• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.30 no.11
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• pp.1161-1169
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• 2008

The removals of TCE and PCE vapor with or without a supply of toluene as a primary substrate were compared in a biofiltration process, and the variations of microbial communities associated with the removal were also investigated. As a result of investigations on the removals of TCE/PCE in a biofilter B within which TCE/PCE-acclimated sludge was attached on the surface of media without a supply of primary substrate, and those in another biofilter A where toluene-acclimated sludge was attached with a supply of toluene as a primary substrate, followings were found: (i) parts of microbes responsible to the decomposition of toluene vapor participate in the removal of chlorinated VOCs such as TCE and PCE, and (ii) effective biological removals of TCE and PCE vapor do not necessarily need cometabolism. Sequencing of 16S rDNA obtained from the band profile of DGGE (Denaturating Gradient Gel Electrophoresis), it was confirmed that: (i) uncultured alpha proteobacterium, uncultured Desulfitobacterium, uncultured Rhodobacteraceae bacterium, Cupriavidus necator, and Pseudomonas putida were found to be toluene-decomposing microbes, (ii) alpha proteobacterium HTCC396 is a TCE-removing microbe, (iii) Desulfitobacterium sp. is a PCE-decomposing microbe, and (iv) particularly, uncultured Desulfitobacterium sp. is probably a microbe decomposable not only toluene but also various chlorinated VOC vapor including TCE and PCE.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.149-162
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• 1999

One of the most important steps of the design, capacity and operation analysis stapes in the two-lane two way highways is the effect of heavy vehicle to traffic flow quality. This heavy vehicle's effect on traffic flow can be represented as PCE, which is the number of passenger cars that are displaced by a single heavy vehicle of a particular type under prevailing roadway, traffic, and control conditions. In this paper, we focus on the heavy vehicles effect on volume, speed, delay, and the maneuver of freedom which are major MOE's in traffic operation analysis and PCE criterion which should be measurable, determinable and able to reflect the traffic flow characteristics. Therefore, the objective of the paper is to determine the PCE criterion and to develop a new PCE determination method. In this study, delay is adopted as PCE criterion and, for calculation of delay, the highway is divided into the passing zone and the no-passing zone. PCE is determined by comparing the delay due to total traffic flow interaction with the delay due to a single heavy vehicle, Also, this paper proposes a new method to determine the average PCE on the highway that has the passing zones and no-passing zones.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.53-57
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• 1996

Polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane was coated with polyisobutylene(PIB) as a top layer to separate chlorinated hydrocarbons. The solubility parameter differences between PIB, water and perchloroethylene(PCE) or trichloroethylene(TCE) show that the solubility parameter difference between PIB and TCE or PCE is similar while that between PIB and water is far less, indicating that PIB is selective to chlorinated hydrocarbons. The pervaporation separation of TCE and PCE shows that TCE is concentrated more than four times, by PIB composite membrane, while PCE is concentrated more than thirteen times. This result shows that PIB composite membrane in this study seems to be an appropriate selective layer for the separation of TCE and PCE from aqueous organic solutions.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.99-107
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• 1990

This research addresses the effect of heavy vehicles (especially trucks) in terms of passenger car Equivalents from a capacity viewpoint. A formulation that estimate PCE in this paper is derived by introducing appropriate headway measurements into Huber's general equation for PCEs. In this equation, PCE value is expressed in terms of headways for four different kinds of pairs; pairs of leading and following vehicles ; P-P, P-T, P-T, T-T. The mean value of headway for each case is estimated through the regression analysis. Finally, the approach used in this research was compared with macroscopic approach which analyzed a speed-density relationship to evaluate PCE.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.129-132
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• 2001

감마선 조사에 의한 TCE와 PCE의 분해에 있어서, TCE는 과산화수의 영향을 거의 받지 않았지만, PCE는 과산화수소의 농도증가에 따라 분해가 감소되었다. 이들의 원인을 밝혀내기 위해 과산화수소의 첨가에 따른 $\cdot$OH의 생성량 변화를 EPR/spin-trapping의 방법에 의해 확인한 결과, EPR의 DMPO-OH의 신호강도 조사에서 과산화수소를 첨가한 경우와 첨가하지 않은 경우 모두 차이가 거의 없었다. 따라서 감마선 조사에 과산화수소를 별도로 첨가해도 $\cdot$OH의 생성량 증가가 없는 것으로 보아, 방사선에 의한 TCE 분해에 있어 과산화수소의 첨가는 큰 영향을 주지 않는다는 것을 밝힐 수 있었다. 그러나 PCE의 경우는 향우 계속 연구될 예정이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.291-291
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• 2023

증발량을 산정하는 방법 중 증발접시를 활용한 방법은 하천의 증발량을 직접적으로 측정할 수 있는 장점이 있는 반면, 장기간의 증발접시를 활용한 증발량 추정은 현실적으로 쉽지 않다. 대표적인 증발량 산정식으로는 에너지 수지 및 공기동역학적 원리의 혼합적용 방법(PCE, Penman combination equation)과 경험적 바람공식(PWF, Penman wind function)이 있다. PCE로 산정된 증발량의 경우 하천 내 바닥열(bed heat flux)과 물기둥의 열저장 변화율이 장기간 규모의 순 복사량에 비해 작은 값을 가져 식에서 제외되므로 전반적으로 증발량이 과대 추정되는 문제가 발생한다. 반면, PWF로 산정한 증발량에서는 광범위한 매개변수 범위와 기상자료의 부족으로 모형의 불확실성을 증대시키는 요인으로 작용한다. 본 연구의 최종적인 목표는 하천 수로의 수면증발량을 추정하는 것이지만, 실제 하천 중심에서 증발량을 추정하기 위한 수문학적 자료는 매우 부족한 실정이다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 유역단위에서의 증발량을 전이하는 방안을 모색하고자 하며, 구체적인 연구과정은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 유역단위 수문학적 자료를 수집하여(flux tower 자료 활용) 유역단위의 증발량을 산정한다. 둘째, PCE와 PWF으로 산정한 증발량과 관측된 증발량을 이용하여 각 식의 매개변수를 최적화한다. 마지막으로 최적화된 매개변수를 적용한 증발량과 관측값의 유사성을 분석한다. 본 연구에서는 하천단위의 증발량을 산정하기 위해 PWF을 적용하였으며 용담댐 내의 기상자료를 활용하여 산정한 증발량과 실제 용담댐 내의 수면증발량의 상관성을 분석한 결과 높은 상관성 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 하천 주변에 증발량 추정을 위한 최소한의 기상정보가 존재하는 지역에서, 하천단위의 증발량을 산정할 수 있으며 장기간의 증발량도 산정할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.52-58
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• 2005

In Korea, little attention has been paid to microbial perchloroethylene (PCE) and/or trichloroethylene (TCE) dechlorination activity and identification of microorganisms involved in PCE reductive dechlorination at a PCE-contaminated aquifer. We performed microcosm tests using the groundwater samples from 4 different contaminated sites (i.e. Changwon A, Changwon B, Bucheon and Yangsan) to assess PCE reductive dechlorination activity. We also adapted molecular techniques to screen what types of known reductive dechlorinators are present at the PCE-contaminated aquifers. In the Changwon A and Changwon B active microcosms where potential electron donors such as sodium propionate, sodium lactate, sodium butyrate, and sodium fumarate, were added, ethylene, an end-product of complete reductive dechlorination of PCE, was detected after a period of 90 days of incubation. In the Bucheon and Yangsan active microcosms, cis-1,2-dichloroethylene (c-DCE) was accumulated without the production of vinyl chloride (VC) and ethylene. Molecular techniques were used to evaluate the microbial community structures in the Changwon B and Yangsan aquifer. We found two sequence types that were closely related to a known PCE to ethylene dechlorinator, named uncultured bacterium clone DCE47, in the Changwon B site clone library. However, in the Yangsan site clone library, no sequence type was closely related to known PCE dechlorinators reported. It is plausible that microorganisms being capable of completely dechlorinating PCE to ethylene may be present in the Changwon B site aquifer. In this study we find that complete PCE reductive dechlorinators are present at some PCE-contaminated sites in Korea. In an engineering point of view this information makes it feasible to apply a biological reductive dechlorination process for remediating PCE- and/or TCE-contaminated aquifers in Korea.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.57 no.2
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• pp.139-150
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• 2024

This study introduced a method of estimating water surface evaporation using the physical-based Penman combination equation (PCE) and the Penman wind function (PWF). A set of regression parameters in the PCE and PWF models were optimized by using the observed evaporation data for the period 2016-2017 in the Yongdam Dam watershed, and their effectiveness was explored. The estimated evaporation over the Deokyu Mountain flux tower demonstrated that the PWF method appears to have more improved results in terms of correlation, but both methods showed overestimation. Further, the PWF method was applied to the observed hydro-meteorological data on the surface of Yongdam Lake. The PWF method outperformed the PCE in the estimation of water surface evaporation in terms of goodness-of-fit measure and visual evaluation. Future studies will focus on a regionalization process which can be effective in estimating water surface evaporation for the ungauged area by linking hydrometeorological characteristics and regression parameters.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.413-416
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• 2004

매립장 침출수로 인해 오염된 매립장 주변 지하수 정화를 위한 실내실험을 실시하였다. 오염물로는 대표적 염화용제인 TCE와 PCE, 그리고 중금속인 As, Cd, Cr, Pb에 대하여 Air-sparging, 오존 산화법, 화학적 처리방법에 의한 정화효율 실험을 실시하였다. Air-sparging은 TCE, PCE에서 높은 제거효율을 가졌으며, 오존 산화법은 Cr, Pb에서 제거 효율이 좋았다. 반응제를 첨가한 공침방법의 경우, 모든 중금속에 대하여 소석회 첨가시 매우 높은 제거효율을 보였으며, As는 황산제일철에서, Cd, Cr, Pb는 탄산칼슘과 제올라이트 첨가시 높은 제거효율을 나타내었다. 실험결과로부터, 유기오염물과 중금속이 혼합되어 나타나는 매립장 주변 오염 지하수의 경우 휘발성 유기오염물의 제거를 위해서는 폭기방법이, 중금속의 경우에는 공침방법에 의해 수산화물, 탄산염으로 만들어 고형물로 처리하는 방법이 제거효과가 좋은 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.77-88
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• 2001

Until now, though most of the studies related to demand estimation method using traffic counts use methods based on singleclass, travel demands or flows are made by mixing various vehicles in real networks. In general, existing demand estimation methods based on traffic counts estimate O/D by converting a multiclass O/D matrix and traffic counts into a singleclass O/D matrix and traffic counts through PCE conversion, and analyze a O/D matrix by dividing into a multiclass O/D matrix and traffic counts after multiplying an estimated O/D matrix by the fixed ratio of a singleclass O/D matrix and traffic counts before PCE conversion. However, the merits of a demand estimation method based on multiclass calculate each route choice ratio about multiclass O/D, and maximize the estimation capability of multiclass by calculating each gradient, the reduction direction of objective function. Therefore, this study aims to establish a demand estimation method which considers congestion between vehicle and vehicle by using multiclass instead of singleclass.