• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.623-631
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• 2020

This study analyzes the effect of negative air ions on the concentration of airborne particulate matter and evaluates the expected purification efficiency of open spaces for particulate matter by investigating the amount of negative air ions generated by plants. This study establishes a negative air ion generation treatment environment, plant environment, and control environment to measure the purification efficiency of particulate matter under the conditions of each, analyzing the expected purification efficiency by designing a particulate matter purification model. Results show that the amount of generated negative air ion according to environment was negative air ion generation treatment environment > plant environment > control environment; this order also applies to the particulate matter purification efficiency. Moreover, it took 65 min for the negative ion generation treatment environment, 90 min for the plant environment, and 240 min for the control environment to reach the standard expected purification efficiency of particulate matter concentration of 960 mg/㎥ for PM₁₀. For PM_2.5, with the designated maximum concentration of 700 mg/㎥, it took 60 min for the negative ion generation treatment environment, 80 min for the plant environment, and more than 240 min for the control environment. Based on these results, the expected purification efficiency compared to the control environment was quadrupled in the negative ion generation treatment environment and tripled in the plant environment on average.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.3-10
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• 2005

Indoor air quality (IAQ) is recognized as a byproduct of industrialization that took place in the 20th century. The great attention to IAQ has been gained since 1980s, and led to numerous research studies that have mainly made in the developed countries. As the development of residential environment in Korea enters in the process of qualitative growth, IAQ has viewed as one of the core issues in the society, and research in relation to IAQ has been implemented until now in the fields of engineering and medical science. It is widely known that the sources and effects of indoor air pollution have been various, and IAQ research with multidisciplinary approaches is required. Nevertheless, few research embedded into a socio-behavioral approach to identifying interventive measures of residents and analyzing their choices is made. The purpose of this study is to examine the use of an interactive measure of residents in apartments that is air purification with phytoncide available in the market, and to investigate their self-reported effects of the air purifying substance on sick building syndrome symptoms. This study utilizes a field experiment design with pre-test and post-test, and the experiment is conducted in a natural field setting. A total of 87 test subjects from 32 households with already sick building syndrome are drawn via internet, and the participation is solely voluntary. The participants receive and use the air purifying substance, and are asked to use it continuously for two weeks and identify their self-reported symptoms of before- and after-use. The research findings indicate that air purification using phytoncide is effective to alleviate their symptoms in relation to sick building syndrome. Also it is noted that the participants report that the use of the air purification causes the positive impacts on their daily life. Further research is needed that compares the group with only humidifier and evaluates the mid-term and long-term use of the air purification and its effects.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.417-423
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• 2006

The purification ability of indoor plants for volatile organic compounds was investigated. Philodendron selloum and Spathiphyllum sp. were tested for removal of toluene and trichloroethylene in the artificially contaminated reactor under laboratory conditions. Each plant was placed in right side of the reactor and the TCE and toluene concentration change with time were monitored. In the reactor with Philodendron, the TCE concentrations of left and right sides were compared to examine the removal effects by plant. In the reactor with Spathiphyllum, air was circulated before sampling, and thus average removal effects by plants on target VOC were observed. Both plants showed clear effects on removal of VOCs from contaminated indoor air. The removal efficiency of Philodendron and Spathiphyllum were similar and showed 30 - 46% and 31 - 47% of purification effects, respectively. The results of this study showed that air purification using plants is an effective means of reduction on indoor VOCs concentration level and reduce related health risk though, supplementary purifying aids or proper ventilation were also suggested.

• 공업화학
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.433-438
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 CO, HCHO, $CH_3CHO$, PM10, PM2.5 등의 담배연기 내에 포함된 유해물질들의 농도를 지표로 광촉매와 필터로 구성된 공기정화장치를 부착한 흡연부스 내의 공기질을 평가하였다. 또한 광촉매에서 발생되는 OH 라디칼과 담배연기 내 가스상 유해물질들과의 반응성을 향상시켜 제거효율을 높이기 위해 적외선을 주사하였다. 공기정화장치와 필터를 활용한 흡연부스의 실험 결과, 시스템 가동 전보다 가스상 오염물질은 포름알데히드 포함 최대 85.2% 향상된 제거효율을 나타냈다. 처리 후의 미세먼지는 최대 89.4% 향상된 제거효율을 나타냈다.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.167-173
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• 2018

빛이 부족하고 공기 순환이 원활하지 않은 실내에서 식물의 지상부와 지하부를 활용한 공기 정화 시스템을 제안한다. 제안된 시스템은 식물의 공기정화 효과를 극대화하고자 지상부는 청색과 녹색의 LED를 조합한 혼합광과 자연광에 가까운 고연색 LED를 각각 조사하고 지하부의 토양을 필터로 활용하고자 팬을 이용하여 강제 순환하였다. 광원과 팬이 결합된 실내공기정화 시스템이 식물만 배치된 경우보다 오염된 공기를 단시간에 가장 많이 제거하였다. 실내 공기정화 시스템의 혼합광과 고연색광 두 가지의 경우에서 식물만 배치된 경우보다 미세먼지는 각각 14%, 14.2%, TVOC는 7.5%, 9.4% 로 더 크게 감소하였다. 팬을 15분 동안만 가동한 실험에서도 TVOC가 97.8%로 크게 감소하였다. 식물의 광합성과 토양을 필터로 활용하는 것이 오염된 공기를 짧은 시간에 정화시킬 수 있었고 팬의 일시적인 가동으로도 지속적인 가동의 효과를 얻었다.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.881-889
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• 2020

본 연구는 건물의 저층과 고층에서 환기와 공기정화 식물을 통한 라돈의 농도 변화를 정량적으로 측정하고자 하였다. 건물의 저층과 고층에서 라돈 농도 측정을 위해 시간을 설정하고 라돈 측정기를 이용하여 실내를 폐쇄 했을 때와 환기, 공기정화식물을 배치했을 때의 라돈 농도를 각각 측정하여 비교하였다. 폐쇄, 환기, 공기정화식물 배치에 따라 라돈 농도 변화에 유의한 차이를 보이는지 검증하고자 일원배치 분산분석(One-way ANOVA)를 시행하였다. 실험 결과 건물의 저층과 고층에서 환기와 공기정화식물 배치를 통한 라돈 농도의 감소는 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였으며, 환기와 공기정화식물을 배치 했을 때에는 통계적으로 유의한 차이점을 나타내지 않았다. 따라서 건물내 환기 뿐만 아니라 공기정화식물을 적절히 활용하면 라돈 농도를 효과적으로 감소시킬 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 오토저널
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.46-53
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• 1981

This paper describes emission control of hydrocarbon and carbon-monoxide due to oxidizing catalyst. The experiment was performed on a precious metal pelleted catalyst(Pt). The factors of the efficiency for purification due to oxidizing catalyst are space velocity, temperature, composition of exhaust gas and supplementary air. The experiment was carried out to control the factors of efficiency for purification. The results of experimental study show that temperature of catalytic converter, supplementary air and space velocity affected the efficiency for purification of hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.509-514
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• 2016

From the point of view to prevent airborne infection-related diseases such as H1N1, SARS, and MERS, an actual application of air cleaning and purification systems including technologies like UVGI has become increasingly important. Recently, an air purification system using REME (Reflective Electro Magnetic Energy) developed in the U.S. is applied for indoor air purification and sterilization technology to counteract the outbreak of new airborne infections. In this study, an air sterilization performance experiment using REME was carried out. The results verified that air sterilization performance in the case of installing a REME system in a medical center was 31%, namely the number of floating bacteria decreased by 31% after only a five-day operation. In addition, the number of culture collections in the REME operating air conditioning systems using nonpathogenic Geobacillus stearothemophilus as a biological indicator decreased maximally to 67%. A field application of REME technology will be useful to prevent airborne infection-related diseases, especially in response to public health crises due to the advent of emerging diseases.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.197-202
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• 2007

Formaldehyde is a typical indoor air pollutant that has numerous adverse health problems in modern living conditions. Phytoremediation that use plants to remove contaminants from polluted media can be applied to improve indoor air quality. Two sets of experiments; 1) two rooms in newly built auditorium and 2) a bed room in 2-year-old apartment; were performed to investigate plant effects on indoor formaldehyde concentration. It was observed from the experiments that plant can help decontaminating formaldehyde at low concentration level (0.1 ppm) but the effects decreased considerably at hish concentration (1ppm). The purification effects of indoor plant also showed the periodic pattern due to its physiological activity. More purification was observed as increasing plant density in the bed room but the formaldehyde concentration returned the original concentration level in two days after removing plants. It was suggested from the results that air purification using plants is an effective means of reduction on indoor formaldehyde level, though, reduction of source is highly desirable when the concentration level is high. The results also suggest that introducing supplementary purifying aids and/or efficient ventilation could be considered due to periodic removal pattern of plant.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.587-591
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• 2019

미세먼지는 대기를 타고 호흡기를 거쳐 폐 혹은 혈관에 침투 한다. 최근 미세먼지 문제 때문에 국내에 공기청정기 수요도 급증하고 있다. 이끼는 가장 오래된 지상식물로 중금속과 미세먼지를 흡착하여 분해하는 성질을 가지고 있는 것으로 알려졌고 본 연구진은 이를 활용하여 화학적 필터를 대체 할 수 있는 시스템에 대해 연구하였다. 이끼와 기존 화학적 필터(Hepa)의 미세먼지 감소 효과를 비교하기 위하여 $1m^3$의 큐브를 제작하고 통제된 환경하에서 미세먼지의 감소량을 비교하였다. 미세먼지 상황 하에서 이끼, 헤파, 무필터를 탑재한 공기정화 시스템을 각 30회씩 총 90회 가동 하였고 각각의 미세먼지 감소량 및 감소율을 비교한 결과 감소량은 미세먼지 이끼필터를 사용한 평균이 138.93으로 헤파필터를 사용한 평균 76.57과 무필터 상태의 평균인 0.10보다 유의하게 높았으며 감소율의 평균 역시 이끼필터를 사용한 경우 0.2379로 헤파필터를 사용한 경우의 0.1298이나 무필터인 0.0063보다 유의하게 높았다. 이 결과를 통해 이끼의 미세먼지 감소효과를 확인하였고 향후 개선을 통해 기존 공기정화기의 화학필터를 대체하거나 보조할 것으로 기대된다.