• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.56 no.11
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• pp.721-728
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• 2023

Agricultural drought is triggered by a depletion of moisture content in the soil, which hinders photosynthesis and thus increases carbon dioxide (CO₂) concentrations in the atmosphere. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between soil moisture (SM) and vegetation activity toward quantifying CO₂ concentration in the atmosphere. To this end, the MODerate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS), an optical multispectral sensor, was used to evaluate two regions in South Korea for validation. Vegetation activity was analyzed through MOD13A1 vegetation indices products, and MODIS gross primary productivity (GPP) product was used to calculate the CO₂ flux based on its relationship with respiration. In the case of SM, it was calculated through the method of applying apparent thermal inertia (ATI) in combination with land surface temperature and albedo. To validate the SM and CO₂ flux, flux tower data was used which are the observed measurement values for the extreme drought period of 2014 and 2015 in South Korea. These two variables were analyzed for temporal variation on flux tower data as daily time scale, and the relationship with vegetation index (VI) was synthesized and analyzed on a monthly scale. The highest correlation between SM and VI (correlation coefficient (r) = 0.82) was observed at a time lag of one month, and that between VI and CO₂ (r = 0.81) at half month. This regional study suggests a potential capability of MODIS-based SM, VI, and CO₂ flux, which can be applied to an assessment of the global view of the agricultural drought by using available satellite remote sensing products.

• Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.85-92
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• 2009

A concrete is considered unfriendly-environmental material because it uses cement which emits much $CO_2$ during producing process. However, a concrete absorbs $CO_2$ through carbonation process during service life. In this paper how much concrete absorbs $CO_2$ through carbonation was calculated using 1) concentration of carbonatable substances in concrete, 2) carbonated volume of concrete, 3) molecular weight of $CO_2$ based on references and the method was proposed. $CO_2$ emission from producing $1m^3$ concrete was calculated based on $CO_2$ emission datum of materials used in concrete. From using these methods that calculate $CO_2$ emission and absorption of concrete, assessment of $CO_2$ emission-absorption against a real apartment was conducted by subtracting absorption $CO_2$ according to service life from $CO_2$ emission in the process of making concrete. As a result, a ratio of absorption over emission of $CO_2$ through concrete carbonation according to service life 40, 60, 80 years was assessed about 3.65, 4.47, 5.18%. An objective of this study is to propose how to calculate emission - absorption of $CO_2$ from producing and using concrete. Although the result value, emission - absorption of $CO_2$, is 5.18% very low when the service life of an apartment is 80years, the value can be improved by reducing emission from using blended cement such as blast furnace slag or increasing replacement ratio of cement and increasing carbonated volume of concrete from expanding service life of a building. This study may be useful when $CO_2$ emission - absorption of concrete is evaluated in the further study.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.190-196
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• 2023

This study was carried out to collect gas emitted from agricultural heaters using kerosene and to identify the emission concentration of carbon dioxide according to the age of agricultural heating machine. As a result of the linear regression analysis, the carbon dioxide emissions according to the year of agricultural heating machine are R² = 0.84, which follows y = 26.99x+721.98. Distributed analysis was classified into three groups according to the age of agricultural heating machine. As a result of the distributed analysis, it was 2.196×10^-13, which was smaller than the 0.05 probability set for the analysis, which means that there is a difference in at least one group. As a result, the age of the agriculture machine was divided into three groups and the difference between groups was tested. A statistical analysis result was derived that there was a difference in the emission concentration of carbon dioxide according to the age of agricultural heating machine. It is thought that it can be used to investigate greenhouse gas emissions by investigating the amount of carbon dioxide generated by agricultural heaters in the agricultural field of Korea.

• Journal of Climate Change Research
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.195-209
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• 2012

There are four differentiated levels to quantify the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from a facility, which are Tier 1 to 4 based on the IPCC guidelines. In this study, the emission estimates from all tier levels were calculated to compare their total $CO_2$ emission results among themselves for seven facilities, including three sectors of electricity generation, municipal solid waste incineration, and cement manufacturing for three months between February and May 2011. Generally the measured $CO_2$ emissions by Tier 4 were higher than the calculated $CO_2$ emissions by Tier 3, which had been also observed for the power plants in the USA. It was found out that to obtain more reliable estimation for Tier 3, accurate analysis of the composition of the fuel used should be carried out. It was suggested that further refinement on the administrative guidelines be made to make it more robust.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.576-583
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• 2023

This study investigated the possibility of new adsorbent materials made from pig bone-based biomass. To this end, the properties of pig bone-based activated carbon (PAC) prepared from animal biomass were investigated, and its carbon dioxide adsorption performance was examined. KOH was used as the activation agent, and the specific surface area increased with increasing activation temperature, and the adsorption efficiency of carbon dioxide also increased. The sample activated at 800 ℃ exhibited the largest specific surface area of 1208.7 m²/g and the highest CO₂ adsorption efficiency of 3.33 mmol/g at 273 K, 1 bar. However, the specific surface area and the CO₂ adsorption efficiency decreased at activation temperatures above 900 ℃ due to crystallinity changes and overactivation. On the other hand, when the selectivity was calculated using the ideal adsorption solution theory, PAC-900 samples at 273 K and below 0.8 bar showed the best selectivity. These results suggest that the high selectivity of carbon dioxide/nitrogen adsorption at 273 K is due to the carbon dioxide adsorption capacity of hydroxyapatite formed by the decomposition of carbonate when pig bone is activated at 900 ℃ and its crystallinity.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2014.03a
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• pp.53-61
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• 2014

온실가스 증가로 인한 지구온난화 문제가 범세계적인 문제로 대두되고 있는 가운데, 특히 온실가스 중 약 76%이상을 차지하는 이산화탄소를 흡수하기 위한 흡수제 개발에 여러 국가들이 심혈을 기울이고 있다. 그 중 이산화탄소 흡수제로 가장 상용화 되어 있는 모노에탄올아민(monoethanolamine, MEA)은 분자량이 작아 몰 농도비에 따른 이산화탄소의 흡수에 유리하고 반응속도가 빠르다는 장점이 있으나, 재생에 필요한 에너지가 높다는 단점이 존재한다. 수용액중에서 MEA가 $CO_2$를 흡수하는 반응의 반응자유에너지는 반응메카니즘을 이해하는데 가장 기본적인 도구이다. 본 연구에서는 B3LYP, M06-2X의 밀도범함수를 이용하여 MEA의 $CO_2$ 흡수반응의 반응자유에너지를 계산하는 계산모델을 선정하였다. 수용액에서 MEA가 $CO_2$를 흡수하는 반응의 반응자유에너지를 밀도범함수를 이용하여 계산할 때는, 수용액상태에서 화학종의 분자구조를 최적화하는 것이 필요하였다. 또한 M06-2X 밀도범함수가 B3LYP 밀도범함수보다 좋은 결과를 주었으며, 분산보정을 하는 것이 보다 좋은 결과를 주었다.

• Clean Technology
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.153-159
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• 2008

The solubility of triclosan, an anti-acne agent was measured in supercritical carbon dioxide ($scCO_2$) with a variable volume view cell at 313.15, 323.15, and 333.15 K and at pressures between 10 and 40 MPa. We successfully correlated triclosan solubility in $scCO_2$ using the quasi-chemical nonrandom lattice fluid (QLF) equation of state. Triclosan was micronized using the rapid expansion of supercritical solutions (RESS) process. The effects of temperature and pressure on particle size were investigated using phase behavior data and correlated results from the QLF model.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.47-50
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• 2006

현재의 화석연료-기반 사회에서는 지구 온난화와 고유가 추세가 야기하는 경제적 피해, 에너지 안보우려, 세계 평화 위협 등에 자주 노출되고 있는 실정이다. 세계 각국은 이러한 화석연료 에너지원을 대체하는 환경-청정하고 기술-신뢰할 수 있으며 경제-감당할 수 있는 에너지 공급원인 수소를 기반으로 하는 미래의 수소-기반 사회로의 진입에 노력하고 있다. 특히, 청정한 에너지 운반체인 수소의 생산 기술 상업화가 더욱 더 절실히 요구되고 있다. 이 예비 연구에서는 이산화탄소 포획/저장 기술과 결합된 다양한 수소 생산 기술의 정량적인 예비 비교 평가가 수행되었다. 예비적인 비교 평가 기준으로 1) 이산화탄소 배출량: 2) 에너지 이용률; 3) 토지 점유율: 4) 수소 생산비용 등이 고려되었다. 이러한 기준에 따라 수소 생산 기술 가운데 네 가지 예비 기술 대안인 1) 원자력: 2) LNG; 3) 석탄: 4) 태양광 등이 비교되었다. 대안 기술의 비교 평가 체제로 계층 망형 구조-기반 되먹임 모델이 개발되었다. 이러한 수소생산 기술의 우선순위 선정 결과는 개별 대안 기술의 상대적인 장단점 및 기술적인 갭을 정량적으로 인식하는 데에 활용될 수 있다. 그러므로 이 예비 연구는 수소 생산 기술 연구자나 수소 경제 기획자한테 뿐만 아니라 이산화탄소 포획/저장 기술 개발자한테 도움이 되리라 본다.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.21 no.6 s.90
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• pp.936-941
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• 2005

Green tea was extracted with different solvents such as hot water, varying concentrations of ethanol and carbon dioxide fluid. The carbon dioxide fluid extraction of green tea was a very effective extraction method in terms of antioxidant yield and stability. At pressure of 125kgf, antioxidant extract of green tea produced a yield 1.87 and 2.8 times higher than hot water and $95\%$ ethanol extract, respectively. Antioxidant extract of carbon dioxide fluid was also very stable during 7-day storage at 35?.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.18-23
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• 2012

After produce the extracted wood to silicic acid gel, sodium carbonate and silicon dioxide with application of the making method for carbon dioxide, ignition time, ignition temperature, mass loss rate and critical heat flux are measured according to external radiation source (20, 25, 35 and 50 $kW/m^2$). From the results, pressure impregnation wood to use with water glass and carbon dioxide has fire retardant performance at heat flux (less than 20 $kW/m^2$) of Pre-Flashover fires. If we find out the excellent maxing ratio through continuously study, it might be decided to be able to be utilized as fire-retardant wood.