• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.437-449
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• 2003

A multi-functional indoor smog chamber was designed and evaluated to investigate photochemical or water vapor reaction mechanisms of air pollutants. Various smog chamber experiments could be conducted using ambient air or purified air in this smog chamber. The smog chamber consisted of a housing, a Teflon bag, blacklights, injection ports, sampling ports, and utility facilities. The characteristics of light source, the wall losses of air pollutants, and the quality of purified air were experimentally investigated. The maximum NO$_2$ photolysis rate was 1.10 min$^{-1}$ . In a 2.5-m$^3$ Teflon bag, the wall losses of ambient $O_3$, NO, and NO$_2$ were 1.2~2.4$\times$10$^{-3}$ min$^{-1}$ , 0.7~2.0$\times$10$^{-3}$ min$^{-1}$ , and 0.4~2.0$\times$10$^{-3}$ min$^{-1}$ , respectively. The wall loss of ambient particles ranging 0.05 to 0.2 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ was 1.8~5.4$\times$10$^{-3}$ min$^{-1}$ , which was slightly higher than those of ambient gaseous species. The purified air supply system provided high quality of air with NO$_{x}$ < 1 ppb, and total hydrocarbons < 5 ppb.b.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.161-174
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• 2004

Aerosol formation and growth by water vapor reactions were investigated in a 2.5 -㎥ indoor smog chamber filled with the unfiltered ambient air. The relative humidity of test ambient air was elevated at 59～64% or 84～88% by adding water vapor. The aerosol number size distribution and the concentrations of $O_3$, NO, NO$_2$, and SO$_2$ were measured during the experiments. The $O_3$ and NO$_2$ gases were well reacted with the water vapor at high relative humidity of 84～88%, and the reaction rates of these gases seemed to be decreased at low relative humidity of 59～64%. The formation and condensational growth phenomena of ambient aerosols by water vapor reactions were observed in a Teflon bag, depending strongly on the initial particle size distribution. The water vapor reactions might be affected by the contents of oxidants produced by photochemical reactions under sunlight.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.135-136
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• 2002

최근 들어, 대도시 지역에서 오존(O$_3$)농도가 환경기준을 초과하는 빈도가 증가함에 따라 대기 중 광화학 대기오염현상과 그에 따른 오존 등 2차 광화학 오염물질에 대해 많은 관심이 집중되고 있다. 이러한 복잡한 대기중의 반응을 이해하고 해석하기 위하여 Smog Chamber를 이용한 대기 중 광화학 반응 연구가 진행 중에 있으며, 국내에서도 연구가 이루어지고 있다 Smog Chamber를 통해 대기 중의 광화학 반응의 세부적인 이해와 수학적 모델에 필요한 화학반응들의 변수를 제공하는 등 포괄적이고 종합적인 연구를 수행할 수 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.171-172
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• 2002

대기중의 2차 광화학 반응을 포함하는 대기중의 반응을 이해하고 해석하기 위하여 Smog Chamber를 이용한 대기중 광화학 반응연구가 활발히 진행 중에 있으며, 국내에서도 연구가 이루어지고 있다 이러한 연구들은 고농도 수준에서 광화학 반응 메커니즘에 중점을 두고 있는 것으로 실제 대기의 농도수준에서 광화학반응에 관한 연구자료는 미흡한 실정이다. 또한, 서울지역의 경우 광화학 스모그의 대표적인 경우에 해당하는 LA Smog의 경우와 비교할 때 습도가 높으며, 대기 중 먼지의 농도 또한 비교적 높다고 볼 수 있으며 이러한 서울지역의 광화학 스모그 특성을 규명하기 위하여 기초연구라 할 수 있는 Smog Chamber 연구가 필요하다. (중략)

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.353-363
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• 2007

To differentiate temperature effect from the light intensity effect on the formation of secondary products during the photooxidation of toluene-$NO_x$-air mixtures, steady-state air temperature was changed from $20^{\circ}C\;to\;33^{\circ}C$ at the same light intensity of $0.39min^{-1}$ in an indoor smog chamber. Smog chamber consisted of 64 blacklights and a $5.8m^3$ reaction bag made of Teflon film. Air temperature was controlled by an air-conditioning system. The starting time for rapid conversion of NO to $NO_2$ was slightly delayed with decreasing air temperature. In contrast to light intensity effect, the ozone formation time and the ozone production rate were insensitive to air temperature. Although the formation time for secondary organic aerosols was not changed, the particle number concentration increased with temperature. However, the newly formed secondary organic aerosol mass at lower temperature was higher than that at higher temperature. Since light intensity significantly affected the starting time and quantity of ozone and aerosol formation, it is considered that the temperature could contribute partly the quantity of aerosol formation during the photooxidation of toluene-$NO_x$-air mixtures.

• Particle and aerosol research
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.9-20
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• 2008

The effect of light intensity on the ozone formation and the aerosol number concentration during the photochemical reactions of ambient air was investigated in an indoor smog chamber. The smog chamber consists of a housing, 64 blacklights, and a $2.5-m^3$ reaction bag made of Teflon film. The bag was filled with the unfiltered ambient air in Seoul from January 10 to March 18, 2002. In this work, the photolysis rate of $NO_2$, $k_1$ was used as an index of light intensity. Three levels of light intensity were controlled by changing the number of blacklights turned on among 64 blacklights: $0.29min^{-1}$ (50%), $0.44min^{-1}$ (75%), $0.57min^{-1}$ (100%). The ozone concentration increased rapidly within 10 minutes after irradiation irrespective of light intensity, thereafter it increased linearly during the irradiation. The ozone production rate seems to be dependent on both the light intensity and the quality of ambient air introduced into the reaction bag. The change in aerosol number concentration also depended on both the light intensity and the ambient air quality, especially aerosol size distribution. Based on the initial ambient aerosol size distributions, the photochemical potential for aerosol formation and growth is classified into two cases. One is the case showing aerosol formation and growth processes, and the other is the case showing no apparent change in particle size distribution.

• Particle and aerosol research
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.149-161
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• 2013

Experiments on photochemical reactions of purified air alone in an indoor smog chamber were carried out after flushing Teflon bags with purified air for many hours in order to check the level of contamination on the chamber wall. Ozone concentrations were linearly increased from <4 ppb up to about 8 ppb with irradiation time for four hours. Outgassing of NOx from the chamber wall was found to be less than 1 ppb. New ultrafine particles were formed and grown up to about 70 nm during the photochemical reactions, and then total number and mass concentrations of particles were increased from <10 particles/$cm^3$ up to about 4,000 particles/$cm^3$ and $1.3{\mu}g/m^3$, respectively. The wall conditions of these Teflon bags flushed with purified air might not severly affect the chamber experimental results for photochemical reactions of polluted urban ambient air. The difference of gaseous species between two chambers was 2.4 ppb of ozone at most, indicating that the wall cleaning performance of two chambers was nearly similar.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.85-86
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• 2001

스모그는 다양한 경로를 통해 생성된 에어로졸에 의해 시정이 감소되는 현상으로 대도시 대기오염의 대표적인 예이다. 서울 스모그 현상은 잘 알려져 있지 않지만, 1차 오염물질에 의한 런던형 스모그 및 광화학 반응에 의한 로스엔젤레스형 스모그와는 다른 양상을 나타내고 있다. 스모그에 관한 연구는 크게 자연적으로 발생되는 스모그 현상에 대한 현장조사 연구와 스모그 생성과정을 인위적으로 밝혀내기 위한 스모그 챔버 연구로 구분된다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.169-170
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• 2002

스모그는 대기오염으로 인해 나타나는 대표적인 오염 현상이다. 스모그는 시정을 감소시키고, 눈ㆍ코ㆍ호흡기 등을 자극하여 인체의 건강에 나쁜 영향을 미친다. 스모그 현상은 주로 바람이 약하고 지표부근의 기온이 역전하는 특정한 기상상태에서 대기 중 가스와 입자간의 반응에 의해 여러 경로론 거쳐 생성된 에어로졸이 증가하여 나타난다. 최근 자동차 수의 급속한 증가와 휘발성 유기화합물질 (volatile organic compounds, VOCs)의 사용으로 인하여 서울 지역에서 스모그가 발생하는 빈도가 많아지고 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.167-168
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• 2002

서울 지역의 스모그 현상은 1차 오염물질에 의해 생기는 런던형 스모그 및 광화학 반응에 의한 LA형 스모그와는 다른 양상을 나타내고 있는데, 그 특성이 명확히 밝혀지지 않고 있다. 서울 지역의 스모그 특성을 체계적으로 밝혀내기 위해서는 스모그 현상에 대한 현장조사 연구뿐만 아니라 챔버 실험을 통한 스모그 생성과정에 대한 체계적인 연구도 필요하다. 시정장애(visibility reduction) 현상을 거치는 대기의 기상 특성을 보면 대부분 상대습도가 높은 조건이 낮에도 지속되는 경우가 대부분이다. (중략)