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Marine algal flora of Oho-ri, Gosung-gun, Gangwon-do, Korea

  • Bae, Eun Hee;Oak, Jung Hyun;Lee, Eun-Young
    • Journal of Species Research
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.79-94
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    • 2014
  • It was found that a total of 94 species of marine algae, 13 green algae, 24 brown algae, and 57 red algae, are living at the seashore of Oho-ri in this study. 739 voucher specimens for 94 species were made based on plants from March to September 2010 at the 3 islets, including Heukdo, Goraebawi, and Juckdo. Voucher specimens were catalogued and deposited in the herbarium of the National Institute of Biological Resources (KB) of Korea.

Model Plants in Marine Biotechnology

  • Saga, Naotsune;Endo, Hirotoshi
    • Journal of Marine Bioscience and Biotechnology
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.11-14
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    • 2010
  • The genus Porphyra, consisting of 133 species includes several economically valuable species (i.e. P. yezoensis, P. tenera, P. pseudolinearis etc.). They are predominantly consumed and cultivated in East Asian countries such as Japan, Korea and China, and they are regarded as a big commercial market today. In addition to the industrial importance, P. yezoensis is currently regarded as a feasible candidate for a model plant in marine biotechnology, therefore there are a wide range of studies being undertaken: strain-preservation, development of mutant strains and genetic analysis and exhaustive molecular analysis including EST and macro/micro array. Focusing on the activities of our research group, current situation and future perspectives in marine biotechnological studies using P. yezoensis will be discussed in this mini review.

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A comparison between fuel cells and other alternatives for marine electric power generation

  • Welaya, Yousri M.A.;Gohary, M. Morsy El;Ammar, Nader R.
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.141-149
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    • 2011
  • The world is facing a challenge in meeting its needs for energy. Global energy consumption in the last halfcentury has increased very rapidly and is expected to continue to grow over the next 50 years. However, it is expected to see significant differences between the last 50 years and the next. This paper aims at introducing a good solution to replace or work with conventional marine power plants. This includes the use of fuel cell power plant operated with hydrogen produced through water electrolysis or hydrogen produced from natural gas, gasoline, or diesel fuels through steam reforming processes to mitigate air pollution from ships.

Local Citizenry Consciousness survey of 『Campaign for Shaping Mokpo into Beautiful Seaport』 2. Citizenry Consciousness of Marine Environment (미항목포가꾸기에 관한 지역시민의식 조사 2. 해양환경에 관한 시민의식)

  • Kim Kwang Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.98-103
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    • 2004
  • Recently, a New Great Harbour Bridge between Mokpo City and Koha Island is planned to be built across Mokpo Inner Harbour, and Namak New Town is under construction adjacent to Mokpo. Citizels' concorn of and participation in 「Campaign for Shaping Mokpo into Beautiful Seaport」 are necessary to match the view of Mokpo harbour with natural scenery beautifully and with marine environment harmoniously. Citizens'ㄹ levels of consciousness of coastal and marine environment were ascertained through questionnaire surveys of local citizenry attitudes and opinions, and citizenry action plans for the conservation of coastal and marine environments around Mokpo harbour are suggested on the basis of the results of questionnaire surveys. Citizens' voluntary participations in local policy for the control of marine wastes production and in a campaign for the collections of marine debris and wastes around beaches and coastal areas are required. The operation of municipal sewage treatment plants is to be performed effectively and efficiently, and to be monitored and evaluated periodically by the general public, the local federation for environmental movement or NGO. The development and performance of marine environmental education programs and an enlightenment campaign for environment preservation are to be incessantly done in cooperation with local residents. Only when local government of Mokpo collects the public opinions and continues to shape Mokpo into international beautiful seaport in the direction of a reflex of public opinion, coastal and marine environment around Mokpo harbour can be kept in good condition with citizens' positive participation in citizenry long-term practical action plans for environment conservation.

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Recent Trend of Research Activity on Marine Biotechnology in China (중국의 해양생명공학 연구개발 최근 동향)

  • Kim, Sang-Jin;Jianhai, Xiang
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.165-172
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    • 2004
  • Research activities on the fields of marine biotechnology becomes active not only in developing countries but also in Asian countries. Among those countries China recently initiate the national marine biotechnology R&D program. Since 1996, marine biotechnology has been approved to be a subject of the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China as 863 program. In the first five years from 1996 to 2000 and successively in the second five years from 2001 to 2005, Marine Biotechnology R&D 863 program has been funded by Chinese government with 97.5 million RMB and then more than 200 million RMB, respectively. Under this program there are mainly six R&D subjects of marine biotechnology; 1. Breeding engineering, 2. Control of the disease, 3. Production system and culture facilities, 4. Marine drug and bioproducts, 5. Functional genes and genomics, 6. Breeding of the saltresistant plants. In this paper the research activities and results of 863 program were introduced, and from chinese cases we could leam how we plan and perform the marine biotechnology program of Korea in future.

Bioactive Marine Natural Products in Drug Development

  • Kim, Se-Kwon;Ravichandran, Y. Dominic;Kim, Moon-Moo;Jung, Won-Kyo
    • Journal of Marine Bioscience and Biotechnology
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.209-223
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    • 2007
  • Nature is one of the most important sources of pharmacologically active compounds in the search for drugs against life threatening diseases. Even though plants and terrestrial microorganisms have played as an important source for the new drug candidates from nature, marine organisms such as tunicates, sponges, soft corals, sea horses, sea snakes, marine mollusks, seaweeds, nudibranches, sea slugs and marine microorganisms are increasingly attracting attention in recent years. Marine organisms also have the potential to develop into future drugs against important diseases, such as cancer, a range of bacterial and viral diseases, malaria, and inflammations. Even though the mechanism of action in the molecular level of most metabolites is still unclear, the mechanisms by which they interfere with the pathogenesis of a wide range of diseases have been reported. The knowledge of this is one of the key factors necessary to develop bioactive compounds into medicines. This is due to their structurally unique and pharmacologically active compounds. The potential pharmaceutical, medicinal and research applications of some of these compounds are discussed in hundreds of scientific papers, and are reviewed here.

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A Study on the Design of Liquid Flow Control Valves for the Plants and Ships (플랜트 및 선박의 액체용 유량제어밸브 설계에 관한 연구(I))

  • 최순호;박천태
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.28-35
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    • 1995
  • The fluid flow for a energy transfer is essential for the design and operation of power plants, petrochemical plants and ships including a process. When the operating conditions of a plant are changed or any transitional event occured, the flow controls of a fluid must be performed to follow the new operating state or mitigate the results of a event. Generally these flow controls to accommodate the new operating state of a plant are made by the use of various valves. The refore the design of valves and the related techniques are very important to the system and component designs. However the system and component design are not familiar with the practical theory of the valve since the derivative procedures of the flow equations in a valve are difficult and it is not easy to found the theoretical foundamentals and informations about the design of a valve from the present references. In this study the flow equations applicable to a valve for liquid are theoretically derived in detail. And the definition of valve reynolds number and its boundary values between the tubulent and laminar flow is described compared with the values of a circular pipe flow.

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Seasonal distribution of marine organisms in the surface layer around nuclear power plants using acoustic (원자력발전소 주변 표층해역에 출현하는 해양생물의 계절별 음향산란 분포)

  • Eun-Bi MIN;Tae-Jong KANG;Yeongtae SON;Doo-Jin HWANG
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.60 no.1
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    • pp.9-17
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    • 2024
  • In this study, the seasonal distribution was surveyed using acoustic in the coastal waters around nuclear power plants. Acoustic surveys were conducted in June, September, December 2022, and March 2023 in the coastal waters of Uljin-gun. According to the results of this study, zooplankton were distributed at the depths from 0 m to 50 m in the waters around nuclear power plants. Zooplankton appeared in summer (June), autumn (September), and spring (March). In the survey area, fish were distributed at the depths from 25 m to 190 m, appearing in the summer (June), autumn (September), winter (December) and spring (March). The SV of zooplankton appearing in the survey area ranged from -98.0 dB to -78.0 dB, and it exhibited a one-class in the frequency distribution of SV. The SV of fish appearing in the survey area ranged from -36.0 dB to -35.0 dB and -98.0 dB to -53.0 dB, and it exhibited two-class in the frequency distribution of SV.

Finite Element Analysis and Evaluation of Casting Defects of Steam Turbine Valve Casings of Power Plants (발전용 증기터빈 밸브 케이싱의 유한요소해석과 주조결함 평가 방법)

  • Lee Boo-Youn;Kim Won-Jin;Shin Hyun-Myung
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.571-578
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    • 2005
  • Stresses of main stop valve and control valve casings for the steam turbines of power plants are analyzed by the finite element method. The stress intensity is obtained to check the results on the basis of the design criteria of ASME boiler and pressure vessel code. To verify accuracy of the finite element analysis. analyzed stresses are compared with those measured during the hydrostatic pressure test. Stress category drawings. which play an important role in evaluating casting defects, are produced from the analysis results, and important points in casting of the valve casings are discussed in terms of the stress category.

Shore power to ships and offshore plants with flywheel energy storage system

  • Jeong, Hyun-Woo;Ha, Yun-Su;Kim, Yoon-Sik;Kim, Chul-Ho;Yoon, Kyoung-Kuk;Seo, Dong-Hoan
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.37 no.7
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    • pp.771-777
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    • 2013
  • This paper describes a study of major shipyard's electrical network and simulation of applying flywheel energy storage system on the electrical network at shipyard for shore-power to ships and offshore plants in order to save fuel consumption on engines, mitigate voltage sags, and prevent blackout due to pulsed load and fault, resulting in reduction of air emission into atmosphere. The proposed energy recycling method with FESS (Flywheel Energy Storage System) can be applied for electrical power system design of heavy cranes at shipyards.