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Latest Joining Technology of Metal and Plastic (금속과 플라스틱의 최신접합기술)

  • Kim, Youngsik;Kil, Sangcheol
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.31-39
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    • 2016
  • The joining technology of the metal and engineering plastic is rising lately as the important issue in concerning with the method of reducing the weight and air pollution of the transportation structure such as automotive and vehicles. The metal/ plastic joining technology has been developed in 2 types of adhesively bonding and direct joining without adhesives. Moreover, in the direct joining method, there are 2 kinds of mechanical joining and welding. This review paper presents the present world wide status and tendency of the development of metal/plastic joining technology. This article intends to offer the materials for development and raising of the domestic metal/plastic joining technology.

ICT-based Waste Plastic Management Life Cycle Technology (ICT기반 폐플라스틱 관리 전주기 기술 동향)

  • Moon, Y.B.;Jeong, H.;Heo, T.W.
    • Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.28-35
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    • 2022
  • To solve the challenge of waste plastics, this study investigated the related technologies and company trends along the plastic life cycle, and primarily describes ICT technologies to improve efficiency in the process of sorting and sorting waste plastics. Waste plastic discharge caused by the explosive increase in parcel traffic because of COVID-19 is also growing exponentially. Hence, waste treatment is emerging as a social challenge. Most of the domestic waste classification depends on the manual process according to the waste pollution level. The plastic material classification approach using the spectroscopy approach reveals a high error in the contaminated waste plastic classification, but if the Artificial Intelligence-based image classification technology is employed together, the classification precision can be enhanced because of the type of waste plastic product and the contaminated part can be differentiated.

ArcGIS based Analysis of Multiple Accident Areas Caused by Marine Plastic Litter in Republic of Korea

  • Kim, Bo-Ram;Park, Young-Kwon
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.408-418
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    • 2022
  • Marine accidents involving the entanglement of marine litter have continued to increase, with over 300 to 400 cases per year according to the statistical agency. Entanglement of marine litter may also lead to large-scale marine accidents which cause capsizing and sinking, thereby further causing detrimental casualties and material damages, and thus exceptional attention and care are required. In this study, Incheon, Busan, and Geoje and Tongyeong were found to be the high-frequency locations for accidents, which were selected by considering the ArcGIS analysis about the marine accidents of entanglement of marine litter and the occurrence frequency by the standard. The characteristics of the multiple accident areas involving entanglement of marine litter were the coastal cities where fishing facilities or marine leisure related conditions were activated, with the port which handles much of the traffic of outbound and inbound vessels located nearby. Marine plastic pollution impacts not only the marine ecosystem and food chain, but also the hull and engine of ships, and may further pose threats to the safety of vessels and crews. It is necessary to find a common link between the relevant areas and to strive to remove the root causes of marine accidents by reducing marine litter.

Environmental Degradation Index for the Reduction of Packing Wastes (포장 폐기물 감량을 위한 환경저해지수 제안)

  • Hong, Ho-jin;Cho, Hyun-min;Choi, Seong-Hoon
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.43 no.1
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    • pp.26-33
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    • 2020
  • The plastic waste problem is deepening all over the world. Plastic wastes have serious impacts on our lives as well as environ- mental pollution. The production and use of plastics increases every year, but once they are produced, they usually roam the earth for hundreds or thousands of years to pollute the environment. Although there is growing interest in plastic issues around the world and environmental regulations are being tightened, but no clear solution has yet been found. This study suggests Environmental degradation index (EDI). EDI can help raise consumers' attention to plastic wastes. In addition, EDI will contribute to reduce them in the future. As far as we know, this is the first study. We developed EDI for the confectionery packaging. This study defines four factors that may affect the environment of confectionery packaging: greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, methane emissions, and packaging space ratio. Then we quantify the value of each element and compute EDI as the sum of the four component values. In order to evaluate the feasibility of EDI proposed in this study, confectionery-packaging materials distributed in Korea were collected and analyzed. First, the types of confectionery are classified into pies, biscuits, and snacks and basic data was collected. Then the values of the four components were calculated using existing research data on the environment. We can use the proposed EDI to determine how much a product packing affects the environment.

Analysis of VOCs produced from incineration of Plastic Waste (플라스틱류 소각시 발생하는 VOCs 농도분석 연구)

  • 이병규;조정범
    • Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.341-342
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    • 2000
  • 산업사회를 발전시키는데 있어서 큰 기여를 하여온 플라스틱(Plastic)은 사용의 편리성과 다양한 형태로의 제품의 증가, 최근 자동차수의 급격한 증가, 그리고 석유화학공업의 발달로 폐플라스틱류의 발생빈도와 함유량이 급증하고 있다. 일반적으로 널리 사용되어 지고 있는 플라스틱의 종류는 7대 범용수지로 분류되는 LDPE, HDPE, PP, PS, PVC, ABS, PET가 전체 플라스틱 생산의 대부분을 차지하고 있다. (중략)

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A study of interior stress of plastic clutch master cylinder body (플라스틱 클러치 마스터 실린더 바디의 응력해석에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jong-Hyung;So, Yoon-Sub;Kwon, Yung-Shin;Lee, Chun-Gon;Kim, Jae-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.47-51
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    • 2007
  • Special quality of automobile clutch master cylinder(CMC) and analyzed aluminum, plastic material comparison. Efficiency of plastic master cylinder can modularize higher, light weight anger of parts, several piece parts by single parts, prove NVH(Noise, Vibration, Harshness) than aluminum master cylinder as analysis result. Also, structure is easy simplicity, exchange, maintenance costs can be reduced and decrease environmental pollution because recycling is superior. According as content of glass fiber increases, mechanical properties of matter of material increase equally and glass fiber changed variously by condition on manufacturing process. Through comparison analysis with Plastic Body development connection site, did verification.

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A study of interior stress of plastic clutch master cylinder body (플라스틱 클러치 마스터 실린더 body의 응력해석에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jong-Hyung;So, Yoon-Sub;Kwon, Yung-Shin;Lee, Chun-Gon;Kim, Jae-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.57-61
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    • 2007
  • Special quality of automobile clutch master cylinder(CMC) and analyzed aluminum, plastic material comparison. Efficiency of plastic master cylinder can modularize higher, light weight anger of parts, several piece parts by single parts, prove NVH(Noise, Vibration, Harshness) than aluminum master cylinder as analysis result. Also, structure is easy simplicity, exchange, maintenance costs can be reduced and decrease environmental pollution because recycling is superior. According as content of glass fiber increases, mechanical properties of matter of material increase equally and glass fiber changed variously by condition on manufacturing process. Through comparison analysis with Plastic body development connection site, did verification.

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Study of micro-plastics separation from sea water with electro-magnetic force

  • Nomura, Naoki;Mishima, Fumihito;Nishijima, Shigehiro
    • Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.10-13
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    • 2021
  • The method of removing micro-plastics from sea water has been developed using electro-magnetic force. Plastics are difficult to decompose and put a great load on the marine environment. Especially a plastic with a size of 5 mm or less is defined as micro-plastic and are carried by ocean currents over long distances, causing global pollution. These are not easily decomposed in the natural environment. The Lorentz force was generated in simulated sea water and its reaction force was applied to the micro-plastic to control their motion. Lorentz force was generated downward and the reaction force to the plastics was upward. The plastic used in the experiment was polystyrene with a diameter of 6 mm, and the density was 1.07 g/cm3. The polystyrene sphere levitated at the current density of 0.83 A/cm2 and the external field of 0.87T. The particle trajectory calculation was also made to design separation system using superconducting magnet.

Estimated CO2 Emissions and Analysis of Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) as an Alternative Fuel

  • Kim, Sang-Kyun;Jang, Kee-Won;Hong, Ji-Hyung;Jung, Yong-Won;Kim, Hyung-Chun
    • Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.48-55
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study was to develop a $CO_2$ emission factor for refuse plastic fuel (RPF) combustion facilities, and calculate the $CO_2$ emissions from these facilities. The $CO_2$ reduction from using these facilities was analyzed by comparing $CO_2$ emission to facilities using fossil fuels. The average $CO_2$ emission factor from RPF combustion facilities was 59.7 Mg $CO_2$/TJ. In addition, fossil fuel and RPF use were compared using net calorific value (NCV). Domestic RPF consumption in 2011 was 240,000 Mg/yr, which was compared to fossil fuels using NCV. B-C oil use, which has the same NCV, was equal to RPF use. In contrast, bituminous and anthracite were estimated at 369,231 Mg/yr and 355,556 Mg/yr, respectively. In addition, the reduction in $CO_2$ emissions due to the alternative fuel was analyzed. $CO_2$ emissions were reduced by more than 350 Mg $CO_2$/yr compared to bituminous and anthracite. We confirmed that using RPF, an alternative fuel, can reduce $CO_2$ emissions.