• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.68-78
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• 2006

In the past few years, considerable efforts have been directed towards the further development of Urea-SCR(selective catalytic reduction) technique for diesel-driven vehicle. Although urea possesses considerable advantages over Ammonia$(NH_3)$ in terms of toxicity and handling, its necessary decomposition into Ammonia and carbon dioxide complicates the DeNOx process. Moreover, a mobile SCR system has only a short distance between engine exhaust and the catalyst entrance. Hence, this leads to not enough residence times of urea, and therefore evaporation and thermolysis cannot be completed at the catalyst entrance. This may cause high secondary emissions of Ammonia and isocyanic acid from the reducing agent and also leads to the fact that a considerable section of the catalyst may be misused for the purely thermal steps of water evaporation and thermolysis of urea. Hence the key factor to implementation of SCR technology on automobile is fast thermolysis, good mixing of Ammonia and gas, and reducing Ammonia slip. In this context, this study performs three-dimensional numerical simulation of urea injection of heavy-duty diesel engine under various injection pressure, injector locations and number of injector hole. This study employs Eulerian-Lagrangian approach to consider break-up, evaporation and heat and mass-transfer between droplet and exhaust gas with considering thermolysis and the turbulence dispersion effect of droplet. The SCR-monolith brick has been treated as porous medium. The effect of location and number of hole of urea injector on the uniformity of Ammonia concentration distribution and the amount of water at the entrance of SCR-monolith has been examined in detail under various injection pressures. The present results show useful guidelines for the optimum design of urea injector for reducing Ammonia slip and improving DeNOx performance.

• 약학회지
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• 제57권6호
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• pp.420-425
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• 2013

Phentermine (PT) and phenmetrazine (PM) have been widely used as anti-obesity drugs. These drugs should be used with caution due to its close relation to amphetamine in its structure and toxicity. PT and PM, amphetamine-type anorectics, have recently been considered as alternatives for methamphetamine abuse in Korea. In addition, the misuse and abuse of PT and PM obtained by illegal sources such as the internet become a serious social problem. In the present study, a simultaneous detection and quantification method for determining PT and PM in human urine was developed and validated according to the international guidelines. The urine samples were screened using a fluorescence polarization immunooassay and analyzed by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) after extraction using automatic solid phase extraction (SPE) with a mixed-mode cation exchange cartridge and derivatization with pentafluoropropionic anhydride (PFPA). The validation results for selectivity, linearity, limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ), intra- and inter-assay precision and accuracy and recovery were satisfactory. The validated method was successfully applied to authentic urine samples collected from 38 drug abuse suspects. PT and/or PM were identified with or without methamphetamine in urine samples. Abuse of PT and PM have increased continuously in Korea, therefore, closer supervision of the inappropriate use of anoretics is necessary.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제64권4호
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• pp.603-620
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• 2022

Human activities have caused an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in climate change that affects many factors of human life including its effect on water and food quality in certain areas with implications for human health. CH₄ and N₂O are known as potent non-CO₂ GHGs. The livestock industry contributes to direct emissions of CH₄ (38.24%) and N₂O (6.70%) through enteric fermentation and manure treatment, as well as indirect N₂O emissions via NH₃ volatilization. NH₃ is also a secondary precursor of particulate matter. Several approaches have been proposed to address this issue, including dietary management, manure treatment, and the possibility of inhibitor usage. Inhibitors, including urease and nitrification inhibitors, are widely used in agricultural fields. The use of urease and nitrification inhibitors is known to be effective in reducing nitrogen loss from agricultural soil in the form of NH₃ and N₂O and can further reduce CH₄ as a side effect. However, the effectiveness of inhibitors in livestock manure systems has not yet been explored. This review discusses the potential of inhibitor usage, specifically of N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide, dicyandiamide, and 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate, to reduce emissions from livestock manure. This review focuses on the application of inhibitors to manure, as well as the association of these inhibitors with health, toxicity, and economic benefits.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.108-115
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• 2023

하이드라진은 우수한 액체추진제이지만 독성과 반응성이 높아 저장 및 취급 시 주의가 요구된다. 발사장 안전을 확보하기 위해서는 화학물질의 누출로 인한 상호반응성을 고려한 안전지침을 수립하여야 한다. 본 연구에서는 해외 발사장의 하이드라진 충전시설 현황에 대해서 조사하고 저장 및 취급과 관련된 안전기준을 검토하였으며, 발사장에서 주로 취급되는 화학물질과 위험물안전관리법상 유별 혼재기준에 따라 혼합 보관이 가능한 물질을 선정하여 하이드라진과의 상호반응성을 분석하였다. 분석 결과 발사장에서 취급되는 화학물질에는 연료유를 제외하고는 상호반응성이 있는 것으로 분석되었으며 혼재가 가능한 위험물과도 상호반응성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 그렇기 때문에 발사장에 하이드라진 전용의 저장소 구축이 필요함을 강조하며, 충전작업 중에는 저장용기와 처리 장비에 사용되는 물질과의 상호반응성을 피하기 위한 세심한 관리의 중요성을 강조한다. 이러한 분석 결과를 바탕으로 발사장에서 하이드라진 저장 보관 및 취급 시 발사장 안전을 확보하기 위한 기초자료로 활용할 예정이다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.73-84
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• 2024

본 연구에서는 기후변화 해결책 중 하나인 천연가스 복합화력발전소를 암모니아로 연료 전환 시 위험성을 파악하기 위해 ALOHA 전산 해석 프로그램을 이용하여 정량적 사고피해영향평가를 실시하였다. 국내 세종복합화력발전소를 대상으로 최악 및 대안의 사고 시나리오를 수립하고, 인화성, 복사열, 과압, 독성의 위험 요인에 대해 영향 범위를 산출한 결과, 암모니아 확산에 의한 독성 위험성이 가장 크게 나타났다. 특히, 천연가스-암모니아 혼소율에 따른 사고피해영향평가 분석 결과, 암모니아 저장 및 이송시스템으로부터 누출로 인한 독성의 피해 영향은 선형적 비례의 관계에 있음을 확인하였다. 정량적으로는 피어슨 상관계수가 LOC-1, LOC-2, LOC-3이 각각 0.991, 0.987, 0.989로 98% 이상의 높은 값을 나타냈으며, 선형계수는 LOC-1, LOC-2, LOC-3이 각각 133, 70, 29로 낮은 농도 기준일수록 암모니아 혼합 비율에 따른 피해 영향이 증가함을 확인하였다.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.197-202
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• 2009

The high toxicity of wax, oil, varnish and volatile corrosion inhibitor(VCI) corrosion inhibitors lead to an increasing interest in using non-toxic alternatives such as anti-corrosive film. This study aims to investigate the possibility to use acryl based anti-corrosive film as a substitution of toxic corrosion inhibitors. Acryl emulsions were polymerized by several acryl monomers(acrylonitrile(AN), n-butyl acrylate(nBA), methylmethacrylate(MMA) and glycycyl methacrylate(GMA)), non-toxic corrosion inhibitor, crosslinking agents(diethylene glycol dimethacrylate(DEGDA)) and various additives in order to apply substrate of anti-corrosive film. Acryl emulsion for anti-corrosive film(AeACF) as a substrate of corrosion inhibitor film has excellent removal characteristic at above $25^{\circ}C$. The crosslinked by DEGDA in a range of above 4 wt% content anti-corrosive film can easily remove from the metal surface by using hands because it kept a balance of cohesion and adhesion strength. Anti - corrosive performance of AeACF is better than anti-corrosive oil by corrosion rate test, which was measured $54.3mg/dm^2$ day(MDD) and $142.9mg/dm^2$ day, respectively. Anti-corrosive film consisting of acryl monomers and inorganic anti-corrosive ingredients did not emit any toxic pollutants by gas chromatography. Thus it is estimated that acryl based anti-corrosion film can substitute toxic corrosion inhibitors.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.36-43
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• 2001

아파트 내장재 중 마감재로 사용되는 벽지, 목재합판 및 장판 등을 사용하여 LOl(Limit Oxygen Index)와 NES 713의 측정방법으로 연소가스 방출특성을 고찰한 결과 난연 벽지, 장판 등의 난연성은 우수하였으나, 난연 벽지의 경우 점화원이 지속적으로 제공이 되어지면 유독가스를 많이 배출하였다. 장판, 벽지 및 합판을 질량별로 연소특성을 고찰한 결과 단일 CO의 양은 벽지가 가장 많이 측정되었으나 CO/Mass loss는 장판이 가장 높게 나타났다. 따라서 장판의 경우 연소시 적은 양의 연소로도 많은 유독성 가스를 방출할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.109-112
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• 2013

Azole fungicides are one of the most wide-spread antifungal compounds in agriculture and pharmaceutical applications. Their major mode of action is the inhibition of ergosterol biosynthesis, giving depletion of ergosterol, precursors and abnormal steroids. However, metabolic consequences of such inhibition, other than steroidal metabolitesare not well established. Comprehensive metabolic profiles of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been presented in this study. Wild type yeast was treated either with glucose as control or azole fungicide (ketoconazole). Both polar metabolites and lipids were analyzed with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Approximately over 180 metabolites were characterized, among which 18 of them were accumulated or depleted by fungicide treatment. Steroid profile gives the most prominent differences, including the accumulation of lanosterol and the depletion of zymosterol and ergosterol. However, the polar metabolite profile was also highly different in pesticide treatment. The concentration of proline and its precursors, glutamate and ornithine were markedly reduced by ketoconazole. Lysine and glycine level was also decreased while the concentrations of serine and homoserine were increased. The overall metabolic profile indicates that azole fungicide treatment induces the depletion of many polar metabolites, which are important in stress response.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.64-70
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• 2012

Water mist fire suppression systems which use relatively small droplets of water with high injection pressure are increasingly being used in wider applications because of its greater efficiency, low flooding damage and low toxicity. However, the performance of the system significantly relies on the water mist characteristics and it requires better understanding of fire suppression mechanism of water mist. In the present study, computational fluid dynamics simulations were carried out to investigate cooling performance of water mist in heated chamber. The gas phase was prepared with natural convection heat transfer model for incompressible ideal case and then the effects of water mist injection characteristics on cooling capabilities were investigated upon the basis of the pre-determined temperature field. For the simulation of water mist behavior, Lagrangian discrete phase model was employed by using a commercial code, FLUENT. Smaller droplet sizes, greater injection angles and higher flow rates provided relatively higher cooling performance.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.85-91
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• 2001

The regulation of Material safety data sheets(MSDS) was required for the chemicals in use in the workplace from July 1976. Under the provisions of the workplace hazardous materials information system, employers in Korea must be provided with accurate and comprehensive MSDS. To examine the reliability of MSDS for organic solvents, 63 organic solvents and MSDS were collected from the workplace of 39 companies located in Kyonggi province. Manufacture\`s MSDS were compared with the actual composition of the collected samples, and further examined the reliability by checking whether the chemicals analyzed were included in the MSDS correctly. 38 solvents were able to analyze their composition by gas chromatography-mass selective detector(GC-MSD). Among them, 28 solvents were incorrect in their composition and contents. In some case, health hazardous or carcinogenic chemicals which were not included in the MSDS were detected from samples. As a result of evaluating whether the MSDS correspond to the regulation required by Industrial Safety and Health Act (ISHA), the information in the MSDS including hazard classification, occupational exposure level, toxicity, regulatory information were incorrectly provided, and some MSDS did not disclose carcinogenic in their MSDS, and some MSDS were not written in the standard format. From this survey, continuous monitoring and promoting correct MSDS, and analyzing the components of the solvents were required to endure the reliability of MSDS for organic solvents.