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대도시 교통신호시스템에 따른 대기오염물질 배출량 변화에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Variation of Air Pollutants Emission Rates for Different Traffic Signal System in Metropolitan Area)

  • 홍민선;우완기;최종인
    • 한국대기환경학회지
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.93-100
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    • 1993
  • This study was carried out to investigate the relationship between the traffic signal systmes and the air pollutants emitted by the motor vehicles at Kangnam Intersection. One of the most important measures of effectiveness (MOE) in traffic studies is the delay to vehicles in the system. Delay represents indirect costs to the motorist in terms of time loss and a direct cost in terms of fuel consumption during idling. The results of TRANSYT-7F modeling was correlated among delay, fuel consumption and total travel tiem. Air pollutants emission rate can be calculated by the results of modeling and the Korean type emission factor. As expected the highest emissions, for air pollutants, are observed during the morning rush hours (07 : 00-10 : 00). For better results of modeling, the TRANSYT-7F model needs to modify for the Korean type of traffic model. The results of this study indicate that the variation of air pollutants emission rates were closely related to the traffic signal system.

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실험계획법을 이용한 휠 디스크의 다단판재성형 공정 설계 (Design for the multistage sheet metal forming of wheel disks by Design of Experiment)

  • 이명균;오수익
    • 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국소성가공학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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    • pp.278-282
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    • 2003
  • There is a strong industrial demands for the development of light-vehicle to improve fuel efficiency. It is more effective to reduce weight of the parts directly driven by an automobile engine. So the saving in weight of wheels which is operated by an automobile engine improve fuel efficiency more than other parts. There are many step of sheet metal forming in fabricating automotive wheel, so that it is difficult to design process and tools of multi-stage stamping. Traditionally, design process and tools have depended on the experience of skilled workers and it has done by trial and error methods. However, it needs too much costs and time. Taguchi methods has an advantage of the number of required experiments and reliability compared with trial and error method. In this study, Taguchi methods and response surface methods are applied to design process and tools of automotive wheel. As a result, the principal variables are selected and process conditions are optimized.

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화력발전소 효율개선 측정에 대한 디비지아분해기법의 적용 (An Application of Divisia Decomposition Analysis to the Measurement of Thermal Efficiency Improvement of Power Generation)

  • 최기홍
    • 자원ㆍ환경경제연구
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    • 제9권5호
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    • pp.811-827
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    • 2000
  • Since improved thermal efficiency reduces capacity requirements and energy costs, electricity producers often treat thermal efficiency as a measure of management or economic performance. The conventional measure of the thermal efficiency of a fossil-fuel generation system is the ratio of total electricity generation to the simple sum of energy inputs. As a refined approach, we present a novel thermal efficiency measure using the concept of the Divisia index number. Application of this approach to the Korean power sector shows improvement of thermal efficiency of 1.1% per year during 1970-1998. This is higher than the 0.9% improvement per year given by the conventional method. The difference is attributable to the effect of fuel substitution. In the Divisia decomposition context, we also show the limitations of the popular $T{\ddot{o}}rnqvist$ index formula and the superiority of the Sato-Vartia formula.

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Evolution, Fields of Research, and Future of Chemical-Looping Combustion (CLC) process: A Review

  • Shahrestani, Masoumeh Moheb;Rahimi, Amir
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • 제19권4호
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    • pp.299-308
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    • 2014
  • This study presents a review on Chemical looping combustion (CLC) development, design aspects and modeling. The CLC is in fact an unmixed combustion based on the transfer of oxygen to the fuel by a solid oxygen carrier material avoiding the direct contact between air and fuel. The CLC process is considered as a very promising combustion technology for power plants and chemical industries due to its inherent capability of $CO_2$ capturing, which avoids extra separation costs of the of $CO_2$ from the rest of flue gases. This review covers the issues related to oxygen carrier materials. The modeling works are reviewed and different aspects of modeling are considered, as well. The main drawbacks and future research and prospects are remarked.

Policies to Promote Green Economy Innovation in East Asia and North America

  • Barbier, Edward B.
    • STI Policy Review
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    • 제6권1호
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    • pp.54-69
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    • 2015
  • Although there is progress in developing green sectors in North America and East Asia, the key challenge facing the expansion of economy-wide green innovation and structural change in these regions is the absence of relevant policy follow-up to the green stimulus enacted during the Great Recession. The boost to green sectors provided by such measures is waning quickly, given that much of the green stimulus focused on energy efficiency. The biggest obstacles to sustaining green growth in North America and East Asiaare major market disincentives, especially the under-pricing of fossil fuels and market failures that inhibit green innovation. A three-part strategy to overcome these obstacles would involve: first, removing fossil fuel subsidies; second, employing market-based instruments to further reduce the social costs of fossil fuel use; and third, allocating any resulting revenue to public support for green innovation and investments. Such a strategy would ensure that green growth is not about promoting niche green sectors but instigating economy-wide innovation and structural transformation in North America and East Asia.

파쇄 폐타이어를 이용한 반응벽체에 관한 연구: 폐타이어 내의 MTBE(Methyl tertiary Butyl Ether) 흡착 중심

  • 박상현;이재영
    • 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국지하수토양환경학회 2003년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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    • pp.176-179
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    • 2003
  • Fuel oxygenates, such as Methyl tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) is additive in gasoline used to reduce air pollution. Gasoline components and fuel additives can leak form underground storage tanks. MTBE is far more water soluble than gasoline hydrocarbons like BTEX then it travels at essentially the same velocity as groundwater. MTBE in drinking water causes taste and odor problems. Therefore, the purpose of the this study is to examine the ability of ground rubber to sorb MTBE form water. The study consisted of running both batch and column tests to determine the sorption capacity and the flow through utilization efficiency of ground rubber. The result of Column test indicate that ground tire rubber has on the 36% utilization rate. Finally, it is clear that ground rubber present an attractive and relatively inexpensive sorption medium for a MTBE. The Author thought that to determine the economic costs of ground rubber utilization, the cost to sorb a given mass of contaminant by ground rubber will have to be compared to currently accepted sorption media.

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Intelligent Traffic Light using Fuzzy Neural Network

  • Park, Myeong-Bok;You-Sik, Hong
    • International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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    • 제3권1호
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    • pp.66-71
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    • 2003
  • In the past, when there were few vehicles on the road, the T.O.D.(Time of Day) traffic signal worked very well. The T.O.D. signal operates on a preset signal cycling which cycles on the basis of the average number of average passenger cars in the memory device of an electric signal unit. Today, with increasing traffic and congested roads, the conventional traffic light creates startup-delay time and end lag time so that thirty to forty-five percent efficiency in traffic handling is lost, as well as adding to fuel costs. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a new concept of optimal green time algorithm, which reduces average vehicle waiting time while improving average vehicle speed using fuzzy rules and neural networks. Through computer simulation, this method has been proven to be much more efficient than fixed time interval signals. Fuzzy Neural Network will consistanly improve average waiting time, vehicle speed, and fuel consumption.

양이온교환막 소재 개발 동향 (Recent Development Trends of Cation Exchange Membrane Materials)

  • 이충섭;신현수;전지현;정선영;임지원
    • 멤브레인
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    • 제12권1호
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2002
  • 양이온만을 선택적으로 투과하는 양이온교환막의 응용분양에는 electrodialysis, deffusion dialysis, reverse osmosis, membrane electrolysis, membrance fuel cell 등이 있다. 현재 사용화된 양이온교환막들은 좋은 성능과 안정성을 가지고 있지만 가격이 너무 비싸고 일부응용분야에 최적화 되지 않은 문제를 가지고 있다. 이를 해결하기 위해 많은 연구가들은 저렴하고 생산이 용이하며 각 응용분야에 적용 가능한 여러 가지 양이온교환막의 소재에 대한 연구를 진행하여 왔다. 그 소재들의 소개와 이를 이용한 양이온교환막의 성능과 특성에 대하여 기술하였다.

수소경제 활성화 로드맵 달성에 따른 교통 부문의 대기오염원 저감 효과 분석 (Air Pollutant Reduction Effect on Road Mobility in Hydrogen Economy Era)

  • 김정화
    • 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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    • 제31권6호
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    • pp.522-529
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    • 2020
  • This study evaluated the effect of improving the atmospheric environment based on the premise that the supply of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (HFCV) will be achieved as many as the number of vehicles presented in the hydrogen economy activation roadmap announced by the Korean government in January 2019. The HFCV supply target (2.7 million passenger cars) suggested in the hydrogen economy revitalization roadmap was logically allocated to the five major metropolitan areas in Korea. Air pollution damage costs by region were calculated by reflecting the basic unit of damage cost to the estimated air pollutant emissions. As a result, it was confirmed that the benefits per unit of some cities in Gyeonggi-do were derived more than major cities in the metropolitan area.

범퍼용 수지의 gas용해도 및 물성 측정 (Measurement of Gas Solubility and Mechanical Property for Bumper Polymer)

  • 이정주;차성운;이경수
    • 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정밀공학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.1366-1369
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    • 2003
  • Today, the industries use polymer material for many purpose. Specially, it is important in automobile industry because tile costs of polymer hold high proportion of the overall cost. If we reduce the weight of automobile, fuel efficiency of car is raised and cost of bumper is lower. Therefore there are many efforts to reduce of car currently. The purpose of this paper is to reduce polymer used in car bumper.

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