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Characterization of odourous compounds in air, leachate, stream and well in and around Taju-Bello Dumpsite, Lagos, Nigeria

  • Azeez, L.;Oyedeji, O.A.;Abdulsalami, I.O.;Adewuyi, S.O.
    • Advances in environmental research
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.143-153
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    • 2013
  • This study investigated the concentrations of odourous compounds in air, leachate, stream and well in and around Taju-Bello dumpsite. Meteorological parameters (temperature, relative humidity, wind velocity) and six odour families comprising sulphur ($H_2S$), ammonia ($NH_3$), aromatic (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, styrene, p-xylene, m-xylene), aliphatic (hexane), oxygenated (formaldehyde, acetaldehyde) and halogenated (tetrachloroethene, trichloroethene, carbontetrachloride) compounds were measured. Meteorological parameters suggested low dispersal of pollutants at L1 with possible perspiration and suffocation from exposure to high temperature, relative humidity and low wind velocity. The trend of abundance of odourous compounds at studied locations is of the order dumpsite (L1) > leachate (L4) > 100 m away from dumpsite (L2) > 200 m away from dumpsite (L3) > stream (L5) > well (L6). $H_2S$, Oxygenated and aromatic compounds were the major contributors to odour strength in these locations. Correlation, factor and cluster analyses of the data revealed similarities of sources as biogenics and xenobiotics inherent in the wastes as the main sources of these odourous compounds.

Electrostatic Electrification Properties of Silicone Rubber due to Al Ratios (Al 비율에 실리콘 고무의 정전기 대전 특성)

  • Lee, Sung-Ill
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.27 no.8
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    • pp.522-527
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    • 2014
  • In this study, using the silicone rubber sample of $4cm{\times}4cm{\times}0.1cm$ for low voltage cable, the electrostatic electrification properties of three samples that the conductive Al of 0%, 25%, and 50% is attached to the surface of sample was measured. The following conclusion was obtained through this experiment. 1) In case of the sample which has the Al area of 50%, the higher the humidity to 90% in the temperature of $10^{\circ}C$, the electrostatic electrification voltage was reduced about 0.25 kV to 0.02 kV, and it confirmed that the electrostatic electrification voltage was in constant about 0.02 kV in the temperature over $20^{\circ}C$. 2) Increasing the Al area of samples of 0%, 25%, and 50% in temperature of $10^{\circ}C$, it confirmed that the electrostatic electrification voltage was reduced by about 2.67 kV, 2.02 k, 0.21 kV. 3) This study shows that the conductor, followed by temperature and humidity affects the electrostatic electrification voltage.

Improvement of Strain and Elastic Modulus of Linerboard to Prevent Score Crack

  • Chin, Seong-Min;Choi, Ik-Sun;Lee, Hak-Lae;Youn, Hye-Jung
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.42 no.5
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    • pp.31-36
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    • 2010
  • When corrugated board is folded at the severely low humidity condition, crack can occur along the scored (or creased) lines of linerboard. This phenomenon is called as score (or crease) crack. It is mainly resulted from the excessive concentration of stress on the outer layer of linerboard. To overcome score crack, many approaches including the installation of constant temperature and humidity system, displacement of low grade raw material by long and strong fibers, or application of water have been tried. We examined the effect of the weight fraction of top layer in two-ply sheet, freeness of top layer stock and wet pressing on strain and elastic modulus of sheet to prevent score crack. Lower freeness and higher press load increased the density and elastic modulus of sheet. Pressing load over the $50kgf/cm^2$, however, decreased the strain of sheet. The weight fraction of top layer had positive effect on strain as well as elastic modulus without increasing the density of sheet.

Impact of Tidal Effects on Fog Events in the Western Coast of Korea (서해 연안 해역에서의 조석현상이 안개에 미치는 영향)

  • An, Hye Yeon;Jeong, Ju-Hee;Kim, Yoo-Keun
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.30 no.11
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    • pp.925-936
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    • 2021
  • The study was aimed to investigate the correlation between tidal effects and fog occurrence in Incheon and Mokpo, which are located in the middle and southern coasts of the West Sea of Korea, respectively. The investigation used meteorological data obtained from the automated synoptic observing systems and automatic weather stations and ocean data from tide stations from 2010 to 2019. Fog occurrence frequency was highest at high tide (Incheon, 41%; Mokpo, 45%). During fog event days at high tide, the dew-point depression was low (Incheon, 0.5℃; Mokpo, 0.4℃) and the relative humidity was high (Incheon, 97%; Mokpo, 98%). The wind speed was 2.4 m/s in Incheon and 2.0 m/s in Mokpo, and the main wind directions were west-southwesterly from Incheon and southwesterly from Mokpo. In the fog case study, tidal flats were covered with water before and after the fog started. During the fog period, both stations experienced negative air-sea temperature differences, low dew-point depression, and high relative humidity were maintained, with weak winds forming from the tidal flats to the shore.

The Effect of Temperature on Aluminum Oxide and Chilled Mirror Dew-point Hygrometers (산화 알루미늄 및 냉각거울 노점계의 온도 의존성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jong Chul;Choi, Byung Il;Woo, Sang-Bong;Kim, Yong-Gyoo;Lee, Sang-Wook
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.50-55
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    • 2017
  • The measurement of absolute humidity of gases is essential in many industries. The effect of temperature on aluminum oxide and chilled mirror dew-point hygrometers is investigated. The temperature of laboratory, pipe line, and sensor is varied and the dew point is measured by two different aluminum oxide hygrometers. In all cases, the dew point of hygrometers is increased as the temperature is elevated. The reason behind this observation is due to desorption of water from the inside of pipe line and/or sensor surroundings at elevated temperature that result in the increase of the absolute humidity. Moreover, the sensor itself shows a certain degree of temperature dependency in sensing the humidity especially at low temperature. It is also studied that chilled mirror dew-point hygrometer may indicate a higher dew point than the reference at high temperature because the cooling capability of mirror is decreased at high temperature. Our study will provide evidences in the incorporation of the temperature effect as uncertainty factors in the standard calibration procedure for dew point hygrometers.

Yearly Variation and Influencing Factors of Ozone Concentration in the Ambient Air of Seoul (서울시 대기중 오존오염도의 연도별 변화와 그 영향인자 분석: 광화문 지역을 중심으로)

  • Lee, Ki-Won;Kwon, Sook-Pyo;Chung, Yong
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.107-115
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    • 1993
  • This study was carried out to find the characteristics of surface ozone concentration data obtained during 1988-1991 by the Korea Ministry of Environment. Seasonal data (spring, summer, autumn and winter) wre obtained in May, August, November and February respectively at Kwanghwamun in Seoul. The pollutants analyzed in this study are $SO_2, TSP, CO, NO, NO_2 and NO_2/NO$. Atmospheric factors such as solar radiation, wind speed, relative humidity, cloud amount and atmospheric temperature are also analyzed. The influence of pollutants and atmospheric factors that affect ozone concentration were analyzed by statistical method. The results are summarized as follows : 1. The ozone concentration varied seasonally. The maximum values were 23 ppb in spring, 33 ppb in summer, 16 ppb in autumn and 13 ppb in winter. So the seasonal ozone value was highest in Summer. 2. Te diurnal concentration of ozone was highest during 2-4 P. M. and was very low in the morning and evening. 3. The maximal correlation coefficients of each season between ozone concentration and the influencing pollutants or atmospheric factors asr as follows ; a. spring, r = 0.44(solar radiation) b. summer, r = -0.59(relative humidity) c. autumn, r = -0.55(relative humidity) d. winter, r = -0.58($NO_2$) 4. The major factor affecting the ozone concentration in spring was solar radiation, Relative humidity was the first affecting factor in summer, autumn and $NO_2$ concentration was dominant in winter.

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The observation of Temperature and Humidity in Dirt walled Storehouse manufactured as reduced scale (축소제작된 흙담저장고의 온습도 변화 관측)

  • Eom, Seong-Jun;Rhee, Shin-Ho;Kim, Jai-Shik;Jang, Moon-Ki
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.73-76
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    • 2002
  • The temperature and humidity of dirt-walled storehouse are observed in order to verify the traditional storehouse (main material : soil) during 7days (4th. $Sep{\sim}10th$. Sep). Because the width of the daily variation of temperature is small as $2.5^{\circ}C{\sim}5^{\circ}C$, the reduction of energy supply for low temperature is expected. Because the relative humidity is high and it's variation is small ($4%{\sim}9%$), the inner humidity of dirt-walled storehouse is easily maintained above 80% is expected.

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Photovoltaic Generation System Design for Controlling the Temperature and Humidity of Hospital (병원내 온도와 습도조절을 위한 태양광 발전 시스템 설계)

  • Cho, Moon-Taek;Lee, Chung-Sik;Baek, Jong-Mu
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.127-134
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    • 2011
  • In this paper we propose an improved PV generation systems. Improved systems for temperature and humidity controlled heating and air conditioning offers a pleasant environment within the building, set up chopper and consists of a PWM voltage type inverter. The proposed system is stable modulation for a one-chip microprocessor using the synchronous signal and control signals was treated. The proposed system is a PWM voltage type inverter and phase of the synchronous to the grid voltage to detect the system voltage and inverter output to drive the statue, so surplus power to connection was able to, certain buildings such as buildings or hospitals, temperature and humidity sensor is applied to the good dynamic characteristic could be obtained. In addition, the system was applied to the high power factor and low-frequency harmonics by maintaining the output load and grid to power to be supplied to a stable control could get a good result.

Feasibility Study for Detecting the Tropopause Folding Turbulence Using COMS Geostationary Satellite (천리안 위성 자료를 이용한 대류권계면 접힘 난류 탐지 가능성 연구)

  • Kim, Mijeong;Kim, Jae Hwan
    • Atmosphere
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.119-131
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    • 2017
  • We present and discuss the Tropopause Folding Turbulence Detection (TFTD) algorithm for the Korean Communication, Ocean, Meteorological Satellite (COMS) which is originally developed for the Tropopause Folding Turbulence Product (TFTP) from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R. The TFTD algorithm assumes that the tropopause folding is linked to the Clear Air Turbulence (CAT), and thereby the tropopause folding areas are detected from the rapid spatial gradients of the upper tropospheric specific humidity. The Layer Averaged Specific Humidity (LASH) is used to represent the upper tropospheric specific humidity calculated using COMS $6.7{\mu}m$ water vapor channel and ERA-interim reanalysis temperature at 300, 400, and 500 hPa. The comparison of LASH with the numerical model specific humidity shows a strong negative correlation of 80% or more. We apply the single threshold, which is determined from sensitivity analysis, for cloud-clearing to overcome strong gradient of LASH at the edge of clouds. The tropopause break lines are detected from the location of strong LASH-gradient using the Canny edge detection based on the image processing technique. The tropopause folding area is defined by expanding the break lines by 2-degree positive gradient direction. The validations of COMS TFTD is performed with Pilot Reports (PIREPs) filtered out Convective Induced Turbulence (CIT) from Dec 2013 to Nov 2014 over the South Korea. The score test shows 0.49 PODy (Probability of Detection 'Yes') and 0.64 PODn (Probability of Detection 'No'). Low POD results from various kinds of CAT reported from PIREPs and the characteristics of high sensitivity in edge detection algorithm.

Hot Air Drying Characteristics of Oak Mushroom (Lentinus edodes) by Microcomputer Control System (마이크로 컴퓨터 제어장치를 이용한 표고버섯의 열풍건조 특성)

  • Park, Jae-Deok;Kang, Hyun-Ah;Chang, Kyu-Seob
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.72-76
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    • 1996
  • Hot air drying of Lentinus edodes was studied using the microcomputer drying system that can control the drying parameters such as air temperature, relative humidity and a weight-loss of water. The physico-chemical properties of dried products were measured in order to investigate the drying characteristics. The mechanism of water movement during air drying of Lentinus edodes closely followed the Page model. That was $M-M_c/M_0-M_c\;=\;\exp\;(-0.275t^{1.154})$ at $50^{\circ}C$ and 20% RH. The free amino acids increased with increased relative humidity. The color and browning degree increased with increased air temperature and relative humidity. The rehydration rate was low when the air temperature and relative humidity were high.

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