• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2004.02a
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• pp.73-85
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• 2004

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 1996.05a
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• pp.37-49
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• 1996

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.117-141
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• 2002

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.61-70
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• 2002

Direct electron beam irradiation experiments on artificially contaminated soil by polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were performed to evaluate applicability of direct electron beam irradiation process for contaminated soil remediation. The removal efficiency of PAHs was about 97 % at 600 kGy and PCBs about 70 % at 800 kGy. PAHs were removed 27 % more, compared to PCBs although the absorbed dose was as low as 200 kGy. The contaminants decomposition was due predominantly to direct interaction of high-energy electrons and the target compounds rather than due to oxidation/reduction reaction by reactive intermediates. Radiolysis of electron beam may be able to decontaminate contaminated soil by toxic and recalcitrant organic compounds like as PAHs and PCBs effectively, but it may be economically uncompetitive. Thus, developments of post-treatment process of conventional site remediation technologies may be more practical and economical than direct radiolysis.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.62-70
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• 2009

A field soil highly contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons (JP-8 and diesel fuels) was employed for its remediation by a lab-scale thermal desorption process. The soil was collected in the vicinity of an underground storage tank in a closed military base and its contamination level was as high as 4,476 ppm as total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH). A lab scale directly-heated low temperature thermal desorption (LTTD) system of 10-L capacity was developed and operated for the thermal treatment of TPH contaminated soils in this study. The desired operation temperature was found to be approximately $200-300^{\circ}C$ from the thermal gravimetric analysis of the contaminated field soils. The removal efficiencies higher than 90% were achieved by the LTTD treatment at $200^{\circ}C$ for 10 min as well as at $300^{\circ}C$ for 5 min. As the water content in the soils increased and therefore they were likely to be present as lumps, the removal efficiency noticeably decreased, indicating that a pre-treatment such as field drying should be required. The analysis of physical and chemical properties of soils before and after the LTTD treatment demonstrated that no significant changes occurred during the thermal treatment, supporting no needs for additional post-treatments for the soils treated by LTTD. The results presented in this study are expected to provide useful information for the field application and verification of LTTD for the highly contaminated geo-environment.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.123-130
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• 2004

최근에 들어 국내 지하수토양환경의 오염에 대한 사건기사가 각종 대중매체를 통해 빈번히 보도되고 있으며, 이와 동시에 우리나라의 수리지질학적 특성에 적합한 지하수토양환경오염의 조사 및 복원방법에 대한 연구(차세대 핵심환경기술개발사업과 수자원 지속적 확보기술개발사업 등)가 국공립 연구소 및 각급 대학의 관련학과에서 활발히 진행되고 있다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.95-116
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• 2002

본 토양오염실태조사 사례는 환경부(토양보전과)에서 선정한 전국 158개 폐금속광산에 대한 정밀조사사업(2001-2003년) 중 1차년도 사업으로 수행된 경상북도, 경상남도, 대구광역시, 부산광역시 등 4개 광역자치단체(19개 지방자치단체)에 소재하는 영남권역 32개 폐금속광산 토양오염실태조사 결과의 일부로서 경남 거제시 하청면에 소재하는 동아광산에 대하여 현지조사를 실시하고 토양 및 수질오염 실태를 파악, 오염지역에 대한 적절한 복원방법을 제시한 연구사례이다.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.89-101
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• 2003

River deposits and farmland soils were analyzed to investigate the pollution level of heavy metals in the vicinity of the Goro abandoned Zn-mine. Surface (0-40 cm) and subsurface (40-100 cm) soils were collected around a main river located at the lower part of the Goro mine, and analyzed by ICP-MS for Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn and Cr after 0. 1N HCI extraction and by AAS for As after IN HCI extraction. Concentrations of cadmium and lead at the surface river deposits close to the mine were over the Soil Pollution Warning Limit (SPWL), and 43% of sample sites (6 of 14 samples) were over SPWL for As suggesting that river deposits were broadly contaminated by arsenic. Results from farmland soil analysis showed that surface soils were contaminated by heavy metals, while only arsenic was over SPWL at 50% of sampling sites. Main pollution mechanism around the Goro mine was the discharge of mine tailing and waste rocks from the storage site to the river and to adjacent farmland during flood season. Pollution Grades for sample locations were prescribed by the Law of Soil Environmental Preservation, suggesting that the pollution level of heavy metals around the Goro mine was serious, and the remediation operation fur arsenic and the isolation of mine tailing and waste rocks from river and farmland should be activated to protect further contamination. The area needed to clean up was estimated from pollution distribution data and the remediation methods such as a soil washing method and a soil improvement method were considered as the further remediation operation for arsenic contaminated soils and river deposits around the Goro abandoned mine.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2002.05b
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• pp.459-460
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• 2002

현재 오염 토양의 복원기술은 여러 가지 문제점들을 안고 있어 보다 경제적이면서 신속하고 실용적인 오염물질 제거방법의 개발이 요구되고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 유류에 오염된 토양을 극초단파와 용매를 사용하여 복원하는 것에 관한 기초 조사를 위한 실험을 수행하였다. 그 결과 유류에 오염된 토양을 극초단파를 이용하여 정화를 할 경우 토양 입자의 크기도 고려를 하여야 할 것으로 사료된다. 그리고, soxhlet 추출법과 극초단파 추출법을 비교하였을 경우 soxhlet 추출법에 비하여 약 1/3 정도의 용매로 추출이 가능하며, 1분 내ㆍ외의 추출 시간으로 soxhlet 추출법에 의한 kerosene의 회수율과 유사하거나 또는 그 이상의 회수율을 얻을 수 있는 것으로 조사되었다.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.5-14
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• 2007

The quantity of noxious wastes generated by the growth in industrialization and population in all over the world and its potential hazards in subsurface environments are becoming increasingly significant. The extraction of the contaminant from the soil and movement of the water are restricted due to the low permeability and adsorption characteristics of the reclaimed soils. Incorporated technique with PVDs have been used for dewatering from fine-grained soils for the purpose of ground improvement by means of soil flushing and soil vapor extraction systems. This paper is to evaluate several key parameters that affected to the performance of the PVDs specifically with regard to: well resistance of PVD, zone of influence, and smear effects. In the feasibility of contaminant remediation was evaluated in pilot-scale laboratory experiments. Well resistance is affected on the vertical discharge capacity of the PVDs under the various vacuum pressures. The discharge capacity increases consistently in areal extents with higher applied vacuum up to a limiting vacuum pressure. The head values for each piezometer at different vacuum pressures show that the largest head loss occurs within 14 cm of the PVD. Air flow rates and head losses were measured for the PVD placed in the model test box and the gas permeability of the silty soils was calculated. Increasing the equivalent diameter results in a decrease in the calculated gas permeability. It is concluded that the gas permeability determined over the 1,500 to 2,000 $cm^3/s$ flow rates are the most accurate values which yields gas permeability of about 3.152 Darcy.