• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.174-182
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• 2011

The present study evaluated the major lead sources in a steel metallurgy industrialized city by measuring lead isotopes/lead concentrations of ambient air and potential sources in an industrial area and residential areas according to relative distance. The quality control program obtained during the measurement procedure for lead isotopes and concentrations exhibited $0.5ng/m^3$ for method detection limit, more than 90% for recoveries of standard particulate matters, and lower than 0.2% for reproducibility errors of four lead isotopes ($^{204}Pb$, $^{206}Pb$, $^{207}Pb$, $^{208}Pb$). For all three lead isotope ratios ($^{206}Pb/^{204}Pb$, $^{207}Pb/^{206}Pb$, $^{208}Pb/^{206}Pb$), the ratios were obtained in the industrial area were closer to nearby residential area than those of a residential area far away from the industrial area, thereby suggesting that lead sources were more similar each other in the industrial and nearby residential area. Furthermore, for both summer and winter seasons ambient lead concentrations were more than four times higher in the industrial area than in the residential areas and in turn, they were higher in the nearby residential area compared with the far-away residential area. As a result, it was suggested that lead emitted from the industrial area would influence more the ambient lead in the nearby residential area than the far-away residential area. Both slag and traffic emissions are likely to be major lead sources in the industrial and nearby residential areas, since their three lead isotope ratios ($^{206}Pb/^{204}Pb$, $^{207}Pb/^{206}Pb$, $^{208}Pb/^{206}Pb$) were similar to the ratios obtained from ambient air of these two areas. In addition, the lead isotope ratios revealed different pattern between seasons, and the ambient lead concentrations were higher for winter than for summer.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.398-415
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• 2010

The purpose of this paper is to grasp levels of cost burden in pollution treatment by measuring efficiencies and shadow prices by pollutants in Korean cities. The efficiencies and shadow prices of pollutants will be compared for cities divided by Seoul metropolitan area and non-Seoul metropolitan area. Annual shadow prices of NOx, SOx, and PM10 emissions in the cities of Seoul metropolitan area are 0.846, 0.318, 0.816, respectively for 1999-2005. The annual shadow prices in the cities of Non-Seoul metropolitan area are 0.848, 0.272, and 0.789, respectively over the same periods. The shadow prices of SOx showed similar levels between two areas but those of NOx and PM10 of cities in Seoul metropolitan area were higher. NOx emission quantities of both areas have similar increasing patterns because the NOx has mainly increased with augmentation of transportation regardless of Seoul metropolitan and non-Seoul metropolitan areas. It seems that the reason the shadow prices of two pollutants for the cities of Seoul metropolitan area are higher, is because environmental regulation is stronger in the cities of Seoul metropolitan area, the cities of Seoul metropolitan relatively show higher quantities of pollution reduction under given desirable outputs, and generally have industrial sectors with small pollution emission. In the future we need to reduce pollutants in the various respects such as adjustment of overall industry structure, energy consumption pattern, and reviews of arrangement of living space for the cities located on the downward-sloping segment of production frontier.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.35-48
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• 2004

This paper provides a comprehensive overview of geochemical approaches for investigating and assessing heavy metal contamination in abandoned mine sites. Major sources of contaminants at the abandoned mine sites are mine water, waste rocks, tailings, and chemicals used in beneficiation and mineral processing. Soil, sediment, surface and ground water, and ecological system can be contaminated by heavy metals, which are transported due to erosion of mine waste piles, discharge of acid mine drainage and processed water, and dispersion of dust from waste rocks and tailings. The abandoned mine sites should be characterized using various methods including chemical analysis, mineralogical analysis, acid generation prediction tests, leaching/extraction tests, and field tests. Potential and practical environmental impacts from the abandoned mines should be assessed based on the site characterization.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.43-53
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• 2019

In the Geumho River, 4-nitrophenol has been detected, thus it is necessary to investigate the contamination sources in order to prevent the release of this compound. However, the research to estimate the potential source is regarded as complicated research. In this study, the distributions of 4-nitrophenol were simulated and the contribution of the potential sources was estimated using a numerical model(HydroGeoSphere; HGS) and the measuring data of 4-nitrophenol from 2013 to 2017. The altitude data, the land cover data, the flow rates of the tributaries and wastewater treatment plants, and the decay rate of 4-nitrophenol was used as the input data. The results of this research showed that the contribution rates of potential contamination sources in the upstream area were higher than that of the downstream area. Most of the upstream area is the agricultural area, it seemed that 4-nitrophenol was originated from the pesticides. In order to achieve more specific location of sources, an intensive investigation in the upstream is required.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.39 no.9
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• pp.918-922
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• 2015

As international environmental regulations for pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions discharged from ships are being reinforced, it is drawing attention to use LNG as ship fuel. This paper compares the explosion risk potential in the LNG fuel gas supply systems of two types used in marine LNG fuelled vessels. By selecting 8500 TEU class container ships as target, LNG storage tank was designed and pressure conditions were assumed for the use of each fuel supply type. The leak hole sizes were divided into three categories, and the leak frequencies for each category were estimated. The sizes of the representative leak holes and release rates were estimated. The release rate and the leak frequency showed an inverse relationship. The pump type fuel gas supply system showed high leak frequency, and the pressure type fuel gas supply system showed high release rate. Computational fluid dynamics simulation was applied to perform a comparative analysis of the explosion risk potential of each fuel supply system.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.57-77
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• 1994

The best management programs(BMP) of groundwater resources is to proted from potential groundwater contanination and to use it as optimal yield. In this paper, the groundwater protection strategies and empirical assessment methodologies using in USA are presented. Those strategies shall be used for future groundwater management program of our country and part of them are alreay utilized for the protection plan of the groundwater resources.

• 한국해양학회지
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.59-64
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• 1974

Relative light intensity was observed with underwater illuminometer (Cs Photoelectric cell, glass window) at the mouth of Yeong-il Bay, and relative vertical clearness and extinction coefficient were calculated from the relative light intensity data. Relationship between extinction coefficient and transparency in this region is also shown.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Toocicology Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.158-158
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• 2002

최근 들어, 일반적으로 알려진 중금속 외에 As 및 Se의 생래독성(예를 들면, 어류 및 양서류의 번식독성)이 많은 연구자나 환경관리자들의 관심대상으로 부각되고있다. 상수원 보호구역내 위치하는 하천이나 호소 인근에 As이나 Se의 오염원이 분포되어 있는 경우, 수서 생태계뿐만 아니라 인체의 건강에 큰 위협이 될 수 있기 때문이다. 그러므로, 본 연구에서는 하천수나 하상 퇴적토의 잠재적 오염 물질인수 종의 중금속에 대한 급성독성과, As 및 Se의 급성, 그리고 번식 독성을 수서곤충을 이용하여 측정하고 이를 상호 비교하였다. 본 실험에 적용된 생물은 생활사가 짧고 배양이 용이하며, 번식력이 높은 물벼룩 (Daphnia magna)과 소형물벼룩 (Ceriodaphia dubia)이었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.223-224
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• 2001

고온 소각공정은 산업용 및 가정용 폐기물의 처리시 부피의 현격한 감소뿐만 아니라 유해성 유기물을 무해한 형태로 전환시켜 주는 장점을 지니고 있다. 그러나 유해 중금속의 경우 소각공정 중 소멸되거나 새로이 생성되지 않고 화학적, 물리적 변형만 일어날 뿐, 그 유해성은 소멸되지 않고, 고온 휘발성 유해중금속의 경우 일부 환경으로 배출되므로 잠재적으로 심각한 대기오염원이 되고 있다(1990). 최근에는 이러한 고온 휘발성 중금속의 효과적인 제거를 위한 연구로 여러 가지 무기질 흡착제를 이용한 고온 흡착제거 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다(1998, 1999). (중략)

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.107-116
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• 2010

In this research potential liquation of contaminants from surrounding soil to a reservoir in an island was studied to investigate the cause and route of contamination of Baengyeong-myeon reservoir. Soil of Baengyeong-myeon reservoir consists of $SiO_2$ and has a high iron content because of geological characteristics of its country rock. From the field investigation and simulation study it was found that highly accumulated carbon content in the reservoir sediment was incurred from ground water, which provides a good habitat for microbes. And the liquation, the cause of organics growth, occurs mainly on the bottom of the reservoir consisting marine clay layer once used as farmland. So dredging of the sediment of reservoir and replacing with valley soil is suggested to prevent continuous contamination of a reservoir in an island due to COD production.