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Relationship between Indoor and Outdoor Particulate Matter Concentrations in Japan

  • Nakai, Satoshi;Tamura, Kenji
    • Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.68-74
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    • 2008
  • We briefly show the results of indoor and personal $PM_{2.5}$ measurements in an epidemiologic study designed to evaluate the health risks of ambient $PM_{2.5}$ in Japan and the relationship between indoor and outdoor PM concentrations. The impact of indoor and outdoor PM pollution on health is described based on one morbidity study. The results of other studies on indoor $PM_{2.5}$ measurements are also described.

Review of Formability and Forming Property for Stainless Steel (스테인레스 강판의 가공특성과 성형성에 관한 고찰)

  • Kim, Y.S.;Park, J.G.;Ahn, D.C.;Kim, Y.H.
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.193-205
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    • 2011
  • Because of its rustproof property, stainless steel is widely used in kitchen appliances, building materials, electronics, chemical plants and automobile exhausts. In addition, the utilization of stainless steel for fuel cell application is growing. As the demand for this material increases, it is necessary to study the basic properties of stainless steel such as corrosion resistance, heat transfer, formability, cutting or shearing ability and weldability. In this article, the mechanical properties, formability and press forming performance of stainless steel are reviewed. Since temperature and strain rate affect the press forming performance of STS304(austenitic) stainless steel, the influence of these parameters on the plastic behavior should be investigated. Moreover, measures for the prevention of ridging of STS430(ferritic) and delayed fracture of STS430, which respectively appear during and after press forming, should be considered. Recently, stainless steel sheets with a thickness lower than 0.2 mm have been widely used in applications for mobile phone, digital camera and fuel cell separator. Therefore, there is a growing interest of studying the grain size effect and plasticity at the crystal scale in order to understand the anisotropic behavior and micro forming ability of thin sheets. This review paper was written with the objective of helping engineers and researchers to understand the forming characteristics of stainless steel and to establish standards in plastic forming techniques.

Numerical Analysis of the Two-Dimensional Pollutant Dispersion Over Hilly Terrain (산지 내 오염물질 확산의 2차원 수치해석)

  • 김현구;이정묵
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.383-396
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    • 1997
  • Numerical prediction of the pollutant dispersion over a two-dimensional hilly terrain is presented. The dispersion model used in the present work is based on the gradient diffusion theory and the finite-volume method on a non-orthogonal boundary-fitted grid system. The numerical model is validated by comparing the results with the available experimental data for the flat-floor dispersion within a turbulent boundary-layer. The numerical error analysis is performed based on the guideline of Kasibhatla et al.(1988) for the elevated-source dispersion in the flat-floor boundary layer having a power-law velocity and linear eddy-diffusivity profile. The influences of the two-dimensional hilly terrain on the dispersion from a continuously released source are numerically investigated by changing the emission locations and heights. It is found that the distributions of ground-level concentration are strongly influenced by the source location and the emission height. Hence, the terrain amplification factor is greatly enhanced when the pollutant source is located within a flow separation region. Dispersion from a source of short duration is also simulated and the duration time of the pollutant is compared at several downstream locations on a hilly terrain. The results of the numerical prediction are applied to the evaluation of environmental impacts due to the automobile exhausts at the seashore highway with a parallel mountain range.

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Synthesis of Palladium Nanocubes/Nanorods and Their Catalytic Activity for Heck Reaction of Iodobenzene

  • Ding, Hao;Dong, Jiling
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.105-109
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    • 2016
  • Palladium has been used as a catalyst not only in Suzuki and Heck cross coupling reaction in organic chemistry, but also in automobile industry for the reduction of vehicle exhausts. The catalytic activity of Pd nanoparticles depends strongly on their size and exposed crystalline facets. In this study, the single crystalline palladium nanocubes/nanorods were prepared in the presence of polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) and potassium bromide (KBr) using the polyol method. Selected area diffraction pattern and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were performed by TEM. The result shows that the ratio of KBr/PVP is the key factor to determine whether the product is cubes or rods. The as-prepared Pd nanocubes were highly uniform in both size and shape. The ordered packing structures including monolayer and multilayer can be fabricated via the rate-controlled evaporation of solution solvent. The catalytic activity of these Pd nanocubes towards heck reaction of iodobenzene with acrylate or acrylic acid was found to be higher than that of Pd nanorods. We suspect it is caused by the difference of energy state while Pd nanocubes is {100} plane and nanorods is {111} plane.

A Study on Structure and Reactivity of Pt-Rh Bimetallic Catalysts (Pt-Rh 이원금속 촉매의 구조와 반응성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Young-Kil;Shin, Ki-Whan;Yie, Jae-Eui
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.661-669
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    • 1996
  • Pt-Rh/NaY catalysts with various Pt/Rh ratios were prepared by an ion-exchange method and their characteristics were investigated by $^{129}Xe$-NMR and EXAFS. Both the $^{129}Xe$-NMR and EXAFS data indicate that the surface of PtRh bimetallic clusters was enriched with Rh atoms. The catalytic activities of these catalysts for conversion of CO, HC and $NO_x$ were measured by using simulated automobile engine exhausts under lean, rich and stoichiometric conditions. The Pt-Rh/NaY(Pt/Rh=1) catalyst exhibited the greatest reactive activity among the catalysts used in this study.

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A study on power improvement emission characteristics of marine diesel engine with response power 220HP turbocharger (대응출력 220마력 선박용 과급기에 의한 디젤기관의 출력향상 및 배출특성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Chi-Woo
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.37 no.8
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    • pp.911-917
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    • 2013
  • This is a thesis about the experiment of comparison characteristic of power and exhaust gas in the same condition between diesel engine that is equipped response power 220HP turbocharger to increase effectiveness of the engine which is recently used in a lot of industry which requires high power. Resulting of the experiment with natural aspiration diesel engine and turbocharger diesel engine, difference in low speed is not significant, but in high speed, effectiveness of turbocharger diesel engine is much higher than the other one. In other hand, in exhaust gas experiment, turbocharger model exhausts more $NO_X$ and $O_2$, but it doesn't significantly affect the result when it comes with decreasing of $CO_2$ and effectiveness of increased power characteristic. As a result, the turbocharger diesel engine is economically effective comparing with the natural aspiration diesel engine.

Measurements of the Degree of Atmospheric Pollution in Seoul, Korea. (서울특별시에서의 공기 오염도 측정)

  • Kwon, Sang-Wook;Kim, Myon-Sop
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.116-120
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    • 1965
  • The degree of atmospheric pollution from automobile engine exhausts has been measured at 1-ga, Eulchiro, Jung-ku, one of the heaviest traffic junctions in Seoul. By determining the concentrations of Pb, $SO_2, NO_2, NO, CO \;and\; CO_2$ in atmospheric air measured are as follows: Pb, $21{\sim}2 {\mu]g./m^3.;\;SO_2,\;0.33{\sim}0.001\;ppm.;\;NO_2,$ $0.20{\sim}< 0.01\;ppm.;\;NO,\;1.30{\sim}0.02\;ppm.;\;CO,\;40{\sim}<\;5ppm$.; and $CO_2,\;0.040{\sim}0.034%$. The mean concentrations determined are as follows: Pb, $11 {\mu}g./m^3.; SO_2, 0.08 ppm.; NO_2,$ 0.09 ppm.; NO, 0.37 ppm.; CO, 16 ppm. and $CO_2,$ 0.038%. Generally, the concentrations of Pb, $NO_2, NO, CO\; and\; CO_2$ are approximately proportional to the traffic density, vehicles passing per hour.

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Game Theoretical Analysis of Economic Gab-Jil (경제적 갑질에 대한 게임이론적 분석)

  • Yang, Chae-Yeol
    • Korean small business review
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.95-106
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    • 2019
  • The Economic Gab-Jil, where the stronger are forcing the weaker to sacrifice, is not only a serious social problem, but also it exhausts the vitality of the national economy. Especially, the issue of 'cost reduction (CR) of delivery price' in automobile industry, and the issue of 'tolls' and 'retaliating' in the franchise business are becoming more controversial. This paper suggests some measures to rectify the problems by an analysis using a game-theoretic model. One of the ways to change the 'bad equilibrium', where economic Gab-Jil is prevalent, to the 'good equiblium' is to strengthen the bargaining power of the weak by legal and institutional measures. It is also a more market-friendly system that is self-enforcing, where the regulation is automatically enforced by the incentives of the participants, without relying solely on the enforcement power of regulatory or supervisory bodies

Studies on the Deactivation-resistant Ru Catalyst (Ru 촉매의 비활성화 억제를 위한 연구)

  • Kim, Young-Kil;Yie, Jae-Eui;Cho, Sung-June;Ryoo, Ryong
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.5 no.5
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    • pp.808-818
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    • 1994
  • Effects of ceria additive on the activity and thermal aging behavior of supported Ru catalysts were investigated using Ru/${\gamma}$-$Al_2O_3$and Ru/$CeO_2$-${\gamma}$-$Al_2O_3$. The catalysts were characterized by $^{129}Xe$-NMR and $H_2$ chemisorption. The cataltic activity for conversion of CO, HC and $NO_x$ was measured using simulated automobile engine exhausts under lean, rich and stoichiometric conditions. For both fresh and aged catalysts, Ru/$CeO_2$-${\gamma}$-$Al_2O_3$ was more active than Ru/${\gamma}$-$Al_2O_3$ for all three pollutants. Results of $^{129}Xe$-NMR and $H_2$ chemisorption indicated that sintering of Ru particles occurred to the same extent for both catalysts during the thermal aging process. After thermal aging at 673K, however, the catalytic activity of the aged Ru/$CeO_2$-${\gamma}$-$Al_2O_3$ was substantially higher than that of the fresh one, while the activity of Ru/${\gamma}$-$Al_2O_3$ decreased after the thermal aging. This finding may suggest new active sites were created during the thermal aging, probably in the vicinity of the interface between Ru and Ce. For more quantitative investigation of the effect of a cation such as Ce on the thermal aging of Ru metal particles, Ru catalysts supported on cation-exchanged Y-zeolites were used as the model catalysts. The results indicated that when Ba, Ca, La, Y or Ce was used for the cation exchange, the exchanged cation did not affect the thermal aging behavior of Ru in Y-zeolite, as evidenced by $^{129}Xe$-NMR and EXAFS.

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