• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.341-345
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• 2009

Continuous dry anaerobic digestion of organic solid wastes (30% TS, Total Solids) comprised of food waste and paper was performed under mesophilic condition. During the operation, hydraulic retention time (HRT) was decreased as follows: 150 d, 100 d, 60 d, and 40 d, which corresponded to the solid loading rate of 2.0, 3.0, 5.0, and 7.5 kg TS/$m^3$/d, respectively. Volumetric biogas production rate ($m^3$/$m^3$/d) increased as HRT decreased, and the highest biogas production rate of 3.49${\pm}$0.31 $m^3$/$m^3$/d was achieved at 40 d of HRT. At this HRT, high volatile solids (VS) reduction of 76% was maintained, and methane production yield of 0.25 $m^3$/kg $TS_{added}$ was achieved, indicating 67.4% conversion of organic solid waste to bioenergy. The highest biogas production yield of 0.52 $m^3$/kg $TS_{added}$ was achieved at 100 d of HRT, but it did not change much with respect to HRT. For the ease feed pumping, some amount of digester sludge was recycled and mixed with fresh feed to decrease the solid content. Recirculation volume of 5Q was found to be the optimal in this experimental condition. Specific methanogenic activity (SMA) of microorganisms at mesophilic-dry condition was 2.66, 1.94, and 1.20 mL $CH_4$/g VS/d using acetate, butyrate, and propionate as a substrate, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.1929-1933
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• 2008

조석에 의한 지하수위변동이 발생하는 해안가 암반대수층에서 고조(high tide)과 저조(low tide) 조건에서의 차이를 규명하기 위한 양수시험이 수행되었다. 본 연구에서 양수시험이 수행된 시험대 수층은 암반층으로서 시험공들은 해안가에서 약 180 m 이격되어 있으며, 양수정(MW1공)과 관측정(MW2공)의 이격거리는 8.05 m 이다. 양수정과 관측정 모두 공 내경은 0.205 m 이며, 케이싱심도는 지표면하 19 m 정도이다. 그리고, 양수정과 관측정의 지하수위는 지표면하 5 m 정도에 형성 되어 있으며, 시험대수층의 두께는 약 40 m 정도이다. 양수시험은 총 3회 수행되었으며, 모든 시험에서 수중모터 설치심도는 지표면하 30 m 이고 양수율은 $75\;m^3/day$로서 동일하였다. 그러나, 양수시작 시간의 차이를 두어 고조 후 1회(1차 시험), 저조 후 2회(2차 및 3차 시험) 수행되었다. 양수정과 관측정에서 자동수위측정기(Model 3001, Solinst)를 설치하여 관측된 지하수위변동 자료에 의하면, 조석현상 발생 후 시험공 내 지하수위변동 경과시간은 고조(high tide) 후 2시간, 저조 (low tide) 후 1시간 정도인 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 양수시험 시 1차 시험은 고조 후 2시간 경과한 시점에서, 2차 및 3차 시험은 저조 후 1시간 경과한 시점에서 양수가 시작되었다. 양수시험에 의한 경과시간에 따른 수위강하량 그래프에서는 고조조건이 저조조건에 비해 수위강하량이 더 적은 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 원인은 저조에 비해 고조 조건에서는 해수에 의한 지하수위가 상승하여, 동일한 양수조건에서 수위강하량이 적게 나타난 것이다. 양수시험 자료가 AQTESOLV 3.5 프로그램을 이용하여 해석되었다. Theis method에 의해 산정된 수리전도도는 고조 조건의 양수시험에서는 $4.159{\times}10^{-6}\;m/sec$, 저조 후에서는 각각 $3.818{\times}10^{-6}\;m/sec$와 $3.926{\times}10^{-6}\;m/sec$ 이었다. 저조 후에 비해 고조 후의 수리전도도가 5% 이상 높은 것으로 산정되었다. 이상의 연구 결과들에 의해, 해안가 암반대수층에서는 양수시험 시 조석효과에 의한 수리적인 변동을 고려한 설계와 해석이 수행되어야함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.49 no.1
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• pp.61-72
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• 2016

In Korea, the aquifers at the coastal areas are mostly shallow alluvial unconfined aquifers. To simulate the flow and dispersion in unconfined aquifer, a FDM model has been developed to solve the nonlinear Boussinesq equation. Related analysis and verification have been executed. The iteration method is used to solve the nonlinearity, and the model shows 3-D shape because it is a 2-D y model that consider the undulation of water table and bottom. For the verification of the model, the output of flow module is compared to the 1-D analytic solution of Lee (1989) which have the drawdown or uplift boundary condition, and the two results show almost the same value. and the mass balance of dispersion module shows about 10% error. The developed model can be used for the analysis and design of the flow and dispersion in the unconfined aquifers. The model has been applied to the estuary area of Ssangcheon watershed, and the parameters have been deduced as a result : hydraulic conductivity is 90 m/day, and longitudinal dispersivity is 15 m. And the analysis with these parameters shows that the wells are situated in the influence circle of each others except for No. 7 well. Groundwater discharge to sea is $3700m^3/day$. And the chlorine ion ($cl^-$) concentration at the pumping wells increase at least 1000 mg/L if groundwater dam is not exist, so the groundwater dam plays an important role for the prevention of sea water intrusion.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.32 no.2A
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• pp.123-130
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• 2012

A cooling system is indispensable for the fossil and nuclear power plants which produce electricity by rotating the turbines with hot steam. A cycle of the typical cooling system includes pumping of seawater at the intake pump house, exchange of heat at the condenser, and discharge of hot water to the sea. The cooling type of the nuclear power plants in Korea recently evolves from the conventional surface intake/discharge systems to the submerged intake/discharge systems that minimize effectively an intake temperature rise of the existing plants and that are beneficial to the marine environment by reducing the high temperature region with an intensive dilution due to a high velocity jet and density differential at the mixing zone. It is highly anticipated that the future nuclear power plants in Korea will accommodate the submerged cooling system in credit of supplying the lower temperature water in the summer season. This study investigates the approach flow patterns at the velocity caps and discharge flow patterns from diffusers using the 3-D computational fluid dynamics code of $FLOW-3D^{(R)}$. The approach flow test has been conducted at the velocity caps with and without a cap. The discharge flow from the diffuser was simulated for the single-port diffuser and multi-ports diffuser. The flow characteristics to the velocity cap with a cap demonstrate that fish entrainment can significantly be minimized on account of the low vertical flow component around the cap. The flow pattern around the diffuser is well agreed with the schematic diagram by Jirka and Harleman.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.13-21
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• 2002

Geotextile tubes hydraulically or mechanically filled with dredged materials have been applied in hydraulic and coastal engineering in recent years(detached breakwater, groins and jetty). The geotextile tubes are made of sewn geosynthetics sheets. If the sandy soil is use to fill material, these inlets should be spaced closely to assure uniform filling of the tubes because sandy soil and geosynthetic is very pervious. However, the clayey soil or contaminated slurry is used, the inlets can be located relatively long distance. The fine clayey particles tend to rapidly blind the fabric slowing down water escape through the geotextile. This paper presents a field test result of a geotextile tube in the land reclamation project for the Songdo New City construction site. The dredged silty clay was dredged by the dredging ship and hydraulically pumped into the geotextile tube. The height of geotextile tube was measured at every filling stage and also measured width and diameter of geotextile tube with the elapsed time. Based on the test results, if the clayey filling material is used, the pumping step must be divided 3~4 stages for drainage and sediment. After complete drainage, the height of the geotextile tube reduces by approximately 50%.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.34 no.11
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• pp.21-31
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• 2018

Bucket foundations are widely used in offshore areas due to their various benefits such as easy and fast installations. A bucket is installed using self-weight and the hydraulic pressure difference across the lid generated by pumping out water from inside the bucket. When buckets are installed in high permeable soil such as sands, upward seepage flow occurs around the bucket tip and interior, leading to a decrease in the effective stress in the soil inside the buckets. This process reduces the penetration resistance of buckets. However, the soil inside and outside the bucket can be disturbed due to the upward seepage flow and this can change the soil properties around the bucket. Moreover, upward seepage flow can create significant soil plug heave, thereby hindering the penetration of the bucket to the target depth. Despite of these problems, soil disturbance and soil plug heave created by suction installation are not well understood. This study aims to investigate the behavior of soil during suction installation. To comprehend the phenomena of soil plug heave during installation, a series of small-scale model tests were conducted with different testing conditions. From a series of tests, the effects of tip thickness of bucket, penetration rate, and self-weight were identified. Finally, soil properties inside the bucket after installation were approximated from the measured soil plug heave.