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Study on the Development and Characteristics of Automobile Plastic Clutch Master Cylinder (자동차용 플라스틱 클러치 마스터 실린더의 개발동향과 특성에 관한연구)

  • Lee, Jong-Hyung;Lee, Chun-Kon;Kwon, Yung-Shin;So, Yoon-Sub
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.235-240
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    • 2007
  • Special quality of automobile CMC(clutch master cylinder) 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.

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A Study on the Strength. Chemical Resistance and Absorption of Polymer concrete with Recycling PET (재활용 PET수지를 이용한 폴리머 콘크리트의 강도, 내화학성, 흡수율에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • 조병완;서석구;태기호;박승국;류성희
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.805-810
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    • 2003
  • It is the real circumstance in the country that not only the data and special books but also people who have an expert knowledge are short of the field of the study about plastic wastes, so that to build the Database carrying out gathering info of that is the present question obviously. The business on recycling plastic, for some reason or other, is one of the best ways as called bright prospect industry to prevent environmental pollution and obtain economical outcome by using limited resources. Plastic wastes with construction industry especially using Polymer may have a good effect on the environment and human beings and have a fine view to produce functional and Eco-friendly concrete as well. In this study, Chemical resistance and Water Absorption test in Polymer concrete using bentonite as a shrinkage control agent was made an experiment by comparing with influence on concrete strength and used to offer some valuable data about Polymer concrete.

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Determination of Residual Pesticides in Recycle Product of Waste Plastic Pyrolysis (폐비닐 열분해 재활용품 중의 잔류농약 분석)

  • Shin Hea Soon;Shim Sung Hoon
    • Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.315-320
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    • 2004
  • Environmental waste treatment technology is transforming from incineration system to pyrolysis gasification system. And there it is necessary for our country to adapt gasification system urgently to prevent the land pollution and lack of landfill area. The objective of this study was to determine the pesticides residues of derived product of pyrolysis gasification system for recycling of waste plastic by gas chromatograph-mass selective detector and nitrogen phosphorus detector. The residual pesticides were not detected in derived product of waste recyling. But some pesticide was detected on raw level (0.02 ~ 0.05 ppm) in waste plastic sample.

Separation of micro-plastics from sea water using electromagnetic archimedes force

  • N. Nomura;F. Mishima;S. Nishijima
    • Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.18-21
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    • 2023
  • Pollution of the environment by micro-plastics is now a worldwide problem. 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. In this paper, we aimed to experimentally demonstrate that micro-plastics in seawater can be continuously separated by electromagnetic Archimedes force. Using polyethylene particles of 3 mm in diameter as the separation target, a flow channel was fabricated and separation conditions were investigated by particle trajectory calculations for separation experiments. Based on the calculation results, a solenoid-type superconducting magnet was used as a source of magnetic field to conduct separation experiments of micro-plastics in seawater. Although a high separation rate was assumed in the simulation results, the experimental results did not show any significant improvement in the separation rate due to the electromagnetic Archimedes force. It was found that the gas generated by the electrolytic reaction may have inhibited the migration of the particles.

Groundwater and Soil Environment of Plastic Film House Fields around Central Part of Korea (우리나라 중부지방의 시설원예 토양 및 지하수 환경)

  • Kim, Jin-Ho;Lee, Jong-Sik;Kim, Won-Il;Jung, Goo-Bok;Yun, Sun-Gang;Jung, Yeun-Tae;Kwun, Soon-Kuk
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.109-116
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    • 2002
  • The objective of this study was to know the qualities of soil and shallow groundwater in plastic film house fields around Central Part of Korea. The study was conducted at 11 sites in Suweon, Hwasung, Pyungtaek, Yongin and Chuncheon through May to August in 1999. Soil textures of plastic films house were mainly sandy loam or loam. Electric conductivity and organic matter content of surface soils mostly exceeded the critical levels for crop production. Average concentration of $NO_3-N$ in the sha]low groundwater was 19.1 mg/L, and it reached almost the limiting level of agricultural groundwater quality (20 mg/L). Moreover about 36% of survey sites exceeded the limiting level of agricultural groundwater quality. Sulfate concentrations also at some sites exceeded agricultural groundwater quality limit level (50 mg/L). Nitrate-N, one of the most important factors in the groundwater quality, had positive correlations with other ions in foundwater.

Effect of fly ash and plastic waste on mechanical and durability properties of concrete

  • Paliwal, Gopal;Maru, Savita
    • Advances in concrete construction
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    • v.5 no.6
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    • pp.575-586
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    • 2017
  • The disposal of polythene waste and fly ash is causing serious threat to the environment. Aim of this study is to decrease environmental pollution by using polythene waste and fly ash in concrete. In this study, cement was partially replaced with 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% fly ash (by weight) and plastic waste was added in shredded form at 0.6% by weight of concrete. The specimens were prepared for the concrete mix of M25 grade and water to cementitious material ratio (w/c) was maintained as 0.45. Fresh concrete property like workability was examined during casting the specimens. Hardened properties were found out by carrying out the experimental work on cubes, cylinders and beams which were cast in laboratory and their behavior under test were observed at 7 & 28 days for compressive strength and at 28 days for density, flexural strength, dynamic modulus of elasticity, abrasion resistance, water permeability and impact resistance. Overall results of this study show that addition of 0.6% (by weight of the concrete) plastic waste with 10% (by weight of cement) replacement of cement by fly ash result an improvement in properties of the concrete than conventional mix.

Experimental study on release of plastic particles from coastal sediments to fluid body (해안 유사에서 수체로의 플라스틱 입자 방출에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Hwang, Dongwook;Park, Yong Sung
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.56 no.2
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    • pp.125-137
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    • 2023
  • In marine environments, plastics have become more abundant due to increasing plastic use. Especially, in coastal regions, particles may remain for a long time, and they interact with flows, wind, sand and human activities. This study aimed thus to observe how plastic debris interacts with and escape from sediments. A series of experiments were conducted in order to gain a better understanding of particle release from coastal sediments into water body. An oscillating water tunnel was built for the experiments, and used to generate oscillatory flows of relatively high Reynolds number and induce sediment transport. Spherical plastic particles of three different sizes was used in lieu of plastic debris in environments. It was observed that release of the particles was directly related to change of bedform, which is in turn determined by the flow condition. Also smaller particles tend to escape the sediment more readily. Critical values for dimensionless parameters are proposed.

Microbiologic Pollution of Indoor Air in Industrial Work-Places (산업체 작업환경의 실내 공기에서 미생물 오염도)

  • 강경희;장명웅
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.314-327
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    • 1999
  • This study was investigated to isolate identify the total bacteria and fungi from the indoor air of work-place of the shoes, paint, stainless steel, and plastic industries. The number of bacterial colonies on the nutrient agar plates were calculated by the open petridish method for 30 minutes in indoor air of work-places at the autumn and winter. The isolated bacteria were identified by Gram stain and biochemical test using API Staph and API 20E kits. The isolated fungal colonies were identified by gross appearance of the giant colonies and microscopic examination of their spore and hyphal characteristics on the slide culture method. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of several antibiotics against isolated bacteria was determined by the microdilution method with Mueller-Hinton broth. The 70-400 colonies in autumn and 54-236 colonies in winter were isolated from the indoor air of work-places of several industry. The isolation rates of Gram positive cocci, Gram positive bacilli, Gram negative bacilli, and Gram negative cocci were 46.3%, 19.8%, 17.3%, and 16.1%, respectively. In Gram positive cocci, the most strains were identified as Aerococcus spp, Micrococcus spp, and Staphylococcus spp. In Gram positive and negative bacilli, and Gram negative cocci were identified as Bacillus spp, Pseudomonas spp, and Neisseria spp, respectively. The frequently isolated fungi were Aspergillus spp, Penicillium spp and Rhizopus spp, respectively. The frequently isolated Aerococcus spp, Micrococcus spp, and Staphylococus spp were highly resistance against ampicillin, erythromycin, methicillin, and tetracycline. These results arouse our attention to microbiologic pollution in the indoor air of work-places of industries.

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Effect of mach peening treatment on fatigue crack growth retardation in structural steel alloy (마하피닝 처리에 의한 기계구조용 합금강의 피로균열전파 지연효과)

  • Kim, Min-Gun;Lim, Bok-Kyu;Park, Hong-Ki;Hwang, Jung-Gak
    • Journal of Industrial Technology
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    • v.26 no.A
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    • pp.69-73
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    • 2006
  • Mach peening treatment is one of the various kinds of techniques to improve the fatigue properties. The mach peening process gives high-level work hardening and compressive residual stress near the surface layer, improving the fatigue strength. In addition, this treatment reduces slip bands that initiate the fatigue cracks near the surface. During impingement, a plastic indentation surrounded by a plastic zone is formed. Mach peening treatment characteristic is less energy consumption and is an environmental friendly processing methods that is not accompanied by pollution. It is machining process that can prevent fatigue fracture beforehand in structure using already as well as process of production. The test results showed that fatigue crack propagation delay appeared by drilling type 43%, mach peening type 110%.

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The Analysis of Cushioning Properties of Corrugated Cushion (골판지를 이용한 완충 포장재의 물리적 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Seung-Jin;Shin, Joong-Min
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.35-40
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    • 2006
  • Cushioning systems, which are cushion material and its designed configuration, are important to protect fragile items since they act as buffers between the impact force and the fragile product. As cushioning materials, several plastic foams are commonly used in industry. However, the utilization of the plastic material has been causing a solid waste problem and pollution. Thus, as an alternative cushion material to the plastic foams, a corrugated cushion, which is considered environmentally friendly and cheap material, was put into drop tests and its impact shock attenuation was investigated. Flat and free drop data were recorded and compared to the dynamic shock of EPS cushion. In addition, the mathematical model of the shock attenuation of the corrugated cushion was developed. The result showed that the corrugated cushion gave an excellent protection for items that were subjected to the limited number of drops. There was no significant difference of the shock absorbing ability between the EPS and corrugated cushions. Energy density model of cushioning material successfully explained the mechanical behavior and fatigue of the corrugated cushions.

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