The efficiency of port operations is an important indicator of port development. Moreover, there is excess handling capacity in Chinese ports, which results in a slower speed of development. Under the detrimental environment of the international shipping market, it is necessary to improve the operation efficiency of ports for long-term development. This paper provides an assessment of the competitiveness of Chinese seaport companies using the Boston Consulting Group’s matrix, and efficiency measurements using a data envelopment analysis and the Malmquist method. This analysis showed that highly efficient companies reformed their development strategies, which should be a solution considered by less efficient companies, such as Shenzhen Yan Tian Port Holdings Co., Ltd.. Although, having high throughput should be reformed in the investment structure. This research will assist port companies in gaining effective operating experience, and governments in establishing strategic planning to enhance the efficiency of port development.

The growth of the Waste-to-Energy (WTE) industry is attracting attention as a powerful means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions; the Korean government is supporting various efforts such as increasing R&D investment. Despite the importance of the WTE industry, the analysis of R&D efficiency remains insufficient. This study analyzes the R&D efficiency of the Korean WTE industry and its determinants. After R&D activities are separated into input and output, R&D efficiency is analyzed with regard to whether R&D input contributes to increased R&D output using multiple regression and logistic regression methodologies based on the survey of Korean WTE firms. In the results of analysis, the introduction of new products and services was positively affected by R&D manpower and education-training. In addition, the redesign of products and processes was positively affected by R&D expenditure, R&D manpower, education-training, and the reward system. The policy implication is that education and training for R&D manpower should be provided to improve R&D efficiency, and there should be investment in basic and applied research and development research should be expanded to gain global compETitiveness.

As of 2013, approximately 253 domestic incineration facilities including incineration facilities for municipal waste and industrial wastes were collected. The distribution of domestic incineration heat through these incineration facilities is estimated to reach about 1,756 thousands toe by 2013. In this study, a high temperature and pressure boiler was applied to evaluate the improvement effect of power generation efficiency of waste incineration facilities. It is possible to increase the power generation efficiency of the steam turbine by increasing the heat loss of the turbine through the high temperature and pressure depending on the steam pressure and the temperature. The boiler main steam amount is reduced by about 10% due to the high temperature and pressure, but the increase rate of the heat fall rate is larger than the decrease rate of the steam flow rate, so that the power generation efficiency is improved. In case of steam temperature, the steam temperature is increased by 50 ℃ at 500 ℃ and 20 kg/㎠ at the pressure of 20 kg/㎠×300 ℃, and it is increased by 10 kg/㎠ to 60 kg/㎠, electricity production changes were investigated. Electricity production increased with increasing temperature and pressure. The electricity production increased by 51.03 % at 40 kg/㎠×400 ℃ and by 89.07 % at 60 kg/㎠×500 ℃, compared to the standard condition of 20 kg/㎠×300 ℃ for comparison. The boiler main steam amount is reduced by about 10 % due to the high temperature and pressure, but the increase rate of the heat fall rate is larger than the decrease rate of the steam flow rate, so that the power generation efficiency is improved. In case of steam temperature, the steam temperature is increased by 50 ℃ at 500 ℃ and 20 kg/㎠ at the pressure of 20 kg/㎠×300 ℃, and it is increased by 10 kg/㎠ to 60 kg/㎠. Electricity production changes were investigated. Electricity production increased with increasing temperature and pressure. The electricity production increased by 51.03 % at 40 kg/㎠×400 ℃ and by 89.07 % at 60 kg/㎠×500 ℃, compared to the standard condition of 20 kg/㎠×300 ℃ for comparison.

WtE of MSW plays a crucial role in renewable energy production in Korea. Municipal solid waste (MSW) is an important energy resource for combined heat and power (CHP) production. This study investigated an increasing method to the power generation efficiency by MSW to energy (WtE) plants in South Korea and discussed the issues related to energy efficiency improvement. To achieve energy efficiency improvement is used to lower temperature for emission gas at catalyst inlet, or to reduce/stop using steam to reheat emission gas. Saved energy from this process can be used as power source in order to increase generation efficiency. It is possible to increase denitrification efficiency by maintaining the temperature of emission gas for catalyst denitrification. The temperature of emission gas of which moisture is increased to saturation point (relative humidity of 100%) at the exit of wet scrubber is between 50 and 60℃. This means there should be reheating of emission gas with the approximate temperature of 150℃. Dry emission gas treatment, on the other hand, is the technology to increase generation efficiency by using highly efficient desalination materials including highly-responsive slaked lime and sodium type chemicals in order to comply with air pollution standards and reduce used steam volume for reheating emission gas. If dry emission gas is available, reheating is possible only with the temperature of 45℃ in order to expect generation efficiency by reducing steam volume for reheating.

일반적으로 배사에 비해서 준설은 경제적 부담이 크기 때문에 배사를 효율적으로 운영하는 것이 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 2차원 하상변동 모형 인 Nays2DH를 이용하여 홍수기 운영수위에 따른 배사효율을 낙동강에 위치한 달성보를 중심으로 분석하였다. 분석결과, 가동보의 수 만큼 배사 수로가 형성되었으며, 배사수로 상류에는 퇴적이 발생하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 홍수기 운영수위를 EL. 14.5 m로 운영하는 것이 EL. 14.0 m로 운영하는 것에 비해서 배사효율이 약 4.6% 증가하여 퇴사가 약 4.5% 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서 분석한 홍수기 운영수위에 따른 배 사효율의 변화를 고려한다면, 저수지 퇴사 저감 및 준설주기의 장기화가 가능할 것으로 판단된

The treatment efficiencies of domestic sewage treatment processes were analysed and assessed to suggest and design a suitable technology for coal seam gas (CSG) water treatment. Two sewage treatment plants (S and G in Busan) were selected. The former operates with standard activated sludge and modified Ludzak Ettinger processes while the later uses the combination of A2/O and gravity fiber filtration. For both plants, the concentrations of BOD, CODMn, T-N and T-P were about 5.0, 19.0, 5.0, 11.0 and 1.0 ppm, respectively, which satisfy the discharge standards. Therefore, although sewage treatment processes seems to be applicable for CSG water treatment, additional processes to remove total dissolved solids and ionic compounds (i.e. bicarbonate) need to be introduced to produce fit-for-purpose water resources for beneficial use (in accordance with Water ACT 2013). This, for the CSG treatment process design, it is necessary to align the operating conditions with merging methods of combinable unit technology obtained from sewage treatment processes.

This paper analyzes economic efficiency of strawberries and tomatoes farms using the data envelopment analysis (DEA). We examine how production characteristics and farm size affect overall efficiency (OE), allocative efficiency (AE), and technological efficiency (TE). We also survey sample farm households from the Farm Income Investigation database of Rural Development Administration to investigate management and cultivation techniques and to analyze economic efficiency by technique. Implications for improving efficiency are suggested in the conclusion.

The objective of this study is to analyze the DEA efficiency of the environmentfriendly agricultural districts and zones. There are political inefficiency in districts and zones with 45.3% and 85.0%. It mainly results from scale efficiency than pure technical efficiency. There are 10 efficient zones, while 34 decreasing return to scale ones. Meanwhile, districts mostly have increasing return to scale with 97.9%. The results of this study is meaningful to re-construct the project based on the environment-friendly agricultural production.

This study analyzes an economic efficiencies of apples, pears, and grapes farming. We evaluate an annual economic overall efficiency (OE), allocative efficiency (AE), technology efficiency (TE), pure technology efficiency (PTE), and scale efficiency (SE) using data envelopment analysis (DEA). We also measure returns to scale of farms, and the change of technical efficiency of frontier farms. Lastly we estimate the effects of some explanatory variables on allocative, pure technical, and scale efficiencies.

With the fast development Growth of Chinese economy is towing the world economy, and the world economy's initiative gradually moves to Asia, the economy of this region is growing fast. In addition, since over 90% of the international trade are made through marine transport, the volume of trade shows a continuously increasing trend with its growth. Qingdao established a bonded area in 1992 and a bonded port zone in 2008. Through 20 years' development, it has achieved very large achievements and has good conditions of the construction of an international hub port as a bridgehead toward the Eurasian Continent. Considering this situation, this study limits its spatial scope to Qingdao Bonded Port and Shanghai Free Trade Area, which are called the center port of China's free trade areas and conducts a comparative analysis of the competitiveness of Qingdao Bonded Port through efficiency indicators. Based on these various situations, this study will look into efficiency and development strategy for Qingdao Bonded Port .

전자해도 시스템은 2012년 7월 1일 부로 국제항해에 종사하는 선박에 단계별로 설치가 강제화 되었다. 전자해도시스템은 백업장치 를 비치할 경우 종이해도를 대체하여 사용할 수 있는 설비로 선교에서 사용의존도가 높은 핵심항해설비라고 할 수 있다. 현재 전 세계적으로 전자해도 시스템 이용 시 다양한 오류가 발생하고 있으며, 국제해사기구 및 국제수로기구에서도 문제를 인식하고 오류해결을 위한 방안을 모색 하고 있는 중이다. 본 논문에서는 선장 항해사를 포함하는 사용자들을 대상으로 전자해도시스템의 이용 시 오류 발생현황과 정보표시 및 주요 기능 이용 시 개선 요구사항에 관한 설문을 시행하였다. 그 결과를 기반으로 항해안전과 효율측면에서의 ECDIS 기능 개선사항을 제시하였다. 조사에서 사용자들은 ECDIS 기능사용에 있어 대부분 효율성 측면에서는 긍정적으로 평가하였으나 항해안전성에 대한 불안감을 많이 느끼는 것으로 나타났다.

In this paper the DRC model is presented for solving multi objective problem. The proposed model is a combination of data envelopment analysis, Cuckoo algorithm and the response surface method. Due to reasons like costs, time and irreversible damages, it is not possible to analyze each and every one of the proposed models in practice, so the simulation is used. Since the number of experiments for simulation process is high then the optimization has gone to practice and directs the simulation process. The response surface method is used as one of the approaches of simulation optimization. Furthermore, data envelopment analysis is used to consider several response surfaces as efficiency response surface. Then this efficiency response surface is solved by Cuckoo algorithms. The main advantage of DRC model is to make one efficiency response surface function instate of multi surface function for every output and also using the advantages of Cuckoo algorithms. In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, the branches of Refah bank in Mashhad is analyzed and the results are presented.

본 연구의 목적은 동북아시아 주요 컨테이너항만간의 상대적 효율성을 분석함으로써, 각 항만의 현재 효율성 수준을 파악하고, 효 율적 항만이 되기 위한 주요 전략수립 방안을 제시하고자 하는 것이다, 동북아시아 지역의 주요 16개 항만을 대상으로 개별항만 효율성 및 상대적 효율성을 분석하였으며, DEA기법을 사용했다. DEA모형 중 규모수익불변모형인 CCR모형과 규모수익가변모형인 BCC모형을 통해 항 만 효율성을 분석하며, 또한 CCR모형에 의해 평가된 효율성을 BCC모형에 의해 평가된 효율성으로 나눈 비율인 규모의 효율성 측면에서도 효율성을 분석하였다. 이러한 방법의 실증분석을 시행함에 있어서 투입요소로는 선석 수, 안벽 길이, 수심, 부두 총면적, C/C 대수를 이용하 고, 산출요소로는 컨테이너 물동량을 이용했다. 연구 결과, 중국의 경우, 대부분의 항만이 효율적으로 나타난 반면, 한국과 일본의 경우 대체 적으로 비효율적인 것으로 나타났다. 특히, 부산항과 상해항, 롄윈강항과 인천항, 다롄항과 광양항이 투입요소가 유사하지만 산출요소인 컨테 이너 물동량은 큰 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

This study analyze the policy efficiency of the environment-friendly farming zone program using data envelopment analysis. On analyzed results, the average policy efficiency is 0.185 and 98.3% of zones are inefficient. 97.8% of zones are in increasing returns to scales. The empirical results indicate that more work need to be done to increase the efficiency of the program.

비점오염은 점오염과 달리 불특정 배출경로를 가지며 유출량의 예측 및 정량화가 어렵다. 또한 비점오염물질이 수계로 유입 될 경우 수질의 악화를 초래한다. 이에 정부는 비점오염원을 관리하고자 비점오염저감시설 개발, 연구 및 설치를 지속적으로 시행하고 있다. 하지만 기존 비점오염저감시설의 경우 충분한 자료를 토대로 설치되지 않아 추가적인 연구 및 보완이 필요한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구는 식생수로에서 강우 시 발생되는 부유물질 및 유기물 저감효율을 알아보기 위해 수행되었다. 연구방법으로는 대상지역에서의 강우 모니터링을 통해 비점오염저감시설의 자연형 장치인 식생수로에서의 EMC를 통계분석하고 ER 방법 및 SOL 방법을 이용하여 오염물질 저감효율을 산정하였다. EMC 결과 값은 TSS는 유입 27.62 ∼ 98.08mg/L, 유출 13.96 ∼ 220.12mg/L, COD는 유입 13.61mg/L ∼ 31.83mg/L, 유출 5.69 ∼ 11.34mg/L, BOD는 유입 2.58 ∼ 11.70mg/L, 유출 0.59 ∼ 6.65mg/L의 범위를 보였다. 저감효율 산정 값은 ER 방법과 SOL 방법에 대해 각각 TSS는 49%, 83% COD는 72%, 82% BOD는 71%, 76%로 나타났다. 상대적으로 낮은 유출부의 EMC 범위와 평균 70% 이상의 저감효율 산정 값을 통해 식생수로가 강우 시 발생되는 오염물질에 대해 높은 저감효과를 가진다고 판단된다.

최근 수계에 심각한 악영향을 미치는 비점오염원에 대한 정부의 관심이 대두되고 있다. 비점오염물질은 배출경로가 불명확하며, 배출량 또한 측정하기가 어려워 처리하기 또한 곤란하다. 이러한 비점오염물질 제거를 위하여 비점오염저감시설을 개발 및 설치하고 있다. 하지만 비점오염저감시설 설치 시 대상유역에 대한 연구가 미비하여 명확한 저감효율을 판단하기가 어렵다. 본 연구의 목적은 비점오염물질에 따른 저감시설의 효율을 파악함에 있다. 2년간 총 8회의 강우 모니터링을 통하여 경기도 용인시 경안천 유역에 설치 된 비점오염저감시설 중 식생형 시설인 식생여과대의 저감 효율을 ER(Efficiency Ratio) 방법을 이용하여 산정하였다. 모든 시료는 BOD, COD, TN, TP 항목에대해 수질오염공정시험법에 의거하여 분석하였다. 2012년에서의 저감효율은 각각 36%, 37%, 55%, 44%, 2013년에는 63%, 56%, 48%, 67%로 나타났다. 2년간 각 항목별 저감효율 평균값은 50%, 46%, 52% 56%로 영양염류의 제거효율이 유기물의 제거효율보다 높은 수치를 보였다. 결과적으로 경안천유역 비점오염저감시설 중 식생여과대는 영양염류의 제거에 효율적이며, 저감기능 향상을 위해 지속적인 관리와 연구가 필요하다.

The purpose of this study is to estimate efficiency of environmental-friendly agricultural product by using Data Envelopment Analysis. A proposed method employs a bootstrapping approach to generating efficiency estimates through Monte Carlo simulation resampling process. The technical efficiency, pure technical efficiency, and scale efficiency measure of strawberry by pesticide-free certification is 0.967, 0.995, 0.968 respectively. However those of bias-corrected estimates are 0.918, 0.983, 0.934. We know that the DEA estimator is an upward biased estimator. In technical efficiency, average lower and upper confidence bounds of 0.807 and 0.960. According to these results, the DEA bootstrapping model used here provides bias-corrected and confidence intervals for the point estimates, it is more preferable.

In this study, “Recycling of ladle furnace slag (LFS) in the electric furnace process to produce ultra rapid harding cement” is the target technology. Environmental and economic efficiencies of target technology are analyzed and ecoefficiency is assessed based on these results. The methodologies to analyze environmental and economic efficiencies are LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) and market price which is calculated based on LCC (Life Cycle Costing), respectively. Global warming potential (GWP) and abiotic resource depletion (ARD) are selected as indicator of environmental analysis. The reference flow of this study is considered 1kg of ultra rapid harding cement which made from the LFS. As a result of that, target process has environmental efficiency of 13.1 for global warming and 5.93 for abiotic resource depletion and has economic efficiency of 4.86. Eco-efficiencies are derived from this study can be applied to slag recycling policy formulation and effect analysis in the future. This can be also applied to improve process’s environmental and economic performances.

Through industrial developing, electronic waste is occurred by short lifespan of electronic products. This study discusses an approach of the eco-efficiency for waste PCB (Printed Circuit Board) recycling process through environment and economic analysis. The recycling of waste PCB 1 kg has 1.89E + 00kg CO2 eq. of global warming potential and 2.84E −02 kg antimony eq. of abiotic resource depletion. In terms of economy, this process costs 6,601.91 KRW per 1kg waste PCB recycling. Use of economic and environmental result, when compare with same amounts of virgin metal, environmental-efficiency of GWP (Global Warming Potential) is at 4.16E + 00 and ARD(Abiotic Resource Depletion) is at 2.91E + 00. And compare with secondary metal, environmental-efficiency of GWP is at 2.11E + 00 and ARD is at 8.49E − 01. In addition economic-efficiency is at 1.19E + 00. The results of optimization of this process will be increased. This study will show the process economical and environmental decision making

This paper focuses on development of a testbed for analysis of robot-terrain interaction on rough terrain and also, through one wheel driving experiments using this testbed, prediction of maximum velocity and acceleration of UGV. Firstly, from the review regarding previous researches for terrain modeling, the main variables for measurement are determined. A testbed is developed to measure main variables related to robot-terrain interaction. Experiments are performed on three kinds of rough terrains (grass, gravel, and sand) and traction-slip curves are obtained using the data of the drawbar pull and slip ratio. Traction-slip curves are used to predict driving performance of UGV on rough terrain. Maximum velocity and acceleration of UGVs are predicted by the simple kinematics and dynamics model of two kinds of 4-wheel mobile robots. And also, driving efficiency of UGVs is predicted to reduce energy consumption while traversing rough terrains.