• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.91-99
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• 2013

In this study, a current condition of human feces-collecting and transporting business of local government was investigated using statistical data to efficiently derive proper systematic management plan for human feces-collecting and transporting business. According to the data for human feces-collecting and transporting business from 2006 to 2010, it turned out that the number of people working in this field and the amount of human feces produced and processed were decreased. They were decreased by 292 places, 1,077 employees, $904m^3/day$, and $121m^3/day$, respectively. In addition, the number of human feces-collecting and transporting business has been decreased causing an extra amount of manpower and the number of employees working in the field decreased. In this study, the reasons for financial difficulties of human feces-collecting and transporting business were analyzed. Finally the alternative plans were suggested to replace currently closed business due to management deterioration.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.68-78
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to estimate the identification of thermophilic hacterial with fermentation of pig manure. To identify the characters of thermophilic bacteria related to fermentation at a high temperature condition, we selected 28 different kinds of original settling thermophilic bacteria that were sampled at different 23 areas. They were distributed 1$1{\times}10^5{\sim}10^8CFU$ at medium and the enzyme activity at $55^{\circ}C$ incubation condition, especially cellulase and a-amylase, were higher than those of $30^{\circ}C$. Partial sequencing data for 165 rDNA region were obtained from 28 samples representing 15 different genera. Bacillus subcilis, one of those bacteria, has endodermic spores at high fermented condition.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.5 no.5
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• pp.487-492
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• 2010

In this study, our system that the volume of collected human waste in the septic tank truck is measured accurately and the fee of disposing human waste can be calculated by using measured results has been developed. The level sensor and its circuits which can measure the height of the tank, the hand-held system that can be used by workers easily and simply with micro-controller have been developed. Also, this system has been built in the receipt printing function to charge for disposal fee. Even when working on a sloping field, this system can measure the accurate collected volume of human waste in the tank using the X-Y axis angle sensor. The results of this study expect that the popular complaints that generated from human waste can be reduced, the exportation possibility of our specialized systems can acquire foreign currency.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.62-68
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• 2007

Concerns about endocrine disrupting chemicals emitted from humans and animals have been increased because these compounds are detected at very low levels in environment and adversely affect on indigenous fauna. To date, there is little information regarding the concentration of these compounds in animal wastes. In this study, the female hormones, $17\beta-estradiol$ (E2), estrone (E1) and estriol, were measured to provide baseline data in animal wastes. Samples were collected from animal waste storage, methane digester and sludge separated wastewater and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. To measure the mass ratios of estrogen to macronutrients, nitrogen and phosphorous were also determined. Sample collected from animal waste storage had the highest estrogen concentration (98.7 ${\mu}g/L$), while sludge separated wastewater had the lowest concentration (3.4 ${\mu}g/L$). The mean concentrations of E2 and E1 in waste storage sample were (6.8 ${\mu}g/L$) and (68.7 ${\mu}g/L$), respectively. In sludge separated wastewater, the mean concentration of both E2 and E1 were reduced to (2.6 ${\mu}g/L$) and (1.9 ${\mu}g/L$), respectively. However, estriol was not detected in any of the samples collected. Mean ratios of E2 and E1 to macronutrients were significantly different between the methane wastewater and sludge separated wastewater owing to elimination of solid particles.

• Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.43 no.5
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• pp.145-152
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• 2001

농촌유역하천에서 수집된 수질측정자료를 이용하여 주요 오염원을 규명하였다. 분석에 이용된 수질항목은 BOD, COD. EC, pH. TN, TP,$NO_3-N,PO_4-P$ 등으로서 하천 본류내 구간별로 쌍대비교를 통해서 항목별 차이에 대한 유의성 검정을 하였다. 유의성 검정에 이용된 방법은 쌍대비교를 위한 비모수검정법인 Wilcoxon 순위검정법을 이용하였다. 검정결과, 유기성 오염물질의 지표로 이용되는 BOD와 COD가 상승하는 구간은 주로 생활하수가 유입되는 구간으로 나타났다. 인구밀도가 매우 높으나 생활하수가 처리장으로 배제되는 지역의 하천구간에서는 이들 농도변화는 없었다. 유역 내 축산농가가 밀집되어 있는 지역의 하천구간에서도 농도의 변화 또한 존재하지 않았다. 본 연구에서 조사된 유역에서와 같이 축산분뇨를 퇴비화 및 농지환원하는 경우에는 하천수질에 거의 영향을 미치지 않는다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 농촌지역의 하천 수질을 개선하기 위해서는 생활하수에 대한 처리가 선행되어야 한다.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.31-39
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• 2017

From July to August 2013, liquid fertilizers produced at 180 liquid manure public resource centers and liquid fertilizer distribution centers were collected. The maturity of liquid fertilizers was measured using the mechanical maturity measurement device. The nutrient contents (nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium), physicochemical properties, and heavy metal content of 46 liquid fertilizers were investigated in this study. We used a matured liquid fertilizer with a total number of 46, with number of 7 for Gyeonggi-do, 3 for Chungcheongbuk-do, 2 for Chungcheongnam-do, 13 for Jeollabuk-do, 5 for Jeollanam-do, 3 for Gyeongsangbuk-do, 11 for Gyeongsangnam-do, 1 for Daejeon, and 1 for Jeju-do. The physicochemical properties were as follows: pH 8.0, EC 11.6 mS/cm, SS 5,188 mg/L, TKN 847mg/L, ${{NH_4}^+}-N$ 317 mg/L, ${{NO_3}^-}-N$ 170 mg/L, Org-N 360 mg/L, TP 193 mg/L, and TK 2,557 mg/L. The total amount of NPK was 3,596 mg/L. The total amount of N-P-K was as follows: a number of 2 at 1,000-2,000 mg/L (4%), a number of 17 at 2,000-3,000mg/L (37%), a number of 11 at 3,000-4,000mg/L (24%), and a number of 16 at 4,000mg/L or more (35%). Thus, 41% of the mature liquid fertilizers were below the official standard of commercial fertilizer (livestock manure liquid fertilizer) (0.3% of the total amount of N-P-K). Most of the N-P-K total amount showed non-uniform characteristics of low nitrogen and low phosphoric acid due to the potassium concentration. The average heavy metal content in the matured liquid fertilizer was as follows: As, not detected; Cd, 0.01 mg/kg; Hg, not detected; Pb, 0.02 mg/kg; Cr, 0.14 mg/kg; Cu, 6.89 mg/kg; Ni, 0.44 mg/kg; and Zn, 20.70 mg/kg. Thus, the official standard of commercial fertilizer was satisfied in all categories, indicating a safe level.

• Journal of Animal Environmental Science
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.27-39
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• 1996

A survey was conducted for dairy farmer to estimate the optimum number of machine and equipment in 1994. Labor hours, operation costs and operation methods for each dairy processing were investigated and analyzed for the farmers to find the expected numbers of machine and equipment on the basis of the desired farm scale. And also, the estimated models were compared and analyzed with the conventional models which more than half dairy farmers used bucket milker in tie stall barn. Some of the results are as follows : 1. Analysis results of conventional model showed that a dairy farm could raise to 15 heads of dairy cow with family labor of 1.5 men, labor hours of 2, 700 in you and total operation costs of 734 thousand won per head. 2. The result, used in conjunction with minimum operation costs in tie stall barn, showed that 28 dairy cows could be raised by using concentrates feeding by hoppers, water supply by water cups, milking by pipeline milker, and manure cleaning by barn cleaner with total operation costs of 520 thousands won per head. 3. The total operation costs of a loose barn system is higher than those of tie stall barn system to raise about 30 heads. For the loose barn system, the herringbone parlour was used for milking, concentrate feeding by automatic concentrate feeder, water supply by thermal insulation feeder, and manure cleaning by scraper with total operation costs of 582 thousands won per head every year.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.338-338
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• 2022

2050년까지 탄소중립 사회구현을 위한 방안을 모색하기 위한 논의가 활발히 이루어지고 있으며, 이에 수소도시 실현을 통한 화석연료와 탄소배출을 줄이는 방법들이 주목받고 있다. 그린수소가스의 생산 및 운송, 저장과 가스형태의 수소를 액화 수소로 압축시키는데 드는 막대한 에너지가 소비되는 문제점에 대한 대안책으로 암모니아를 캐리어로 이용하여 운송 및 저장하고 수소를 생산하는 방식이 널리 이용되고 있으며, 효율 향상을 위한 추가 연구들이 진행되고 있다. 또한, 중국에 대한 우리나라의 요소수 수입 의존도가 높음에 따라 요소수 주요성분인 암모니아와 탄산가스를 합성한 요소수 생산 방식에 대한 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 하지만, 현재 산업계에서 석탄과 같은 석유자원에서부터 암모니아를 추출하는 방식이 가장 널리 적용되고 있다. 이와 같은 암모니아 생산에 대한 석유자원 의존도를 낮추기 위한 방안에 대한 도출 및 연구가 필요한 실정이다. 이와 같은 상황에 맞춰 본 연구에서는 생활하수로부터 암모니아를 추출하는 방법으로서 통합형 막증류 시스템에 연구하고자 한다. 분뇨, 음식물 폐기물 침출수 등 유기성 폐기물의 수집, 운송 및 처리에서 발생되는 생활하수에는 암모니아성 질소 및 탄소가 다량 포함되어 있어 이를 추출하여 순수한 암모니아 생산에 대해 석유자원을 대체할 수 있는 대안으로서의 효용성을 갖고 있다. 하지만, 이와같은 생활하수는 암모니아성 질소 이외 성분들이 고농도로 포함되어 있어 암모니아 생산에 대한 원료만을 선택적으로 분리하는데 많은 어려움이 있다. 본 연구에서는 생활하수에서 암모니아를 선택적으로 분리하는 방법으로서 막증류(Membrane Distillation, MD) 기반의 통합 암모니아 분리기술을 개발하고 이에 대한 적용 가능성과 효율 향상에 대해 평가 하였다. 또한, 암모니아와 탄산가스 합성을 통한 요소수 생산 방법에 대한 연구를 진행하였다.

• Journal of Animal Environmental Science
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.23-30
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• 2008

The objective of this study was to estimate the optimum scale of PLMTP (Public Livestock Manure Treatment Plant) for the efficient management of public sector by long-run cost function. An economic analysis was performed using the survey of 52 PLMTP records collected by Ministry of Environment in 2007. The main results obtained in this study can be summed up as follows. The optimum scale under given environmental conditions turned out to be $180{\sim}200m^3$/day which is almost $1.5{\sim}1.6$ times of the average scale of sample plants, $146m^3$/day. This gap between the optimum and current scale suggests that there remains the possibility of further expansion of scale.

• Journal of Animal Environmental Science
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.221-228
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• 2012

Physicochemical properties of liquid fertilizer samples of resource organization, which are domestically produced and distributed, are analyzed. Major contents of the research results are as follows. 1. The ratio of complete decomposition for liquid fertilizer is 49% at Public Resource Center and 33% at Liquid Fertilizer Supply Center. The combined ratio of both half-decomposed and un-decomposed liquid fertilizers is over 50% at both centers. 2. The ratio of complete decomposed liquid fertilizer, 67%, is the highest in Gangwon and Gyeonggi-do area. The ratio of un-decomposed liquid fertilizer is high in Chungbuk and Chungnam area. The sum of ratios of the half- and un-decomposed is over 60% in the areas except Gyeonnggi-do and Gangwon-do. 3. As a result of regional comparison of the physicochemical properties of liquid fertilizers, concentration variation in most of the items are large, and the degree of uniformity is found to be considerably low. In particular, concentration variation in T-N and $NH_4$-N is the most noticeable. 4. The items that physicochemically correlated to the degree of decomposition of liquid fertilizer are appeared to be T-N, $NH_4$-N, $NO_3$-N, EC, $SCOD_{Mn}$, and ORP. 5. The physicochemical average values of the liquid fertilizer estimated as "complete decomposed" are appeared to be T-N 829 mg/L,$NH_4$-N 517 mg/L, $NO_3$-N 151 mg/L, $SCOD_{Mn}$ 1,205 mg/L, EC 10.32 mS/cm, ORP -117.12 mV.