECD is the one of solution to secure a used oil supply. However, imported used oil should meet the international quality standards and it is examined twice by international authority institute such as K-petro in both exporting and importing countries. Second, the cost would be reduced with the relaxation on regulations of used oil refinement. However, regulation to sediment and water should be separated. Sediment should be kept within 2% and water should be kept within 5%. It is the way to relax the regulations of used oil refinement with preventing environmental pollutions. Finally, the standard of used oil for heater should be regulated strictly. To prevent pollutions, used oil for heater is limited to high quality waste lubricating oil. Also the air pollution prevention device has to be installed on heater.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.224-231
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• 1990

To improve the dispersion of platinum catalyst, the effects of carbon black surface treatment, solvents, surfactants, and ultrasonic homogenizing were examined. Upon introducing the hydrophilic groups acting as an anchorage center of the catalyst on the surface of carbon black by oxidation, the migrating and growing of platinum particles(or ions) during reduction could be restricted. When mixed solvents, surfactants, or ultrasonic homogenizer were used to disperse catalysts on the carbon black, the dispersion of catalyst could be improved, due to the good permeation of chloroplatinic acid through the pore of carbon black. Among the impregnation methods, the method using ultrasonic homogenizer with mixed solvent was the most excellent. Using this method the particle sized could be minimized in less than $30A^{\circ}$ and distributed homogeneously.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.285-299
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• 2006

At the end of 2005, 443 nuclear reactors were operating in 32 countries worldwide. They had provided about 3,000 TWh, which was just over 16 percent of global electricity supply. With the generating capacity of 368 GWe in 2004, the spent fuel generation rate worldwide, now becomes at about 11,000 tHM/y. Projections indicate that cumulative amounts to be generated by the year 2020, the time when most of the existing NPP will be closed to the end of their licensed lifetime, may be close to 445,000 tHM. In this regard, spent fuel management is a common issue in all countries with nuclear reactors. Whatever their national policy and/or strategy is selected for the backend of the nuclear fuel cycle, the management of spent fuel will contribute an impending and imminent issues to be resolved in the foreseeable future. The 2nd Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Joint Convention was held in Vienna from 15 to 24 May 2006. The meeting gave an opportunity to exchange information on the national policy and strategy of spent fuel management of the Contracting Parties, to discuss their situations, prospects and the major factors influencing the national policies in this field and to identify the most important directions that national efforts and international co-operation in this area should be taken. In this paper, an overview of national and global trends of spent fuel management is discussed. In addition, some directions are identified and recent activities of each Member States in the subject area are summarized.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.253-260
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• 1995

본 연구는 현재 아주대학교 구내에 건설중인 3T/D 석탄가스화 실증실험장치의 엔지니어링 설계자료 및 실험장치 각 부분의 사양을 종합화하여 최적의 설계조건을 도출하고 향후 스케일 업에 따른 장치변화 및 관련변수를 예측할 수 있는 공정모델을 개발하는데 그 목적이 있다. 모델은 3T/D 석탄가스화 장치와 같이 가스화기부분, 산화제 및 연료의 주입부분, 생성가스의 냉각부, 가스화기 예열부분 및 회분처리부로 구성된다. 개발된 모델에 의해 부분별 대체가능성을 평가하여 최적 조합형태를 제시하였고 결과의 타당성을 입증하기 위해 실제 플랜트의 설계자료와 프로그램에 의한 결과를 비교하였다. 또한 스케일 업 결과 변화폭이 가장 큰 부분은 냉각기의 길이가 냉각수 유입량 증대에 따라 급겨히 변화되어 냉각수 유입을 위한 냉각수 분산장치의 교체가 필요한 것으로 판단되었다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.19 no.10
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• pp.2690-2698
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• 1995

Fuel atomization and mixture formation in an gasoline engine has influence on the engine performance and pollutant emission. The throttle valve installed in an intake system plays a greater role in control of mixture quantity in accordance with engine drive condition. In this study, the characteristics of secondary atomization developed at the downstream of the valves were observed using an image processing method. Two major kinds of valves, solid and perforated ones, are chosen in order to compare the valve performance with the experimental parameters of air flow rate, valve opening angle, and valve shapes. For the perforated valve, we can obtain the relatively small sized droplets, and nearly uniformed and dense distributed sprays with low loss coefficient than for the solid valve.