• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.306-312
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• 2010

This field study was performed to evaluate the efficiency of a plasma ion-operated air cleaner in temporal reduction of airborne pollutants emitted from a pig housing facility. In the case of gaseous pollutants, the plasma ion air cleaner was not effective in reducing levels of ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen dioxide, or sulfur dioxide (p>0.05). In the case of particulate pollutants, however, the air cleaner was effective in reducing levels of particulate matter ($PM_{2.5}$ and $PM_1$) by 79(${\pm}6.1$) and 78(${\pm}3.0$)%, respectively. Unlike the case of these fine particle fractions, the reduction of total suspended particles (TSP) and $PM_{10}$ following treatment was almost negligible. In the case of biological pollutants, the mean reduction efficiencies for airborne bacteria and fungi were relatively low at 22(${\pm}6.6$) and 25(${\pm}8.7$)%, respectively. Taken together, these results indicate that in terms of air pollutants released from this pig housing facility, the plasma ion air cleaner was primarily effective in reducing levels of $PM_{2.5}$ and $PM_1$.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2012

This study was aimed to thoroughly estimate the characteristics of indoor particulate matter (PM) collected on subway platforms by the cooperative approach of semi-bulk and single particle analyses. The size-resolved PM and its number concentration were measured on the platform in a heavily traveled subway station in Fukuoka, Japan. Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) and micro-PIXE techniques were applied to the chemical analyses of semi-bulk and single particle, respectively. There was the close resemblance of timely fluctuation between PM number concentration and train service on the third basement floor (B3F) platform compared to the second basement floor (B2F) and its maximum level was marked in rush hour. Higher number counts in large particles ($>1{\mu}m$) and lower number counts in fine particles ($<1{\mu}m$) were shown on the platform compared to an above ground. PM2.5 accounted for 58.2% and 38.2 % of TSP on B3F and on B2F, respectively. The elements that were ranked at high concentration in size-resolved semi-bulk PM were Fe, Si, Ca, S, and Na. The major elements tending to have more elevated levels on B3F than B2F were Fe (4.4 times), Ca (17.3 times), and Si (46.4 times). Although concentrations were very low, Cr ($11.9ng\;m^{-3}$ on B3F, $2.4ng\;m^{-3}$ on B2F), Mn ($3.4ng\;m^{-3}$ on B3F, $0.9ng\;m^{-3}$ on B2F), and Pb ($0.6ng\;m^{-3}$ on B3F, $1.6ng\;m^{-3}$ on B2F) were detected from PM2.5. Individual PM was nearly all enriched in Fe with Si and Ca. Classifying and source profiling of the individual particles by elemental maps and particle morphology were tried and particles were presumably divided into four groups (i.e., train/rail friction, train-rail sparking, ballast/abrasive, and cement).

• 환경분석과 독성보건
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.281-291
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• 2018

Recently, long-range atmospheric transport (LRAT) from China is regarded as a major reason for elevated levels of particulate matter (PM) in Korea. However, local emissions also play an important role in PM pollution, especially in large-scale industrial cities. In this study, PM samples were collected at suburban, residential, and industrial sites in Ulsan, Korea. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heavy metals were analyzed, and a potential human health risk assessment was conducted. The concentrations of PAHs and heavy metals in total suspended particles (TSP) increased during high $PM_{10}$ episodes, and backward trajectory analysis verified the influence of LRAT from China during the high episodes. Furthermore, the concentrations of PAHs and heavy metals in $PM_{2.5}$ and $PM_{10}$ at the industrial site were higher than those at the residential site. The risk assessment of PAHs and heavy metals in $PM_{2.5}$ suggested no significant health effects. The highest levels of PAHs were measured in the particle size of $0.32{\sim}0.56{\mu}m$ at the residential site, and those of heavy metals were detected in the particle size of 1.8~5.6 and $>18{\mu}m$, reflecting different major emissions sources for both groups. On the basis of this preliminary study, we are planning long-term monitoring and modeling studies to quantitatively evaluate the influence of industrial activities on the PM pollution in Ulsan.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.360-372
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• 2010

Concentrations of ambient air particles such as total suspended particulates (TSP), particulate matter $(PM)_{10}$, and $PM_{2.5}$, were monitored simultaneously from May to June, 2007, at four locations at Alashan and Beijing in China, and Seoul and Gosan in South Korea. These monitoring sites are in the pathway of Asian dust (AD) storms traveling from China to the Korean peninsula. An AD event was observed in the Korean peninsula on May 25-26. During the sampling period, the average concentrations of TSP and PM10 were each higher than $150\;{\mu}g/m^3$ in Alashan and Beijing, but not in Seoul and Gosan. The concentration of TSP in Alashan (where the dust storm originated) on the day of the AD event reached $1824.7\;{\mu}g/m^3$, this being the highest concentration of air particles observed during the sampling period. The level was decreased to 15% of this ($274.7\;{\mu}g/m^3$) in Seoul and to 8.7% ($159.0\;{\mu}g/m^3$) in Gosan when the AD was observed two days later in Korea. Gosan, a representative background site in East Asia, displayed the lowest concentration of particles, with this maximal TSP concentration of $159\;{\mu}g/m^3$. Inorganic element contents in the air particles were also measured, and the concentrations in the four different regions compared. Concentrations of anthropogenically-enriched heavy metals in $PM_{10}$ and $PM_{2.5}$, such as lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury, were higher in the metropolitan cities of Beijing and Seoul compared to non-industrialized regions of Alashan and Gosan. However, the concentrations of inorganic soil elements including iron, magnesium, aluminum sodium, and manganese, were higher in Alashan compared to those in other sampling sites.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.385-392
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• 2007

Currently, portable equipment for recycling of waste asphalt concrete (ASCON) has been used. However, any air pollution control devices are not attached in the simple portable one. Thus, a lot of air pollutants have been produced from recycling processes of waste ASCON which resulted from aging of paved roads or repavement of roads. This study deals with a preliminary result of concentration analysis of air pollutants obtained from a pilot and a real recycling processes of waste ASCON using simple portable recycling equipment. Air pollutants were taken from 4 steps of the pilot recycling process including an initial heating by liquid petroleum gas (LPG), intermediate heating and melting (H&M) process, final H&M process, and pavement processes using recycled ASCON at the recycling site. Also, air pollutants were taken front 4 steps of the real recycling processes including an initial H&M, final H&M and mixing, loading of recycled ASCON to dump trucks, and at the recycling site after leaving the loaded dump trucks for real pavement sites. The air pollutants measured in this study include volatile organic compounds (VOCs), aldehydes, particulate matter (PM: PM1, PM2.5, PM7, PM10, TSP (total suspended particulate)). The identified concentrations of VOCs increased with increasing time or degree for H&M of waste ASCON. In particular, very high concentrations of the VOCs at the status of complete melting, which is exposed to the air, of the waste ASCON just before paving tv the recycled ASCON at the recycling site. Also, considerable amount of VOCs were identified from the recycling equipment after the dump trucks leaded by recycled ASCON leaved the recycling site for the pavement sites. The relative level of formaldehyde exceeded 80% of the aldehydes Identified in the recycling processes. This is because the waste ASCON is exposed to direct flame of LPG during H&M processes. The PM concentrations measured in the winter recycling processes, such as the loading and rotation processes of waste ASCON into/in the recycling equipment for H&M, were much higher than those in the summer ones. In particular, the concentrations of coarse particles such as PM7 and PM10 during the winter recycling were very high as compared those during the summer one.

• 분석과학
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.371-382
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• 2010

제주도 고산지역에서 TSP (total suspended particulate), PM2.5 (particulate matter, below $2.5\;{\mu}m$ particle size) 대기에어로졸을 채취, 분석하여 에어로졸의 조성과 오염 특성을 조사하였다. 고산지역 대기에어로졸에서 nss(non-sea salt)-$SO_4^{2-}$과 $NH_4^+$은 다른 국내 청정지역 및 도시지역에 비해 높은 조성비를보이고 $NO_3^-$는 상대적으로 낮은 조성비를 나타내었다. 에어로졸 성분의 입경별 분포를 비교해 본 결과, 인위적 기원의 nss-$SO_4^{2-}$, $NO3_^-$, $NH_4^+$ 성분들은 대체적으로 미세입자에, 토양기원의 nss-$Ca^{2+}$과 해염기원의 $Na^+$, $Cl^-$, $Mg^{2+}$은 상대적으로 조대입자에 많이 분포하고 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 계절별로는 봄철에 nss-$Ca^{2+}$, Al, Fe, Ca, $NO_3^-$ 성분의 농도가 크게 상승하고, nss-$SO_4^{2-}$은 여름과 봄철에 높은 농도를 나타내었다. 인자분석 결과, 에어로졸은 대체적으로 인위적 발생원의 영향을 많이 받고, 다음으로 해양 및 토양 영향을 많이 받았다. 또한 역궤적 분석법으로 에어로졸 성분의 유입경로를 조사해 본 결과, nss-$SO_4^{2-}$, $NO_3^-$, Pb, nss-$Ca^{2+}$ 성분들은 대체적으로 기류가 중국대륙으로부터 제주지역으로 이동할 때 훨씬 더 높은 농도를 나타낸 반면, 북태평양에서 제주지역으로 이동할 때 상대적으로 낮은 농도를 나타내었다.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제11권3로
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• pp.197-206
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• 2005

본 연구는 무창육계사의 계절별 먼지 농도와 계사 먼지의 특성을 알아보고자 경기 화성 소재 육계농장의 무창계사에서 시험을 수행하였으며 결과는 다음과 같다. 1 여름철 무창육계사의 주령별 먼지농도는 TSP의 경우 1주령 1,229, 2주령 904.5, 3주령 558.8 그리고 4주령시 $1,053{\mu}g/m^3$이었다. 2. 겨울철에는 주령이 경과함에 따라 급격히 증가하는 경향이었으며, TSP의 경우 1주령시 465.4, 2주령시 1,401, 3주령시 4,497, 4주령시 5,097 그리고 5주령시 $6,873{\mu}g/m^3$이었다. 3. 겨울철 5주령시 최대 TSP량은 $11,132{\mu}g/m^3$을 보여 노출기준에 비하여 매우 높게 검출되었다. 4. 하루중의 먼지 분포는 여름철의 경우 이른 아침에 높게 나타났으며 환기량이 많은 오후에 최소량이 검출되었다 그러나 겨울철에는 이른 아침에 낮은 량이 검출되고 닭의 활동이 많은 오후에 먼지농도가 높게 검출되었다. 5. 먼지 입자 크기 분포에 있어서 숫자 기준으로 하였을 경우에는 $0.05\~0.35{\mu}m$ 크기의 먼지 분포가 높게 나타났으나 용적을 기준으로 하였을 경우에는 $16\~99{\mu}m$의 큰 먼지가 높은 분포를 보였다. 6. 먼지의 조단백질 함량은 DM기준으로 $42.8\~65.2\%$를 보여 급여사료의 조단백질 함량 $20.5\~24.5\%$에 비하여 높았으며 중금속의 경우에도 급여사료에 비하여 높은 농도를 보였다

• 신재생에너지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.13-26
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• 2020

This study analyzed whether the diffusion of new and renewable energy contributed to mitigating emissions of various air pollutants, including particulate matter, using panel econometric models. The theoretical foundation of such econometric models is based on the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis, which assumes an inverted U-shaped relation between national income and environmental pollution, as originally proposed by Grossman and Krueger. We examined whether there are inverted U-, U-shaped, or N-shaped relations between national income and air pollution. We demonstrate that increases in new and renewable energy significantly mitigated emissions of CO, NO_X, and PM2.5. Additionally, we included NO_X, SO_X, PM10, and VOCs as secondary emission sources of PM2.5 and found that emission of PM10 resulted in the highest PM2.5 emissions, followed by NO_X and SO_X emissions. The impact of new and renewable energy on air pollution varied across regions. Increase of new and renewable energy in the Honam region significantly mitigated CO, NO_X, and TSP emissions, while that in the Youngnam and metropolitan areas did not significantly mitigate air pollution overall. There was a U-shaped relationship between air pollution and national income for CO, NO_X, PM2.5, and SO_X, while an inverted N-shape was observed for PM10.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.171-176
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• 1999

To estimate the residence times of aerosols in air, the activities of $^{210}Pb$ and $^{210}Po$ in aerosols were measured at 4 sites in Pusan. All aerosol samples were collected by a high volume air sampler from January to October 1996. The activities $^{210}Pb$ and $^{210}Po$ in Pusan were varied from 11.77 to 67.57 dpm/1000$m^3$ and from 2.63 to 15.91 dpm/1000$m^3$, respectively. The mean activities were 34.62 dpm/1000$m^3$ for $^{210}Pb$ and 8.24 dpm/1000$m^3$ for $^{210}Po$. The highest values of the activities of $^{210}Pb$ and $^{210}Po$ were appeared at P3 site and the lowest values at P4 site. During the sampling period, the trends of the activities of $^{210}Po$ and $^{210}Pb$ were similar to total suspended particulate matter(TSP) concentrations. The mean residence times of atmospheric aerosols calculated from $^{210}Po$/$^{210}Pb$ activity ratio was about 60~80 days in Pusan. The longest residence time of atmospheric aerosols was in January because of the lack of rainout and washout, but the shortest residence time was in August, largely due to scavenging effect by frequent rains. The activities of $^{210}Po$ and $^{210}Pb$ in atmospheric aerosols were different in time and space, which seems that the distribution of $^{210}Po$ and $^{210}Pb$ activities and scavenging processes in air may be controlled by the local and meteorological conditions.

• 한국항만경제학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.107-122
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• 2023

본 연구는 3년간 단계적으로 도입되고 있는 선박 연료유 황 함유량 규제정책의 대기오염물질 배출저감 효과를 분석하고자 한다. 부가적으로 VSR과 AMP의 배출저감 효과도 분석하였다. 분석은 EEA에서 제공하고 있는 NOx, CO, VOC, SOx, TSP, PM10, PM2.5를 대상으로 하였으며, 분석의 공간적 범위는 우리나라 수도권에 위치하여 대기오염에 대한 파급효과가 큰 인천항을 대상으로 하였다. 분석은 다음과 같이 시나리오 1: 정책이 없는 경우 시나리오 2: 연료유 황 함량 규제만 시행하는 경우 시나리오 3: 연료유 황 함량 규제, VSR, AMP를 반영하여 분석하였다. 분석 결과 시나리오 1의 경우 3년의 기간 동안 4,801톤, 4,932톤, 5,144톤의 대기오염물질이 배출된 것으로 나타났다. 시나리오 2는 4,219톤, 4,152톤, 3,989톤이 배출되었고, 시나리오 3은 4,198톤, 4,138톤, 3,973톤이 배출된 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구결과는 항만 대기환경관리와 인천광역시 대기관리의 기초연구로 적용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.