• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.47-59
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• 2024

연구목적: 인화성 액체의 누출형태에 따라 제조업 사업장 내 화재·폭발사고를 예방하기 위해 기존 폭발위험장소 구분도를 개선하여 점화원 및 가연물을 안전하게 관리할 수 있는 방안을 제안하고자 한다. 연구방법: 「KS C IEC 60079-10-1」를 사용하여 폭발위험장소를 계산했으며, 계산된 폭발위험거리를 3D로 폭발위험장소를 구현하였다. 또한, 3D를 통해 구현된 폭발위험장소 내 인화성 증기의 대기확산량을 계산하기 위해 「P-91-2023」 액체의 대기확산량 공식을 활용하였다. 연구결과: 폭발위험장소를 3D로 표현했을 때 평면도의 사각지대를 확인할 수 있었으며, 폭발위험장소 내 점화원을 즉각적으로 확인 가능하였다. 다음으로 가연물은 3D로 나타난 폭발위험장소 체적 내 LEL 도달시간을 계산했을 때, 폭발위험거리와 동일하게 위험도가 나타나지 않았다. 결론: 인화성 액체의 대기확산량을 고려하여 안전관리가 이루어져야 할 것으로 판단하였다. 따라서 사업장에서 현실적으로 시행할 수 있는 환기량으로 감지·경보가 필요한 농도값을 계산하는 방법을 제안하였다.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.19-31
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• 2013

It is well known that the accident of vehicles carrying hazardous materials incurs huge losses economically and socially. To detect and respond rapidly against the accident of a vehicle carrying hazardous materials, it is essential to estimate the relative navigation information between the forward tractor module and the backward trailer module of the vehicle reliably and accurately. In this paper, a precise relative positioning system based on GPS is designed, implemented, and evaluated as a prerequisite to design an effective relative navigation system for the vehicle carrying hazardous materials. An experiment using field-collected 10 Hz real GPS measurements showed that the designed relative positioning system achieves 22 cm accuracy within 15 epochs by float solutions. Also, it was found that cm-level integer solutions can be generated reliably after the quick convergence of float solutions.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.62-69
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• 2017

화학사고는 화학물질관리법으로 체계적으로 관리되고 있다. 하지만 유해화학물질 폭력사건은 용어 정의, 사례에 대한 연구 등이 전반적으로 부족한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 현 법령의 문제점을 고찰하고 국내 외 사례를 통해서 개선사항을 도출하여 유해화학물질 폭력사건 예방을 위한 법적, 제도상의 개선방향을 제시하는데 연구의 중점을 두었다. 제안한 개선방향은 1) 법령의 개정을 통한 예방 강화로 (1) 주관 부처의 선정 등; 2) 온 오프라인 상거래에 대한 규제 강화에서는 (1) 개인 구매량 설정 등; 3) 환경부 중심의 예방, 관리 체계의 강화로 (1) 화학물질평가위원회를 통한 지속적인 제도의 개선 등 3가지 방향에 대해서 제시하였다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.517-525
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• 2009

We measured ambient concentrations of hazardous air pollutants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and aldehydes in residential areas nearby small and medium scale shipbuilding companies. The VOC concentrations were higher during the normal operation periods than vacation at which almost all operations were shutdown. Concentrations of VOCs was higher, as the sampling site was nearer from shipbuilding companies. The major components of VOCs were m,p-xylene, ethylbenzene, o-xylene, toluene, and 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene which had been found as major VOC compounds emitted from painting processes of shipbuilding in the previous studies. The major components of aldehydes analyzed were benzaldehyde, acrolein, formaldehyde, and acetaldehyde. The concentration of aldehydes was highest at the furthest sampling point from shipbuilding companies because the formation of aldehyde compounds could be occurred by the secondary chemical reactions of VOCs. The results of this study shows a proper counterplan need to be established for the reduction of hazardous air pollutants emitted from small and medium scale shipping companies.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.67-72
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• 2006

This study is to investigate the related materials such as domestic law regulation, research paper, research report, and the other material, and to suggest suitable counter measures, to find out hazard degree for its works of workers and work place through direct survey, in order to determine risk score of each hazardous work which is designated by the Government, without consideration of labour's consciousness against risk level at a site. Therefore, a new questionnaire survey related to the decision of risk level are made and distributed to find out what risk level each worker recognizes. Also, the authors tried to approach reasonable conclusions after discussing reasonability of qualification standard and improving ideas of worker at hazardous work places with worker, faculty member, H&S manager, labour union. And the results show hazard degrees by each work kind of the above: 3.75 for working with machinery, 3.7 for steel structure, 3.5 for operation of tower crane, 3.51 for retaining wall, 3.85 for form work, 3.46 for scaffolding are obtained. This quantified risk can be applied to establishing a reasonable system to keep safe against hazardous works.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.393-401
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• 2020

According to the research and investigations performed on Port Facilities for cargo-works of hazardous materials around the Port of Busan, a conclusion was drawn that the manually operating foam tower monitors are ineffective as they are hard to access due to the radiant heat under contingency circumstances such as a fire. Moreover, in some cases, the effective range of Foam Tower Monitors are insufficient to reach docked ships and manifolds where hazardous materials are being unloaded. In addition, Dangerous Goods freights are inadequately and inefficiently stored regardless properties of hazardous substances due to complicated local regulations, and some are equipped with inapplicable facilities for docked ships. Therefore, in order to effectively counteract the contingencies and obtain safety, it would be recommended to install adequate facilities.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.161-168
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• 1997

Most plants producing semiconductors use a lot of chemicals, hazardous materials, and explosive gases. Though those materials are hazardous too much, some works still have to be done manually by human workers. However, according to a historical survey, more than half industrial accidents of those plants resulted from human errors or malfunctions. Thus, this research aimed 1) to diagnose shifting hazardous materials of semiconductor plants, 2) to estimate failure probability of human workers through human reliability analysis, and 3) to find out the tasks on which educational emphasis should be put. Through personal interview and visiting working spots, shifting tasks were analyzed, and modelled into a 24-step work, and after that, THERP and ETA was applied. During the shifting work, estimated human failure probability under the assumption of independency, 2.3004E-05, underestimated that probability 8. l008E-05 which could be calculated under the assumption of dependency. And this analysis showed that gas leakage from an old cylinder occupies 78.27% in the case of independent failures whereas gas leakage from a new cylinder occupies 75.06% in the case of dependent failures. So it was concluded that dependency assumption may gloss real situations. In addition, confirming gauge of regulators and closing valves turned out to be the most important tasks than purge tasks.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.79-87
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• 2009

The objective of this study is to develop accident scenario models for the risk assessment of railway casualty accidents. To develop these scenario models, hazardous events and hazardous factors were identified by gathering various accident reports and information. Then, the accident scenario models were built up. Each accident scenario model consists of an occurrence scenario model and a progress scenario model. The occurrence scenario refers to the occurrence process of the event before the hazardous event. The progress scenario means the progress process of the event after the hazardous event. To manage a large amount of accident/incident data and scenarios, a railway accident analysis information system was developed using railway accident scenario models. To test the feasibility of the developed scenario models, more than 800 domestic railway casualty accidents that occurred in 2004 and 2005 were investigated and quantitative and qualitative analyses were performed using the developed information system.

• Advances in environmental research
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.79-94
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• 2016

In order to evaluate the contamination and health risk, levels of six hazardous elements i.e., Cr, Ni, Cu, As, Cd and Pb in soils of 12 different land-uses were measured. The average concentration of Cu, Cr, Ni, Pb, As and Cd in soils were 267, 239, 206, 195, 58 and 16 mg/kg, respectively. Levels of each metal exceeded the environmental action level for soils, which could pose significant risk to human. The metal concentrations were subsequently used to establish hazard indices (for adults and children) where the 5th and 95th percentile values were used to derive the hazard index through different exposure pathways (ingestion, dermal contact and inhalation). Considering the total exposure through each of the three pathways, the hazard index elucidates that there was a potency of non-cancer risk at most of the sites for both the adults and children. The findings of this study suggested that different land-use soils were severely contaminated with hazardous elements and attention is needed on the potential health risks to the exposed inhabitants.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.193-202
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• 2006

About 99% of microorganisms in the environment are unculturable. However, advances in molecular biology techniques allow for the analysis of living microorganisms in the environment without any cultivation. With the advent of new technologies and the optimization of previous methods, various approaches to studying the analysis of living microorganisms in the environment are expanding the field of microbiology and molecular biology. In particular, real-time PCR provides methods for detecting and quantifying microorganisms in the environment. Through the use of the methods, researchers can study the influence of environmental factors such as nutrients, oxygen status, pH, pollutants, agro-chemicals, moisture and temperature on the performances of environmental processes and some of the mechanisms involved in the responses of cells to their environment. This review will also address information gaps in the analysis of the microorganisms using real-time PCR in the environmental process and possible future research to develop an understanding of microbial activities in the environment.