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Acute Hydrogen Cyanide Poisoning in a Plating Worker and Workplace Measurement (도금 사업장 근로자에게 발생한 시안화수소 급성중독과 작업환경평가)

  • Ham, Seunghon;Choi, Won-Jun;Lee, Junhyung;Lim, Yong su;Kang, Jihyun;Kang, Seong-Kyu
    • Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.336-342
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    • 2019
  • Introduction: An unexpected death was reported in a beginner immediately after starting the work at a plating factory. After the incident, air sampling was performed using a simulation of the situation as it had been at the time. Methods: To evaluate the airborne concentration of hydrogen cyanide, a total of six samples were collected: one personal sample, three area samples, and two background samples (office and outdoors). Hydrogen cyanide measurement was performed according to the standard sampling protocol recommended by the U.S. NIOSH (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health). Results: The highest concentration of hydrogen cyanide was 0.938 ppm measured in a sample collected from the plating bath area with local exhaust ventilation. This value was approximately 20% of the ceiling occupational exposure limit. The personal sample showed a concentration of 0.135 ppm. Samples collected near the bath in which the incident occurred and a dehydrator showed hydrogen cyanide concentrations of 0.236 ppm and 0.101 ppm, respectively. Hydrogen cyanide was not detected in the background samples (office and outdoors). Conclusions: It is necessary to use proper ventilation systems and respirators in plating factories to prevent acute poisoning. Furthermore, it is important to educate and train new workers dealing with toxic substances.

A Study on V-I Characteristics of Hydrogen-Oxygen Gas Generator

  • Yang Seung-Heun;Kang Byoung-Hee;Gho Jae-Soek;Mok Hyung-Soo;Choe Gyu-Ha
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.109-112
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    • 2001
  • Water-Electrolyzed gas is a mixed gas of the constant volume ratio 2:1 of Hydrogen and Oxygen gained from electrolyzed water, and it has better characteristics in the field of economy, efficiency of energy, and environmental intimacy than acetylene gas and LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) used for existing gas welding equipment. So studies of Water-Electrolyzed gas are activity in progress nowaday, and commercially used as a source of thermal energy for gas welding in the industry. The object of this paper is getting a V-I characteristic of Hydrogen-Oxygen Gas Generator using DC source. First, chemical analysis of electrolysis is conducted and the relation of electrical energy and then chemical energy is investigated through the faraday's laws.

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Utilization of alternative marine fuels for gas turbine power plant onboard ships

  • El Gohary, M. Morsy;Seddiek, Ibrahim Sadek
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.21-32
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    • 2013
  • Marine transportation industry is undergoing a number of problems. Some of these problems are associated with conventional marine fuel-oils. Many researchers have showed that fuel-oil is considered as the main component that causes both environmental and economic problems, especially with the continuous rising of fuel cost. This paper investigates the capability of using natural gas and hydrogen as alternative fuel instead of diesel oil for marine gas turbine, the effect of the alternative fuel on gas turbine thermodynamic performance and the employed mathematical model. The results showed that since the natural gas is categorized as hydrocarbon fuel, the thermodynamic performance of the gas turbine cycle using the natural gas was found to be close to the diesel case performance. The gas turbine thermal efficiency was found to be 1% less in the case of hydrogen compared to the original case of diesel.

A Study on V-I feature of Hydrogen-Oxygen Gas Generator (수산화가스 발생기의 V-I 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Yang S.H.;Kim K.H.;Kang B.H.;Mok H.S.;Choe G.H.;Lee S.H.
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2001.07a
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    • pp.312-315
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    • 2001
  • Water-Electrolyzed gas is a mixed gas of the constant volume ratio 2:1 Hydrogen and Oxygen gained from electrolyzed water, and it has better characteristics in the field of economy, efficiency of energy, and environmental intimacy than acetylene gas and LPG used for existing gas welding equipment. So studies of Water-Electrolyzed gas are activity in progress nowadays, and commercially used as a source of thermal energy for gas welding in the industry. The object of this paper is V-I feature of Hydrogen -Oxygen Gas Generator using DC source

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A Study on the Generating feature of Hydrogen Oxygen Gas Using Pulse Power Supply (펄스전원장치를 이용한 수산화 가스 발생 특성 연구)

  • Yang S. H.;Kim K. H.;Jun Y. S.;Mok H. S.;Choe G. H.
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2002.11a
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    • pp.89-93
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    • 2002
  • Hydrogen - Oxygen gas has obtained from water electrolysis reaction. It is mixed gas havingconstant volume ratio 2:1 Hydrogen and Oxygen, and it is used as a source of thermal energy by combustion reaction. This gas has betterristics in the field of economy, efficiency of energy, and environmental intimacy than used both of acetylene gas and LPG for gas welding machin. So nowdays many studies of Water-Electrolyzed gas are progressed, and commercially used as a source of thermal energy for gas welding In the industry. For Water-Electrolyzed Source, it was used diode rectifier or SCR rectifier for get DC source. This method which is not looking to improve a source for impossible current control or voltage and limited control intervals. In this paper, it was relized and designed in source of pulse type for complementing existing-DC source type, also by experiment it was acquired producting characteristics of Hydrogen -Oxygen Gas through feature of source

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Analysis of LH2 Tank Behavior through Computational Simulation of C-Type LH2 Carrier on Voyage and Unloading Process (C-Type LH2 운송선박 운항 및 하역공정 전산모사를 통한 LH2 탱크 거동 분석)

  • DONGHYUK KIM;YEONGBEOM LEE;HEUNGSEOK SEO;YONGGI MO;CHIHUN LEE
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.827-837
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    • 2022
  • If the hydrogen industry is activated, the introduction of C-type and pressurized liquefied hydrogen (LH2) tank suitable for small and medium-sized transp- ortation and storage will be given priority in the future. Therefore in this paper, the behavior for the LH2 property changes and boil-off gas (BOG) treatment of the C-type cargo tank through voyage of the LH2 carrier and pressurized tank of the LH2 receiving terminal were analyzed through computational simulations by making assumptions about the carrier operation and unloading conditions.

Study on the control technique for the heat transportation system using metal hydride (수소저장합금을 이용한 열수송시스템 제어기술 연구)

  • Sim, K.S.;Kim, J.W.;Kim, J.D.;Myung, K.S.
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.43-49
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    • 2000
  • The heat transportation from a complex of industry to a rural area needs more efficient method because the distance between them is usually more than 10km. Conventional heat transportation using steam or hot water via pipe line has limits in transportation distance (about 3~5 km) because of the heat loss and frictional loss in the pipe line. Metal hydride can absorb or discharge hydrogen through exothermic or endothermic reaction. After releasing hydrogen from metal hydride by means of the waste heat from industry, we can transport this hydrogen to urban area via pipe line. In urban areas, other metal alloy reacts with this hydrogen to form metal hydride and produces heat for heating. Cool heat is also obtained if it is possible to use metal hydride with low reaction temperature. Therefore, metal hydride can be used as a media for transportation and storage of heat. $MmNi_{4.5}Al_{0.5}Zr_{0.003}$, $LaNi_5$, $Zr_{0.9}Ti_{0.1}Cr_{0.6}Fe_{1.4}$, $MmNi_{4.7}Al_{0.1}Fe_{0.1}V_{0.1}$ alloys were selected for this purpose and the properties of those metal hydrides were discussed. The design and control techniques were proposed and discussed for this heat transportation system using metal hydride.

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A Study on Ventilation Characteristics in Fuel Preparation Room of Hydrogen Fueled Vessel (수소추진선박의 연료준비실내의 환기특성에 관한 연구)

  • Bo Rim Ryu;Phan Anh Duong;Quoc Huy Nguyen;Hokeun Kang
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2022.11a
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    • pp.158-159
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    • 2022
  • Due to the climate crisis, various environmental regulations including greenhouse gas reduction are in effect. This is not limited to any specific industry sector, but is affecting the entire industry worldwide. For this reason, the IMO and governments of each country are announcing strategies and policies related to the shipbuilding and shipping industries. The current regulations can be partially resolved through additional facilities such as scrubbers while using existing fossil fuels, but ultimately, the emission of greenhouse gases such as CO2 from the exhaust gases generated by ships must be restricted through energy conversion. To this end, it is necessary to develop fuels that can replace traditional fuels such as oil and natural gas. Among them, hydrogen is attracting attention as a clean energy that does not emit pollutants when used as a fuel. However, hydrogen has a wide explosive range and a fast dispersion speed, so research on this is necessary. Therefore, in this paper, when hydrogen leakage occurs in the fuel preparation room of a hydrogen-powered ship, the trend was analyzed and the ventilation characteristics were investigated.

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A Study on Quantitative Risk Assessment of Off-gas based Hydrogen Purification Facilities (부생가스 기반 수소 정제시설의 정량적 위험성 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Hyun-Gook Shin;Min-Joo Kim;Ji-Woon Jeong;Sang-Jun Ha;Jong-Ho Choi
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.110-115
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    • 2023
  • According to the Off-Gas Generation and Use Status Report (2015), Off-gas from the steel industry is estimated to be 80 million tons per year in Korea. If this is purified, large amounts of hydrogen can be produced, so active research and development related to hydrogen purification facilities is underway. In this study, a quantitative risk assessment (QRA) was conducted by analyzing the components of a off-gas based hydrogen purification facility and investigating risk factors. The risk analysis results were determined to be at an acceptable level and will be used as basic data to improve the safety of facilities considering the risks of hydrogen.

Biohydrogen Production from Carbon Monoxide and Water by Rhodopseudomonas palustris P4

  • Oh You-Kwan;Kim Yu-Jin;Park Ji-Young;Lee Tae Ho;Kim Mi-Sun;Park Sunghoon
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.270-274
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    • 2005
  • A reactor-scale hydrogen (H2) production via the water-gas shift reaction of carbon monoxide (CO) and water was studied using the purple nonsulfur bacterium, Rhodopseudomonas palustris P4. The experiment was conducted in a two-step process: an aerobic/chemoheterotrophic cell growth step and a subsequent anaerobic $H_2$ production step. Important parameters investigated included the agitation speed. inlet CO concentration and gas retention time. P4 showed a stable $H_2$ production capability with a maximum activity of 41 mmol $H_2$ g $cell^{-1}h^{-1}$ during the continuous reactor operation of 400 h. The maximal volumetric H2 production rate was estimated to be 41 mmol $H_2 L^{-1}h^{-1}$, which was about nine-fold and fifteen-fold higher than the rates reported for the photosynthetic bacteria Rhodospirillum rubrum and Rubrivivax gelatinosus, respectively. This is mainly attributed to the ability of P4 to grow to a high cell density with a high specific $H_2$ production activity. This study indicates that P4 has an outstanding potential for a continuous H2 production via the water-gas shift reaction once a proper bioreactor system that provides a high rate of gas-liquid mass transfer is developed.