• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.37-42
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• 2015

In the purpose of this study, we investigate the characteristics of the pilot-scale wastewater treatment system applied to BAF, MBR and IPNR as examining the removal efficiency of organic pollutants and operating factors in small decentralized wastewater treatment systems, and operating factors. For long-term operation period of more than nine months, pilot-scale plant operating results appeared very stable. This results were the removal efficiency of BOD was 80.3% above and removal efficiency of COD with an average of about 91.0%, satisfied the final effluent water quality standards. TN in the final effluents was the average concentration of 7.9 mg/L, was satisfactory water quality standards 10 mg/L of TN.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.700-707
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• 2002

To study the characteristics of organic and nutrient removal by Bacillus species at high COD concentration of influent, three lab-scale batch reactors(R1, R2, R3), each of which has different substrate composition, were operated. More than 95% of $NH_4^+$-N and $COD_{cr}$, concentrations were removed under an aerobic condition, and their removal efficiencies were found to be 22.6 and 90.5%(R1), 23.9 and 65.8%(R2), 30.2 and 86.4%(R3), respectively. The removal efficiency of $NH_4^+$-N was high when an enough amount of $NO_3^{-}$-N was supplied, and that of $COD_{cr}$. was low when a high concentration of initial $NO_2^{-}$-N was added. The amount of carbon utilized in denitrification was a little. In all reactors,$NO_3^{-}$-N was removed under an anoxic condition, but in the R3 reactor, 10% of $NO_3^{-}$-N could be removed even undo, an aerobic condition. The removal efficiencies of TN and TP were 41.8 and 49.5%(R1), 40.1 and 35.8%(R2), 47.0 and 57.6%(R3), respectively. Alkalinities destructed under an aerobic condition for each reactor were 4.96, 5.41 and 3.93 mg/L (as $CaCO_3$) per each gram of $NH_4^+$-N oxidized, respectively, while 3.06, 3.17 and 2.60 mg/L (as $CaCO_3$) of alkalinities were produced for each gram of ,$NO_3^{-}$-N reduced to $N_2$. The SOUR were found to be 38.5, 52.7 and 42.0 mg $O_2$/g MLSS/hr, which indicated that Bacillus sp. had a higher cell activity than activated sludge. The OLR and sludge production were estimated to be 0.69 and 0.28(Rl), 0.77 and 0.20(R2), 0.61 kg COD/$m^3$/day and 0.25 kg MLSS/kg COD(R3), respectively. From the N-balance, the highest percentage(40.9%) of nitrogen lost to $N_2$ was obtained in the R3 reactor. From all the results, the possibility of aerobic denitrification Bacillus sp. has been shown and the B3 process seemed to have two advantages: a little amount of carbon was required in denitrification and not much amount of alkalinity was destructed under an aerobic condition.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.65-66
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• 1997

우리나라의 대부분 하천과 인공댐의 경우 조류발생에 기여하는 영양염은 질소, 인 그리고 규소 등인데 특히 인이 생산제한 인자로 작용하고 있다. 따라서 인을 적절히 제거할 경우에는 조류 발생에 의한 수질의 악화와 수이용의 저해요인을 배제할 수 있어 이에 대한 연구가 많이 진행되어 왔다. 지금까지와 연구는 인의 화학적 응집 침전법, 생물학적 처리법에 대하여 수행되어 왔으나 설비자금, 운영비, 운전기술, 슬러지 생성 그리고 제거효율 등에서 만족스런 결과가 도출되지 못하여 현장 적용을 하지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 이러한 현실을 감안하여 우리의 자연 환경에서 쉽게 자할 수 있는 황토를 모재로하여 Al3-과 Fe3-, Ca2-을 적절히 배합하여, 주로 인을 선택적으로 제거하 고자 개발된 황토의 흡착능력 그리고 흡착 메카니즘에 대한 기본적인 연구를 하고자 (1) 등온흡착실험을 통하여 흡착용량을 평가하고 (2) 흡착제거속도를 평 가하였고 (3)파과시간 및 흡착특성을 파악하기 위해 column 흡착실험을 하였다 또한 (4) 황토내의 Al3-, Fe3-과 Ca2- 등이 인의 화학적 흡착에 기여하는 정도를 파악하여 흡착메카니즘을 규명하고자 하였다. 먼저 흡착용량실험을 위하여 PO3-4-P 농도 3ppm의 용액 200mf에 황토 0.2g, 0.5g, 1.0g, 2.0g을 각각 투여한 후 충분한 흡착평형이 일어나게 24시간 동 안 130rpm으로 $25^{\circ}C$ 등온반웅조에서 저어주어 흡착평형에 도달하면 상등액을 GF/C Filter로 여과한 후, 여액에 대해 PO3-4-P의 농도를 Ascrobic he건법으로 측정한 결파, Freundlich 등온흡착식에 의하면 K값은 17.34와 16.28이었으며 1/n 값은 1.32와 1.42로 인흡착 성능이 뛰어난 것으로 평가되었다. 둘째, 흡착속도 실험은 PO3-4-P 농도 1.5ppm의 용액 2f에 259의 황토를 투여하고 충분한 혼합이 일어날 수 있도록 170rpm으로 교반하면서 시간별 용액 의 농도 변화를 측정한 결과, 0.45mg/g/m교의 속도로 15분만에 94.3%의 인 제거 효율을 보였다. 셋째, 직경 12mm의 glass column에 황토를 209 채우고 1.5ppm의 PO34P 용액을 2.Sne11in의 유량으로 통수 시킨 후, 시간에 따른 농도 변화를 측정한 결과, 원수 농도의 50%에 해당하는 파과점까지 약 70시간 만에 도달하였다. 넷째, Al3-, Fe3-과 Ca2- 등이 화학적 흡착에 기여하는 정도를 파악하기 위 하여 황토 2g에 대하여 Hieltijes and Lijklema 방법에 의해 Adsorbed-p, Nonapatite inorganic-P(NAI-P), Apatite-p, Organic-P로 구분하여 분석하고, 총인(Total Phosphorus)을 Standard Methods에 따라 Persulfate digestion후 0.45 m membrane 여지 여과하여 여액에 대해 PO3-4-P의 농도를 Ascorbic Acid 법으로 측정한 결과, NAI-P가 가장 큰 비율을 차지하였고, 부원료로 첨가된 금속 양이온 중 Fe3-이온이 흡착에 기여하는 정도가 가장 큰 것으로 평가되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.56 no.6
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• pp.700-705
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• 2012

The present study is to explore the possibility of utilizing loess and fly ash as well as activated carbon for the adsorptive removal of T-N and T-P in water. Here, we investigated adsorption efficiency and Freundlich constants k and 1/n of each adsorbent. It was found that fly ash has not adsorptive capability for both T-N and T-P in water. Adsorption of T-N from water by loess has not occurred, but showed that adsorption efficiency for T-P reached approximately 57.5% at equilibrium time of 24 hr and room temperature. Activated carbon was shown to be an effective adsorbent for adsorption of T-N from water. Freundlich constant 1/n value of activated carbon represented that adsorptive capability of activated carbon is almost equivalent to loess.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.57 no.4
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• pp.337-340
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• 2014

In the present study, water extracts of Acanthopanax divaricatus var, albeofructus and Eleutherococcus divaricatus var. chiisanensis were prepared and their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects were compared. The water extract of Acanthopanax divaricatus var, albeofructus showed significantly higher activity in total polyphenol and flavonoid contents, while there were no significant differences in ABTS/DPPH radical scavenging activities and ferric reducing antioxidant power. However, the water extract of Eleutherococcus divaricatus var. chiisanensis at the highest dose showed significantly lower capacity in nitric oxide production than that of Acanthopanax divaricatus var, albeofructus. Taken together, there were differences between Acanthopanax divaricatus var, albeofructus and Eleutherococcus divaricatus var. chiisanensis in total polyphenol/flavonoid contents and anti-inflammatory effect, however, the antioxidant effect was almost similar.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.55 no.3
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• pp.244-250
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• 2022

The changes in COD, TOC, T-P, and T-N concentrations were investigated for 2 years in the constructed wetland of Sookcheon, which was installed to improve the water quality of Daecheong reservoir in South Korea. In order to evaluate the pollution level of sediments in the wetland, settling velocity of particulate material (4 times) and sedimet material contents (6 times) were measured. COD and TOC concentrations increased slightly as they passed through wetlands, and T-N and T-P concentration tended to decrease. The material content (COD, T-P, T-N) of aquatic plants was higher in floating-leaved and free-floating macrophytes than emergent macrophytes. As a result of measuring the sedimentation rate of suspended materials, most of the suspended materials introduced into constructed wetlands were sedimented at a rapid rate in the first sedimentation site. In addition, sediment pollution of T-P and T-N in constructed wetland was in severe pollution. The sediments containing a large amount of T-P and T-N were eluted by physical and chemical environmental changes, which is likely to act as internal pollution sources in wetlands.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.267-274
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• 2022

Excess nitrogen (N) flowing from livestock manure to water systems poses a serious threat to the natural environment. Thus, livestock wastewater management has recently drawn attention to this related field. This study first attempted to obtain the optimal conditions for the further volatilization of NH₃ gas generated from pig wastewater by adjusting the amount of injected magnesia (MgO). At 0.8 wt.% of MgO (by pig wastewater weight), the volatility rate of NH₃ increased to 75.5% after a day of aeration compared to untreated samples (pig wastewater itself). This phenomenon was attributed to increases in the pH of pig wastewater as MgO dissolved in it, increasing the volatilization efficiency of NH₃. The initial pH of pig wastewater was 8.4, and the pH was 9.2 when MgO was added up to 0.8 wt.%. Second, the residual ammonia nitrogen (NH₄⁺-N) in pig wastewater was removed by precipitation in the form of struvite (NH₄MgPO₄·6H₂O) by adjusting the pH after adding MgO and H₃PO₄. Struvite produced in the pig wastewater was identified by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. White precipitates began to form at pH 6, and the higher the pH, the lower the concentration of NH₄⁺-N in pig wastewater. Of the total 86.1% of NH₄⁺-N removed, 62.4% was achieved at pH 6, which was the highest removal rate. Furthermore, how struvite changes with pH was investigated. Under conditions of pH 11 or higher, the synthesized struvite was completely decomposed. The yield of struvite in the precipitate was determined to be between 68% and 84% through a variety of analyses.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.461-466
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• 2010

A cylindrical UV sterilization system was developed to decrease microorganisms in centrifuged Takju (CT). CT was run through 110 strips of honey comb type-teflon tubes and 9 UV lamps (1395 W) were equipped between teflon tubes. The optimum sterilization condition of CT was fixed for 1.5 min at 2 L/min in overall quality aspects; also, 5~6 log cycle decrease of viable cell numbers of total bacteria and yeast was observed at this operating condition. Quality changes of UV-sterilized CT were examined by UV irradiation of CT followed by storing at $30^{\circ}C$ for 8 days. To evaluate quality changes of UV-sterilized CT, pH, amino nitrogen content, acidity, reducing sugar content and viable cell numbers of total bacteria and yeast were measured. The growth of yeast and bacteria was retarded, showing around $10^8\;CFU/mL$ even after 4 days and $10^8\;CFU/mL$ after 6 days, respectively. Also, UV sterilized CT showed no changes in pH, titratable acidity, and amino nitrogen content during storage except reducing sugar content. UV sterilization did not cause significant difference in L, a, and b values between CT and UV-sterilized CT over the storage period.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.254-262
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• 2018

It was intended to check a possibility of activity of Psidium guajava leaf extract as anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory material. Total polyphenol and total flavonoid content of Psidium guajava leaf extract was checked. Cream having inhibitory effect on inflammation through toxicity and NO production inhibition in RAW 264.7 cell was manufactured, and skin safety was evaluated. It was confirmen that total polyphenol and flavonoid content of Psidium guajava leaf extract was 126.4 mg/g and 223.17 mg/g respectively, which was high content. According to the results of checking toxicity through cell viability in RAW 264.7 cell, cytotoxicity was not shown. And NO production indicating inflammatory disease was inhibited concentration-dependently. According to the results of carrying out single patch test after manufacturing the cream containing the Psidium guajava leaf extract, skin irritation did not occur for 24 h to put patch on skin or for 24 h after removing the patch. Putting these results together, it was verified that there was possibility of application as raw materials for cosmetics, which would have anti-oxidant activity owing to the high polyphenol and flavonoid content of Psidium guajava leaf extract and anti-inflammatory material through NO production inhibition.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.80-89
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• 2017

Researches about NPS(Non-point Pollution Source) reduction have been widely carried out in recent years. A pilot channel-type constructed wetland (wet swale) was constructed in Rongyin area to treat stormwater generated from a green house agro-land of 22.7 ha. From 2006 to 2008, monitoring was conducted to evaluate its performance on the removal effect for organic pollutants as well as nutrients. Totally, sampling trips of 17 rainfall events were made and they covered most types of storm events in Korea. The channel-type constructed wetland have average removal efficiencies of 78.3~92.0%, 56.4~66.1%, 28.2~45.5% and 50.6~66.4% for SS, COD, TN and TP, respectively. According to four methods for estimating the removal efficiency, the average efficiencies of TSS, COD, TN and TP are 86.0%, 60.1%, 30.1% and 53.5%, respectively. From 2006 to 2008, annual efficiency improved due to infiltration potential increase. It was found that most of the pollutants removed in this channel type of wetland was particulate solids bound pollutants, which is assumed fact that it lacks of physico-chemical treatment conditions which are commonly observed in the retention type of constructed wetlands.