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Evaluation of the Performance of Woodchip-filled Infiltration Trench Treating Stormwater from Highway (고속도로 강우유출수 처리를 위한 우드칩 충진 침투도랑의 성능평가)

  • Park, Kisoo;Kang, Heeman;Kim, Youngchul
    • Journal of Wetlands Research
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.183-193
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    • 2016
  • In this study, design and performance of infiltration trench using woodchip as media for treating stormwater from highway were examined through field monitoring. Average reduction efficiency for TSS, COD, BOD, TN, and TP was 88%, 94%, 85%, 80%, and 75% respectively, which is similar to values reported by other studies and design manuals even though direct comparison is not possible due to different monitoring and design conditions. Mean field infiltration rate estimated by measuring the change of water depth inside the observation well was about 40mm/hr, and the time taken for complete infiltration was about 0.83days, which corresponds well with design criteria recommended by MOE guidelines in Korea. In addition, according to analysis of infiltration rate and reduction efficiency, effective rainfall depth applied for determining water quality volume(WQv), 5mm was found to be properly established as design criteria. Woodchip must be considered and included as an alternative media together with crushed rock and gravel into the design guidelines because it has more advantages in terms of weight, porosity, cost, and easiness of management than other media materials.

Hybrid Water Treatment of Tubular Alumina MF and Polypropylene Beads Coated with Photocatalyst: Effect of Nitrogen Back-flushing Period and Time (관형 알루미나 정밀여과와 광촉매 코팅 폴리프로필렌 구의 혼성 수처리: 질소 역세척 주기와 시간의 영향)

  • Park, Jin Yong;Choi, Min Jee;Ma, Jun Gyu
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.226-236
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    • 2013
  • The effect of $N_2$ back-flushing period (FT) and time (BT) was compared with the previous result used PES (polyethersulfone) beads loaded with titanium dioxide photocatalyst in hybrid process of alumina microfiltration and PP (polypropylene) beads coated with photocatalyst in viewpoints of membrane fouling resistance ($R_f$), permeate flux (J), and total permeate volume ($V_T$). The reason of nitrogen back-washing instead of the general air back-washing method is to minimize the possible effect of oxygen included in air on water quality analysis. As decreasing FT, $R_f$ decreased and J and $V_T$ increased. Treatment efficiency of dissolved organic matters (DOM) was 82.0%, which was the higher than 78.0% of the PES beads result. This means that PP beads coated with photocatalyst was the more effective than PES beads loaded with photo-catalyst in the DOM removal. As increasing BT, the final $R_f$ decreased and the final J increased, but $V_T$ was the maximum at BT 15 sec. The average treatment efficiency of turbidity did not have any trend as changing BT. As BT increasing from 6 sec to 30 sec, the treatment efficiency of DOM increased 11.8%, which was a little higher than the result of PES beads.

Identifying Cost and Benefit Items of Investment Projects to Offer New Public Services By the Use of Food Waste Disposers and the Direct Input of Feces in Sewers (주방오물분쇄기 사용 및 수세분뇨의 직투입에 따른 「새로운 공공하수도 서비스」제공을 위한 투자사업의 비용과 편익 항목 식별)

  • Oh, Hyun-Taek;Park, Kyoo-Hong;Kim, Sung Tai;Lim, Byung In
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.117-125
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    • 2020
  • Our study identifies a cost and a benefit incurred in implementing an investment project to offer new public services by use of food waste disposers and direct input of feces in sewers. This is done with identifying costs of each processing division and benefits of the project by objective statistical data and engineering perspective. In summary, cost items identified are as follows: there are house laterals, removal of septic tanks, etc. for sewer pipes system. As to water quality conservation, cost incurs in storm water outfalls and divert chambers, sewage storage tanks, equipment to treat sewer overflows, and so on. With respect to sewage treatment plants(STPs), there are so many items as increase of contaminant loads in influent of STPs, and other items. There are benefit items in health improvement due to odor mitigation, increase of energy productivity, saving cost of food waste treatment and cleaning septic tanks, etc. These estimates will be used as a basic data for its economic effect.

Case Study of a Stability Analysis of a Granitoid Slope in the Gansung-Hyunnae area, GangwonDo (강원도 간성-현내 지역 화강암류 비탈면 안정성 검토 사례 연구)

  • Kim, Hong-Gyun;Kim, Seung-Hyun;Ok, Young-Seok;Koo, Ho-Bon
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.331-341
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    • 2012
  • Granitoid rocks are generally high-quality rock from a geotechnical perspective, because they rarely contain systematic joints or fragmented fault zones. Although the rock type at the Sanhak site is granite, a collapsed slope has a deep soil layer and shows no residual structures such as discontinuities or faults; surface avalanches from this slope can be observed in several places. To study the stability of this slope, we investigated rainfall duration, variation in pore-water pressure, and the factor of safety considering three cases (current cross-section, initial planning cross-section, revised planning cross-section). With increasing duration of rainfall, the groundwater level rises, up to 20 m in height from ground surface. In the initial planning cross-section, safety was secure for rainfall of 2 days duration, but inadequate for rainfall of 4 days duration. In the revised planning cross-section, however, safety factors were secure for rainfall of 4 days duration. Therefore, to ensure permanent stability at the Sanhak site, a slope degree of 1:1.8 should be maintained during cutting.

Environmental Controversy and the Role of Science - The Case of Saemangeum Reclamation Project in Korea (새만금 논쟁과 과학기술의 역할)

  • Cho Hong-Sup
    • Journal of Science and Technology Studies
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    • v.4 no.1 s.7
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    • pp.1-30
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    • 2004
  • In this paper, I have attempted to show how the environmental controversy surrounding the Saemangeurn Reclamation Project in Korea has been framed as narrow scientific debates. First of all, science, or specifically the Expert Review Pane, has played dual roles in the controversy. On the one hand, it has contributed to illuminating the future environmental impacts of reclamation, by so doing, to providing a momentum to reconsider the project. This has significant meaning that environmental concerns successfully checked the symbolic national project of developmental era through adopting a joint-investigation scheme that guaranteed participation of environmental groups on an equal footing with the government. On the other hand, by limiting the scope and participants of discussion, it fundamentally blocked the possibilities of public debates and deliberative decision-making with full considerations of the political, social, and cultural aspects of the controversy. I have shown that this is due to the realist belief shared by both the developers and the environmentalists in Korea that 'proper' science would disclose the truth. Environmental groups, in particular, were naive in evaluating the role of scientific expertise in the controversy and neglected the political role of the Expert Review Pane as a ritual. In opposition to the realist argument, I have shown through the analysis of the water quality debates concerning the future fresh water lakes that scientific 'facts' were not discovered but constructed through complex negotiations, conflicts, and compromises among related actors. The framing of the controversy as an experts' debate has resulted in the exclusion of an important actor from the discussion. Little attention has been paid throughout the controversy to the very people who have lived in the Saemangeum area for generations and will lose their livelihood all together soon. About 20,000 fishermen are living on the Saemangeum tidal flats.

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Performance Evaluation of Underground Pipe with In-Situ Recycled Controlled Low Strength Materials (현장발생토사 재활용 유동성채움재를 이용한 지하매설관의 거동평가)

  • Lee Kwan-Ho;Song Chang-Seob
    • International Journal of Highway Engineering
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    • v.8 no.2 s.28
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2006
  • An existing Steel pipe, Cast iron pipe and Concrete pipe is can not escaped from aging, specially Metal tube is causing many problems that the quality of water worse is concerned about many rust and mike efficient use of preservation of water. The use of Glassfiber Reinforced Plastic Pipe(GRP PIPE) should be one of the possible scheme to get over these problems. The GRP PIPE has an excellent resistance power and the life is lasting from 50 to 100 years roughly. It's to be useful as a result of high durability and a good construction work also it is a light weight therefore can be expected to short the time of construction and man power. In this research, to executed the small-scaled model test, in-situ model test using CLSM of in-situ soil and to evaluated the stress - strain of the pipe also try to estimated how useful is. From the model test in laboratory, the vertical and horizontal deformation of the GRP PIPE measured in six instance using 200mm and 300mm in diameters. The value of experimentation, theory, analysis got the same results of the test, but the vertical and horizontal deformation gauged in small and the earth pressure was almost zero using CLSM of in-situ soil..

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Effects of Chicken Feet Gelatin on Physicochemical and Sensory Properties of Restructured Chicken Jerky (닭발 젤라틴 첨가가 재구성 닭고기 육포의 이화학적 및 관능특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Hack-Youn;Lee, Jong-Wan;Kim, Ji-Hyuk;Kim, Gye-Woong
    • Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.327-333
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    • 2015
  • This study aimed to investigate the effect of chicken feet gelatin on physicochemical and sensory properties of restructured chicken jerky. Chicken feet swollen with hydrochloric solution (0.1 N HCl) were neutralized with flowing tap water, and gelatin was extracted with hot water at $75^{\circ}C$. The obtained chicken feet gelatin was dehydrated via freeze-drying. Restructured chicken jerky samples were prepared by adding the following amount of chicken feet gelatin 0%, 1%, 2%, 3%. The moisture and protein content of samples increased with an increased chicken feet gelatin. In addition, the drying yield of the samples increased with an increase in chicken feet gelatin. However, the shear force of samples significantly decreased with the increasing chicken feet gelatin content and the shear force of the control samples was the highest (P<0.05). No significant differences, except for color, were observed in the sensory analysis among the treatments. Therefore, usages of chicken feet gelatin can provide improved quality characteristics of restructured chicken jerky.

Measurement of Dust Concentration in a Mechanically Ventilated Broiler House and Analysis of Dust Generation from Ground Beds (강제환기식 계사의 공기 중 분진 농도 측정 및 바닥재로부터의 분진 발생량 분석)

  • Kwon, Kyeong Seok;Jo, Ye Seul;Lee, In Bok;Ha, Tae Hwan;Hong, Se Woon
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.56 no.6
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    • pp.31-43
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    • 2014
  • Confined and mechanically ventilated broiler house has been recently come into wide use to increase productivity and control rearing conditions. However, high dust concentration inside facility can threaten respiratory welfare of farmers and broilers. In Korea, there is no regulation in terms of air quality control inside agricultural facilities and sufficient data is not available. To cope with these, periodic monitoring of inhalable and respirable dust concentration were conducted according to season, broiler's activity and specific events such as shipment work for broilers in mechanically ventilated broiler house. Chamber experiment was also designed to analyze mechanism of dust generation from ground beds according to water contents and surrounding wind environment. Results showed that significant increase of inhalable (p=0.002) and respirable (p=0.03) dust were observed when activity of broilers was high according to entrance of the workers. Even shipment work for matured broilers, high level of dust were observed; inhalable dust was exceeded the threshold limit over maximum 303 % and respirable dust was over maximum 1,550 %, implying that acute respiratory symptoms could be manifested for the workers. From the chamber experiment, critical water contents for interrupting of dust generation were measured; about 45 % for inhalable dust and about 50 % for respirable dust. These results can be a trigger for designing plan of dust control however it still needs consideration of various environmental conditions, hygiene problems, etc.

Evaluating the Performance of APEX-Paddy Model using the Monitoring Data of Paddy Fields in Iksan, South Korea (국내 논필지 모니터링 자료를 이용한 APEX-Paddy 모델 적용성 평가)

  • Kamruzzaman, Mohammad;Cho, Jaepil;Choi, Soon-Kun;Song, Jung-Hun;Song, Inhong;Hwang, Syewoon
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.62 no.1
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 2020
  • The APEX model has been developed for assessing agricultural management efforts and their effects on soil and water at the field scale as well as more complex multi-subarea landscapes, whole farms, and watersheds. Recently, a key component of APEX application, named APEX-Paddy, has been modified for simulating water quality by considering paddy rice management practices. In this study, the performance of the APEX-Paddy model was evaluated using field data at Iksan experimental paddy sites in Korea. The discharge and pollutant load data during 2013 and 2014 were used to both manually and automatically calibrate the model. The APEX auto-calibration tool (APEX-CUTE 4.1) was used for model calibration and sensitivity analysis. Results indicate that APEX-Paddy reasonably performs in predicting runoff discharge rate and nitrogen yield. However, sediment and phosphorus yield is not correctly predicted due to the limitation of model schemes. With APEX-Paddy, the performance in reproducing the discharge and nitrogen yield is found to be a satisfactory level after manual calibration. The manually calibrated model performed better than the automatically calibrated model in nearly all comparisons. For runoff, manual calibration reduced PBIAS while R2 and NSE values of the automatically calibrated model were the same as the manual calibration. For T-N, NSE and PBIAS were reduced when using manual calibration, whereas R2 value was the same as manual calibration. The limitation of the APEX-Paddy model for predicting sediment, as well as the phosphorous yield, was discussed in this study.

A Study on the Selection of New Town Area Using GIS -in Mongolia - (GIS를 이용한 신도시개발 가능지역 선정 연구 -몽골지역을 대상으로-)

  • Choi, Byoung-Gil;Na, Young-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.273-280
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    • 2010
  • This study aims to research into a plan for the spatial design on the major facilities in new-town region in Mongolia by using the spatial analytical technique in GIS. In case of Mongolian region, the demand for new-town development is rapidly increasing around Ulaanbaatar, where is the capital. On the other hand, the adequately relevant ground or the spatial-design technique is failing to be applied. This study extracted the region available for developing new down by using spatial analytical technique in GIS, and researched into the spatial-design plan for housing complex, filtration plant, sewage disposal plant, power plant, general park, crematory. The housing complex in the targeted region could be known to be adequate to be positioned around watercourse and road. It could be known to be adequate for filtration plant, which is the source of drinking water, to be located in the upper-stream region of a river, which is secured good quality of water, and for sewage disposal plant to be located in the lower-stream region available for minimizing occurrence of contamination. It is judged to be required for a proposed site of power plant to be located in the upper-stream region, for the park unit, which is space of the living culture, to be repaired and expanded the existing facilities, and for traffic network to be expanded through predicting demand along with new-town development. It is judged to be probably needed to be reflected even the flexible aspect for changing design through surveying the feasibility and economic efficiency on the future spatial design.