• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.48-58
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• 2014

It is very important to investigate air pollutants emissions emitted from open burning in order to control nonpoint sources effectively. In this study, we utilized incineration simulator proposed by U.S EPA and investigated emissions of CO, OC/EC, from household waste and biomass burning to estimate pollutant emissions by illegal incineration of biomass wastes. Emission factor of OC was estimated as 17.1 g/kg for rice strew, 23.5 g/kg for barley, 10.3 g/kg for corn stover, 4.3 g/kg for unseasoned wood, respectively. In case of EC, it was calculated as 1.6 g/kg for rice strew, 4.3 g/kg for barley, 1.4 g/kg for corn stover, 0.6 g/kg for unseasoned wood, respectively. Most of the pollutants emissions were emitted at the stage 1 and 2. In the stage 3, the pollutants concentration decreased gradually. To estimate emissions and build inventory for biomass burning, we need to know accurate activity data. We, therefore, used activity data of both survey results of previous study and statistical data of National Statistical Office. However, we need to perform additional experiments in the future to obtain more accurate activity data for various cases.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.223-232
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• 2018

As the Seoul metropolitan city has the largest numbers of population and vehicles, the citizens can be exposed to hazardous air pollutants(HAPs) mainly from the vehicular exhaust and human activities. In this study, we proposed a systematic method for the selection of priority monitoring areas for HAPs using Geographic Information System (GIS). First, emission parameters(emission data, vehicle registration, monitoring data, and so on) and population parameters (population and population density) were plotted using the inverse distance weighted (IDW) interpolation. Then, the interpolation data for individual parameters, which were normalized between 1 and 5 points, were compiled for 270 grids with a resolution of $2km{\times}2km$. The total score of each grid was calculated using weights(1~5) for the individual parameters. The final ranking of each grid was assigned by four scenarios with varying fractions of the emission and population parameters from 50 : 50 to 80 : 20. Consequently, nine grids were suggested as priority monitoring areas, and all of them are located in the southwestern part of Seoul.

• Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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• v.32 no.5 s.92
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• pp.398-403
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• 2006

Indoor air quality can be affected by indoor sources, ventilation, decay and outdoor levels. Understanding the effectiveness of indoor air quality control depends on knowledge of the characteristics of air pollutants in indoor air, especially their quantities and persistence, and the relevance of indoor sources to these factors. Toluene within new and established houses has been determined and factors significant to its presence have been identified. A total of 30 selected houses in Seoul, Asan and Daegu areas that were constructed within 4 years and over 4 years of construction were measured the concentration of toluene from July to September in 2004. Toluene emission decay of double-exponential model exhibited good fit of $Y=276.37e^{-1.21x}(R^{2}=0.34,\;P=0.06)$ for 2 years and then $Y=51.54e^{-0.11x}(R^{2}=0.40,\;P=0.0)$ from 23 years in new houses. In case of living in new houses, noncarcinogenic health effects of exposure to toluene was 1.38 of hazard quotient (HQ) comparing to toluene reference dose of 0.13 mg/kg-day.

• Journal of Climate Change Research
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.311-318
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• 2015

Emission characteristics from charbroiling of four different meats (beef, port, duck and chicken) in a pilot-scale cooking facility were investigated in this study. The analyzed air pollutants include gaseous species (CO, NO, $SO_2$, $NH_3$ and PAHs) as well as particulate matters (TSP, $PM_{10}$, $PM_{2.5}$ and black carbon). The emission factors of $PM_{10}$ and PAHs were in the range of 3~47 g-PM/kg-meat and 0.6~11.41 mg-PAHs/kg-meat, respectively, depending on the type of a meat. In addition, the results also revealed that the high ratio of $PM_{2.5}$ to TSP in a meat charbroiling should be considered to design and to operate air pollution control devices.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.75-76
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• 1999

그 동안 대기오염에 대한 많은 연구에도 불구하고 아직까지도 우리 나라에는 표준화된 배출량 산성방법이 정립되어 있지 못한 실정이다. 이로 인해 연구의 중복으로 인한 시간 및 비용의 낭비가 매우 심하며, 개별 연구간의 상호비교 및 검토가 어려워 배출량 산정방법을 개선하는 데 어려움을 겪고 있다. 특히 자동차의 경우에는 배출량 산정 방법에 대한 연구가 너무 부족한 실정이다. 한편 자동차의 증가에 따라 자동차 오염물질 배출량은 더욱 증가할 것으로 예상되고 있으며, 도시지역 오존 문제도 더욱 심각해질 것으로 판단된다.(중략)

• Journal of ILASS-Korea
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.175-184
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• 2018

Emission characteristics of regulated (NOx, PM, CO, NMHC) and unregulated (VOCs, aldehydes, PAHs) air pollutants were investigated for diesel heavy duty buses equipped with different after-treatment systems (DPF+EGR and SCR) under urban driving cycle. The combustion temperature and the working temperature of SCR catalysts were important to make impact on NOx emissions, whereas PM emissions were low. The alkane groups dominated NMVOCs emissions, making 42.6~59.4% of sum of the NMVOCs emissions. Especially, alkane emissions of DPF+EGR-equipped vehicle included DOC had 14.9~15.5% higher than those of SCR-equipped vehicle due to low efficiency of oxidation catalyst. In the case of individual NMVOCs, n-nonane and propylene emissions highly occupied for DPF+EGR and SCR, respectively. Formaldehyde emissions among aldehydes were the highest and PAHs emissions were hardly detected except naphthalene and phenanthrene. The NMHC speciation has been shown to be the highest of the formaldehyde ranged 20.8~21.5%. The results of this study will be contributed to establish Korean HAPs emission inventory for automobile source.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2006.04a
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• pp.384-386
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• 2006

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.137-138
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.279-281
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• 2006

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.377-378
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• 2001

포항지역은 인구규모 50만 정도의 중소도시이지만 도심은 항만을 끼고 있고 포항제철 및 연관산업체가 입지하여 선박, 전동기관차 그리고 인근의 공항 등 다양한 형태의 대기오염물질 배출원이 공존하고 있는 지역이다. 지금까지 대기오염배출량 산정에는 주로 자동차 및 산업체 및 주거지역지역과 같은 오염원을 다루고 있으며 기관차, 항공기 및 선박과 같은 오염원에 의한 대기오염물질 배출량 산정은 드물다. 이러한 복합적인 오염원이 존재하는 곳에서의 대기질 관리에 있어 가장 선행되어야 할 사항 중의 하나는 주요한 대기오염 배출원의 파악과 가장 현실성 있는 오염원의 배출목록을 작성하는 것이다. (중략)