• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2020.07a
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• pp.665-666
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• 2020

4차 산업혁명 시대로 들어서면서 인공지능, 로봇산업이 크게 떠오르고 활발해지기 시작했으며 특히 가정용 제품들이 많이 나오고 있다. 최근 들어 미세먼지, 황사 등 공기 중의 미세먼지나 세균 바이러스로 인해 호흡기 질병에 많이 걸리고 이러한 환경문제 때문에 많은 사람들이 집안 공기를 정화 시킬 수 있는 공기청정기를 많이 구매하고 있다. 대부분 집의 일반적인 공기청정기는 한 자리에서 한정된 공간의 공기만 정화 시키고 다른 공간에 필요하면 직접 옮기거나 추가로 구매해야 하는 문제가 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결 하기위해 비교적 가정에 많이 사용하고 있는 로봇청소기에 공기 청정기 기능을 접목시켜 청소를 하면서 생기는 먼지들을 걸러내는 동시에 공기청정기능 까지 접목시켜 로봇청소기가 움직이며 여러 공간을 청소도 하며 공기 청정 기능 까지 하고 로봇청소기가 작동 안 할 때는 공기청정기의 기능만 하여 따로 로봇청소기와 공기청정기를 구매할 필요가 없어 공간절약과 비용감소 효과를 기대할 수 있을 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2022.07a
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• pp.437-438
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• 2022

현재 산업현장은 작업한 인부들이 작업을 마치고 청소하는 식으로 현장의 청결을 유지한다. 본 연구에서는 산업현장의 청결을 보다 깨끗하고 안전하게 유지하여 안전사고 발생의 요인이 되는 것을 제거하는 것을 전제로 하여 현재 상용화 되고 있는 로봇청소기와 아두이노를 이용한 센서를 적용하고자 한다. 본 논문은 기존의 로봇청소기에 미세먼지 센서와 유해가스 센서를 탑재하여 산업현장의 환경을 감지하도록 한다. 산업 현장의 미세먼지 농도가 일정 수치 이상이면, 로봇청소기를 작동하도록 한다. 로봇청소기에 공기청정기와 전자석을 추가하여 산업현장의 공기를 쾌적하게 조성하며, 미세 금속 이물질을 처리하는 기능을 탑재하여 산업현장에서 발생하는 이물질을 보다 쉽게 처리하도록 한다. 유해가스 농도가 일정 수치 이상이면, 부저를 통해 경보를 울려 산업현장 내부에 유해가스가 유출되고 있다고 알려준다. 또한, 블루투스 통신을 통해 스마트폰 어플리케이션으로 센서의 값을 확인하여 DC모터, 공기청정기, 전자석 등을 수동조작해 청소되지 않은 부분을 청소하도록 할 수 있다.

• Clean Technology
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.283-289
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• 2014

General household vacuum cleaners consist of dust collector, pre filter, motor and exhaust filter, and the filtered clean air is discharged to the atmosphere. By using the CFD methods, we estimated the internal flow in two types of commercial cyclone vacuum cleaners to evaluate the dust collection performance. From the analysis, it was known that the number of revolution had higher values in cyclone cone region. CFD analysis in a specific showed non-uniform velocity distribution at outlet, which results in the deterioration of particle collection performance. In order to improve flow condition, the installation of baffle was proposed and the values of velocity RMS were estimated.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.524-532
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• 2020

In this study, noise radiated from a high-speed fan-motor unit for a cordless vacuum cleaner is reduced by designing splitter blades on the existing impeller. First of all, in order to investigate the flow field through a fan-motor unit, especially impeller, the unsteady incompressible Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations are numerically solved by using computational fluid dynamic technique. With predicted flow field results as input, the Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings (FW-H) integral equation is solved to predict aerodynamic noise radiated from the impeller. The validity of the numerical methods is confirmed by comparing the predicted sound pressure spectrum with the measured one. Further analysis of the predicted flow field shows that the strong vortex is formed between the impeller blades. As the vortex induces the loss of the flow field and acts as an aerodynamic noise source, supplementary splitter blades are designed to the existing impeller to suppress the identified vortex. The length and position of splitter are selected as design factors and the effect of each design factor on aerodynamic noise is numerically analyzed by using the Taguchi method. From this results, the optimum location and length of splitter for minimum radiated noise is determined. The finally selected design shows lower noise than the existing one.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.81-87
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• 2010

The coverage ability is one of essential techniques for the Robotic Vacuum Cleaner (RVC). Most of the RVCs rely on random or regular pattern movement to cover a target space due to the technical difficulties to implement localization and map and constraints of hardwares such as controller and sensors. In this paper, we consider two main issues which are low computational load and using sensors with very limited sensing capabilities. First, in our approach, computing procedures to build map and detect the RVC's position are minimized by simplifying data obtained from sensors. To reduce computational load, it needs simply presenting an environment with objects of various shapes. Another isuue mentioned above is regarded as one of the most important problems in our approach, because we consider that many RVCs use low-cost sensor systems such as an infrared sensor or ultrasonic sensor with limited capabilities in limited range, detection uncertainty, measurement noise, etc. Methods presented in this paper are able to apply to general RVCs equipped with these sensors. By both simulation and real experiment, we evaluate our method and verify that the proposed method guarantees a complete coverage.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.14-21
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• 1993

본 해설에서는 가정용 진공청소기에서 일반적으로 사용되는 진동 . 소음 측정기법과 진공청소 기의 저소음화를 위해 별도로 고안된 흡음방이 장착된 진공청소기에 대한 측정예를 소개하였다. 본 해설에서 다룬 흡음방은 일반적인 소음기의 원리를 응용한 장치로서 저소음화가 특히 요구 되는 가정용 진공청소기의 효과적인 차음장치로 사용가능함도 확인하였다. 추가적으로 진행될 과제는 흡기구에서 배기구에 이르는 진공청소기 본체 내부의 긴유로에 대한 개선과 흡음방 내에 부착되는 보다 우수한 흡음제의 개발, 진공청소기의 전 부분에 대한 기밀유지 등이 있을 수 있 으며, 위의 분야에 대한 추가적인 지식들이 보강된다면 흡음방의 효과를 보다 높일 수 있는 전체 시스템이 형성될 수 있을 것이다. 음 저감의 효과를 감안할 때 수용 가능한 정도라 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 1995.10a
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• pp.130-135
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• 1995

본 연구에서는 30000rpm으로 회전하는 진공청소기 원심팬의 유동장을 임펠러, 디퓨저, 케이싱을 모두 고려하여 해석하였다. 또한 삼차원으로 배출되는 출구를 간단한 sink 패널로 모델하여 출구의 효과를 충분히 고려하였다. 해석된 유동장 자료를 이용하여 먼 거리에서의 음압을 예측하였다. 예측된 음압자료는 FFT를 이용하여 측정된 값과 주파수 영역에서 비교하였다. 또한 진공청소기 원심팬의 측정자료에서 보이는 광역소음특성이 임펠러에서 흘려지는 후류와류의 교란에 의한 임펠러와 디퓨저 깃의 비정상 힘이 주된 원인임을 밝혔다.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.177-184
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• 1994

An air suction skimmer was selected as a potable skimmer to be developed among the many reviewed skimmers because of its advantages such as simple structure, excellent transportability, and easy deployment. A prototype of the skimmer was fabricated. It was shown that the skimmer operated by a commercial vacuum cleaner has good performance. The maximum suction rate of water and the maximum suction head were 18$m^3$/hr and 2.7m, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.113-124
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• 1982

We have investited on the efficiency of the electric vacuum cleaners for household use. On this experiment, we have used the Expired Gas Analyer IHO6(SAN-EI, K.K) to get energy expenditure of house cleaning. The testing items are, (1) The difference of energy expenditure of cleaning for the each types of the test floors: Which are P-tile, Tatami, and 4 kinds of carpets. (2) The energy expenditure of cleaning for the room with a given quantity of furnitures: The volumes of furnitures are 0, 3, 10, 20% of the room with 2 kinds of chair. The results of the experiments are as follows. 1. The energy expenditure of cleaning for the types of test floors: Setting the energy expenditure on the basis of P-tile, Tatami needs 20~24% energy expenditure than P-tile, and carpet needs 60~64% energy expenditure than P-tile. 2. Cleaning time: The more the room has many furnitures, the more it takes longer. The types of vacuum cleaners, the Shoulder-type cleaner needs 1.19 times of the Upright-type, and the Cylender-type needs 1.08 times of the Upright-type. 3. The energy expenditure of cleaning for a given quantity of furnitures: The more the rooms has many furnitures, the more the energy expenditure increase. A 10% (20%) increases in the volume of the furniture causes a 100% (200%) increases in the energy expenditure of vacuum cleaners.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• v.54 no.5
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• pp.376-379
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• 2021

Elemental mercury exposure can result in significant toxicity. Source decontamination and remediation are often required after larger elemental mercury exposures, but the details of these processes are infrequently reported. In the case described herein, a 64-year-old woman and her husband were exposed to elemental mercury in their home after the husband purchased it online for the purpose of recreational barometer calibration. After the mercury reportedly spilled during the calibration process, a vacuum cleaner was used to decontaminate the affected surface; this led to extensive mercury contamination of the home. The couple was relocated from the home while remediation occurred over the course of several weeks. Vacuum cleaning of an elemental mercury spill can lead to extensive volatilization and recirculation of mercury vapor. For smaller mercury spills, careful removal of visible mercury beads by using an eyedropper, cardboard, and masking tape is recommended. Larger spills require professional decontamination and remediation and may necessitate involvement of governmental resources. Vacuum cleaning should not be used as an initial method of decontamination after elemental mercury exposure. Careful attention to source decontamination can reduce the emotional and financial costs associated with extensive remediation after elemental mercury exposure.