• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.50 no.6
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• pp.952-959
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• 2012

The photocatalytic reactor was designed to have improved efficiency by enhancing a light intensity of photocatalytic reactor using a reflector coated on the surface at the outer radius of annular shaped photocatalytic reactor. The improved photocatalytic reactor performed to treat waste air containing malodor and VOC with the enhanced light intensity, of which the effect on their removal efficiency was investigated. The intensities of illumination of the improved photocatalytic reactor filled with porous silica-based media and nonporous glass bead media carrying photocatalyst were observed to increase by 28.5% and 30.1%, respectively, compared to those of photocatalytic reactor without any reflector. Using the improved photocatalytic reactor filled with porous silica-based media and nonporous glass bead media carrying photocatalyst, the removal efficiencies were enhanced by 2~3% and insignificantly, respectively. The removal efficiencies of the optimized photocatalytic reactor with reflectors, filled with porous silica-based media carrying photocatalyst, were observed to increase by 26% and 60%, compared to those of photocatalytic reactor (i.e., 19% and 53%), without any reflector, filled with nonporous glass bead media carrying photocatalyst, for hydrogen sulfide and toluene, respectively. The roughness of used reflector surface was measured to be ca. four times as big as that of a commercial mirror. However, their removal efficiencies are expected to be enhanced by increasing an light intensity resulting from lowering the roughness of used reflector coated on the improved photocatalytic reactor in the future.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.87-88
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• 2002

환경오염물질 정화를 위하여 다양하게 시도되고 있는 광촉매는 특별한 장치나 시설 없이 자외선을 에너지원으로 오염물질을 효과적으로 산화분해 시킬 수 있기 때문에 환경 친화적일 뿐만 아니라 경제적인 잇점을 가지고 있다. 그러나 아직까지 본격적인 실용화를 위해서는 선결해야 될 몇 가지 문제가 남아 있다 특히, 환경정화분야에서 광촉매를 적용하기 위해서는 광촉매 입자의 효과적인 코팅이 필수적이다. 광촉매 입자의 코팅은 지지체의 종류와 광촉매의 특성에 따른 최적조건을 찾아 주어야 하는데, 기본적으로 지지체와 광촉매 입자간의 결합 상태가 우수해야하며, 동시에 대상물질제거에 부합할 만한 광촉매 활성을 만족시켜야 한다. (중략)

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.284-293
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• 2000

For the artificial removal of air pollutants such as pesticides, environmental toxicants, and pathogenic microorganisms in the greenhouse or the living environment, the accelerated photodegradation and the biocidal effects of some photosensitizers (PS)/photocatalysts (PC) were tested under the sunlight and/or artificial light. The selected photosensitizers/photocatalysts included the semiconductors (PC-1 and PC-2), the oxidizers (PC-3, PC-4, PC-5 and PC-6), the aromatic ketone (PS-7) and the aromatic amine (PS-8). In the case of dichlorvos, all the photocatalysts selected showed more accelerated photodegradation than the control without photocatalysts under both the sunlight and artificial light. Whereas, only the photocatalyst PC-1 accelerated the degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether about 17 times more than the control under both the sunlight and artificial light. Procymidone was much more degraded by the photosensitizer PS-8 and the two photocatalysts (PC-1, PC-6) than by PS-7. In the preliminary experiments to diminish the population of the microorganisms in the air, the photocatalyst PC-1 added to the suspensions of Pseudomonas putida, Phytophthora capsici, and Salmonella typhimurium obviously inhibited the microbial growth under the artificial light. The photocatalyst PC-1 showed a bactericidal activity against Salmonella typhimurium spread on the nutrient broth agar medium. These results suggest that the photosensitizers/photocatalysis under the light can remove some air pollutants and hence they can be used to reduce the exposure of the workers in the horticultural facilities and/or the public in the environment to the harmful pollutants.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.308-312
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• 2012

Nitrogen doped $TiO_2$ photocatalysts were prepared by ammonia for exploring the visible light photocatalytic activity. To explore the visible light photocatalytic activity of the nitrogen doped $TiO_2$ photocatalyst, the removal of methylene blue dye was investigated under the sunlight. SEM images showed that the flocculated particle sizes of N-doped $TiO_2$ decreased due to the reaction with ammonia. XRD patterns demonstrated that the samples calcined at temperatures up to $600^{\circ}C$ and doped with nitrogen using ammonia clearly showed rutile as well as anatase peaks. The XPS results showed that the nitrogen composition onto $TiO_2$ increased according to the reaction time with ammonia. Photocatalytic activity of the nitrogen doped $TiO_2$ was better than that of undoped $TiO_2$. Nitrogen doping onto the $TiO_2$ also affected the crystal type of $TiO_2$ photocatalyst.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.309-311
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• 2004

수용성 양이온 안료인 RhB를 대상으로 회전원판 광촉매 반응기와 열처리와 비열처리 방법으로 코팅된 고정화 광촉매를 이용하여 색 제거실험을 수행한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 회전원판 광촉매 반응기의 경우 설치하는 회전원판의 개수가 증가하면 반응면적의 증가로 반응속도가 증가하지만 일정 거리이하로 설치되면 광과 원판과의 접촉이 방해받아 반응면적 증가 효과를 감소시키는 역할을 하며, 원판 사이의 최적 거리가 존재하는 것으로 나타났으며, 본 실험범위에서는 약 11.2 mm인 것으로 나타났다.

• Clean Technology
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.285-292
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• 2022

Adsorption tower systems based on activated carbon adsorption towers have mainly been employed to reduce the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a major cause of air pollution. However, the activated carbon currently used in these systems has a short lifespan and thus requires frequent replacement. An approach to overcome this shortcoming could be to develop metal oxide photocatalysis-activated carbon composites capable of degrading VOCs by simultaneously utilizing photocatalytic activation and powerful adsorption by activated carbon. TiO₂ has primarily been used as a metal oxide photocatalyst, but it has low economic efficiency due to its high cost. In this study, ZnO particles were synthesized as a photocatalyst due to their relatively low cost. Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) were deposited on the ZnO surface to compensate for the photocatalytic deactivation that arises from the wide band gap of ZnO. A microfluidic process was used to synthesize ZnO particles and Ag NPs in separate reactors and the solutions were continuously supplied with a pack bed reactor loaded with activated carbon powder. This microfluidic-assisted pack bed reactor efficiently prepared a Ag-ZnO-activated carbon composite for VOC removal. Analysis confirmed that Ag-ZnO photocatalytic particles were successfully deposited on the surface of the activated carbon. Conducting a toluene gasbag test and adsorption breakpoint test demonstrated that the composite had a more efficient removal performance than pure activated carbon. The process proposed in this study efficiently produces photocatalysis-activated carbon composites and may offer the potential for scalable production of VOC removal composites.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.6 no.5
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• pp.165-171
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• 2015

This in vitro study compared the effect of bleaching agent modified by the addition of $TiO_2$ catalyst converged bleaching agent. Nonvital teeth samples were assigned to four group(n=6) according to the bleaching agent: 10% carbamide peroxide(CP) bleaching agen, 10% CP with 10% $TiO_2$ catalyst, 20% CP bleaching agent and 20% CP with 20% $TiO_2$ catalyst. Changes in enamel color were evaluated on minutes 30, 60, 180, 300 and 420. It was found that 20% CP with 20% $TiO_2$ catalysis increased the whiteness and overall color value and showed significantly brightened. The teeth bleaching time was reduced with $TiO_2$ catalyst converged bleaching agent. This result will contribute to development of the teeth bleaching agent.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.11 no.7
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• pp.537-544
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• 2001

Anatase $TiO_2$thin films as a photocatalyst were prepared by the reactive magnetron sputtering process. The $TiO_2$thin films were deposited on Si substrates under the various conditions : oxygen partial pressure, working pressure, sputtering time, and D.C. power. The photocatalystic degradation of $TiO_2$thin film have been studied to examine the contribution of surface morphology and crystallinity. The thin films with a good crystallinity or a rough surface showed a high photocatalytic degradation rate on phenol and E.coli 078 experiment. Compared with that of only UV radiation, the photocatalytic efficiency of $TiO_2$thin film under the UV radiation and the $O_2$ flow increased. We found that the crystallity and the morphology were the important factors on the photocatalytic efficiency of TiO$_2$thin film.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.30 no.8
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• pp.823-830
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• 2008

The feasibility study for the application of the photoelectrocatalytic decolorization of Rhodamine B(RhB) was performed in the slurry photoelectrochemical reactor with powder TiO$_2$. The photoelectrocatalytic process was consisted of powder TiO$_2$, Pt electrode and three 8 W UV-C lamps. The effects of operating conditions, such as current, electrolyte, air flow rate and electrode material were evaluated. The experimental results showed that optimum TiO$_2$ dosage and current in photoelectrocatalytic process were 0.4 g/L and 0.02 A, respectively. It was found that the RhB could be degraded more efficiently by this photoelectrocatalytic process than the sum of the two individual oxidation processes(photocatalytic and electrolytic process). It demonstrated a synergetic effect between the photo- and electrochemical catalysis. Photoelectrocatalytic process was affected to air flow rate and optimum air flow rate was 2 L/min. The electrode material and NaCl effect of decolorization of RhB were not significant within the experiment conditions.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Marine Engineers Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.189-189
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 에너지 절감형 선박평형수 처리시스템 개발을 위하여, 저압 자외선 램프의 살균효율의 증대를 위한 광촉매 처리방법에 대하여 기술하였다. $TiO_2$ 광촉매를 석영관 주위에 감싸는 방법으로 살균챔버 내부에 설치하고 253.7 nm파장의 자외선과 광촉매에 의한 해수내 미생물 살균효과를 분석하였다.