The emission of particulate matter and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from a motor vehicle painting booth was quantitatively evaluated. Most particulate matter was emitted during the spraying process, in which the PM10 concentration was 16.5 times higher than that of the drying process. When the paint was being sprayed, the particles with a diameter of 1.0~2.5 μm accounted for 39.4% and particles greater than 2.5 μm in diameter accounted for 30.6% of total particles. On the other hand, small particles less than 0.5 μm in diameter accounted for 52.4% of total particles during the drying process. In contrast to the particulate matter, high concentrations of VOCs were emitted during both spraying and drying processes. Butyl acetate, xylene, toluene, and m-ethyltoluene were the most abundant VOCs emitted from the motor vehicle painting booth. Additionally, xylene, butyl acetate, toluene, and 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene were the dominant ozone precursors. Especially, xylene exhibited the highest ozone production contribution (32.5~44.4%) among 34 species of the ozone precursors. The information obtained in this study can be used to establish a suitable management strategy for air pollutants from motor vehicle painting booths.

In order to clarify the impact of emissions reductions on the air quality over Metropolitan area of Korean Peninsula, several numerical experiment and analysis of integrated process rate(IPR) of ozone were carried out. Numerical models used in this study are WRF for the estimate the meteorological elements and CMAQ for assessment of ozone concentration. As result in the sensitive test of VOC/NOx reduction experiments, although VOC reduction tends to induce the different impact on the advection and photochemical reaction rate of ozone in urban area and rural area, the mechanism of ozone appeared to be more sensitive to the reduction of VOC than that of NOx over the metropolitan and its surround area. So the control of VOC emission inventories is an effective means to decrease the ozone concentrations around this area.

밸러스트수 처리를 위한 Plasma Gun의 전기적 특성과 오존 생성에 미치는 주요 운전변수들의 영향에 관해 실험실 규모 연구를 수행하였다. 방전개시전압보다 높은 전압이 인가되면 방전이 시작되고 오존이 생성되었으며 전압이 증가함에 따라 기체로 전달되는 에너지 및 오존 농도가 거의 선형적으로 증가하였다. 오존 생성 측면에서 최적의 에너지 효율성을 얻을 수 있는 전극간 거리가 존재하였으며 실험된 장치에서는 1.95 mm의 전극간 거리에서 최적 효율이 얻어졌다. 전기에너지 특성에 미치는 내부전극 재질의 영향은 무시할만한 수준이었으나 내부전극의 전기전도도와 열전도도 차이가 오존 생성에 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 일정한 Plasma Gun 구조에서 오존 생성은 기체로 전달되는 에너지밀도에 의해 중요한 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났으며 유입되는 기체의 산소함량이 증가할수록 오존 생성이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다.