• 제목/요약/키워드: Environmental radiation measurement

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자외선 노출에 따른 폴리머애자 하우징의 열화특성평가 (Aging Evaluation of Polymer Insulator Housing with UV Exposure)

  • 이병성;한재홍;김찬영;한용희
    • 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전기전자재료학회 1999년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.214-217
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    • 1999
  • Polymeric composite insulators have been in use for outdoor insulation. However, our knowledge about their long-term performance in a outdoor environment is still very limited. Especially, these insulator are subjected to the environmental stress such as ultraviolet radiation. Hence, in this paper. the influence of UV radiation on the aging of the shed materials was evaluated. For the aging evaluation, these insulators studied by experiment methods such as contact angle measurement. oxidation induced time. SEM/EDX, FTRI-ATR, tracking test for the different insulator samples. With the increased UV exposure time, samples are shown to exhibit degradation comparable to those of new ones

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Analysis of Solar Irradiance Measurement From a Multi-Filter Radiometer At Kwangju, South Korea.

  • Ogunjobi, K.O.;Kim, Y.J.;He, Z.;Ryu, S.Y.
    • 한국대기환경학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국대기환경학회 2001년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.335-335
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    • 2001
  • Direct-normal, total horizontal and diffuse horizontal irradiance data obtained from a multi-filter rotating shadowband radiometer over seven different wavelength bands (416nm, 151nm, 616nm, 675nm, 870nm and 940nm and the entire spectrum) has been analyzed at Kwangju, South Korea from June 1998 December 2000. The maximum hourly global radiation flux ranged from 0.44 MJ/$m^2$ to 2.68 MJ/$m^2$ at around 11:00-12:00 Hr local time while the maximum hourly diffuse radiation flux ranged from about 0.96 MJ/$m^2$ to 1.37 MJ/$m^2$. The maximum hourly direct irradiance ranged from 1.42 MJ/$m^2$ to 2.92 MJ/$m^2$ from June1998-2000. During the period under consideration, the average monthly global radiation recorded were 13.09 MJ/$m^2$/day, 10.58MJ/$m^2$/day and 9.78MJ/$m^2$/day for years 1998, 1999 and 2000 respectively, while the diffuse irradiance were 6.54 MJ/$m^2$/day, 5.33 MJ/$m^2$/day and 5.14 MJ/$m^2$/day for f998, 1999 and 2000 respectively. The direct irradiance values at the site were 11.63 MJ/$m^2$/day, 8.24MJ/$m^2$/day and 7.75 MJ/$m^2$/day for 1998, f999 and 2000 respectively. It was observed that each of the years has its own unique meteorological parameters that affect the quality and quantity of radiation received for each month. The annual average daily fractions of the diffuse to the global radiation (KD) were 0.51, 0.61 and 0.59 for years 1998, 1999 and 2000 respectively. Analysis indicated that the average daily KD ranged from 0.13 to a maximum value of 0.99 in May for irradiance measured at the broadband channel while the maximum and minimum KD value of 0.91 and 0.23 was recorded at wavelength band 870nm and 940nm in January and September respectively. The lowest average daily clearness index (Kt) value recorded was 0.03 in May (Spring) and the annual average daily clearness indexes are 0.45, 0.34 and 0.35 for years 1998, f999 and 2000 respectively. The frequency of clear days annually at Kwangju is 67.95%, 29.57% and 40.72% for years 1998, 1999 and 2000 respectively.

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치과방사선 촬영실의 환경 및 안전성에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Environmental Condition and Safety in Dental Radiography Room)

  • 박일순;이경희
    • 한국치위생학회지
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    • 제4권1호
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    • pp.49-64
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    • 2004
  • This study is designed to conduct a questionnaire research into the safety control and the actual condition of radiography by working with dentistry belonging to university hospitals, dental hospitals and dental clinics for three months ranging from August, 2003 to October, 2003. The researcher came to the following conclusions. 1. The research on the current condition of possessed radiational equipment shows that 61.2 percent of the subjects had one intraoral radiation medicine and that 70.1 percent of the subjects had more than one extraoral radiation medicine and that 37.3 percent of the subjects had more than one digital radiation medicine. 2. Most of intraoral radiography (82.1%) was conducted by dental hygienists, and 7.5 percent of intraoral radiography was conducted by nurse aids. On the other hand, most of extraoral radiography (76.6%) was conducted by dental hygienists and digital radiography was conducted by dental hygienists(60.6%), dentists(32.0%) and radiographer(80.0%). 3. The less-than 1-meter-long distance between cone and the radiographer accounted for 44.8 percent. And the more-than 1.6-meter-long distance accounted for no more than 13.4 percent. The exposure time per standard film which was adjusted to each part accounted for 71.6 percent. Fixing the film on the part of healthy patients accounted for 76.1 percent. Fixing the film of elderly patients and children patients by the radiographer accounted for 43.3 percent. 4. The average daily photographing frequency of standard films stood at six to ten pieces(31.3%), and the average weekly photographing frequency of bitewing films stood at less than one piece(47.8%), and the dentistries where bitewing films were not employed accounted for 25.4%. The subjects whose average weekly photographing freqeuncy of occlusal films stood at less than a piece accounted for 59.7 percent. The dentistries whose average weekly photographing frequency of pediatric films stood at one to five pieces accounted for 41.8 percent. In case of panorama & cephalo, one to five pieces on a weekly average accounted for 36.2 percent. The dentistries whose average daily photographing frequency of digital radiation medicine stood at less than 1 piece accounted for 40.0 percent. 5. The research on the use of protective clothes shows that pregnant ·women only accounted for 31.3 percent. In regard to the use of protective clothes in case of the radiographers fixing films, the cases where no protective clothes were employed accounted for 88.1 percent. The reason was said to he attributable to the trouble related to wearing the clothes(54.2%). 6. The survey on the measurement of exposure dose shows that the cases where no measurement was made accounted for 76.1 percent. As far as the measurement methods of exposure dose was concerned, the employment of film badge accounted for 68.8 percent. The subjects turned out to conduct measurement of exposure dose every third month, which accounted for 43.8 percent. The barriers to the measurement of measurement of exposure dose were attributable to the recognition that a little amount of exposure dose need not be measured(29.9%). 7. The survey on the distinction of radiation rooms and clinic rooms reveals that the cases where radiation rooms exclusively existed accounted for 67.2 percent. 43.3 percent of the subjects turned out to have only one protective garment, and 49.3 percent of the subjects proved to conduct a periodical checkup of radiational equipment. The survey on the examination certificates of radiational generators and protective facilities indicates that 80.6 percent of the subjects had the certificates. The research also shows that the subjects with the marks indicating the radiational areas accounted for 70.1 percent. And trustees turned out to handle developing solutions and fixing solutions.

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Determination of 226Ra in TENORM Sample Considering Radon Leakage Correction

  • Lim, Sooyeon;Syam, Nur Syamsi;Maeng, Seongjin;Lee, Sang Hoon
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • 제46권3호
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    • pp.127-133
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    • 2021
  • Background: Phosphogypsum is material produced as a byproduct in fertilizer industry and is generally used for building materials. This material may contain enhanced radium-226 (226Ra) activity concentration compared to its natural concentration that may lead to indoor radon accumulation. Therefore, an accurate measurement method is proposed in this study to determine 226Ra activity concentration in phosphogypsum sample, considering the potential radon leakage from the sample container. Materials and Methods: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) phosphogypsum reference material was used as a sample in this study. High-purity germanium (HPGe) gamma spectrometry was used to measure the activity concentration of the 226Ra decay products, i.e., 214Bi and 214Pb. Marinelli beakers sealed with three different sealing methods were used as sample containers. Due to the potential leakage of radon from the Marinelli beaker (MB), correction to the activity concentration resulted in gamma spectrometry is needed. Therefore, the leaked fraction of radon escaped from the sample container was calculated and added to the gamma spectrometry measured values. Results and Discussion: Total activity concentration of 226Ra was determined by summing up the activity concentration from gamma spectrometry measurement and calculated concentration from radon leakage correction method. The results obtained from 214Bi peak were 723.4 ± 4.0 Bq·kg-1 in MB1 and 719.2 ± 3.5 Bq·kg-1 in MB2 that showed about 5% discrepancy compared to the certified activity. Besides, results obtained from 214Pb peak were 741.9 ± 3.6 Bq·kg-1 in MB1 and 740.1 ± 3.4 Bq·kg-1 in MB2 that showed about 2% difference compared to the certified activity measurement of 226Ra concentration activity. Conclusion: The results show that radon leakage correction was calculated with insignificant discrepancy to the certified values and provided improvement to the gamma spectrometry. Therefore, measuring 226Ra activity concentration in TENORM (technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material) sample using radon leakage correction can be concluded as a convenient and accurate method that can be easily conducted with simple calculation.

서해안 안흥에서 관측된 에어로솔의 농도 변화 및 크기분포 특성 (Characteristics of Aerosol Mass Concentrations and Size Distribution Measured at Anheung, Korea)

  • 이권호;이규태;김정호;문관호;안준모
    • 한국대기환경학회지
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    • 제34권5호
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    • pp.677-686
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    • 2018
  • An intensive measurement was conducted to study the mass and number concentrations of atmospheric aerosols in Anheung ($36.679^{\circ}N$, $126.186^{\circ}E$), the west coastal measurement site of Korea during December 2017~April 2018. To evaluate relationships between the aerosols and meteorological parameters, comparisons of Optical Particle Counter (OPC) measured data and Auto Weather System (AWS) data were performed. Measured PM mass concentrations are $PM_{10}=42.814{\pm}30.103{\mu}g/m^3$, $PM_{2.5}=29.674{\pm}25.063{\mu}g/m^3$, $PM_1=28.958{\pm}24.658{\mu}g/m^3$, respectively. The PM ratios showed that the $PM_{10}$ concentrations contained about 67.8% of $PM_{2.5}$, while most part of $PM_{2.5}$ was $PM_1$ (about 97.1%). Timely collocation with AWS data were performed, exploring relations with the PM concentrations. PM concentrations can be explained by wind direction and relative humidity conditions. The significant reductions of fine particles in mass and number concentrations may attribute to actions on particle growth and wet removal. In these results, we suppose that the aerosol concentrations and size distributions are affected by inflow direction and air mass sources from the origin.

액체섬광계수기 장비의 계측조건 확립에 관한 연구 (Research on Measurement Condition Establishment of a Liquid Scintillation Counter System)

  • 박응섭;한상준;이승진;김희강;이나영;문지연
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • 제31권3호
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    • pp.155-164
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    • 2006
  • 액체섬광계수기를 이용하여 환경시료를 분석하는 모든 과정에서 계측 조건 및 방법론 차이에 의한 불확실성이 존재할 수 있을 것으로 판단하여 본 연구에서는 이에 대한 평가를 정량적으로 수행함으로써 비교적 정확하게 환경시료를 분석하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 결과에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 변수를 도출한 후 각 변수에 대한 영향을 평가한 결과, 분석시료를 제조하는 과정에서의 인적 및 물리적인 불확실성은 무시할 정도로 미미하였고, 측정용기의 무게 차이에 따른 영향은 나타나지 않았다. 외부선원의 조사시간을 단계적으로 증가시킨 결과 시간이 증가함에 따라 데이터의 분산 정도는 감소하면서 $75{\sim}90$ sec에서 포화상태에 도달하였고, Repeat 방법이 Replicate 방법에 비해 데이터의 신뢰성이 높게 나타났다. 또한 방치시간에 따른 영향을 평가한 결과 분석 냉 암소에서 약 1,000 min 이상 방치시킨 후 시료에 대한 분석을 수행해야만 잔상 및 이상 유동에 의한 영향은 거의 없는 것을 알 수 있었고, 결과에 대한 검증을 수행하기 위해 방사능 오차분석과 함께 Chi-square test를 수행한 결과 신뢰성 있는 결과를 보여주었으며 이러한 분석 및 검증 결과에 근거하여 계측 결과에 대한 오차 및 불확실성을 감소시킬 수 있었다.

섬광검출을 위한 플라스틱광섬유에서의 체렌코프 빛 측정 및 제거 (Measurement and removal of a cerenkov light in a plastic optical fiber to detect a scintillating light)

  • 조동현;장경원;유욱재;신상훈;이봉수;박병기;조효성;김신
    • 센서학회지
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    • 제17권2호
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    • pp.100-105
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    • 2008
  • The objectives of this study are to measure and to remove Cerenkov lights generated in a fiber-optic radiation sensor by a charge-coupled device. we have fabricated a fiber-optic radiation sensor which comprises an organic scintillator, a plastic optical fiber and a charge-coupled device. Charge-coupled device as a light measuring tool has many advantages which are easy in multi-dimensional measurements, high spatial resolution and relatively low cost.

Development of Two-color Radiation Thermometer for Harsh Environments

  • Mohammed, Mohammed Ali Alshaikh;Kim, Ki-Seong
    • 한국분무공학회지
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    • 제21권4호
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    • pp.184-194
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    • 2016
  • Many industrial processes require reliable temperature measurements in harsh environments with high temperature, dust, humidity, and pressure. However, commercially-available conventional temperature measurement devices are not suitable for use in such conditions. This study thus proposes a reliable, durable two-color radiation thermometer (RT) for harsh environments that was developed by selecting the appropriate components, designing a suitable mechanical structure, and compensating environmental factors such as absorption by particles and gases. The two-color RT has a simple, compactly-designed probe with a well-structured data acquisition system combined with efficient LabVIEW-based code. As a result, the RT can measure the temperature in real time, ranging from 300 to $900^{\circ}C$ in extremely harsh environments, such as that above the burden zone of a blast furnace. The error in the temperature measurements taken with the proposed two-color RT compared to that obtained using K-type thermocouple readouts was within 6.1 to $1.4^{\circ}C$ at a temperature range from 200 to $700^{\circ}C$. The effects of absorption by gases including $CO_2$, CO and $H_2O$ and the scattering by fine particles were calculated to find the transmittance of the two wavelength bands of operation through the path between the measured burden surface and the two-color probe. This method is applied to determine the transmittance of the short and long wavelength bands to be 0.31 and 0.51, respectively. Accordingly, the signals that were measured were corrected, and the true burden surface temperature was calculated. The proposed two-color RT and the correction method can be applied to measure temperatures in harsh environments where light-absorbing gases and scattering particles exist and optical components can be contaminated.

생활권역별 환경안전 실시간 모니터링 시스템의 개발 (Development of Environmental Safety Real-Time Monitoring System by Living Area)

  • 이주현;김주호;이승호
    • 전기전자학회논문지
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    • 제23권3호
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    • pp.1088-1091
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    • 2019
  • 본 논문에서는 생활권역별 환경안전 실시간 모니터링 시스템을 제안한다. 제안하는 시스템은 고정형 및 이동형 측정장비를 활용하여 방사선, 미세먼지, 생활기본정보(온도) 등을 측정 하도록 설계된다. 고정형 및 이동형 측정장비로부터 수신한 데이터를 저장하는 웹 데이터베이스를 구성한다. 또한 수신한 데이터를 PC에 디스플레이하기 위한 웹 프로그램과 휴대폰에 디스플레이 위한 웹 프로그램을 개발한다. 제안된 시스템의 성능을 평가하기 위하여 공인시험기관에서 실험한 결과는 방사선 측정범위는 세계 최고 수준과 버금가는 $10{\mu}Sv/h{\sim}10mSv/h$의 범위에서 측정이 되었고, 정확도는 ${\pm}6.7%{\sim}8.7%$의 측정 불확도가 측정되어 국제 표준인 ${\pm}15%$ 이하에서 정상동작 됨이 확인되었다. 4계절을 보유한 우리나라의 온도변화 특성에 따라 $-20^{\circ}C{\sim}50^{\circ}C$의 구간에 대해 온도 시험을 수행하였으며 온도변화에 대응하여 정상동작 됨이 확인되었다. 복사전자파 내성 시험의 경우에 적합 판정으로 안정성이 확보되었다. 시제품 제작이후 약 4개월 동안 일반환경 및 고온과 저온 환경에서 제품을 테스트한 결과, 구성된 센서의 보증기간 및 운영테스트 시 작동 및 기록되는 데이터를 기반으로 약 5년 이상의 내구성이 확인되었다. 미세먼지 센서에 대한 측정범위와 정확도는 대기환경 측정 기업을 통하여 상대성 비교 테스트를 진행하고 대기질 측정 기록부를 통하여 성능수준이 유사함을 확인하였다.

RI 계기의 측정회로 시스템에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Measurement Circuit System of RI Gauge)

  • 김기준
    • 한국산업정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국산업정보학회 1999년도 춘계학술대회 발표논문집
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    • pp.217-222
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    • 1999
  • 본 연구에서는 토목공사에서 필요한 성토시공관리용 방사성 동위원소 이용계기의 측정회로를 개발하고자 하였다. 제작된 계기는 감마선과 열중성자 검출회로, 고전압 공급장치 그리고 마이크로프로세서 등으로 구성하였다. 성토의 밀도측정에 충분한 계측수를 얻기 위하여 감마선 검출 5회로, 열중성자 검출 2회로로 구성하였으며, 또한, 모든 회로는 자연 방사선과 잡음에 의한 영향을 최소화하기 위하여 정전차폐하였으며, 계수관에 인가하는 고전압의 리플 진폭과 주파수를 고려하여 펄스계수시에 리플 성분에 의한 펄스수는 제거하였다.

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