• 한국안전학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.150-157
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• 2006

새건물증후군이란 새로 지은 건물에서 생활하는 사람들에게 눈이 따갑거나 목이나 코가 아프거나, 두통, 구토, 피부발진 등 증상이 나타나는 것을 일컫는 말이다. 새집증후군 원인물질의 주요 성분으로는 건축 자재나 벽지, 페인트, 가구 접착제 등에서 발생되는 포름알데이드(HCHO)와 톨루엔 등 휘발성 유기화합물(VOCs: Volatile Oragnic Compounds), 부유 박테리아, 곰팡이, 바이러스 등이다. 새집증후군을 저감하기 위한 방법으로는 환기에 의한 방법, 오염물질이 없는 친환경 재료의 사용 및 재료의 처리를 통해 오염물질을 저감하고자 제거하는 방법이 있다. 본 연구는 이들 방법 중 건축 재료 위에 표면코팅처리를 함으로써 실내 공기질을 향상시키기 위한 것으로, 건물 내 표면 코팅 전후의 공기질을 분석함으로써 실내 거주환경을 안전하게 조성하는 데 그 목적이 있다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.197-205
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• 2002

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are an important public health problem throughout the world. Many important questions remain to be addressed in assessing exposure to these compounds. Because they are ubiquitous and highly volatile, special techniques must be applied in the analytical determination of VOCs. Personal exposure measurements are needed to evaluate the relationship between microenvironmental concentrations and actual exposures. It is also important to investigate exposure frequency, duration, and intensity, as well as personal exposure characteristics. In addition to air monitoring, biological monitoring may contribute significantly to risk assessment by allowing estimation of absorbed doses, rather than just the external exposure concentrations, which are evaluated by environmental and personal monitoring. This study was conducted to establish the analytic procedure of VOCs in air, blood, urine and exhaled breath and to evaluate the relationships among these environmental media. The subjects of this study were selected because they are occupationally exposed to high levels of VOCs. Environmental, personal, blood, urine and exhalation samples were collected. Purge ＆ trap, thermal desorber, gas chromatography and mass selective detector were used to analyze the collected samples. Analytical procedures were validated with the“break through test”, 'quot;recovery test for storage and transportation”,“method detection limit test”and“inter-laboratory QA/QC study”. Assessment of halogenated compounds indicted that they were significantly correlated to each other (p value < 0.01). In a similar manner, aromatic compounds were also correlated, except in urine sample. Linear regression was used to evaluate the relationships between personal exposures and environmental concentrations. These relationships for aromatic and halogenated are as follows: Halogen $s_{personal}$ = 3.875+0.068Halogen $s_{environmet}$, ($R^2$= .930) Aromatic $s_{personal}$ = 34217.757-31.266Aromatic $s_{environmet}$, ($R^2$= .821) Multiple regression was used to evaluate the relationship between exposures and various exposure deter-minants including, gender, duration of employment, and smoking history. The results of the regression model-ins for halogens in blood and aromatics in urine are as follows: Halogen $s_{blood}$ = 8.181+0.246Halogen $s_{personal}$+3.975Gender ($R^2$= .925), Aromatic $s_{urine}$ = 249.565+0.135Aromatic $s_{personal}$ -5.651 D.S ($R^2$ = .735), In conclusion, we have established analytic procedures for VOC measurement in biological and environmental samples and have presented data demonstrating relationships between VOCs levels in biological media and environmental samples. Abbreviation GC/MS, Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometer; VOCs, Volatile Organic Compounds; OVM, Organic Vapor Monitor; TO, Toxic Organicsapor Monitor; TO, Toxic Organics.

• 한국대기환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국대기환경학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.491-492
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• 2010

• 한국대기환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국대기환경학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.360-361
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• 2009

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• 제15권E호
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• pp.29-38
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• 1999

This study identified emission sources and emissions of air pollutants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), solvents, and acid gases produced from chemical plants. We collected air samples from various processes, reactors and facilities using VOC detectors and workers' experience. We identified chemical structures and emission concentrations of air pollutants. We analyzed total emissions of air pollutants emitted from the chemical plants. Also, we developed some emission reduction technologies based on chemical types and emission situations of the identified air pollutants. For reduction of air emissions of acid gases, we employed a method improving solubility of pollutants by reducing scrubber operation temperature, increasing surface area for effective contact of gas and liquid, and modifying or changing chemicals used in the acid scrubbers. In order to reduce air emissions of both amines and acid gases, which have had different emission sources each other but treated by one scrubber, we first could separate gas components. And then different control techniques based on components of pollutants were applied to the emission sources. That is, we first applied condensation and then acid scrubbing method using H2SO4 solution for amine treatment. However, we only used an acid scrubbing method using H2O and NaOH solution for acid gas treatment. In order to reduce air emissions of solvents such as dimethylformamide and toluene, we applied condensation and activated carbon adsorption. In order to reduce air emissions of mixture gases containing acid gases and slovents, which could not be separated in the processes, we employed a combination of various air pollution control devices. That is, the mixture gases were passed into the first condenser, the acid scrubber, the second condenser, and the activated carbon adsorption tower in sequence. In addition, for improvement of condensation efficiency of VOCs, we changed the type of the condensers attached in the reactors as a control device modification. Finally, we could successfully reduce air emissions of pollutants produced from various chenmical processes or facilities by use of proper control methods according to the types and specific emission situations of pollutants.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.481-486
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• 2004

Vehicle occupant exposure to air pollutants has been a subject of concern in recent years because of higher levels of air pollutants inside gasoline or diesel-using vehicle, comparing to the surrounding atmosphere. Contrary to previous studies, fuel of vehicles operated in this study was liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). This study examined the potential exposure and removal efficiency of selected volatile organic compounds (VOCs), nitrogen dioxide ($NO_2$) and respirable suspended particle (RSP) by commercial air cleaning device inside vehicle under different ventilation conditions. Vehicle concentrations inside of benzene, toluene, m,p-xylene, $NO_2$ and RSP were lower under the low ventilation condition. This was indicated that outdoor air pollutants could affect the vehicle air quality inside in case metropolitan cities such as Daegu. The urban vehicle concentrations inside of benzene, toluene, m,p-xylene, $NO_2$ and RSP with air cleaning device were higher than those without air cleaning device. This means that the use of air cleaning device equipped with activated carbon filter, which was used in this study, in the interior of vehicles could be expected to reduce the vehicle occupants exposure to air pollutants effectively. In batch type reactor of laboratory scale, removal efficiencies of air cleaning device used were $97.0\%,\;95.7\%,\;94.6\%\;and\;85.5\%$ respectively in benzene, toluene, m,p-xylene and $NO_2$.

• 공업화학
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 대기압 저온 플라즈마를 이용하여 저농도의 유해물질로서 배출되는 NOx, SOx, 휘발성 유기화학물(VOCs), 악취, 매연입자를 처리하는 대기환경설비기술에 대해 살펴보았다. 대기압 저온 플라즈마는 대부분 코로나 및 유전체방전을 통해 발생되며, 저온 플라즈마는 배출가스의 99% 이상을 차지하는 산소, 질소, 이산화탄소 및 수증기의 엔탈피를 증가시키지 않고서도 즉, 낮은 공정온도 조건에서 유해가스를 선택적으로 처리하는 장점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 저온 플라즈마 발생 및 이로 인해 유도된 화학반응의 특성을 수치해석 및 실험결과를 통해 살펴봄으로서 유해물질을 처리하는데 적합한 플라즈마의 조건(전자 에너지 밀도)을 제시하였고, 이를 구체적으로 달성하기 위한 반응기 형상 및 전력조건을 제시하였다. 본 논문의 후반부에서는 해당기술의 개발사례 및 현재 이들 기술이 갖는 기술 및 경제적인 한계점을 제시함으로서 향후 관련기술의 완성도를 높이는데 도움이 되고자 하였다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.477-491
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• 2014

This study was carried out to evaluate the concentration variations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the office environments located in a large urban area with respect to seasonality, smoking status, types of ventilation and heating. Indoor air sampling was undertaken in 37 and 30 offices in Daegu city during summer and winter, respectively. The VOC samples were collected using adsorbent tubes, and were determined by thermal desorption coupled with GC/MS analysis. The analytical method was validated for repeatability, method detection limits (MDL), and duplication precision. A total of 34 VOCs of environmental concern were determined, including 15 aromatics and 19 halogenated hydrocarbons. Average concentrations of BTEX appeared to 1.91 ppb, 22.98 ppb, 3.44 ppb, and 3.70 ppb, respectively. These values were relatively higher levels than those measured at homes and outdoor roadsides reported by other researches. In general, the concentrations of VOCs were higher in winter than summer, in smoking offices than non-smoking offices, in forced ventilation type than natural ventilation type, and in combustion heating than non-combustion heating offices. However, such differences were not always significant at a level of 0.05 by statistical tests (t-test and/or Mann-Whitney test) with some exceptions for BTEX and styrene. This study demonstrated that smoking status, ventilation type and presence of combustion sources indoors could be important factors on the elevated concentrations of some VOCs in the office environment.

• 한국대기환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국대기환경학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.253-254
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• 2003

구미시 산단지역은 반도체, LCD, 브라운관, 정보통신기기 등 첨단전자 정보통신산업을 위주로 형성되어 있으며, 섬유와 기타 합성수지 산업도 위치하고 있다. 이러한 산업 구조로 인해 전자산업에서는 세척제로 Trichloroethylene과 Dichloromethane등이 사용되며, 섬유와 합성수지 산업에서는 Toluene과 같은 유기용제가 많이 사용되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 전자산업을 위주로 형성된 구미 산단지역의 대기중 휘발성유기화합물(이하 VOCs)의 농도를 여름과 겨울철로 나누어 측정ㆍ평가하여, 구미지역 유해오염도 개선을 위한 기초자료를 제시함을 목적으로 하였다. (중략)

• 한국대기환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국대기환경학회 2002년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.330-331
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• 2002

급격한 도시화와 산업화는 필연적으로 화석연료의 사용량 증가를 초래하였고 적절한 제어 대책이 마련되지 않는 한 결과적으로 인구가 집중된 도시 지역에서는 각종 대기 오염물질과 함께 환경 대기중의 휘발성 유기화합물(Volatile Organic Compounds VOCs)의 농도도 직접 혹은 간접적으로 증가하고 있다. VOC는 스모그 형성의 주요 원인물질인 오존의 전구물질일 뿐만 아니라 현재개선이 되지 않고 있는 시정 장애와 관련이 있는 물질이고 최근 수치상의 대기질 개선에도 불구하고 실제 피부로 느껴지게 하는 주요 원인물질이다. (중략)