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The Feasibility Analysis of Organic Waste Bioenergy System in Apartment Complex (유기성 폐자원 바이오에너지 시스템의 공동주택 적용 타당성 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Ko, Myeong-Jin;Choi, Mi-Young;Choi, Doo-Sung;Kim, Yong-Shik
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.22 no.7
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    • pp.474-481
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    • 2010
  • Because international environmental and energy problems such as global warming and ozone depletion, exhausting of fossil energy sources are more serious than before, renewable energy system is attracting people's attention more and more. Organic waste bioenergy system among a variety of renewable energy system is expected to have an effect on building a society which is eco-friendly and recycles resources owing to carbon neutral effects. So this is considered as the role of an energy source of the building. Previous studies on the organic waste bioenergy are mainly bioenergy technology and activation plan of the bioenergy supply. But the performance evaluation studies of bioenergy systems installed in buildings are rarely. This study is to evaluate applicability of the organic waste bioenergy system as the building energy supply system by energy and environmental, economical analysis.

Environmental Effect of the Coffee Waste and Anti-Microbial Property of Oyster Shell Waste Treatment

  • Thenepalli, Thriveni;Ramakrishna, Chilakala;Ahn, Ji Whan
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.39-49
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    • 2017
  • Coffee is one of the most popular and consumed beverages in the world, which leads to a high contents of solid residue known as spent coffee grounds (SCG). As is known, coffee beans contain several classes of health related chemicals, including phenolic compounds, melanoidins, diterpenes, xanthines and carotenoids. The waste water coming out of coffee industries has high concentration of organic pollutants and is very harmful for surrounding water bodies, human health and aquatic life if discharged directly into the surface waters. Hence it is essential to treat and manage the coffee waste. Oyster shells are a waste product from mariculture that creates a major disposal problem in coastal regions of southeast Korea. In the study, the oyster shell waste was used to treat the coffee waste and its effluents. Oyster shells are calcined at $1000^{\circ}C$ for 2 h, and allowed to test the calcined CaO powder ability to inhibit the growth of bacteria in different aging coffee wastes. Calcined oyster shell powder showed anti-bacterial effect that inhibited cell growth of Escherichia coli and other bacterial forms. The antimicrobial activity of calcium oxide from oyster shell waste for biological treatment and utilization as a fertilizers with economic ecofriendly in nature.

A Current Status of Natural Analogues Programs in Nations Considering High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal

  • HunSuk Im;Dawoon Jeong;Min-Hoon Baik;Ji-Hun Ryu
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.65-93
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    • 2023
  • Several countries have been operating radioactive waste disposal (RWD) programs to construct their own repositories and have used natural analogues (NA) studies directly or indirectly to ensure the reliability of the long-term safety of deep geological disposal (DGD) systems. A DGD system in Korea has been under development, and for this purpose a generic NA study is necessary. The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute has just launched the first national NA R&D program in Korea to identify the role of NA studies and to support the safety case in the RWD program. In this article, we review some cases of NA studies carried out in advanced countries considering crystalline rocks as candidate host rocks for high-level radioactive waste disposal. We examine the differences among these case studies and their roles in reflecting each country's disposal repository design. The legal basis and roadmap for NA studies in each country are also described. However because the results of this analysis depend upon different environmental conditions, they can be only used as important data for establishing various research strategies to strengthen the NA study environment for domestic disposal system research in Korea.

Study on Utilizing Resources in Ecopolis -Evaluation of the Potential Heat Capacity of Sewage For Utilizing as Sewage Energy- (생태도시에서의 자원활용에 관한 연구 -하수 에너지 활용을 위한 보유열량 평가-)

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    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.583-591
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    • 2003
  • The research on potential energy was conducted to conserve the high-exergy energy like primary energy and utilize waste heat from sewage. From the Point of view in using the waste heat, the energy Potential of waste water from the model house was simulated. From the results, when the heated water was supplied to the model house side in order to put unused energy to Practice use, heated water had higher energy Potential than unheated water, which was due to the discharge of most of unused energy. The possessing heat capacity of sewage from heated water was increased to 40-70 percents in comparison with that from the unheated water. Therefore, it can be used as energy source for improving coefficient of performance of heat pumps. By adopting the multiple heat pump into a model house, It showed that the possessing heat capacity of sewage was reduced. It was also found that the heat was recovered as energy source fur multiple heat pump in a model house.

A Study on the Quality Improvement of Oil Refueling for the Use of Renewable Energy Fuel (신재생에너지 연료용 유화유의 품질 개선에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jin;Kim, Hwaseong
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.505-509
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    • 2020
  • The development of diesel power generation is predominantly geared toward island areas or ships because diesel exhibits weak scale-merit characteristics and power quality problems, which are associated with environmental pollution. However, a new energy paradigm, distribution energy resource (DER), has been emerging as a renewable energy source due to the existing structural problems in waste disposal and complex factors such as the conversion technology of waste emulsified oil (WDF). By combining extended producer responsibility (EPR) support and renewable energy certificates (REC), including waste energy REC 0.25 for other bioenergy and REC 1.0 for power transactions, an adequate profit model can be built through self-energetic power generation, thereby drawing keen attention from related industries. Therefore, if WDF is used appropriately as a high-quality engine fuel, it can lead to the development of various fields such as novel renewable energy sectors, waste management, and EPR-related industries. This study is intended to produce WDF using plastic waste by using it as engine-generator fuel. Moreover, we investigate ways to improve the quality and suitability of WDF as an engine fuel.

Separation and Extraction of Hot Particulate from contaminated Perfluorocarbon solution

  • Kim Gye-Nam;Narayan Mathuresh;Wou Hui-Jun;Jung Chong-Hun;Oh Won-Zin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.70-71
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    • 2005
  • It was an idea to develop a system to remove the contaminated hot particulate to make clean nuclear research facilities to the clear visibility for researcher. In order to clean micron and sub micron size particulates from used PFC solution as a decontamination tool. Since PFC solution is very expensive so it was a high recommendation to develop the some filtration equipment to purify PFC for next decontamination process, in additionally, reduce the secondary waste. However, we developed an easy and economic filter system to purify the PFC solution. The major advantage of the process operates in closed loop under near ambient conditions, thus minimizing the potential for fugitive TRU emissions and reduces the secondary waste. This has very significant safety and cost impacts. Here we proposed the two types PFC filter systems.

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