• 식품기술
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.99-108
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• 2005

As an alternative to gaseous sanitizer which having penetrating and diffusing capacities, aerosolsanitizer’s effect on killing pathogens was investigated. To test the efficacy of aerosolized sanitizer, peroxyacetic acid was aerosolized($5.42-11.42\mum$) by nebulizer(Royal-G Enterprise, ShenZhen,China) in a model cabinet against artificially inoculated target microorganisms on lettuce. Lettuceleaves were inoculated with a cocktail of three strains each of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeriamonocytogenes, and Salmonella Typhimurium and treated with sanitizer aerosol for 10 min, 30 and60 min in a model aerosol cabinet at room temperature($22\pm2^\circC$). After treatment, surviving cellsincluding injured cells were enumerated on appropriate selective agar or using the over-lay agar method, respectively. Inoculated lettuce leaves exposed to antimicrobial aerosol for 10 min experienceda 0.8 log reduction in E. coli O157:H7, a 0.3 log reduction in Salmonella Typhimurium and a 2.5 logreduction in L. monocytogenes when compared to the control. After 30 min treatment, the threepathogens were reduced in number of CFU by 2.2, 3.3, and 2.7-log and after 60 min, the reductions were 3.4, 4.5, and 3.8-log, respectively. Aerosolization can be new antimicrobial agents deliverysystem in food sanitizing.

• 대기
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.49-61
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• 2010

Atmospheric aerosols play a crucial role for changing climate, resulting in a wide range of uncertainty for future climate prediction. In this paper we review current international research status and trend of climate-related aerosol science. There have been carried out a number of campaigns (including ACE-Asia, TRACE-P, ABC, and so on) and special experiments with some modeling studies over Korea, East Asia, and the Northwestern Pacific to characterize the various properties (physical, chemical, optical, and radiative) of Asian aerosols and evaluate their climate forcing impacts. But some parts of the aerosol research may need to be improved, advanced, or newly launched. Especially, a chemical transport model (CTM) embedded by a general circulation model (GCM) should be developed by the national scientific community with a high research priority, actively collaborating with international community in order to estimate direct and indirect global radiative forcing due to anthropogenic and natural aerosols.

• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.69-75
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• 2008

Nanosize ZnO particles were prepared by oxidation of zinc vapor and the particle growth was modeled by a coagulation model by assuming that the characteristic time for reaction was much shorter than coagulation time and residence time (${\tau}_{reaction}{\ll}{\tau}_{coagulation}{\ll}{\tau}_{residence}$). Experimental measurement of zinc oxide particles diameter was consistent with the predicted result from the coagulation model. For practical purpose of predicting zinc oxide size in areosol reactor, the constant kernel solution is concluded to be sufficient, Uniqueness of nano-scale property of zinc oxide was confirmed by the higher photocatalytic activity of zinc oxide than nanosize titania particles.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2014

Temporal variations of optical properties of urban aerosol in Seoul were estimated by the Optical Properties of Aerosols and Clouds (OPAC) model, based on hourly aerosol sampling data in Seoul during the year of 2010. These optical properties were then used to calculate direct radiative forcing during the study period. The optical properties and direct radiative forcing of aerosol were calculated separately for four chemical components such as water-soluble, insoluble, black carbon (BC), and sea-salt aerosols. Overall, the coefficients of absorption, scattering, and extinction, as well as aerosol optical depth (AOD) for water-soluble component predominated over three other aerosol components, except for the absorption coefficient of BC. In the urban environment (Seoul), the contribution of AOD (0.10~0.12) for the sum of OC and BC to total AODs ranged from 23% (spring) to 31% (winter). The diurnal variation of AOD for each component was high in the morning and low in the late afternoon during the most of seasons, but the high AODs at 14:00 and 15:00 LST in summer and fall, respectively. The direct negative radiative forcing of most chemical components (especially, $NO_3{^-}$ of water-soluble) was highest in January and lowest in September. Conversely, the positive radiative forcing of BC was highest in November and lowest in August due to the distribution pattern of BC concentration.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 1999년도 Proceedings of International Symposium on Remote Sensing
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• pp.100-102
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• 1999

We have analyzed AVHRR global data set for obtaining aerosol and cloud microphysical parameters, i. e., optical thickness and size index of particle polydispersions. From the results, it is found that the cloud optical thickness increases with increasing aerosol column number, which seems to be caused mainly by decreasing cloud particle radius, The cloud liquid water path was observed to be relatively constant without a significant dependence on the aerosol number. Further comparison of the satellite results with a general circulation model simulation.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of ACRS 2003 ISRS
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• pp.1203-1205
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• 2003

To detect dust-loaded air-mass over land and ocean, we propose an index, which is essentially the difference in Rayleigh-corrected reflectance between 412 and 443 nm bands of SeaWiFS. Radiative transfer simulations are conducted to show that the index is linearly related to the optical thickness of modeled dust-contaminated aerosol while showing insensitivity against non-absorbing model aerosols. Asian SeaWiFS data set of 2001 spring is used to produce daily composite imagery of the index, which compares well with TOMS Aerosol Index and with predicted aerosol optical thickness predicted by CFORS chemical weather forecast.

• Architectural research
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2006

A fungal spore transportation model that accounts for the concentration of airborne indoor spores and the amount of spores deposited on interior surfaces has been developed by extending the current aerosol model. This model is intended to be used for a building with a mechanical ventilation system, and considers HVAC filter efficiency and ventilation rate. The model also includes a surface-cleaning efficiency and frequency that removes a portion of spores deposited on surfaces. The developed model predicts indoor fungal spore concentration and provides an indoor/outdoor ratio that may increase or decrease mold growth risks in real, in-use building cases. To get a more useful outcome from the model simulation, an uncertainty analysis has been conducted in a real building case. By including uncertainties associated with the parameters in the spore transportation model, the simulation results provide probable ranges of indoor concentration and indoor/outdoor ratio. This paper describes the uncertainty quantification of each parameter that is specific to fungal spores, and uncertainty propagation using an appropriate statistical technique. The outcome of the uncertainty analysis showed an agreement with the results from the field measurement with air sampling in a real building.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.131-137
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• 2017

A cyclone is an effective tool to facilitate the collection of aerosol particles without using filters, and in cell exposure studies is able to collect a sufficient amount of aerosol particles to evaluate their adverse health effect. In this study, we examined two different methods to improve the aerosol particle collection efficiency of a cyclone. The individual and combined effects of reducing the surface roughness of the inner wall of the cyclone and of using a circular cone attachment were tested. The collection efficiency of particles of diameter $0.2{\mu}m$ was improved by approximately 10% when using a cyclone with a smoothened inner wall (average roughness $Ra=0.08{\mu}m$) compared with the original cyclone ($Ra=5.1{\mu}m$). A circular cone attachment placed between the bottom section of the cyclone and the top section of a collection bottle, resulted in improved collection of smaller particles without the attachment. The 50% cutoff diameter of the modified cyclone (combined use of smoothened inner wall and attachment) was $0.23{\mu}m$ compared to $0.28{\mu}m$ in the original model. The combined use of these two techniques resulted in improved collection efficiency of aerosol particles.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.1339-1348
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• 2012

The versatile aerosol concentration enrichment system (VACES) have proven useful for providing elevated levels of atmospheric aerosol to human and animal exposures. In this study, we describe a VACES and tests conducted to both optimize the enhancement factor (EF) and characterize how it depends on experiment conditions. Particle number concentrations were measured from upstream and downstream of the system by scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS) with a long differential mobility analyzer (DMA) in combination with a condensation particle counter (CPC). SMPS was used for to determine VACES particle EF. Particle EF tends to increase for higher the saturator temperature ($T_{Sat}$) and lower the condenser temperature ($T_{Con}$). $T_{Con}$ higher than $0^{\circ}C$ and $T_{Sat}$ lower than $50^{\circ}C$ was the best to obtain the most increase in particle concentration. Correlation analysis of EF with factor variables of $T_{Sat}$ and $T_{Con}$ resulted in correlation 0.662 and 0.416, respectively. With all five predictor variables included in a multiple regression model, the EF had a liner correlation with $R^2=0.643$.

• 대기
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.85-92
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• 2013

2001년 4월 제주 고산기후관측소에서 AERONET sun/sky radiometer와 MPL을 통해 관측된 에어로졸 광학적 두께, 단산란 알베도, 비대칭 변수, 에어로졸 소산계수 프로파일 등을 대기복사모델의 입력 자료로 이용하여 대기가열효과를 산정하고, 이들 광학변수가 대기복사가열률에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 본 연구에서는 NCAR Climate Community Model (CCM-3.6)에 포함되어 있는 복사 모듈인 Column Radiation Model (CRM-2.1.2)을 연직 54층으로, AERONET sun/sky radiometer로부터 관측된 4 파장 (440, 670, 870, 그리고 1020 nm)에서의 관측 자료를 19개의 파장에서 계산 가능하도록 수정하였다. 에어로졸층이 존재하지 않은 맑은 날 (4월 14일과 16일)은 지표면과 대기상단에서의 에어로졸 직접복사강제력이 각각 $-20{\sim}-25\;W\;m^{-2}$와 $-10{\sim}-15\;W\;m^{-2}$로, 대기 중 흡수는 $+10{\sim}+15\;W\;m^{-2}$였다. 에어로졸층이 관측된 4월 15일과 4월 17~18일의 경우 지표면, 대기, 대기상단의 에어로졸 복사강제력이 맑은 날에 비해 3~4배 정도 크게 나타났다. 4월 14일과 16일에의 대기복사가열률 (${\Delta}H$)는 $1{\sim}2\;K\;day^{-1}$ 범위에서 산출되었으며, 4월 15일과 4월 17~18일에는 MPL 관측에서 보여지는 에어로졸층에서의 ${\Delta}H$와 ${\Delta}H_{aerosol}$가 각각 $3\;K\;day^{-1}$ 이상과 $1{\sim}3\;K\;day^{-1}$ 범위에서 산정되었다. 에어로졸 광학적 두께와 비대칭 변수의 변화에 따른 에어로졸층의 ${\Delta}H$ 변화는 미미하였으나, 단산란 알베도의 10% 변화는 지표면과 대기상단에서의 에어로졸 직접복사강제력의 30%, 대기복사강제력의 약 60%, 그리고 에어로졸층 ${\Delta}H$의 약 35% 변화를 유발하였다. 이는 에어로졸 광학적 두께 10% 변화와 비교하여 대기흡수 또는 에어로졸층의 가열 및 냉각 효과가 6배 가량 큰 결과로, 태양복사를 효과적으로 잘 흡수하는 에어로졸의 양에 의해 대기 가열 또는 ${\Delta}H$가 크게 좌우됨을 의미한다. 2001년 4월부터 2008년 3월까지 제주 고산기후관측소에서의 AERONET sun/sky radiometer 관측 자료를 이용하여 계산한 ${\Delta}H$와 ${\Delta}H_{aerosol}$의 월변화를 보면, ${\Delta}H$는 4~8월 사이에 대류권 하부에서 약 $1.0\;K\;day^{-1}$ 이상으로 뚜렷하게 나타났으나, ${\Delta}H_{aerosol}$의 경우 2월부터 6월까지 고도 2 km 이하에서 약 $0.8\;K\;day^{-1}$ 이하의 범위에서 나타나는데, 이는 대부분의 에어로졸이 지표면 부근의 대기경계층에 존재하며, 봄철 황사와 오염 에어로졸의 증가에 의한 영향으로 판단된다.