• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.12-19
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• 2014

Workplaces handling hazardous chemicals are scattered, because of old-aging facilities are have been operating for more than 20 years, there is still has the risk of an accident. Advanced countries including the UN and strengthen regulation of chemicals, but the frequent leak accidents have become a big issue socially. In the case of subsequent domestic accidental chemical accident, the government and related departments for the overall prevention, preparedness, response system has been checked and improved. In this study, improvements of the related system and the plan of safety management for on the prevention of accidents and the initial response were suggested throughout the analysis of problems on the actual condition of safety management and such as standard of the related systems for handling, management for occurring the main cause of the leak and chemical accidents from hazardous chemicals handling in the workplace.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.10
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• pp.308-316
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• 2020

This study attempted to derive an equation for calculating the damage impact distance using CARIS so that local governments can quickly determine evacuation and notification of residents in the event of an ammonia-release accident. Ammonia is an accident-causing substance and one of 16 substances to prepare for resident evacuation. It is the most frequently occurring chemical with 58 chemical accidents from 2014~2019. The study derives an equation for calculating the damage impact distance according to the exposure time of ammonia based on AEGL, an acute exposure standard applicable to the general population, which is includes vulnerable groups such as infants, children and the elderly and designated by the EPA. The calculation formulas for each concentration and exposure time to classify the hazardous area according to AEGL-3 and the semi-dangerous area according to AEGL-2 were derived. A comparison of the relative standard deviation between the damage impact distance values of CARIS revealed that is was in the range of 0~2%. Local governments should consider the actual accident situation and apply the appropriate damage-affected distance calculation formula derived from the study to evacuate residents near the origin of the accident or use for protective measures such as indoor evacuation notification.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.1-9
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• 2021

The process and facilities of modern chemical plants are becoming increasingly complex, there is possibility of potential risk. Internal chemicals generate stress concentration when operated due to turbulence, laminar flow, pressure, temperature, friction, etc. It causes cumulative fatigue damage, which can damage or rupture chemical facilities and devices. The statistics of chemical accidents found that the highest rate of occurrence was in summer, and in the last five years statistics on chemical accidents, leakage incidents make up a decent percentage of accidents. Chemical leaks can cause serious human damage and economic damage, including explosions and environmental pollution. In this study, based on the leak accident of chemical plant, the risk analysis, and damage effects assessment were estimated using a 3D scanner and FLACS. As a result, if chemicals leak in summer, the risk is higher than in other seasons, the seasonal safety management measures, and countermeasure were estimated.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.409-417
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• 2019

Purpose: Since the implementation of the Chemical Substance Management Act, data on the number of occurrences by annual chemical accident in Korea and the contractor's contract data received from the competent authority were used. After the implementation of the contract reporting system, the contribution to the reduction of chemical accidents is summarized by statistical data. The characteristics of each region, month, type and those of similar industries and human life were compared and analyzed. Method: 4 years of chemical accident statistics from 2015 to 2018 and since 2003, we have used data from the Chemical Safety Clearing-House (CSC), which provides safety information on cases of chemical accidents. Results and Conclusion: The risk of accidents increases as a number of unskilled workers are put into the workplace during the period when the hazardous chemical handling process is temporarily suspended. Through the reporting for awarding a contract, the operators are strengthening the safety management of chemical accidents by educating unskilled workers and wearing personal protective equipment.

• Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.435-446
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• 2012

생활을 향상시키고 개선하기 위해 화학물질은 전 세계적으로 널리 이용 되고 있고, 또한 국내에는 38,000여종의 화학물질이 유통되고 있다. 그러나 화학물질은 그 이점에도 불구하고 사람이나 환경에 유해 영향을 가져올 가능성이 있어 위험물안전관리법에서는 3,000여종을 위험물로 분류하여 규제하고 있다. 위험물에 관련하여 유해화학물질관리법, 위험물안전관리법, 고압가스안전관리법, 총포 도검 화약류단속법, 원자력 진흥법, 농약관리법 등에서 개별적으로 규정하고 분류하고 있어 위험물질에 대한 표지사항이 해당 부처에 따라 상이하여 혼란을 야기하고 있고, 위험물에 대한 품목 및 품명의 고정으로 인하여 새롭게 생성된 위험물질에 대해 적용하는 데 문제점이 있다. 이에 의해 위험물질을 개별법에 따라 관리함으로써 중복된 위험물질 분류 및 관리의 문제가 있으며, 위험물질 분류에 있어서 위험물질에 따라 수송수단이 상이함에도 불구하고 수송수단별(도로, 철도, 해운, 항공) 위험물질에 대한 세분화된 자료가 부족하다. 따라서 수송관점에서 표준화된 위험물 물질정보의 분류와 코드화 방안개발이 필요하다. 본 연구는 국내 외 문헌 검토 및 위험물에 관련된 법제도 비교를 통하여 위험물 수송관리체계 정비방안과 위험물 수송사고의 문제점을 도출하고 기존의 위험물 분류체계에서 운송관점에서의 위험물 매칭테이블을 구축하고 신속한 사고대응을 위한 위험물질별 코드화 방안을 제안하도록 하겠다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.43-50
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• 2023

Silicone tetrachloride (SiCl₄) leak accidents cause enormous human and environmental damage because it is highly toxic. Some handling facilities use water curtains to reduce the impact range of SiCl₄. Although the water curtain is known as one of the most efficient technologies for post-release mitigation, its effect on reducing SiCl₄ concentration needs to be investigated scientifically and quantitatively. In this study, three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was used to investigate the physical and chemical effects of water curtains as a release-mitigation system for SiCl₄. SiCl₄ is released and dispersed five seconds prior to the operation of the water curtain. Once the water curtain works, the SiCl₄ reacts chemically with the water and its concentration decreases rapidly; it reaches an emergency response planning guidelines level 2 (ERPG-2) of 5 parts per million (ppm) at about 570 m. We observed, however, that the physical effect of water curtains on reducing SiCl₄ concentration is insignificant when the chemical effect is eliminated. These results are crucial since they can be a scientific and quantitative basis for the 'technical guidelines for estimating the accident affected range'. In order to protect the public from chemical accidents, more toxic gas mitigation technologies need to be developed.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.29-40
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• 1999

복잡한 현대 문명 생활을 영위하는 가운데 각종 위험물질이 날마다 생산되어 운반되어지고 있다. 이러한 위험물질이 운반되는 과정에서 위험물사고발생은 불가피하다. 위험물사고는 발생확률은 낮지만 일단 사고발생시 인명, 환경, 재산피해가 심각하기 때문에 가능한 한 피해를 최소화하기 위한 대책이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 공로수송에 있어 위험물질운송에 따른 경로별 위험도 분석을 위한 모형을 개발하고, 본 모형에 기초하여 계산된 링크별 위험도를 낮추기 위한 대책을 제시하였다. 각 링크별 위험도를 계산하기 위해서는 링크별 교통량, 사고 데이타 및 위험물질별 사고시 피해영향규모 등을 결정해야 하는 바, 이러한 작업은 사실상 수작업으로 불가능하다. 이를 자동적으로 수행하는 방안으로 지리정보시스템을 활용하였다 또한, 여러 가지 위험물질별 위험도 분석에서 위험물사고 저감대책, 위험물사고시 피해최소화 대책 등 일련의 작업을 하나의 시스템에서 이루어지도록 하는 의사결정지원시스템 형태의 위험물수송관리시스템으로 개발하였다. 최종적으로는 위험물질 중 대부분을 차지하는 석유.화학물질을 가장 많이 다루는 지역인 울산지역을 시범지역으로 선정하여 본 연구에서 제시한 모형을 적용해 보았다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.53 no.10
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• pp.845-859
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• 2020

Climate change and recent heat waves have drawn public attention toward other environmental issues, such as water pollution in the form of algal blooms, chemical leaks, and oil spills. Water pollution by the leakage of chemicals may severely affect human health as well as contaminate the air, water, and soil and cause discoloration or death of crops that come in contact with these chemicals. Chemicals that may spill into water streams are often colorless and water-soluble, which makes it difficult to determine whether the water is polluted using the naked eye. When a chemical spill occurs, it is usually detected through a simple contact detection device by installing sensors at locations where leakage is likely to occur. The drawback with the approach using contact detection sensors is that it relies heavily on the skill of field workers. Moreover, these sensors are installed at a limited number of locations, so spill detection is not possible in areas where they are not installed. Recently hyperspectral images have been used to identify land cover and vegetation and to determine water quality by analyzing the inherent spectral characteristics of these materials. While hyperspectral sensors can potentially be used to detect chemical substances, there is currently a lack of research on the detection of chemicals in water streams using hyperspectral sensors. Therefore, this study utilized remote sensing techniques and the latest sensor technology to overcome the limitations of contact detection technology in detecting the leakage of hazardous chemical into aquatic systems. In this study, we aimed to determine whether 18 types of hazardous chemicals could be individually classified using hyperspectral image. To this end, we obtained hyperspectral images of each chemical to establish a spectral library. We expect that future studies will expand the spectral library database for hazardous chemicals and that verification of its application in water streams will be conducted so that it can be applied to real-time monitoring to facilitate rapid detection and response when a chemical spill has occurred.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.148-148
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• 2020

산업의 고도화가 진행됨에 따라 화학원료의 사용이 증가하고 있고 독성을 가진 화학물질이 하천으로 유입되는 사고가 빈번하게 발생하고 있다. 수환경으로 유입되는 유해화학물질은 주로 무색무취의 물질들로 사고가 발생하더라도 초기 발견이 어려워 어류폐사를 유발하거나 취수시설에서 용수로 취수되는 경우가 발생하기 때문에 이에 대한 대응책 마련이 필수적이다. 하천에 유입된 오염물질의 거동을 신속하게 예측하기 위해 1차원 오염물질 추적 모형이 활용되는데, Fickian 이송-분산 모형(Fickian Advection-dispersion equation model; FADE)이 주로 사용되고 있다. 하지만 FADE는 오염물질이 하천 저장대에서 지체되는 현상을 반영하지 못하기 때문에 농도곡선의 왜곡도를 구현하지 못하는 단점을 가지고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 하천저장대모형(River Storage Model; RSM)을 개발하고 이를 국가하천인 감천에 적용하였다. 본 연구에서 개발한 RSM은 분산계수, 본류대 면적, 저장대 면적, 저장대 교환계수의 네 가지 매개변수를 통해서 하천의 물질 저장 및 교환 특성를 구현한 non-Fickian 모형으로서, 생화학반응, 휘발, 흡·탈착항을 추가하여 유해화학물질의 혼합 거동을 정확하게 모의할 수 있도록 개발하였다. 저장대 모형의 매개변수를 산정하기 위해서 하천 유량과 지형자료를 기반으로 HEC-RAS를 모의하여 계산된 수리특성을 입력변수로 사용하였다. 저수기, 평수기, 풍수기 유량을 기준으로 세 경우의 시나리오 모의를 수행하였는데, 5ton의 톨루엔이 김천산업단지에서 감천으로 유입된 경우 약 20km 하류에 위치한 취수장에서 톨루엔의 농도변화를 예측했다. 보존성 물질에 대한 모의 결과, 풍수기의 경우 저수기에 비해 유속이 크기 때문에 취수장에서 20.56시간 먼저 기준농도에 도달하고, 7.21시간 더 짧게 머무는 것으로 나타났다. 유해화학물질의 반응특성에 대한 민감도 분석을 시행한 결과, 생화학적 반감기가 18.98시간보다 길고, 옥탄올-물 분배계수가 2.267 이하인 물질은 생분해 및 흡·탈착 반응에 둔감한 것으로 나타났다. 1m 수심 기준 0.114m/s 이하 유속에서의 하천 수리조건에서는 화학물질의 휘발성을 무시할 수 있는 것으로 밝혀졌다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.1-7
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• 2018

Currently chemical plant risk have been issued by occurring frequent accidents. Accidents can be generally composed of fire, explosion, release in chemical plant. In case of fire and explosion, accident victims are occurred immediately after accident but release accident, late emergency response cause damage to worker. Especially, there are many victims by late emergency response against chemical exposure to skin. In case of chemical exposure to skin, irreversible damage like death, blindness, burn can be prevented by washing immediately. Safety shower can provide the cleaning for chemical exposure to eye, skin. Most of chemical plants are built in 1980s so equipment become superannuated. In this reason, safety shower also cannot operate normally in emergency situation. Therefor safety shower should be managed by installation and management guideline. This study perform the establishment guideline for safety shower installation and inspection to increase the reliability.