• 상하수도학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.645-652
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• 2016

A membrane module including grid was designed and introduced to MBR (membrane bio-reactor) for the purpose of better control of membrane fouling. It could be anticipated that the grid enhances the shear force of fluid-air mixture into the membrane surface by even-distributing the fluid-air to the membrane module. As MLSS concentration, packing density which is expressed in the ratio of the housing and the cross-sectional area of membrane fibers ($A_m/A_t$) and air-flow rate were changed, membrane foulings were checked by monitoring fouling resistances. The total fouling resistance ($R_c+R_f$) without grid installation (i.e., control) was $2.13{\times}10^{12}m^{-1}$, whereas it was reduced to $1.69{\times}10^{12}m^{-1}$ after the grid was installed. Regardless of the grid installation, the $R_c+R_f$ increased as the packing density increased from 0.09 to 0.28, however, the increment of resistance for the grid installation was less than that of the control. Increase in the air flow rate did not always guarantee the reduction of fouling resistance, indicating that the higher air flow rate can partially de-flocculate the activated sludge flocs, which led to severer membrane fouling. Consequently, installation of grids inside the housing have brought a beneficial effect on membrane fouling and optimum air flow rate is important to keep the membrane lowering fouling.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.200-208
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• 2005

In this study, a new submerged membrane bioreactor process packed with granular sulfur (MBR-GS) was operated to identify the biological nitrogen removal behaviors with plating wastewater containing high-strength $NO_3{^-}$ concentration. The continuous denitrification was carried out at $20^{\circ}C$ with various nitrogen loading rates using synthetic wastewater, which composed of $NO_3{^-}$ and $HCO_3{^-}$, but also actual plating wastewater, which was collected from the effluent of the H metal plating company. As a result, high-rate denitrification in the range of $0.8kg\;NO_3{^-}-N/m^3\;day$ was accomplished at nitrogen loading rate of $0.9kg\;NO_3{^-}-N/m^3\;day$ using synthetic wastewater. Also, higher-rate denitrification with actual plating wastewater was achieved up to $0.91kg\;NO_3{^-}-N/m^3\;day$ at the loading rate of $1.11kg\;NO_3{^-}-N/m^3\;day$. Additionally, continuous filtration was possible during up to 30 days without chemical cleaning in the range of 20 cmHg of transmembrane pressure. On the basis of the proposed stoichiometry, ${SO_4}^{2-}$ production could be estimated efficiently, while observed alkalinity consumption was somewhat lower than theoretical value. Consequently, a new process, MBR-GS is capable of high-rate autotrophic denitrification by compulsive flux and expected to be utilized as an alternative of renovation techniques for nitrogen removal from not only plating wastewater but also municipal wastewater with low C/N ratio.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.63-69
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• 2021

Microalgae are primary producers of aquatic ecosystems, securing biodiversity and health of the ecosystem and contributing to reducing the impact of climate change through carbon dioxide fixation. Also, they are useful biomass that can be used as biological resources for producing valuable industrial products. However, harvesting process, which is the separation of microalgal biomass from mixed liquor, is an important bottleneck in use of valorization of microalgae as a bioresource accounting for 20 to 30% of the total production cost. This study investigates the applicability of sewage sludge-derived extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) as bioflucculant for harvesting microalgae. We compared the flocculation characteristics of microalgae using EPSs extracted from sewage sludge by three methods. The flocculation efficiency of microalgae is closely related to the carbohydrate and protein concentrations of EPS. Heat-extracted EPS contains the highest carbohydrate and protein concentrations and can be a best-suited bioflocculant for microalgae recovery with 87.2% flocculation efficiency. Injection of bioflocculant improved the flocculation efficiency of all three different algal strains, Chlorella Vulgaris, Chlamydomonas Asymmetrica, Scenedesmus sp., however the improvement was more significant when it was used for flocculation of Chlamydomonas Asymmetrica with flagella.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.197-204
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• 2021

In MBR, extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) is known as an important factor of fouling; soluble EPS (sEPS) affects internal contamination of membrane, and bound EPS (bEPS) affects the formation of the cake layer. The production of EPS changes according to the composition of influent, which affects fouling characteristics. Therefore, in this study, the effects of the F/M ratio on the sEPS concentration, bEPS content, and fouling were evaluated. The effects of F/M ratio on the amount and composition of EPS were confirmed by setting conditions that were very low or higher than the general F/M ratio of MBR, and the fouling occurrence characteristics were evaluated by filtration resistance distribution. As a result, it was found that the sEPS increased significantly with the increase of the F/M ratio. When the substrate was depleted, bEPS content decreased because bEPS was hydrolyzed into BAP and seemed to be used as a substrate. In contrast, when the substrate is sufficient, UAP (utilization-associated products) was rapidly generated in proportion with the consumption of the substrate. UAP has a relatively higher Protein/Carbohydrate ratio (P/C ratio) than BAP, and this means, it has a higher adhesive force to the membrane surface. As a result, UAP seems like causing fouling rather than BAP (biomass-associated products). Therefore, R_f (Resistance of internal contamination) increased rapidly with the increase of UAP, and R_c (Resistance of cake layer) increased with the accumulation of bEPS in proportion, and as a result, the fouling interval was shortened. According to this study, a high F/M ratio leads to an increment in UAP generation and accumulation of bEPS, and by these UAP and bEPS, membrane fouling is promoted.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.379-387
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• 2021

In general, trans-membrane pressure (TMP), flux, filtration resistance are used as indicators to evaluate the degree of fouling in MBR. However, they have limitations in determining the level of EPS generation, which is known as an important factor of fouling. Therefore, a new evaluation method is required to monitor the amount of EPS generation. In this study, the applicability of capillary suction time (CST), which is used to measure the dewaterability of sludge, was evaluated as an indirect fouling evaluation index. Statistical analysis was performed to evaluate the effect of EPS on CST, and to determine whether EPS has high similarity with representative fouling evaluation indicators and CST, and quantitatively compared them. As a result, the correlation coefficient between CST and bEPS was 0.7988, which was higher than the correlation coefficient between filtration resistance and bEPS. Since bEPS is a major factor inducing fouling by affecting the formation of the cake layer, it was evaluated that CST, which has a high correlation with bEPS, is suitable to represent EPS. In addition, it was evaluated that the correlation coefficient between filtration resistance and CST was high as 0.7187, which could be used as a fouling evaluation index.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권11호
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• pp.4951-4958
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 전 세계적으로 표준화된 전통적 항균제 감수성 검사방법인 CLSI(C linical and Laboratory Standards Institute)디스크 확산법과 디스크 확산법을 이용 해 MIC를 측정할 수 있도록 새롭게 고안된 E-test 방법과 최근 도입된 미량 액체 배지 희석법을 이용한 항균제 감수성 검사 자동화 장비인 MicroScan MICroSTR EP plus panel를 이용한 MIC 측정방법들의 일치도를 비교하여 MicroScan MICroS TREP plus panel 검사방법의 유용성을 관찰하고자 하였다. 대상균주는 2009년 2월부터 8월까지 6개월 동안 대전의 한 대학병원 임상환자에서 분리된 폐렴사슬알균 53균주와 알파용혈 사슬알균 51균주를 대상으로 하였으며 항 균제는 cefotaxime, chloramphenicol, clindamycin, erythromycin, levofloxacin, penicillin, tetracycline, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, vancomycin 등 9가지 항균제를 평가 대상으로 하였다. 폐렴사슬알균 뿐만 아니라 알파용혈 사슬균에 대해서도 비교분석을 하였고 그 결과 알파용혈 사슬균에 대해 높은 일치율이 관찰되어 임상미생물 검사실에서 신속 정확한 최소발율 억제농도를 측정하는데 많은 도움이 되리라 생각된다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.613-618
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• 2019

열교환기에서 유동 유발 진동은 배관의 파손을 유발할 수 있어서 열교환기의 구조 안정성을 위해 유동 유발 진동 특성을 규명할 필요가 있다. 본 연구는 단일 원관에서 입구의 유속이 일정한 경우와 주기적인 변동이 있는 경우에 대하여 시간에 따라 원관 주위에서 와류의 생성, 발달 및 분리 특성을 비교 분석하고 양력과 항력의 시간 변화 특성과 PSD 특성을 살펴보아 단일 원관에서 전방류의 주기적인 속도 변동에 따른 유동 특성을 규명하였다. 일정 입구 유속의 경우는 잘 알려진 칼만 와류 분포를 보여 주었으며 원관의 상하에서 교대로 와류가 발생, 성장, 분리하는 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. 주기적인 입구 유속의 경우는 원관의 상하에서 동시에 와류가 발생하는 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. 일정 입구 유속의 경우는 양력의 PSD 크기가 항력에 비해 약 500배 컸으며 주파수는 31.15 Hz이며 항력은 2배인 62.3 Hz로 나타났다. 주기적인 입구 유속의 경우는 항력의 PSD가 양력보다 약 500배 컸으며 주파수는 입구 유속의 주파수와 동일하게 15.57 Hz이며 양력의 주파수는 일정 입구 유속과 같은 칼만 와류 주파수인 31.15 Hz로 나타났다.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.331-336
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 국내 대전 소재 3차 병원 임상에서 분리된 Candida albicans 40 균주를 대상으로 균주 분리원에 따라 7종류의 housekeeping gene에 대한 염기서열 변이를 확인하고 MLST 분석을 통해 균주간의 계통학적 연관성에 대한 연구를 수행하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. Phylogenetic tree 분석 결과 sub-cluster 1로 central line blood (2), others (5), sputum (4), urine (7)을 포함해 총 18개가 분류되었으며, sub-cluster 2로는 central line blood (1), others (5), peripheral blood (6), sputum (1), urine (1)을 포함해 총 14개가 분류되어 동일 채취 부위에서 분리된 균주는 유전학적으로 유사성을 가지고 있을 가능성이 있음을 확인하였다. 앞으로 분리지역과 상병 등에 따른 C. albicans 유전자들의 변이 추세에 대한 자료의 축적과 임상 검체에 따른 계통학적 관계를 추정하여 감염병 연구 및 역학적 감시체계 구축에 도움이 될 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.57-74
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 단일 현장타설말뚝의 가상고정점 해석과 기둥과 말뚝을 3차원 전체 모델링한 해석을 비교 분석하여 가상고정점 해석의 적정성을 평가하였다. 또한, 가상고정점 해석을 보완하기 위하여 단일 현장타설말뚝의 기둥과 말뚝을 분리하여 등가 지반면 스프링 모델을 적용한 분리해석을 수행하였다. 이 때 지반조건, 하중, 말뚝직경 등의 주요 영향인자에 따라 그 거동을 분석하였다. 본 연구결과, 가상고정점을 고려한 해석에서의 침하량과 수평 변위는 전체 모델링한 해석과 비교하여 작게 발생했으나, 축력과 휨모멘트는 크게 나타났다. 따라서 가상고정점을 통한 해석법은 실제 구조물 거동과 다른 단부조건으로 단일 현장타설말뚝의 정확한 거동을 파악하기엔 무리가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 기둥과 말뚝을 단일부재로 모델링하는 일체해석과 기둥-말뚝의 상호작용을 고려한 분리해석의 결과에는 서로 차이가 없었으며, 이를 통해 기둥-말뚝의 상호작용을 고려한 분리해석은 가상고정점 해석에서 상하부 일체해석으로 넘어가는 중간단계의 비교적 정확하고 경제적인 설계법임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.811-820
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• 2002

The physical responses and subjective sensations of different cleanroom garments were compared in order to discover which cleanroom garment design could minimize pollution of the working environment by dust from the worker, maintain a pleasant microclimate and provide effective thermoregulation. A. Coverall with non-detachable hood, kimono sleeves (front), raglan sleeves (back), raschell net on the bodice B. Coverall with detachable hood, kimono sleeves (front), raglan sleeves (back), raschell net on the bodice C. Separate top with non-detachable hood, kimono sleeves (front), raglan sleeves (back), raschell net on the bodice D. Coverall with non-detachable hood, set-in sleeves, raschell net on the bodice E. Coverall with non-detachable hood, raglan sleeves (back), l00% cotton inner wear (upper body) The results of the experiment were as follows. Because the hood covered the shoulder and the chest areas, the chests temperature of the worker wearing garment E was quite higher than those wearing other garment designs. For fabric that has been coated in order to prevent dust, layered designs should be avoided in order to prevent skin temperature from rising. Compared with layers of underwear, it would be more effective to attach a see-through raschell net which clings to the body. Thermal sensations were also highest in garment E, reinforcing the finding that layered designs should be avoided. Through the experiment, it was found that a new material coverall with a non-detachable hood was effective in minimizing dust, suppressing skin temperature increases, maintaining a superior microclimate and providing pleasant subjective sensations.