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An Analysis of the Importance of Accessibility for High Speed Railway : Stated-Preference Approach (고속철도에 있어서 접근도의 중요성 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Park, D.R.;Nam, K.C.
    • Journal of Korean Port Research
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.49-63
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    • 1994
  • The introduction of high speed railway system a significant impact on the conventional inter-urban transport systems by inducing a significant traffic from the existing modes as well as generating a new traffic. It is also closely related to intra-urban transport systems as the inter-urban traffic has its origin and destination in a city. In the context of mode choice, for high speed transport systems, it has been argued that the accessibility is the most important attribute conceived by users. Thus this study attempts to analysis the importance of the accessibility for the planned high speed railway systems particularly with respect to the location of Busan Station. For this Stated-Preference approach, which is considered appropriate for such study, is adopted, and disaggregate binary logit models for mode choice between the high speed railway and air service in Busan-Seoul corridor are developed. The elasticities for cost and service variables are also derived. The results disclose that cost is the most important which is inconsistent with most previous studies ; accessibility has considerable impact on the choice ; and frequency however has a little impacts. Concerning location of the high speed railway station the results suggest that the longer the access distance is, the more important the accessibility is. This implies that the connection of reliable access transport services such as underground are essential between the terminal and urban center.

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Efficiency Measurement of Road Transport Industry using CO2: Application of undesirable SBM and SDM (CO2 산출변수를 활용한 국내 지역별 도로운송 산업 효율성 분석: undesirable SBM 및 SDM의 적용)

  • Jin-Ho Oh;Jeong-Won Choi;Tae-Hyun Kang;Zhen Wu;Young-Joon Seo
    • Korea Trade Review
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    • v.47 no.4
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    • pp.271-292
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    • 2022
  • In Korea, the road transport industry is pointed out as a major cause of air pollutants, so management control is needed. Existing studies used only positive input and output variables to measure regional efficiency. However, it is necessary to consider the environmental pollution problem in efficiency analysis. In this study, an undesirable SBM analysis using CO2 was conducted to measure efficiency of domestic regions. In addition, SDM was conducted to examine the ripple effect between domestic regions. As a result of the analysis, the efficiency of the capital area such as Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon was high in the road transport industry. However, the efficiency of the road transportation industry in Daegu and Gangwon was low. In the SDM analysis, it was found that the regional equipment capabilities had a great influence on efficiency. In order to improve efficiency, it is necessary to increase and improve the equipment capacity of the road transport industry.

Influence of the cathode catalyst layer thickness on the behaviour of an air breathing PEM fuel cell

  • Ferreira-Aparicio, Paloma;Chaparro, Antonio M.
    • Advances in Energy Research
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.73-84
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    • 2014
  • Fuel cells of proton exchange membrane type (PEMFC) working with hydrogen in the anode and ambient air in the cathode ('air breathing') have been prepared and characterized. The cells have been studied with variable thickness of the cathode catalyst layer ($L_{CL}$), maintaining constant the platinum and ionomer loads. Polarization curves and electrochemical active area measurements have been carried out. The polarization curves are analyzed in terms of a model for a flooded passive air breathing cathode. The analysis shows that $L_{CL}$ affects to electrochemical kinetics and mass transport processes inside the electrode, as reflected by two parameters of the polarization curves: the Tafel slope and the internal resistance. The observed decrease in Tafel slope with decreasing $L_{CL}$ shows improvements in the oxygen reduction kinetics which we attribute to changes in the catalyst layer structure. A decrease in the internal resistance with $L_{CL}$ is attributed to lower protonic resistance of thinner catalyst layers, although the observed decrease is lower than expected probably because the electronic conduction starts to be hindered by more hydrophilic character and thicker ionomer film.

A Study on Improvement of the Air Carrier Pilot's Qualification Check in Korea (조종사 운항자격 심사제도 개선방안에 관한 연구)

  • Hwang, Sasik;Choi, Sungho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.32-43
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    • 2014
  • Worldwide, air transport demand of this century is expanding rapidly, and each countries' demand is also increasing. Thus a number of low-cost carriers emerged in existing air transportation business sector and airman qualification check work regarding aviation safety management is increasing too. As the remedy for the result of aviation safety audit by ICAO and FAA in 2001 that governmental activity for aviation safety had been performed by a small number of aviation safety inspectors, airman qualification inspection system implemented by airlines was improved and the government has established the system that authorized airman qualification inspectors check airmen qualification with airlines according to the international trend. This study suggests the need of improvement of airman qualification inspection system that existing inspection system as the means of safety management can be transferred to Operations Safety Inspection(OSI) activity which is compliant with international standards.

Technology Trends of Indoor Air quality for Public transportation (대중교통 실내공기질 기술 동향)

  • Park, Mijeong;Choi, Jinsik;Park, Byung Hyun
    • Prospectives of Industrial Chemistry
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.13-19
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    • 2020
  • 수년간 고농도 미세먼지 발생으로 인한 실내공기질 관리방안에 관한 논의가 계속되고 있다. 특히, 시민들이 하루에 1.75시간 이상 지하철 및 버스 등의 대중교통 내에서 머물고 있는 것으로 발표되고 있어 환경부에서는 2019년 대중교통에서의 공기질 관리 방안을 강화하는 것으로 발표한 바 있다. 최근 철도차량 등의 대중교통 차량에서 공기질 개선장치가 도입되고 있는 추세이긴 하나, 대부분의 기존 대중교통차량에서는 공기질 개선장치가 적용되어 있지 않고 대기질이 나쁨인 경우 실내 환기가 어려워 이용 시민들의 건강을 해칠 수 있는 상황이다. 이러한 상황에서 강화되는 실내공기질관리법을 만족하기 위해서는 다양한 대중교통 차량에서의 공기질 관리기술을 토대로 신규차량 뿐만 아니라 기존차량에서 적용할 수 있는 실제적인 논의가 필요하다. 본 기고문에서는 대중교통에서의 공기질 현황을 알아보고 효율적인 공기질개선을 위한 미세먼지 및 이산화탄소 저감에 관한 연구동향을 정리하고자 한다.

Variable Emission Factor Prediction Model for An Air Quality Assessment of Transportation Projects (교통사업의 대기질 평가를 위한 가변적 배출계수 예측모형)

  • Lee, Gyu-Jin;Choe, Gi-Ju;Yu, Jeong-Hun;O, Se-Chang
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.117-128
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    • 2011
  • In this study, a model is developed to predict emission factors, which aims to objectively evaluate the impact of transport projects on air quality. Two emission prediction models for the years of 2015 and 2030 are developed using the historical trends in vehicle aging and vehicle deterioration factors. The analysis results show that the emission factors under the operating speed of 30km/h for the year 2030 are 5~37% and 2~83% less than those used in the current studies for passenger cars and bus/trucks, respectively. The statistically validated experiment results demonstrate the applicability of the proposed model to evaluation of the impact of transport policies on air quality.

Analysis of Tropospheric Carbon Monoxide in the Northeast Asia from MOPITT

  • Lee, Sang-Hee;Choi, Gi-Hyuk;Lim, Hyo-Suk;Lee, Joo-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.217-221
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    • 2003
  • The Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument is an eight-channel gas correlation radiometer that launched on the Earth Observing System (EOS) Terra spacecraft in 1999. Its main objectives are to measure carbon monoxide (CO) and methane (CH4) concentrations in the troposphere. This study analyzes tropospheric carbon monoxide distributions using MOPITT data and compare with ozone distributions in Northeast Asia. In general, seasonal CO variations are characterized by a peak in spring and decrease in summer. Also, this study revealed that the seasonal cycles of CO are maximum in spring and minimum in summer with average concentrations ranging from 118ppbv to 170ppbv. The monthly average of CO shows a similar profile to those of O3. This fact clearly indicates that the high concentration of CO in spring is caused by two possible causes: the photochemical CO production in the troposphere, or the transport of the CO in the northeast Asia. The CO and $O_3$ seasonal cycles in the Northeast Asia are influenced extensively by the seasonal exchange of the different types of air mass due to the Asian monsoon. The continental air masses contain high concentrations of $O_3$ and CO due to higher continental background concentrations and sometimes due to the contribution of regional pollution. In summer the transport pattern is reversed. The Pacific marine air masses prevail over Korea, so that the marine air masses bring low concentrations of CO and $O_3$, which tend to give the apparent minimum in summer.

Unstable Approach Mitigation Based on Flight Data Analysis (비행 데이터 분석 기반의 불안정 접근 경감방안)

  • Kim, Hyeon Deok
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.52-59
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    • 2021
  • According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), 61% of the accidents occurred during the approach and landing phase of the flight, with 16% of the accidents caused by unstable access of the commercial aircraft. It was identified that the pilot's unstable approach and poor manipulation of correction led to accidents by continuing the excessive approach without go-around manuever. The causes of unstable access may vary, including airport approach procedures, pilot error, misplanning, workload, ATC (Air Traffic Contol) congestion, etc. In this study, we use the flight data analysis system to select domestic case airports and aircraft type where unstable approach events occur repeatedly. Through flight data analysis, including main events, airport approach procedures, pilot operations, as well as various environmental factors such as weather and geographical conditions at the airport. It aims to identify and eliminate the tendency of unstable approach events and the causes and risks of them to derive implications for mitigating unstable approach events and for developing navigation safety measures.

Air Monitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants Using Passive Air Samplers (Passive Air Sampler를 이용한 잔류성 유기오염물질의 대기 모니터링)

  • Choi, Sung-Deuk;Chang, Yoon-Seok
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.481-494
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    • 2005
  • The monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the atmosphere is a basis for the study of the fate of POPs in multimedia environments. Recently, passive air samplers (PASs) for POPs have been developed. In this paper, we deal with the principle, properties, and applications of the PAS. The principle of PAS, which has no pump, is physical sorption of semi-volatile organic chemicals on various sorbent materials. The PAS is much smaller than a high-volume air sampler and does not need electricity. These properties of the PAS make it possible to conduct various-scaled environmental monitoring all over the world including the Arctic and Antarctic, but the major disadvantage of PAS is its long sampling periods up to 2 years. To date, four kinds of PAS have been developed: polyurethane foam (PUF), polymer-coated glass (POG), semi-permeable membrane devices (SPMDs), and XAD resin-based PAS. Among them, SPMDs have been commercialized and are most widely used now. Meanwhile, the POPs emitted from China have a large potential to influence the levels and fates of POPs in Korea. Since characteristics of PAS are quite useful to monitor long-range transport of POPs, the use of PAS is highly recommended.

Air Pollutants Tracing Model using Perceptron Neural Network and Non-negative Least Square

  • Yu, Suk-Hyun;Kwon, Hee-Yong
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.16 no.12
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    • pp.1465-1474
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, air pollutant tracing models using perceptron neural network(PNN) and non-negative least square(NNLS) are proposed. When the measured values of the air pollution and the contribution concentration of each source by chemical transport modeling are given, they estimate and trace the amount of the air pollutants emission from each source. Two kinds of emissions data are used in the experiments : CH4 and N2O of Geumgo-dong landfill greenhouse gas, and PM10 of 17 areas in Northeast Asia and eight regions of the Korean Peninsula. Emission values were calculated using pseudo inverse method, PNN and NNLS. Pseudo inverse method could be used for the model, but it may have negative emission values. In order to deal with the problem, we used the PNN and NNLS methods. As a result, the estimation using the NNLS is closer to the measured values than that using PNN. The proposed tracing models have better utilization and generalization than those of conventional pseudo inverse model. It could be used more efficiently for air quality management and air pollution reduction.